Open House International
CALL FOR PAPERS
built environments for special populations
GUEST EDITOR: Dr. MAGDA MOSTAFA
Associate Professor of Architecture,
Cairo University & The American University in Cairo
m_most@aucegypt.edu
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 their societies, the built environment plays a tremendous role in shaping and facilitating the every day world we live in. Although being inextricably concerned with this man-environment dynamic, architecture however seems to limit its mainstream practices, education and standards to the conventional spectrum of “normal”. This leaves numerous user groups and victims of social circumstances largely excluded from the luxury of an architecture that deems itself specifically to serve them.
Such exclusion from the mainstream spectrum may be due to unique spatial needs and requirements of specific groups, or social phenomena which arise from particular transient or non-transient socio-political circumstances. Such marginalized groups include, but are not necessarily limited to, individuals with special needs and disabilities; displaced persons due to natural or socio-political circumstances such as refugees and the homeless; minority groups; the elderly; the poverty stricken; victims of natural disaster etc.
By encouraging research in this area we may create a much needed body of information and a number of methodologies and policies required to address the architectural and urban needs of such special populations. In this issue of Open House International authors are encouraged to submit research that helps bridge this informational gap through evidence based design research, case studies, policy evaluation and other forms of scientific research that address the relationship between special populations and their existing, and required, built environments.
Open House International OHI is covered by: EBSCO Publishing, The ELSEVIER Bibliographic Database/ Scopus and all the products of Thomson ISI index bases. the Journal is also listed on the following Architectural Index Lists: RIBA Index, ARCLIB, Avery and Ekistics Index of Periodicals. OHI is online for subscribers at www.openhouse-int.com
Open House International currently charges a publishing fee of 250 GBP for accepted papers.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
built environments for special populations
GUEST EDITOR: Dr. MAGDA MOSTAFA
Associate Professor of Architecture,
Cairo University & The American University in Cairo
m_most@aucegypt.edu
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 their societies, the built environment plays a tremendous role in shaping and facilitating the every day world we live in. Although being inextricably concerned with this man-environment dynamic, architecture however seems to limit its mainstream practices, education and standards to the conventional spectrum of “normal”. This leaves numerous user groups and victims of social circumstances largely excluded from the luxury of an architecture that deems itself specifically to serve them.
Such exclusion from the mainstream spectrum may be due to unique spatial needs and requirements of specific groups, or social phenomena which arise from particular transient or non-transient socio-political circumstances. Such marginalized groups include, but are not necessarily limited to, individuals with special needs and disabilities; displaced persons due to natural or socio-political circumstances such as refugees and the homeless; minority groups; the elderly; the poverty stricken; victims of natural disaster etc.
By encouraging research in this area we may create a much needed body of information and a number of methodologies and policies required to address the architectural and urban needs of such special populations. In this issue of Open House International authors are encouraged to submit research that helps bridge this informational gap through evidence based design research, case studies, policy evaluation and other forms of scientific research that address the relationship between special populations and their existing, and required, built environments.
Open House International OHI is covered by: EBSCO Publishing, The ELSEVIER Bibliographic Database/ Scopus and all the products of Thomson ISI index bases. the Journal is also listed on the following Architectural Index Lists: RIBA Index, ARCLIB, Avery and Ekistics Index of Periodicals. OHI is online for subscribers at www.openhouse-int.com
Open House International currently charges a publishing fee of 250 GBP for accepted papers.
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