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

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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MONU Magazine - Exotic Urbanism..Call for Submissions

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

After One Year.. Archnet-IJAR: Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2008

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

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?

TBA - Time-Based Architecture, New Journal

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

Go to TBA site for a free read: http://www.openhouse-int.com/tba.htm

Subscriptions

E-mail: openh@hotmail.co.uk managed by Carol Punton.

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research Volume 1 - Issue 3, November 2007 is Now Available

Archnet-IJAR Vol 1, Issue 3,
November 2007
Archnet-IJAR International Journal of Architectural Research is an interdisciplinary, fully-refereed scholarly online journal of architecture, planning, and built environment studies. ArchNet-IJAR is edited by Ashraf Salama. Two international boards (advisory and editorial) ensure the quality of scholarly papers and allow for a comprehensive academic review of contributions spanning a wide spectrum of issues, methods, theoretical approaches and architectural and development practices. ArchNet-IJAR provides a comprehensive academic review of a wide spectrum of issues, methods, and theoretical approaches. It aims to bridge theory and practice in the fields of architectural/design research and urban planning/built environment studies, reporting on the latest research findings and innovative approaches for creating responsive environments.

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


- Click here to visit Archnet-IJAR website >> http://archnet.org/gws/IJAR
- Click here to visit Archnet-IJAR Vol 1 – Issue 3, November 2007 >> http://archnet.org/gws/IJAR/7345/
- Or visit Archnet-IJAR on Archnet Digital Library >> http://archnet.org/library/documents/collection.tcl?collection_id=1543


Excerpts from the Editorial by Ashraf Salama titled "Moving Forward
Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research Vol 1, Issue 3, November 2007

"…..More and more people from both the academic and the professional communities are expressing interest in the journal and in contributing review articles, position and research papers. This is evident in the wide spectrum of contributions this third issue witnesses. Strikingly, these contributions are coming from distinguished scholars and practitioners throughout the world. One can state confidently that the first volume is covered by articles from every corner of the globe. The first issue marked contributions from Brazil, Singapore, the Middle East, United Kingdom, and United States. The second issue involved contributions from North America, the Arab World, Europe, Africa, and India. This issue completes the cycle and includes contributions from Australia, Kenya, Nigeria, Malaysia, the Middle East, India, Norway, and United States. This tells a lot about how Archnet-IJAR is gaining excellent momentum.

In this issue, ten contributions are included in the research section while eight contributions are accommodated under the section of reviews and trigger articles. Two characteristics appear as important qualities of these contributions, the first is that all introduce and debate issues of concern to the global community that range from urban and housing issues, to education and research concerns, and from different professional interests to technical aspects of architecture, and the second is that all argue for the creation of more responsive and live-able environments…."


Table of Contents

Editorial: Moving Forward-PP.14/18.
Ashraf M. Salama

Head-Turning Situations: A Street Walk in the City of Old Damascus-PP.19/36.M.
Salim Ferwati

Urban Legibility and Shaping the Image of Doha:Visual Analysis of the Environmental Graphics of the 15th. Asian Games-PP.37/54.
Abeer A. Hasanin

Emerging Architectonic Forms and Designed Forms-PP.55/67.
Alpana R. Dongre, S. A. Deshpande, and R. K. Ingle

Function Defies Form: A Thought for Architecture in the New Information Age-PP.68/75.
Izham Ghani

Typological Analysis of Students’ Residences-PP.76/87.
Dolapo Amole

Framework for Cross-Border Transdisciplinary Design Studio Education-PP.88/100.
Rahinah Ibrahim, Renate Fruchter, and Roslina Sharif

Contemporary Qatari Architecture as an Open Textbook-PP.101/114.
Ashraf M. Salama

An Argument Against Air Conditioning Use in Tropical Resorts-PP.115/126.
Zbigniew Bromberek

Facility Management: A Paradigm for Expanding the Scope of Architectural Practice-PP.127/139.
Mirjana Devetakovic and Milan Radojevic

A Critical Review of Housing Delivery in Nairobi:Different Actors-Different Socio-Economic Groups-PP.140/152.
Crispino C. Ochieng


Reviews and Trigger Articles

Revitalizing Traditional Towns and Heritage Districts-PP.153/166
Besim S. Hakim

Location of Functions for Healing: A Vastushastra Way-PP.167/176
G. V. Kulkarni and Alka Bharat

The Rise of the Nerds? Interdisciplinary Research and Architecture-PP.177/182
Ann Forsyth

If I Were a Young Architect-PP.183/188
Stefanos Polyzoides

Book Review: Cities in Transition: Transforming the Global Built Environment-
By: Tasleem Shakur, editor (Open House Press, 2005) PP.189/193
Eman A. El-Nachar and Raghda Salama

Book Review: Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future By: Ashraf M. Salama and Nicholas Wilkinson, editors (The Urban International Press, 2007)-PP. 194/206
Halina Dunin Woyseth

Book Review: Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future By: Ashraf M. Salama and Nicholas Wilkinson, editors (The Urban International Press, 2007)-PP. 207/208
Julia W. Robinson

Book Review: Designing for Designers: Lessons Learned from Schools of Architecture
By: Jack L. Nasar, Wolfgang F.E.Preiser, and Thomas Fisher (Faichild Books, 2007)-PP. 209/213
“Responsive Environments for a Responsive Pedagogy”
Ashraf M. Salama

Open House International: Call for Papers, Special Issue on Shaping the Future of Learning Environments: Emerging Paradigms and Best Practices

Call for Papers
Special Issue, Open House International OHI
ISSN 0168-2601

Shaping the Future of Learning Environments:
Emerging Paradigms and Best Practices

Publishing Date: March 2009, Vol 34, Issue 1

Guest Editor
Ashraf M. Salama, Ph.D.

Theme/Topics
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.

Current views on planning and designing learning environments place emphasis on the development of standards and specifications that address what needs to be considered in a school building, but rarely address why and how! In essence, they address the final product—the learning environment itself— without giving enough attention to the process that leads to a good product. Design practices on the other hand do not address pedagogical objectives, teaching methods, or the needs of learners in a clear manner. Behavioral issues such as privacy, personal space, small group behavior, crowding and density are typically oversimplified. Therefore, it is paramount to examine a number of critical issues in school planning and design that foster the creation of learning environments conducive to learning. Duke’s statement—a prominent contemporary educator—corresponds with this argument. He states and rightly so “to build or rebuild our schools without thinking the experiences that take place in them seems unwise. These experiences create opportunities to re-design both schools and schooling"

This issue of OHI explores qualities and characteristics of learning environments in both developed and developing contexts ranging from the micro, to meso and macro levels, 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. While some papers will place emphasis on how these concepts are articulated in specific cases, others may cover best process practices of planning and designing learning environments, or explore the impact of the physical aspects of the learning environment on academic achievement, students' behavior, and faculty and teachers' productivity.

Key Dates & Deadlines
Call for papers, October 2007
Expression of Interest, November/December 2007
Receiving extended abstracts (1000 words), January 30, 2008
Notification of abstract acceptance, March 1 2008
Receiving full papers, June 15 2008
Communicating reviewers comments, July – August 2008
Receiving full papers after reviews, Nov 30, 2008
Publishing date, March 2009

Interested academics and practitioners are to contact Dr. Ashraf M. Salama, guest editor of this edition of Open House International
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The Chief Editor of OHI is Prof. Nicholas Wilkinson. Open House International-OHI is covered by the Thomoson ISI products, the Social Science Citation Index,(SSCI,) the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, (A&HCI), Social Scisearch, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences,(CC/S&BS) and the Current Contents/Arts & Humanities, (CC/A&H) and Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition. The Journal is also listed on the following Architectural Index Lists: RIBA Index, API, ARCLIB, Avery Index and the Ekistics Index of Periodicals. OHI is online for subscribers at http://www.openhouse-int.com/

OHI Special Issue on Eco-Tourism and Ecolodges is Coming Soon!... Vol 32, No. 4. December 2007

Special Issue
Volume 32 No.4 - December 2007
ISSN 0168-2601

OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL OHI
Academic Blind Refereed Journal

Ecolodges and Eco-Tourism:
Sustainable Planning and Design for Environmentally Friendly Tourist Facilities

Guest Editor:
Ashraf M. Salama

OHI Website http://www.openhouse-int.com/

Adrere Amellal Resort, Siwa, Egypt
Photo: Ragaei S. Abdelfattah (2000)

Excerpts from the editorial by Ashraf Salama
Whatever the Name is, the Concern is for People and Environments

Increasingly, people are abandoning traditional vacation for a new type of tourism that gives them the sense of nature. Trekking in mountains, bird watching, archaeological digs, desert and photo safaris, scuba diving are some new types of vacation that attract tourists to travel to relatively remote and unspoiled areas. This type of travel is referred to as nature-based travel, ecotourism, or environmentally sustainable tourism. These terms are used interchangeably to reflect the latest trend in travel industry, a newly emerged type of tourism that combines preserving natural environments and sustaining the well being of human cultures that inhabit those environments. The generic concept of environmentally sustainable tourism has emerged in parallel to the realization of the potential benefits in combining people interest in nature with their concern for the environment. It is a responsible way of travel; an alternative to traditional travel, but it is not for everyone. It appeals to people who love nature and indigenous cultures. It allows those people to enjoy an attraction or a locality and ensures that local cultures and environments are unimpaired. As environmentally sustainable tourism industry expands world-wide, well planned, ecologically sensitive facilities are in high demand that can be met with ecolodges: small scale facilities that provide tourists with the opportunity of being in close contact with nature and local culture.

In response to this theme, research papers in this issue of Open House International explore sustainable planning and design for tourism by debating, analyzing, and visioning a wide spectrum of issues, with a focus on the developments taking place in biologically sensitive areas, whether desert, forest, tropical coasts, or rural environments. Interestingly, they cover the planet earth from Australia through the Arab World and Turkey to Argentina and Chile. An important shared aspect in these papers is that emphasis is placed upon integrating people, nature, and local economy into responsive development processes while offering lessons on how such an integration may take place.

CONTENTS:

Editorial: Ashraf M. Salama
Whatever the Name is, the Concern is for People and Environments

Ahmet Eyüce
Learning from the Vernacular: Sustainable Planning and Design

Zbigniew Bromberek
Eco-resorts in Tropical Coasts: Design and Comfort

Rodrigo García Alvarado, Maureen Trebilcock, and Hernán Ascui
Experiencing the Flows of Nature

Ceridwen Owen
Regenerative Tourism: A Case Study of the Resort Town Yulara, Australia

Ashraf M. Salama
A Charette Process for Designing an Eco-lodge in Al Qula'an, Red Sea, Egypt

Aziza Chaouni
Desert Eco-tourism: Investigating Eco-lodges in the Sahara

Yasser Mahgoub
Towards Sustainable Desert Eco-Tourism in Kuwait: Learning from the Regional Experience

Luciana Repiso, Natalia Ravegnini, and Emma Puch Sleive
Sustainable Design in Heritage Sites: An Archaeological Park in Argentina

Sedef Altun, Gülin Beyhan, and Recep Esengil
Sustainable Rural Tourism in Akseki Sarihacilar Village, Turkey.

Ozlem Olgac Turker and Ozgur Dincyurek
Sustainable Tourism as an Alternative to Mass Tourism Developments of Bafra, North Cyprus

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Selected Articles on Contemporary Arab Architecture: A. Salama, K. Asfour, Y. Mahgoub, B. Kenzari, and Y. Elsheshtawy

Images (Ashraf Salama, 2006 - 2007)
From left to right
1. Barzan Tower, Doha, State of Qatar
2. View in Al-Azhar Park, Cairo, Egypt
3. Kuwait University Campus, Kuwait

These are selected articles published during the period between 2002-2007 by (A. Salama, K. Asfour, B. Kenzari, Y. Elsheshtawy, and Y. Mahgoub) in different Journals and Magazines. They are valuable to those who have an interest in understanding developments in Contemporary Architecture in the Arab World.

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2007
Ashraf Salama

Salama, A. (2007). Mediterranean Visual Messages: The Conundrum of Identity, ISMS, and Meaning in Contemporary Egyptian Architecture. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research (Online), Vol. 1. Issue (1), Archnet, MIT-Cambridge, USA. ISSN 1938-7806, PP.86-104
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Salama, A. (2007). Navigating Housing Affordability Between Trans-Disciplinarity and Life Style Theories: The Case of the Gulf States. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research (Online), Vol. 1. Issue (2), Archnet, MIT-Cambridge, USA. ISSN 1938-7806, PP. 57-76
Click here >> http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.tcl?document_id=10105
Or here>> http://archnet.org/gws/IJAR/7344/files_7241
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2007
Khaled Asfour

Asfour, K (2007). Polemics in Arab Architecture: Theory Vs. Practice. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research (Online), Vol. 1. Issue (1), Archnet, MIT-Cambridge, USA. ISSN 1938-7806, PP. 53-69
Click here>> http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.tcl?document_id=10067
Or here >> http://archnet.org/gws/IJAR/7343/files_7081
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2007
Yasser Mahgoub

Mahgoub, Y. (2007). Hyper Identity: The Case of Kuwaiti Architecture. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research (Online), Vol. 1. Issue (1), Archnet, MIT-Cambridge, USA. ISSN 1938-7806, PP. 70-85
Click here>> http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.tcl?document_id=10068
Or here>> http://archnet.org/gws/IJAR/7343/files_7081
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2006
Ashraf Salama

Salama, A. (2006). Symbolism and Identity in the Eyes of Arabia's Budding Professionals. LAYERMAG: Layer Magazine.
Click here>> http://www.layermag.com/
Or here>> http://www.layermag.com/feature_dubai_ashrafS.html
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2003
Bechir Kenzari and Yasser Elsheshtawy
Best Paper Award by JAE – ACSA

Kenzari, B. and Elsheshtawy, Y. (2003). The Ambiguous Veil: On Transparency, the Mashrabiy'ya, and Architecture. Journal of Architectural Education, Vol. 56, Issue 4, May 2003, PP. 17-25
Click here>> http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1162/104648803321672924
Or here>> http://archnet.org/news/view.tcl?news_id=6204
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2002
Ashraf Salama

Salama, A. (2002). Contemporary Cairo Demystified: A Critical Voice on Architecture and Urbanism. ARCHIS, February 2002: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Click here>> http://archis.org/plain/object.php?object=934&year=&num=
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Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research Volume 1 - Issue 2, July 2007 is Now Available

Archnet-IJAR
Volume 1-Issue 2 (July 2007)

ArchNet-IJAR provides a comprehensive academic review of a wide spectrum of issues, methods, theoretical approaches, and architectural and development practices.

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

Archnet-IJAR Vol 1 - Issue 2 features articles from Newton D'Souza (USA) on Design Intelligence; Crispino Ocheing (Kenya) on Affordable Housing in Pumwani; Joerg seifert (France/Germany) on the UN World Decade for the Eradication of Poverty; Ashraf Salama (Qatar) on Incorporating Lifestyle Theories into Affordable Housing Research and Practice; M. Alaa Mandour (Oman) on Mixed Reality and Virtual Architecture; Khokhi Maatouk (Saudi Arabia) on Airflow and pressure Simulation in High Residential Buildings. As well, the second issue introduces reviews and trigger articles from Besim Hakim (USA), Michael Crosbie (USA), Nikos Salingaros (USA), Abeer Hasanin (Egypt/Qatar), and Akhtar Chauhan (India).

- Click here to visit Archnet-IJAR website >> http://archnet.org/gws/IJAR
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- Or visit Archnet-IJAR on Archnet Digital Library >> http://archnet.org/library/documents/collection.tcl?collection_id=1543

Contents

Editorial: The Debate Continues- PP.11/14.
Ashraf M. Salama

Design Intelligences: A Case for Multiple Intelligences in Architectural Design -PP.15/34.
Newton D'Souza

Affordability of Low Income Housing in Pumwani, Nairobi, Kenya- PP.35/44.
Crispino C. Ochieng

386 Forgotten Ideas:
Architecture and the Eradication of Poverty-A Retrospective Account- PP.45/56.
Joerg Seifert

Navigating Housing Affordability Between Transdisciplinarity and Life Style Theories:
The Case of the Gulf States- PP.57/76.
Ashraf M. Salama

Mixed Reality: The Deconstruction of Time-The Restructure of the Future- PP.77/91.
M. Alaa Mandour

Airflow Patterns and Stack Pressure Simluation in a High Rise Residential Building in Seoul- Korea, PP.92/99.
Khoukhi Maatouk

Hakim's Work on Traditional Islamic and Mediterranean Urbanism- PP.100/105.
Besim S. Hakim

Book Review: Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future
Assessing Architectural Education's 'Crown Jewel' - PP.106/108.
Michael J. Crosbie

Book Review: Spaces Speak, Are You Listening ?- PP.109/113.
Abeer A. Hasanin

Nikos A. Salingaros: A New Vitruvius for 21st-Century Architecture and Urbanism? - PP.114/131.
Ashraf M. Salama

Comments on Ashraf Salama's Article:"...A New Vitruvius....?" - PP.132/134.
Nikos A. Salingaros

Conference/ Competition Announcements-IAHH 2008- PP.135/140.
Akhtar Chauhan

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Archnet-IJAR Editorial Board:
...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.

Archnet-IJAR: Some News

Archnet-IJAR: News

Archnet-IJAR: The International Journal of Architectural Research
has successfully received a number of recognitions. In addition to the excellent feedback received from scholars and colleagues worldwide,

Archnet-IJAR is archived and classified in
Archnet Digital Library.
Visit http://archnet.org/library/documents/collection.tcl?collection_id=1543

Now, Archnet-IJAR has two ISSN as follows:
International: ISSN 1994-6961 (online)
United States: ISSN 1938-7806 (online)

Archnet-IJAR is also part of
OCLC-Online Computer Library Center # 145980807
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Archnet-IJAR is classified and part of the
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Archnet-IJAR website
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Archnet-IJAR is edited by Ashraf Salama

Archnet-IJAR is Classified in Archnet Digital Library

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research
is now classified among the distinguished publications of Archnet Digital Library

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Inaugural Issue
Archnet-IJAR:
International Journal of Architectural Research
Vol 1 - Issue 1 - March 2007

Contents

Editorial: ArchNet-IJAR is Setting the Stage for Online Publishing in Architectural and Built Environment Research-PP.09/12.
Ashraf M. Salama

Health Care Architecture in Sao Paulo, Brazil: Evaluating Accessibility and Fire Safety in Large Hospitals-PP.13/25.
Ornstein, S.W.; Ono, R.; Lopes, M.E.; Monteiro, R.Z.; Gill, A.A.; & Machry, H.S.

Daylighting and Energy Performance of Post Millennium Condominiums in Singapore-PP.26/35.
Uma Maheswaran & Ang Guo zi

Restructuring 21st-Century Architecture through Human Intelligence-PP.36/52.
Nikos A. Salingaros & Kenneth G. Masden II

Polemics in Arab Architecture: Theory versus Practice-PP.53/69.
Khaled Asfour

Hyper-Identity: The Case of Kuwaiti Architecture-PP.70/85.
Yasser Mahgoub

Mediterranean Visual Messages: The Conundrum of Identity, ISMS, and Meaning in Contemporary Egyptian Architecture-PP.86/104.
Ashraf M. Salama

The Notion of Hierarchy: The 'Parchin Kari' Programme at the Taj Mahal-PP.105/121.
Thalia Kennedy

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. Board of Editors ...Chief Editor: Ashraf Salama, Advisory Board: Attilio Petruccioli; Hashim Sarkis; Henry Sanoff; Jamel Akbar; Mohamad Al-Asad; Nasser Rabbat; Nicholas Wilkinson; 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; Malika Bose; Magda Sibley; Mashary Al-Naim; Peter Kellett; Yasser El-Shehstawy; Yasser Mahgoub. 

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Open House International: Special Issue on Ecolodges and Ecotourism

OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL OHI
Academic Blind Refereed Journal

Special Issue Volume 32 No.4 December 2007
ISSN 0168-2601

Ecolodges and Eco-Tourism:
Sustainable Planning and Design for Environmentally Friendly Tourist Facilities

Guest Editor:
Ashraf Salama, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture

OHI Website http://www.openhouse-int.com/

More and more tourists are increasingly abandoning traditional vacation for a new type of tourism that gives them the sense of nature. Trekking in mountains, bird watching, archaeological digs, desert and photo safaris, scuba diving are some new types of vacation that attract tourists to travel to relatively remote and unspoiled areas. This type of travel is referred to as nature-based travel, ecotourism, or environmentally sustainable tourism. Such a type of tourism promotes environmental responsibility and ensures that visitors take nothing but photographs, and leave nothing but footprints. It is a responsible way of travel; an alternative to traditional travel, but it is not for everyone. It appeals to people who love nature and local cultures. It allows them to enjoy an attraction or a locality and ensures that local culture and environment are unimpaired. However, the question that remains really challenging is: How much change in or alternations of natural and cultural environments will be acceptable for the purpose of tourism?

As environmentally sustainable tourism industry expands world-wide, well planned, ecologically sensitive facilities are in high demand that can be met with ecolodges: small scale facilities that provide tourists with the opportunity of being in close contact with nature and local culture. The ecolodge concept affirms that building footprints and other necessary impositions on terra firma should be designed in harmony with natural landscape and cultural setting. With a design that respects the environment and is in harmony with the landscape and cultural setting of an area, an ecolodge is constructed using recycled and locally produced building materials. It relies on solar or alternative energies, recycles the waste and the wastewater it generates, serves locally grown and produced food. An ecolodge would be a facility that blends in with its surroundings, offering visitors an environmental experience of the natural and cultural world around them.

Research papers in this issue of Open House International intend to explore qualities and characteristics of sustainable planning and design of eco-lodges, with a focus on developments taking place in biologically sensitive areas, whether desert, forest, coastal/marine, riverine, or wetland environments. Papers may reflect on sustainable tourism planning processes and indicators, capacity building, training programs. While some papers will place emphasis on ecological design principles involved in ecolodge development, highlighting successful cases designed and built in sensitive destinations, others may explore how environmentally friendly facilities are conceived as integrated development tourism centers within local, regional, or national plans.

Open House International has been selected for coverage in the Thomson ISI products, the Social Science Citation Index, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Current Contents/Arts & Humanities beginning with V 31(1) 2006. OHI is also indexed in RIBA Library, ARCLIB, AVERY, and EKISTICS Index of Periodicals.

Selected Publications (Journal Papers), Ashraf Salama

• Salama, A. (2007). Mediterranean Visual Messages: The Conundrum of Identity, ISMS, and Meaning in Contemporary Egyptian Architecture, Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research: Vol. 1, Issue (1), March 2007. Archnet. Click here >> http://archnet.org/gws/IJAR/6141/files_5861/1.1.7-A.Salama-pp86-104%20.pdf

• Salama, A. (2006). Editorial: Committed Educators are Reshaping Studio Pedagogy. Open House International. Special Issue on Design Studio Teaching Practices. Vol. 31, Issue (3) Urban International Press, United Kingdom. ISSN 0160-2601 Click here>> or Download Full Paper>>

• Salama, A. (2006). Learning from the Environment: Evaluation Research and Experience based Architectural Pedagogy. Journal of the Center for Education in the Built Environment-CEBE Transactions, University of Cardiff, Vol. 3, Issue (1), Cardiff, United Kingdom. ISSN 1745-0322. Click here>>

• Salama, A. and Alshuwiakhat, H. (2006). A Trans-disciplinary Approach for a Comprehensive Understanding of Sustainable Affordable Housing. Global Built Environment Review-GBER, International Center for Development and Environment Studies ICDES, Vol. 5, Issue (3), Edge Hill, Lancashire, United Kingdom. ISSN 1474 6824. Click here>>

• Salama, A. (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. Vol. 23, Issue (1). METU-JFA, Ankara, Turkey. Click here>>

• Salama, A. (2006). A Lifestyle Theories Approach for Affordable Housing Research in Saudi Arabia. Emirates Journal for Engineering Research. Vol. 11, Issue (1). United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE. Download Full Paper>>

• Salama, A. (2005). PLADEW: A Tool for Teachers Awareness of School Building Sustainability: The Case of Carmel School, Mathews, North Carolina. Global Built Environment Review-GBER, International Center for Development and Environment Studies ICDES, Vol. 5, Issue(1), Edge Hill, Lancashire, United Kingdom. ISSN 1474 6824 Click here>>

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

• Salama, A. and Adams W. G. (2004). Programming for Sustainable Building Design: Addressing Sustainability in a Project Delivery Process. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 6, Special Issue on IAPS 18th. Conference, Timisoara, Romania. ISSN 1454 8062 Click here>>

• Salama, A. and Adams W. G. (2003). Sustainable Learning Environments: Rethinking the Missing Dimensions. Al Azhar University Engineering Journal-AUEJ, Vol. 7, Special Issue, Cairo, Egypt. ISSN 1110 6406. Download Full Paper>>

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research Vol 1 - Issue 1 March 2007

Editor:
Ashraf Salama - Contact IJAR@MIT.EDU

Advisory Board:
Attilio Petruccioli; Hashim Sarkis; Henry Sanoff; Mohamad Al-Asad; Nasser Rabbat; Nicholas Wilkinson; 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; Malika Bose; Magda Sibley; Mashary Al-Naim; Peter Kellett; Yasser El-Shehstawy; Yasser Mahgoub.

ArchNet-IJAR is a new interdisciplinary scholarly online publication of architecture, planning, and built environment studies. The journal aims at establishing a bridge between theory and practice in the fields of architectural and design research, and urban planning and built environment studies. It reports on the latest research findings innovative approaches for creating responsive environments, with special focus on developing countries.

In this inaugural issue (PDF here) of IJAR, there are seven highly interesting and diverse papers. Two papers place emphasis on the technical aspects of the built environment including accessibility, fire safety (Sheila Ornstein, Rosaria Ono et al), day-lighting, and energy performance (Uma Maheswaran & Ang Guo zi); one paper introduces a new position on the role of human intelligence in shaping the architecture of the 21st century (Nikos A. Salingaros & Kenneth G. Masden II); three papers offer critical analyses of the built environment of the Arab world debating issues that pertain to tradition, modernity, and identity (Khaled Asfour, Yasser Mahgoub, and Ashraf Salama); and one paper explores the notion of hierarchy in Taj Mahal's interior spatial environment (Thalia Kennedy).

Open House International: Special Issue on Studio Teaching Practices

OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL OHI
Academic Blind Refereed Journal
Volume 31 No.3 September 2006
Special Issue ISSN 0168-2601