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The Spiritual Impact Of The Original Decorative Product In Contemporary Islamic Arab Architecture, Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi, Ahmed Abed Jalowb Apr 2026

The Spiritual Impact Of The Original Decorative Product In Contemporary Islamic Arab Architecture, Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi, Ahmed Abed Jalowb

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Today the world is looking at a range of contemporary and influential technologies at all levels, Which contribute to the strengthening of contemporary architecture, Where architecture was directly influenced by contemporary technologies, The speed of achievement and accuracy in work and little effort as well as the diversity of materials that would last longer, This has become a point of attraction for architectural trends, especially the original Arab Islamic decoration, Which in the past had been created by local materials that were subject to erosion, with craftsmen's hands and a long time of achievement, Despite the availability of modern technologies …

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The Schematic Thought Of Cities Beyond The Hermann Theory, Tuqa Raad Alrobaee, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

The Schematic Thought Of Cities Beyond The Hermann Theory, Tuqa Raad Alrobaee, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research focuses on one of the important theories on the human brain, how to understand the nature of human thinking and predict its behavior, Hermann's theory, by introducing a new philosophical vision, looking for the center in Herman's model, Called the inner senses as adopted by the philosopher Ibn Sina. Thus, the research problem summarized as follows: the absence of a center in Hermann's model of organizing and coordination between the four parts of his brain that he proposed. The research adopted the hypothesis that there is a close relationship between the inner senses as proposed by Ibn Sina …

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The Role Of Standards In Hospitals’ Buildings Adaptation: Al-Falluja Teaching Hospital As Case Study, Mustafa Kamil Kadhim, Rasha Noori Ahmed Apr 2026

The Role Of Standards In Hospitals’ Buildings Adaptation: Al-Falluja Teaching Hospital As Case Study, Mustafa Kamil Kadhim, Rasha Noori Ahmed

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Previous studies have shown adaptation as key requirements of 21st century buildings generally and particularly, in hospitals’ buildings design, which are depend to apply the technical and global standards enable them to keeping up the development, and be respond to all changes happened with the evolution. While the war and the security deterioration are important factors that effect of hospital performance largely, and make it to exposure the functional and spatial obsolescence, and through that the research was founded lack of studies that focused on the concept of adaptation in the healthcare facilities, that identified the problem as (Lack of …

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The Performance Of The Gravitas Act In The Architectural Products, Zahraa Ahmed Hussien Aljbury, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori Apr 2026

The Performance Of The Gravitas Act In The Architectural Products, Zahraa Ahmed Hussien Aljbury, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The importance of the act of gravitas in architecture show as a normative rule on the sublimity and nobility of architectural products, through the characteristics of objective rationality and social interaction which is characterized by the act of gravitas such as clam, persistence, seriousness and others . Thus, a series of architectural studies and invitations have recently emerged to restore the gravitas of architectural product, having been overshadowed by the features of manipulation, ironic, softness, self-selectivity and other features that contradict the characteristics of the gravitas act. The studies implicitly or explicitly introduce a set of performance characteristics to achieve …

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Secure Architectural Design Of Commercial Buildings: Terrorist And Criminal Aspects In Shopping Centers, Tuqa Mahmood Hameed, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori Apr 2026

Secure Architectural Design Of Commercial Buildings: Terrorist And Criminal Aspects In Shopping Centers, Tuqa Mahmood Hameed, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The study deals with the concept of security as one of the concepts that affect the process of architectural design. Despite the development of architecture, one of its main objectives remains that the buildings are general and commercial, especially safe, regardless of the degree of urbanization or simplicity of the building, especially in view of the increasing threat of terrorist and criminal threats, Especially when human threats are common and are practiced for various reasons in the 21st century. The research problem is thus (the emergence of the cognitive need to study the safe design of human threats to commercial …

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The Effect Of Simultaneous And Sequential Performance Evaluations On Restricting The Formal Diversity Of Design, Dhuha A. Al-Kazzaz, Ayad Waleed Jalal Aswad Apr 2026

The Effect Of Simultaneous And Sequential Performance Evaluations On Restricting The Formal Diversity Of Design, Dhuha A. Al-Kazzaz, Ayad Waleed Jalal Aswad

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Performance-based architectural design is an approach to consider building performance as a key element in its generation and formation. This trend has become possible due to the development of digital technologies which enabled the designer to simulate the building performance digitally in different areas of design such as constructional, environmental, etc. In this approach, the performance assessment is an essential facility in the derivation of architectural form. Previous studies showed different opinions about where, when and how to apply evaluation criteria. Consequently, the research problem has been identified as: there is no clear understanding of the effect of different methods …

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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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Focalization As Strategy For The Production And Reading Of Contemporary Architectural Text, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza Apr 2026

Focalization As Strategy For The Production And Reading Of Contemporary Architectural Text, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Research examines the concept of ethical imagination as one of the influential concepts in the architectural design process. Who is known as "the Architect's ability to think according to moral frameworks to become an important source and then to be the task of balancing the poetic and the disciplined imagination to produce an ethical architectural text that benefits the individual and society. ", thus be the research problem (implications of morally imaginative concept in architecture ). So the research aims to explain the basics of moral fiction in architecture, and we are on it. Research assumes that the foundations of …

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Ethic Imagination In Architecture, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori, Tuqa Mahmood Hameed Apr 2026

Ethic Imagination In Architecture, Abdullah Saadoon Salman Almaamoori, Tuqa Mahmood Hameed

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Research examines the concept of ethical imagination as one of the influential concepts in the architectural design process. Who is known as "the Architect's ability to think according to moral frameworks to become an important source and then to be the task of balancing the poetic and the disciplined imagination to produce an ethical architectural text that benefits the individual and society. ", thus be the research problem (implications of morally imaginative concept in architecture ).So the research aims to explain the basics of moral fiction in architecture, and we are on it. Research assumes that the foundations of moral …

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Desire And Need In Architecture, Ahmed Abed Jalowb, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

Desire And Need In Architecture, Ahmed Abed Jalowb, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Human beings are fundamentally linked to a process of instinct that can make it into a process of research and generation until it becomes sufficient, and then it is renewed in space and another field, and then the process continues without a specific goal. The previous operations are centered on two poles: desire and need for architecture, , As well as the impact of human desire in architecture, they are in a wide space can not be easily understood. The purpose of this research is to identify and integrate this process within the framework of architecture and be specific to …

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The Porous Formation In Contemperory Architecture, Attaa Hasan Abbood Apr 2026

The Porous Formation In Contemperory Architecture, Attaa Hasan Abbood

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The porosity is one of the concepts which is adopted in contemporary architecture to enhance the production of innovative and unique architectural configurations and forms. It is characterized by balance and integration to achieve the best environmental, aesthetic and functional standards in the architectural building, in line with the technical and technological progress. The research problem was articulated as: the lack of comprehensive framework, of porous formation in terms of its nature, characteristics and rules of formation in contemporary architecture. The aim of research is to introduce this knowledge by adopting the descriptive and analytical approach to a number of …

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Environmental Design Between Heritage And Contemporary, Ahmed Talib Hameed Haddad, Kais Abdulhusein Abbas Apr 2026

Environmental Design Between Heritage And Contemporary, Ahmed Talib Hameed Haddad, Kais Abdulhusein Abbas

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research aims to demonstrate the importance of the intellectual and technological climate of the era, which is witnessing the development of vocabulary, which is completely different from another time period. Each generation has its own intellectual and technological specificity. In the context of this intellectual environment will discuss the sustainable climate system affecting the vocabulary of design, and how to achieve the comfort of the human in two different times; the first heritage of the old and the other contemporary. And how we can draw the basic concepts of this system at both times to conclude the different climatic …

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The Contemporary Vision Of Urban Planning According To The Requirements Of Modernity And Spirit Of The Times, Asaim Sabah Ibrahim Apr 2026

The Contemporary Vision Of Urban Planning According To The Requirements Of Modernity And Spirit Of The Times, Asaim Sabah Ibrahim

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Seven topics are addressed in terms of formulas in conjunction with the modernity of what planning is according to the level of being vague and it is: Math logic and its' relation with planning, Philosophy and its' relation with planning, policies and its' relation with planning, Freedom and its' relation with planning, Demography and its' relation with planning Society and it's its' relation with planning, art and its' relation with planning. Putting ahead and behind and extracts all the thoughts that related to the after modernity in implication and this research is about to raise a planning that is aligned …

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Integration Of Formal Structure In Urban Centers, Khansaa Ghazi Rasheed, Mohammed Kareem Salman Apr 2026

Integration Of Formal Structure In Urban Centers, Khansaa Ghazi Rasheed, Mohammed Kareem Salman

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Today, our cities are witnessing rapid expansion, growth and transformation to meet needs, The most important of these transformations is the transform of parts of residential neighborhoods into urban centers dynamically with the growth and expansion of the city, And this made us stand on the problems experienced by these modern urban centers of the absence of the elements of a structured structure integrated with them as well as the factors that affect this came this research to highlight this important aspect of urban development and urbanization. The research deal with the definition of urban centers , patterns and the …

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Deconstruction Thought In Image Of Islam Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

Deconstruction Thought In Image Of Islam Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Prepare architecture, Pot to the creative and aesthetic situations of man, Carrying features consistent with the needs of man, and in accordance with his traditions and environment, Characterized by the absorption of several aspects to grow While, for the thought of deconstruction, the most important part of dealing with the investment of architectural ideas in forms approved by it or the texts presented therein, to create configurations relied upon. In addition, the research interest in "generating design ideas between the search for strange forms and other forms of architecture, Arab or local to form forms desirable and non-expendable." This is …

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Pedestrian Friendly Environment In Residential Complexes Case Study Erbil, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Asmaa Omar Al.Talib Apr 2026

Pedestrian Friendly Environment In Residential Complexes Case Study Erbil, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Asmaa Omar Al.Talib

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This paper studies the concept of Pedestrian Friendly Environment in Residential complexes. It's defined it as (an environment that posses number of design and social characteristics, such as safety, vitality, connected and accessible. Also interesting, comfortable, through good design of pedestrian axes, mixed use and sustainable transportation. The research problem is that (there is a knowledge gap about the characteristics of this environment, and its treatment in residential complexes locally .The research hypothesis is that (The Pedestrian Friendly Environment in Residential complexes materialized through, planning dimensions, design and environmental characteristics and treatments). The paper found that the aim of pedestrian …

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The Contemporary Affordable Housing The Principles Of Contemporary Affordable Housing In Residential Buildings, Rana Mazin, Sanaa Sati Abbas Apr 2026

The Contemporary Affordable Housing The Principles Of Contemporary Affordable Housing In Residential Buildings, Rana Mazin, Sanaa Sati Abbas

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Affordable Housing represents one of the main attitudes depended universally at the main time, to meet the developed housing need, which reflected on the development of the concept to what is called now the contemporary affordable housing which must be differentiated from the traditional affordable housing and determine its privacy according to architectural special thesis, and that brings research problem "there is a gap about the role of contemporary affordable housing principles in the development of residential in general and local projects". The research determined the main items reflected to the concept, which are represented by the contemporary affordable housing …

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The Impact Of Using Heat Insulation In Reducing Operational Energy And Lca Emission In Local Building, Mohammad Salman Dawood, Younis Saleem Apr 2026

The Impact Of Using Heat Insulation In Reducing Operational Energy And Lca Emission In Local Building, Mohammad Salman Dawood, Younis Saleem

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The Building sector is one of the biggest sector in energy consumption and greenhouse gases emission, and the biggest phase of building life cycle that responsible of that consumption of energy and emission is operation phase (specially Heating and cooling) and it’s effected directly by building material thermal conductivity. There is a different ways to reduce operation consumption of energy and life cycle emission like using insulated wall and glazing. So the research problem will be “the need of applied research that compare the energy consumption of energy and emissions change in masonry building when using different thermal performance skins”. …

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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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Architecture According To Philosophy Of Crossing (Al – Uobor) Architecture Concept According To Al – Jabari Philosophical Model, Ahmed Talib Hameed Haddad Apr 2026

Architecture According To Philosophy Of Crossing (Al – Uobor) Architecture Concept According To Al – Jabari Philosophical Model, Ahmed Talib Hameed Haddad

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This research aims to discuss the concept of architecture historically according to intellectual rules of Dr. Ali Al-Jabri philosophy as it is the basic model from which the concept of intellectual concepts, including the concept of the crossing term (al – uobor), which is the dynamic engine of the Jabri philosophical model, to formulate the research vision of architecture according to the philosophy of (al – uobor). The general problem of research in the study of architecture as a cultural phenomenon with intellectual roots in philosophers. The research problem was formed in the activation of local philosophical frameworks and models …

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The Activation Mechanisms Of Co-Housing Design, Rana Mazin, Kameelah A. Al-Qaissi Apr 2026

The Activation Mechanisms Of Co-Housing Design, Rana Mazin, Kameelah A. Al-Qaissi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The interesting in organizing residential complex is the most important challenges facing the process of social, economic and environmental development issues, therefore, the work on solving design, planning and organizational problems is one of the most important issues currently under discussion, in view of the fact that the population should not only be targets for development but real participants, and not to isolate community participation, waiting for the right moment for its development, or to put it in its proper framework. This study deals with community participation in housing design from the conceptual and applied aspects and analysis of the …

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Continuous Productive Urban Landscape An Analytical Study Of Design Properties, Fatima Fouad Yaseen, Rawaa Fawzi Naom Abbawi Apr 2026

Continuous Productive Urban Landscape An Analytical Study Of Design Properties, Fatima Fouad Yaseen, Rawaa Fawzi Naom Abbawi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research had taken the concept of Continuous Productive Urban Landscape that appeared within the sustainable trends in the city, provides the opportunity to address the problems of lack in city open space, strengthen the relationship between the built environment and nature, access to multi-functional landscape. Therefore, it request the need of research in this concept and determine its properties, so the research problem appeared, in the need of a theoretical framework for the properties of Continuous Productive Urban landscape, To help designers having its benefits in the design process. Thus, the aim of this paper is to construct an …

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Improving The Quality Of Architectural Learning Outcomes In Iraq, Ahmed Talib Hameed Haddad, Falah Khalaf Ali Apr 2026

Improving The Quality Of Architectural Learning Outcomes In Iraq, Ahmed Talib Hameed Haddad, Falah Khalaf Ali

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research is concerned with the development of the quality of the learning outcomes through the development of a general system and a road map in order to make a qualitative leap in these outputs. This requires knowledge of the nature of the contemporary global intellectual climate (the climate of globalization) In the developed world. If specialized architectural knowledge is one of this economic knowledge, the graduates of this specialization are a feature of that knowledge that characterizes the country and carry cultural characteristics in addition to the qualities of their architectural specialization in order to practice their profession and …

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Extended Restorative Spaces: Restaurants As A Case Study, Hind Abdul Safaa Aldeen Hameed Al Shahiry, Shamael Mohammed Wajeeh Al Dabbagh Apr 2026

Extended Restorative Spaces: Restaurants As A Case Study, Hind Abdul Safaa Aldeen Hameed Al Shahiry, Shamael Mohammed Wajeeh Al Dabbagh

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Stress and tension are considered among the most important characteristics of today's modern society, which in turn affect the mental and physical health of the people, it affects negatively mostly on the ability of the person to focus and perform a mentally stressed tasks. in addition to the physical effects such as fatigue and exhaustion, and as a consequence it shows a falter in blood pressure levels, cholesterol and so on. Within such environment, the role of the architect and interior designer becomes more interesting to invest in social spaces and spaces of hospitality as a daily escape to temporary …

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Housing Contribution To Urban Regeneration - A Case Study Of The Welsh Housing Quality Standards (Whqs) And The Can Do Toolkit In Uk Wales, Wajdan Dehaa Abdul Jalil, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi Apr 2026

Housing Contribution To Urban Regeneration - A Case Study Of The Welsh Housing Quality Standards (Whqs) And The Can Do Toolkit In Uk Wales, Wajdan Dehaa Abdul Jalil, Hussaen Ali Hasan Kahachi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This research is looking at notion of urban regeneration and housing role on it. the research is structured into two parts; the first part is concerned with defining urban regeneration, its importance, and the and the different factors in academic literature. then it continues by dividing and thoroughly analyzing/discussing the different housing contributions to urban regeneration both directly and indirectly. it will provide critical review of these contributions against future needs and changes. the second part will further evaluate all discussed in the first part in practice through a casestudy of the welsh housing quality standards (whqs) and "the can …

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Employing Natural Lighting Systems Technology In Raising Environmental Efficiency In Educational Buildings, Saif Aldeen Saad Abdul-Hameed, Younis Saleem Apr 2026

Employing Natural Lighting Systems Technology In Raising Environmental Efficiency In Educational Buildings, Saif Aldeen Saad Abdul-Hameed, Younis Saleem

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Studies were carried out to increase dependence on day lighting to illuminate the buildings because of their psychological and health benefits ,and recent research has shown that exposure to artificial lighting for long periods cause health damage. As a result, many modern and sophisticated systems has emerged to introduce day lighting into the building to integrate with the traditional system (windows). These systems are based on advanced technology and can be available at relatively low cost, especially light tubes that integrated with traditional lighting (windows) to light deep spaces. Hence this research introduces new methodology added by using one of …

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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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Indigenization Text Features In Contemporary Local Architecture, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza, Suaad Khaleel Ibraheem, Arwa Mohammed Mubarak Apr 2026

Indigenization Text Features In Contemporary Local Architecture, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza, Suaad Khaleel Ibraheem, Arwa Mohammed Mubarak

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The impact of the rapid progress of technology on local architecture features, led the so to chaos in architectural production and lack of harmony with each other, in particular, and with the general context in general, bore with two trends contradictory problematic firstly originality and return to the local architecture values and its assets and the second modernity and liberation of the old and the impossibility of return to the past.Confirmation continuity of civilization would have to come through innovation and Indigenization in the architectural expression and linked to the concepts of modernity, the identity of the concept of a …

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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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The Effect Of Music On The International Architectural Design Process Output, Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi, Sana Ali Ibrahim Alobaidy Apr 2026

The Effect Of Music On The International Architectural Design Process Output, Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi, Sana Ali Ibrahim Alobaidy

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Music has always had its generative role in building societies as one of the modern cultural basis. Arab Muslims had their own share of the music industry as Al Farabi divided melodies into delightful, imaginary & emotional; as Ibn Khadoon assured that civilizations fall as the music falls eventually, some declared that music can transfer a still painting to a musical, motionable or aesthetic view of expression. As music's role is increasing in fields, especially architecture, thus, the main problem comes about musical and architectural relationship, revealing the special case of composting architectural texture musically, & the research problem exposed …

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