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Full-Text Articles in Architecture
Public Building Maintenance And Rehabilitation, Florian Nepravishta, Andrea Maliqari, Ariana Nepravishta
Public Building Maintenance And Rehabilitation, Florian Nepravishta, Andrea Maliqari, Ariana Nepravishta
UBT International Conference
The public buildings such as high schools, kindergartens, nurseries, universities, dormitories and buildings in their service used by the general public are valuable assets, normally built with substantial investment in a long period of time. These assets are not always managed with the care that they require. As a result, depreciation and destruction in time reducing the ability of these buildings to fulfil their functions by reducing the time of use, durability. General usage costs will also be higher because of the buildings require costly renovations or replacements of materials frequently than might be necessary if they are maintained regularly. …
Contemporary Lightening Methods In Architecture, Vlora Aliu
Contemporary Lightening Methods In Architecture, Vlora Aliu
UBT International Conference
Human beings are forced to conceive their life as a practical and conceptual development and in harmony with global technology and trends. As the main necessity in our world right now is the sustainable architecture and alternative and green energy incorporation in every possible way that will impact in energy saving and environmental protection. In this context, today it is more than necessary that ecological friendly energy is a part of architecture philosophy as a crucial part in global energy efficiency. Use of material, the human need for consume and increasing exploitation of natural resources, such as underground and ground …
Tirana Urban Growth During The Last Decade, Arbi Shehu
Tirana Urban Growth During The Last Decade, Arbi Shehu
UBT International Conference
After the 90s Tirana encountered a large increase of the population coming from different towns and villages of the country. In this way the population of 150 thousand inhabitants turned in approximately 1 million. Its major transformation has occurred in the last decade where beside the residents, a lot of settlements and socio-economic buildings have been constructed, bringing in this way an unplanned urban development. To identify Tirana urban growth, in addition to terrain identification or partial urban studies more easily we canuse satellite images provided by Google Maps, which through their electronic archive provide us images over the years. …
Synergic Spaces - Mosque, Banush Shyqeriu
Synergic Spaces - Mosque, Banush Shyqeriu
UBT International Conference
The congregation Mosque, Mesjid (from Arabic, sujud = prostration) is one of the most important institutions of Muslim world also the predominant architectonic built form of Muslim architecture.The initial aim of this paper is to scrutinize the Mosque as an institution and architectonic space through generative concepts, principles and criteria derived from the eternal idea of the Mosque as a Synergic Space: A place for Worship, a place of Education and a Community centre. By finding a Generic Mosque from an initial and eternal idea derived out of the main Islamic sources, it is possible to deliberate the discourse on …
Managing The Rapid Urban Growth For Cities In Transition Countries, Binak Beqaj, Ylber Limani, Driton R. Kryeziu
Managing The Rapid Urban Growth For Cities In Transition Countries, Binak Beqaj, Ylber Limani, Driton R. Kryeziu
UBT International Conference
Through political transition, socio-economical trends of cities as urban areas contributed to huge movements of population from rural to urban areas or from small urban areas toward big urban areas, making them bigger, under the rapid growth. Those cities have faced:
- Overloads with number of citizens,
- Lack of adequate infrastructure and
- Creativity deficiency for drafting and implementing urban development vision.
Consequently, the question is what qualitative life do cities offer when considering abovementioned suppositions related to rapid urban growth?
In general, for cities under rapid development, experts and authorities have not sufficiently succeeded to develop proper methodologies to neutralize chaotically …
Performative Energies And Cultures: Ornament And (As) Structure, Banush Shyqeriu
Performative Energies And Cultures: Ornament And (As) Structure, Banush Shyqeriu
UBT International Conference
Recently a great concern and interest has risen on ornament, which pushes us to render back its genesis, its worse times and its new frontiers. This paper will be presented through a methodology which employs historical, theoretical and cultural implications of ornament in Architecture, as well as the present interest and developments on it, in the scope of advances in design and emerging technologies. A key figure in this discourse is the 19th century German architect Gottfried Semper. His interest in ornament, textile and tectonics through searching the origins of Art and Architecture, provides us with crucial facts for the …
Local Stress-Strain Behavior And Corrosion Of Alternative Reinforcing Bars, Hektor Cullufi, Altin Bidaj, Irakli Premti
Local Stress-Strain Behavior And Corrosion Of Alternative Reinforcing Bars, Hektor Cullufi, Altin Bidaj, Irakli Premti
UBT International Conference
Premature deterioration of concrete buildings and infrastructure due to corrosion of reinforcement is a severe challenge, both technically and economically. It has been estimated that Western Europe spends 5 billion Euros yearly for repair of corroding concrete infrastructures. Repair-work on the public transportation infrastructure are causing significant inconveniences and delays for both the industry and the general public, and are now recognized as a substantial cost for the society. Set of experiments were conducted in order to produce a description among bars of different types to assist engineers to better comprehend the relative corrosion resistance of those bars. The bars …
3 Mont - System For Energy Saving In Building, Driton R. Kryeziu, Bojan Bratuž, Alojz Nastran, Binak Beqaj
3 Mont - System For Energy Saving In Building, Driton R. Kryeziu, Bojan Bratuž, Alojz Nastran, Binak Beqaj
UBT International Conference
One of the main goals of the European Union is to reduce energy consumption and to increase energy efficiency on buildings. More than 40 % of prime energy in EU is consumed in buildings. Because of that EU has introduced legislation to ensure that they consume less energy. The key part of this legislation is energy performance of buildings directive, EPBD. EPBD requires from all EU countries to enhance their building regulations and to introduce energy certification schemes for buildings. Just through windows and doors, which are part of the exterior wall of a building, we can lose more than …
Bioclimatic Architecture Of Residential Building In Kosovo, Mimoza Dugolli
Bioclimatic Architecture Of Residential Building In Kosovo, Mimoza Dugolli
UBT International Conference
The sustained Earth is our chain of the ecological survival. We have over used and over abused every material, every resource and every environmental attributes available for us, trying to find quick and easy solution to the problem. The general concern of modern word today is focused on creating the modern and clean living environment for its inhabitants. Kosovo, which is the newest state in the world, has a long road ahead to achieve the standards in order to create a healthy environment for its residents. A fast economic growth versus low possibility of energy production has caused concerns on …
Experimental Comparison Of Deflection Results For Beams Of Self-Compacted Concrete (Scc) And Conventional Concrete Period T=40 Days, Hajdar E. Sadiku, Hatim Ejupi, Lulzim Bytiqi, Berim Osmanaj
Experimental Comparison Of Deflection Results For Beams Of Self-Compacted Concrete (Scc) And Conventional Concrete Period T=40 Days, Hajdar E. Sadiku, Hatim Ejupi, Lulzim Bytiqi, Berim Osmanaj
UBT International Conference
Concrete is a material which has wide usage in engineering especially in construction engineering and road infrastructure facilities. Development trends for high rise constructions, modern skyscrapers indicate that building such constructions with normal concretes and low consistency is impossible, therefore there is a need for concrete with high processes because of great amount of steel in cross section of concrete elements, solution for such construction is self-compacted concrete because of ability to fill pores without compaction and vibration. Considering this fact, researches for deflections, mechanical characteristics of concrete and deformations have been conducted worldwide. In this line, we conducted an …
Initiatives On Urban Transformation In South-East Europe: Case Prishtina, Florina Jerliu
Initiatives On Urban Transformation In South-East Europe: Case Prishtina, Florina Jerliu
UBT International Conference
Countries forming the South East Europe (SEE) face common post-socialist and/or pos-war challenges since 1990s. Among issues identified in SEE is the rapid transformation of physical environment between early 1990s and today. More specifically, unchecked urban development has been identified as a common challenge in the region, and as such, it has drawn the attention of a wider Europe. Being committed to upgrade urban situations, a number of initiatives, both governmental and nongovernmental, have been created and jointly initiated regional projects for devising solutions in local level that may apply in a wider regional context. The criticism about urban occurrences …
The Calculation Of A Concrete Reinforcement Under The Action Of Torsion Moment, According To Eurocode And Albanian Technical Rules, Julian Kasharaj, Igli Kondi, Eda Gjeka
The Calculation Of A Concrete Reinforcement Under The Action Of Torsion Moment, According To Eurocode And Albanian Technical Rules, Julian Kasharaj, Igli Kondi, Eda Gjeka
UBT International Conference
The objective of this research is to introduce the reader to the calculation of a concrete reinforced element under the action of the torsion moment by comparing the two methods, Eurocode and Albanian Technical Rules. Particularly we will present the factors that affect the calculation and the final result. During a long period of time the action of torsion on a concrete reinforced element is not considered to be very important. The traditional calculating methods led to designing with reserves. As a result the longitudinal and transversal reinforcement due to bending, shear, compression or tension was enough even for torsion. …
Kole Idromeno And The Neoclassical Architecture In Shkodra, Lida Miraj, Kujtime Barushi, Brixhita Deda
Kole Idromeno And The Neoclassical Architecture In Shkodra, Lida Miraj, Kujtime Barushi, Brixhita Deda
UBT International Conference
This paper reveals the precious contribution of Kolë Idromeno, as a versatile artist, whose work and activity constitutes a great heritage for the Albanian National Culture. Among his donated skills in art, what mostly attracts is the ensemble of the neoclassical buildings he designed during the first decades of the last century. His architectural projects are defined as second category monuments and ‗exhibited‘ along the museum streets protected by law. The research design makes use of different methods, as the fieldwork, data collection, and review of documents consisting in both qualitative and quantitative information. Qualitative and quantitative methods include basically …
Sustainable Architecture And Quality Of Place, Arlinda Sheqiri
Sustainable Architecture And Quality Of Place, Arlinda Sheqiri
UBT International Conference
A major part of this challenge is the development for better city-better life and being able to create sustainable architecture solutions through more effective ways to implement in our everyday life process. Strategists, designers and planners are also concerned with combining means and time efficiently. We can see, for example, nearly half of the city in Prishtina has faced wild development or re-development. This has happened as a result of individual construction projects which were undertook without municipal building permits because the pressure to develop was much high than capability of local authority to provide this service. Nevertheless even after …
After Earthquake Damage And Behavior Of Buildings In Gjilan Region, Bajram Shefkiu, Burbuge Shatri, Vlora Shatri
After Earthquake Damage And Behavior Of Buildings In Gjilan Region, Bajram Shefkiu, Burbuge Shatri, Vlora Shatri
UBT International Conference
Various types of structures were assessed after an earthquake that struck Gjilan on April 24th 2002 with a purpose of identifying seismic deficiencies that might impact the general stability of the buildings located within the downtown City. The overall seismic performance goal identified by our team for these buildings is life safety. To achieve this goal, partial collapse of structure and/or of any cladding element that could result in a life safety concern should be prevented during a major earthquake. The largest issue identified is the unreinforced or inadequately reinforced brick masonry construction and those combined with skeletal, particularly buildings …
Managing And Minimizing Waste Generation During Construction: Approaches And Responsible, Krenare Shkodra
Managing And Minimizing Waste Generation During Construction: Approaches And Responsible, Krenare Shkodra
UBT International Conference
Construction Waste is a well known and a serious threat to the environment therefore there are a number of existing approaches toward its management. It (construction waste) is considered recyclable up to 80-90%, which is quite a promising factor especially giving the fact that recycling is only one of the steps in the construction waste management process along with reduce, reuse, and dispose. While taking this into consideration there is still doubt as to ‗Why is Construction Waste still an issue to the environment? Does it get the required and deserved priority? If yes, by who and how?‘ While analyzing …
New Wine Architecture In Rahovec, Teuta Jaha-Hoxha
New Wine Architecture In Rahovec, Teuta Jaha-Hoxha
UBT International Conference
Municipality of Rahovec is one of the Kosovo municipalities, known as a wine growing place since ancient times, with an area of 278.1 km² and a total of 71.522 inhabitants84. Viticulture in Rahovec is relatively well developed. There are two main wine cellars for grape processing and vine production. i) Stone Castle found in 1975 and, ii) Bodrumi i Vjeter (Old Cellar) build in 1953. Also, it is important to mention here that there are dozens of small wine cellars which were established since 1999. ―Bodrumi i Vjeter‖ have a production capacity of 5.000.000 million L, and it used to …
Territorial Planning Policy For Sustainable Development, Gjergj Thomai
Territorial Planning Policy For Sustainable Development, Gjergj Thomai
UBT International Conference
Urban planning in Albania, has been promoted in various forms of organization and ultimately Territorial Planning Law represents another form of policies on the territory that is closely linked to the decentralization of control of the territory. In Albania more than half of the population lives in urban areas. However, with the exception of Tirana, Albanian cities are generally smaller than cities EU-Balkans region. After massive rural migration, social changes show a new kind of rural Albania.Territorial planning policy for sustainable development requires meeting the challenges posed by changing economic, social and cultural development, and to achieve a balance of …
Current Status On The Causes Of Overruns Deadline In Kosovo In Highway And Road Constructions Projects, Muhamet Ahmeti
Current Status On The Causes Of Overruns Deadline In Kosovo In Highway And Road Constructions Projects, Muhamet Ahmeti
UBT International Conference
This paper presents the analysis of the data gathered from the interview survey revealing the process of road constructions project, cost of labour and other important factors which can result in high cost construction. These motorway categories can employ a large variety of structural materials and can be constructed to develop a great number of structural types. Over fifty contractors were contacted and asked for an interview survey. A total of 29 responded to participate in the interview surveys. The main objective of this paper is to present the current status on the causes of overruns in Kosovo in highway …
The New Law Of The Territory Planning, An Innovation For Local Government Units, An Ongoing Process, Hermina Albunesa
The New Law Of The Territory Planning, An Innovation For Local Government Units, An Ongoing Process, Hermina Albunesa
UBT International Conference
Urban planning is a function of local government units set out in the article 10 of Law No. 8652, dated 31.7.2000 "On the organization and functioning of local government units" This paper will be based on legal analysis that local governments units are facing today, by highlighting the differences between the old and the new legislation for the territory, concerning the new instruments of territorial planning. It is passed from the traditional planning law with rules on architecture of the buildings, which had to do with the protection of legitimate interests related to private property, in a law which does …
Systems Engineering And Project Management In Architectural Design And Construction At Postwar Countries, Lulzim Beqiri
Systems Engineering And Project Management In Architectural Design And Construction At Postwar Countries, Lulzim Beqiri
UBT International Conference
This paper presents the relation and involvement of project management and systems engineering in construction projects implemented in post was countries. The process of design, construction and investment in creating an architectural structure in Kosova hasn’t applied elements of systems engineering. The design and construction from the investor’s perspective are yet being developed individually. This paper aims to bring the model of project management and systems engineering based on case study experience in order to introduce the modern approach to the design and construction and facilitate the implementation of any construction project. Furthermore this model was designed based on best …
Nature In Architecture - Japan Architecture, Lessons For Kosovo, Arta Jakupi
Nature In Architecture - Japan Architecture, Lessons For Kosovo, Arta Jakupi
UBT International Conference
Focus of my research is to be found on several issues concerning architectural opinions and design in Japan, and for better understanding of its development the attention will be set from the old toward the current architectural endeavors. The created urban mess of Kosovo, beside it’s over built and overcrowded area lack s the most valuable quality of a living settlement- its greenery. The suffocation of the living area can be reduced by producing; inventing; reusing more greenery, more gardens with its calming and meditative effect. The research study reveals a solution; hidden on the inclusiveness of nature into the …
Seismic Hazard Assessment In Banja Hpp Project Area And The Urban Surroundings, Megi Rusi
Seismic Hazard Assessment In Banja Hpp Project Area And The Urban Surroundings, Megi Rusi
UBT International Conference
The Banjë Hydropower project area, located some 100 km south of Tirana, includes the middle reaches of Devoll Valley close to the village of Banjë (Elbasan district). HPP “Banja” is the lowermost stage of that will be constructed in Devoll river and it is a middle-head scheme with an annual storage capacity for peaking energy production. Closely related to the complicated tectonic pattern of the Dinarides-Albanides-Hellenides mountain range, Albania is one of the most tectonically active countries in Europe. For this purpose an assessment of the seismicity of the project area in general and the dam locations in particular has …
Techniques And Methods Of Spatial Data Creation For National Address System In Albania, Arbi Shehu
Techniques And Methods Of Spatial Data Creation For National Address System In Albania, Arbi Shehu
UBT International Conference
The creation of the National Address System in Albania has passed several crucial stages which are characterized in several groups from which it worth mention the creation of legal base, collection of data, the creation of spatial data, GIS application and geodatabase construction, etc. The main part of this process is characterized by the creation of the spatial data through digital techniques and methods. These techniques were implemented through the use of AutoCAD Map and ArcGIS software, using a specific methodology for this process. In this paper it is involved the process of digitizing from orthophotos, identifying streets, buildings and …