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Sixteen years after the abolition of apartheid, South African society may be democratic and free, but do all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities? The initial interest of the M Arch (Professional) Architectural Project is the issue of persistent socioeconomic and spatial segregation and inequality in South African society and cities today, and the role architecture can play towards socioeconomic and spatial transformation. South African cities, looking at Cape Town in particular, are faced with many problems common to developing countries. These include an increase in population, rapid urbanisation, poverty, homelessness, joblessness, inadequate resources, meagre living conditions in informal settlements and poorly functioning and unsustainable urban settlements that do not function to benefit the population as a whole. In addition to these problems is the issue of segregation amongst people from different socioeconomic, class, cultural and racial backgrounds. This stems from a long and complex history dating as far back as colonial times through to the apartheid era, the effects of which are deeply embedded in post-colonial and post-apartheid South African societies and urban environments. Architecture and planning played an intrinsic role in the spatial manifestation of the apartheid regime, and to some extent contemporary architectural projects continue to ensure apartheid's legacy. Architecture thus, in response, holds the potential to initiate a shift towards socioeconomic and spatial equality in South Africa today.

"Rodrigo Perez de Arce's essay Urban Transformations and Architectural Additions was published during the formative stages of Post Modernism, at the point where theory was becoming seriously established. Jencks' first essays formalising the term Post Modernism in architecture and the revised Learning from Las Vegas were published the previous year. In planning terms, modernism had become associated with comprehensive redevelopment and forms of urban organisation that ignored context, history and any sense of tradition. De Arce considered the essential nature of buildings and the richness of historic urban form and explored how robust that essence was over time. He looked at the value of essential remnants and rich complexities in maintaining a sense of continuity and relevance. Having explored the adaptation process in history, de Arce went on to see how such a process might be simulated in contemporary cities with modern buildings, using additions and layers to change them from objects in infinite windswept space to being part of a rich urban fabric which described urban place. To do this he used concrete examples; housing schemes by James Stirling, new government centres in Chandigrah and Dacca and more prosaic 60's housing blocks"--

Es geht um kriminalitätsabweherende Architektur als Mittel sozialer Kontrolle zur Etablierung bürgerlich-proletarischer Verhältnisse. Dieses durch sozialwissenschaftliche und psychologische Erkenntnisse untermauerte Instrumentarium wird seit dem 19ten Jahrhundert als Möglichkeit der Manipulation sozialer Verhältnisse angesehen und angewandt. Im Rahmen der Forderungen des Bundeskriminalamtes dient die Architektur als Grundlage des Kontrollmechanismuses, der durch präventive, gemeinschaftsfördernde Sozialarbeit zu stützen ist. Der Autor kritisiert die diesem Vorgehen zugrundeliegende Annahme der unbewußten Hinnahme der Manipulation durch die Bevölkerung. Das kontrollkonforme Verhalten findet seine Grenzen in der bewußten Wahrnehmung durch die Betroffenen. (HD)

The logics of digital processes in architecture have begun to structure the way that architects design, the way that builders build, and the way that industry is reorganizing. This book is a reference work on digital technologies as key factors in architectural design, fabrication and workflow organization. It presents essays and case studies from some of the leading voices on the topic.

The learning space, especially in schools, has been analyzed in terms of categories such as air or soil, it is, substrate or frontier. The intervention of historians, philosophers, and urbanists has been necessary in order to change this conception. Today, the learning space is understood in connection to economical and political aspects, as well as to relations of power and knowledge, and to the problems of life and knowledge. These new approaches, perspectives and points of view should be connected to pedagogical proposals for the construction of learning spaces. This is precisely the core of this article: to show how space is related to power and knowledge. It is not just a matter of saying "culture, society or subject"; it is a more specific matter: relations of dominance and control, and teaching relations.How to reference this article: Quiceno Castrillón, Humberto, "Espacio, arquitectura y escuela", Revista Educación y Pedagogía, Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Educación, vol. 21, núm. 54, mayo-agosto, 2009, pp. 11-27.Received: may 2009Accepted: june 2009 ; El espacio en la educación, y especialmente referido a las escuelas, es considerado desde categorías como el aire o el suelo, es decir, sustrato o frontera. Ha sido necesaria la intervención de historiadores, filósofos y urbanistas para cambiar esta mirada. En la actualidad, el espacio está relacionado con un anclaje económico y político, con relaciones de poder y de saber, con los problemas de la vida y del conocimiento. Estos nuevos enfoques, perspectivas y miradas han de ser llevados a las propuestas pedagógicas para la construcción de espacios escolares. Este artículo trata de eso, de hacer ver el espacio como una relación con el poder y el saber. No basta decir "cultura, sociedad y sujeto". La cuestión es más precisa: relaciones de dominio, control y relaciones de enseñanza.Cómo citar este artículo: Quiceno Castrillón, Humberto, "Espacio, arquitectura y escuela", Revista Educación y Pedagogía, Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Educación, vol. 21, núm. 54, mayo-agosto, 2009, pp. 11-27.Recibido: mayo 2009Aceptado: junio 2009 ; L'espace en éducation et spécialement concernant les écoles, est considéré depuis des catégories comme l'air ou le sol, c'est-à-dire, substrat ou frontière. Il a été necessaire l'intervention des historiens, philosophes et urbanistes pour changer ce regard. Aujourd'hui l'espace fait référence à un ancrage économique et politique, à des rapports de pouvoir et de savoir, aux problèmes de la vie et de la connaissance. Ces nouvelles approches, perspectives et regards doivent être portées aux propositions pédagogiques pour la construction d'espaces scolaires. Cet article s'agit de cela, de voir l'espace comme un rapport avec le pouvoir et la connaissance. Il ne suffit pas de dire culture, société et sujet. La question est plus précise: rapports de domination, contrôle et rapports d'enseignement

Intro -- Scientific Committee -- Preface I -- Preface II -- Reference -- Contents -- Formation and Identification of the City -- 1 The Influence of Climate on the Planning and Architecture of the Medieval Islamic City of Mosul, Iraq -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Aims of the Study -- 3 Architecture Planning -- 4 Dome Architecture -- 4.1 Climate Effect -- 5 Findings -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Historical and Urban Identity Issues in Smart Cities Projects for Small Towns -- Abstract -- 1 Urban Identity: A Multifaceted Concept -- 2 Smart Cities and Urban Identity -- 3 Smart Mobility Network in Castel Bolognese: Shaping Urban Identity -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Urban and Architectural Identity of Mosul. An Analytical Background for City's Reconstruction -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Objectives and Strategies -- 3 Mosul -- 4 Preliminary Evaluations -- 5 The Forms of Tradition -- 6 The Form of the City -- 7 Experimental Approach to Design -- 8 Discussion -- References -- 4 European Imprint on the Urban and Architecture of the Ottoman Empire's Port Cities: The Case of Alexandria -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction: Ottoman Empire Port Cities -- 2 Administrative and Political Changes -- 2.1 Tanzimat Changes and Expanding European Impact -- 2.2 Tanzimat's Regulations and Laws Affecting Urban Transformation -- 2.3 Foundation of Municipalities and the City Councils -- 2.4 Domination in the East Mediterranean -- 3 Socio-economic Changes -- 3.1 Commercial Exchange Conventions -- 3.2 Development of Port Cities -- 4 Spatial Changes in Port Cities -- 4.1 Establishment and Formation of New City Centre -- 4.2 Renewed Urban and Architectural Forms -- 4.3 Developing and Changing Street System -- 4.4 Formation of New Settlement Residential Areas -- 4.5 Additional and Different Construction Activities.

After two decades which saw the construction industry flourish, has come a sudden period of instability, where architecture firms have been jettisoning employees at an unprecedented rate as building projects dry up. This edited volume brings together scholars, critics, and architects to discuss the present state of uncertainty in the practice and discipline of architecture. The chapters are organized into three main areas of inquiry: economics, practice, and technology. Within this larger framework, authors explore issues of security, ecological design, disaster architecture, the future of arc.

This book analyzes forms of architectures within the frame concept of geo-architecture, and looks into the interaction of architecture and its environment. It starts by discussing the collisions between architecture and geography, humanity, as well as other architectures and reflects on the ancient Chinese notion of emotional relief and expression through natural landscape. It then studies important transportation and scenic routes, like pavilions, towers, clan halls and villages within architectural systems. It also discusses the forms of geographic integration and isolation expressed through architecture, which reflects their historical and cultural context. This book is the first of a 4-volume book series. The series develops the innovative concept of "geo-architecture" by exploring the myriad influences of natural, human and historical factors upon architecture. These influences are considered in three categories, namely, interaction between architecture and nature, interaction between architecture and its human users and change in architecture over time--each category serves as a lens. Augmenting these lenses is the Time-Person-Place concept applied different geographic. The analysis ultimately focuses on two aspects: geographic influence on architecture and architectural response to geography. The over 1000 pictures of case architectures enriches the study with stunning and unique visual angles. "This unprecedented work will be a unique and valuable contribution to the literature. Integrating as it does the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and geography, Wang Fang's voice is original, compelling, and will be much appreciated by English-speaking readers (and inside China, too, I can only imagine.)" Stephen M Ervin Assistant Dean Graduate School of Design, Harvard University July 2nd, 2013 "One reason for why there would be interest is because her research would fill some significant gaps in the literature. What is novel about Dr. Wang's series is that she further extends this intellectual project of looking at Chinese architecture through Chinese eyes, by taking it one provocative step further." Annette M. Kim Associate Professor Department of Urban Studies and Planning, M.I.T. July 1st, 2013

This book explores the concept of geo-architecture by analyzing the ways architectures are related to the local geography, including mingling or contrasting with surrounding landscape, adapting to mountainous or aquatic terrain, and selection of construction materials. Architectures build with such skillfully contrived strategies and techniques have become live exhibit of folk customs and served to record in profound detail the long history of mankind's recognition of nature. The combined effect is such that the architecture grows out of the surrounding natural and human environment. This book is the third of a 4-volume book series. The series develops the innovative concept of "geo-architecture" by exploring the myriad influences of natural, human and historical factors upon architecture. These influences are considered in three categories, namely, interaction between architecture and nature, interaction between architecture and its human users and change in architecture over time--each category serves as a lens. Augmenting these lenses is the Time-Person-Place concept applied different geographic. The analysis ultimately focuses on two aspects: geographic influence on architecture and architectural response to geography. The over 1000 pictures of case architectures enriches the study with stunning and unique visual angles. "This unprecedented work will be a unique and valuable contribution to the literature. Integrating as it does the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and geography, Wang Fang's voice is original, compelling, and will be much appreciated by English-speaking readers (and inside China, too, I can only imagine.)" Stephen M Ervin Assistant Dean Graduate School of Design, Harvard University July 2nd, 2013 "One reason for why there would be interest is because her research would fill some significant gaps in the literature. What is novel about Dr. Wang's series is that she further extends this intellectual project of looking at Chinese architecture through Chinese eyes, by taking it one provocative step further." Annette M. Kim Associate Professor Department of Urban Studies and Planning, M.I.T. July 1st, 2013