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Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA
ISSN 3023-7009 · Alanya Üniversitesi · 872 articles in the index
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System-Level Conditions Shaping the Deployment of Wood Fibre Insulation in European Residential Construction
This study examines the deployment of wood fibre insulation (WFI) in residential construction through a comparative system-level analysis of Finland, Germany, and the United Kingdom. It explores how regulatory frameworks, construction systems, housing structures, and broader industrial contexts…
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Mathematics in Interior Architecture Education in Türkiye: Curricular Positioning and Design Integration
This study examines the presence, content, and pedagogical positioning of “Mathematics” courses in undergraduate interior architecture programmes in Türkiye. As an interdisciplinary field, interior architecture relies on mathematics to shape both physical and perceptual aspects of space. A document…
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Towards Breathable Building Envelopes for a Synergy between Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency
Over the past few decades, architectural practice has taken a new direction, giving rise to a remarkable trend in the design of modern building envelopes. These envelopes, often adaptive and inspired by nature, have emerged through innovative manufacturing techniques based on advanced technologies…
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Rethinking the Diagram: From Mechanism to Affective Surfaces
In architectural history, the diagram is framed as a productive mechanism enabling the spatial formation of thought. Deleuze’s reading of the diagram as a fluid, operational surface and Vidler’s definition of it as a temporal, abstract machine expand the concept beyond conventional representation…
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Incorporation of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Comfort in Buildings: A Case of Warm and Humid Climate
Thermal comfort in warm–humid climates remains challenging due to persistently high temperatures, elevated humidity, and limited night-time cooling. Conventional mechanical cooling increases energy demand, highlighting the need for passive, climate-responsive alternatives. This research…
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Building the Fundamentals with a Plastic Water Bottle: A Methodology for Architectural Design Education
During the semester-long Fundamentals of Design studio discussed in this paper, students were introduced to principles of scale, spatial organization strategies, environmental responsibility, and teamwork through an upcycling project that used the discarded plastic water bottle as a building block…
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Biophilic Learning Environments and Cognitive Performance in Egyptian Primary Schools
Despite extensive historical, philosophical, and psychological acknowledgement of nature's positive influence on children's learning, no standardized, empirically validated framework currently exists for measuring how biophilic learning environments affect the creative and cognitive abilities of…
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Enhancing Environmental Awareness through Media Storytelling in Built Environment Education
This study presents a pedagogical case from a fourth-year course, Theory of Built Environment Interaction, in which students developed community awareness campaigns addressing water issues, climate change, and environmental justice. Using video storytelling and child-friendly animation, students…
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Identifying and Prioritizing Barriers to Construction 4.0 Adoption
The transition to Construction 4.0 has the potential to transform productivity, sustainability, and decision-making across the construction industry; however, its adoption remains low in Turkey. This study aims to systematically determine and rank the key challenges hindering the implementation of…
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Transforming Sustainable Architecture through Extended Reality (XR): A Cognitive and Decision-Support Framework for Sustainable Architectural Design
The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector significantly impacts worldwide energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, necessitating sustainable and data-driven design practices. Extended Reality (XR), comprising Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality…
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Rule-Based Design and Semantic Modeling: BIM and Procedural Modeling Integration for Digital Twin Architecture
Increasing architectural complexity necessitates the adoption of integrated methods. Convergence of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Procedural Modeling (PM), within contemporary architecture is analyzed in this study. The limitations and potentials encountered during this convergence are…
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AI and Its Role in Architectural Education
The developing technologies shape and lead various domains; they have started to be used in fields such as education and architecture. This issue presents the amalgamations of those two fields. Employing AI is significant since architecture is a profession that involves technology as its…
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Variable Seriality: Surfaces and Additive Manufacturing as Design Research
This paper investigates the role of variable seriality in the design of modular surfaces produced through additive manufacturing, interpreting the surface as a project-based system rather than a finishing element. The aim is to explore how modular repetition, combined with controlled variation of…
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Architecture Pedagogy for Tomorrow: Speculative Practices in Design Studios
Architecture holds a long-standing history, encompassing language, typology, scale, materiality and meaning, and evolving across geographies and timelines. The parameters shaping the built world are redefined with every shift in the social-political, cultural, technological and environmental…
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Biopolitics, Space, and the Critical Position of the Architect-Subject
Space is a heterogeneous construction involving interplay between social actors and physical components that is produced and consumed through everyday experiences and bodily practices. The fact that space is not merely a physical expression but also an embodiment of sociality is the basis of the…
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Why Architectural History Struggles to Integrate with the Design Studio
The architectural design studio is located at the centre of the learning expected in the Bachelor of Architecture course. It is expected that all other subjects must inform and enrich the learning in the design studio. Architectural history is a mandatory core course in the B Arch curriculum in…
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Hydrological Performance of Green Roofs in Urban Areas Exposed to Extreme Rainfall Events
How do green roofs influence stormwater runoff in urban areas exposed to increasingly extreme rainfall events? This paper evaluates hydrological performance of green roofs under changing climatic conditions characterized by more frequent short-duration, high-intensity precipitation. The study…
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Optimizing Daylight and Occupant Comfort: A Simulation-Based Analysis of Building Performance in Famagusta, Cyprus
Although much literature has examined daylighting and energy performance, few studies combine daylight, thermal comfort and occupant-centred performance under a single simulation-based framework for Mediterranean environments. This paper proposes an organised simulation-based approach to assess and…
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Courtyard as a Spatial Negotiator: Socio-Spatial Transformation of Domestic Life in Traditional and Contemporary Indian Houses
This paper examines how changing socio-spatial configurations influence patterns of negotiated domesticity in traditional and contemporary courtyard houses within India's composite climate. A comparative case study approach is adopted, analyzing traditional houses from Ayodhya, Barabanki, and…
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Passive Thermal Comfort and Energy Performance of Residential Morphologies in a Hot–Arid Climate: a Simulation-Based Assessment for Post-War Housing Reconstruction in Aleppo
Post-war housing reconstruction in Aleppo faces the dual challenge of delivering thermal comfort and improving thermal and energy performance under a hot-dry climate with constrained infrastructure. This study evaluates 24 residential morphologies across four plan families (L, U, Courtyard (box)…