Urban Strategies For Managing The Coronavirus Crisis,
2026
Department of Planning and Environment, Faculty of Architecture, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
Urban Strategies For Managing The Coronavirus Crisis, Mohammad Alaa Bassam Aljaffan, Soulaiman Mhanna
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The management of the spread of the Coronavirus crisis is one of the main challenges in the world today, and of increasing importance due to the widespread spread of the epidemic and its negative repercussions on local communities around the world, which put local administrations on the front lines to address the pandemic and take the lead in mitigating its effects. The article attempts to develop a theoretical and applied model to manage the crisis of the outbreak of the Coronavirus in urban areas by monitoring and analyzing the forms of local administrations' response to the pandemic and mitigating its …
The Nature Of The Architectural Surfaces And The Structural Relationships In Order To Build Stability And Formal Balance,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq
The Nature Of The Architectural Surfaces And The Structural Relationships In Order To Build Stability And Formal Balance, Anwar Shareef
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The architectural surface represents one of the main pillars of formal configuration that work with each other to give the building external appearance and its formal properties. In general, the most important challenges facing the study of architecture is the analysis of The Structural Relationships under which the formal formation and formulas for generating its patterns within the different architectural directions to benefit from her in the process of architectural education. This original_study represented a step in the way of analyzing and establishing an information base for architectural propositions that dealt with surfaces according to Structural Relationships with multiple linking, …
Employing Smart Systems In Integrated Management Of Infrastructure For Housing Projects,
2026
The Ministry of Electricity–Baghdad, Iraq
Employing Smart Systems In Integrated Management Of Infrastructure For Housing Projects, Marwa Mohammed Al-Zaidi, Safaaaldeen Ali
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Many contemporary economic and social drivers have enabled the introduction of sensor network technologies, computing and communication systems in urban infrastructure and contemporary housing projects with the aim of achieving integration between infrastructure management. As a result, the current study deals with a topic that has not been dealt with through previous studies, theses and theses in an accurate and required manner. Therefore, the aim of the research was to clarify the role of smart systems in achieving integrated management by building a comprehensive theoretical framework to be a research problem (the need for a comprehensive theoretical framework on the …
Low-Income Housing Provision: Between Governmental Interventions And Informal Settlements - Greater Cairo Region Between 1980s And 2010s,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq.
Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Low-Income Housing Provision: Between Governmental Interventions And Informal Settlements - Greater Cairo Region Between 1980s And 2010s, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi, Alison Brown
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Low-cost housing, so-called affordable housing, is an important subject as it affects many aspects of people's well-being and city planning. The urban poor, who form a respectable percentage of cities' residents in many developing countries, are the most affected segment by the availability and affordability of housing. Governments often try their best to provide affordable housing through housing interventions and programs. However, many low-income people end up in informal settlements including slums and squatter settlements. This research analyzes state-led low-cost housing initiatives compared to informal affordable housing in developing countries. The importance of this research is mainly associated with understanding …
Urban Health’S Methods And Checklist,
2026
Department of Planning and Environment, Faculty of Architecture, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
Urban Health’S Methods And Checklist, Mohammad Alaa Bassam Aljaffan, Soulaiman Mhanna
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The purpose of the article is to prepare an integrated theoretical and applied framework for the concept of urban health and methodologies for its application and checking, by presenting and analyzing the relevant literature and experiences. The article includes an analytical study of the concept of urban health, and the identification of planning methodologies that have a positive impact on the health and well-being of urban residents. The article was also concerned with developing a methodology to checking that the topics of urban health are included in existing cities or in their future plans. After that, the article tended to …
The Origami Strategy In Architecture,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
The Origami Strategy In Architecture, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza, Saja Khalid Khalaf
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
A New patterns emerged for contemporary architectural texts by exploiting an ancient Japanese art called origami art, which means folding one piece of paper to form a variety of shapes without cutting or pasting this paper, and over time the importance of this art has emerged in the field of architecture and has become of great importance in producing Architectural texts with specific characteristics. The need to study origami emerged as a strategy for text production in contemporary architecture. Where the origami strategy is defined as "a strategy to produce an origami text with distinctive design patterns inspired by different …
Physical Revitalization Of The Historical Paths: An Analytical Study For Urban Connectivity Property Of Al-Safafer Market Axis In Baghdad,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
Physical Revitalization Of The Historical Paths: An Analytical Study For Urban Connectivity Property Of Al-Safafer Market Axis In Baghdad, Rawan Adel Khalaf, Sanaa Sati Abbas
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The historical paths suffer from neglect for a long time as a result of inappropriate interventions and the loss of public spaces, which led to their deterioration and the loss of their urban value, The research problem was "The cognitive need to clarify the physical revitalization as a type of sustainable revitalization patterns and the possibility of its application to avoid urban neglect of historical paths". Therefore, the aim of the research is to built a theoretical framework on urban connectivity property and relationship with mechanisms the physical revitalization .The research hypothesis is that "The mechanisms of physical revitalization have …
The Role Of Third Place In Revitalizing The Interior Spaces Of The Academic Libraries Through The Concept Of Identity,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
The Role Of Third Place In Revitalizing The Interior Spaces Of The Academic Libraries Through The Concept Of Identity, Israa Al Jailawi Al Jailawi, Shamael Mohammed Wajeeh Al Dabbagh
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
With the rapid prevailing of electronic information resources and services, the traditional academic libraries are being declined and gradually deserted. Recent studies highlighted this issue as one of the challenges of the digital era. Responding to this issue, this paper introduces the idea of revitalizing academic libraries through the concept of "Third place" based on the possibility of providing traditional libraries with new interior spaces wherein students, scholars, and faculty can learn and socialize as well as cooperate, without stress. Based on the literature reviewed, there are several factors through which it is possible to enhance the interior spaces to …
Emergence Of Water Sensitive Design: Alternate Development Strategies For Eastern Periphery Of Dhaka Metropolitan Area,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Banglades
Emergence Of Water Sensitive Design: Alternate Development Strategies For Eastern Periphery Of Dhaka Metropolitan Area, Ayasha Siddiqua
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, once had lowlands on both west and east periphery. The west periphery has already taken up by urbanization after constructing the flood embankment and in the eastern periphery it is on process of disappearing very fast. City is now expanding to this area which requires mandatory to keep open and low to take water from city for flooding alleviation. Lack of physical planning is very evident here which causes great degradation of the flooding and water logging situation of the city. At present master planning of the city following subdivision of land and provide …
The Urban Synergy - Building A Formal Strategy For Synergies In Contemporary Urban Space,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
The Urban Synergy - Building A Formal Strategy For Synergies In Contemporary Urban Space, Noor Saeb Ahmed, Khansaa Ghazi Rasheed
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
What appears in most urban environments is poor spatial and functional cohesion, in addition to various factors overlap and mixed within urban projects .We will have to understand the various forms and relationships that help to re-establish cohesion into the urban fabric, Therefore, the research needed to delve deeper into contemporary concepts to deal with it. Contemporary urban projects usually seek to maintain the connection between individual elements and the process of creating cohesion of urban space through its constituent elements. At the same time reduce its negative impact on urban tissue and city life. This highlights the importance of …
Sustainability Systems In Architecture,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq.
Sustainability Systems In Architecture, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori, Tuqa Mahmood Hameed
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The research deals with the concept of sustainable systems as one of the influential concepts in the process of architectural design, as it is defined as "the integration of natural systems with human patterns according to a multi-dimensional design approach to give continuity and exclusivity to the product". The research aims to clarify the strategy of sustainable architecture systems as well as their principles and dimensions. In order to address the research issue and achieve the objectives of the research and to verify its hypothesis, a knowledge framework was first built, then a comprehensive theoretical framework for sustainable architecture systems. …
The Abstraction Of Architectural Heritage In Contemporary Local Architecture: Abstraction In Contemporary Iraqi Architecture,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq
The Abstraction Of Architectural Heritage In Contemporary Local Architecture: Abstraction In Contemporary Iraqi Architecture, Sura Kassim, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Ali Moussa Hussein
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Abstraction is used in architectural and interior design and is based on abstraction with formal values, taking into account the functional aspect of architecture. Architectural heritage represents the cultural value that directly affects successive generations, and embodies cultural values to reflect the social, economic and political aspect that contributes to the advancement of human civilization, and architectural heritage is the basis of architectural thought in societies that have unity. Cultural. He found that the concept of the philosophy of abstraction has multiple views, whether Western and local and dependent on the nature of cultural, social and environmental thought, and for …
Urban Resilience And City Infrastructure Urban Resilience Of Baghdad,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Urban Resilience And City Infrastructure Urban Resilience Of Baghdad, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Sura Kassim
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
This paper aims to study urban resilience as an adaptive system in a complex dynamic world along with its ability to comprehend disorder, change and reorganization to conserve identity. Urban resilience can be understood through the interrelationship between people and nature as a source-ecological system. The case study is represented by analyzing (Edlayd City in Australia) in depending on resilience advantages in which optimized by a renewable resource, zero carbon, equity in distributing energy, active environment, sustainable transportation and investing natural materials. Hence, these advantages have been applied on (Al-Karkh Haifa Street) in Baghdad in order to develop its infrastructure …
Water Urbanism Analytical Study Of Design Principles In Contemporary Urban Production,
2026
University of Technology / Department of Architecture/ Iraq
Water Urbanism Analytical Study Of Design Principles In Contemporary Urban Production, Nada Abdulmueen Hasan, Rana Mazin, Shereen Kamil Zedan
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Water is an important element of urban development due to its relationship with changing environmental and climatic conditions in particular, thus, contemporary trends suggest the link between water and urban development processes, offering a new kind of safe coexistence with water through the role of urban design, social life and ecological renovation. The research explores the concept of (Water Urbanism) to make cities more coherent and open towards water environment, as a contemporary track contributing to the development and sustainability of cities on the one side, and extract the most important indicators for the design principles for the water urbanism …
Textile Strategies In Contemporary Architecture,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Textile Strategies In Contemporary Architecture, Safaaaldeen Ali, Ban Mohammed Sultan
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The textile in architecture is an old phenomenon, as the mixing of architecture and textiles is not a modern development. The fusion of textiles and architecture, including processes, techniques and various materials, has a long and full history, but is largely neglected. In the past two decades, interest in the combination of architecture and textiles has been renewed with the ideas and ideas of architectural theorists, engineers, textile designers, materials scientists and artists. by investing technological technologies at The level of modern design and construction processes and advanced materials, has formed an important aspect of the critical and critical dialogue …
Techniques And Their Role In Residential Efficiency Cold Formed Steel Sheet Technology - A Model,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Techniques And Their Role In Residential Efficiency Cold Formed Steel Sheet Technology - A Model, Oday Abbas Abood, Mufeed Ehsan Shok, Hadeel Mowaffaq Mahmood
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Technology is an essential aspect in all fields, and its presence is an active presence that represents the vision of architecture and enhances its orientation. In addition to providing practical solutions that increase the value of architectural facilities and enhance their efficiency, and due to the profound impact of technology, there is a need to test their products, especially in the field of housing, where technology is a two-edged dimension that enhances the positive aspects and can pose a number of problems. In this context, a number of construction technologies are being offered as a solution to architecture, especially in …
The Influence Of Beliefs On Iraqi Architecture Continuity & Discontinuity With Belief Architecture,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
The Influence Of Beliefs On Iraqi Architecture Continuity & Discontinuity With Belief Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Riyam Rajab Fenjan Al-Amara
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Continue or discontinue scope between the previous & the current architecture and their relation to the future requires orientation to know their references related to many beliefs considering it Cultural & historical values give to architecture local identity. It also defines the degree of relationship between the human, society and its connection to the place. The beliefs are appeared by creating architecture link to cultural heritage and it is expressed by using the technology of the era. This research introduced many architectural studies to determine the research problem, which was "Lack of knowledge about the belief effect on architecture production …
Role Of Technology Utilization Reviving Al-Ukhaidir,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq
Role Of Technology Utilization Reviving Al-Ukhaidir, Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi, Karrer Nadhim Al-Shahmanie
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The monuments are considered as evidence, landmarks and important memory for events that associated with characteristics. It also represents a civilized, cultural and economic wealth accumulated through ages. Heritage has two main aspects; physical and moral. Recently, considerable efforts have been devoted to conserve many heritage buildings that have historic values so as to restore them. This restoration can reinforce the links between those ancient buildings and their environment. There is a lack of enough knowledge about the concept of the utilization of new technological advancements and its impact on the reuse of historical buildings with symbolic value. To address …
Ethics Of Architectural Education In Academic Institutions,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq.
Ethics Of Architectural Education In Academic Institutions, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The research deals with the concept of moral education as one of the most influential concepts in the process of teaching the foundations of architectural design. It defines it as "an integrated educational program organized according to the highest moral values within an academic institution concerned with architecture. Its program consists of three main elements: Educational and assessment tools and assessment, and requires reliability and quality Crickshten for the maintenance of architecture as a profession to the level of comprehensive or partial reform, which requires professors to perpetuate the modernization of methods of moral architectural education as well as the …
Design Requirements For Contextual Integration For Train Stations (Iraqi Stations As A Model),
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq.
Design Requirements For Contextual Integration For Train Stations (Iraqi Stations As A Model), Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori, Ammar Kareem Dhumad
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The buildings of the railway stations are one of the important buildings that distinguish the cities and give them their identity and their special character through their association with the memory of the society that contains them. The importance of these centers as commercial and cultural centers, as well as their main function in transporting passengers and goods, To the atrophy of its effectiveness, so it must be protected and developed to contribute effectively in the performance of its diverse activities in an integrated manner and to serve the community at various levels and encourage the use of public transport. …
