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Radović, Darko. "Towards culturally responsive and responsible teaching of urban design." URBAN DESIGN International 9, no. 4 (2004): 175–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000124.
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Radford, Antony. "Urban design, ethics and responsive cohesion." Building Research & Information 38, no. 4 (2010): 379–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2010.481437.
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Cortesão, João, Sanda Lenzholzer, Jochen Mülder, Lisette Klok, Cor Jacobs, and Jeroen Kluck. "Visual guidelines for climate-responsive urban design." Sustainable Cities and Society 60 (September 2020): 102245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102245.
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Tamminga, Ken, João Cortesão, and Michiel Bakx. "Convivial Greenstreets: A Concept for Climate-Responsive Urban Design." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (2020): 3790. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093790.
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This paper presents a conceptual framework for using “convivial greenstreets” (CG) as a resource for climate adaptation. When applied consistently, CG can become an emerging green practice with a positive impact on urban adaptation to climate change: CG may provide localized climate amelioration in ways that support social engagement outdoors. However, as spontaneous phenomena, CG should neither become an academic nor an aesthetic prescriptive tool. How then can CG be used as an active resource for urban adaptation to climate change while avoiding these two potential pitfalls? To explore this question, we present the concept of CG and the ways it can be situated in theoretical urbanism and analogous urban morphologies. We profile the CG inventory corpus and conceptualization that has taken place to date and expand them through a climate-responsive urban design lens. We then discuss how CG and climate-responsive urban design can be brought together while preventing the academization and aestheticizing of the former. This discussion is illustrated with a group of visualizations. We conclude by submitting that climate-responsive urban design and extensive and robust CG practices can co-operate to promote more resilient communities and urban climates. Finally, the conceptual framework herein sets an agenda for future research.
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Kloeckl, Kristian. "The Urban Improvise." Design Issues 33, no. 4 (2017): 44–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00460.
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In this article I draw a parallel between the responsive nature of urban environments in today's hybrid cities and improvisation in the performing arts. By drawing on material from the practice and study of improvisation, as well as the humanities and social sciences, I examine the nature of improvisation and its relationship with urban life. Based on this approach, four key positions are proposed as foundational elements for an improvisation-based model of urban interaction design. A brief analysis examines this model in relation to three existing projects, and by using responsive urban lighting as an example, I illustrate how improvisation techniques can be employed to put into action the proposed key positions to guide the design of responsive urban environments.
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Flaherty, George F. "Responsive Eyes." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 73, no. 3 (2014): 372–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2014.73.3.372.
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Responsive Eyes: Urban Logistics and Kinetic Environments for the 1968 Mexico City Olympics looks closely at a series of temporary designed environments created for the organizing committee of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Integrating architecture, visual communication, and mass media, the design team created kinetic environments, or spaces that estranged user-beholders’ visual and spatial perceptions, inviting immersion and interaction to produce a holistic image of a thoroughly modern, socially integrated Mexico at a time when this view of Mexico was not necessarily held by audiences at home or abroad. The team’s design choices demonstrated cosmopolitan awareness of global aesthetics and discursive currents, including optical and kinetic art as well as recent advances in scientific investigation that inspired new modes of urban vision and engagement, part of an international renewal of modernist techniques and aspirations. These environments also responded to more local concerns, including Mexico City’s ongoing capitalist urbanization and reticulation of the modernist architect’s professional and social purchase in Mexico in light of increasing globalization. By situating the Olympic environments within the larger context of exhibitions of kinetic art and art happenings from the period, George F. Flaherty highlights the possibilities and limits of transformation envisaged by Mexico 68’s kinetic environments, arguing that their design provides a window through which to assess Mexican architects’ claim to act as expert mediators between the city and state, architecture and art, and Mexico and the wider world.
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Safi, Hedayat Ullah, Mohammad Mukhlis Behsoodi, and Wafiullah Shirzad. "Eco-Friendly Urban Design: Investigating Innovative Approaches and Sustainable Construction Practices Across Afghanistan’s Diverse Climate Zones." Urbana - Urban Affairs & Public Policy XXV, no. 1 (2024): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.47785/urbana.2024.2.
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Climate change serves as a pervasive catalyst globally, significantly influencing urban growth and construction dynamics. The interplay of population growth, heightened consumption, increased waste production, and rising CO2 emissions presents a substantial threat to biodiversity and plant life. Creating vibrant, environmentally conscious cities requires integrating architectural, design, and landscape components into the urban development process. This study employs a descriptive approach to examine the intricate dynamics among urbanism, urbanization, and climate-responsive design across Afghanistan's diverse climatic zones. The findings reveal a significant shift from traditional to contemporary global standards, marking a significant evolution within the construction sector. However, there remains a notable lack of climate awareness, resulting in a gap between evolving construction features and climate-responsive methodologies. The Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency’s strategies are often too generalized, failing to address specific climatic requirements effectively. Unplanned urban growth has led to limited access to proper housing, increased poverty, and greater vulnerability to climate impacts. Key issues include uncontrolled carbon emissions from heating, transportation, waste management, and industrial activities, severely affecting precipitation patterns and living quality. The research emphasizes the necessity for tailored climate-responsive design and sustainable construction practices, advocating for integrating green technologies and enhancing regulatory frameworks to promote energy efficiency and reduce the environmental footprint of urban developments in Afghanistan.
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Pattacini, Laurence. "Urban Design and Rivers: A Critical Review of Theories Devising Planning and Design Concepts to Define Riverside Urbanity." Sustainability 13, no. 13 (2021): 7039. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13137039.
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In a post-industrial world one of the foci of urbanism has been on the regeneration of former industrial sites along urban rivers. This is a contemporary urban design issue that needs further attention, especially in relation to urban forms and design interventions. This paper sets out to contribute to research in design by reviewing past theories and practices in order to inform the formation of conceptual ideas. These are of importance to inform practice and ensure responsive and responsible processes in planning and design. Such a review has hitherto been lacking, but with a renewed interest in urban densification, research in the design of cities is required. Thus, this paper provides a critical assessment of theories, which are identified and categorised in relation to urban riverside regeneration. For this study, urban design is considered as a craft requiring ‘savoir faire’ to ensure the functionality and quality of urban spaces. Transferable principles and ideas are identified in relation to the specific characteristics of riverside locations contributing to the definition of a ‘riverside urbanity’. It provides a theoretical framework identifying types of riverside landscapes, including the relationship between urban forms and river corridors.
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Zhong, Sailin, Ido Nevat, Juan Angel Acero, Lea Alexandra Rüfenacht, Perhac Jan, and Elliot Koh. "A novel decision support tool for climate-responsive urban design." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1343 (November 2019): 012011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012011.
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Enrique Fernández L., J., Joaquín de Cea Ch., and R. Henry Malbran. "Demand responsive urban public transport system design: Methodology and application." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 42, no. 7 (2008): 951–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2007.12.008.
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Bos, Shivashish. "Climate and Urban Design Responsive Modern Architecture in Existing Setting." Bonfring International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management Science 2, no. 4 (2012): 62–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.9756/bijiems.1739.
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Kieran, Laura, and Christine Anderson. "Connecting Universal Design for Learning With Culturally Responsive Teaching." Education and Urban Society 51, no. 9 (2018): 1202–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013124518785012.
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Urban students are increasingly diverse in race, culture, language, and background knowledge. Educators must consider how students’ differences affect learning and align pedagogies that address this diversity. Universal design for learning (UDL) has provided educators with a framework for differentiation to address learner differences. Using UDL principles without explicitly considering how cultural differences and perspectives affect learning may increase the disparity in student achievement for students of color. Likewise, the same applies to the effect of socioeconomic status or language development on students’ preparation for learning in a “typical” school environment. Culturally responsive pedagogies prompt educators to design instruction from the perspective of students’ diversity as strengths rather than deficits. Frequently overlooked aspects of culturally responsive pedagogy are compared with the facets of the UDL framework to provide teachers with additional considerations when planning for effective instruction.
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Van Ameijde, Jeroen. "Data-driven Urban Design." SPOOL 9, no. 1 (2022): 35–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/spool.2022.1.03.
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Nicholas Negroponte and MIT’s Architecture Machine Group speculated in the 1970s about computational processes that were open to participation, incorporating end-user preferences and democratizing urban design. Today’s ‘smart city’ technologies, using the monitoring of people’s movement and activity patterns to offer more effective and responsive services, might seem like contemporary interpretations of Negroponte’s vision, yet many of the collectors of user information are disconnected from urban policy making. This article presents a series of theoretical and procedural experiments conducted through academic research and teaching, developing user-driven generative design processes in the spirit of ‘The Architecture Machine’. It explores how new computational tools for site analysis and monitoring can enable data-driven urban place studies, and how these can be connected to generative strategies for public spaces and environments at various scales. By breaking down these processes into separate components of gathering, analysing, translating and implementing data, and conceptualizing them in relation to urban theory, it is shown how data-driven urban design processes can be conceived as an open-ended toolkit to achieve various types of user-driven outcomes. It is argued that architects and urban designers are uniquely situated to reflect on the benefits and value systems that control data-driven processes, and should deploy these to deliver more resilient, liveable and participatory urban spaces.
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Lin, Hankun, Shi Yin, Chao Xie, and Yaoguang Lin. "Research-Integrated Pedagogy with Climate-Responsive Strategies: Vernacular Building Renovation Design." Buildings 12, no. 9 (2022): 1294. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12091294.
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Following the rapid development and urbanization in China over recent decades, sustainable renovation of urban residences has become an important issue. This study aimed to develop an architectural teaching program integrating the study of local climate, vernacular buildings, climate-responsive design strategies, and simulation tools. A local house in a high-density neighborhood in Guangzhou, China, in a hot-humid climate area was selected for renovation in this teaching program. Investigations of the urban neighborhood development, the construction and climate-responsive characteristics of the vernacular houses, long-term thermal environment characteristics, and sustainable design strategies were conducted before the design project began. The guidelines of Active House combining passive strategies and active technologies were incorporated into the concept design. The students’ works represented their understanding of the characteristics of a hot-humid climate, responsive strategies for the local buildings, preliminary methodologies of micro-climate analysis, and technologies supporting sustainable building design. Thus, this program provided a valuable approach to the appropriate pedagogy for a research-integrated design studio within the context of sustainable architectural education development.
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Boontharm, Davisi. "Urban Design for Super Mature Society." Journal of Public Space, Vol. 4 n. 4 (December 31, 2019): 137–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.32891/jps.v4i4.1238.
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This paper aims to discuss an experience in teaching and learning urban design-research studio at The international Program in Architecture and Urban Design, Meiji University, Japan, in 2018. The studio attempted to address a specific context of the advanced aging and shrinking of the city in Japanese society through urban design thinking. By applying a research-led teaching method which requires students to search and respond to the resource approach to sustainable urban regeneration, the studio seeks creative and responsive ideas which could create an alternative to the decline of urban fringe in a specific context of an old new town suffering from the advanced aging demography. With our main interest in the research on requalification, the studio was seeking to explore this concept in urban design scale. This design-research studio tried to identify and later applied the keywords with prefix “RE-s” as statement and conceptual thinking in the production of space. The area of investigation is Tama New Town located in Tokyo’s western suburb. It is the largest new town ever developed in Japan during the period of rapid economic growth in the 1970’s. Its design, which adopted the modernist planning concept, has become problematic in today’s situation. Half a century has passed, the new town, which never achieved its goal, has aged and is facing several socio-economic challenges. The aim of this urban design-research studio is to reach beyond just technical problem solving by spatial design and instead exercise the responsive strategic thinking to address the current alarming issues of the aging and shrinking society which, we believe, important to the New Urban Agenda proposed by the UN-Habitat. Here we tried to address specific questions; how should urban design respond to the shrinking society? How can urban design thinking address the situation where there is no “growth” and oppressed with super-aging neighbourhoods? And how can we re-shape the environment that will be less and less inhabitable? Within this studio, students are encouraged to respond critically and creatively in overall strategic planning, urban and architectural design including the design of public space for a sustainable future.
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Karishma Singh and Deepashree Choudhury. "Designing inclusive cities: A framework for gender and age-responsive urban mobility." International Journal of Science and Research Archive 15, no. 1 (2025): 637–48. https://doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2025.15.1.1031.
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Mobility plays a crucial role in ensuring social inclusion, economic participation, and overall quality of life. However, urban mobility systems often fail to address the needs of vulnerable populations, particularly women and the elderly. This study conducts a systematic literature review to identify urban design interventions that promote gender- and age-inclusive mobility. Initially, 80 peer-reviewed papers were selected from Scopus, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect, the most relevant databases for urban studies and mobility research. Through keyword frequency analysis, the selection was refined to 30 key studies for in-depth review. The study explores inclusive mobility principles, identifying key urban design strategies such as universal accessibility, pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, gender-sensitive planning, and technology integration. It also examines barriers to inclusive mobility, including safety concerns, inadequate public transport access, and poor last-mile connectivity. The research further categorizes gender- and age-specific urban mobility challenges and proposes critical parameters and indicators for intervention. A significant outcome of this study is the proposal of the Pink Map, a data-driven urban planning tool that maps safe and accessible urban spaces for women and the elderly. By leveraging GIS mapping, community participation, and real-time feedback, the Pink Map serves as a decision-making tool for policymakers and a reporting platform for citizens. Findings indicate that a multi-scalar approach integrating policy reforms, urban design strategies, and participatory planning is essential to achieving inclusive mobility. The study emphasizes the need for data-driven decision-making, technology-enabled safety solutions, and gender- and age-sensitive urban transport policies to ensure equitable access to mobility for all.
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Hanzl, Małgorzata, Anna Tofiluk, Kinga Zinowiec-Cieplik, Magdalena Grochulska-Salak, and Anna Nowak. "The Role of Vegetation in Climate Adaptability: Case Studies of Lodz and Warsaw." Urban Planning 6, no. 4 (2021): 9–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v6i4.3931.
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<p>The threats that arise from climate change and their associated economic, social, and environmental impacts are leading to the transformation of the spatial structures of cities. The growing demand for climate adaptability calls for the development of normative criteria for the design of forms of urban settings that integrate vegetation. Climate-responsive urban design reacts to the challenges of urban physics, which depend heavily on the forms of urban structures and the role of greenery. This method includes research on vegetation indexes and their impact on urban regulatory functions. The goal is to propose a comprehensive framework for assessing the functioning of urban public space, which considers the role and maintenance of green infrastructure. The intersection with the subject matter of analytical urban morphology is evident, in terms of the resolution of the urban fabric and its transformations over time. The framework of climate-responsive urban design also covers examining the parameters of surrounding built structures, such as the floor area ratio, the building coverage ratio, and building heights. In particular, the requirements of climate adaptation have an impact on the design of outdoor spaces in cities. In this article, we apply the selected methods that contribute to the climate-responsive urban design model to recommend the transformations of two urban nodes, in Lodz and Warsaw (Poland). Our goal is to indicate the future form of nodal public spaces with a focus on the needs of urban greenery, and to determine indicators for the local climate zone. After an initial literature review, we discuss a number of available indicators from the perspective of how they might contribute to determine the environmental conditions. We focus on urban water cycle, the requirement of trees for water, and insolation conditions.</p>
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Lukovich, Tamas. "On Pedagogy for Urban Design - Some Observations." YBL Journal of Built Environment 5, no. 1 (2017): 84–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jbe-2017-0007.
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Abstract In the absence of any legal, political and institutional legitimacy, what can urban design do and how should future urban designers be educated? There appear to be as many questions in the subject as possible answers. However, in the last couple of decades a rather robust theoretical direction has been emerging, upon which a more responsive design practice and professional education can be placed. There is also an increasing international interest for urban design education.in the developed and rapidly developing world. The aims of the paper are to inform, to illuminate and to provoke, including the interrogation of our own values, practices and preferences.
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Safi, Hedayat Ullah, Mohammad Mukhlis Behsoodi, and Wafiullah Shirzad. "Climate-Responsive Urban Design: Innovations and Strategies for Sustainable Buildings and Construction in Afghanistan." Nangarhar University International Journal of Biosciences 03, ICCC(special) (2024): 269–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.70436/nuijb.v3i02.216.
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The global challenge of climate change resonates profoundly across diverse sectors, notably urban development and construction standing prominently in its ripple effects. The complex integration of architecture, planning, and landscape elements in urban development aims to sculpt functional and sustainable cities. Within the context of Afghanistan, the responsibility for applying climate-responsive regulations and policies falls upon the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA). This study employs a descriptive research method to scrutinize the implementation and alignment of NEPA's regulations, policies, and strategies in the current urban landscape. The findings show a significant shift from past building practices to contemporary global norms, indicating a noteworthy exploration and adaptation within the construction industry. There is also a significant deficiency in local awareness, leading to shortcomings in climate innovations and strategies, revealing a notable gap between construction practices and the adoption of climate-responsive measures. Furthermore, a remarkable shortfall exists in aligning urban elements with sustainable building principles, prompting concerns regarding the sustainability and construction standards established by NEPA. A critical focal point emerges in the form of uncontrolled carbon emissions in urban areas, primarily originating from heating and cooling systems, transportation, waste management, and industrial factories, leading to significantly impactful high emissions that affect local temperature and precipitation, resulting in changes to living conditions.
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Dąbrowska-Żółtak, Karolina, Jerzy Wojtowicz, and Stefan Wrona. "Reconfigurable Neighborhood—Mechatronisation of the Urban Design." Sustainability 13, no. 24 (2021): 13547. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132413547.
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Today more than half of the world’s population lives in cities not yet ready for the massive growth and adaptation required to meet global urbanization predicted for the next decades. The planning, design, and urban governance must urgently evolve. Future cities should become more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. The intelligent town we anticipate combines the concepts of new information flow as well as research proposals for the design, upgrade of buildings and municipal infrastructure using robots and mechatronic systems at the scale of dwelling, building, neighborhood, district or town. This article presents the conceptual framework for the role of kinetic and responsive design at the scale of small urban areas, taking into account dynamic adaptation to users’ needs and changing environmental conditions across a day, week, month and year.
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Shagun Ahuja, Muskan Jain, Tanishka Bansal, and Sunakshi Shokeen. "Adaptive Residential Architecture: Integrating Climate-Responsive Design and Nature-Inspired Innovation in Jaipur’s Urban Fabric." International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering and Management (IRJAEM) 2, no. 09 (2024): 2964–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.47392/irjaem.2024.0438.
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This research explores adaptive residential architecture in Jaipur, focusing on integrating climate-responsive design and nature-inspired innovations. The rapid urbanization of Jaipur presents challenges such as water scarcity, extreme weather, and the need for sustainable development. Addressing these issues through climate-responsive architecture and eco-friendly urban planning is crucial for preserving the city’s heritage while promoting environmental sustainability. The primary aim is to address the challenges posed by Jaipur’s arid climate, including the urban heat island effect and inadequate cooling solutions. The study proposes a design framework incorporating advanced building envelopes, biomimetic elements etc. By leveraging dynamic facades and sustainable materials, the solution enhances natural ventilation and cooling efficiency. The findings highlight that integrating these strategies not only mitigates environmental impacts but also improves residential comfort and energy efficiency. The research concludes that adaptive and nature-inspired design approaches can significantly advance sustainable architecture in arid urban settings.
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Black, Philip, and Taki Eddin Sonbli. "Culturally Sensitive Urban Design: The Social Construction of “Homs Dream,” Syria." Urban Studies and Public Administration 4, no. 2 (2021): p87. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/uspa.v4n2p87.
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With the proliferation of context-less designs internationally stemming from beliefs around progress, development, growth, and the idea that urban design approaches easily travel and can be replicated, this paper argues that urban design might usefully attend more carefully to the local contexts in which it is practicing. Augmenting traditional proscriptive (critiquing poor practice design) and prescriptive (suggesting best practice design) approaches with new critical thinking on culture, to deliver contextually responsive design that is also culturally sensitive. We argue more must be done to analyse and explore contexts where consensual norms around planning practice are frequently absent, such as places characterised by historically embedded cultural sensitivities; emerging out of conflict; or urban informality. This case is evidenced in an exploration of the discursive construction of ‘Homs Dream,’ a development scenario for the future of the Syrian city. The paper concludes with a challenge for urban design, in both theory and practice, to continue developing new thinking at the (dis)junction between urban form and culture.
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Bauer, D. "Unboxing Urban Infrastructure: Three Methodologies for infrastructure-oriented Urban Design and Architecture Education." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1078, no. 1 (2022): 012061. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012061.
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Abstract Although the exploration of infrastructure has become a main focus of urban-centered studies and urban theory over the last decade, it has only been partially adopted into design and planning education. Here, the traditional curriculum of architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, and urban design offers emerging professionals limited guidance and tools for exploring and analyzing the complex assemblages and constituting systems that create, run, and shape cities. However, in times of dramatic need for systemic transformation, the critical and research-based analysis of the city’s externalities and the flows underlying urban life will become more relevant by the day. Thus, the following article outlines three teaching methodologies for analyzing “infrastructural regimes” as key levers and contexts to embed a reflected and responsive design work directed at transformation towards global sustainability.
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Yang, Feng, and Liang Chen. "Developing a thermal atlas for climate-responsive urban design based on empirical modeling and urban morphological analysis." Energy and Buildings 111 (January 2016): 120–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.11.047.
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McLeod, Sam, Jan Scheurer, and Carey Curtis. "Urban Public Transport." Journal of Planning Literature 32, no. 3 (2017): 223–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885412217693570.
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This article reviews the literature on current “best practice” principles for planning public transport (PT) networks within the context of planners seeking to transition their cities toward sustainable mobility. An overview is provided of the history of ideas about network development. The emerging frontiers for multimodal, demand-responsive PT and the potential implications of new transport technology on traditional PT are discussed. The future role of transit-oriented development within PT network structures is considered. The “moderators” to network design that may impede future best practice brings the article to conclusion.
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Ali, Iftikhar, Shakir Ullah Khan, and Syed Ismail Shah. "Responsive design elements in traditional streets: a case study of Abbottabad, Pakistan." Natural and Applied Sciences International Journal (NASIJ) 4, no. 2 (2023): 22–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.47264/idea.nasij/4.2.2.
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The streets play an important role due to urbanisation in Pakistan by providing the open spaces to the communities to interact with each other. This research examines how streets in Pakistani cities serve as public gathering places that encourage social interaction. Traditional street designs include social parameters such as interaction, congregating, and celebrating various occasions. This is one of their most fundamental characteristics of traditional streets. It seeks to comprehend the multiple scales of urban experience that can be used to observe, analyze, and categorize streets. A qualitative research methodology is used based on in-depth observations of the spatial and social factors that mould the streets and give them their dynamic urban qualities. The paper concludes that Pakistani cities have distinctive characteristics that reflect their cultural and traditional diversity and that the streets ought to transform to accommodate these characteristics and the local climate. According to the paper, which uses Abbottabad as a case study, streets should be designed at the micro-level, considering the sociocultural and experiential opportunities for users, including local community and visitors, as well as the practical requirements of connectivity and communication.
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Dąbrowska-Żółtak, Karolina, Jerzy Wojtowicz, and Stefan Wrona. "The Future of City Squares: Robotics in the Urban Design of Tomorrow." Land 11, no. 7 (2022): 1055. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11071055.
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Technological development generates social changes while providing new tools that can be implemented in the fields of architecture and urban design. It creates the need to enrich architects’ competencies with knowledge and experience, enabling the conscious use of technology in designing future functional solutions for responsive space and the optimization of accessibility for various groups of users. This paper presents a teaching method developed to study the integration of architecture, urban planning and mechatronics to create a dynamic common space, responding to changing user needs and environmental conditions. Four experimental projects for a chosen public space were designed by students in order to investigate research by design and as an agenda for further design research. In the final part of the article, we present predictions for the future development of kinetic and responsive architecture in public spaces, including potential opportunities and challenges.
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McKenna, H. Patricia. "Innovating Metrics for Smarter, Responsive Cities." Data 4, no. 1 (2019): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/data4010025.
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This paper explores the emerging and evolving landscape for metrics in smart cities in relation to big data challenges. Based on a review of the research literature, the problem of “synthetic quantitative indicators” along with concerns for “measuring urban realities” and “making metrics meaningful” are identified. In response, the purpose of this paper is to advance the need for innovating metrics for smarter, more interactive and responsive cities in addressing and mitigating algorithmic-related challenges on the one hand, and concerns associated with involving people more meaningfully on the other hand. As such, the constructs of awareness, learning, openness, and engagement are employed in this study. Using an exploratory case study approach, the research design for this work includes the use of multiple methods of data collection including survey and interviews. Employing a combination of content analysis for qualitative data and descriptive statistics for quantitative data, the main findings of this work support the need for rethinking and innovating metrics. As such, the main conclusion of this paper highlights the potential for developing new pathways and spaces for involving people more directly, knowingly, and meaningfully in addressing big and small data challenges for the innovating of urban metrics.
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Oktay, Derya. "Shaping Cities and Housing Environments for People." Ekistics and The New Habitat 84, no. 2 (2025): 9–13. https://doi.org/10.53910/26531313-e2024842735.
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Since the 1960s, urban landscapes and housing environments have been profoundly shaped by industrial and technological advancements, alongside globalization. However, despite increasing environmental consciousness, urban planning has often neglected human-centered and neighborhood-scale approaches, resulting in urban environments and housing complexes lacking essential physical and social qualities. Modernist urban planning, while addressing certain urban challenges, has inadvertently given rise to issues such as urban sprawl, lack of diversity, and social alienation, as exemplified by the failure of developments like the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex. This article explores human-centered approaches in urban planning and design, championed by influential figures like Constantinos A. Doxiadis, Jacqueline Tyrwhitt, N. John Habraken, Amos Rapoport, Christopher Alexander, and others. Their theories emphasize integrating human needs, behaviors, and cultural contexts into planning, focusing on fostering vibrant communities, adaptable environments, and responsive design principles. Inspired by traditional Mediterranean and Middle Eastern settlements, the neighborhood emerges as a pivotal unit for fostering social cohesion, well-being, and belonging through the integration of private, semi-private, and public spaces to create meaningful connections. Addressing the deficiencies of contemporary car-centric and fragmented urban environments requires strategies that prioritize pedestrian-friendly spaces, community participation, and responsive design tailored to local contexts. Ultimately, achieving socially and environmentally sustainable urban environments depends on cohesive planning, innovative policymaking, and active community involvement. This vision requires a commitment to addressing both social and environmental dimensions of urban life, ensuring livable, inclusive, and resilient cities for future generations.
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Ruda Sarria, Francisco, MCarmen Guerrero Delgado, José Sánchez Ramos, Teresa Palomo Amores, José Luis Molina Félix, and Servando Álvarez Domínguez. "Assessing Urban Ventilation in Common Street Morphologies for Climate-Responsive Design toward Effective Outdoor Space Regeneration." Sustainability 16, no. 16 (2024): 6861. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16166861.
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Urban heat islands are an environmental hazard which degrade people’s lives worldwide, reducing social life and increasing health problems, forcing scientists to design innovative acclimatization methods in public places, such as sheltering. This paper focuses on providing quantitative indicators about airflow rates and qualitative information about airflow patterns in street canyons for typical street canyon morphologies, which is essential when designing outdoor acclimatization strategies to mitigate urban overheating. This is based on CFD simulations using an enhanced numerical domain model, which can reduce computational cost and simulation time. The study is performed for different ARs, from wide (AR = 0.75) to narrow (AR = 4), and wind speed to characterize their effect on street ventilation The results show that air renewal decreases while the AR increases. The reduction is faster for a low AR and then comes to a standstill for a high AR. In addition, the study shows that inside narrow streets, the pattern of airflow is affected by the wind velocity magnitude. These findings provide numerical values of air ventilation for a wide range of typical street canyon configurations, which represent essential data for designing effective climate control strategies, mitigating urban heat islands and conducting outdoor thermal comfort studies. This work contributes valuable knowledge to the multidisciplinary efforts aimed at enhancing urban living environments.
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Nursyamsu, Lathifa, Venita Christine, and Stivani Ayuning Suwarlan. "Between Culture, Space, and Urban Identity: A Sustainable Cultural Approach for Revitalizing Dang Anom Park in Batam City." Journal of Civil Engineering and Planning 6, no. 1 (2025): 96–106. https://doi.org/10.37253/jcep.v6i1.10366.
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This study explores the revitalization of Dang Anom Park in Batam City through a sustainable cultural approach that integrates local identity, ecological sensitivity, and inclusive urban design. Rapid infrastructure-driven development in Batam has led to the neglect of public spaces, raising concerns over the loss of urban identity and diminished community interaction. The research aims to address this gap by developing a design strategy that reconnects cultural values with spatial functionality. Employing a qualitative descriptive method, the study includes literature review, field observations, and a SWOT analysis to assess the site’s conditions and potential. The proposed design is guided by three principles: sustainable nature, interactive public space, and accessibility for the elderly and disabled. Design interventions include strategic vegetation to mitigate pollution, cultural elements to enhance identity, and inclusive facilities to support diverse community engagement. The masterplan reimagines the park as an environmentally responsive and socially vibrant public space. The findings demonstrate that culturally grounded design can restore vitality to underused spaces while reinforcing urban identity. While the study offers a valuable conceptual framework, it is limited by its qualitative scope and single-site focus. Future research should incorporate community participation, implementation trials, and broader comparative studies across similar urban contexts. This research contributes to the discourse on sustainable urban development by offering a replicable model for culturally responsive park revitalization in rapidly urbanizing cities.
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Yoon, Jungwon, and Sanghyun Bae. "Performance Evaluation and Design of Thermo-Responsive SMP Shading Prototypes." Sustainability 12, no. 11 (2020): 4391. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114391.
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Smart materials with changeable properties responding to environmental changes are studied in architecture. Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) is preferred among available thermo-responsive smart materials for architectural applications because of its advantages of reaction temperatures, deformation patterns, shape-changing behaviors, opportunity for various forms and manufacturing processing, in addition to the shape memory effect. Of various façade elements, this study focuses on designing and validating the SMP components as prototypes for shading devices for the Climate Adaptive Building Skin (CABS), to approach design decisions of optimal activation temperature, size, arrangements, and operating scenarios using digital models and simulation tools following the presented research framework in conjunction with design-to-fabrication studies in parallel. Prior to performance evaluations, the operating principles of SMP shading devices and interpretation of temperature data in relation to the urban conditions are prescribed. This research is based on a sustainability assessment of state-of-the-art responsive façade design integrating SMP elements combining active and passive measures to support a sustainable architectural design that provides less heat gain and better daylight comfort while demonstrating the simplified performance analysis method of SMP prototype designs. Following the simulation and comparative analysis of the results, drawbacks, and cautions inherent in the simulation methods, the potential meaning is briefly discussed.
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Sinha, Alisha. "Building Orientation as the Primary Design Consideration for Climate Responsive Architecture in Urban Areas." Architecture and Urban Planning 16, no. 1 (2020): 32–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aup-2020-0006.
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Abstract Orientation is a design parameter that plays a major role in climate responsive architecture and helps achieve comfort within the built environment. However, it is difficult to achieve an ideal orientation, especially in urban context. The main aim of this paper is to develop alternate strategies to overcome the challenges faced in designing as per preferred orientation and then derive a set of tools that can help decide the orientation of a building on site both under normal and congested site conditions. Thereafter, the inferences from the paper can act as references for choosing an optimum orientation for placement of buildings in warm humid climate. It can act as a significant pedagogical guideline for students of architecture in deciphering solutions for a climate responsive design in a simplified manner. The results can also be utilised for future research in formulating similar tools for other climatic regions.
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Davidová, Marie. "Breathing Artifacts of Urban BioClimatic Layers for Post-Anthropocene Urban Environment." Sustainability 13, no. 20 (2021): 11307. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132011307.
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This article seeks the qualitative synthesis of schools of thought from extreme climate regions that could support urban biodiversity and climate change adaptation through architectural design. It proposes that climate comfort and biodiversity are closely related. This article suggests a possible systemic urban metabolism within a built environment that can support a transition to post-Anthropocene, where humans and other species live together in synergy. This article exemplifies and seeks systemic relations and reflections of gathered field studies documentation of case studies of breathing walls, envelopes, and screens generating bioclimatic layers in the cultural landscape, selected for their penetrability and performance. The samples from diverse study journeys that were codesigned through vernacular cultures and the author’s research by design speculations on the responsive screen ‘Ray’ are investigated and speculated upon through gigamapping (visual complexity mapping). This gigamapping is not to present any hard data model but to relate, inform and speculate on the investigated field that is grounded in research by design on cross-species coliving. This is approached through possible architectures and architectural and urban design parasites, transitioning towards synergetic landscapes of our envisioned colived and cocreated futures.
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Kronenburg, Robert. "Flexible Architecture: The Cultural Impact of Responsive Building." Open House International 30, no. 2 (2005): 59–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-02-2005-b0008.
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This paper explores the genre of flexible architecture - buildings that are intended to respond to changing situations in their use, operation, or location. This is architecture that adapts rather than stagnates; responds to change rather than rejects it; is motive rather than static. It is a design form that is by its essence cross-disciplinary and multi-functional and consequently, is frequently innovative and expressive of contemporary design issues. By revealing its basis and the factors that are determining its development, the value and relevancy of flexible architecture to contemporary problems associated with technological, social and economic change can be revealed. The characteristics of flexible architecture are explored by examining the design decisions that lead to culturally responsive buildings. It examines the underlying factors that generate a sense of place and why traditional and historic building patterns have been successful in creating genuinely adaptable architecture. It relates the characteristics of flexible architecture to Open Building principles and examines the effect that such design can have within the different levels in the built environment. The paper focuses special attention on contemporary architecture by examining the recent work of the Japanese architect Toyo Ito, in particular his recently completed Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Based on conversation with the designer and first-hand study of the building, the specific factors that make this new design a valuable resource in the search for flexible architecture strategies are explored. This paper expands on the author's previous research into the foundation areas of this topic, in particular the genre of portable architecture, the impact of technology on the development of architectural form, and the development of experimental and innovative house design in the twentieth century. Its subject is expanded in his forthcoming book Flexible: Architecture That Responds to Change to be published by Laurence King, London, in 2006.
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Slingerland, Geertje, Gerfried Mikusch, Simone Tappert, Irina Paraschivoiu, Brigitte Vettori, and Hilda Tellioglu. "The role of digital technologies in urban co-creation practices." Human Technology 20, no. 2 (2024): 244–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.14254/1795-6889.2024.20-2.3.
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Citizen engagement in urban planning is essential to designing urban spaces that are just and responsive to societal challenges. Consequently, local stakeholders are invited into urban co-creation processes. Digital tools are often used in this process to shape urban futures together. This paper explores what role digital technologies play in urban co-creation through five case studies from European cities that were presented at a workshop during the 11th Communities and Technologies conference. The Co-Design Framework is used to analyse the cases and understand how digital tools support collaboration on different levels throughout the design cycle. The findings help to design more effective digital tools for urban co-creation and provide an analysis methodology to compare and contrast urban co-creation practices across cases varying in scale, time, and utilised tools.
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Moussa, Rasha A. "A Responsive Approach for Designing Shared Urban Spaces in Tourist Villages." Sustainability 15, no. 9 (2023): 7549. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15097549.
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Tourist villages are constructed as a means for reducing the stress caused by the rapid changes in modern life by providing a comfortable environment for users to integrate with. Nevertheless, many villages cannot achieve a satisfactory performance level due to the ignorance of urban designers of the relationship between humans and their environment and its impact on developing successful urban spaces. This paper aims to analyze and measure the impact of humanitarian needs on the spatial formation of shared urban spaces in three tourist villages on the Northern Coast in Egypt, as it is one of the significant areas that the government and the private sector focus on developing and considering as a domestic and international touristic area. Furthermore, the study uses different quantitative techniques to achieve its goals, such as spatial analysis and data analysis of user questionnaires using SPSS to measure the factors that affect each need. The study's findings place special emphasis on the connection between spatial formation's capacity for meeting and satisfying user needs. Moreover, the results highlight design criteria that contribute to creating responsive urban spaces and should be considered by urban designers to achieve the highest performance quality in these shared spaces and generate social sustainability.
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Jinglei, Li, Wu Zhaoji, and Zhang Yufeng. "Research and application of climate-responsive design of traditional vernacular houses in Chaoshan, China." Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development (ESSD) 7, no. 1 (2022): 1–117. https://doi.org/10.21625/essd.v7i1.867.
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As Technological advancement marches forward, it is crucial that we assess the environmental impact caused by these advancements. The use of non-renewable energy resources such as fossil fuels, oil & gas, for technological advancements has exacerbated the effects of climate change. Excessive greenhouse gas emissions by certain industries have caused devastating effects such as a rise in sea levels, more frequent environmental disasters, and uninhabitable temperatures across the globe. This issue sheds the spotlight on modern advancements & techniques in environmental resiliency, and sustainability in urban areas, and cities. The effects of climate change not only threaten the continuation of wildlife and humanity globally but also deteriorate the living conditions of people living in cities. The effects that cause climate change in cities and urban areas are, by design, harmful to the cities’ inhabitants. The most well-documented and obvious example of this is the widespread use of automobiles as the main mode of transport, particularly within developing nations. A prioritization of heavy automobile use naturally increases greenhouse gas emissions, and requires expansion of tarmac and motorway construction, to facilitate the increase in traffic during certain hours of the day. The result is a cascading destructive effect on the health of people, the exhaust fumes of vehicles deteriorate respiratory and mental health, and the creation of vast motorways create a heat island effect, raising temperatures and further complicating life within the city while eradicating natural green landscapes that encourage social inclusivity, and mental well-being. The streets should belong to the people, not automobiles. Urban streets should present a livable space that encourages social interactivity and inclusivity to a diverse set of people. Architectural constructions should follow this philosophy as well, for with inclusivity shall ideas thrive, and new perspectives are to be gained. It is our responsibility as researchers, scholars, architects, and planners to act upon, and mitigate, these destructive effects, through regenerative urban planning methods that prioritize the health of the individual, and their well-being, through the upkeep of existing – recent, or historical – buildings, and ensuring that novel projects will uplift the factor of livability within a city, and promote the health of individuals within it. The journal welcomes diverse approaches to innovative ideas that could aid in discoveries within the field of environmental resiliency & Livability.
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Al Alaoui Douaa, El Echcheikh. "CLIMATIC CHALLENGES AND URBAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN RESPONSES IN HOT CLIMATES: INSIGHTS FROM NORTH AFRICA." Regional problems of architecture and urban planning, no. 18 (December 16, 2024): 22–30. https://doi.org/10.31650/2707-403x-2024-18-22-30.
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North Africa faces a unique set of climatic challenges, including extreme heat, arid environments, and water scarcity, which are intensified by rapid urbanization and demographic pressures. These conditions necessitate architectural and urban design solutions that not only address environmental constraints but also preserve cultural heritage and promote sustainability. This article examines the integration of climate-responsive strategies in the architectural landscapes of North Africa, with a particular focus on sustainable urban practices in Morocco. Traditional architectural elements, such as thick insulated walls, small windows, shaded public spaces, and central courtyards, have long served as passive design solutions to mitigate the effects of heat and optimize thermal comfort. In Moroccan urban settings, these elements are often complemented by water features – fountains, pools, and canals – that contribute to natural cooling and enhance the aesthetic and social value of spaces. Adaptive land use practices, such as terraced gardens in mountainous areas and coastal developments, further demonstrate the region’s ability to harmonize natural resources with urban functionality. The pressing issue of water scarcity, as illustrated by regional rainfall patterns and climate projections, underscores the critical need for resource-efficient urban planning. North Africa’s predominantly arid zones require innovative water management strategies, including the integration of drought-resistant plants, shaded green spaces, and systems that optimize the use of limited water resources. These approaches highlight the potential of combining vernacular knowledge with contemporary technologies to develop resilient urban environments. The study emphasizes the importance of aligning environmental stewardship with cultural identity in urban design. By reinterpreting traditional practices within modern frameworks, North African cities can address the dual challenges of climate change and socio-economic pressures. This fusion of heritage, sustainability, and innovation positions North Africa as a model for climate-responsive architecture in arid regions, offering insights that are replicable in similar global contexts.
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Yang, Wei, Yaolin Lin, and Chun-Qing Li. "Effects of Landscape Design on Urban Microclimate and Thermal Comfort in Tropical Climate." Advances in Meteorology 2018 (August 29, 2018): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2809649.
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A climate-responsive landscape design can create a more livable urban microclimate with adequate human comfortability. This paper aims to quantitatively investigate the effects of landscape design elements of pavement materials, greenery, and water bodies on urban microclimate and thermal comfort in a high-rise residential area in the tropic climate of Singapore. A comprehensive field measurement is undertaken to obtain real data on microclimate parameters for calibration of the microclimate-modeling software ENVI-met 4.0. With the calibrated ENVI-met, seven urban landscape scenarios are simulated and their effects on thermal comfort as measured by physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) are evaluated. It is found that the maximum improvement of PET reduction with suggested landscape designs is about 12°C, and high-albedo pavement materials and water bodies are not effective in reducing heat stress in hot and humid climate conditions. The combination of shade trees over grass is the most effective landscape strategy for cooling the microclimate. The findings from the paper can equip urban designers with knowledge and techniques to mitigate urban heat stress.
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Nasution, Achmad Delianur, and Wahyuni Zahrah. "Community-responsive Design Guidelines for Urban Street Corridor in Medan, Indonesia: Some Preliminary Ideas." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 4, no. 10 (2019): 181. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1625.
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The objective of the paper is to formulate the corridors design guidelines that focus on the local community’s needs. The exploration of the ideas is based on our commercial street-corridors studies in 2016-2018 in Medan, Indonesia. The methodology used a qualitative approach, which was started by summarizing the main findings of previous studies. In this stage, the study highlighted the people’s characteristics and requirements, the physical quality of the corridors, and the relevant regulation to be considered. Next, the preliminary ideas were formulated to guide the aspects of access and linkage, functions and activities, physical qualities and facilities, management, and the implementation strategy.Keywords: design guideline; urban street corridor; public space; community-responsive designeISSN: 2398-4287© 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bsby e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1625
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Gabor, Anna, Florian Reinwald, and Doris Damyanovic. "Methodological Framework for Fostering the Implementation of Climate-Responsive Public Spaces and Streetscapes to Support Multifunctional Design." Sustainability 15, no. 4 (2023): 3775. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15043775.
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The ongoing effect of climate change heating up urban areas is forcing cities to exploit the adaptation potential of their public open spaces. Streets and squares are important urban open spaces that can contribute to climate change adaptation through the targeted application of individual measures. In order to ensure the effective and appropriate application of climate-relevant measures for the public good, the city of Vienna relies on the development of a guideline that focuses on measures from the field of urban green and blue infrastructure (UGBI) (and a few technical measures (TM)) in the urban open space. In the future, this guideline will make it easier for city employees to select appropriate measures. In the context of an applied research project, existing and possible measures in Vienna were collected, examined, and assessed for their climate, ecological, and social sustainability based on the concept of ecosystem services (ES). The challenge here is to capture this broad topic of sustainability and climate change and to draw on a broad spectrum of knowledge from science and research, as well as directly from practice. The result is a methodological framework that can be used by other cities as a basis for the development of individual guidelines to foster climate-relevant measures and a critical analysis of the use of co-creation in the development of the framework.
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Odeleye, NezHapi-Dellé. "EcoResponsive Environments." Ekistics and The New Habitat 84, no. 2 (2025): 68–70. https://doi.org/10.53910/26531313-e2024842729.
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This review looks at ‘EcoResponsive Environments: A Framework for Settlement Design’ which proposes an exciting new integration of design thinking and skills across scales – extending the lucidity of the ‘Responsive Environments’ urban design approach beyond cities – to the design of wider settlements and going beyond human needs to embrace the topographical and ecological features of natural systems.
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Liu, Na, Alex Gavino, and Sandeep Purao. "Extracting Citizen Values as Inputs for Designing Citizen-Responsive Urban e-Planning Services." International Journal of E-Planning Research 4, no. 2 (2015): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijepr.2015040101.
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In the context of smart cities, the design of services requires something more than an understanding of functional requirements. It requires an appreciation of basic human values. Based on interviews with citizens in a large city, and an intensive text analysis – the authors describe how such values may be inferred. The authors find that this process of inferring values must account for both real and imagined experiences of citizens, and it can reveal both conflict and congruence among different values. Based on the authors' investigation, they describe it as the VOICE approach, and discuss the implications of how such the use of such an approach can influence the design of citizen responsive e-planning services.
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Aravot, Iris. "Topographies and Shrines: Creating Responsive Learning Environments." Open House International 34, no. 1 (2009): 45–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-01-2009-b0006.
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With most people living in ‘archipelagoes of peripheries’ in a late capitalist global regime, on an earth struggling with environmental crises, the mission of learning environments is to provide the pod for growth, whether for kindergarten children, teenagers or adults in lifelong learning. The pod is both a protective and an enabling surrounding, and itself a living part of a greater organism. The paper proposes an approach to creation of learning environments through the intertwining of topographies - the owned and continual space of everyday life and dwelling; shrines - the spaces for the new, the exalted, the non habitual; and making by the community - the continual collaboration of the community, teachers and pupils in the design and re-design of the learning environments. All three counterparts are profoundly context related, soundly local and of uttermost significance to identity, belonging and hence wellbeing. The paper unfolds knowledge from diverse sources, ranging from scientific to phenomenological research, from non-conventional community-specific learning environments to historical precedents, and from architectural theory to practical-professional experience of the author. The resulting approach, summarized in a metaphorical nutshell as Topographies and Shrines aims at a pod-environment of learning: responsive, inclusive, and supportive.
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Heineke, Amy, Aimee Papola-Ellis, Sarah Cohen, and Kristin Davin. "Linguistically responsive professional development: An apprenticeship model." Improving Schools 21, no. 1 (2017): 32–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1365480217732632.
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Across the globe, schools serve students from increasingly diverse backgrounds, including those still learning the dominant language. But schools have struggled to maintain pace with the changing population, resulting in a lack of prepared teachers and subsequent gaps in student achievement. In this article, we share a theoretically grounded and research-based approach to build capacity in linguistically diverse schools through multi-faceted professional development (PD) efforts with teachers and leaders. Based on a 3-year project that successfully built foundations, structures, and supports for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students in 32 urban schools in the United States, we provide readers with pertinent foci and facets to design and implement linguistically responsive practice and PD.
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Ajayi, O. O., T. A. Afolabi, T. O. Owolabi, and V. T. Ogunleye. "ENGAGING CITIZENS’ PARTICIPATION STRATEGIES FOR CREATING RESPONSIVE URBAN LANDSCAPES: A CASE STUDY OF CALEB UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS." Caleb International Journal of Development Studies 07, no. 01 (2024): 191–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.26772/cijds-2024-07-01-012.
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Vibrant urban landscapes demand citizen participation. Co-creation, which is a collaborative design approach, empowers residents to shape their environments. This research explores co-creation, highlighting the importance of diverse perspectives for inclusive and sustainable urban landscapes. Using Caleb University as a real-world case study to explore successful co-creation strategies that leverage citizen involvement the research explores citizen experiences with campus development. Employing a qualitative research design, the research delved into the experiences, perceptions, and preferences of staff and students regarding Caleb University's campus development. Data were collected using collection involved a structured questionnaire distributed to a randomly-sampled residents, ensuring representation across all demographics. Findings reveal a generally positive attitude towards participation. The research also highlights the importance of diverse perspectives. Diverse opinions on campus aesthetics highlight the importance of inclusive design. The research emphasizes the resident's preference for green spaces reflects successful co-creation. The research also highlights the desire for multiple avenues of participation, with preferences for campus meetings, workshops, and online forums. Co-creation, free from participation barriers, empowers residents to shape responsive and inclusive urban landscapes, transforming cities into vibrant expressions of their collective vision for a sustainable future. Keywords: Co-creation, Inclusive, Sustainable, Empowerment, Responsive
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Mfon, Ifiok Enobong, Ubong Sunday Ossom, and Senior Udo. "Responsive Architecture: Evolution, Principles and Challenges." International Journal of Development, Sustainability and Environmental Management 4, no. 4 (2024): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10977433.
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<em>Responsive architecture is a transformative approach to building design driven by technological advancements, user experience, and sustainability. This paper examines its evolution, principles, challenges, and mitigation strategies. Originally inspired by kinetic architecture and adaptable structures, responsive architecture evolved to integrate digital technologies. This integration allows buildings to collect real-time data and adjust parameters like energy use and comfort levels dynamically. Key themes in responsive architecture include adaptability, sustainability, user experience, and technological integration. Buildings are designed to adapt to environmental changes and user preferences, enhancing occupant well-being and resource efficiency. Advanced technologies such as sensors and AI algorithms play a vital role in creating interactive environments that engage with occupants and optimize building performance. However, responsive architecture faces challenges such as integration complexity, cost barriers, data privacy concerns, and regulatory compliance. Overcoming these challenges requires collaboration among stakeholders, innovative financing, robust security protocols, and education initiatives. Looking forward, responsive architecture offers promising prospects. Ongoing advancements in technology and design practices enable new possibilities for energy efficiency, user comfort, and interactive experiences. Integrating responsive architecture with urban planning leads to responsive cities and interconnected environments that cater to residents' needs while promoting sustainability. By addressing challenges, seizing opportunities, and fostering collaboration, responsive architecture is poised to shape the future of built environments, enhancing livability, sustainability, and resilience.</em>
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Melin, Thomas, and Tove Levonen. "Fostering Gender Transformative Cities around the World." Journal of Public Space 9, no. 1 (2024): 125–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.32891/jps.v9i1.1816.
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In the context of rapid urbanisation and the effects of climate change and conflicts, social inclusion and stakeholder engagements remain a low priority for most decision-makers in shaping the future of cities. The urban development initiative Her City intends to mainstream gender and age perspectives in urban planning and design decision-making processes. Her City offers a toolbox for municipal professionals, urban actors, and local decision-makers to involve girls and young women in urban planning and design processes and challenge exclusionary practices and social inequalities. This viewpoint asserts that integrating girls' perspectives leads to more responsive urban planning and the creation of inclusive and economically viable public spaces across the world. Applying an intersectional approach to urban planning, in a multitude of urban settings with different social, cultural, political and economic prerequisites, have proven to be an efficient shortcut to sustainable cities, Additionally, the initiative's success is underscored by its alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), delivering resilient cities for all. This viewpoint presents lessons learned from the application of Her City in Peru, Jamaica, Mozambique, Uganda, Palestine, Thailand, and Italy. These localised projects in various regions demonstrate how Her City can deliver tangible outcomes, such as the revitalisation of public spaces, community empowerment, and the promotion of gender equality, while fostering social cohesion, economic empowerment, and environmental sustainability. By championing gender-responsive urban development, Her City offers a blueprint for creating inclusive, resilient, and sustainable cities globally.
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Radford, Antony, and Tarkko Oksala. "Responsive cohesion in the art and artfulness of urban design: some case studies in Helsinki." Journal of Urban Design 23, no. 2 (2017): 298–318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2017.1369876.
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