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MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH GREEN ROOF IMPLEMENTATION: A REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT LITERATURE
Get PDFClimate change is a threat to the world. Problems resulting from climate change such as global warming, floods, environmental pollution, high carbon dioxide emissions, and loss of biodiversity may be solved by the implementation of green roofs. Green roof benefits the environment, economy, aesthetics, and recreation and are proven effective through studies conducted from around the world. This paper reviews the existing literature on green roof benefits and performance and specifically focuses on their potential to address climate change issues. A review of significant literature on green roof performance and benefits is the method of this study. From the review, it is proven that green roofs have the potential to reduce problems related to climate change. The depth of a green roof substrate is a key factor that can optimize potential benefits. Thus, intensive types of green roofs provide significant contribution towards reducing storm water runoff; mitigate the urban heat island effect and pollution; increased biodiversity; and carbon sequestration. Local research is highly encouraged in mitigating climate change because the optimal performance of green roofs is subject to local climate and conditions.Â
IMPACT OF THE ORGANIC NATURAL FORM ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE HIGH-RISE BUILDING
Get PDFThe nature is one of the most important sources of inspiration for those who study, analyse and imitated by meditating the architectural forms with substance of the colors, formations and mechanisms of their components and elements. Designers inspired symbols and elements of nature are mostly regulated their design by those elements in the light of what is owned by nature. The various forms features, diversity, balance, adaptation and analogy. The designers involve finding design solutions by mimicking nature through imitation of forms in nature, functions and environmental systems which are learning from the genius balanced and aesthetic.The nature of the systems, materials and processes, structures, are the best way to inspire solutions to reach sustainability desired and more effectively. Literature review mentions the role of nature form Biomimicry strategy in generating sustainable form, and its applications in the design of high-rise buildings to make it sustainable. In addition, these characteristic effects on the building efficiency, provide comfort to its users. therefore the research objective is how the natural form achieve to sustainability in high-rise building, the methodolgy is qulititive by using the stratagy of investigation through use the method of observation by selection of two organic form projects, the first one is (Al-Bahar tower) in Abu-Dhabi, and the second is (Cactus building) in Dhoha
A REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON URBAN SPRAWL: ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AND CAUSES
Get PDFUrban sprawl is a broad research topic in urban studies. Thus far, the debate on the causes and consequences of urban sprawl has not led to a widely accepted interpretative framework. This paper attempt to review publications on urban sprawl factors and causes extracted from two largest scientific databases namely Scopus and ScienceDirect. The time of publication was set from 1996 to 2015 with 20 years’ gap. The citation-based approach analysis was use to provide better vision regarding this topic where the journal articles are selected by using identified keywords from wide-ranging fields that cover built environment, geography, planning, architecture, engineering, economics, transportation, health, social and spatial technologies.Subsequently, the factor and causes of urban sprawl were extracted from each publication and reviewed. The findings are presented in different categories including (i) socio-demographic, (ii) economic, (iii) political, (iv) physical, (v) environment, and (vi) transportation, pertinent to the formation of urban sprawl. The findings from this paper contribute in defining urban sprawl based on its factor and causes which cover broader context of built environment. The future improvement includes developing land use geospatial indices based on the outcome of this paper
HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC PARKS: A CASE STUDY OF KUALA LUMPUR
Get PDFProviding a healthy living environment is one of the key issues for planners and designers. Various urban design and planning approaches have been debated worldwide to provide healthy living. Rapid urbanization impacts on social, environmental and health quality. These issues are more acute in developing countries than in developed countries. Urban public parks offer many opportunities for urban dwellers to achieve a healthy living environment. Thus, this paper investigates people’s interaction with open space and the benefits of urban parks in Kuala Lumpur. Opinions of visitors from the nine urban parks in Kuala Lumpur were collected to address the aim of the research. Various levels of urban park such as the city parks, district and neighbourhood parks were investigated. The parks represent all five districts in Kuala Lumpur. Altogether, 47 respondents were interviewed at seven parks. Information collected through the interview survey was analysed using qualitative analysis techniques. The research indicates that people are interacting with active and passive activities in urban public parks. The result showed that 65.42% of respondents participated in active activities such as jogging and exercise.Meanwhile, 34.57% preferred to have passive activities such sightseeing, rest and relaxation. The results also indicated that, when people interact with nature, 39.08% agreed that the benefit of social integration is the greatest benefit of their urban living environment. Secondly, 28.74% on health point of view. Thirdly, 18.39% agreed that urban parks could provide environmental benefits and lastly was the benefits of parks management (11.49%). Finally, the study concluded that a healthy living environment can be promoted through frequent visits to urban parks by participating in activities and nature appreciation. Therefore it is important to enhance the green strategies within urban planning and design strategy to improve healthy living.Â
THE DOCUMENTATION OF ALEPPINE`AJAMI ROOMS FROM THE OTTOMAN PERIOD
Get PDFThe objective of this paper is to document the polychrome wooden `ajami rooms. Aleppo is the second largest city in Syria (after the capital Damascus) and is the commercial capital of Syria. Aleppo has a long history, extending from the third millennium B.C to the Islamic era. Aleppo flourished and became a very important station on the Silk Road. Later, Aleppo became a part of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 to 1918, and the third largest city in the Ottoman Empire after Istanbul and Cairo.  As part of this empire, local Aleppine architects and craftsmen combined their techniques and cultural heritage with Ottoman culture. This research employs a historical, photographic and descriptive approach to document the ‘ajami rooms by using mostly the photographs, that were taken by the first author in 2006. Since 2012 much of Syria’s architectural heritage has been destroyed due to internal war.  In Aleppo, the losses in both the ancient and modern parts of the city have been tremendous including some traditional houses with ‘ajami. This paper will highlight some recommendations to protect the ajami rooms from the current conflict and restore it for future use
APPLICATION OF BINDU AND MANDALA AS A MODEL FOR CULTURAL AND SACRED ARCHITECTURE
Get PDFThis paper examines the concept of Vastu Purusha through “bindu†and “mandala†which have been the primary form generators in the architecture of several Asian cultures and particularly in India. Through literary resources this paper examines the ability of Sri Yantra to unpack itself into various progressive spatial geometries that have inherent relationships which attain its final form as the “mandalaâ€, which is also known as the “mask of God through which eternity is to be achieved.†The “mandala†is the Hindu cosmic model through which the Buddhist cosmic thinking is evolved. The first part of this paper discusses about the mandala model and its systematic structure which inspires in constructing spatial systems that build architectural spaces.The pioneering practice for three decades in architecture forms the basis of practice based research methodology. This will examine the real time architectural projects that demonstrate how the various elements of nature that manifests within the mandala and the geometries help generate an ephemeral form as a symbol of spirituality and awakening of consciousness. The objective of this paper is to present the work on a “Peace Museum†project in Sri Lanka which bridges the spiritual philosophy of Hindu-Buddhist culture, where the mandala evolves a paradigm for a contemporary architectural thought associated with the sacredness of built spaces