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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Re-Pointing As Technique In Repair And Sustainable Architectural Preservation, Khawla Kareem Kawther Apr 2026

Re-Pointing As Technique In Repair And Sustainable Architectural Preservation, Khawla Kareem Kawther

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Urban heritage has great historical and cultural value, There are initiatives to repair buildings where have been damaged, the problem lies in repair techniques, skill, quality of materials used, as of things that have taken on an ongoing renovations on buildings macerated, is the use of different building materials from the original in terms of the scale or type, that the quality of the old as the aesthetic, the privacy and the symbolism dimensions become, architecture constants, and the need to develop appropriate ways to do these reforms, which can cause a lot of damage to the architectural heritage if …

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The Impact Of Technology In Indigenization Strategy The Local Contemporary Architecture As A Case Study, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza, Suaad Khaleel Ibraheem, Arwa Mohammed Mubarak Apr 2026

The Impact Of Technology In Indigenization Strategy The Local Contemporary Architecture As A Case Study, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza, Suaad Khaleel Ibraheem, Arwa Mohammed Mubarak

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The swift development of technology have a major act in architectural project making, which Features by changes and development in the intellectual and formal aspects. It showed the new formal Types of buildings with the zeitgeist of the technical aspects whether it is in the process of design or construction. Many of the architectural projects appeared that carry a formality contemporary values stemming from technology concepts within the context of local architecture, from here research come to study the impact of technology in the process of production the contemporary local architecture. Thus emerged the concept of technological indigenization which mean …

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The Integrity In The Product And Movement Of Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

The Integrity In The Product And Movement Of Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Integrity affects in the development methods of the architectural projects, creativity contexts carrying new characters which increase it is effectiveness. Finding the way of dealing with a designer and recipient of the architectural product. Therefore, the research question in the integrity architectural movement throughout it is history and the compatibility between the product and movement of architecture. The research determined methodology included the answer of the question with two methods in; Analytical approach, and represent ;( 1) agreement method in a change of place. by using design act in how it integrates architecture between it is visible and invisible systems …

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Urban Agriculture Spaces In Built Environment Analytic Study Of Spatial Properties And Multi-Uses, Rawaa Naom Abbawi, Fatima Fouad Yaseen Apr 2026

Urban Agriculture Spaces In Built Environment Analytic Study Of Spatial Properties And Multi-Uses, Rawaa Naom Abbawi, Fatima Fouad Yaseen

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research had taken the concept of urban agriculture as one of the concepts that appeared within the sustainable trends in the city, and because of limited green areas, popular growth, and ongoing neglect to the urban landscape in cities. Moreover, in order to get the essential role of urban agriculture in the city, it requested the need for research in this concept. Therefore, the research problem appeared, as a knowledge need to explore the urban agriculture concept and its applying ability in order to avoid ongoing neglecting of urban landscape in the city. In order to solve the research …

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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 Impact Of The Internal Space Elements On The Performance Of Efficiency In The Inpatient Ward, Saad Mohsin Hmoud Apr 2026

The Impact Of The Internal Space Elements On The Performance Of Efficiency In The Inpatient Ward, Saad Mohsin Hmoud

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The health sector in Iraq is suffering from the absence of keep up with modern trends. At the healing architecture fields which is linked to Building performance of efficiency especially on interior design. That is have physical and psychological effect and impact of the users experience and mechanism of transforming this experience into realty by using elements of internal spaces. Research is based on the perception that is building performance efficiency depend on internal space elements, through patients experience on the surrounding environment in the inpatient wards. Therefore, research problem is cognitive deficiencies on the impact of internal space elements …

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The Effect Of Social Mobility To Disfigure Houses Elevations (Houses In Holy Karbala As A Cause Study), Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi, Ali Adnan Alwan Alhelli Apr 2026

The Effect Of Social Mobility To Disfigure Houses Elevations (Houses In Holy Karbala As A Cause Study), Mahdi Saleh A.H. Al-Ataabi, Ali Adnan Alwan Alhelli

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Architecture is a mutual dialogue system where the place and time interact with environment. However, when noises interfere with this process, the architecture system will lose its mutual dialogue, which prevent society such an important communicating tool with world. Therefore, the objective of this article is to declare the effect of the society trends system changes in deforming the signification system that produce architectural forms, that lead to disfigurement of architecture. The research problem is “the Social mobility is associated with a signification system changes and appearance of disfigurement. We suppose that the social mobility push the architecture of society …

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Persuasion For Criticism In The Architecture, Basim Hasan Al Majid, Ahmed Abed Jalowb Apr 2026

Persuasion For Criticism In The Architecture, Basim Hasan Al Majid, Ahmed Abed Jalowb

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The Critique is a tool for the development of architectural production, And when that criticism in architecture depends on the parties : (Critic, Receiver, and Output ), And there is a dialogue going on between the critic and the receiver, The process depends on the acceptance or refusal. Therefore it is necessary to put a tool for Persuasion the receiver, This tool practiced by the critic to be able to Persuasion the recipient to accept the views put forward , So the process of persuasion in the critique consisting of several stimuli to criticism in general, Some of them give …

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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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Residents Satisfaction In The Residential Environment, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Saba Salih Salal Apr 2026

Residents Satisfaction In The Residential Environment, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Saba Salih Salal

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This Paper studies the concept of residents satisfaction in residential environment . It' defines it as the emotional responses of the residents to the residential environment, whether it is a physical environment , which includes the characteristics of the house ,public services and neighborhood facilities , or social indicators environment such as privacy and belonging, this response varies according to demographics and experiences dweller. The aim of this paper is to study this concept locally. Research hypotheses was that , the residents satisfaction is materialized through the physical environment characteristics and the social environment indicators . The research finding that …

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Architecture Image Of Baghdad City During The Mamluk Rule As Seen By Foreign Travelers, Parizat Q. Hussein Fehmi Fehmi Apr 2026

Architecture Image Of Baghdad City During The Mamluk Rule As Seen By Foreign Travelers, Parizat Q. Hussein Fehmi Fehmi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The Mamluks rule of Baghdad (1749-1831 AD) is considered an important stage in the history of Iraq, being an introductory stage in modern Iraq history. The research identified its cognitive problem as follows: the lack of Knowledge about the important elements or components of Baghdad city image and its characteristics, both on urban and architectural levels, which draw the attention or concentration of the most prominent foreign travellers, each separately, when they visited the city during the Mamluk rule, so they mentioned and described these subjects in their accounts about the journey. First, moreover, there is no clear and somewhat …

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Expressive Appropriateness In Contemporary Architectural Production, Suha Haddan Aldahwia, Binar Abdul-Hameed Al Jaf Apr 2026

Expressive Appropriateness In Contemporary Architectural Production, Suha Haddan Aldahwia, Binar Abdul-Hameed Al Jaf

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The concept of Appropriateness has emerged by thousands of years, since the architect Vitruvius, as one of the most important theoretical aspects that achieve integrated architecture. It has evolved over the years in the postmodern architecture to the importance of the recipient and his reading of the architectural text. The concept varied and numerous such as ( functional, structural, expressive , environmental, social, and economic) Appropriateness. The research emerged many of the architectural and non architectural studies related to the concept of Appropriateness, where achieved to the importance of the expressive side and expressive Appropriateness. The research identified problem as …

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Sustainable Transportation And Urban Form, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Yahya Tayyeh Imran Apr 2026

Sustainable Transportation And Urban Form, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Yahya Tayyeh Imran

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The development of the means of transportation lead to travelling to new areas, and settled in suburban, so it was necessary to study the relationship between sustainable transportation and urban form .The research problem was that (there was a gab about the role of sustainable transportation in urban form). The aim of this paper is to build a theoretical frame work about this relationships. The paper described and analyzed two, Arabic and international samples, which have been chosen according to the variety of sustainable transportation as an urban strategy .The paper concluded that, the urban form based on sustainable transportation …

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