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The emerging role of urban morphology in practicing and teaching architectural and urban design
(National Technical University of Athens, 2019)
The querelle between modern and traditional urban design has alimented in the past decades diverging phenomena such as the new urbanism, the so-called vernacular architecture and the landscape urbanism on one hand, and the ...
Energy efficiency evaluation of different glazing and shading systems in a school building
(EDP Sciences, 2019)
The energy conversations methods and techniques take a significant role in the energy performance of the buildings. Façade and shading systems are in continuous development, and recent studies are showing the importance ...
The interrupted city: divisione e connessioni
(Di Baio Editore, 2019)
'Interrupted city' is a traveling cultural initiative that openly takes its cue from the 'Roma Interrotta' conceived by Piero Sartogo as far back as 1978. In its own way it is a tribute to the inventor of that cultural ...
Contextual design: a new methodology
(Di Baio Editore, 2019)
Within the international debate on design methodologies, the contextual approach proposes a new interpretation for architectural design. Every project does inevitably relate to its surrounding context. Once a project is ...
Contextual design. L’esperienza del laboratorio di architettura degli interni a Salamis, Cipro
(Di Baio Editore, 2019)
During the two-year period 2016-2017 the writer, then in force at the Girne American University of Cyprus, found himself directing the Department of Interior Architecture of that University. In that context, it was decided ...
Settlement scale analysis approach to reach nearly zero energy communities
(EDP Sciences, 2019)
Looking at the recent developments, the European Union (EU) aims to become a zero carbon community. For the building sector, Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) was recast in 2010 introducing the definition ...
Leading effect of visual plant characteristics for functional uses of green spaces
(Istanbul University Faculty of Forestry, 2016)
Plant materials have the ability to lead the people’s functional use purposes with their visual characteristics. In this study, we examined whether the functional use follows the plant materials’ visual characteristics ...
Life cycle energy assessment of a school building under envelope retrofit: An approach towards environmental impact reduction
(EDP Sciences, 2019)
Energy efficiency of existing buildings is a concept to manage and restrain the growth in energy consumption and one of the crucial issues due to the magnitude of the sector. Educational buildings are in charge of about ...
Isometric measurands on perceived spaciousness: Exploring volumetric isovist
(Beijing JiaoTong University, 2019)
The isovists are essential hypothetical structures for understanding the visibility in space. Regarding the perception of space, volumetric visibility presents a complicated geometrical volume that may be considered as a ...
BIM documentation for architecture and archaeology: the shipwreck museum in the Kyrenia castle, Cyprus
(Gangemi Editore, 2019)
In May 2018 we joined the “International Survey and Design Seminar & Workshop: Reading and designing the Kyrenia Castle”, at the Girne American University (Cyprus). During the workshop, we started a survey aimed at a general ...
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