Open House International: Volume 43 Issue 4

Editorial

Yonca Hurol

This is the last issue of Open House International, which was prepared by Nicholas Wilkinson, who was the chief editor of the journal for many years.

Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Green Commercial Space Design

Hao-Cheng Huang, Yeng-Horng Perng

Commercial space features essential characteristics of attracting clients and creating profits; thus, the exterior and interior designs of conventional commercial space were often…

“Western” Influence on Some Palace Gardens in Historical Peninsula of Istanbul

M. Bekar, M Var

From past to present, Istanbul has witnessed many empires and historical events. This accumulation has made Istanbul one of the most important cities in Turkey. The architecture…

A Spatial Analysis of the Urban Public Space: Case Study the Museum of Islamic Art Park, Doha

Emine Malkoc True, Çigdem Kiliçaslan

The starting point of this study is to examine the open space of the Museum of Islamic Art Park, located in Doha, through the design criteria to find out, qualitively and…

Post-Disaster Housing: A Complex Systems Approach to Social Resilience

Ugochukwu K. Elinwa, Nothando Moyo

Conflicts are a form of man-made disaster changing the economy of nations, influencing energy concerns, food, shelter and demographic distributions. The breakdown of global…

Built Environmental Variations Between Regular and Imax Theatres

Chen Wang, Heng Li

The movie substitutes such as home cinema, video on demand (VOD), and plasma televisions leaded to a declining attendance of patrons to movie theatres, which urged the invention…

Neighbourhood Parks as a Potential Stress Reliever: Review on Literature

Syaidatul Azzreen Ishak, Hazreena Hussein, Adi Ainurzaman Jamaludin

This paper probes into the relationship between Neighbourhood Parks and their efficiency as a potential stress reliever from the outdoor environment. It consists of the…

A Different Experience in the Build-Sell Process: Casae Study Ankara

Cilga Resuloglu

During the post-World War II period, Turkey's housing supply models were limited to individual housings. Three main trends in the construction industry helped overcome this…

Alvar Aalto: An Anthill Under the Undulating Sky. A Critical View of Finnish Networking

Marco Bruno

The many speculative writings found in Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's notes show an interesting array of information about the construction of a knowledge society, and the…

Increasing Ecological Capacity by Designing Ecological High Rise Buildings

Talie Tohidi Moghadam, Mahmoud Feizabadi

This study provides insight into using ecological design principles in designing high-rise buildings for increasing the ecological capacity of a region. It is a…

Flash Card Set as Rehearse Tool for Architecture Students

Badiossadat Hassanpour, Adi Irfan Che-Ani, Nil Paşaoğluları Şahin, Alireza Tabrizi

The main goal of architectural education is to increase the independency level of students in finding design solutions throughout their academic years. Despite numerous…