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Toward time-based design: Creating an applied time evaluation checklist for urban design research
Amir Shakibamanesh, Mahshid Ghorbanian
Front. Archit. Res.. 2017, 6 (3): 290-307.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2017.05.004
The perception of a 3D space, in which movement takes place, is subjectively based on experience. The pedestrians’ perception of subjective duration is one of the related issues that receive little attention in urban design literature. Pedestrians often misperceive the required time to pass a certain distance. A wide range of factors affects one'sperception of time in urban environments. These factors include individual factors (e.g.,gender,age,and psychological state), social and cultural contexts, purpose and motivation for being in the space, and knowledge of the given area. This study aims to create an applied checklist that can be used by urban designers in analyzing the effects of individual experience on subjective duration. This checklist will enable urban designers to perform a phenomenological assessment of time perception and compare this perception in different urban spaces,thereby improving pedestrians’ experiences of time through a purposeful design. A combination of exploratory and descriptive analytical research is used as methodology due to the complexity of time perception.
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Students' motivation for architecture education in Uganda
Mark R.O. Olweny
Front. Archit. Res.. 2017, 6 (3): 308-317.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2017.06.002
Understanding the persistence and success of students has gained increasing attention to unravel the “architectural education black-box.” However, the motivation and presocialization of incoming students were largely ignored as these factors fell outside the direct control of architecture schools. Motivational factors can affect the educational process given that the values, expectations, and career-related goals of incoming students influence their attitudes to education. This study seeks to uncover the motivational factors of applicants to an architecture program in East Africa and appreciate those factors that lead students into architecture as a career choice. Through qualitative content analysis, the study revealed the motivational factors of applicants, which were classified into four groups: educational, external, personal, andprestige. These factors were comparable with those found in previousstudies conducted in Europe and North America, but nevertheless highlight contextual variances unique to the region.The findings raise questions of the role architecture education in engaging incoming students in discourse that aids their under standing of architecture and architectural education.
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Traditional courtyard houses as amodel for sustainable design: A case study on BWhs mesoclimate of Iran
Farzaneh Soflaei, Mehdi Shokouhian, Amir Soflaei
Front. Archit. Res.. 2017, 6 (3): 329-345.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2017.04.004
Manifestations of sustainable design require renewable resources, impact the environment minimally, and connect people with the natural environment. This article is aimed to investigate the concept of Iranian traditional courtyards, as microclimate modifiers, for sustainable building design in hot-arid regions. To this end, a quantitative field survey is conducted to analyze various physicalel ements including the orientation, dimensions and proportions of enclosed and open spaces, physical bodies (opaque walls), and transparent surfaces (openings) as well as natural elements (water and soil) in nine valuable Iranian traditional courtyard houses from BWhs mesoclimate. In conclusion, all survey-based data are integrated to proposea physical–environmental design model for courtyards in this region. Proposed model can be generalized to all design cases, where located in BWhs mesoclimate with similar environmental conditions.
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Traditional manufacturing of clay brick used in the historical buildings of Diyarbakir (Turkey)
Neslihan Dalkılıç, Adnan Nabikoğlu
Front. Archit. Res.. 2017, 6 (3): 346-359.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2017.06.003
Clay brick is the most common construction material used in the historical buildings of Diyarbakır (Turkey). Many clay brick manufacturing workshops and numerous brick masters have emerged. Diyarbakir currently has two clay brick workshops that face the problem of being closed down. Therefore,manufacturing of clay brick by traditional methods may be forgotten in Diyarbakir. This study investigates the manufacturing phases of traditional clay bricks in Diyarbakir's local workshops, which have not been documented. The manufacturing phases of the clay bricks in Diyarbakır were examined for the first time based on in-situ observations, investigations, and interviews. The research indicated the general phases of claybrick manufacturing. Raw materials are first prepared, formed, and dried. The firing of clay bricks is then performed through hacking, heating, burning, cooling, and de-hacking. The clay bricks are finally packaged and dispatched. The traditional manufacturing of clay brick methods in Diyarbakır is similar in many regions of the world. The clay bricks are currently and extensively used in the restoration of historic structures. Therefore, their production must be continuous.
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