Open House International: Volume 38 Issue 1

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Table of contents

Editorial: “Expanding Normal: Towards A More Inclusive Approach to Designing the Built Environment”

Magda Mostafa

Architecture, at its very essence, is the process of providing physical space and place for human activity. Primarily concerned with responding to the specific needs of users and…

Enriching Our Understanding of Architecture Through Disability Experience

Ann Heylighen, Caroline Van Doren, Peter-Willem Vermeersch

The relationship between the built environment and the human body is rarely considered explicitly in contemporary architecture. In case architects do take the body into account…

A Computer-Based System for Mass Customization of Prefabricated Housing

Avi Friedman, Aaron Sprecher, Basem Eid Mohamed

The concept of employing web-based configuration systems towards mass customization of housing has been implemented by some prefabricated housing companies around the globe, and…

Towards Inclusive Campus Environments: Evidence-Based Research of A University Campus

Evrim Demir Mishchenko

Planning and design of university campuses is as important as the instructional philosophy of universities for determining academic and social development of university students…

Effectiveness of Tactile Surface Indicators in ‘Design For All’ Context

Halime Demirkan

The aim of the study is to determine and prioritise the characteristics of the built environment that increase the effectiveness of the walking surfaces for blind and…

Elderly-Friendly Inclusive Urban Environments: Learning From Ankara

Yasemin Afacan

The aging population and their expectations have become a growing concern in Turkey as in other countries. This study aims to investigate interactions/relationships between the…

Book Reviews

Yonca Hürol, Jia Beisi

CLIMATE CHANGE ETHICS – navigating the Perfect moral Storm

Cover of Open House International

ISSN:

0168-2601

e-ISSN:

2633-9838

Online date, start – end:

2005

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr. Chaham Alalouch
  • Prof. Yonca Hurol