Architecture: Recent submissions
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Structural equation model of occupant satisfaction for evaluating the performance of office buildings
(Springer Nature, 2020-08)Measuring occupant satisfaction and collecting feedback is critical for evaluating building performance, shaping comfort, effective decision-making in building improvements, and consequently enhancing the well-being of ... -
Sydney. Dalla colonia penale alla metropoli globalizzata
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)Founded as a British penal colony in the second half of the eighteenth century, on the south-eastern coast of Australia, Sydney soon became an important hub for ocean trade routes and a lively metropolis destination for ... -
Renzo Piano. L’architetto più famoso d’Italia
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)Renzo Piano is an Italian architect today unanimously considered one of the most famous in the world. The dialectical relationship between industry and craftsmanship characterizes all his professional production. -
New York. La grande mela
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani,, 2020-09)Before the arrival of the Europeans, the territory where the metropolis of New York now stands was inhabited by the Native Americans of the Algonquian peoples -
Zaha Hadid. Architettura in movimento
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)With a style that is difficult to categorize and a very innovative conception of architectural space, Zaha Hadid was one of the most revolutionary architects of our time. In 2004, after several internationally acclaimed ... -
Dubai. Una capitale contemporanea
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)Dubai is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, in the Arabian Peninsula, on the western shores of the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. The discovery of oil fields, starting from ... -
Paesaggio. Ciò che è o ciò che si vede?
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)There are different ways of understanding the landscape that surrounds us. According to the European Landscape Convention (2000), it "designates a certain part of the territory, as perceived by the populations, whose ... -
Hong Kong. Un po’ cinese e un po’ britannica
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani,, 2020-09)Once a small fishing port, then a British colony, thanks to its special status Hong Kong is now one of the most important economic and commercial centers globally. Not being able to develop in width, it developed above all ... -
Modelli teatrali per l’ampliamento della città medievale. Il progetto urbano per Zagarolo (1571-1605)
(Steinhäuser Verlag, Wuppertal, 2020-09)The text analyzes the urban project for Zagarolo, which in the past had been mainly considered the work of different hands, and through a particular attention to building types and fabrics, to the hierarchy of paths in ... -
Acoustical comfort in office buildings
(Global Science and Technology Forum, 2019)This paper aims to provide insight to decision makers such as designers, facility managers and renovators of office buildings on how office occupants perceive acoustical comfort. In the first step, a detailed literature ... -
Changing household pattern, the meaning and the use of home: Semantic and syntactic shifts of a century–old house and its journey through generations
(Beijing JiaoTong University, 2019)A home is more than just ‘a territorial core’ and not just ‘an ordering principle in space’. Home is a complex entity that defines and is defined by cultural, socio-demografic, psychological, political and economic factors. ... -
Reading the research: Publications on vernacular architecture
(WIT Press, 2019)The aim of this study is to analyze the general profile of articles written on the subject of “vernacular architecture” (VA). The study integrates articles posted on the Web of Science database. In the first part of this ... -
Investigating the ways of learning from vernacular architecture
(WIT Press, 2019)The aim of this study is to investigate the methods for learning from the past and to explore alternative directions/approaches towards transferring past knowledge for the living environments of tomorrow. To achieve this ... -
A long-term strategy for energy and cost performance improvement of existing residential buildings: Step-by-step renovation in Turkey
(2019)Recast version of Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD-Recast) obligate member states to keep the cost analysis in parallel with the energy analysis during the renovation actions for the existing building by ... -
Identification of the retrofit actions to achieve cost-optimal and NZEB levels for residential buildings in Istanbul considering the remaining building lifetime
(2019)Cost-optimal and nearly-zero energy building (NZEB) levels are two interrelated concepts identified for upgrading energy performance of buildings in Europe. In parallel, many research activities on retrofitting existing ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Analysis of the creativity development and assessment of architectural design education: A case study of basic design studio
(IOP Publishing, 2019)Basic design education retains its seminal role in most of the architectural curricula today. Having the primary goal of getting acquainted students with knowledge and skills of design basics, basic design education supports ... -
The effects of transportation modes on campus use: A case study of a suburban campus
(Elsevier, 2019-03)N/A
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