scholarly journals Interaction of modern architectural design with the environment: Evaluation and application in urban open spaces for developing resilient cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 899 (1) ◽  
pp. 012011
Author(s):  
M Avramidou ◽  
S Manika
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Coating Materials ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Bioclimatic Design ◽  
Outdoor Spaces

Abstract The concept of urban resilience, either as a response to the effects of climate change or as a need to address the emerging challenges of the pandemic crisis, plays an important role in the modern forefront of urban policies. This article focuses, in the light of climate change, on the prospects of the adoption of the principles of urban resilience in the design of urban outdoor spaces, initially creating a clear framework for their definition. In order to achieve this, the article proceeds to the evaluation of successful European and Greek examples of urban open spaces in which the assurance of urban resilience is achieved through the application of bioclimatic design. Emphasis is placed on the factors of sunlight, ventilation, the role of water and greenery, and the properties of surface coating materials in urban outdoor spaces. Then the study area is analyzed, with qualitative and quantitative assessment of the factors that affect the outdoor environment.

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON THE ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN OF TRIPOLI

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-311
Author(s):  
AbuRawi Mustafa ALMARKIYAH ◽  
Fouziya Alzarqani Ipraheem FADHLULLAH
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Motion Path ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Study Case ◽  
The City

Tripoli is a city of a Mediterranean Sea climate; this has contributed with some social and religious factors to affect the architectural and urban design, which all originally has come from the Islamic content. This study argues the climatic features of Tripoli in order to show the ways followed by the Libyan Muslim architect. In other words, these ways were used to adapt with the climate and create the demanding architectural treatments, which have served the building units. This is considered as a study case that can discuss the possibility of the climatic reflection on the walls. That is to say, the walls’ thickness, the type of the used substance in building, the substance’s properties, the type of roof used in covering the building units and the architectural design of the building as treatments achieved professionally by the architect in decreasing the heat in summer and increasing the heat in winter through the mass block. Additionally, the researchers have stated that Tripoli’s building design respected the privacy of the inhabitants and their isolation from the world outside their buildings. That is because they wanted to have their own cold spaces inside which were rich of light, air and shadow. As a result of the aforementioned considerations, the architectural buildings contained the uncovered space and the broken entrance to keep the privacy from the passengers and to protect the inhabitants from wind and sand. These were regarded as final solutions for the architectural and climatic problem. Further, this study illustrates the active role of using the planning including the architectural formations and the treatments of motion path. That is according to their width, their length, their form, their guidance and their direction change in order to make shadow and isolate the front of buildings. This also contributed to give the streets the northern wind which in turn helped to keep the air moving as long as possible to tone down the climatic influences. Moreover, the planning aimed to show its turn through analytical, architectural and documentary survey for realistic examples in the archeological registrar of the potential city treatments. These architectural elements were important in making the sustainable architecture in respect to the environment and human relaxation requirements. Finally, the researchers measured the following factors temperatures, wind, rain, and ratio humidity for variety of spaces in the city. That was followed by qualitative and quantitative statistical analysis supported by graphs

scholarly journals Restructuring the Out Door Spaces of Selected Public Buildings to Enhance User Satisfaction in Abuja

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Outdoor Spaces

The use of outdoor (open) spaces in public buildings is vast and has significant roles ranging from individual (users) perception of the development of urban centers and cities to the satisfaction of the various functions they perform. However, little research is available on the use of the outdoor spaces in these Public buildings environment and the activities that take place thereof. This study investigates the factors that take users of public buildings to the outdoor environment and the physical factors that constitute their uses within the spaces. Using both qualitative and quantitative research approach, the paper examined the importance of restructuring the outdoor spaces for quality of the surrounding of the built environment. The study adopts a purposive sampling where participants were selected based on the outdoor use only. A total of seventy (75) questionnaires were administered to the various users of public buildings within specific open spaces. Only seventy (70) representing (93.33%) of the total population were returned and subjected to data analysis using the relevant descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, Mean Weighted Score (MWS) and Relatively Important Index (R.I.I) were used to rank features obtained. The study concludes that proper restructuring of landscape elements is necessary within public buildings, in order to provide human comfort, well-being and improved productivity. It was recommended that revitalizing the environmental features of these public building necessitates the insufficiency of outdoor features in government own buildings. Therefore, the user’s satisfaction of this outdoor (open) space in public buildings should be key consideration and emphasized on right from planning and design stages to it implementation.

scholarly journals Green Infrastructure Planning in Metropolitan Regions to Improve the Connectivity of Agricultural Landscapes and Food Security

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Yacamán Ochoa ◽  
Daniel Ferrer Jiménez ◽  
Rafael Mata Olmo
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Connectivity ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Metropolitan Regions

Green infrastructure (GI), as a concept and as a tool for environmental land-use planning at various scales, has burst onto the academic, political, and policy-making scenes in the last two decades. This tool, associated with strategic planning, offers integrated solutions for improving the ecological connectivity and urban resilience of open spaces, especially those affected by processes of urban sprawl, the abandonment of agriculture, and the territorial fragmentation of habitats and traditional agricultural landscapes. In spite of the advantages of GI, its design and implementation face a range of challenges and limitations. In this context, this paper has two objectives: Firstly, to address a critical review of recent literature on the subject, which, among other things, highlights the lack of references to the role of peri-urban agriculture in GI planning, and the positive contribution made by peri-urban agriculture to the local food supply and other regulatory and cultural services. Secondly, to propose a methodology to contribute to integrating practical GI planning in metropolitan regions to maximize the activation of traditional agricultural landscapes and the improvement of landscape connectivity in metropolitan regions for the reconnection of rural-urban relationships.

scholarly journals A Study on the Quality of Campus Landscape on Students' Attendance at the University Campus

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 950-962
Author(s):  
Mojgan Ghorbanzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
University Environment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Considering the expansion of higher education program in Iran to meet the needs of youth in recent years, there have been many institutes of higher education in closed spaces. This need is balanced now and it is time to highlight the importance of the impact of open spaces on higher education and improving its quality. The purpose of this study is to review landscape designing theories in University of Bojnord and investigating the role of these components in students’ attendance in the university environment. The ultimate goal is to extract and prioritize the desirability factors of the open spaces of campus and the students' attendance at the university. -The findings of the extraction have been analyzed based on the access to landscape design patterns. It is conducted by designing a visual questionnaire based on the components of landscape desirability such as understanding, exploration, compatible with the desire for participation and relaxation and enjoyment of the landscape. The questionnaire was given to 55 Students of University of Bojnord. The statistical population was all students of University of Bojnord. The sampling method was random clustering from the faculties of based on their gender and major. The data was stored, analyzed and processed in SPSS software. Data analysis shows the priority of the main factors of the desirability of open spaces on campus. The landscape desirability of Bojnurd University and students’ attendance at university is low and it requires a serious review of the architectural design of the university landscape.

scholarly journals STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujit Kumar SIKDER ◽  
Asad ASADZADEH ◽  
Elias Danyi KUUSAANA ◽  
Bishawjit MALLICK ◽  
Theo KOETTER
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
The City ◽  
Local Leaders

This study focuses on stakeholders’ participation, perceptions and local contextualization in the Informal Settlement (IS) regularization processes in Khulna City. These processes are undertaken to address livelihood challenges of IS dwellers and to operationalize development initiatives in informal regularization projects. Adopting both a qualitative and quantitative approach, the research results show that IS formation in Khulna City started slowly with rural immigration. These immigrants remain vulnerable to climate change although some initiatives were undertaken since the last 20 years to improve their living conditions. The IS dwellers and local leaders initially participated in these settlement-upgrading initiatives due to accompanied incentives but they became adamant after the project period ended. It was also found that the city local government and NGOs do not have any permanent arrangement to sustain the IS regularization processes. The analysis of the interrelationships among the stakeholders revealed that the relevant public agencies are in conflict, and the role of the private sector is less recognized. The initiatives undertaken so far have limited success especially in granting tenure security, and the private landowners or local authorities that trespassed public spaces resort to forceful eviction. Amidst all these, there is the need for the formulation and implementation of climate resilience policies that address stakeholder participations in mitigating climate change consequences and enhance livelihood development.

Creativity in the Initial Phases of Architectural Design

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wael A. Abdelhameed
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Design Factors

Creativity is viewed as vital for all design actions; however, creativity in general with its related cognition processes has no general theory. Creativity used in architectural design is different than creativity in other domains. This research proposes certain activities of the initial phases of architectural design, in which the role of creativity is distinguished. The research proceeds to present a case study of two architectural design studios in which a VR environment is employed in order to in-vestigate the effect of VR use on the creativity in those design phases. A methodol-ogy of qualitative and quantitative analysis has applied. Various architectural design factors are neutralized to overcome the influence generated from human factors variation and design thinking prejudice in architectural design and the associated ac-tivities.

Penataan Koridor Ruang Publik Perumahan Dengan Konsep Livable Street (Studi Kasus Perumahan Bumi Asri Medan)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwira Aulia ◽  
Sry Malem Perbina Bangun ◽  
Cut Sari Natasya.R
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Entry And Exit ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Functional Activities ◽  
Shared Property

Koridor Perumahan Bumi Asri Medan merupakan sarana milik bersama yang dibutuhkan masyarakat untuk melakukan kegiatan fungsional sebagai tempat akses masuk dan keluar penghuni dan pengunjung, tempat berkumpul dan bersosialisasi. Koridor perumahan Bumi Asri Medan juga merupakan satu-satunya akses masyarakat penghuni dan pengunjung di Perumahan Bumi Asri Medan. Penyelesaian koridor ruang publik seperti ruang luar area pesedtrian, parkir, ruang terbuka hijau atau taman yang pada umumnya berada pada urutan paling terakhir setelah suatu bangunan selesai dibangun, bahkan terkesan apa adanya. Beberapa produk perancangan arsitektur yang kurang memperhatikan masalah yang berkaitan dengan ruang. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa betapa pentingnya peran ruang public yang masih belum begitu dipahami. Oleh karena itu pada penelitian ini kami mengevaluasi koridor ruang publik perumahan dengan memperhatikan aspek kelayakan, akseptibilitas, dan kenyamanan. Serta mengetahui rekomendasi implementasi konsep Livable Street pada koridor ruang publik. Metoda penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif-kualitatif. Dengan melakukan wawancara dan menyebarkan kuesioner. Dari hasil penelitian tersebut evaluasi yang didapat dari persepsi pengunjung dan penghuni pada koridor perumahan Bumi Asri Medan salah satunya aspek kenyamanan seperti koridor ruang publik masuk kedalam kategori kurang setuju dengan ketersediaan jalur pejalan kaki. Hal ini dapat diatasi dengan mengevaluasi koridor perumahan menggunakan konsep livable street yaitu harus aman, nyaman dan memberiakn efek sehat kepada penggunanya. The Bumi Asri Medan Housing Corridor is a shared property that is needed by the community to carry out functional activities as a place for entry and exit for residents and visitors, a place to gather and socialize. The Bumi Asri Medan housing corridor is also the only access for residents and visitors to Bumi Asri Medan Housing. Completion of corridors of public spaces such as spaces outside the pedestrian area, parking, green open spaces or parks, which are generally in the last order after a building is completed, even impressed as it is. Some architectural design products pay less attention to problems related to space. This shows that the importance of the role of public space is still not well understood. Therefore, in this study, we evaluate the corridors of residential public spaces by taking into account the aspects of feasibility, acceptability, and comfort. As well as knowing the recommendations for implementing the Livable Street concept in the corridors of public spaces. The research method used is the descriptive-qualitative method. By conducting interviews and distributing questionnaires. From the results of the study, the evaluation was obtained from the perceptions of visitors and residents in the corridor of Bumi Asri Medan housing, one of which is the comfort aspect, such as public space corridors, which fall into the category of disagreeing with the availability of pedestrian paths. This can be overcome by evaluating residential corridors using the livable street concept, which must be safe, comfortable, and provide a healthy effect to its users.

Explaining Variation in Transnational Climate Change Activism: The Role of Inter-Movement Spillover

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Hadden
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
Transnational Activism ◽  
Global Justice Movement ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Over Time

How can we explain variation in the volume and character of transnational collective action on climate change? This paper presents original qualitative and quantitative data to document how transnational activism on climate change has changed over time. The author draws attention to the role of transnational social movement spillover—a process by which ideas, activists, and tactics are diffused from one movement to another—in explaining this evolution. The article examines the spillover of the global justice movement to the climate justice movement from 2007 to 2009, linking this spillover to changes in the nature of activism. In contrast to previous approaches, this work shows that transnational social movement spillover can result in the expansion of contention without radicalizing those actors already involved. This case demonstrates the theoretical importance of the spillover process and offers lessons for future climate activism.

Towards endogenous disasters and climate adaptation policy making in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Nugraha ◽  
Jonatan A. Lassa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Adaptation Policy ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of exogenous drivers that seeks to foster endogenous resilience and climate adaptation policy and practice in developing countries. It particularly examines the role of Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network as an exogenous driver that sought to sustain urban climate adaptation and resilience agenda in a secondary city in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach The research combines fieldworks and desktop research. Primary data collection includes participant observation, unstructured interviews with city stakeholders and project managers, semi-structured interviews with local communities and literature reviews. This research also used an ethnographic field research approach. Findings Exogenous drivers have temporarily fostered climate change adaptation at city level, but the question remains is how can international actors effectively create a meaningful transformation toward urban resilience in developing countries like Indonesia. Exogenous drivers can play significant roles as a catalyst for urban adaptation planning, including undertaking vulnerability assessment and city resilience strategy and implementing adaptation actions, and facilitates risk management. Further processes for mainstreaming climate adaptation and disaster reduction depend on how receptive and responsive local actors to co-facilitate and co-lead urban resilience buildings and development. Originality/value There is still lack of documented knowledge on local institutional change and policy making processes. This research shows challenges and opportunities in institutionalising urban climate adaptation and risk management agenda. It further shows that genesis of endogenous adaptation cannot be separated from the exogenous climate adaptation processes as well as internal dynamic of urban governance in developing world.

Adapting to climate change and improving urban resilience: the role of nature and biodiversity protection in cities

2017 ◽  
pp. 59-77
Author(s):  
Konar Mutafoglu ◽  
Patrick ten Brink ◽  
Sabrina Dekker ◽  
Jamie Woollard ◽  
Jean-Pierre Schweitzer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Biodiversity Protection
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