Architecture-Urbanism

Enhancing Building Performance: A New Groundbreaking Book by Wiley-2012

2012-01-30T08:06:00.003-05:00

Enhancing Building Performance
Editors: Shauna Mallory-Hill, Wolfgang P. E. Preiser, Christopher G. Watson

ISBN: 978-0-470-65759-1
Paperback
360 pages
March 2012

Enhancing Building Performance presents the latest BPE work, providing a systematic approach for those who wish to use BPE to deliver improved building performance that is responsive to the needs of stakeholders. With chapters written by experts from around the world the book demonstrates how to apply BPE to enhance building design. Topics covered include: evidence-based and integrative design processes, evaluation methods and tools, and education and knowledge transfer. In addition, case studies provide specific examples of how BPE has been used to study such things as the impact of workplace design on human productivity and innovation.

See Book Page on Wiley Website
http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470657596,descCd-description.html

Read Table of Contents

http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/96/04706575/0470657596-18.pdf

Toward a more conscious approach to urban development

2012-01-25T15:28:00.002-05:00

Interview: Toward a more conscious approach to urban development

QNRF-Qatar National Research Fund Newsletter, Issue # 8, January 2012

http://qnrfnewsletter.org/issue8/funded_research4.php

Qatar is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. At the heart of the vision for the country's development is a decreased dependence on natural resources and an increased reliance on a knowledge economy. This vision demands much in terms of aligning infrastructure to support education and research. But more than that, it demands the right people to bring, create and transfer knowledge. Attracting them is one thing, retaining them is another. For the first time, a researcher in Qatar is putting Doha under the microscope to make suggestions about its development.

“What do we mean by knowledge economy?” asked Professor Ashraf Salama, Chair of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Qatar University. “That’s an important question. If you have international universities, international businesses or what is called APS, advanced producer services, international high tech and IT, then you have a knowledge economy. But the urban environment should be able to accommodate these practices. Does it? That’s what we are studying in Doha, its potential to support the knowledge economy.”

For more, click here>> http://qnrfnewsletter.org/issue8/funded_research4.php

PLEA-2012, Lima Peru

2012-01-20T10:04:00.000-05:00

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST CAUMME 2012

2012-01-05T10:41:00.001-05:00

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST - Global Impacts and Local Challenges

CAUMME 2012

International Symposium
Organized Jointly between Yıldız Technical University and Qatar University

Prof. Dr. Murat SOYGENİŞ, Symposium Chair,
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Ashraf M. SALAMA, Symposium co-Chair,
Head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Qatar University, Qatar

Since the beginning of the new millennium, it was apparent that a new phase influencing the development of architecture and urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East had begun, when rulers, decision makers, and top government officials developed stronger interest in architecture and development. With such a sturdy interest many cities in this region are experiencing rapid growth coupled with fast track urbanization processes, and marked by large scale work, learning and residential environments, and mixed use developments. This is witnessed from Istanbul’s intensive urbanization process to Abu-Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island Development to Bahrain Financial Harbor, and from Kuwait’s City of Silk to the future city of Qatar, Lusail. Notably, some cities have acquired a geo-strategic importance. Through the shift of global economic forces, they have developed to central hubs between old economies of Western Europe and the rising economies of Asia. In the context of international competition between cities new challenges are emerging.

For More information

Conference Poster
http://www.mmr.yildiz.edu.tr/login/sys/admin/announcement/img/1324996093_CAUMME2012_poster.pdf

Conference Call for Papers

http://www.mmr.yildiz.edu.tr/login/sys/admin/announcement/img/1324996093_CAUMME_2012_Call_for_Papers_1.pdf

IJAR @ Five Years made it to Scopus-Elsevier: International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 5, Issue 3, November 2011.

2011-12-29T07:19:00.002-05:00

With the launch of the third issue of 2011, ArchNet-IJAR completes it's fifth year of publication. The November, 2011 issue of ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research is available for download here. http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=12399

An archive of past and present articles appears in a special ArchNet-IJAR section in the Digital Library. http://archnet.org/library/documents/collection.jsp?collection_id=1543

IJAR is a fully refereed architectural research journal edited by Professor Ashraf Salama. The Journal is indexed and is listed in several databases, including Avery index to Architectural Periodicals, EBSCO-Current Abstracts-Art and Architecture, INTUTE, Directory of Open Access Journals, Pro-Quest, Scopus-Elsevier and several other university library databases. To inquire about contributing articles for future issues of IJAR, please contact the chief editor at archnet.ijar.editor@gmail.com . or asalama@archnetijaronline.org

Download complete publication from Archnet Digital Library http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=12399

Download and see record of individual articles from the Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=journal&issn=19946961&volume=5&issue=3&date=2011&uiLanguage=en

Table of Contents

Refereed Regular Papers

Factors Influencing Public Attachment to Mosques in Malaysia 07/24
Mina Najafi and Mustafa Kamal Bin Mohd Shariff

The Significance of User Participation in Architectural Design: The Case of Nicosia Social Housing Complex 25/39
Rafooneh Mokhtarshahi Sani, Bahar Ulucay, and Pinar Ulucay

Revitalizing Historic Cairo: Three Decades of Policy Failure 40/57
Remah Y. Gharib

Post Occupancy Evaluation of Shared Circulation Spaces of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Dokuz Eylul University 58/80
Rengin Zengel and Ilkim S. Kaya

Architectural Form Creation in the Design Studio: Physical Modeling as an Effective Design Tool 81/92
Wael Abdelhameed

Intellectual Property in Architecture: Between Legislations and Ethical Manifestations with Special Reference to the Egyptian Case 93/106
Nehad Mohamed Eweda

Review and Trigger Articles

Architecture and Design Research: Reflections in Relation to the Design Process 107/115
Navid Gohardani

Place Identity in 21st Century Architecture in South Korea 116/133
Hee Sun (Sunny) Choi

Book Review: Designing for Play, by Barbara E. Hendricks 134/136
Remah Y. Gharib

Shaping the Future of Architecture and Urbanism in Islamic Societies

2011-12-20T06:12:00.000-05:00

Shaping the Future of Architecture and Urbanism in Islamic Societies

International Symposium
Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Qatar Foundation Doha, Qatar
December 21, 2011

Program

Registration

09:00 – 09:15 Opening and Remarks
Prof. Hatem El-Karanshawy
Dean of Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies,
Qatar Foundation

Session A

09:45 – 10:15 “Whence Islamic Architecture?”
Prof. Nasser Rabbat Aga Khan Professor of the History of Islamic Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- MIT, USA

09:15 – 09:45 “Architecture and the Vindication of Tradition”
Prof. Abdel Wahed El Wakeel Architect, Head of Center of Islamic Urban Planning and Architecture, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Qatar Foundation, Qatar

10:15 – 10:45 “Continuity versus Fragmentation for the Contemporary Muslim Urban Fabric”
Prof. Attilio Petruccioli Dean School of Architecture, Polytechnic, University of Bari, Italy

10:45 – 11:00 Moderated Discussion

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

Session B

11:15 – 11:45 “Dynamics of Urban Form in the Traditional Arab Town”
Prof. Mashary Al-Naim Professor of Architectural Criticism, College of Architecture, Dammam University, KSA

11.45 – 12.15 “Understanding the Production of Space in Cities of the Gulf Region: The Case of Doha”
Prof. Ashraf M. Salama Head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering,. Qatar University

12:15 – 12:45 “Industrialization and the built environment in the Islamic World”
Prof. Mohammad al-Asad Founding Director, Center for the Study of the Built Environment, Jordan

12:45 – 13:00 Moderated Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

Session C

14:00 – 14:30 “The historic public baths of North African Cities and their survival into the 21st Century”
Dr. Magda Sibley Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Development, The University of Manchester, UK

14:30 – 15:00 “Revitalizing Historic Cairo: Three Decades of Policy Failure”
Dr. Remah Gharib Assistant Professor, Center of Islamic Urban Planning and Architecture, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Qatar Foundation

15:00 – 15:30 “AL Mizaan- Architecture and Urbanism”
Prof. Sami Angawi Director General, AMAR Center for Architectural Studies and Founder of Hajj Research Center

15:30 – 15:45 Moderated Discussion

15:45 – 16:00 Closings

Open House International, Call for Papers_Special Issue: Built Environments for Special Populations

2011-12-10T10:57:00.000-05:00

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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Exposition- Hassan Fathy, An Egyptian Ambition

2011-12-07T19:05:00.000-05:00

Exposition "HASSAN FATHY an Egyptian Ambition",

December 19, 2011 - January 21, 2012

Architecture Foundation Team

Urban Dynamics in the Gulf Region: Challenges, Options, Horizons

2011-10-29T12:49:00.000-04:00

Urban Dynamics in the Gulf Region: Challenges, Options, Horizons

Seminar

Date: Monday 31st October, 2011
Time: 15:30- 18:00
Venue: Vorhoelzer Zentrum

Chair of Spatial and Territorial Development
Department of Architecture
Munich University of Technology

In the past 20 years, the Arabian Gulf has urbanized at an unprecedented pace. From around the globe, tens of thousands of people have flocked to this region; attracted mainly by the availability of jobs and economic opportunities; the size of this populace fluctuates in sync with the prevailing economic climate. Today, like elsewhere in the world, the region is feeling the grunt of the global economic downturn. The anxiety over the bursting of the Dubai bubble, while unstated, lurks in the background. However, governments of the region continue to invest huge surpluses in the local built environment with the hope of acquiring geo-strategic importance for their cities and sustaining a globally connected status. It is questionable, though, to what degree the construction intensive experiments of urbanization have brought full-fledged urbanism. In the global competition for retaining a productive populace, cities of the Gulf are lagging behind.

Hence, beyond surplus investment, the logic of urbanization in the Gulf region is difficult to decipher. Has the region still not overcome the “Dubai factor”? Beyond the record breaking and headline attracting physical developments, what are the options for cities of the Gulf and what lies in the horizon of their urban development?

Our two guest speakers, Prof Amer Moustafa of the American University of Sharjah (AUS) and Prof Ashraf Salama of Qatar University (QU) will share their insights on urban dynamics of the Gulf region. Prof Moustafa will discuss urban developments in Dubai in a presentation, titled, “Audacious Dubai: City Making Under Post Urban Conditions”. Prof. Salama will present his perspective from Doha in a presentation, titled, “Image and Place Making in the City of Doha”. The presentations will be followed by, what will surely be a lively discussion.

(Text: Alaily-Mattar)

Culture, Sustainability, and the Built Environment

2011-09-23T12:27:00.000-04:00

Culture, Sustainability and the Built Environment

A two day international workshop

26 - 27 September, 2011

Department of Architecture, Kuwait University

This century, we are now faced with the complex task of translating the so called ‘Global Sustainable Culture’ into a ‘Local environment’. Global warming and climate change imperatives are now widespread seeking adequate response from both the architects and the educators of architecture and the built environment. We are now faced with an absurd combination of modern regional architects, post-modern cultures in the changing economic environment. In reviewing the role of the architects and other stake holders from the ancient to present time, it becomes clear that the patron / client relationship between the ‘State’ and ‘Architect’ has not changed much as the Architects are more or less dictated by the market forces.

Celebrating 10 Years of Global Built Environment Review-GBER

more information, Contact:

Dr Omar Khattab drkhttb@yahoo.com

Dr Tasleem Shakur shakurt@edgehill.ac.uk

Kevin Burke burkek@edgehill.ac.uk
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A New Issue of Open House International Released - Affordable Housing, Quality, and Lifestyle Theories

2011-09-09T04:39:00.000-04:00

OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
VOLUME 36, ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2011
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: QUALITY AND LIFESTYLE THEORIES
http://www.openhouse-int.com/

Guest Editors:

Professor Ashraf M. Salama, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Dr Urmi Sengupta, School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast.

The issue of housing affordability is widespread worldwide. Governments have responded to this issue through ways of cost reductions in order to make homes available at a price that a user is able to pay. However, this area of concern has been a permanent preoccupation of housing technocrats consumed in the quality and location of the housing unit, often overlooking other socio-cultural and psychological dimensions adhered to it. Housing quality is a composite good with a variety of attributes, including: structural condition, standard of services, amenities, location, usable space and occupancy standards. It can, at the same time be laden with physical, economic and cultural dimensions. People purposively (or un-purposively) use the externally defined meanings of ‘housing’ to situate themselves with others who share their values and life-styles in asserting their social status and identity. Understanding how these issues of affordability may relate to people’s preferences and lifestyles mandates an understanding of housing quality and lifestyle theories.

CONTENTS

Editorial: Changing Paradigms in Affordable Housing, Quality and Lifestyle Theories
Ashraf M. Salama and Urmi Sengupta

The Housing Triangulation: A Discourse on Quality, Design and Lifestyles.
Urmi Sengupta, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Transdisciplinary Knowledge for Affordable Housing
Ashraf M. Salama, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

Modeling Quality and Housing Preferences for Affordable New Housing Developments.
Alina Delgado and Frank De Troyer, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium.

The Cost of Housing: More than Just Dollars.
R.J. Fuller and U.M. de Jong, Deakin University, Australia.

Affordable Housing in Turkey: User Satisfaction in Toki Houses.
Miray Gür, Uludag University, and Neslihan Dostoğlu, Istanbul Kültür University, Turkey.

Minimum Energy Maximum Space: Higher-Density Attached Family Housing.
N. K. Burford, J. Thurrot, A.D. Pearson, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Lifestyle and Affordability Choices in Traditional Housing of Old Dhaka.
Iftekhar Ahmed, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Towards Affordability: Maximising Use Value in Low-Income Housing.
Dina Shehayeb, Housing and Building National Research Centre, Egypt, and Peter Kellett, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Which is Better, Social Houses or Gecekondus?
Ebru Cubukcu, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey.

Challenges and Prospects for Affordable and Sustainable Housing, Yola, Nigeria.
Jallaludeen Muazu and Derya Oktay, Eastern Mediterranean University, Northern Cyprus, Turkey.

Squatter Housing as a Model for Affordable Housing in Developing Countries.
Elmira Gür – Yurdanur Dülgeroğlu Yüksel, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

LONAARD: A New Art and Architecture Peer Reviewed Periodical - London

2011-08-22T14:11:00.001-04:00

LONAARD: A New Periodical based in London

Lonaard Magazine is an art and architecture peer-reviewed periodical founded in London by Dr Waleed Al Sayed and Dr Mashary Al-Naim since 2008

http://www.lonaard.com/index.html

Over the past year, the journal has produced high quality issues addressing timey and pressing issues of interest to the international community of scholars, academics, and practitioners in architecture, planning, design, and crafts, with a focus on the Arab World.

Previous Issues include

Handicrafts http://www.lonaard.com/magazineflash1.html

Arab City http://www.lonaard.com/issue2/issue2.html

Mosque Architecture http://www.lonaard.com/issue3/index.html

The Paradigm of 'Islamic' Architecture http://www.lonaard.com/issue4/index.html

Current call for papers include:

Political Architecture http://www.lonaard.com/magazine5.html

Architecture: Urbanism, History and Conservation http://www.lonaard.com/magazine.html

For more information contact:

info@lonaard.com

Middle East's Leading Architects Forum

2011-08-08T01:07:00.000-04:00

Middle East's Leading Architects Forum

September 16-19, 2011

Shangri La Barr Al Jissah, Muscat, Oman

Arc-Middle East -- What is it

http://www.arc-me.com/index.html

Now in its second year, Arc-Middle East is an Innovative, one to one meetings forum and conference for Principals of the Middle East and North Africa's largest and most active architect firms. Proven in Europe, Asia and North America, Arc-Middle East is a truly effective opportunity for time pressured executives to meet with and be educated by senior directors of supplier companies, learn about important developments across the region and to network with their peers from many countries across the region.

Seminar Program

A meticulously researched programme presented by industry experts and leaders on subjects including: The Delivery Of Sustainability In Today’s Construction Sector, from Dr Alex Amato of Davis Langdon; The New Reality For Architecture Firms and How Principals Will Need To Adapt, from David Koren of Perkins Eastman; and an interactive panel discussion comprised of the leading Real Estate Developers from across the region.

BOND Events and Arc-Middle East 2011 are official AIA CE providers.

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Middle East's Leading Architects Forum

September 16-19, 2011

Shangri La Barr Al Jissah, Muscat, Oman

Series of Seminars that address timely and important issues including

Seminar 1:

Much Ado About Carbon, The Delivery Of Sustainability In Today’s Construction Sector:

Dr Alex Amato: Associate, Davis Langdon

Seminar 2:

Real Estate Developers Panel Discussion: An In Depth Discussion Focusing On;

Panel Speakers Deepak Jain - Head of Strategic Consulting at Jones Lang LaSelle, Dubai; Mohammed Ahmad Al Emadi - Associate Director Real Estate Development – Barwa Real Estate Qatar and Barwa Al Sadd General Manager; Gurjit Singh - COO, Sorouh Real Estate, Abu Dhabi; Chaired by Jeff Willis - Associate Director Arup & Vice Chairman of Emirates GBC

Seminar 3:
Knowledge and Design: Towards Responsive Architectural Pedagogy and Practice:

Dr Ashraf Salama: Professor & Founding Head of Architecture and Urban Planning at Qatar University

Seminar 4:

A Sense of Purpose: The New Reality For Architecture Firms And How Principals Will Need To Adapt:
David Koren, Associate Principal and Director of Marketing, Perkins Eastman

Seminar 5:
Risky Business - How can Contracts Assist you in Emerging and Volatile Markets?
David McElveney, Partner of Projects & Construction, Clyde & Co

International Journal of Islamic Architecture

2011-08-05T17:04:00.001-04:00

International Journal of Islamic Architecture

A New Journal by Intellect

The International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) is intended for those interested in urban design and planning, architecture, and landscape design in the historic Islamic world, encompassing the Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia, but also the more recent geographies of Islam in its global dimensions. The main emphasis is on detailed analysis of the practical, historical and theoretical aspects of architecture, with a focus on both design and its reception. The journal is also specifically interested in contemporary architecture and urban design in relation to social and cultural history, geography, politics, aesthetics, technology, and conservation. Spanning across cultures and disciplines, IJIA seeks to analyze and explain issues related to the built environment throughout the regions covered. The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary nature of this journal will significantly contribute to the knowledge in this field.

Journal Website: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=204/
Download Call for Papers http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/IJIA%20Call%20for%20Papers.pdf
Download Guidelines for Manuscript Submission http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/IJIA%20Notes%20for%20Contributors.pdf

Director and Founding Editor

Mohammad Gharipour

mohammad@gatech.edu

Academic Editor
Hasan-uddin Khan

Associate Editor

Deeba Haiderijia@intellectbooks.com

Reviews Editor

Nancy Um

nancyum@binghamton.edu

Editorial Assistant

Marika Snider

Avi Friedman's Book: Decision Making for Flexibility in Housing

2011-08-02T14:00:00.004-04:00

Decision Making for Flexibility in Housing by Avi Friedman,

ISBN 1 - 8 7 2 8 1 1 - 1 1 - 6, Urban international Press 2011, Gateshead, United Kingdom.

From the back cover

The rapid pace of social evolution, emerging economic realities, technological innovation and environmental constraints require a design approach that permits greater flexibility in housing. First occupants or subsequent users should be able to easily modify their dwellings according to their ongoing needs throughout the residency. In the book, award-winning architect and professor Avi Friedman offers an approach to decision-making for flexibility in residential design. The author guides the reader through a series of steps whose outcome helps identify users’ needs, to which architects and builders can fit a proper level of flexibility. The book is illustrated by case studies which apply those methods to “real world” residential projects.

Book Review

Jia Beisi,

Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong bjiaa@hku.hk

The author has demonstrated considerable knowledge and has revealed deep insights in the Open Building movement. This is not surprising, considering that in the last 40 years, the movement has attracted theorists, researchers, designers, builders, and architectural students working mainly on two directions – architectural design methodologies and techniques of infill components, which are separated from the base building construction.

Although experimental buildings have been built around the world, the difficulties of implementation on a larger scale prevail. Only a few efforts have been made to organize the knowledge and to formulate the implementation strategies for the builders and designers. The research on flexible buildings address the technical components, but the possibility of integration with the current housing market is overlooked. Thus, this book is a significant contribution in the effort to fill the gap “between theories pertaining to flexibility and the reality of housing market” not only for North America, as the author explained, but also for the rest of the world. The publication of the book is a significant addition to the literature on flexible housing.

The objectives of the book are premised on the understanding that flexibility has not been generally accepted in North America because of the problems of implementation. It intends to develop a project based decision-making model to assist designers and builders in determining the relevant level of flexibility which is best fit to their particular projects. It addresses the implementation problems of flexibility. It attempts to formulate a decision-making tool as a guide for the builders of flexible buildings in the selection of both the design and implementation strategies that conform to the objectives and the organizational structure of a specific building firm as well as the needs of the user. The essence of the book lies in the belief of the author that it is possible to introduce a process that will enable designers to create provisions that will facilitate internal flexibility.

After a brief introduction on the concept of flexibility which explains that a building needs to be divided according to the hierarchies of control – a concept inherited from Habraken, the book relates to the readers the multi-disciplinary nature of housing and the decisive role of demographic and socio-economic factors in shaping the supply of housing. The book argues that economic factors largely influence the decisions of builders to provide flexibility systems. The author believes that a selected strategy for flexible building depends on the intentions of the builder, as well as the socio-economic characteristics of the users. “The introduction of flexibility in a manner which will confront mainstream traditions will not be welcome and will most probably fail.” Moreover, the approach to flexibility must be compatible with market-dominated efficient design and marketing.

To achieve its objectives, the book is structured as follows.

The introduction presents the key issues addressed in the book. Chapter 1 comprises a brief report on European flexible buildings and demands of flexible housing in North America. Chapter 2 identifies the characters of all the participants in the housing process: governments, financial institutions, builders, designers, project executors, suppliers and real estate agencies, and the users. Chapter 3 explains the process by which demographical change leads to the needs of the dynamics of multi-unit housing and flexibility. The essential issue of flexibility implementation is economics. Thus, by using monetary indicators, Chapter 4 demonstrates the importance of convincing builders that flexibility could be a valuable marketing device. Moreover, the chapter explains to users that the systems have long- and short-term economic benefits. Incorporated in the chapter is an explanation on the User Cost and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analyses as techniques that allow the user and designer to look into the merit of investing in flexibility over time.

Chapter 5 compares and analyzes several styles of flexibility design management. Chapter 6 demonstrates the importance of identifying the users prior to initiating a project. The five major factors which can be used to identify the users of projects are sub-populating category, life cycle stage, rate of mobility, level of income, and housing behavior. The chapter also provides instructions on formulating building objectives, finding sources of data, processing information, and determining strategies. A choice of the type of flexibility by builders and designers is based on the synthesis of social economic characteristics of users.

Chapter 7 introduces the criteria for selection of design alternatives, which include cost estimation, economic attributes, regulation, and execution time. Chapter 8 finalizes the decision-making model by describing and making choices from the alternatives of flexibility. Selecting alternatives is performed by using the previously established criteria, including User Cost and LCC techniques. Instead of using a real design project to demonstrate the effectiveness of the decision-making model, the author presents an analytical simulation of a conceptual project. The simulation is based on a survey of 10 condominiums in Montreal, Canada.

The book is informative and serves as a conceptual instrument for the housing decision makers, including governmental housing organizations, private housing developers and builders, designers, and other promoters who want to design flexibility projects. It is useful for programmers, housing researchers, and students of architecture and building management. It can provide inspiration to residents and the general public who are interested in new living styles as well as in benefits from monetary savings and better living standards during their residency.

The book is illustrated with clear and well placed line drawings for all the building cases, especially for the Western European flexible housing design in Chapter 2. A large number of diagrams are found in strategic parts of the book, making the abstract concepts, analysis, and instructions highly visual and easy to understand.

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The price is 40 USD in addition to shipping and handling and can be ordered through either me direct on nicholaz.wilkinson@emu.edu.tr or through www.openhouse-int.com

Archnet-IJAR Volume 5, Issue 2, July 2011 is now available

2011-07-31T10:03:00.002-04:00

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research

Volume (5) - Issue (2) - July 2011

Download complete publication from Archnet Digital Library

http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=11561

Download and see record of individual articles from the Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=journal&issn=19946961&volume=5&issue=2&date=2011&uiLanguage=en

Table of Contents

Refereed Regular Papers

Community Practice, the Millennium Development Goals and Civil Society Measures in Brazil. pp-07-23 Caru Bowns and Carolina Pescatori C. da Silva

Less Space, More Spatiality for Low Income Housing Units in Egypt: Ideas from Japan. pp-24-48 Nermine Abdel Gelil

Counterbalancing Benefits and Drawbacks of Contemporary Stabilised Earth Construction by Construction Professionals. pp-49-62 Mohammad Sharif Zami

Wayfinding Study in Virtual Environments: The Elderly vs. the Younger-Aged Groups. pp-63-76 Seunghae Lee and Rhonda Kline

Design Quality in the Real Estate Market: Clients’ Preferences Versus Developers’ Interests. pp-77-90 Eman El-Nachar

The Concept of Local-Smart-Housing: Towards Socio-Cultural Sustainability of Vernacular Settlements. pp 91-105 AmirHosein GhaffarianHoseini, Nur Dalilah Dahlan, Rahinah Ibrahim, Mohd Nasir Baharuddin and Ali GhaffarianHosein

Review and Trigger Articles

The Challenge of Sustainability in Developing Countries and the Adaptation of Heritage-Inspired Architecture in Context. pp 106-118 Wael A. Yousuf

Theoria, Praxis, Poiesis: A Continuum Scheme. pp 119-126 Ayla Ayyıldız Potur and Kutlu Sevinç Kayıhan

Functionalism and the Contemporary Architectural Discourse: A Review of Functionalism Revisited by John Lang and Walter Moleski. pp 127-131 Ashraf M. Salama

CFP: Sustaining Urbanism in Cities of the Arabian Gulf: Urban Space and the Knowledge Economy

2011-07-10T09:51:00.001-04:00

http://www.aag.org/

Call for papers

Sustaining Urbanism in Cities of the Arabian Gulf: Urban Space and the Knowledge Economy

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting 2012,
New York City, USA
February, 24-28, 2012

Organizers:
Alain Thierstein, Munich Technical University
Ashraf M. Salama, Qatar University
Florian Wiedmann, Qatar University
Nina Alaily-Mattar, Munich Technical University
Sven Conventz, Munich Technical University

Special Session:
Cities on the Arabian Gulf have recently acquired a geo-strategic importance. With accelerating pace in the past 20 years, huge surpluses have been heavily invested in the local built environment with the hope of fostering the globally connected status of these cities.

The unstated anxiety over the bursting of the Dubai bubble instigated the region to brace itself for a time in which surplus might not be so abundant. Towards that end, visions are drawn, in which these cities become players in diversified global economies, chief among them, the Knowledge Economy. The underlying rationale is that locations that produce, service and maintain the Knowledge Economy have high levels of value added in the long run.

This session discusses the two domains of Knowledge Economy and the built environment within the context of the cities of the Arabian Gulf. It asks the following:

Beyond the record breaking and headline attracting physical developments, how can these cities sustain and enhance their position in the global competition of geographic locations? What are the city specific drivers and impediments for being a sustainable player in the global Knowledge Economy? How do the cities of the region score in the global competition for attracting and retaining creative talent? Have the cities overcome the Dubai factor? Are there any lessons learnt from the construction intensive Dubai experiment? As cities seek to play a role in the Knowledge Economy, what imperatives for cooperation and complementation exist in the Arabian Gulf region?

Submitting papers

Both conceptual and empirical papers are welcome, and we look forward to receiving proposals that make use of a variety of data sources, scales and analyses and methodological backgrounds. Interested participants should direct their expression of interest, questions and or/ title and abstracts of 250 words or less to Alain Thierstein (thierstein@tum.de), Ashraf Salama (asalama@qu.edu.qa), Florian Wiedmann (florian_wiedmann@yahoo.de), Nina Alaily-Mattar (n.alaily-mattar@tum.de) or Sven Conventz (conventz@tum.de), by August, 1st. Contributors will have to register for the conference and submit their abstract the regular way (through the AAG website: http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting/register_to_attend), and should then send the registration code (PIN) they receive to us. Please note that you have to submit the abstract AND also pay, and then your PIN is activated. Once everyone has done this, we register for a special session, and mention all registration codes that will be in our session(s).

2011-03-05T19:14:00.001-05:00

Open House International -- Call for Papers

Special Theme Issue

Urban Space Diversity: paradoxes and realities

Volume 37, Issue # 2, June 2012

Guest Editors:

Professor Ashraf M. Salama-Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

Professor Alain Thierstein-Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany.

E-mail: asalama@gmail.com & thierstein@tum.de

With their socio-physical, socio-economic, socio-cultural, and sociopolitical presence cities have always been highly differentiated spaces expressive of heterogeneity, diversity of activities, entertainment, excitement, and pleasure. They have been (and still are) melting pots for the formulation of and experimentation with new philosophies and social practices. They produce, reproduce, represent, and convey much of what counts today as culture, knowledge, and politics. Urban spaces within cities are no exception; they are places for the pursuit of freedom, un-oppressed activities and desires, but also ones characterized by systematic power, oppression, domination, exclusion, and segregation. In dealing with these polar qualities diversity has become one of the new doctrines of city planners, urban designers, and architects. It continues to be at the center of recent urban debates. Little is known, however, on how urban space diversity can be achieved.

In recent rhetoric, diversity denotes in generic terms a mosaic of people who bring a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, styles, perspectives, values and beliefs as assets to the groups and organizations with which they interact. However, in urban discourses it has been addressed as having multiple meanings that include mixing building types, mixing physical forms, and mixing people of different social classes, racial and ethnic backgrounds. While some theorists attribute diversity to the socio-physical aspects of homogeneity within heterogeneity, social differentiation without exclusion, variety, and publicity (Young, 1990), others associate it with socio-political aspects of assimilation, integration, and segregation (Grillo, 2005). While some of these meanings represent a concern for a specific group of professionals including architects and urban designers, urban planners, cultural analysts and abstract theorists, they all agree that each meaning or aspect of diversity is linked to the others; they all call for strategies for urban development that stimulate socio-physical heterogeneity.

This special issue of Open House International attempts to offer answers to these questions: Can planned public urban spaces produce social diversity? What are the aspects of genuine diversity that can be planned for and what are the others that can be attained only spontaneously? With the goal of unveiling lessons learned on urban diversity from the decision making processes and the resulting public urban spaces, the purpose of this issue encompasses several objectives. It aims at providing a conceptualization of urban diversity and elaborating its underlying contents and mechanisms by exploring the variety of meanings adopted in the urban literature. As well, it attempts to establish models for discerning urban space diversity while mapping such models on selected case studies.

Key Dates

Interested scholars, academics, and practitioners are invited to submit expression of interest to the guest editors.

February 15, 2011: Call for Papers
March 30, 2011: Expression of Interest and Submission of Extended Abstracts.
April 15, 2011: Notification of Selected Papers for Possible Inclusion
June 30, 2011: Submission of Full Papers
September 12, 2010: Notification of the Refereeing Process
December 1, 2011: Submission of Final Revised Papers
June 1, 2012: Publication Date

Open House International is covered by: EBSCO Publishing , the ELSEVIER Bibliographic database Scopus and all products of THOMSON ISI index bases. The journal is also listed on the following Architectural index lists: RIBA, ARCLIB, AVERY and EKISTICS.

Live Projects 2011-- A Colloquium at the School of Planning, Architecture, and Civil Engnineering-SPACE, Queen's University Belfast

2011-01-14T05:15:00.001-05:00

Live Projects 2011: a free, one day colloquium for live project academics in architecture, built environment and design disciplines

25 March 2011, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

w: http://liveprojects2011.wordpress.com/
e: liveprojects2011@qub.ac.uk

OVERVIEW
Live Projects 2011 invites academics and teachers in architecture, built environment and design disciplines to a one day colloquium about the use of live projects in higher education.

A live project in architectural education may be defined as a teaching project that brings students of architecture into contact with one or more aspects of the reality of architectural practice: a real client, a real timeline and a real outcome that is of value to the client. Established as an adaptation of the studio-based model of architectural education, their origins lie in nineteen-fifties’ experiments in the university-based architectural education. Contemporary UK live projects are increasingly cited as developing broader skill-sets in their students than traditional studio based projects, often drawing reference from design/build or service learning projects in North America. Yet despite their established use in architectural education, live projects remain under theorised, with primarily descriptive rather than analytical research.

Live Projects 2011 offers live project academics, practitioners and students a focused opportunity to:

- present, discuss and critique live project practice and research
- propose and develop areas for future practice and research
- meet and network with peers at schools of architecture in Britain and Ireland
- develop their contributions for subsequent publication

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Download this call as a pdf: http://liveprojects2011.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/live-projects-2011-call.pdf

Trigger papers (1000 – 1500 words maximum) describing recent live project practice and experience are invited. Papers are sought that:

critically review not only the successes but also difficulties of recent live projects
situate live projects against those within other institutions and disciplines
situate live projects against the theoretical frameworks that might inform or be informed by them
discuss the pedagogical, social, economic, political and/or cultural values of live projects
discuss the mechanisms for addressing pragmatic issues relating to construction, risk assessment and health and safety
suggest new directions and challenges for live project practice

Papers are to be published, either independently or through the media of the Centre for Education and Built Environment, which has made this event possible.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words accompanied by a summary CV should be submitted no later than 21 January 2011 to:
liveprojects2011@qub.ac.uk

Reasonable travel and accommodation expenses (for economy class air fare and up to 3* accommodation, up to a combined total of £250 per person) will be met for those participants chosen by the steering group to present.

Regardless of invitation to present, Live Projects 2011 is free to attend, although pre-registration is required. Please email your name, affiliation and travel details no later than 25 February 2011.

TIMELINE

Call for abstracts launched: Friday 3 December 2010
Call for abstracts closes: Friday 21 January 2011
Presenting participants confirmed: Friday 18 February 2011
Registration deadline: Friday 25 February 2011
Colloquium: Friday 25 March 2011

w: http://liveprojects2011.wordpress.com/
e: liveprojects2011@qub.ac.uk

Dohaland Chair in Architecture at Qatar University Announced

2010-10-30T03:24:00.000-04:00

Qatar University (QU) and Dohaland today announced the appointment of the Dohaland Chair in Architecture. Dohaland established the Chair in Architecture to support QU in developing qualified architects who can own and further Dohaland's new architectural language, balancing environmental and cultural sustainability with the needs of a modern metropolis; thus ensuring architectural sustainability in Qatar's future development.

Dohaland spent three years researching the new architectural language for its signature project Musheireb, the world's first sustainable downtown regeneration project. The Chair position will enhance the teaching and learning processes in architecture and urbanism, establish links between academic and professional practice, and develop a research program in the fields of architecture and urban design which will address the dialectical relationship between tradition, modernity, and identity.

QU Head of Architecture and Urban Planning Prof Ashraf Salama and Allies and Morrison architect Prof Tim Makower, one of the main architects in Dohaland's Musheireb project, will act as co-chairs in the position for one year. Both bring extensive experience to the position, and their professional and academic backgrounds will foster the development of responsive perspectives for architecture in Qatar. They will contribute to an overall program of societal awareness relating to the value of architecture and design by conducting public lectures and workshops while engaging various stakeholders in the local professional community as well as the public.

Prof Makower's primary focus will be on knowledge sharing and dealing with Design as the process of putting Theory into Practice, while Prof Salama's role will encompass academic research, specifically teaching and community-related activities. Both academics will lead the field of sustainable regeneration both for Qatar and the wider region, in particular with Dohaland's flagship project, Musheireb.

The Appointed Chairs

Tim Makower MA Cambridge University, RIBA, is a partner at Allies and Morrison, one of the UK's foremost practices in Architecture and Urban Design. He has had extensive experience in the UK and the GCC, including major projects both of urban design and architecture. He is the architect of the Diwan Amiri Quarter, including the Qatar National Archives and the National Eid Ground as well as numerous residential projects in Doha.

Ashraf M Salama, M.Arch., PhD, is an architect, scholar and Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Qatar University. He is a recognized Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Royal Society of the Arts. His appointment included serving as an International Jury member for United Nations Competition, UNESCO, and the International Union of Architects-UIA. His books on architectural pedagogy and design studio teaching practices are widely- acknowledged. He is chief editor of International Journal of Architectural Research at MIT, USA, and associate editor of Open House International Journal, UK.

Commenting on the appointments, QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad said: "We are happy with these appointments which integrate education and research into the process of teaching and learning. This move marks the emphasis the professional sector places on the vision and mission of Qatar University and its support of our commitment to ensuring that our programs and educational processes reflect the societal and cultural needs of the community."

Chief Executive Officer of Dohaland Eng. Issa M. Al Mohannadi stated: "Dohaland has been actively engaged in the forward-thinking vision for Qatar, and has developed a new progressive architectural language that evolves without losing its ethnicity. Through our support of the Chair at Qatar University we shall ensure the sustainability of the new architectural language for the future generations, by developing local architects who can understand, practice and own Dohaland's new architectural language."

Dean of QU College of Engineering Dr Mazen Hasna said: "This is a remarkable start to our newest department, Architecture and Urban Planning. Through this partnership with Dohaland, our students will have the opportunity to be part of the design of the Musheireb project under the supervision of a leading architect and a leading academic."

First International Congress of ReteVitruvio ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BETWEEN TEACHING AND RESEARCH

2010-09-12T03:25:00.001-04:00

Transcending the constraints of traditional cultural and disciplinary boundaries, the 1 st RETEVITRUVIO Congress will be open to contributors associated with all disciplines focused on and around the architectural design. The Congress will offer an open forum for presenting the broad field of architectural design theories, methods, researches and products.

Among paper sessions, keynotes and panel discussions, there will be plenty of time and opportunity to offer what a modern and reflexive congress on architectural design needs: a vivid forum for the exchange of ideas and experience among international scholars, students, as well as practicing architects and engineers.

The Congress will be hosted by the Faculty of Architecture of Bari Polytechnic University. Organization of the Congress will be undertaken in collaboration with the Retevitruvio Advisory Committee, as well as with the National Support Group, composed of representatives of several related Schools of Architecture and organizations. An International Scientific Committee will peer review abstracts and papers submitted.

For more information visit http://retevitruvio.it/congresso/en/index.html

IAPS Networks

2010-08-03T23:57:00.003-04:00

IAPS NETWORKS

Research and Interest Groups of the International Association -- People-Environment Studies.

The Networks are interest and research groups formed by IAPS members. They carry out debates, discussion groups, publications, often posses their own website and organise symposia and conferences. For example, within IAPS Conference in Rome (IAPS-2008): The Culture and Space in the Built Environment-CSBE and the Education Networks organized a one day symposium Cities, Cultural Diversity, and Design Pedagogy: Enhancing "People Environments" Paradigm in Education, coordinated by Hulya Turgut Yildiz, Ashraf M. Salama, and Peter Kellett, Click here for more information http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10601

The Networks are coordinated by Aleya Abdel-Hadi, Emeritus Professor and IAPS Board Member.
This is a poster prepared and presented at IAPS 2010-Leipzig.

click here for more information
http://www.iaps-association.org/activities-remit/networks/

Appreciative Inquiry Linked to Architectural Design Practice: An Editorial on Architects for Peace

2010-07-21T03:20:00.000-04:00

Reflections on Schools and Schooling:

Bringing Appreciative Inquiry to Ethical Design Practices

An Editorial on Architects for Peace by Ashraf M. Salama

Whether in nurseries, elementary or high school buildings, the educational process involves many activities that include knowledge acquisition and assimilation, testing students’ motivation and academic performance, and faculty and teachers’ productivity. These activities are complex and play a vital role in a child’s development. But, what about the environment that accommodates these activities? While many have said in the past that a good teacher can teach anywhere, a growing body of knowledge strongly suggests a direct relation between the physical environment and the teaching/learning processes and outcomes (1, 2, 3). Taking daylighting as an example, recent research accentuates that it increases the well being of students and teachers and is a major reason for recording high attendance rates. Strikingly, significant correlations between the presence of daylighting and students’ test scores have been found. This would match the visionary statement made by Louis Kahn "Without light there is no architecture."

Read more here
>> http://archpeace2.blogspot.com/2010/06/reflections-on-schools-and-schooling.html

IAPS International Symposium 2011: Continuity and Change of Built Environments

2010-07-20T06:57:00.003-04:00

IAPS-International Association: People-Environment Studies

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 2011
October 10-14, 2011, Daegu, Korea
IAPS-CSBE & HOUSING Networks

Continuity and Change of Built Environments: Housing, Culture and Space across Lifespans

Complex and fundamental changes in demographic, economic, social, cultural, technological and environmental conditions are influencing people and their built environments their lives and cultures all around the world. To ensure a functional continuity of housing and space across the lifespan and the construction of housing to meet specific local requirements, a reinterpretation of accumulated experience and knowledge is required for future developments. Drawing on lessons from the past, research in current contexts and creative foresight, this symposium will consider possibilities for future housing, culture, and space for people, lifestyles, cultures and populations undergoing change.

Organized by IAPS Culture and Space in the Built Environment and Housing Networks.

Download Call for Papers here
>> http://www.iaps2011symposium.kr/down/call.pdf

Visit Conference Website here
>> http://www.iaps2011symposium.kr/

Making Cities Livable

2010-07-19T07:19:00.009-04:00

48th IMCL Conference on Planning Healthy & Child-Friendly Communities
Charleston, SC, USA October 17-21, 2010

International Making Cities Livable Council & City of Charleston, SC.
http://www.livablecities.org/

The conference will focus on how to design healthy communities, and how to improve children's health and development by improving the built environment, and making nature spaces and community places accessible. The conference will bring together 350-400 delegates - elected officials, practitioners and scholars in planning, public health, urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, transportation planning, pediatrics, child development, and land use development from around the world to present health effects of the built/natural environment, health impact assessment tools, guidelines for designing healthy neighborhoods, and examples of cutting-edge improvements in the way developers build, and how cities reshape existing neighborhoods.

Contact
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Ph.D.(Arch.)
Director, International Making Cities Livable Conferences
Suzanne.Lennard@LivableCities.org

Conference: The Cultural Role of Architecture

2010-06-13T12:58:00.008-04:00

The Cultural Role of Architecture
June 23rd - 25th 2010
University of Lincoln

What role can architecture play as a form of cultural expression? What is architecture capable of communicating in its current means of production? How does architecture participate in cultural and individual identity formation? What role can contemporary architecture play in the expression and development of the ideas and values of a culture, and in the intellectual development of the individual?

Keynote speakers
Alberto Pérez-Gómez – McGill University
Marco Frascari - Carleton University
Hasan-Uddin Khan - Roger Williams University
Renée Tobe – University of East London

Click here for the conference program
http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/conferences/cul_role_arch/Programme2.pdf
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Building Sustainable Communities in Qatar

2010-02-26T00:22:00.003-05:00

Building Sustainable Communities in Qatar:
A Conference Opening New Horizons in Sustainable Building, Architecture, and Urbanism
(March 15-16, Marriott Doha, Qatar)

Why Attend?
• Hear about the challenges and opportunities in Qatar’s green construction market from major developers, contractors and consultants
• Find out about Qatar’s new rating system, QSAS
• Network with potential partners and develop strategic business alliances
• Save money by discovering how to reduce water and energy consumption using new technologies
• Discover case studies from Qatar and beyond which will give you practical insight into the technologies which work best in this environment
And much more…

The most up to date agenda can be viewed here.
http://www.meedconferences.com/sustainableqatar/

The Architecture of Doha, Qatar-- is Featured in a New Editorial on Architects for Peace

2010-02-19T04:45:00.008-05:00

Celebrating DOHA as the Arab Capital of Culture 2010, an editorial by Ashraf M. Salama was recently published in on Architects for Peace (February 2010).

An emerging regional metropolis in the Gulf region is clearly on the rise. Doha, the capital of Qatar keeps positioning and re-positioning itself on the map of international architecture with different degrees of expressions of its unique qualities in terms of economy, environment, culture, and global outlook. I call these expressions “manifested architectural aspirations.” In this composition, I select some of these aspirations that can be seen as conscious endeavors of relating an exclusive local context to the global world.

Read more here >>
Architectural Aspirations of an Emerging Regional Metropolis, Doha-Qatar.
Ashraf M. Salama
http://archpeace2.blogspot.com/2010/02/architectural-aspirations-of-emerging.html

Quotes and Thoughts on Architecture and Urbanism at Architects for Peace

2010-02-12T22:54:00.003-05:00

A number of important thoughts are grouped and displayed in the Architects for Peace website. These are of A. Pérez-Gómez, Alexander Cuthbert, Ananya Roy, Ashraf Salama, David Harvey. David Orr, Edward Said, Esra Akcan, Fredric Jameson, Henry Sanoff, James Mayo, Jane Jacobs, John Clarke, Laurie Baker, Margaret Mead, Mies van der Rohe, Necdet Teymur, Peter Slezak, Richard Sennett, Spiro Kostof, Thomas Fisher, ...

Check here to see quotes
http://arch-peace-thoughts.blogspot.com/

CFP: Open House International, Special Issue, Housing Affordability, Quality, and Life Style Theories

2010-02-03T09:26:00.009-05:00

Open House International
Call for Papers

Special Theme Issue
Housing Affordability, Quality, and Life Style Theories
Volume 36, Issue # 3, September 2011
Guest Editors:
Professor Ashraf M. Salama, Qatar University and Dr Urmi Sengupta, Queen’s University Belfast
E-mail: asalama@gmail.com and u.sengupta@qub.ac.uk

The issue of housing affordability is widespread worldwide. Governments have responded to this issue through ways of cost reductions in order to make homes available at a price that a user is able to pay. However, this area of concern has been a permanent preoccupation of housing technocrats consumed in the quality and location of the housing unit, often overlooking other socio-cultural and psychological dimensions adhered to it. Housing quality is a composite good with a variety of attributes, including: structural condition, standard of services, amenities, location, usable space and occupancy standards. It can, at the same time be laden with physical, economic and cultural dimensions. The user assigns a pattern of preferences (spatial, social and visual) to the housing unit that corresponds to the degree of acceptability which are set within the context of housing quality and life-style preferences. Houses are, thus not only art forms or machines to live in but also goods with immense economic and social value. People purposively (or un-purposively) use the externally defined meanings of ‘housing’ to situate themselves with others who share their values and life-styles in asserting their social status and identity. Understanding how these issues of affordability may relate to people’s preferences and lifestyles mandates an understanding of housing quality and lifestyle theories.

Traditionally, the terms affordable housing, design and the life-style preferences of the low income population have been seen at best, in isolation and at worst, contradicting each other. In essence, measures to provide affordable housing ignores the fundamental principle that housing comes with the standard bundle of services and under-appreciates the lifestyle and cultural values of the targeted population. Recognition of the impact of life style theories on housing quality and affordability is therefore an emerging phenomenon that deserves a considerable research and a critical conceptualisation. Increasingly in developing world, this has manifested in the suburban development in major cities through developers selling the ‘western dream’ that embodies a new set of housing quality, housing design and life-style preferences and albeit the cost. This rides on the notion that housing today signifies a unique expression of the chosen life-style, one’s pride and sensibilities. The advent of globalisation accompanied by expanding middle class has accentuated this form of ‘western-romanticism’ which is increasingly defining the new ‘cultural preferences’ of people that need not necessarily align with local preferences on spaces, materials and built-form or people’s affordability level. Such processes are altering the historical and semiotic way we viewed the issue of housing affordability. Affordability as a concept has thus become more complex now than ever and challenges the way affordability was seen and defined solely through quantifiable numbers or the cost cutting exercise. Perhaps ‘Affordability’ has to be seen more holistically combining housing production process, the product and the cultural adherence and expressions of the users. The worsening housing affordability problems over the years in tandem with failure of government policies makes it imperative that alternative approaches and possibilities are explored. It is a complex, interdisciplinary query that needs an interdisciplinary approach to answer.

Key Dates
- February 15, 2010: Call for Papers
- April 30, 2010: Expression of Interest and Submission of Extended Abstracts.
- May 30, 2010: Notification of Selected Papers for Possible Inclusion
- September 15, 2010: Submission of Full Papers
- October 30, 2010: Notification of the Refereeing Process
- January 15, 2011: Submission of Final Revised Papers

Interested scholars, academics, and practitioners are invited to submit expression of interest to the guest editors.

Open House International is covered by EBSCO Publishing , the ELSEVIER Bibliographic Database Scopus and all products of THOMSON ISI index bases. The journal is also listed on the following Architectural index lists: RIBA, ARCLIB, AVERY and EKISTICS.

Visit Open House International: www.openhouse-int.com

Design-Build Network

2010-01-15T00:35:00.000-05:00

Design Build Network is the definitive procurement and reference resource for members of the global architectural community and the construction market. Drawing content from its partner publications, as well as online exclusives, it examines the critical issues facing the industry today. We provide a thorough breakdown of products and services from leading architectural contractors from around the world, up-to-date news and press releases, white papers and detailed information on current industry projects and trends. The newsletter details the latest construction industry developments, and our recruitment area provides career information and the latest job vacancies in the field.

Visit Design Build Network
http://www.designbuild-network.com/
or http://www.designbuild-network.com/features/
Also, readers interested in e marketing may want to visit http://www.progressivedigitalmedia.com/

A New Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Qatar University http://www.qu.edu.qa/engineering/architecture/

2010-01-10T08:54:00.004-05:00

The recent rapid development of Qatar is associated with a fast track urbanization process, marked by large scale work, learning and residential environments, and mixed use developments with sustained attempts to strike a balance between tradition and modernity. The unprecedented growth in the building and urban development industry, already considered the second largest industry in the state of Qatar—following the Oil and Gas industries, has created a pressing demand for architects and planners with specialized training to design, plan and direct the activities of the industry. This need has been further intensified by the fast pace of development, the emerging innovative design ideas, the rising demand for large buildings and the need for new building types, the introduction of new materials, new structural systems, and new methods and management techniques. These growth indicators at both the architectural and urban scales mandate the presence of academic units and programs that address the practical realities of local and regional development while graduating professionals capable of addressing these realities efficiently and effectively.

Responding to these demands and challenges, the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning offers innovative undergraduate and graduate programs amenable to graduating professionals capable of creating and managing sustainable environments. Our programs strike a balance between knowledge content and knowledge delivery while implementing hands-on experiential, active, and outcome based learning approaches. While this newly established department has its roots with the establishment of the architectural engineering program back in 2006- However, the new department will offer the following two degrees which were designed in light of the recommendations of the UNESCO Charter for Architectural Education. They translate current international and regional trends into balanced and responsive curricula.

- B.Arch-Bachelor of Architecture, a five year undergraduate professional degree that started in September 2009.
- MUPD-Master of Urban Planning and Design, a two year graduate degree which will be launched in September 2010.

for more infromation visit the following websites
Qatar University, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning Website
http://www.qu.edu.qa/engineering/architecture/
Bachelor of Architecture Program at Qatar University http://www.qu.edu.qa/engineering/architecture/programs/arch/index.php
Master of Urban Planning and Design http://www.qu.edu.qa/engineering/architecture/programs/MsUp/index.php

Contacts
Phones: 974 493 5452 - 974 493 5909
E-mail : architecture-urban@qu.edu.qa
http://faculty.qu.edu.qa/asalama/

Archnet-IJAR: A Record of Three Years

2009-12-05T08:54:00.007-05:00

Archnet-IJAR--International Journal of Architectural Research announces the completion of its three year cycle . In those three years quality papers, diversely addressing a spectrum of issues spanning across architecture, urbanism, and the built environment. The three volumes include 117 refereed and trigger articles contributed by 149 scholars from 35 countries. Please find below links to

A New Editorial on Architects for Peace Website: Yellow Urban Alternatives by Ashraf M. Salama

2009-09-16T12:39:00.006-04:00

Yellow Urban Alternatives for a Green and Orange Context--Belfast, Northern Ireland,

Ashraf M. Salama, 2009
Architects f.or Peace Editorials,

September 2009, arch-peace, Australia

Belfast, the home of the Titanic, is a city evolving out of a history of conflict and distress. It is witnessing continuous civil and urban transformations; a transition from a troubled urban entity to a lively vibrant city. When I went to the city about 7 years ago for a short visit, the city was starting to get out of its sleepy, scary, and dark image—from what I felt and was told. Since March 2008 however, I was attracted by Belfast’s new image as a tourist destination with historic depth, unparalleled in many cities. I was also ensnared by the idea that a city I have seen a few years ago has changed beyond recognition and keeps changing for the better.

The Urban Reality of Belfast
Despite the fact that Northern Ireland’s peace process began in the mid 1990’s, the city is still essentially divided between the two dominant communities, Catholic and Protestant. While the east and south of the city are diverse enough, these single-identity communities continue to exist in many parts of the north and west. They are partially separated by ‘peace walls’. Records indicate that the number of these walls has increased since the beginning of the peace process. At the last count there were 41walls or similar such constructions. Here I relate to my earlier editorial of February 2008(1) and insert Robert Frost’s famous Poem: Mending Wall. Frost reminds us of offensive building acts when he says: Before I built a wall I'd ask to know... What I was walling in or walling out... And to whom I was like to give offence. Introducing diversity is thus a critical challenge to Belfast’s urban designers and architects, which keeps posing itself on any urban discourse about the city’s future.

Looking at the urban reality of Belfast, one can argue that the city still suffers the impact of thirty years of civil conflict. Such an impact continues to be felt as much ...............

Read more here>> http://archpeace2.blogspot.com/2009/09/yellow-urban-alternatives-for-green-and.html

Design Education 2010: Archnet-IJAR Call for Papers

2009-08-30T17:25:00.003-04:00

Design Education–2010
Explorations and Prospects for a Better Built Environment
3Ps: Paradigms - Positions - Practices

Archnet-IJAR: Volume 4, Issue 2, July 2010

Ashraf M. Salama and Michael J. Crosbie (editors)

The International Journal of Architectural Research (Archnet-IJAR) is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue on Design Education 2010: Explorations and Prospects for a Better Built Environment. Co-edited by Professors Ashraf M. Salama and Michael J. Crosbie, this special issue of Archnet-IJAR is intended for publication in July 2010.

click here to download the call for papers >>
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_wpAk44JVS8ZWEwYmE0NTItZjc2My00MTY4LTkzODAtOTA1OTNiY2JlYjA2&hl=en

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Archnet-IJAR
International Journal of Architectural Research
ISSN International 1994-6961 - US 1938-7806
● Architecture ● Urban Planning ● Built Environment Studies

http://www.archnet-ijar.org/
http://www.archnet.org/library/documents/collection.jsp?collection_id=1543
http://www.archnet.org/gws/IJAR/
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1st National Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies, 14-15 Nov. 2009, at FSPU, UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia.

2009-08-16T10:14:00.010-04:00

The Centre for Environment Behaviour Studies (CE-BS) at the Faculty of Architecture, Planning, and Surveying, University Technology Malaysia-Shah Alam , is organizing its first National Conference on Environment Behaviour Studies

(14-15 November 2009)

Shah Alam, Malaysia

Being the first conference of its kind to be held in Malaysia, the objectives of the conference include the following:-

· To identify and congregate researchers in the environment-behaviour (environmental psychology) field in Malaysia.

· To provide a platform for researchers in the environment-behaviour (environmental psychology) field, particularly the postgraduate students to expose their works and share their findings.

· To provide an avenue for peers to network.

· To spearhead the publication of the refereed Malaysian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies (MJEBS) through selected conference papers to be published in the journal's maiden issue in January 2010.

· Formalisation of the Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER) open for membership amongst participants.

Conference home page

http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/

Please visit the CE-BS website

http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=63

More Information on Initiatives of the Center for Environment Behaviour Studies

Conference and Center Contacts

cebs@salam.uitm.edu.my

cebsuitm@gmail.com

Director and Head of the Center
Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Yusoff Abbas myusoff801 AT salam DOT uitm DOT edu DOT my

Shaping Architectural Discourse by Architecture Students at Queen's University Belfast, Ashraf M. Salama, 2009

2009-08-11T23:35:00.006-04:00

A Recent Review Compiled and Edited by Ashraf M. Salama Published in

Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research,

Volume 3, Issue 2, (July 2009),

PP. 130-173
Ashraf M. Salama

SHAPING ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE BY ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AT QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST:

Architecture Students at Queen’s University Belfast Review Selected Books on Person-Environment Interactions

Outline:

As part of a specialist subject (elective) on Socio-Behavioral and Cultural Factors in Architecture and Urban Design, which I teach to architecture students at Queen’s University Belfast, a book review assignment was delivered. The course aims at introducing students to cultural, social, and psychological issues in architectural and urban design, and their value to successful design practices. It provides an overview and analysis of the literature and major scholars, researchers, and practitioners. An integral component of the course is an intensive discussion of issues that pertain to ways in which information about socio-cultural factors and environment-behaviour knowledge can be applied to design projects. In more specific terms, the objectives of the course therefore encompass: 1) To increase students’ sensitivity to the built environment and to break any habits of taking the environment for granted; 2) To acquaint students with particular knowledge of a variety of environments including residential, work, learning, and urban environments. Since our societies are in a continuous process of transformation, we must engage in sound future design that would involve the systematic examination of the relationship between culture, behaviour, and the environment; 3) To enhance students’ understanding of the core concepts regarding human-environment relations and how these concepts vary by different cultures and sub-cultures, 4) To develop students critical thinking abilities about the role of the built form in fostering, enhancing, or inhibiting cultural behaviours and attitudes. In this article, I discuss the notion of reviews and book reviews, outline the assignment delivered to architecture students at Queen’s University Belfast, then present selected students’ reviews. While this article is simply a presentation of students’ work, the ultimate objective is to offer a package of ideas and concepts generated in the literature of person-environment interaction as viewed by the students. This is coupled with students’ articulations of and reflections on how the merits and demerits of those ideas and the way in which they relate to such ideas in their reviews. While this article does not reflect on students’ work and does not have a conclusion, it calls for a database that is exclusively dedicated to reviewed books on person-environment interactions, which could be published online on the web of one of the societies or associations concerned with people-environment interactions including EDRA-Environmental Design Research Association and IAPS-International Association of People-Environments Studies.

Click here to download the full review

http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10790

48th International Making Cities Livable Conference on True Urbanism:

2009-08-06T08:47:00.002-04:00

CALL FOR PAPERS
48th International Making Cities Livable Conference onTrue Urbanism:
Planning Healthy, and Child-Friendly Communities
Charleston, SC, October 17-21, 2010
Co-Sponsors: City of Charleston & IMCL Council

This conference focuses on ways to improve children’s health and development by improving the built environment. The conference will bring together 350-400 delegates - elected officials, practitioners and scholars in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, planning, land use development, public health, pediatrics and child development from around the world to begin to develop tools for changing the way developers build, and how cities reshape existing neighborhoods.

Those wishing to present papers on topics listed below should submit a 250 word abstract for consideration before November 15, 2009. Please submit online, following the Call for Papers Guidelines on the web at http://www.livablecities.org/conferences/forthcoming-conferences/18.html.

Your application form should state title of paper, name of author, affiliation and full contact information. Paper abstracts must be prepared for blind peer review: they should include title of paper, and omit identifying information. Notification will be sent within 4 weeks of submission. Final papers will be due June 15, 2010. Accepted papers must be presented in person at the conference and will be published in the digital conference proceedings. Selected papers will also be published in Documentation Sets on focused topics.

Paper topics include:

Healthy cities
Health and the built environment. Urban planning for physical and social health. Place-based strategies for healthy living.

Child-friendly communities
Walkable, bikable streets. Making nature and community accessible for children. Neighborhood design for children’s independent mobility.

Nature in the urban environment
Designing and restoring nature classrooms, natural playgrounds, gardens, parks, wild and incidental nature. Restoring biodiversity.

Rebuilding place-based community
Facilitating community through land use and urban design.

Public places for social life and civic engagement
Designing and reviving town squares for community social life. Civic plazas to support civic engagement. Beauty and amenity to generate well-being.

Mixed-use urban fabric
New neighborhoods with mixed-use fabric. Urban regeneration through mixed-use infill and restoration. New designs for human scale multifamily mixed-use.

Community participation
Children and youth participate in public art, neighborhood improvement, restoring nature. Social consequences: building skills and self confidence, cross-generational networks, etc.

Urban villages and towns
Designing complete towns. Transforming suburban malls into mixed-use town centers. Creating transit oriented urban villages.

Traditional architecture and town planning
New traditional urban fabric. Historical models. Regional architecture and identity. Can we learn from Europe?

Green buildings, green neighborhoods
Sustainable land-use planning and urban design. Sustainable community development. Green buildings and health.

Innovative teaching models
Teaching public health and planning. Human aspects of architecture & urban design.

Visit the website at http://www.livablecities.org/conferences/forthcoming-conferences/18.html

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2009 is now Available on Archnet Digital Library

2009-07-31T15:12:00.001-04:00

The latest issue of ArchNet-IJAR, a fully refereed architectural research journal edited by Professor Ashraf Salama, is available in the Digital Library. Articles in this issue include considerations of the subjects of daylighting, wayfinding, veiling practices in homes in the American Midwest, use of stabilized earth in sustainable housing in Africa, passive ventilation design, the role of emergence theory in urban design and architectonics. This edition also features a special section with twelve book reviews written by students at Queen’s University Belfast. Reviewed works all concern the subject of person-environment interactions, but range in year of release from 1960-2001.

The July, 2009 issue is available for download here. An archive of past and present articles are collected in a special ArchNet-IJAR section in the Digital Library

IJAR is indexed and is part of several databases, including Avery index to Architectural Periodicals, EBSCO-Current Abstracts-Art and Architecture, INTUTE, Directory of Open Access Journals, and several other university library databases.

To inquire about contributing articles for future issues of IJAR, please contact the chief editor, Dr. Ashraf Salama, at ijar@mit.edu.
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Coming Soon: Transformative Pedagogy in Architecture and Urbanism, Ashraf M. Salama (2009)

2009-06-14T13:04:00.004-04:00

Coming Soon!!

Available in July 2009

Transformative Pedagogy in Architecture and Urbanism

Ashraf M. Salama

ISBN 9-783937-95406-6

Umbau Verlag 2009

Solingen, Germany.

Transformative Pedagogy in Architecture and Urbanism is a new, updated, re-written edition of "New Trends in Architectural Education: Designing the Design Studio." As a new round of pedagogical dialogue on architecture and urbanism it resets the stage for debating future visions of transformative pedagogy and its impact on design education. As a forward looking effort, this edition comes to amalgamate concerns, concepts, and practices that Ashraf M. Salama has explored and introduced over a period of two decades.

Transformative pedagogy in architecture and urbanism is about balancing the creative act required for creating responsive environments and the social and environmental responsibilities that should be embedded in this act. It is about understanding how knowledge is produced, what the components of such knowledge are, and what are the learning processes and social practices that can be used to transmit it.

Structured in five chapters Transformative Pedagogy in Architecture and Urbanism presents a wide range of innovative concepts and practical methodologies for teaching architectural and urban design. It traces the roots of architectural education and offer several contrasting ideas and strategies of design teaching practices.

• A New Theory for Transformative Pedagogy in Architecture and Urbanism

• The Architect, the Profession, and Society

• The Conventional Approach to Studio Teaching Practice

• Against the Conventional Studio Pedagogy

• Empowering Transformative Pedagogy: A Knowledge-Based Architectural and Urban Design Studio

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From the Back Cover

“...We are very fortunate to have Ashraf Salama’s classic book now available again … Professor Salama brings here a career’s worth of insights into architectural education. Most importantly, his experience spans across many continents and cultures, and is thus extremely valuable for world architecture. …And so we have at hand a vast new resource for adapting the design studio to the real needs of architectural education…”

NIKOS A. SALINGAROS
Professor of Mathematics, Urbanist & Architectural Theorist
University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA
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“…. Ashraf Salama aggressively identifies the ritualistic aspects of architectural education that act as constraints to innovation. …this is an important book because it probes into the motivations of design educators by placing a mirror before them and allows for a critical examination of the design studio. Dr. Salama paves the way for design educators to openly discuss and debate the delivery system of architectural education and its impact on the future role of the architect...”

HENRY SANOFF
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture
North Carolina State University, NC, USA
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“…This is an invaluable guide to architectural educators because Dr. Salama has not only captured the body of knowledge about architectural designing and studio teaching and put it in a pithy form but he has also developed a typology of kinds of architectural studios, explaining what experiences each offers the student…”

On the old version
JON T. LANG
Professor of Architecture and Urban Design
University of New South Wales, Australia

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Competition: The Self Sufficient City

2009-06-12T04:36:00.002-04:00

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is organizing the 3rd Advanced Architecture Contest under the topic THE SELF-SUFFICIENT CITY, envisioning the habitat of the future. The aim of this international competition is to promote online discussion and research through which to generate insights and visions, ideas and proposals that help us envisage what the city and the habitat of the 21st century will be like.The competition is open to architects, planners, designers and artists who want to contribute to progress in making the world more habitable by developing a proposal capable of responding to emerging challenges in areas such as ecology, information technology, socialization and globalization, with a view to enhancing the connected self-sufficiency of our cities.

Contact

Marie Jacquinet
Communication Manager

3rd Advanced Architecture Contest

contact@advancedarchitecturecontest.org

http://www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org/

Organized by Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

http://www.iaac.net/

The Arab House in Egypt: The Contemporary Vernacular..... A New Edition by Adelina Picone

2009-05-24T06:34:00.003-04:00

The Arab House in Egypt: The Contemporary Vernacular.....

A New Edition by Adelina Picone

CASA ARABA D’EGITTO - COSTRUIRE CON IL CLIMA DAL VERNACOLO AI MAESTRI CONTEMPORANEI

By Adelina Picone
Published by Editoriale Jaca Book, 2009
ISBN 8816408561, 9788816408562
300 pages

Ashraf M.Salama, nella prefazione, ripercorre la storia della capitale d’Egitto, cercando di recuperare la memoria di una tradizione tipologica dell’abitare arabo.

Extracts from the Preface "Cultural Evolution and the Egyptian House" by Ashraf M. Salama

"Traditional houses in Egypt were discussed in the literature in a fragmented manner. While in many of the writings emphasis was placed on the stylistic debates and the analysis of their cultural authenticity, little emphasis was placed upon functional, climatic and socio-spatial aspects of the continuous process of transformation of their major spaces and within different regions and contexts. While it is evident that this book covers a wide spectrum of issues, I find it an opportunity to reflect on some issues that contextualize the discussion.

It is clearly evident that this is an important contribution where Dr. Adele Picone takes the debate further by offering a comprehensive analytical and articulated overview of traditional houses in different regions in Egypt from Nubia through the Western Desert Oases to Cairo. This is not all; the analysis goes beyond the typical discussions and offer reflections on important socio-spatial elements with emphasis on reactions to climatic conditions and natural light. ........................................."

"..................................Linking the concepts of culture and cultural change to the influences and impacts on Egyptian traditional houses, it is believed that -all along its history- Cairo was exposed to a layer upon layer of imported cultures that have been localized over time and adapted to regional conditions and local taste. When colonization arrived with Ismail pacha in the late 19th century, a whole new set of cultural imports was introduced, developing Cairo into a typical dualistic pattern of the colonial city with its new house types. Progressively, paradoxically, and according to the successive awkward cultural and political circumstances, a new avenue was opened for a process of continuous experimentation of ideas, resulting in a mix of hybrid--in many cases-- ambiguous thoughts. This was followed by oversimplification of traditions and a complete loss of identity, and in turn, it was dramatically reflected on the evolution of different house types. The work of Adele Picone paves the road to retrieve some of this lost identity by showing articulated examples of contemporary physical interventions in different regions within the Egyptian context. It is my firm belief that Dr. Picone offers lessons on how to relate to some of the missing links with the past while addressing the dialectic relationship between cultural constants and variables in the design of Egyptian houses. .............................................."

"..................................... An important assertion can be made within the context of this book; that is the continuous need for architects to understand the impact of cultural processes that influenced the transformation of traditional houses on the macro and micro scales. Aspects that pertain to urbanization, migration, westernization, and modernization represent impacts of cultural changes. Modernization and development must be considered as forms of cultural change and need to be investigated and carefully studied rather than automatically accepted. Westernization which is an impact of an acculturation process in the Egyptian society is a good example of this type of automatic acceptance. Thus, the examination—undertaken by Dr. Picone—of different physical elements of traditional houses and their spatial transformations sets the standards for understanding future perspectives that pertain to cultural changes and as a result of cultural processes. ............................."

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Identity Discourse ... A New Editorial on Architects for Peace, Ashraf M. Salama

2009-05-21T02:27:00.003-04:00

A New Editorial Entitled:
Cultural Identity Manifested in Visual Voices and the Public Face of Architecture
Editorial: May 2009
Ashraf M. Salama

Architects for Peace
Australia..

http://archpeace2.blogspot.com/2009/05/cultural-identity-manifested-in-visual.html

Extracts...

While scholars in architecture as an academic and professional discipline may criticize the interest and tendency to place emphasis on discussing building images and facades, I adopt the principle that since architecture is created for the public then examining the public face of architecture is integral to the understanding of the juxtaposition of those images and what they convey and represent. This editorial interrogates a number of discourses on ways in which cultural identity is manifested by debating selected interventions developed within the Arab world. Still, the discussion on whether building images are created as visual voices that attempt to react to the tidal wave of cultural globalization is open-ended. So, there is no claim here that there is a resolution, but an articulation of identity debate as it is manifested in the public face of architecture.

Preamble
Arab architects are in a continuous process of criticizing their own versions of modern and post modern architecture and the prevailing contemporary practices. Within their criticism, discourses always suggest the recycling of traditional architecture and its elements as a way of establishing and imposing a distinguished character in the contemporary city. Typically, this takes the form of either refurbishing old palaces and public buildings, or establishing visual references—borrowed from the past—and utilized in contemporary/modern buildings. Adopted by governments and officials, there are a considerable number of examples of projects that advocated traditional imaging to impress the society by their origin while boasting the profile of capital and major cities, especially in Egypt and the Arabian Gulf Region. In generic terms, similar to the worldwide tendency, societies in the Arab world tend to re-evaluate the meaning and desirability of building images rapidly. The search for an architectural identity, the rise and fall of ISMS (movements and tendencies), and the continuous debate on symbolism and character issues in architecture are derived from this fact (1,2).

Sustainability / Trans-disciplinarity: A concern for people and environments between confusing terminology and outdated approaches, Ashraf M. Salama

2009-04-19T08:37:00.002-04:00

Sustainability / Trans-disciplinarity: A concern for people and environments between confusing terminology and outdated approaches, Ashraf M. Salama

A New Article on INTBAU Website: International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture, and Urbanism
http://www.intbau.org/essay20.htm

Extracts
There is a great deal of discussion in design, architecture, and construction circles on creating sustainable environments, and there are also widely varying opinions as to exactly how sustainability can be introduced and approached. Current debates indicate that the term encompasses more than the physical and economic aspects. It includes social, cultural, and behavioral dimensions. Observing contemporary architectural practices, however, reveals that there are two major missing dimensions. On the one hand, there is an emphasis on the physical aspects of sustainability, while socio-cultural and socio-behavioral dimensions are oversimplified. On the other hand, there is a heavy reliance on top-down policies and strategies with the aim of developing guidelines to be implemented for the betterment of environments. Strikingly, this takes place at the expense of other bottom-up strategies that aim at sensitizing users toward understanding the key issues underlying sustainability. These two missing dimensions — socio-behavioural dimensions, and bottom-up strategies — offer a rationale for the professional community everywhere in the world to use sustainability as a term in their daily discourse. Nevertheless, even while talking about it, they do not yet use sustainability or utilize it in their daily practices. This article presents a critical voice on the current developments and efforts in dealing with sustainability of built environments, by adopting an alternative comprehensive approach that places high value on "trans-disciplinarity". This is achieved by adapting previous efforts developed in the field, and by addressing users as key players in the process of creating sustainable environments.

This essay is an extended version of an earlier article published in the Bulletin of IAPS — The International Association of People-Environment Studies, Spring 2002

Archnet-IJAR, Volume 3, Issue 1-March 2009, Launches

2009-04-04T12:57:00.003-04:00

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research

- ISSN - International (Online) 1994-6961
- ISSN - United States (Online) 1938-7806
- OCLC & World Cat (Online Computer Library Center) # 145980807
- Library of Congress Catalogue # 2007212183

- Covered by EBSCO Products, EBSCO-Art and Architecture Database.
- Covered by Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals.

ArchNet-IJAR is now a part of EBSCO Products – EBSCO Art and Architecture Database, covered by Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Directory of Open Access Journals, and databases of several publishing houses and university libraries.

Archnet-IJAR Archnet-IJAR is also part of the Directory of Open Access Journals, Lund University, Sweden.
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=19946961&genre=journal

Also check here:
http://www.archnet-ijar.org/
http://www.archnet.org/gws/IJAR/

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - March 2009
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10581
http://archnet.org/lobby/

ArchNet-IJAR’s first 2009 issue is its largest to date, with 280 pages and twenty-two articles and entries addressing issues in fourteen countries across four continents. Co-edited by Professors Aleya Abdel-Hadi and Ashraf Salama, this issue features selected papers from the 19th International Conference of the International Association of People Environments Studies (IAPS).

Also included are additional papers on last issue’s special topic, Hammams in the Mediterranean, as well as peer-reviewed articles, a book review, and a call for papers.

The March 2009 issue is available for download here. The ArchNet Digital Library also contains an ArchNet-IJAR section, holding all past and present ArchNet-IJAR articles.

To inquire about contributing articles for future issues of IJAR, please contact the chief editor, Dr. Ashraf Salama, at ijar@mit.edu.

Previous Volumes and Issues

Volume 1 Issue 1- March 2007
http://www.archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10061
Volume 1 Issue 2 – July 2007
http://www.archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10081
Volume 1 Issue 3 – November 2007
http://www.archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10268
Volume 2 Issue 1 – March 2008
http://www.archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10321
Volume 2 Issue 2 – July 2008
http://www.archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10441
Volume 2 Issue 3 – November 2008
http://www.archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10261

Archnet-IJAR Board
...Chief Editor: Ashraf M. Salama, Advisory Board: Attilio Petruccioli; Besim Hakim; Hashim Sarkis; Henry Sanoff; Jamel Akbar; Mohamad Al-Asad; Michael Crosbie; Nasser Rabbat; Nicholas Wilkinson; Nikos Salingaros; Peter Rowe; Suha Ozkan; William Mitchell, Editorial-Scientific Board: Akhtar Chauhan; Aleya Abel-Hadi; Ali Cengizkan; Amer Moustafa; Amira Elnokaly; Anne Beamish; Budi Sukada; Dalila Al-Kerdani; Donatella Mazzoleni; Eman El-Nachar; Fuad Mallick; Hisham Elkadi; Hulya Turgut; Ihab Elzeyadi; M. Alaa Mandour; Malika Bose; Magda Sibley; Mashary Al-Naim; Peter Kellett; Rabee Reffat; Yasser El-Shehstawy; Yasser Mahgoub.

Open House International, Special Issue: Shaping the Future of Learning Environments, Vol 34, Issue 1, March 2009, Guest Editor: Ashraf M. Salama

2009-02-08T07:34:00.007-05:00

Open House International

Vol 34.No1. March 2009

Special Issue on Learning Environments
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS:
Emerging Paradigms and Best Practices

Guest Editor:
Dr. Ashraf M. Salama,

Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom

Extracts from the Editorial by Ashraf M. Salama

Whether in school buildings or university campuses the educational process involves many activities that include knowledge acquisition and assimilation, testing students’ motivation and academic performance, and faculty and teachers’ productivity. The way in which we approach the planning, design, and our overall perception of learning environments makes powerful statements about how we view education; how educational buildings are designed tells us much about how teaching and learning activities occur. Concomitantly, how these activities are accommodated in a responsive educational environment is a critical issue that deserves special attention. While it was said a number of decades ago that a good teacher can teach anywhere, a growing body of literature derived from research suggests a direct correlation between the physical aspects of the learning environment, teaching processes, and learning outcomes. Therefore, this issue of OHI explores qualities and characteristics of learning environments at different scales and in different contexts, from classroom typologies to campus outdoor spaces. It places emphasis on emerging paradigms in learning environments that involve a number of underlying issues including the academic house clustering, the school as heart of the community, the rising interest in new classroom spaces and forms, the users centered processes, and utilizing the learning environment as an open textbook. Selected papers for inclusion in this issue place emphasis on how these concepts are articulated in specific cases, others cover best process practices of planning and designing learning environments, or explore--through assessment studies--the impact of the physical aspects of the learning environment on academic achievement, students' behavior and faculty and teachers' productivity.

CONTENTS:
Editorial: Ashraf M. Salama A Bright Future for Creating Environments Conducive to Learning; Henry Sanoff Research Based Design of an Elementary School; Clare Newton, Sue Wilks, and Dominique Hes Educational Buildings as 3D Text Books: Linking Ecological Sustainability, Pedagogy and Space; Joy Potthoff Design for Communication: Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Classroom Spaces; Ashraf M. Salama The Users in Mind: Utilizing Henry Sanoff’s Methods in Investigating Learning Environments; Iris Aravot Topographies and Shrines: Creating Responsive Learning Environments; Pamela Harwood Charter School Patterns of Innovation: A New Architecture for a New Education; Yasser Mahgoub Social and Cultural Requirements for Future Sustainable Learning Environments: The Case of New Kuwait University Campus; Susan Whitmer Does Place Really Matter to Students with Learning Disabilities? A Study of Three University Campuses; Ashraf M. Salama Design Intentions and Users Responses: Assessing Outdoor Spaces of Qatar University Campus; Pedro Serrano Rodríguez and Luis Felipe González Böhme Exploring Outdoor Education and Research in Architecture; Burcu Şenyapılı* and Ahmet Fatih Karakaya The Future Setting of the Design Studio; Michael Jenson Towards a “Globalized” Studio Environment: Configuring Reflexive Spatial Agendas .

Urban RESET: Disclosing the Immanent Potentials of Urban Spaces

2009-02-07T02:43:00.003-05:00

urban RESET

Disclosing the immanent potentials of urban spaces

Conference at the HafenCity University in Hamburg, October 22–23, 2009

Urban reality constantly requires fundamentally new spatial arrangements in order to face ever emerging challenges. Many of the urbanistic forms imprinted in contemporary cities have been shaped by the needs and constraints of the industrial period. Although they have been focal points of urban life at the time they were built today they have lost the functions and abilities they once had. They could be described as voids – although they still cannot be missed due to their sheer dimensions.

At the same time there is growing evidence that such remnants of the past are being reread in innovative ways, for example within projects such as the Toni-Areal in Zurich or the Ile-de-Nantes in Nantes. Both refrain from knee-jerk tabula rasa-strategies; instead they investigate the options offered by the existing urban texture and foster its continuous transformation. In these processes architectural creativity plays a key role. It explores existing structures from unconventional perspectives und reinterprets them in the context of current challenges – mostly together with stakeholders from other backgrounds. In reshaping urban spaces, reprogramming buildings and revising the logics of urbanistic predeterminations, architecture is able to reveal the hidden potentials of existing structures and to reorient everyday urban life: In this sense architecture provokes an urban RESET.

Architectural or urban design interventions powerful enough to cause an urban RESET differ fundamentally from “critical reconstruction” or the revitalization of urban brownfield sites. They rather suggest an independent category of creativity: a type of conceptual design practice, which has the potential to generate lasting effects at city level. The specific abilities of this kind of urban design interventions make it worthwhile examining the design and conceptual processes involved on multiple levels. In urban RESET there seem to be three constitutive and interdependent elements: RECONSIDER means a novel mode of reflecting the urban structure, its typologies and open spaces – entirely independent of previous functional limitations. RELAUNCHING is the conceptual reinterpretation and the physical inscription of the new reading. REINTEGRATION finally reconnects the altered space with the urban context through built elements on different scales and innovative ways of activating previously untapped potentials.

The conference urban RESET at the HafenCity University Hamburg intends to bring various topics indicating an urban RESET together. It aims at launching a cross-disciplinary debate on procedures and strategies necessary to retrieve the immanent potentials of large-scale urban structures using case studies as a starting point. Our Call for Papers addresses architects, urban designers and urban planners, historians, social and cultural scientists as well as political scientists and economists. Contributions may focus on single objects, compare multiple interventions or concentrate on specific aspects of urban RESET. These results will explore how urban design potentially can open novel fields of options and opportunities within the existing urban reality.

The results of this conference will be documented in a publication or possibly in a special issue of ARCH+ journal. Abstracts for contributions (max. 1.500 characters) may be submitted with a CV (approx. 300 characters) until May 5, 2009 to: reset@metropolitanculture.net or alternatively to

Professor Angelus Eisinger
Geschichte und Kultur der Metropole
HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Averhoffstr. 38
D-22085 Hamburg

International Symposium: Revitalising Built Environments: Requalifying Old Places For New Uses”.

2009-01-03T06:31:00.002-05:00

http://www.culturespace2009.org/
“Revitalising Built Environments: Requalifying Old Places For New Uses”.
12-16 October 2009

IAPS, International Association for People-Environment Studies
IAPS Housing Network
IAPS CSBE-Culture and Space in the Built Environment
Istanbul Technical University

Introduction
The Steering Committee of the joint international symposium organized by the IAPS - CSBE; Culture and Space in the Built Environment, Network and the IAPS-Housing Network is pleased to announce that it will be held in Istanbul 12 - 16 October 2009. The symposium will address the theme of “Revitalising Built Environments: Requalifying Old Places For New Uses”. This symposium is the 4th of a series of international symposium organized by the IAPS-International Association of People-Environment Studies- CSBE Network. The first symposium of the network was “Culture and Space in the Home Environment”(Istanbul in 1997), then ‘Traditional Environments in a New Millenium: Defining Principles and Professional Practice’, (Amasya in 2001), and ‘Social Change and Spatial Transformation in Housing Environments’ (Istanbul in 2005). The IAPS Housing Network has also organized four international symposiums since 1989 in the United Kingdom, Poland and Sweden. These events are now recognized as an established tradition of the IAPS community and in international architectural and urban research, a tradition that combines research studies within an interdisciplinary framework with high relevance for practice. It will be the primary aim of the organizers of this symposium to build on these traditions. Symposium will also be linked to a serious of related events including Culture & Space Student Competitions, Culture & Space Student Design Workshops and thematic exhibitions which will be announced separately later.

Steering Committee
Roderick Lawrence, IAPS-Housing Network, co-ordinator

Hulya Turgut Yildiz, IAPS-CSBE Network, co-ordinator

Peter Kellett, IAPS-CSBE Network, co-ordinator

Scientific Committee
Cengiz BEKTAS, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Member of Executive Board
Henny COOLEN, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Carole DESPRÉS, University of Laval, Canada
Nilgun ERGUN, Istanbul Technical University,Turkey
Peter HERRLE, Habitat Unit, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Rolf JOHANSSON, Built Environment Analysis, Infrastructure and Planning, KTH, Sweden
Sigrun KABISCH, Helmholtz- Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
Peter KELLETT, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Roderick LAWRENCE, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Julia W. ROBINSON, University of Minnesota, USA
Ashraf M. SALAMA, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Dina SHEHAYEB, Housing and Building National Research Center, Egypt
Hulya TURGUT YILDIZ, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul Bahcesehir University,Turkey
Handan TURKOGLU, Istanbul Technical University,Turkey
Alper UNLU, Istanbul Technical University,Turkey

Advisory Committee
Aleya ABDEL-HADI, IAPS board member, Network Coordinator
Ahmet EYUCE, IBU Faculty of Architecture and Design, Dean
Zekai GORGULU ITU Faculty of Architecture, Dean
Orhan HACIHASANOGLU, ITU Faculty of Architecture, Dean
Ombretta ROMICE, IAPS board member, IAPS president
Bulend TUNA, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, President
Nicholas WILKINSON, Eastern Mediterranean University , TRNC

Publication
All papers selected for presentation at the symposium will be published in symposium proceedings.
After the symposium, selected papers will be published as an edited book in English Following a blind peer-review processes the traditional IAPS post-symposium book will contain a selection of the best symposium papers.
Selected papers will be published as an edited book in Turkish, as well.
Discussions will be held with a number of Editors regarding the publication of special issues including selected papers presented at this symposium. The journals to be contacted include Open House International, A/Z ITU Journal of Faculty of Architecture, Arkitekt, Archnet- IJAR, GBER.

Key Dates
Call for Papers 26 September 2008
Deadline for submission of abstracts
(with biographical note ) 09 January 2009
Notification of accepted abstracts 06 February 2009
Deadline for submission of full papers 15 June 2009
Deadline for full paper review 13 July 2009
Notification of full paper’s revisions 20 July 2009
Deadline for registration 04 September 2009
Deadline of revised papers 14 September 2009

Archnet-IJAR, Volume 2, Issue 3, Special Issue on Traditional Public Baths (Hammams) in the Mediterranean

2008-12-15T16:28:00.005-05:00

Special Issue on Traditional Public Baths (Hammams) in the Mediterranean
Archnet-IJAR, Volume 2, Issue 3

The final 2008 issue of ArchNet-IJAR focuses on hammams (traditional bath-houses) in the Mediterranean, taking on issues of sustainable development in an historic context. Guest-edited by Dr. Magda Sibley of Liverpool, this issue features twelve papers and an editorial on hammams, as well as four papers on other topics.

The complete November 2008 issue of ArchNet-IJAR can be downloaded here. To browse the issue for individual articles, please visit ArchNet-IJAR in the Digital Library.

For information about submitting to ArchNet-IJAR, please contact the chief editor, Dr. Ashraf Salama, at ijar@mit.edu.

Contents

Editorial: Volume 2, Issue 3 – November 2008
Ashraf M. Salama

Editorial: Traditional Public Baths/Hammāms in the Mediterranean
Magda Sibley

The Hammām - A Living Cultural Heritage
Bettina Kolb and Heidi Dumreicher

Hammām Folklore Dynamics in Cairo: Lessons from Operation to Regeneration
Dalila El Kerdany

Monuments or Functioning Buildings:
Legal Protection over Five Case-Study Historic Hammāms in the Mediterranean
Alaa El Habashi

The Architecture of the Hammāms of Fez, Morocco
Kamal Raftani and Hassan Radoine

The Reuse of a Hammām as a Public Services Centre--Hammām Suq El Ghezal; Towards a Sustainable Future
Samira Debache—Benzagouta

The Architecture of Public Baths of Tunisia: A Typological Analysis
Ines Bouraoui

The Surviving Historic Hammāms of the Medina of Tripoli - Libya:
Tangible and Intangible Dimensions
Magda Sibley and Fodil Fadli

Analysis of Spatial Structure and Social Significance of a Sample of Hammāms in Mediterranean Cities
Roula Aboukhater

The Physical and Climatic Dimensions of the Mediterranean Hammāms
Jean Bouillot

An Inquiry into the Thermal, Acoustical, and Visual Aspects of Indoor Environment in Traditional Hammāms
Ardeshir Mahdavi and Kristina Orehounig

A Contemporary Hammām: Wellness Centre in Bodrum, Turkey
Ahmet Iğdirligil

The Medina, the Hammām and the Future of Sustainability
Richard S. Levine, Michael T. Hughes, and Casey Ryan Mather

Regular Papers

Creativity-Function Nexus; Creativity and Functional Attentiveness in Design Studio Teaching
Amira Elnokaly, Ahmed B. Elseragy, and Sarah Alsaadani

Intuition in Interior Design
Irina Solovyova

Outdoor Space Quality: Case Study of a University Campus Plaza
Dicle Aydin and Ummugulsum Ter
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Architecture and Urbanism in the Middle East - Special Edition of Viewpoints, Middle East Institute

2008-11-24T15:25:00.001-05:00

http://www.mideasti.org/publications/architecture-and-urbanism

Laurie Kassman
Director Communications
Middle East Institute

WASHINGTON, DC -- November 18, 2008 -- The Middle East Institute announces a special edition of /Viewpoints,/ "Architecture and Urbanism in the Middle East." This wide-ranging mega-collection of essays, photographs and maps are flanked by pictures of centuries-old citadels and satellite images of urban growth. Together they create a facsimile of the Middle East's architectural past, present and future.

The special /Viewpoints /is available at: *http://www.mideasti.org/publications/architecture-and-urbanism*

Fifteen essays explore the social, political and economic influences of architectural development across the Levant, Maghreb and Persian Gulf. In a forward-looking approach, the essays suggest the need for a comprehensive urban development plan to foster and accommodate the socio-economic growth of the 21^st century Middle East and North Africa.

Maintaining a delicate balance between tradition and modernity is a recurring theme. In one essay, Mina Marefat, an architect, urban designer and architectural historian, discusses Reza Shah's modernization efforts in pre-revolutionary Iran, "Reza Shah countered modernity with an indigenous past," she notes, "Throughout Tehran, he replaced 19^th century religious symbols with pre-Islamic iconography recalling the ancient Persian Empire."

A rich architectural legacy influenced by a colonial past poses an intriguing challenge for the Middle Eastof how to create practical, innovative and sustainable architectural developments and urban environments while maintaining a sense of tradition.

Other contributors include Simon O'Meara, Brian McLaren, Nasser Rabbat, Annabel Jane Wharton, Rami Daher, Mohammad al-Asad, Mashary Al-Naim, Michele Lamprakos, Yasser Maghoub, Anas Al-Omaim, Yasser Elsheshtawy, Ashraf Salama, and Kevin Mitchell.

Since 1946, the Middle East Institute has been dedicated to increasing Americans' knowledge and understanding of the region. MEI offers program activities, media outreach, language courses, scholars and an academic journal to help achieve its goals. For additional information please visit www.mideasti.org.

The Complete List of Publications - Research Output since 1990, Ashraf M. Salama

2008-07-09T06:06:00.004-04:00

The following are lists of published work of Dr. Ashraf M. Salama Since 1990 and up to mid 2008. Many of these publications can be found online and in the websites of
Archnet Digital Library
Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research
CEBE Transactions – Center for Education in the Built Environment
Directory of Open Access Journals
Global Built Environment Review
IAPS Digital Library
METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture
Open House International

Authored Books

Salama, A. M. (1998). Human Factors in Environmental Design: An Introductory Approach to Architecture. The Anglo Egyptian Publications, Cairo, Egypt. ISBN# 977-05-1824-7

Salama, A. M. (1995). New Trends in Architectural Education: Designing the Design Studio. Tailored Text, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ISBN # 0964795000

Co edited Books

Salama, A. M. and Wilkinson, W. (eds.) (2007). Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future. Urban International Press, Gateshead, United Kingdom. ISBN # 1-872811-09-04

Mazzoleni, D., Anzani, G., Salama, A. M., Sepe, M. and Simone, M. M. (eds.) (2005). Shores of the Mediterranean: Architecture as Language of Peace. Intra Moenia, Napoli, Italy. ISBN# 88-7421-054-X

Salama, A. M., O'Reilly, W. and Noschis, K. (eds.) (2002). Architectural Education Today: Cross Cultural Perspectives. Comportments, Lausanne, Switzerland. ISBN # 2-940075-07-7

Book Chapters

Salama, A. M. (2007). A Structured Content and a Rigorous Process Meet in Studio Pedagogy. In A. Salama and N. Wilkinson (eds.), Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future. Urban International Press, Gateshead, United Kingdom, PP. 153-166. ISBN # 1-872811-09-04

Salama, A. M. and Wilkinson, N. (2007). Introduction: Legacies for the Future of Design Studio Pedagogy. In A. Salama and N. Wilkinson (eds.), Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future. Urban International Press, Gateshead, United Kingdom, PP. 153-166. ISBN # 1-872811-09-04

Salama, A. M. (2005). Architectural Identity in the Middle East: Hidden Assumptions and Philosophical Perspectives. In D. Mazzoleni et al (eds.), Shores of the Mediterranean: Architecture as a Language of Peace. Intra Moenia, Napoli, Italy. PP. 77-85. ISBN# 88-7421-054X

Salama, A. M. (2004). Contemporary Architecture in Egypt: Reflections on Architecture and Urbanism of the Nineties. In J. Abed (ed.), Architecture Re-Introduced: New Projects in Societies in Change. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva, Switzerland. PP. 80-101.

Salama, A. M. (2002). Environmental Knowledge and Paradigm Shifts: Sustainability and Architectural Pedagogy. In A. Salama et al (eds.), Architectural Education Today: Cross Cultural Perspectives. Comportments, Lausanne, Switzerland. PP. 51-59. ISBN# 2-940075-07-7

Salama, A. M. and Noschis, K. (2002). Introduction: An Architectural Education Responsive to Contemporary Societies. In A. Salama et al (eds.), Architectural Education Today: Cross Cultural Perspectives. Comportments, Lausanne, Switzerland. PP. 8-14. ISBN# 2-940075-07-7

Salama, A. M. (1999). Incorporating Knowledge about Cultural Diversity into Architectural Pedagogy. In W. O'Reilly (ed.), Architectural Knowledge and Cultural Diversity, Comportments, Lausanne, Switzerland. PP. 135-144. ISBN# 2-940075-04-2

Salama, A. M. (1998). A New Paradigm in Architectural Pedagogy: Integrating Environment-Behavior Studies into Architectural Education Teaching Practices. In J. Teklenburg et al (eds.), Shifting Balances: Changing Roles in Policy, Research, and Design. EIRASS, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. PP. 128-139. ISBN# 90-6814-082-5

Articles and Research Papers in Refereed Journals

Salama, A. M. (2008). When Good Design Intentions Do Not Meet Users Expectations: Exploring Qatar University Campus Outdoor Spaces. Archnet-IJAR – International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 2, Issue 2, Archnet @ MIT Schoolf of Architecture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 57-77. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2008). Media Convergence and Users’ Reactions: Al Azhar Park in the Midst of Criticism and Post Occupancy Evaluation. Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical University – METU, Volume 25, Issue 1, Faculty of Architecture, METU, Ankara, Turkey, PP. 105-125. ISSN # 0258-5316

Salama, A. M. (2008). A Theory for Integrating Knowledge in Architectural Design Education. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 2, Issue 1, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 100-128. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2007). Contemporary Qatari Architecture as an Open Textbook. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 1, Issue 3, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. PP. 101-114. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2007). A Charette Process for Designing a Sustainable Tourist Facility: The Case of Al Qula'an, Red Sea. Open House International, Volume 32, Issue 4, Urban International Press, United Kingdom, PP. 54-63. ISSN # 0160-2601

Salama, A. (2007). An Exploratory Investigation into the Impact of International Paradigmatic Trends on Arab Architectural Education. Global Built Environment Review-GBER, Volume 6, Issue 2, GBER, Edge Hill University, International Center for Development and Environmental Studies – ICDES, Lancashire, United Kingdom, PP. 31-43. ISSN # 1474-6824

Salama, A. M. (2007). Mediterranean Visual Messages: The Conundrum of Identity, ISMS, and Meaning in Contemporary Egyptian Architecture. Archnet-IJAR- International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 1, Issue 1, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 86-104. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2006). Learning from the Environment: Evaluation Research and Experience based Architectural Pedagogy. Journal of the Center for Education in the Built Environment, CEBE Transactions, Volume 3, Issue 1, CEBE, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, PP. 64-83. ISSN # 1745-0322

Salama, A. M. and Alshuwikhat, H. (2006). A Trans-Disciplinary Approach for a Comprehensive Understanding of Sustainable Affordable Housing. Global Built Environment Review-GBER, Volume 5, Issue 3, GBER, Edge Hill University, International Center for Development and Environmental Studies – ICDES, Lancashire, United Kingdom, PP. 35-50. ISSN # 1474-6824

Salama, A. M. (2006). A Typological Perspective: The Impact of Cultural Paradigmatic Shifts on the Evolution of Courtyard Houses in Cairo. Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical University. Volume 23, Issue 1, Faculty of Architecture, METU, Ankara, Turkey, PP. 41-58. ISSN # 0258-5316

Salama, A. M. (2006). A Lifestyle Theories Approach for Affordable Housing Research in Saudi Arabia. Emirates Journal for Engineering Research, Volume 11, Issue 1, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, PP. 67-76. ISSN # 1022-9892

Salama, A. M. (2005). PLADEW: A Tool for Teachers Awareness of School Building Sustainability: The Case of Carmel School, Mathews, North Carolina. Global Built Environment Review-GBER, Volume 5, Issue 1, GBER, Edge Hill University, International Center for Development and Environmental Studies – ICDES, Lancashire, United Kingdom, PP. 45-56. ISSN # 1474-6824

Salama, A. M. (2005). A Process Oriented Design Pedagogy: KFUPM Sophomore Studio. Journal of the Center for Education in the Built Environment, CEBE Transactions, Volume 2, Issue 2, CEBE, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, PP. 1745-0322. ISSN # 1745-0322

Salama, A. M. and Adams, W. G. (2004). Programming for Sustainable Building Design: Addressing Sustainability in a Project Delivery Process. Journal of Applied Psychology, Volume 6, Issues 3/4 - Special Issue on IAPS 18th Conference, Timisoara, Romania, PP. 178-187. ISSN # 1454-8062

Salama, A. M. and Adams, W. G. (2003). Sustainable Learning Environments: Rethinking the Missing Dimensions. Al Azhar University Engineering Journal - AUEJ, Volume 7, Special Issue, AUEJ, College of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. ISSN # 1110-6406

Adams, W. G. and Salama, A. M. (2003). Comprehensive Pre-design Studies of Workplaces: The Case of the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Al Azhar University Engineering Journal – AUEJ, Volume 7, Special Issue, AUEJ, College of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. ISSN # 1110-6406

Salama, A. M. (2000). Community Participation and the Housing Process: The Case of an Egyptian City, Quseir. Al Azhar University Engineering Journal-AUEJ, Volume 4, Special Issue, AUEJ, College of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. ISSN # 1110-6406

Salama, A. M. (1998). Ecolodges: Meeting the Demand for Sustainable Tourism Development in Egypt. Traditional Dwellings and Settlement, Working Paper Series, Volume 108, IASTE, Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States, PP. 45-69. ISSN # 1050-2092

Salama, A. M. (1998). Architectural Knowledge and Socio-Behavioral Studies in Middle Eastern Schools of Architecture. Journal of Architectural Research-JAR, Volume 31, Department of Architecture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, PP. 6-29.

Salama, A. M. (1996). Environmental Evaluation: A New Voice for Integrating Research Into Architectural Pedagogy. Journal of Architectural Research-JAR, Volume 29, Department of Architecture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, PP. 1-23.

Salama, A. M. and Aboul-Maged, M. (1996). Games, Gaming, and Participatory Design: Simulating the Interaction with Clients and Users in Architectural Education. Journal of Architectural Research-JAR, Volume 29, Department of Architecture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, PP. 24-39.

Fethi, I., Mahadin, K., and Salama, A. M. (1993). Toward Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: The Status of Construction and Affiliated Courses in Arab Architectural Education Today. Open House International, Volume 18, Issue 4, United Kingdom, PP. 11-18. ISSN # 0160-2601

Editorials in Refereed Journals

Salama, A. M. (2008). Editorial: Multiple Voices in Architecture and Urbanism. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 2, Issue 2, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 7-10. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2008). Editorial: Excellence in Architectural and Urban Research. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 2, Issue 1, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 7-15. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2008). Editorial: What’s War/Peace – Construction/Destruction Got to Do with Architecture?. Architects for Peace, Melbourne, Australia.

Salama, A. M. (2007). Editorial: Whatever the Name is, the Concern is for People and Environments. Open House International, Volume 32, Issue 4, Special Issue on Eco-Tourism, Urban International Press, United Kingdom, PP. 4-8. ISSN # 0168-2601

Salama, A. M. (2007). Editorial: Moving Forward. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 1, Issue 3, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 14-18. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2007). Editorial: The Debate Continues. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 1, Issue 2, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 11-14. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2007). Editorial: Archnet-IJAR is Setting the Stage for Online Publishing in Architecture. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 1, Issue 1, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 9-12. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2006). Editorial: Committed Educators are Reshaping Studio Pedagogy. Open House International. Volume 31, Issue 3, Special Issue on Design Studio Teaching Practices, Urban International Press, United Kingdom, PP. 4-9. ISSN # 0160-2601

Published Book Reviews

Salama, A. M. (2008). A Call for Translation: After Amnesia: Learning from the Islamic Mediterranean Urban Fabric by Attilio Pettruccioli. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal for Architectural Research, Volume 2, Issue 2, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 234-235. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2008). Book Review: Selected Scandinavian Contributions to Contemporary Architectural Discourse. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 2, Issue 1, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 264-269. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2007). Book Review: Responsive Environments for a Responsive Pedagogy. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal for Architectural Research, Volume, Issue 3, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 209-213. ISSN # 1994-6961

Salama, A. M. (2007). Book Review: Nikos A. Salingaros: A New Vitruvius for 21st Century Architecture and Urbanism. Archnet-IJAR-International Journal of Architectural Research, Volume 1, Issue 2, Archnet @ MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 114-131. ISSN # 1994-6961

Articles and Research Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

Salama, A. M. (2007). Learning from Qatari Architecture: Impressionistic Evaluation and Experience Based Pedagogy. In J Coulson, D. Schwede, and R. Tucker (eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association – ANZASCA 2007. The School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University, Print and Compact Disc, Geelong, Australia, PP. 215-222. ISBN # 978-0-9581925-3-8

Salama, A. M. (2007). Investigating the Learning Environment from Users’ Perspective. In J. Coulson, D. Schwede, and R. Tucker (eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association – ANZASCA 2007. The School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University, Print and Compact Disc, Geelong, Australia, PP. 207-214. ISBN # 978-0-9581925-3-8

Salama, A. M and Alshuwaikhat, H. (2006). A Critical Perspective for Integrating the Trans-Disciplinary Paradigm into a Comprehensive Understanding of Sustainable Affordable Housing. In Proceedings of JIUFEX – Jeddah International Urban Forum and Exhibition: Urbanism and Sustainability in a Changing World. Jeddah International Urban Forum, Compact Disc, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Salama, A. M. (2005). Contemporary Architecture of Egypt: Between Identity and Plurality of ISMS. In Proceedings of XXII World Congress of Architects, UIA-International Union of Architects – Cities: Grand Bazaar of Architectures. International Union of Architects – UIA, Compact Disc, Istanbul, Turkey.

Salama, A. M. and Amir, A. (2005). Paradigmatic Trends in Middle Eastern Architectural Education: Impacts and Challenges. In Proceedings of XXII World Congress of Architects, UIA-Internaitonal Union of Architects – Cities: Grand Bazaar of Architectures. International Union of Architects, Istanbul,Turkey.

Salama, A. M. (2005). Skill-Based/ Knowledge-Based Architectural Pedagogies: An Argument for Creating Humane Environments. In Proceedings of 7th International Conference of the IAHH-International Association of Humane Habitat-Enlightening Learning Environments. International Association of Humane Habitat – IAHH, Compact Disc, Mumbai, India.

Salama, A. M. (2004). A Collaborative Provess for Planning an Ecolodge Demonstration Project in a Biologically Sensitive Desert Destination. In D. Miller and J. A. Wise (eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of EDRA, Environmental Design Research Association – Designing with Spirit. Environmental Design Research Association – EDRA, Print and Compact Disc, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, PP. 81-87. ISBN # 0-9399-2229-0

Salama, A. M. (2004). The Changing Patterns of Work Environments: Towards an Employee Centered Approach for Designing/ Re-Designing the Workplace. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Administration Sciences – Meeting the Challenges of the Globalization Age. College of Industrial Management, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Print and Disc, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, PP. 309-320. ISBN # 9960-07-208-8

Salama, A. M. (2004). Environmental Messages in the Mediterranean: Exegeses on Contemporary Egyptian Architecture between Identity, ISMS, and Meaning. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Misr International University – Mediterranean Architecture. Misr International University, Compact Disc, Cairo Egypt.

Salama, A. M. (2001). The Design Studio under the Microscope (Invited Plenary Speaker). In M. Edge (ed.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of EDRA, Environmental Design Research Association – Old World-New Ideas. Environmental Design Research Association – EDRA, Compact Disc, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. ISBN # 0939922-26-6

Salama, A. M. (2000). Community Participation and the Housing Process: The Case of Quseir. In Proceedings of ENHR2000 – Housing in the 21st Century: Fragmentation and Re-Orientation. European Network for Housing Research – ENHR, Compact Disc, Gavle, Sweden.

Abarkan, A. and Salama, A. M. (2000). Courtyard Housing in Northern Africa: Changing Paradigms. In Proceedings of ENHR2000 – Housing in the 21st Century: Fragmentation and Re-Orientation. European Network for Housing Research – ENHR, Compact Disc, Gavle, Sweden.

Salama, A. M. (1999). Planning and Architectural Pedagogy in a Time of Paradigm Change: A Responsive Argument for Future Professional Practice. In Proceedings of an International Joint Conference on Planning Education for the 21st Century, Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning of Cairo University, Planning Department of Texas A & M University, and Oxford Brooks University. Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University, Compact Disc, Cairo, Egypt.

Salama, A. M. and Abdou, O. (1999). Designing for Sustainable Future: Reflection on Architectural Education in Africa and the Middle East. In Y. Mansour (ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainability in Desert Regions, SDR 99. United Arab Emirates University, Print, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, PP. 333-341.

Salama, A. M. (1998). Ecolodges: Meeting the Demand for Sustainable Tourism Development in Egypt. In N. AlSayyad and J.P. Bourdier (eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of IASTE – Manufacturing Heritage-Consuming Tradition. International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments – IASTE, University of California Berkeley, Print, Berkeley, California, United States, PP. 45-69.

Salama, A. M. (1998). New Paradigm in Architectural Pedagogy: Integrating Environment-Behavior Studies into Architectural Education Teaching Practices. In J. Tecklenburg, J. Van Andel, J. Smeets, and A. Seidel (eds.), Proceedings of IAPS-15 Conference, International Association for People-Environment Studies – Changing Roles in Policy, Research, and Design. International Association for People-Environment Studies – IAPS, Print, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, PP. 128-139. ISBN # 90-6814-082-5

Salama, A. M. (1997). Democratizing the Architectural Design Studio: Applying the Hidden Curriculum and Community Design Concepts. In Proceedings of UIA (International Union of Architects) International Conference on Cultural Heritage and Architectural Education. International Union of Architects – UIA and Misr International University – MIU, Print, Cairo, Egypt, PP. 44-62.

Salama, A. M. and Elleithy, A. (1997). Ecolodges: A Tool for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Tourism in a Coastal Region. In Proceedings of Al Azhar Engineering 5th International Conference. College of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Print, Cairo, Egypt.

Salama, A. M. (1995). Architectural Pedagogy in Transition: Examining the Role of the Design Studio. In Proceedings of Al Azhar Engineering 4th International Conference. College of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Print, Cairo, Egypt.

Salama, A. M. (1995). Conceptualizing Arab Architectural Education: Artistic and Social Paradigms. In Proceedings of Al Azhar Engineering 4th International Conference. College of Engineering, Al Azhar University, Print, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstracts and or Presentations in Conference Proceedings

Salama, A. M. (2006). Patterns of Change in Work Environments: A Process-Employee Centered Paradigm (Keynote Speech). In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of IAHH – The International Association for Humane Habitat – Sustainable and Humane Workplaces. International Association for Humane Habitat, Print, Mumbai, India, PP. 7.

Salama, A. M. (2005). Diversity into Pedagogy: An Experiential Learning Framework for Enhancing Environment-Behavior Paradigm in Architectural Education. In H. Chaudhury (ed.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association – EDRA. Environmental Design Research Association, Print, British Columbia, Canada, PP. 133. ISBN # 0-939922-29-2

Salama, A. M. and Adams, G. (2004). Programming for Sustainable Building Design: Addressing Sustainability in a Project Delivery Process. In B. Martens and A. G. Keul (eds.), Proceedings of IAPS 18, International Association for People-Environment Studies – Evaluation in Progress. International Association for People-Environment Studies – IAPS, Compact Disc, Vienna, Austria. ISBN # 3-85437-263-9

Salama, A. M. (2004). Teachers Awareness of School Building Sustainability: The Case of Carmel School, Matthews, North Carolina. In B. Martens and A. G. Keul (eds.), Proceedings of IAPS 18, International Association for People-Environment Studies – Evaluation in Progress. International Association for People-Environment Studies – IAPS, Compact Disc, Vienna, Austria. ISBN # 3-85437-263-9

Hasanin, A. and Salama, A. M. (2004). Environmental Graphics and Way-Finding Mechanisms: A Comparative Analysis of Cairo Commercial Streets. In D. Miller and J. A. Wise (eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of EDRA, Environmental Design Research Association – Designing with Spirit. Environmental Design Research Association – EDRA, Print and Compact Disc, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, PP. 208. ISBN # 0-9399-2229-0

Salama, A. M. and Adams, G. (2003). Educational Objectives and the Classroom: Teacher Reactions to Classroom Prototypes. In Proceedings of Annual Conference for CEFPI – Council for Educational Facilities Planning International – Building Connections. Council for Educational Facilities Planning International – CEFPI, Print, Chicago, Illinois, United States, PP. 20.

Salama, A. M. (2003). Toward A Transformative Thinking for Re-Addressing Sustainability in Learning Environments: From Mono-Disciplinary to Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary Knowledge. In J. W. Robinson, K. A. Harder, H. L. Pick, and V. Singh (eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of EDRA, Environmental Design Research Association – People Shaping Places Shaping People. Environmental Design Research Association – EDRA, Print and Compact Disc, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, PP. 291. ISBN # 0-939922-28-2

Salama, A. M. (2002). Sustainability Awareness Tool for Learning Environments. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of EDRA, Environmental Design Research Association – Community: Evolution or Revolution. Environmental Design Research Association – EDRA, Presentation and Sustainable Design Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, PP. 178. ISBN # 0-939922-27-4

Salama, A. M. (2000). Cultural Sustainability of Historic Cities: Notes on Conservation Projects in Old Cairo. In G. Moser, E. Pol, Y. Bernard, M. Bonnes, J. Corraliza, and M. V. Giuliani (eds.), Proceedings of IAPS 16, International Association for People-Environment Studies – Metropolis 21st Century: Cities, Social Life, and Sustainable Development. International Association for People-Environment Studies – IAPS, Compact Disc, Paris, France.

Salama, A. M. (2002). Deep Sustainability and Architectural Pedagogy in the Developing World. In G. Moser, E. Pol, Y. Bernard, M. Bonnes, J. Corraliza, and M. V. Giuliani (eds.), Proceedings of IAPS 16, International Association for People-Environment Studies – Metropolis 21st Century: Cities, Social Life, and Sustainable Development. International Association for People-Environment Studies – IAPS, Compact Disc, Paris, France.

Salama, A. M. (1999). Designing Responsive Undergraduate Programs of Architecture. In Proceedings of the International Congress of Architects, International Union of Architects – UIA. International Union of Architects – UIA, Compact Disc, Beijing, China.

Salama, A. M. (1998). Cultural Diversity in Architectural Pedagogy. In K. Noschis (ed.), Proceedings of the 5th Architecture and Behavior Colloquium – Architectural Knowledge and Cultural Diversity. Comportements, Compact Disc, Ascona, Switzerland.

Salama, A. M. (1995). Teaching Environmental Design: A Cross-Cultural Study. In J. Nasar, P. Grannis, and K. Hanyu (ed.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of EDRA, Environmental Design Research Asssociation. Environmental Design Research Association – EDRA, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, PP. 190. ISBN # 09-3992219-3

Salama, A. M. (1994). Design Instructors: Values, Attitudes, and Experiences. In A. Seidel (ed.), Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of EDRA, Environmental Design Research Association. Environmental Design Research Association – EDRA, Pre-Conference Intensive Session, San Antonio, Texas, United States.

Salama, A. M. and Said, S. Z. (1993). Documenting Cairene Architectural Heritage by Students of Architecture. In Proceedings of the International Congress of Architects, International Union of Architects – UIA. International Union of Architects – UIA and the American Institute of Architects – AIA, Poster Session, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Salama, A. M. and Shemais, R. (1992). Environmental Upgrading of Low-Income Housing in Historic Areas. In the International Conference of Housing. General Organization of Housing, Building, and Planning Research, Ministry of Housing, Presentation, Cairo, Egypt, PP. 112.

Critical Essays in Trade Design, Architectural, and Construction Magazines and Newspapers

Salama, A. M. (2008). The Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Glimpses of Three Decades of Contributions to Architecture and Urbanism in the Developing World. MAGAZ Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 3, MAGAZ Magazine, Cairo, Egypt, PP. 76-91.

Salama, A. M. (2008). Innovation meeting Aspiration: Isozaki and Legoretta in the Midst of the Education City Campus, Qatar. MAGAZ Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1, MAGAZ Magazine, Cairo, Egypt, PP. 76-83.

Salama, A. M. (2008). Sustainable Tourism: Exploring the Fragile Environment in Egypt. The Big Project, Issue 14, CPI Industries, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PP. 40-53. ISSN # 6-297000-070162

Salama, A. M. (2006). Symbolism and Identity in the Eyes of Arabia’s Budding Professionals. Layer Magazine, LAYERMAG, New York, United States.

Salama, A. M. (2006). A Gateway on the Road to Dammam: Visual Messages and Power Statements. Architecture +, Issue 11, InHouse Creative, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PP. 104-108. ISSN # 1684-4084

Salama, A. M. (2005). Importance of Water and Its Reuse in Design. Architecture +, Issue 10, InHouse Creative, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PP. 102-104. ISSN # 1684-4084

Salama, A. M. (2005). Visual Messages and Intellectual Arguments on Contemporary Egyptian Architecture (Arabic). Al Benaa Magazine, Issue 183, Al Benaa Magazine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, PP. 92-99. ISSN # 1319-206-X

Salama, A. M. (2005). Symbolism from Within. Architecture +, Issue 8, InHouse Creative, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PP. 62-67. ISSN # 1684-4084

Salama, A. M. (2004). A Peaceful Fusion of Cultures. Faith and Form Magazine, Volume 37, Issue 2, Faith and Form, Inter-Faith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture – IFRAA, Connecticut, United States, PP. 17-20. ISSN # 0014-7001

Salama, A. M. (2004). Viewpoint – Learning Environments: Shaping and Coloring a Bright Future. Architecture +, Issue 6, InHouse Creative, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PP. 19-21. ISSN # 1684-4084

Salama, A. M. (2003). Voice for an Alternative Architectural Education: Integrating the What and How. ARCHITIMES, Volume 19, Issue 9, ArchPress, Karachi, Pakistan. ISSN # SS261

Salama, A. M. (2003). The Courtyard House: Memory of Places Past. Architecture +, Issue 3, InHouse Creative, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PP. 140-144. ISSN # 1684-4084

Salama, A. M. (2002). Sustainability: Is it a Dream, Utopia, or Romantic Gesture?. Bulletin of IAPS-International Association for People-Environment Studies, Volume 21, Spring Issue, IAPS-International Association for People-Environment Studies, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, PP. 23-25. ISBN # 1301-3998

Salama, A. M. (2002). Viewpoint – Ecolodges: An Emerging Paradigm for Sustainable Tourism. Architecture +, Issue 2, InHouse Creative, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PP. 16-19. ISSN # 1684-4084

Salama, A. M. (2002). Gamal Bakry: Master of Aesthetic Components. Architecture +, Issue 2, InHouse Creative, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PP. 66-69. ISSN # 1684-4084

Salama, A. M. (2002). The Architecture of Gamal Bakry: Thematic Impressions (English and Arabic). Medina Magazine, Issue 21, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 28-32.

Salama, A. M. (2002). A Critical Voice on Architecture and Urbanism: Contemporary Cairo Demystified. ARCHIS, Issue 1, ARCHIS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, PP. 29-33. ISSN # 9-771568273007

Salama, A. M. (2001). El Nachar-Segeeny Museum: Balancing and Harmonizing the Receptacle and Spectacle (English and Arabic). Medina Magazine, Issue 20, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 66-71.

Salama, A. M. (2001). Running with or Against the Wind: A Closer Look at Egyptian Architecture in the Nineties (English and Arabic). Medina Magazine, Issue 19, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 34-41.

Salama, A. M. (2001). Feasibility of Urban Research (Arabic). Al Ahram Newspaper, July 10, 2001, Al Ahram Publishing, Cairo, Egypt.

Salama, A. M. (2001). Metaphorical Entrances: Between Visual Pleasure and Meaning (English and Arabic). Medina Magazine, Issue 18, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 54-58.

Salama, A. M. (2001). CEDARE Headquarters: Glocalism and the Architecture of Resistance (English and Arabic). Medina Magazine, Issue 17, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 32-37.

Salama, A. M. (2002). Abdel Rahman El Nachar: Living Memory from Jerusalem Tragedy to Geometrical Investigation (English and Arabic). Medina Magazine, Issue 14, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 72-75.

Salama, A. M. (2000). Back to the Future: The Ecolodge: An Alternative Futuristic Eco-Friendly tourist Facility (English and Arabic). Medina Magazine, Issue 11, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 54-57.

Salama, A. M. (2000). Rediscovering the Missing Heritage of Quseir: Past Port, Present Challenge, and Future Dreams (English and Arabic). Medina Magazine, Issue 11, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 46-51.

Salama, A. M. (1998). Toward A New Role for the Architect in Society. Medina Magazine, Issue 3, Medina Publishing, British Virgin Islands, PP. 72-73.

Salama, A. M. (1998). Research Trends in Architecture and Urban Design (Arabic). Alam Al Benaa Magazine, July Issue, CPAS-Center for Planning and Architectural Studies, Cairo, Egypt, PP. 19-23.

Salama, A. M. (1998). The Social Dimension in Urban Development (Arabic). Al Ahram Newspaper, March 9, 1998, Al Ahram Publishing, Cairo, Egypt.

Salama, A. M. (1997). New Trends in Architectural Education (Arabic). Alam El Benaa Magazine, November Issue, CPAS-Center for Planning and Architectural Studies, Cairo, Egypt.

Salama, A. M. (1996). Are We Conducting Research for True Urban Development or for the Sake of Scientific and Academic Degrees? (Arabic). Al Ahram Newspaper, December 23, 1998, Al Ahram Publishing, Cairo, Egypt.

Salama, A. M. (1996). The Architect and the Democracy in Decision Making (Arabic). Al Ahram Newspaper, June 18, 1996, Al Ahram Publishing, Cairo, Egypt.

Salama, A. M. (1996). Post Occupancy Evaluation of Urban Environments (Arabic). Al Ahram Newspaper, March 12, 1996, Al Ahram Publishing, Cairo, Egypt.

Personal Communication

Johnson, B. (2003). Supporters Tout New Building Design Standards. Finance and Commerce: Minnesota Business Journal, Volume 116, Issue 86, Dolan Media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Miller, C. (2003). Selling Sustainability: Interviews with Experts and Consultants. Facilities Design and Management Magazine, Volume 22, Issue 2, VNU Business Media, New York, United States.

Salama, A. M. (1996). Contradiction and Complexity in Architectural Education and the Emerging International Trends (Arabic). Al Ahram Newspaper, April 2, 1996, Al Ahram Publishing, Cairo, Egypt.

Archnet-IJAR, Volume 2, Issue 2, July 2008: Multiple Voices in Architecture and Urbanism

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Archnet-IJAR, Volume 2, Issue 2, July 2008
Multiple Voices in Architecture and Urbanism
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10441

Excerpts from the Editorial entitled
Multiple Voices in Architecture and Urbanism
By Ashraf M. Salama
“…In this fifth issue (Volume 2-Issue 2) of Archnet-IJAR continues to raise issues of concern to the worldwide community of architects, designers, and urbanists. A considerable number of voices are accommodated. They offer diverse issues on a wide spectrum of issues that range from the interior spatial environment level to building and city levels. In fact, Archnet-IJAR maintains its presence as a platform for debating issues of interest to academics, professionals, and graduate students. And so, important pressing topical areas are presented in the refereed papers included in this issue. These include architectural education and design pedagogy, human-environment interactions, universal design, professional practice, sustainable cities, and identity….”

“…While both the refereed papers and the trigger and review articles presented in this issue address many issues, it is important to note that they also address many contexts from the United States to New Zealand and from the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula to Malaysia. This reflects the true essence of Archnet-IJAR of being an international forum for discoursing the design and the actual use of built environments and the context within which they are created. …”

Content and Contributions

Editorial: Multiple Voices in Architecture and Urbanism-PP.07/10.
Ashraf M. Salama
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10443

Great Programs in Architecture: Rankings, Performance Assessments, and Diverse Paths to Prominence -PP.11/22.
Ann Forsyth
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10444

Dynamic Adaptive Web-based Model for Architectural Design Education (DAAD) PP.23/40.
Hesham T. Eissa and Ji-Hyun Lee
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10445

Beyond Concepts-A Studio Pedagogy for Preparing Tomorrow's Designers-PP.41/56.
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10446

When Good Design Intentions Do Not Meet Users Expectations: Exploring Qatar University Campus Outdoor Spaces-PP.57/77.
Ashraf M. Salama
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10447

Universal Design: From Policy to Assessment Research and Practice -PP. 78/93.
Wolfgang F. E. Preiser
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10448

The Influence of Privacy Regulation on Urban Malay Families Living in Terrace Housing-PP.94/102.
Ahmad Hariza Hashim and Zaiton Abdul Rahim
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10449

Natural Lighting of Deep Architectural Space: The Perception of New Zealand Architects-PP.103/124.
Richard Barrett
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10450

Identity in Transitional Context: Open-Ended Local Architecture in Saudi Arabia-PP. 125/146.
Mashary A. Al-Naim
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10451

Landscaping an Office Park in Amman, Jordan: Incorporating Sustainable Site Design Principles-PP.147/161.
Aydin Özdemir, Metin Başal, Ahmet Benliay
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10452

Towards a Sustainable Neighborhood: The Role of Open Spaces-PP.162/177.
Khalid Al-Hagla
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10453

Emerging Cities on the Arabian Peninsula: Urban Space in the Knowledge Economy Context-PP.178/195.
Alain Thierstein and Elisabeth Schein
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10454

Climate, Cities, and Sustainability in the Arabian Region: Compactness as a New Paradigm in Urban Design and Planning-PP. 196/208.
Mustapha Ben-Hamouche
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10455

The Future of African Cities-PP. 209/219.
Muhammad al Najib Brimah
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10456

Skyscraper Future Visions-PP. 220/230.
Mohamad Kashef
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10457

"Algorithmic Sustainable Design: The Future of Architectural Theory , A Series of 12 Lectures by Nikos A. Salingaros-PP. 231/233.
Nicola Giacomo A.G. Linza, William Gay & Anna Grasso-Gay.
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10458

A Call for Translation: After Amnesia: Learning from the Islamic Mediterranean Urban Fabric
by Attilio Pettruccioli-PP. 234/235.
Ashraf M. Salama
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10459

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Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is indexed and is part of many Databases, Directories, Catalogues, and University Libraries including
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SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN “SBD08”

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Community Technical Housing Services Association (COMTECHSA) U.K

&
Global Built Environment Review (GBER)

Based on the current demand for sustainable design professionals and the future need for environmentally sustainable education in Pakistan & UK, a collaborative post-graduate program; Masters of Architecture in “Sustainable Design” is proposed. Sustainable Design Program, Faculty of Architecture, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan and Edge Hill University, Lancashire, UK has agreed to establish and design this program jointly. Higher Education Commission Pakistan and British Council Pakistan are promoting this program under Joint Higher Education Links Program (JHELP). The goal of the program is to educate students in the area of Sustainable Architecture Design with an innovative program that is truly unique. This initiative will lead to a master’s degree program starting in 2009.

As part of this initiative the first seminar is being organized at COMTECHSA, Liverpool to lay the foundation for the development of a truly unique curriculum for this Masters program.

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN “SBD08”

Seminar Secretariat UK
Ar. Dr. Tasleem Shakur (Link Coordinator & Program Director)
Dr. Linda Rush (Asst. Link Coordinator)
Ar Galib Khan (Community Architect; COMTECHSA)
Jamie Halsall (Global Built Environment Review)
Edge Hill University, Lancashire L39 4QP, United Kingdom
shakurt@edgehill.ac.uk; tasleemshakur@yahoo.co.uk ; www.edgehill.ac.uk

Seminar Secretariat Pakistan
Ar. Muhammad Ali Tirmizi (Link Coordinator & Program Director)
Ar. Syed Faisal Sajjad (Asst. Link Coordinator)
Ar. Prof. Fauzia Qureshi (Head; Dept. of Architecture; NCA)
Ar. Dr. Shakeel Qureshi (Associate Prof; Dept. of Architecture; NCA)
Sustainable Design Program; Faculty of Architecture;
National College of Arts, 4 The Mall, Lahore-54500; Pakistan
tirmizi@nca.edu.pk; tirmizi@aaschool.ac.uk; www.nca.edu.pk

MONU Magazine - Exotic Urbanism..Call for Submissions

2008-05-25T15:03:00.004-04:00

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR MONU

magazine on urbanism #9 -

EXOTIC URBANISM

Ever since our cities became areas of continuous interaction and ever-expanding exchange the term “exotic” - understood as counterpart to the “local”, the “native” or even the “authentic” - has become a rather vague term. Who – in actual fact - is still able to distinguish between the one and the other, between the exotic and the local? Who would be interested anyway? Yet, once again, there seems to be an increasing fascination with, and interest in, importing and seeing certain urban elements from other parts of the world in our own cities. There are, apparently, more Japanese people visiting the fake Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas than the original in Paris. What makes this displacement so interesting today?

The fascination with the “exotic” and its appearance in our cities has a long history, although at first merely going in one direction: from the “West” to the “East”. Interest in the exotic by the Western World was first stimulated by trade with the Eastern World back in the 16th century. But right from the start there has always been this intriguing contradiction in the term “exotic” as being on the one hand associated with fantasies of opulence and barbaric splendour, yet on the other hand considered as integer, uncorrupted and tasteful. The charm of the unfamiliar with its thrill of menace hasn’t lost its attraction even today and has been turned into a global phenomenon that can no longer be discussed within the narrow-minded Orient – Occident dialectic. These days, all kinds of foreign urban elements evoke the atmosphere of far-off lands all over the world. A finish sauna can be as exotic in Sao Paulo as Islamic ornamental motifs on a building in New York City.

MONU#9 investigates what the term exotic actually means for our cities and how exotic urban elements appear, what they look like, and how they may influence our cities. In any case, exotic urban features appear more and more as an inexhaustible source for progressive urban design ideas. When the exotic influenced the appearance of the “Art Nouveau” at the end of the 19th century, it might today have the power to create an “Urban Nouveau”.

We invite daring concepts, mind-stretching speculations and ground-breaking new strategies about the topic “Exotic Urbanism” for our next issue of MONU. Submissions may be essays, photography, art projects or design concepts that trigger the term “exotic” in the urban context. MONU #9 will be published in the summer of 2008. Submissions or questions should be sent to info@monu-magazine.com by the end of June 2008. www.monu-magazine.com

The Evolving Arab City (2008), Yasser Elsheshtawy-Editor

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The Evolving Arab City
Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development

Edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy, UAE University, Al Ain

Part of the Planning, History and Environment Series

Routledge
Taylor and Francis Group
United Kingdom

book.orders@routledge.co.uk

www.routledge.com/builtenvironment
May 2008:
Hb: 978-0-415-41156-1

Contents
1. The Great Divide: Struggling and Emerging Cities of the Arab World, Yasser Elsheshtawy. 2. The New Arab Metropolis, Fuad K. Malkawi. 3. Amman: Disguised Genealogy and Recent Urban Restructuring and Neoliberal Threats, Rami Farouk Daher. 4. From Regional Node to Backwater and Back to Uncertainty: Beirut, 1943–2006, Sofia T. Shwayri. Rabat: From Capital to Global Metropolis, Jamila Bargach. 6. Riyadh: A City of ‘Institutional’ Architecture, Mashary A. Al-Naim. 7. Kuwait: Learning from a Globalized City, Yasser Mahgoub. 8. Manama: The Metamorphosis of a Gulf City, Mustapha Ben Hamouche. 9. Rediscovering the Island: Doha’s Urbanity from Pearls to Spectacle, Khaled Adham. 10. Cities of Sand and Fog: Abu Dhabi’s Arrival on the Global Scene, Yasser Elsheshtawy
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This outstanding collection, written by sophisticated and engaged Arab architects/urbanists, is a stunning sequel to Planning Middle Eastern Cities (2004). Like its predecessor, it does three things: effectively demolishes the monopoly ‘orientalists’ had over the topic; integrates grounded Arab scholarship with mainstream ‘Western’ critical urban theory; and, by detailing the diverse ways Arab cities are responding to globalization, challenges oversimplified debates on ‘The Global City’.

Studies of Arab/Islamic cities used to be the province of ‘outsiders’ who not only prematurely generalized to a genre, but to one encapsulated in timelessness. In contrast, the case studies included in the earlier volume (Dubai, Sana’a, Baghdad, Algiers, Tunis, and Cairo), now supplemented in this volume by studies on three older cities (Amman, Beirut, and Rabat) and five newer oil cities (Riyadh, Kuwait City, Manama, Doha and Abu-Dhabi), focus, often critically, on the cities’ rapid transformations.

Each case study traces the city’s colonial and post-colonial history, the evolution of its distinctive social and physical structures, and its intersection with the region and the world. Particular attention is paid, inter alia, to the effects of recent wars, migration patterns, petroleum prices, and the increased role of ‘rulers’ in city planning and real- estate investment both within and between Arab countries. Each case study traces the increased interaction between multinational firms and local developers as they strategize and compete to elevate themselves to global city status. Neoliberalism and State-sponsored advanced capitalism are all implicated in the painful task of balancing identity and post-modernity.

A must read!

Janet Abu-Lughod, Professor Emerita, Northwestern University and The Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research
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Coverage of Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future, by Ashraf M. Salama and Nicholas Wilkinson (editors).. Online and Printed

2008-04-11T23:55:00.007-04:00

DESIGN STUDIO PEDAGOGY: Horizons for the Future

Ashraf M. Salama & Nicholas Wilkinson (editors).

2007
ISBN: 1-872811-09-04
The Urban International Press
P.O. Box 74 Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE9 5UZ
United Kingdom

Visit http://www.openhouse-int.com/

Contact:
Carol Nicholson carol.nicholson@ribaenterprises.com
Carol Punton openh@hotmail.co.uk

Excerpts from the Introduction by Ashraf M. Salama and Nicholas WilkinsonTitled: Legacies for the Future of Design Studio Pedagogy

"………Contemporary societies are in a continuous process of transformations and learning systems should respond to the changes associated with these transformations. Design and built environment professions are no exception and thus corresponding changes in education are crucially needed. There are continuous attempts to massage and modify design studio teaching practices, to re-configure the structure of studio content, and the way in which knowledge is delivered and experienced. However, consensus is lacking on the issue of what changes and developments in studio pedagogy will best meet the needs of design professions while supporting the aspirations of contemporary societies. In response, Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future presents thoughts, ideas, and experiments of educators of different generations, different academic backgrounds, who are teaching and conducting research in different cultural contexts. It simply probes future universal visions within which the needs of future shapers of the built environment can be conceptualized and the design pedagogy that satisfies those needs can be debated. Since education is the cornerstone of any design profession, since the 'approach to' and the 'content of' that education is the bedrock for creating responsive built environments, and since the design studio is the backbone of architectural education, it is imperative that design studio pedagogy needs to be encountered in its broadest sense. As well, it is essential to deal with the subject as a rich field of research whose knowledge base, content, methods, tools and techniques can be examined and questioned. …………

This book addresses academics, practitioners, graduate students, and those who make decisions about the educational system. It offers a web of experiences and thoughts while laying the foundation to debate aspects, rituals, and future visions of studio pedagogy and their impact on design professions. This is not all; its value lies in the fact that it does not only provide visions —from different parts of the world-- on the body of knowledge required for successful studio teaching, but introduces actual experiences that would help transform this knowledge into guiding practices. Such visions and experiences represent prospects for future design studio pedagogy articulated in a conscious endeavor toward the betterment of the built environment: Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future."

The following list represents online and printed coverage of Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future

Review by Michael Crosbie
Published in Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research, vol 1, issue 2, July 2007, pp.106-108 Under the title of "Assessing Architectural Education's Crown Jewel.
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10109

Review by Michael Crosbie
Published in Open House International, vol 32, issue 3, September 2007, pp.90-90

Review by Michael Crosbie
DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 13 Number 3 Mar 2008 ISSN 1473-3862, DRS-Digital Newsletter
http://www.designresearchsociety.org/
http://www.designophy.com/article.php?id=1670

Review by Nikos A. Salingaros
Intended for Publication in Open House International, vol 33, issue 1, March 2008

Review by Nikos A. Salingaros on Architecture and Urbanism (Coming Soon on Open Huse International), March/April 2008
http://architectureurbanism.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html

Review and Critical Analysis by Halina Dunin-Woyseth
Published in Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research, vol 1, issue 3, November 2007, pp.194-206
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10279

Review by Julia W. Robinson
Published in Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research, vol 1, issue 3, November 2007, pp.207-208
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10280

Review in Research-Design Connections, Fall 2007
http://www.researchdesignconnections.com/pub/06_04/book-reviews/544-1.html

Published Reviews in the Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=searchArticles&q1=Pedagogy&f1=all&b1=and&q2=&f2=all&p=5

Announcement in Open House International Website
http://www.openhouse-int.com/

Announcement in IAPS Website: International Association for People-Environment Studies
http://www.iaps-association.org/
http://www.iaps-association.org/bulletin.html

Announcement in Archnet Digital Library's New Publications
http://www.archnet.org/calendar/item.jsp?calendar_id=53540

Announcement in Architecture -Urbanism
http://architectureurbanism.blogspot.com/2007/05/design-studio-pedagogy-horizons-for.html

Announcement in the Bulletin of IAPS
International Association for People-Environment Studies, Issue 32, Winter 2008-03-29

Announcement in World Architecture Community
http://www.worldarchitecture.org/news/?position=comments&up=306

http://www.worldarchitecture.org/theory-issues/?position=comments&codde=554&tipi=8&up=158&title=news%20on%20Architectural%20Education%20/%20Design%20Pedagogy

Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future on Google Books
http://books.google.com.qa/books?id=dDTwLBmgG6AC&dq=%22design+studio+pedagogy+horizons+for+the+future%22&hl=en&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0

Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future in World Catalogue, WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170954770?tab=details#tabs

Ashraf Salama's Book Pages, Personal Website
http://www.arti-arch.org/Ashraf%20Salama-Books-Design%20Studio%20Pedagogy.htm
http://www.arti-arch.org/Ashraf%20Salama-Books-A%20Structured%20Content-A%20Rigorous%20Process.htm

Ruth Morrow's Page at the Art and Design Research Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
http://www.adbe.ulster.ac.uk/staff/bios/view/morrow_r
http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/research/artdesign/a-m/Morrow/MorrowR.htm

Yasser Elsheshtawy's Personal Website and List of Publications Architecture-UAEU
http://www.sheshtawy.org/elsheshtawy.htm
http://sra.uaeu.ac.ae/english/html/publications/Faculty_Research/PDF/COE_Architecture_2007.pdf

Yaasser Mahgoub's Website – List of Writings and Publications
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/cameroon/84/index.html/
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/cameroon/84/index.html#research

Landscape Architecture News Page, University of Washington
http://www.caup.washington.edu/LARCH/Events/news.php

List of Publications (2007), Oslo School of Architecture, Norway
http://www.aho.no/Forskning/Forskningskat_2007_NN.pdf

A Daily Dose of Architecture, May 31, 2007
http://archidose.blogspot.com/2007/05/2-new-books.html

Architecture Lab BlogSpot, Aline Chanine, Lebanon, June 22, 2007
http://architecturelab.blogspot.com/2007/06/design-studio-pedagogy-horizons-for.html

Archiblog Articles, September 14, 2007
http://archiblog.info/en/2007/09/14

Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future, Library of Congress
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&hd=0,0&SEQ=20080329064415&SC=Author&SA=Salama%2C%20Ashraf%20M%2E%20A%2E&PID=17972&SID=2

Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future, MIT Libraries
http://library.mit.edu/F?func=find-b&find_code=WTI&request=Design+Studio+Pedagogy

Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future, University of Cincinnati Libraries
http://uclid.uc.edu/search/X?(Design%20Studio%20pedagogy)&b=&l=&Da=&Db=&m=&s=&v=&c=&SORT=D&searchscope=39

Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future, Texas Tech University Libraries
http://lib2.tosm.ttu.edu/F/QTRPTTQI628E5L4GUUA17HJJ3MFK4CGLI352FJRTACGP31APGY-18063?func=full-set-set&set_number=067138&set_entry=000001&format=999 http://lib2.tosm.ttu.edu/F/QTRPTTQI628E5L4GUUA17HJJ3MFK4CGLI352FJRTACGP31APGY-18016?func=find-b&request=Design+Studio+Pedagogy&find_code=WRD&filter_code_1=WLN&filter_request_1=&filter_code_2=WYR&filter_request_2=&filter_code_3=WYR&filter_request_3=&filter_code_4=WFM&filter_request_4=&filter_code_5=WSL&filter_request_5=&x=0&y=0

Archnet-IJAR, Special Issue on Traditional Spas / Hammams in the Mediterranean: Rediscovering a Forgotten Heritage

2008-04-01T17:47:00.006-04:00

Special Issue Announcement

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research
Academic Peer Reviewed/Double Refereed Journal published on the World Wide Web three times a year

http://www.archnet-ijar.org

http:// archnet.org/gws/IJAR/
http://archnet.org/library/documents/collection.jsp?collection_id=1543

Traditional Spas / Hammams in the Mediterranean:

Rediscovering a Forgotten Heritage

A Special Issue- November 2008
Guest Editor Dr. Magda Sibley
School of Architecture - The University of Liverpool- UK

Based on a selection of papers presented at the International Conference to be held in Damascus under the title

The Traditional Hammam, a Gift from the Past for the Future
Damascus, Syria, July 13 – 16, 2008

Organised by the IFPO Institut Français du Proche-Orient and OIKODROM - The Vienna Institute for Urban Sustainability

This conference is the final dissemination meeting of the multi-disciplinary research consortium (12 institutions from both Europe and the Mediterranean countries) that has been working together for the last three yeas (since September 2005) on the HAMMAM project. The project was initiated and scientifically co-ordinated by Oikodrom, the Vienna Institute for Urban Sustainability; supported and financed by the European Commission’s 6th Framework Program Specific Targeted Research Projects Contract No.: 517704 under the name:

HAMMAM, Aspects and Multidisciplinary Methods of Analysis for the Mediterranean Region

The Islamic bath house Hammam is a central place of cultural heritage in the Mediterranean cities. Traditionally, the Hammam is a place of complex urban and societal relations with various functions: a support for health care and hygiene, a meeting place for merchants, one of the rare meeting places for women in the Islamic context, a place for relaxation and leisure, a place for confidential political discussions and a place for artistic and ceremonial activities. The Hammam also forms an important heritage building with a rich architecture and valuable lessons in environmental design. However, it has been neglected for a long time as studies on this building type have been rare and very few examples of restored and re-used historic Hammams exist today. In most Mediterranean cities, these historic buildings are on the way of disappearing, as many of them have been either demolished or totally ignored and forgotten. With the disappearance of them, Islamic cities are about to loose a major feature of their cultural heritage with detrimental consequences on the local urban, societal and architectural qualities.

Field work has been carried out over the last two years on seven case study hammams in six different Mediterranean cities (Cairo, Damascus, Fez, Constantine, Ankara and Gaza). Multi-disciplinary teams in collaboration with local stakeholders have worked together in the location of each case study building in order to increase national and international awareness about the importance of this heritage building and develop future scenarios for its the safeguard and its sustainable re-use.
See www.hammams.org
http://hammams.info
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lsa/research_new/hammams/index.htm

Underlying the Hammams/ Traditional Spas Theme, the papers in this special issue of Archnet-IJAR will focus on the following topics

• Architectural typologies and urban morphologies across the Mediterranean Region
• Vernacular architecture and construction and challenges for conservation and restoration
• Thermal performance and Lessons of Environmental Sustainability
• Socio-culture and the Intangible Heritage
• Economy and Management
• Future scenarios for the sustainable re-use of historic Hammam buildings

Other topics will also be considered.

Authors outside the HAMMAM consortium are also invited to submit papers for this special issue. Please e-mail an abstract to Dr Magda Sibley- msibley@liv.ac.uk no later than 30th of June 2008. Deadlines for receiving full papers to be refereed and considered for publication in Archnet-IJAR, Vol 2, Issue 3, November 2008 is September 1, 2008

Archnet-IJAR is published and archived by ARCHNET, the most comprehensive online community for architects, planners, urban designers, interior designers, landscape architects, and scholars working in these fields, developed at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in close cooperation with, and with the full support of The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.

...Chief Editor: Ashraf Salama, Advisory Board: Attilio Petruccioli; Besim Hakim; Hashim Sarkis; Henry Sanoff; Jamel Akbar; Mohamad Al-Asad; Michael Crosbie; Nasser Rabbat; Nicholas Wilkinson; Nikos Salingaros; Peter Rowe; Suha Ozkan; William Mitchell, Editorial-Scientific Board: Akhtar Chauhan; Aleya Abel-Hadi; Ali Cengizkan; Amer Moustafa; Anne Beamish; Budi Sukada; Dalila Al-Kerdani; Donatella Mazzoleni; Eman El-Nachar; Fuad Mallick; Hulya Turgut; Ihab Elzeyadi; M. Alaa Mandour; Malika Bose; Magda Sibley; Mashary Al-Naim; Peter Kellett; Rabee Reffat; Yasser El-Shehstawy; Yasser Mahgoub.
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After One Year.. Archnet-IJAR: Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2008

2008-03-25T10:34:00.014-04:00

Archnet-IJAR:
International Journal of Architectural Research After One year

Archnet-IJAR
Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2008

ArchNet-IJAR, the new online journal of architecture and urbanism, begins its second year on ArchNet with the publication of its first 2008 issue. The past year's efforts have been very successful; IJAR now boasts both a high readership and contributions from distinguished scholars and educators in the field.

In this first issue of 2008, several giants in architecture and human-environment interaction, joined by younger scholars, offer their thoughts and research. This multiplicity of views opens the way to a lively, complex debate on the built environment.

All issues of IJAR may be downloaded here from the Digital Library on ArchNet, or accessed via the IJAR Group Workspace.

Content of Archnet-IJAR Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2008

Editorial: Excellence in Architectural and Urban Research-PP.07/15.
Ashraf M. Salama

Some Further Thoughts on Culture and Environment-PP. 16/39.
Amos Rapoport

Architecture between the Culture-Nature Dualism: A Case Study of Geoffrey Bawa’s Kandalama Hotel-PP. 40/56.
Ceridwen Owen

Multiple Views of Participatory Design-PP.57/69.
Henry Sanoff

Rethinking Residential Mobility: An Interdisciplinary Interpretation- PP.70/83.
Roderick J. Lawrence

Assessing Building Performance: Its Evolution from Post-Occupancy Evaluation-PP. 84/99
Wolfgang F. E. Preiser and Jack L. Nasar

A Theory for Integrating Knowledge in Architectural Design Education PP. 100/128.
Ashraf M. Salama

Intelligence-Based Design:A Sustainable Foundation for Worldwide Architectural Education-PP.129/188.
Nikos A. Salingaros and Kenneth G. Masden II

An An Architecture for Autism: Concepts of Design Intervention for the Autistic User-PP.189/211.
Magda Mostafa

Quantitative (GIS) and Qualitative (BPE) Assessments of Library Performance-PP. 212/231.
Wolfgang F.E. Preiser and Xinhao Wang

The Impact of War on the Meaning of Architecture in Kuwait-PP. 232/246.
Yasser Mahgoub

Proportions and Human Scale in Damascene Courtyard Houses-PP. 247/263.
M. Salim Ferwati and M. Alaa Mandour

Book Reviews: Selected Scandinavian Contributions to Contemporary Architectural Discourse-PP. 264/269.
Ashraf M. Salama

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Interested scholars, researchers, practitioners, and graduate students of architecture may contact the chief editor of IJAR, Ashraf Salama, at ijar@mit.edu.

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World Architecture Community: Press Release

2008-03-22T10:53:00.002-04:00

PRESS RELEASE
March 2008 http://www.worldarchitecture.org

Invitation to all architects of the world:
Contribute in the making of the future of architectural thought

FRANÇAIS ESPAÑOL РУССКИЙ ITALIANO

World Architecture Community, launched on March 1, with 200 honorary members including Hans Hollein, Mario Botta, Arata Isozaki, and Fumihiko Maki, is probably the first interactive database created to provide an opportunity for all local practices to become internationally recognized. Unique features of this portal enable all members to contribute in the making of the future of architectural thought by submitting, discussing, editing, rating, sharing their work.

While there are many channels that promote architecture, WA will probably be the first interactive database created to provide an opportunity for all local practices to present their work to the international audience and become internationally recognized.

It is evident that content capacity in printed media is very limited that only a few can access. Appearing in international or even local media is highly competitive and requires grand projects; therefore local practices rarely have the chance to be criticized and the agenda of architecture concentrates on a few names. On the other hand, there are many young, talented architects, passionately designing buildings in the different parts of the world. Unfortunately, as they cannot appear on the media, they are solely criticized by their customers. -Impetus for creativity, however, is criticism. WA realizes the dream of local practices to be discussed by prominent scholars and academicians from different countries via the platform offered by the internet . Architects and scholars from ALL countries of the world are invited to submit their buildings and writings freely. The aim of WA is to highlight the different quests of local practices in the global agenda and initiate a new definition for architectural media. WA Community Portal also aims to present the work of all contemporary masters of architecture in a concise form eventually with their support of the educational premises of the project.

Another unique feature of the portal is that Issue Pages can be created by all members as a collaborative effort to create connections across the individual resources on the internet. For instance, an architect being inspired from local culture, can create an issue page to define his theoretical discourse that has guided his design, and relate his buildings to this issue page so that theory and practice in architecture can -come together within the same context. This independent global forum and extensive database will be also a big occasion for theorists. They will be able to -access examples, works, and efforts from most diverse regions and cultures of the world and will have the chance to get in touch with practice at a global scale.

All members will be able to submit links, articles, projects (even unrealized or projects under construction can be submitted) to this completely free international portal. Contributions from all members will have equitable chances to be represented, promoted, reviewed and criticized at this international arena.

You can read more about the story and philosophy of WA here

WHAT DID HONORARY MEMBERS SAY ABOUT WA?The WA Community initiative has over 150 Honorary Members who have accepted the invitation to collaborate. Complete list of Honorary Members include important architects and scholars like Joseph Rykwert, Eric Owen Moss, Bart Prince, Fumihiko Maki, Udo Kultermann, Dennis Sharp, Farshid Moussavi, William Lim, Hans Hollein, Michael Sorkin, Arata Isozaki, Mario Botta, Kenneth Yeang, and Renata Holod among many others...

For the complete list of Honorary Members click Honorary Members

"The potential of this forum could be enormous, and your concept has that hallmark of all truly great ideas, which is to say something that seems so brilliantly simple that only after it becomes a reality does one wonder how it could not have always existed? There is so much good that can be done if certain ideas in our field of experience could only be shared more easily, and though the technology to do this has been available for quite some time now, it clearly has not been used to anything approaching its full potential, which your initiative promises to expand." Martin Filler, Editor, House&Garden, USA.

For more comments please follow the link What Did Honorary Members Say About WA?
www.worldarchitecture.org

Submit, discuss, post, edit, revise, update, share, comment, rate, vote, evaluate, relate,review… To enrich architectural thought by multicultural diversity!info@worldarchitecture.org

Algorithmic Sustainable Design: An Important Series of Lectures by Nikos A. Salingaros

2008-03-08T22:54:00.004-05:00

"Algorithmic Sustainable Design: The Future of Architectural Theory"
A series of 12 Lectures by Nikos A. Salingaros

This lectures series involves
Application of cutting-edge mathematical techniques to architectural design. Fractals and algorithmic processes. Cellular automata that generate the Sierpinski carpet. Harmony-seeking computations. Generative codes, and their difference from static New Urbanist codes.

Below are the list of topics.
To download the lectures as video files or as slides, click here:
http://www.math.utsa.edu/~salingar/algorithmic.html

1. Recursion and the Fibonacci sequence. Universal scaling. Biophilia.
2. Geometric Recursion and Fractals. The Sierpinski gasket. Perforation, bending, and folding. Anti-gravity anxiety. Architecture of the horizontal.
3. Universal distribution of sizes. Fractal design, ornament, and biophilia. Sustainable systems.
4. Cellular automata. Sierpinski carpets and sea-shells. Design in hyperspace and connection to the sacred.
5. Harmony-seeking computations. Architectural harmony. Alexander’s theory of centers. Design as computation. Computational reducibility.
6. Alexander's 15 Fundamental Properties. Three laws of architecture.
7. Biologically-inspired computation. Genetic algorithms. Computation versus memory retrieval. Evolutionary regression.
8. Emergent systems. Examples from Artificial Life. Inhuman experiments. Architectural education.
9. Symmetry production. Symmetry breaking. Classical moldings. Binding energy.
10. Generative codes and their application to building and urban morphology.
11. DPZ New Urbanist codes and the Transect.
12. Implementation of generative codes in design.

World Architecture Community

2008-03-08T10:56:00.004-05:00

INVITATION TO COLLABORATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY
www.worldarchitecture.org

Have you ever imagined an opportunity where all architects in the world could submit the images of their recent buildings to the same database where you can also write articles referring to thousands of architectural images available, and develop your ideas further with the comments of an interested community? The World Architecture Community web portal tries to define such a context.

The World Architecture Community Portal provides an opportunity for all local practices to become internationally recognized and discussed by prominent scholars from different countries. The WA Portal is an independent global forum and extensive database where architects and scholars from ALL countries of the world are invited to submit their buildings and writings freely. Contributions from all members will have equitable chances to be represented, promoted, reviewed and criticized at this international arena.WA Community Portal also aims to present the work of all contemporary masters of architecture in a concise form eventually with their support of the educational premises of the project.

Create and Maintain Your Personal Architect Page @WA
Just register and fill in the blanks of the template at your User Page. It will be extremely easy to edit your “Architect Page” and fun to read the discussions about your buildings if they excite any. One of our editors may even write an article about one of them. Occasionally updating your “Building Pages” will keep them higher on the agenda of the WA community.

Make Your Articles Available On-Line@WA
You can submit all your articles to the WA database for wider readership, recognition and impact. And please do so for the WA community to share, discuss and develop your ideas.

Linking to Articles that are On-Line Elsewhere
If your articles are already published on-line at another website and you cannot post them at WA due to copyright reasons, you can simply submit the respective link after creating one or more Issue Pages concentrating on the topics you think the discussion in your article relates to. Please browse present Issue Pages to find out already established topics and connections. It may even be the case

Advantages of the Issue Pages
We have developed a unique feature for the discussion of most diverse issues by cross-referencing among “related issues” that can be introduced and developed by voluntary members who will eventually become Issue Editors. This extensive “Thesaurus of Ideas” will easily guide the reader to your articles either in our database or elsewhere on-line.

Architects for Peace: Committed Humanitarian Efforts

2008-02-28T16:25:00.005-05:00

architectsforpeace http://www.architectsforpeace.org/ is a humanitarian, not for profit professional organisation for architects, urban designers, engineers, planners, landscape architects and environmentalists, seeking urban development based on social justice, solidarity, respect and peace.

The site of "Architects for Peace" includes editorials, articles, and discussions on critical issues of concern to the worldwide community of architects, planners, and design professionals.

Check some of these articles/editorials:

Just Sustainability
by Ceridwen Owen
http://archpeace2.blogspot.com/2007/03/editorial-march-2007.html

The New Town Centre and the New Main Street
by Anthony McInneny
http://archpeace2.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-town-centre-and-new-main-street.html

Developed – Developing: Dialogical Integration in International Conferences
by Beatriz C. Maturana
http://archpeace2.blogspot.com/2008/01/developed-developing-dialogical.html

What's War/Peace - Construction/Destruction got to do with Architecture?
by Ashraf M. Salama
http://archpeace2.blogspot.com/2008/02/whats-warpeace-constructiondestruction.html

Discussing Transdisciplinarity: Making Professions and the New Mode of Knowledge Production

2008-02-20T11:51:00.009-05:00

Discussing Transdisciplinarity: Making Professions and the New Mode of Knowledge Production

The Nordic Reader

A Publication of the Oslo School of Architecture, Norway (2004)

ISSN 0804-0729

Edited by

Halina Dunin-Woyseth and Liv Merete Nielsen

An Important publication that places knowledge produced within design professions in focus.

Contents include the following topics:
- The Potential of Transdisciplinarity
- The Concept of Technical Knowledge
- Transdisciplinarity and Architectural Design
- On knowledge Production through the Practice of Architecture
- Approaches to Scientific Practice and Transdisciplinary Research
- Transdisciplinarity—Progressive Science and Mob Rules?

AFTER AMNESIA: Learning from the Islamic Mediterranean Urban Fabric, by Attilio Petruccioli

2008-01-11T07:08:00.000-05:00

AFTER AMNESIA:
Learning from the Islamic Mediterranean Urban Fabric

Attilio Petruccioli
2007

ICAR - Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy

ISBN 88-95006-03-8

Short Notes on After Amnesia by Ashraf M. Salama
The new book "After Amnesia: Learning from the Islamic Mediterranean Urban Fabric, 2007" by Attilio Petruccioli comes after marvelous efforts he has undertaken in articulating the need for understanding the city, its structure, fabric, and the essence behind the physical manifestation of the Islamic/Mediterranean Urbanism. Through this and previous publications, professor Petruccioli is a well known authority in architecture and urbanism in countries with Muslim traditions. His three decades of experience on this subject are clearly reflected in this book.

The book is constituted in beautifully illustrated four chapters, each of which addresses a specific aspect of the the physical realities of the Islamic city. The first chapter introduces issues that pertain to the dialectic relationship between buildings, cities, and civilizations and highlights the typological processes involved. The second chapter involves a typological analysis of the Islamic houses which formed the structure of many cities including Fez, Mostar, Aleppo, and Algiers--among others. Chapter 3 addresses the physical aspects of the building tissue in the Islamic city and the dialectic relations between the building tissue and the larger contextual fabric. In chapter 4, the city is analytically described as an urban organism; it also involves methods of interpretation while at the same time concluding with the fact that Islamic cities have unique character, especially in terms of its spontaneity and intentionality. Such a composition of the book makes a must read book

In my position as architect and professor of architecture, I can confidently argue that there is a severe lack of serious Arabic publications and Arabic reference materials. This is evident if one would search any public or academic library or navigate the World Wide Web. While there have been some writings or reports on the urban environments of the Islamic cities, they are scattered, difficult to have access to, or are published in obscure locations or in low quality publications. In essence, this manifests the urgent need to develop and secure the necessary funds to translate and publish this book into Arabic. A logical reason is that the book is of high value to the academic and professional community in architecture, planning, and built environment studies. Such a community is exemplified by practicing architects, planners, landscape architecture and those who are working in these fields in the academy and their students. Therefore, it serves the interests of a wide spectrum of reader types.

Looking around in most Islamic cities in the Mediterranean basin, one can find that while architects manage individual buildings well enough, the overall urban environment in those cities is increasingly mismanaged. The reason is that many architects are lacking the fundamental understanding of the city and its evolution, how it was, it situation in the preset, and how it should position itself in the future. Therefore, this book if translated into Arabic those who make decisions about Islamic cities including current and future generations of architects and planners would have an easy access in Arabic to the fundamentals of development in those cities. This is not all, it will facilitate decision making based on understanding the evolutionary aspects of the Islamic city and its traditional fabric. Truly, this book is a conscious endeavor that deserves special attention by translating it into Arabic in order to have the full potential benefit to a larger segment of professionals, academics, and students in the Arab World.

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The Author:
Attilio Petruccioli is Professor of Landscape Architecture and Dean of the School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Bari. He was the Aga Khan Professor for Design in Islamic Societies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology-MIT (1994-1998). He has published several works on Islamic architecture and urbanism and on architecture in developing countries and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre.

Attilio Petruccioli: New Book on Fathpur Sikri

2008-01-05T00:54:00.000-05:00

Attilio Petruccioli
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Christian Richters
SERIES: Architettura e architetti classici
PUBLISHER: Electa
PAGES: 400
ILLUSTRATIONS: 500
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2007
RELEASE DATE: November

“Because of its political and religious significance, Fatehpur Sikri speaks to the heart of the people of India. At this moment in time, when a centrifugal tendency towards religious and regional particularism is dominant in the country, I think we are duty-bound to offer this evidence”.

Author Attilio Petruccioli thus prefaces the new Electa monograph on the imperial city of Fatehpur Sikri. The city, whose construction was started in 1571 by emperor Akbar, was to be the new capital of the Mogul Empire.

Over the centuries, several cultures have left their traces here, enveloping Fatehpur Sikri in a veil of mystery and lending it a particular charm that has never ceased to attract researchers and archaeologists, as well as the common traveller. However, despite the juxtaposition of elements from different cultures, the entire structure of Fatehpur Sikri can be said to have been designed and built by Akbar, the emperor-architect who is the protagonist of the book.

Unlike many Indian monuments, the architecture of Akbar’s palace in Fatehpur Sikri displays a striking combination of elements belonging to different styles, as here for the first time a sophisticated intellectual design is combined with a consolidated popular tradition.

Fatehpur Sikri was constructed in record time, in only fourteen years, between 1571 and 1585. Built by emperor Akbar in honour of Salim Chisti, the famous Sufi saint, it was the capital of the Mogul Empire for slightly more than a decade. It is an extraordinary example of a walled city, entirely built in red sandstone, and includes examples of Hindu and Islamic architecture. The wealth of details and grandeur are particularly impressive in the mosque, the imperial palace, the doors to the city, and the broad public squares.

The author traces the history of Fatehpur Sikri, analysing the architects’ sophisticated planning techniques, based on a natural capacity for joining various architectural elements, a refined sense of geometry, and a great talent in organising work at the construction site. An array of architectural and topographical survey reports and new exclusive photographs gives readers a close-up view of the uniqueness of the red city, which has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site.

The Author:

Attilio Petruccioli is Professor of Landscape Architecture and Dean of the School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Bari. He was the Aga Khan Professor for Design in Islamic Societies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology-MIT (1994-1998). He has published several works on Islamic architecture and urbanism and on architecture in developing countries and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre.

For information Ufficio stampa libri Electa

Tel 02 21563456/441 Fax 02 21563314

brognoli@mondadori.it www.electaweb.com

SMART HOMES & USER VALUES, Greger Sandström and Ulf Keijer (editors)

2007-12-31T11:18:00.000-05:00

SMART HOMES & USER VALUES

Ulf Keijer and Greger Sandström (editors)
School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

The Urban International Press
Gateshead, United Kingdom

ISBN: 1- 872811- 08 - 6

This book discourses upon Smart homes and User values. Its aim is to contribute to bridging the gap between technology and user values in the home setting. Most smart home projects address technology development, albeit often with some application of the technology in mind. In the book the other view is taken, starting with the users' experiences and bringing it back to technology, organization and service delivery. Evaluations of smart homes in use are presented. User perspectives on, i.e. ordinary residential living, assistive living and digital services are covered. Presented results indicate how society, the real estate industry and the individual residents may benefit; and the prerequisites for it. The book contains evaluations of smart homes in Europe, Asia and North America. The book constitutes the state-of-the-art in the field, indispensable for the construction and the real estate industry, developers of systems and technology, other professionals in the field, institutions, students and everyone interested in new technology for homes and everyday life.

DETAILS
Book Title: SMART HOMES AND USER VALUES (first published September 2007)
Publisher: Urban International Press
ISBN: 1- 872811- 08 - 6
Pages: 191, soft cover, dimensions 22cms x 20 cms with illustrations and tables/graphs.

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TBA - Time-Based Architecture, New Journal

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TBA

Time-Based Architecture

A New Quarterly Journal

The Urban International Press - UIP, UK

ISSN 1754-4661 (Print)

TBA International is a full colour quarterly journal maximising on images and architectural design aspects of projects drawn from architectural practices in the European context. ‘Time-based’ indicates that the time factor is a primary design criterion where projects may also have been designed with close collaboration of client management and with user design inputs. Thus all projects in TBA International show how they can adapt and how they respond to change. Short texts support the colour images describing project aims and the project functions. In every project the supporting structure and the finishing equipments used by users to sustain activities are visible. The work of firms of architects, from different countries, covering different building types all of which are time based in concept, execution and use will be published.

TBA Concept
During the 20th century it became increasingly clear that architecture is by no means a timeless medium. To begin with, artists and architects like Constant, Friedman, Archigram and the Metabolists merely toyed with the notion of time. In the late 1960s, however, serious research was done into techniques that would allow buildings to adapt to meet the demands made by time. This was especially true in the housing sector where after many years a new rationale emerged described as 'open building' where the management or users took part in the design process. This open-endedness was not confined to housing and time based designs spread to most other building types. The desire for flexibility, per se, often led to programmatically neutral, characterless buildings. Flexibility became synonymous with blandness and the word subsequently slipped from the architect's vocabulary.

Society is changing at such speed that buildings are faced with new demands which they should be in a position to meet. There are times when buildings change function during construction or even during the design process. For example, the currently weak office market has caused many property developers to alter ongoing projects for office buildings into housing. This usually means that the plans need redeveloping from scratch. A new approach, therefore, is to design buildings that are able to cope with such changes, in other words buildings that respond to the time factor.

Going back to the sixties, designing for the unknown, the unpredictable, was a new challenge facing architects both then and more so today. What role could and should users play in the design process. The challenge in time based architectural design was considered even greater than before. 'Form follows function' is giving way to concepts like ‘function follows form’, ‘two-level design’, ‘polyvalence’, ‘changeability’, ‘flexibility’, ‘disassembly’ and ‘semi-permanence’. Design is becoming an innovative tool for developing new spatial and physical structures that correspond to observable levels of intervention in the environment. Not all of these questions can be dealt with in journal format but the buildings published will reflect some of these issues and may give rise to some clues which could have some impact on design disciplines and related activities

TBA Director
Nicholas Wilkinson, RIBA, AA Dipl.
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture, TRNC
DPU Associate, University College, London, UK
Director, The Urban International Press, UK.
E-mail: nicholaz.wilkinson@emu.edu.tr

TBA Chief Co-ordinating Editor
Dr. Bernard Leupen,
Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands.
Guest Professor, Institute of Planning, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine ArtsSchool of Architecture, Copenhagen, Denmark.
E-mail: B.A.J.Leupen@bk.tudelft.nl

Editorial Board
Dr. Beisi Jia, Hong Kong School of Architecture.
Dr. Ir. Bernard Leupen, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Dr. Fuad Mallick, Brac University, Bangladesh
Dr. Ashraf M. Salama, Department of Architecture, Qatar University, Qatar.
Dr. Ulpu Tiuri, Finland
Dr. Helen G. Welling,The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nicholas Wilkinson, Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture,TRNC
Ir. Jasper van Zwol, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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List of Published Books (1998-2007)

Thirty Three Papers in Environment Behavior Research
By Amos Rapoport
Year: 1998
ISBN 1-872811-02-07

Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing
N. J. Habraken
Year: 1999
ISBN 1-872811-03-05
(reprint of J. N. Habraken 1972. New York: Praeger Publishers)

Sustaining Human Settlement: A Challenege for the New Millennium
Roderick J Lawrence, Editor
Year: 2000
ISBN 1-872811-04-03

Willing Party
Nicholas Wilkinson
Year: 2001
ISBN 1-872811-05-1

At War with the City
Paola Somma, Editor
Year: 2004
ISBN 1-872811-06-x

Methodologies in Housing Research
Dick Urban Vestbro, Tonca Horul, Nicholas Wilkinson, Editors
Year: 2005
ISBN 1-872811-07-08

Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future
Ashraf M. Salama and Nicholas Wilkinson, Editors
Year: 2007
ISBN 1-872811-09-04

Smart Homes and User Values
Greger Sandstrom and Ulf Keijer, Editors
Year: 2007
ISBN 1- 872811- 08 -06