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Defining Old Cities: Guardians Of Architectural Heritage And Collective Memory, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi, Mufeed Ehsan Shok, Maria Abreu Apr 2026

Defining Old Cities: Guardians Of Architectural Heritage And Collective Memory, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi, Mufeed Ehsan Shok, Maria Abreu

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Old cities serve as testaments of architectural heritage and collective memory, offering unique urban experiences shaped by centuries of gradual evolution. Despite extensive research on physical preservation, limited studies address how old cities maintain their cultural and socio-economic relevance in modern contexts. This study aims to bridge this gap by defining old cities in terms of architecture and urban planning, and by examining their unique characteristics as assets in a modernizing world. Through a mixed-method approach, including a narrative literature review and a survey of experts in architecture and urban planning, this research uncovers the defining attributes of old cities. …

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The Role Of Technology In The Environmental And Formal Response To Architecture, Fatimah Jumah Idan, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Saad F. Al-Nuaimi Apr 2026

The Role Of Technology In The Environmental And Formal Response To Architecture, Fatimah Jumah Idan, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Saad F. Al-Nuaimi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

As a result of what the world witnessed in the emergence of technological developments and their irrational use and the resulting environmental crises that affected life, architects must propose architecture capable of responding to environmental influences in local architecture. Thus, the research goal is to identify the multiple levels of environmental response to architecture based on the correlation with changes in concepts, materials used, and apparent forms. There is a gap in knowledge regarding the correlation with changes in concepts, materials used, and apparent forms in achieving multiple levels of environmental response. A comprehensive theoretical framework was built to achieve …

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Efficiency Of Pedestrian Bridges In Urban Area, Khawla Kareem Kawther, Haidar Razzaq Mohammad Apr 2026

Efficiency Of Pedestrian Bridges In Urban Area, Khawla Kareem Kawther, Haidar Razzaq Mohammad

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Pedestrian bridges are important, and they cannot be dispensed. They transport people from one sidewalk to another without obstructing the movement of vehicles and creating congestion, and they are conducive to individuals' lives. This research deals with pedestrian bridges in Baghdad and their use efficiency. So, the researchers did the monitoring and surveying of the site. The researchers also surveyed a random sample to find if they use pedestrian bridges near their work site or housing. Whether they use these pedestrian bridges or not. How do they evaluate the effectiveness of these bridges? If these pedestrian bridges need different types …

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Urban Tectonic: Analyzing Study Of The Urban Formal Strategy With A Fictional Tectonic Aspect, Khansaa Ghazi Rasheed, Mufeed Ehsan Shok Apr 2026

Urban Tectonic: Analyzing Study Of The Urban Formal Strategy With A Fictional Tectonic Aspect, Khansaa Ghazi Rasheed, Mufeed Ehsan Shok

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Today, Tectonics explains how a specific structural system gains aesthetic values from cumulative experts’ advice about construction and architecture. The tectonic of the architecture modern world is seen as a partial strategy synthesizing the “depth” of values of the depth for architecture, beginning with bringing the physical into the metaphysical. In contrast, the urban tectonic refers to the physical into the metaphysical world because of the effacement of that idea through history to the challenges of life today. This paper is concerned with the inner consciousness of the tectonic properties of urban form first by tracing a brief review of …

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Geospatial Techniques For Preparing The Requirements Of 3d Modeling For Smart City Planning- Review, Noor Emad Alsaffar, Oday Zakariya Jasim, Maythm Al-Bakri Apr 2026

Geospatial Techniques For Preparing The Requirements Of 3d Modeling For Smart City Planning- Review, Noor Emad Alsaffar, Oday Zakariya Jasim, Maythm Al-Bakri

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Developing smart city planning requires integrating various techniques, including geospatial techniques, building information models (BIM), information and communication technology (ICT), and artificial intelligence, for instance, three-dimensional (3D) building models, in enabling smart city applications. This study aims to comprehensively analyze the role and significance of geospatial techniques in smart city planning and implementation. The literature review encompasses (74) studies from diverse databases, examining relevant solutions and prototypes related to smart city planning. The focus highlights the requirements and preparation of geospatial techniques to support the transition to a smart city. The paper explores various aspects, such as the advantages and …

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The Role Of Marketing On The Success Of Residential Investment Projects In Baghdad, Hayder Abdul Hadi Abbas, Safaaaldeen Ali Apr 2026

The Role Of Marketing On The Success Of Residential Investment Projects In Baghdad, Hayder Abdul Hadi Abbas, Safaaaldeen Ali

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The housing process in Iraq needs a comprehensive review, starting with its political philosophy and the content of its strategy, to produce a new vision and more efficient and empowering approaches for its central role in securing and caring for certain groups of society, especially those with limited income and those in need. In addition to emphasizing self-help and mutual assistance within the framework of future housing methods, this is one of the best ways to mobilize efforts and energies. Moreover, it is an entry point for developing innovative, non-traditional methods of high value. This research highlighted the role of …

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The Effect Of Digital Media Techniques On Shaping The City's Identity: Architecture Algorithm As Application, Mohammed Ghazi Abbas, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

The Effect Of Digital Media Techniques On Shaping The City's Identity: Architecture Algorithm As Application, Mohammed Ghazi Abbas, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The importance of the topic comes from the use of algorithms and digital technologies in our life, so the research problem was (the cognitive need to influence the algorithm in the formulation of digital media that creates a new form of the identity of the city). Hence, the goal is (to reformulate the visual vision of the city and the influence of architectural algorithms at the level of visual, formal and functional characteristics). It assumes the architecture algorithm as an application tool that will affect digital media technologies and the designer’s new design tools that lead to products with an …

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Impact Of Challenges On Architecture, Hadel Saad Razoki Al Murib, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

Impact Of Challenges On Architecture, Hadel Saad Razoki Al Murib, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Today's world faces rapid global events that have brought about significant transformations in systems (social, economic, political and environmental). That has led to significant challenges and developments in the twenty-first century, leading to research to find ways to meet today's needs and challenges. And various responses to enable them to meet today's needs and challenges. The study classifies the challenges into three pillars, including the social, economic and environmental pillars towards flexibility to achieve a positive response and undermine it with the negative aspect. As a manifestation, the architecture responds to these challenges to present new ones. Therefore, the research …

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Digital Marketing Strategies: Iraqi Architectural Firms As A Case Study, Ghada Mudhaffar, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza Apr 2026

Digital Marketing Strategies: Iraqi Architectural Firms As A Case Study, Ghada Mudhaffar, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This study examines the importance of digital marketing strategies as a factor of competitive advantage for architectural services firms in Iraq. Interviews are conducted with four architectural firms through a qualitative, interpretive approach. This study imposes that digital marketing strategies on platforms (Facebook, Instagram) lead to awareness of what architectural services are, in addition to examining the role these strategies play in reviving company business opportunities. Furthermore, this study aims to determine the reasons for the weak activity of architectural services companies in Iraq on communication platforms. One of the main reasons seems to be related to a lack of …

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Formal Activation Through Complexity Characteristic, Media Adel, Khansaa Ghazi Rasheed, Rana Mazin Apr 2026

Formal Activation Through Complexity Characteristic, Media Adel, Khansaa Ghazi Rasheed, Rana Mazin

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Formal developments were characterized by different concepts, one of which was complexity, which affects the architecture because of its association with ambiguity and differentiation. The research begins with the definition of the complexity property. Then, the study discussed complexity as a design characteristic in terms of its phenomena and touched on the dimensions of complexity in the residential environment. The research problem is a need for knowledge about the property of complexity in the forms of buildings and what is related to their design dimensions in residential environments. The goal of the research was to identify the important vocabulary in …

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Topological Characteristics Of An Architectural Product, Ahmed Maher Rashid, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori Apr 2026

Topological Characteristics Of An Architectural Product, Ahmed Maher Rashid, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Topology or spatial science is one of the branches of modern mathematics that cast a shadow over various cognitive sciences, including architecture, as it began to overgrow in the contemporary digital age to make room for more creativity and structural design and implementation capabilities. Yet, the characteristics of this concept are still uncommon in the architectural community and the previous studies that dealt with it in fragmentary and separate concepts. Accordingly, the research problem is “the ambiguity of knowledge about the topological characteristics of contemporary architectural products.” The research seeks to form a comprehensive theoretical framework on the topological characteristics …

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The Role Of Urban Memory In Reviving The Place ( Al-Rasheed Street Is A Case Study ), Hanan Salim, Mufeed Ehsan Shok Apr 2026

The Role Of Urban Memory In Reviving The Place ( Al-Rasheed Street Is A Case Study ), Hanan Salim, Mufeed Ehsan Shok

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The concept of urban memory is one of the concepts that has received increasing attention in recent periods as countries race to form their own identity. The existing literature focused on the definition of urban elements in general and how to preserve buildings and exploit their memory to operate the building. Through this, the need for knowledge appears to detail these elements, as the research problem was chosen through (lack of) a clear perception of the role of urban memory elements in reviving the place.  The research goal emerged (exploring and categorizing the urban memory elements first, the criteria for …

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Identity In Residential Neighbourhood: Analytical Study For Al_Jamea Community (627) Neighbourhood, Zahraa Mohammed Ali, Sanaa Sati Abbas Apr 2026

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 …

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Urban Strategies For Managing The Coronavirus Crisis, Mohammad Alaa Bassam Aljaffan, Soulaiman Mhanna Apr 2026

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 …

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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 Apr 2026

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 …

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Analyzing Public Transportation Plans To Addressing Traffic Congestions In Developing Countries The Case Study Of The Greater Cairo Region, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi Apr 2026

Analyzing Public Transportation Plans To Addressing Traffic Congestions In Developing Countries The Case Study Of The Greater Cairo Region, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Traffic congestions is one of the main problems for many cities especially in newly urbanizing countries worldwide. The issue of traffic congestions has major impact not only on the planning of the city, but also on many aspects such as residence overall well-being. Governments often try to address this issue through a number of initiatives, most important of which is promoting public transport in order to reduce the dependency on private cars in the city. This research analyzed state-led public transportation initiatives impact on addressing traffic congestion in developing countries through a case study of the Greater Cairo Region in …

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Virtues Of Al-Farabi In The Transformation Of The City Baghdad City Markets Model, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Mustafa Kamil Kadhim, Sura Kassim Apr 2026

Virtues Of Al-Farabi In The Transformation Of The City Baghdad City Markets Model, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Mustafa Kamil Kadhim, Sura Kassim

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The individual is the basis of the emergence of cities, through which the emergence of multiple cities differed in terms of location, history and population, but did not remain in the structure of the initial list until our present time without the transformation and change in the structure of the city and by its various functions such as housing and shopping and other services, whether the social aspect or Economic, political or religious, and therefore we find that the emergence of any architectural model in the city is linked to the individual and society through them are identified the nucleus …

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Ornamentation And Transformations Of Architectural Facades In Different Architectural Periods, Enas Salim, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori Apr 2026

Ornamentation And Transformations Of Architectural Facades In Different Architectural Periods, Enas Salim, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Ornamentation emerged as one of the most prominent concepts that associated with the architecture for its final crystallization through creation and production together, which drew the attention of research concept, after clarifying the depth of the Ornamentation in the architectural surfaces as a system of intellectual and material oriented to the architectural output and as a transient over time and confirmed transformations of models of adornment, The research objective is to explore the indicators of ornamentation that responsible for the formulation and embodiment of architectural products according to the transformations of architectural visions. The research adopted descriptive analytical method for …

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Intellectual Immunity In Architecture, Rasha Noori Ahmed, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

Intellectual Immunity In Architecture, Rasha Noori Ahmed, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Architectural thought is defined as a final result of all principles and cognitive visions, which stored in human mind as a mental image, and reconfigured it to be fitting with all changes happened, that exposure the thought to all cognitive impurities (intellectual viruses), which may have a weakness and vulnerability. So immunity of thought protected it from such these impurities, when the research aims to enhance the immunity concept, and its levels of intellectual architectural process, while The research problem represented with a cognitive ambiguity of the immunity concept in the intellectual architectural process, that make the research follow an …

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The Influence Of Identity On The Intellectual Pluralism Of References In Architecture, Ahmed Hashim Hammed El-Eqapy Apr 2026

The Influence Of Identity On The Intellectual Pluralism Of References In Architecture, Ahmed Hashim Hammed El-Eqapy

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Contemporary proposals focused on studying the general framework of the qualitative mental effect on the concepts that generally affects in the design process, a need for studying the clear influence of one of concepts representing the ideation which it’s the concept of identity from a pluralistic perspective on an important single specialty in the detailed design framework so the importance of studying intellectual pluralism of reference in Architecture by identity are clarified. This research aims to define the general principles of the concept of ideation by reviewing a clarifying manner for representing it throw the identity to deduce the theoretical …

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Assesses The Green Infrastructure A Proposed Development Plan For Green Infrastructure To The City Of Kut, Ihsan Jasim Apr 2026

Assesses The Green Infrastructure A Proposed Development Plan For Green Infrastructure To The City Of Kut, Ihsan Jasim

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The Problems increase dramatically day after day in cities and declining quality of life, Resulting the decline on ecosystems, To address the problems in an integrated manner infrastructure green concepts emerged in the nineties of the last century and spread throughout the world, but there seems to be lack of understanding of green infrastructure in Iraq, as well as the weakness of environmental awareness and the important role of biodiversity for human life, Therefore, the search is trying to address the knowledge gap of this concept, as well as the development of strategies for the development in the city of …

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Positive Distraction And Passive Dispersion In The Interior Space Of Office Buildings, Shamael Mohammed Wajeeh Al Dabbagh, Lina Kifah Kadhum Al Khazaali Apr 2026

Positive Distraction And Passive Dispersion In The Interior Space Of Office Buildings, Shamael Mohammed Wajeeh Al Dabbagh, Lina Kifah Kadhum Al Khazaali

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The office building linked to the performance of visual tasks of work environments and reflect the progress of society and the one most in need to take into account the psychological dimension (dispersion and distraction) When designed especially as an area of practice where multiple activities, carried out by the staff (users boarders) with a temperament and different personalities, and frequented by users external diverse, all of this requires taking into account the different segments during the design process to integrate the system and have the final product work efficient motivates employees and increases their activity , So the research …

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The Historical Origins Of Knowledge Society In Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Bilal Samir Ali Apr 2026

The Historical Origins Of Knowledge Society In Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Bilal Samir Ali

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research interested with studying the concept of a knowledge society in architecture, as a result of presence the concept in a speech of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq, by calling to construction and transform to the knowledge society, to achieve educational and general societal goals. The research trying to disclosure the origins of concept in human civilizations and societies specifically who producing architectures has spatial and temporal characteristics. The research reviews the speech of the Ministry and then contemporary studies that establish the concept of knowledge society at the society, technology and economics, and …

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Cave System Technique As One Of The Most Important Applications Of Virtual Reality In Architecture, Aula Muhammed Abd Alkareem, Younis Saleem Apr 2026

Cave System Technique As One Of The Most Important Applications Of Virtual Reality In Architecture, Aula Muhammed Abd Alkareem, Younis Saleem

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Virtual reality technology is the most important techniques reached by the technological revolution in the last decades of the twentieth century. It had a significant impact in various fields of life, especially in the field of architecture through the presentation and realizing the product of architecture, The improve in technology and virtual reality techniques, including CAVE system was depend on how to understand the third dimension of space and sense of it. So it was necessary to keep pace with this development locally in Iraq and try to show its impact on this evolution in the perception of space and …

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Design Of Horizontal Shading Devices For Baghdad City's Buildings, Younis Saleem Apr 2026

Design Of Horizontal Shading Devices For Baghdad City's Buildings, Younis Saleem

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The use of sun control and shading devices is an important aspect of many energy-efficient building design strategies, where the shading of the building is the first step in the passive cooling systems in buildings. So the starting point of cooling systems is to reduce the solar heat gain by prevent solar radiation from entering the building in the hot period in the same time allow the daylight and benefit from achieving passive heating in cold period. This research interested with design of horizontal shading devices for buildings in Baghdad city. The research problem identified as the need to study …

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Digital Architecturestudying The Formality Characteristics Of "Digital Architecture", Lina Ghanim Yaqub Jajjawi Apr 2026

Digital Architecturestudying The Formality Characteristics Of "Digital Architecture", Lina Ghanim Yaqub Jajjawi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The digital revolution reflected on the architecture as it reflected on other scientific, living and social fields. It's effects emerged clearly in the architectural form, Hence the architectural products did not stop at the design using the traditional methods and producing pictures using computer but exceeded to where the form produced as a result to the imagination design affected directly by the digital media. There is a clear lack of knowledge in this aspect on the academic and professional levels within our local modern digitalization society. According the research problems was limited to "the lack of clear imagination of the …

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Graphic Techniques For Developing Creativity In Architectural Design, Rasha Subbhy, Emad Abd Al Hameed, Sahar Najeeb Karrufa Apr 2026

Graphic Techniques For Developing Creativity In Architectural Design, Rasha Subbhy, Emad Abd Al Hameed, Sahar Najeeb Karrufa

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The contemporary world is marked by the phenomenon of the rapid changes in all fields of human knowledge. The architecture of future will still be the most confusing and puzzling issue and misgivings that a rouse worry and leading to the spirit of adventures to make progress and arrive at the ways of revival, creativity and modernism. The idea of prevailing of certain culture or certain product in architecture depends on the given and available techniques, due to the fact that the computer and their graphic techniques become very important and vital to reinforce the image in architectural design. Thus, …

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The Concept Of Fourth Dimension In Landscape, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Rawaa Fawzi Naom Abbawi Apr 2026

The Concept Of Fourth Dimension In Landscape, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Rawaa Fawzi Naom Abbawi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Landscape designer deals with three spatial dimensions, as well as with another dimension mentioned in design literatures. This dimension is the fourth dimension. Because of the absence of sufficient information about this concept, in the field of architecture, and particularly in landscape design . For the purpose of benefiting the landscape architects, and how to present and develop this dimension through the design process, and finding it in the final design. Search for this concept in different literature those specialized in research problem, so this research was aimed to clarify the concept of the fourth dimension briefly within the scientific, …

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The Impact Of The Designer In The Architectural Outcomearchitectural Education Projects, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

The Impact Of The Designer In The Architectural Outcomearchitectural Education Projects, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

A theory was subjected ;as an attempt to study the architectural circulation as an education media; That, the impact of the projects in the circulate , where , these projects were designed as to improve the intellectual abilities of the students , different from traditional approach ; produced results in a kind of architecture which alien to the goals. The intention of such intel-lectual circulation meant to develop the aesthetic values of the student within the teaching medium. Teachers attempt to look for teaching medias that can be related to Society, Education, Histo-ry, as main ingredients in their teaching, in …

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Coherence In The Fractal City, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Sahar Hilal Abdul Rida Al-Dujaili Apr 2026

Coherence In The Fractal City, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Sahar Hilal Abdul Rida Al-Dujaili

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This research is a second part of paper about the Fractal City. The research studies the coherence phenomenon in this city, which is one of its characters. The paper connects the urban coherence with the geometrical coherence through the theory of complexity which says that the large scale complex which is assembled from tightly interacting subunits on many different levels of scale is in a hierarchy going down to the natural structure of material. Also through the connection with the rules of geometrical coherence which are, the coupling, variety, boundaries, forces, organization, hierarchy, interdependency and decomposition. The case study was …

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