Inclusion And Minimalism In The Design Of Health Laboratory Space,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Inclusion And Minimalism In The Design Of Health Laboratory Space, Sarah Hasan Al-Kazzaz, Mustafa Kamil Kadhim
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The ongoing emergence of new diseases that threaten the human race has resulted in the need to keep pace with the risk of infection through pursuing technological development and the emergence of new tests that are added to existing laboratories. The need is to find solutions that contribute to keeping pace with medical developments while accommodating patients' need for examinations on time while maintaining time and patient safety. The research assumes that international engineering standards will play a role in understanding and introducing this development by incorporating the concepts of merger and minimization by absorbing the new functions in the …
Ephemeralization And The Future Of Economics In Contemporary Architecture: The Ephemeral Exhibitions Are A Model,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Ephemeralization And The Future Of Economics In Contemporary Architecture: The Ephemeral Exhibitions Are A Model, Tabark Hussein Ali, Basim Hasan Al Majid, Oday Abbas Abood
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The Research Deals with The Relationship of Architecture with The Economy and The Role of Ephemeralization In Determining It Through Investing in The Sustainability and Development of Resources and Architectural Elements. Different designs require the selection of materials, constructive solutions, visual perception, and spatial experience. The Product Is Characterized by General Principles, Including Flexibility, Adaptation, And Rapid Construction, Because Of Its Guiding Importance for The Future Development of Design, Which All Work to Reduce the Costs of The Economy. The Economics of the Most Stable Ephemeralization Architecture Tends to Use Multiple "Token Lives" That Change According to Context and Usage. …
Identity In Residential Neighbourhood: Analytical Study For Al_Jamea Community (627) Neighbourhood,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology- Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Identity In Residential Neighbourhood: Analytical Study For Al_Jamea Community (627) Neighbourhood, Zahraa Mohammed Ali, Sanaa Sati Abbas
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
This paper deals with the concept of identity in residential neighborhoods. The research problem is about a knowledge gap of identity in residential neighborhoods. Identity has been procedurally defined as: “It is formation, presence in place, and production in it. What is productive, is the activity of the immediate social-urban environment, in which we are raised. So the individual, and his existence is a background for his lived life. As for what he does, is his action, his touch on this existence. What he creates, is after his intellectual and visual processes in his immediate surroundings .It is sometimes considered …
Glitch Between Order And Chaos In The Products Of Digital Architecture,
2026
Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq.
Glitch Between Order And Chaos In The Products Of Digital Architecture, Yusur Raed, Basim Hasan Al Majid
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
The Digital development, philosophy and Intellect produced what is known as “digital architecture”, where architectural forms, mechanisms and materials have been developed also as a result of the digital progress. Digitization created new concepts, ideas and forms characterized by its unique and special features. The digital revolution changed the aesthetic concepts and Led to the emergence of " glitch "as a new aesthetic perception .Glitch can indicate a new opportunity and a spark of creative energy to indicate that something new is going to be generated, which is a combination of order and disorder, balance and chaos, reason and madness, …
Development Measures For Slums Of Dhaka City : Case Study Area Korail Slum,
2026
Department of Architecture, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology,Dhaka, Bangladesh
Development Measures For Slums Of Dhaka City : Case Study Area Korail Slum, Sanjida Ahmed Sinthia
Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh is extremely populated, unhygienic and environmentally degraded city. The growing number of population and environmental degradation are due to natural disaster and economic depression. As a result, the rate of urban poor is and producing huge pressure on urban lands, housing and infrastructure. Due to limited resources these poor people encroached open spaces, wetlands, vacant plots or even footpath for shelter. They don’t have any access to proper job market, healthcare facilities, education and sanitation either. These constraints are mostly resulted from the failures of the government in initiation proper policies and measures. Past …
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 …
