International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning
Volume 3, Issue 2 (2017)
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Typology of Environmentally Responsive Roofs in Iranian Vernacular Residential Buildings
Abstract: Increasing interest in sustainability in recent years has affected roofing and caused emerging various strategies such as green roof approach. Similar to the new sustainable movements, environment, economy and society issues were considered during roofing of vernacular residential buildings (VRB) in Iran. This paper has reviewed the vernacular roof typologies, and focused on environmental considerations in roofing. The findings have shown that shapes of the roofs, materials and vernacular techniques …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–11 Read article
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Revamping Garli Village Settlement Via Social Incorporation for a Smart Society
Abstract: The Garli village, Kangra district is one of the first villages of India to have “heritage zone” status. The village is the actual homeland of Sood community. They showcased their opulence for by building monuments, villas and bungalows in their local village Garli. The structures in this village have a combine of many architectural styles with Indo-Saracenic as a predominate one. Most of the building in this village represents power …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 12–15 Read article
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Austerity: Inequality in the UK
Abstract: The global banking crash and financial crisis in the period 2007–2008 led to the ushering in of a period of austerity in the UK and across the world. The global debt that had been fuelled by a frenzy of greed was shared by those who could afford it with those who could not which has resulted in greater inequality and in the poor, being punished for the mistakes of the …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 16–25 Read article
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Energy Conscious Architecture: Demand or Necessity
Abstract: In today’s world there is a growing awareness of the energy use and its crisis thereof, and thus the need to conserve and manage the energy resources in a responsible manner is being increasingly felt by different sectors of the economy. There has been a recent trend of exponential increase in energy pricing, with the result that the hitherto underestimated concept of energy conservation has swiftly assumed great significance and …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 26–30 Read article
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The Physical Expression of Power in Military Architecture: A Structuralist Analysis of Historic Fortified Palaces and Forts in the Middle East
Abstract: This interpretative qualitative analysis of morphological and typological aspects of forts and fortified palaces in the Middle East from the period 230–940 is grounded theoretically in a specialized premise of structuralism. Based on fourteen selected cases, the paper addresses the origins and moderated development of forts and fortified palaces in Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Oman, and Syria. It goes on to examine primary and secondary built-up zones, the diversity of defensive …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 31–43 Read article
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Study of Climatic Parameters and Residential Housing Structures in Kota Region
Abstract: In this paper climatic parameters and different types of residential buildings in Kota region have been studied. Survey was conducted to assess the common residential building pattern and energy consumption. The survey was focused on the design strategies like orientation, number and size of window, ventilation, overhangs, wall type and thickness, window to wall ratio, percent open area and energy consumption per annum. From the study it has been found …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 44–60 Read article