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Demographic Change In The North Atlanta Metro Area, Zachary Lloyd Nov 2021

Demographic Change In The North Atlanta Metro Area, Zachary Lloyd

Symposium of Student Scholars

The northern Atlanta suburbs are perhaps the premiere destination for migrants, both domestic and international, into the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Filled with activities, good schools, and endless dining options, these communities are not only relatively safe to raise a family in, but also offer plenty to do for married couples and retirees. The counties of Gwinnett and Cobb, along with the northern portion of Fulton County (known as North Fulton) are the traditional northside suburban destinations, but growth there has slowed because much of the land is now densely developed. Predictably, the suburbs have extended northward through the counties of …


Kujtesa Kolektive Nëpërmjet Arkitekturës Në Qytetin E Prishtinës, Drilona Berisha, Arbër Sadiki Oct 2021

Kujtesa Kolektive Nëpërmjet Arkitekturës Në Qytetin E Prishtinës, Drilona Berisha, Arbër Sadiki

UBT International Conference

This research aims to focus on the topic of “collective memory”, what does collective memory mean and what are the main approaches to its use and preservation? Which is the role of Architecture as a discipline in all this vicious circle of collective memory, considering as a special case study the drastic transformation in the city of Prishtina. On this occasion, the golden periods and the flourishing years of architecture in Prishtina will be presented, in order to a better understanding of the genesis of Modernism in Prishtina and the socio-economic and political factors that influenced the destruction of the …


Overview Of Norms And Guidelines On Public Housing Design, Visar Shllaku Oct 2021

Overview Of Norms And Guidelines On Public Housing Design, Visar Shllaku

UBT International Conference

Knowing that everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living, which includes proper housing, raises the need and reason for creating and improving housing conditions for people with moderate or low incomes. To address these needs, providing housing opportunities for low-income people is required and thus establish standards for their design. Norms and the standards derived from the inputs of particular collected data are processed further in the form of outputs to design affordable and public housing. These provide information about the rational use of premises to create healthy and sustainable housing for residents. It implies the provision …


Hotel Complex – Case Study The Town Of Deçan, Ardit Shehu, Lulzim Beqiri Oct 2021

Hotel Complex – Case Study The Town Of Deçan, Ardit Shehu, Lulzim Beqiri

UBT International Conference

The hotel industry is at the heart of the hospitality system. This comes from the oldest traditions in the history of mankind - respect for the guest, celebration of his reception and service. It organically and naturally connects restaurants, cafes, transport and excursions into a single chain of tourist and excursion services. Today, the hotel industry as a kind of economic activity involves the provision of services and the organization of short stays in hotels, motels, camps and other accommodation facilities for a fee and represents the most powerful economic system in a region or tourist center. In our country, …


Connection And Difference Between Urban Planning, Urban Design, And Urbanism, Blend Dema Oct 2021

Connection And Difference Between Urban Planning, Urban Design, And Urbanism, Blend Dema

UBT International Conference

Since the existence of humankind, planning was among the main issues to deal with; this is because planning helps organize activities and predict the future. So in this way, urban planning, urban design, and urbanism are traditionally seen as an expert discipline with little room for ‘soft’ values and concerns based on feelings rather than fact. At the same time the final product of the planning process, the built environment, is a habitat for a wide variety of people with equally diverse wants and needs. The question is, how does planning incorporate the needs, wants and visions of existing and …


Ndikimi I Masave Renovuese Për Rritjen E Efikasitetit Të Energjisë Tek Ndërtesat Publike – Rast Studimi “Ndërtesa E Administratës Së Kampusit Të Qendrës Së Studentëve, Prishtinë”, Albian Rexhepi, Petrit Ahmeti Oct 2021

Ndikimi I Masave Renovuese Për Rritjen E Efikasitetit Të Energjisë Tek Ndërtesat Publike – Rast Studimi “Ndërtesa E Administratës Së Kampusit Të Qendrës Së Studentëve, Prishtinë”, Albian Rexhepi, Petrit Ahmeti

UBT International Conference

Energjia dhe shfrytëzimi i saj paraqesin aspekte jetike të shoqërisë moderne. Shfrytëzimi sa më efikas i burimeve ndikon drejtpërdrejtë në zvogëlimin e ndikimit që aktiviteti njerëzor ka në ekosisteme. Shumica e energjisë në Republikën e Kosovës shfrytëzohet për qëllime të ngrohjes, amvisërisë,ndriqim etj.

Me qëllim uljen e shpenzimeve dhe humbjeve termike në ndërtesat publike, qeveria e Republikës së Kosovës dhe Banka Botërore kanë ndërmarrë projekte në përmirësimin e efikasitetit energjetik të këtyre ndërtesave.

Qëllimi i këtij punimi është analizimi i një projekti të tillë dhe rezultateve përfundimtare përmes metodave kualitative dhe kuantitative duke dalë pos përfundimeve edhe me rekomandime të …


A Review On The Kosovo’S Challenge On Green Energy Generation And Paris Climate Agreement, Mevlan Qafleshi, Driton R. Kryeziu, Driton Qafleshi Oct 2021

A Review On The Kosovo’S Challenge On Green Energy Generation And Paris Climate Agreement, Mevlan Qafleshi, Driton R. Kryeziu, Driton Qafleshi

UBT International Conference

Scientifically it is proven that anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) cause global warming. Global community, through agreements and protocols, aims that by the end of this century to keep the temperature rise below 2°C the average temperature of pre-industrial levels. Efforts are made to limit this rise to 1.5°C. In order to scale down the CO2 emissions countries collaborate under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to cope with climate impacts caused by anthropogenic GHG. In 2015 in Paris, 196 countries reached and signed the Paris Climate Agreement (PCA) to limit this temperature rise and set target of …


Religious Buildings - Mosques, Abetare Rexhepi, Binak Beqaj Oct 2021

Religious Buildings - Mosques, Abetare Rexhepi, Binak Beqaj

UBT International Conference

Architecture, mastery and natyre create the organic symbiosis of meaning and spirit that in the essence of self-construction, harass themselves with shapes, which by themselves rise above them. In this way the object grows from the materials, the structure from the bases to the domes that lie between the strong ground and the opened sky, fllowing the flow of growth to continue this continuity with the high of the minarets that tend to touch the perfections and with strength of perfection interconnect the particular elements.


Urban Regenerative Design: A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Relationship Between Urban Greenspace And Child Obesity, Qingchang He, Andras Reith Oct 2021

Urban Regenerative Design: A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Relationship Between Urban Greenspace And Child Obesity, Qingchang He, Andras Reith

UBT International Conference

Urban regenerative design is a significant evolution in the concept of sustainability, which goes one step further beyond the balance point between humans and nature. As a comprehensive approach, improving public health and wellbeing is one of the main focuses of urban regenerative design. This research aims to explore whether there is a relationship between urban greenspace and child obesity using different ages and periods. The neighborhood socioeconomic status, the distance to the nearest fast food outlets as the variables that participate in this analysis. Results reveal that the variable of neighborhood socioeconomic status, fast food outlets and urban greenspace …


Constructing Collective Memories Through Spatial Transformations – The Case Of Macedonia Square, Gremina Elmazi, Mimar Sinan Oct 2021

Constructing Collective Memories Through Spatial Transformations – The Case Of Macedonia Square, Gremina Elmazi, Mimar Sinan

UBT International Conference

dentity is the distinguishing element that differentiates and forms nature, the environment, and places. In the discipline of architecture and urban planning with identity, is understood the product that makes a place unique or what makes the spirit of the place. Skopje is one of the city living changes and metamorphosis courses. The city has undergone significant urban transformations through the communism seal, Kenzo Tange’s post-earthquake master plan, and the 21century changing project of “Skopje 2014”. This paper aims to explore identity and collective memory in an architectural and urban context and the changes made in the urban forms. By …


The Urban And Architectural Environment Of Galata And Pera Through The Descriptions Of Some Italian Travelers Between The 19th And 20th Centuries, Luca Orlandi Oct 2021

The Urban And Architectural Environment Of Galata And Pera Through The Descriptions Of Some Italian Travelers Between The 19th And 20th Centuries, Luca Orlandi

UBT International Conference

The aim of this paper is to present the urban and architectural environment in the cosmopolitan Istanbul’s districts of Galata and Pera throughout the impressions left by some Italians travelers who spent some period in the Ottoman capital throughout the 19th and the early years of the 20th century. This historical period has been chosen and analyzed in order to show the changes and development of Istanbul in those years through several Italian ‘eyes’ and ‘voices’ who witnessed at that time some important transformations in the Ottoman culture, highlining the coexistence of different world, such as the Turkish Muslim society …


Chaotic Cities Of Kosovo And Their Urban And Spatial Planning, Venera Gonxha, Gresa Neziri Oct 2021

Chaotic Cities Of Kosovo And Their Urban And Spatial Planning, Venera Gonxha, Gresa Neziri

UBT International Conference

With rapidly increased urbanization rates, cities becoming overpopulated and urban inequalities being more and more visible, Kosovo has been facing an ongoing debate about Urban and Spatial Planning of its territory. Professionals of the field and many others are questioning the current state of cities in Kosovo, such as Prishtina, Prizren, Mitrovica, Peja, and more. There are common concerns in all municipalities regarding the urban chaos, traffic jams, continuous constructions of which most illegally build in agricultural land, endless appetites for constructing high buildings, unexpected appearance of newly invented neighborhoods, ongoing ignorance towards nature, cultural and natural heritage. All this …


Color Schemes In Landscape Design: Color Theory, Nexhat Balaj, Shqiprim Ahmeti Oct 2021

Color Schemes In Landscape Design: Color Theory, Nexhat Balaj, Shqiprim Ahmeti

UBT International Conference

Color has a basic appeal to humans and can be used by landscapers to evoke powerful emotional responses. Color may not be the most important consideration in an overall landscape, but it has a powerful visual effect and should be considered carefully for best results. Color theory in design is based on the color wheel, a standard circular illustration that shows the relationship between all the various colors of the spectrum. The Munsell color-order system is an American classifying system that is used as a standard for color notation in artistic, commercial, scientific and educational work. The Mansell system defines …


Natural Lighting Of Museums, Shkurte Dalipi Oct 2021

Natural Lighting Of Museums, Shkurte Dalipi

UBT International Conference

One of the basic conditions for a higher efficiency of museums is the lighting of their spaces. Proper and balanced lighting helps to focus attention, to create an aesthetic connection between the observer and the work of art as well as to realize a modification to emphasize a conceptual idea. To achieve the maximum lighting needed to highlight exhibits, museums use natural light. They often also consume a lot of electricity when using artificial light. To reduce electricity consumption and to ensure that museum objects are authentically exhibited, most museums have begun to integrate as many natural light solutions as …


Daylight In Underground Houses As A New Form Of Housing, Zana Prelvukaj, Fjolla Abazi Oct 2021

Daylight In Underground Houses As A New Form Of Housing, Zana Prelvukaj, Fjolla Abazi

UBT International Conference

Natural light is very important and direct role in the process of human life. Since the creation of caves used for living, natural light has played an important role in informing the time and changing the time between day and night. It is also of great importance in the creation and use of living spaces. This paper will analyze the application and forms of providing natural light in underground houses as a new form of housing. Underground houses, are considered as ecological building, which contribute to the protection of the environment. The application and provision of natural light is quite …


International Conference Architecture And Spatial Planning, University For Business And Technology - Ubt Oct 2021

International Conference Architecture And Spatial Planning, University For Business And Technology - Ubt

UBT International Conference

UBT Annual International Conference is the 9th international interdisciplinary peer reviewed conference which publishes works of the scientists as well as practitioners in the area where UBT is active in Education, Research and Development. The UBT aims to implement an integrated strategy to establish itself as an internationally competitive, research-intensive university, committed to the transfer of knowledge and the provision of a world-class education to the most talented students from all background. The main perspective of the conference is to connect the scientists and practitioners from different disciplines in the same place and make them be aware of the recent …


Investigation, Study And Seismic Hazard Analysis For Urban Zone Montith, Shemsi Mustafa, Visar Krelani, Lulzim Beqiri, Besian Sinani Oct 2021

Investigation, Study And Seismic Hazard Analysis For Urban Zone Montith, Shemsi Mustafa, Visar Krelani, Lulzim Beqiri, Besian Sinani

UBT International Conference

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he general goal of earthquake engineering is identification and mitigation of seismic hazards. Seismic microzonation is the generic name for subdividing a region into individual areas having different potentials for hazardous earthquake effects, defining their specific seismic behavior in order to facilitate engineering design and land-use planning.

In seismic regions, the aspect of seismic risk must be taken into account in the first stages of projects, thus enabling the realization of a structural and quality system, within acceptable costs, satisfying the basic design requirement of a building, based on the seismic parameters of the ground.

Seismic and geophysical studies …


Improving Mobility, Urban Structure And Fabric Through Urban Planning And Design, Sadije Kelmendi, Ermal Ahmeti Oct 2021

Improving Mobility, Urban Structure And Fabric Through Urban Planning And Design, Sadije Kelmendi, Ermal Ahmeti

UBT International Conference

This paper deals with mitigating existing mobility and improving urban structure and fabric through urban planning and design. Like many other European cities which have problems with pollution and noise created by unstable transport, Prishtina suffers from traffic congestion that can have negative effects on the economy, environment and image of the city. In this paper is examined the possibility of minimizing urban traffic in a part of the city of Prishtina, specifically in the neighborhood "Lakrishte" by proposing innovative methods of re-designing the existing roads and paths where public transport, bicycles and walking are essential part and priority of …


10th International Conference On Business, Technology And Innovation 2021, University For Business And Technology - Ubt Oct 2021

10th International Conference On Business, Technology And Innovation 2021, University For Business And Technology - Ubt

UBT International Conference

Welcome to IC – UBT 2021

UBT Annual International Conference is the 10th international interdisciplinary peer reviewed conference which publishes works of the scientists as well as practitioners in the area where UBT is active in Education, Research and Development. The UBT aims to implement an integrated strategy to establish itself as an internationally competitive, research-intensive university, committed to the transfer of knowledge and the provision of a world-class education to the most talented students from all background. The main perspective of the conference is to connect the scientists and practitioners from different disciplines in the same place and make …


Dcamm And Capital Stewardship, Sarah Felton Oct 2021

Dcamm And Capital Stewardship, Sarah Felton

UMassBRUT Community

Created in 1980, the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) manages some 68 million square feet of building space for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This talk focuses on some of the challenges DCAMM faces in managing these facilities at the state's higher education institutions where 74% of the building portfolio were built prior to 1981. After discussing the Commonwealth's priorities in Capital Investment, the talk concludes with a look at DCAMM-funded renovations to the Claire T. Carney Library and Science and Engineering Building at UMass Dartmouth.


Towards Civic Brutalism, Daniel Abramson Oct 2021

Towards Civic Brutalism, Daniel Abramson

UMassBRUT Community

1960s Massachusetts was a Brutalist mecca, much of it with civic dimensions, mediating through architecture citizens' rights and identities. The expanded welfare state's administration in Massachusetts was consolidated in new buildings for federal, state, and municipal workers in Boston's Government Center, a top-down urban renewal process. Government Center's buildings, including Boston City Hall and the Massachusetts State Service Center, embodied Brutalist values of material integrity, monumentality, and abstraction. Little thought was given to the architecture's civic dimensions, how people would engage politically with each other and the state. Subsequently, City Hall Plaza functioned for decades as eastern Massachusetts' civic fairground, …


Brutal Realities, Mark Pasnik Oct 2021

Brutal Realities, Mark Pasnik

UMassBRUT Community

This presentation examines the changing tide around the reception of Brutalism in the United States during the last decade, while questioning how that change will impact our treatment of concrete buildings in the future. As concrete modernism comes into more positive focus today, will attitudes toward the future of these buildings in the architecture and preservation communities readjust? Should such structures be preserved or conserved, adapted or transformed? And how important is it to be responsive to original intentions and elements of significance? A conservation management plan for Boston City Hall is presented as a case study in which careful …


Umass Dartmouth Science And Engineering (Seng) Building Systems Upgrades Project, Jillian Cornelius Oct 2021

Umass Dartmouth Science And Engineering (Seng) Building Systems Upgrades Project, Jillian Cornelius

UMassBRUT Community

Although UMass Dartmouth's Science and Engineering Building has long been viewed as an architectural treasure, its aging interior and structure have presented some challenges to users nearly 50 years after it opened. This talk examines Ellenzweig's extensive retrofitting of the UMass Dartmouth SENG building for accessibility, a new envelope, updated MEP, and fire-safety measures. After looking at the design phase and interactions with the Mass Historic Commission, the talk ends with an examination of the replacement of windows in the building.


Brutalist Structures – Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Theresa Wolejko Oct 2021

Brutalist Structures – Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Theresa Wolejko

UMassBRUT Community

Until they were banned by the Federal Government in 1978, Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs, were used extensively as sealants in Brutalist structures across the United States. As a result, these hazardous chemical compounds still reside in concrete buildings and present a danger to those looking to clean or renovate Brutalist structures. This talk explains the problems the University of Massachusetts Amherst has faced in dealing with PCBs over the last couple of decades and recommends some best practices for owners, designers, builders working on midcentury buildings which are suspected to contain these dangerous chemicals.


Concrete Deterioration And Diagnosis, Matthew B. Bronski Oct 2021

Concrete Deterioration And Diagnosis, Matthew B. Bronski

UMassBRUT Community

Built primarily in the 1960’s, mid-century modernist concrete buildings are now at the age when we regard many as historic or architecturally significant (and thus as deserving of careful restoration and stewardship), but also at an age where many now exhibit significant deterioration. In this presentation, Matthew Bronski describes the most common maladies and deterioration mechanisms that can befall exposed concrete facades, outlines investigative and diagnostic approaches, and discuss the pros and cons of different rehabilitation treatment options, and the importance of tailoring the treatment to the malady.


Umass Amherst Case Studies – Campus Center Plaza & Lederle Graduate Research Center, Elliott Hambrook Oct 2021

Umass Amherst Case Studies – Campus Center Plaza & Lederle Graduate Research Center, Elliott Hambrook

UMassBRUT Community

This presentation discusses Gale’s recent experience with repair projects at two (2) brutalist structures on the Amherst Campus at UMass. A board-formed concrete retaining wall at the base of the Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center (Marcel Breuer, 1970) was tastefully modified, but retained, as part of a waterproofing replacement project, addressing water infiltration and improving sight lines across the Campus Center Plaza. The panelized precast concrete façades of the John W. Lederle Graduate Research Center (Campbell, Aldrich, & Nulty, 1969) received new exterior sealants, enlarged panel joints, PCB removal and encapsulation, supplemental panel anchorage, and a waterproof coating.


Concrete Diagnostics & Assessment, Michael Schuller Oct 2021

Concrete Diagnostics & Assessment, Michael Schuller

UMassBRUT Community

The process of repairing Brutalist architecture begins with diagnosis and assessment of the material conditions of these buildings. This talk focuses on the processes that engineers undertake in order to document and access historic concrete before conservators and designers can form a plan to save such buildings. The speaker gives insight into the diagnostic techniques, such a visual assessment, nondestructive evaluation, sounding, moisture and metal detection, and chemical analysis.


Concrete Conservation Strategies And Repair, Paul Gaudette Oct 2021

Concrete Conservation Strategies And Repair, Paul Gaudette

UMassBRUT Community

Drawing on the speaker's many years in the field, this talk gives a comprehensive overview of concrete conservation. Beginning with the goals and approaches to conserving concrete, the talk then covers common protection systems, petrographic and chemical studies, and the design of mixes used in repairs. In order to demonstrate these techniques, two case studies are examined, including a Brutalist building and building with architectural precast. The talk ends with some recommendations on how to best approach cleaning and conservation of historic concrete buildings.


Campus Sustainability, Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham Oct 2021

Campus Sustainability, Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham

UMassBRUT Community

Sustainability at the UMass Amherst Campus is part of a long tradition of Sustainable Development and is driven by a century of policy, culminating in the latest efforts of the Massachusetts Commonwealth to plan for climate change and carbon neutrality. This presentation provides a summary of current initiatives and processes that are underway to reduce the UMass Amherst carbon footprint and to plan for a transition to renewable energy. It gives an overview of the sustainability and campus engagement resources that Campus Planning makes available to the public and its community of faculty and students, so that they can understand …


Lessons Learned From Personal Experience In Adaptive Reuse, Blake Jackson Oct 2021

Lessons Learned From Personal Experience In Adaptive Reuse, Blake Jackson

UMassBRUT Community

This presentation details themes, regarding sustainability, from three adaptive reuse projects of Brutalist and post-war Modernist structures, accentuating overlaps with sustainability, embodied carbon, preservation, densification, and urbanization – all hallmarks regarding the adaptive reuse of these buildings. The first project illustrates opportunities created by up-branding a 1970’s era Sheraton into a “new” W Hotel (Midtown, Atlanta), whereby the preservation of the concrete playfully juxtaposed new interior/exterior design elements. The second project looks at the transformation of a purpose-built newspaper headquarters into a “new” LEED/Fitwel certified commercial facility, which reknit previously separated neighborhoods into a pedestrian/transit-oriented destination, serving as a catalyst …