Papers by khalid Al-hagla
The level of interest in integrating understanding of sustainability into higher education is ste... more The level of interest in integrating understanding of sustainability into higher education is steadily growing. This paper investigates the principles of embedding this understanding in architectural pedagogy. It focuses on the role of the design studio as the heart of the architectural education process. It develops an approach that integrates both macro and micro-scale analysis to investigate the transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary aspects in architectural education. A questionnaire survey was carried out within the Faculty of Architectural Engineering at Beirut Arab University to assess the performance of five related elements: the education location, the curriculum, the external and internal characteristics of the design studio, and, finally, the evaluation process. The findings show lacking of synchronization between different interlocking disciplines and majors at university level. In addition, a clear individualism and a traditional studio culture are witnessed as main ob...
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Private property enables different personal dimensions in relation to space. For those who own an... more Private property enables different personal dimensions in relation to space. For those who own and control it, private property provides an opportunity for the exertion of power and the attachment of emotions. As such, it becomes one of the most widely-used vehicles of psychological development as well as an expression of personal identity and empowerment within social networks. In light of these insights, this paper tackles the intangible dimensions of open spaces that shape their role at the center of a community's social interactions and coherence. This paper compares micro private space within cities to macro public zones, which could also be considered private according to certain classification criteria.This paper uses this approach to analyze the complex spatial pattern of Beirut, a city that has been deeply influenced by a long history of war and severe confessionalism. That is, the paper gives an interpretation of the private spatial islands enclosed within the overall ...
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The link between the built environment as a geometrical dimension with the human behaviour and em... more The link between the built environment as a geometrical dimension with the human behaviour and emotional aspects in recent planning research field has got a growing interest in the field of city planning. The emotional dimension in particular has become an essential part in city planning field where the emotional relation and the degree of emotional response are structuring spaces followed by behaviours and can therefore be relevant for human interactive in urban spaces. The theoretical, empirical, and practical work in this field has generally aimed to enhance the quality of life through the creation of new layers for our cities considering these behaioural and emotional aspects. This paper is an analytical part of a research work on the micro level of city planning focusing on the growing importance of computing and mobile technologies. It creates a linkage between cities, people and technologies through integrating quantitative limits and qualitative criteria. It investigates a n...
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New Urbanism is an emerging movement in urban design that lunched in the late 1980s and the early... more New Urbanism is an emerging movement in urban design that lunched in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. It covers a wide range of urban aspects that aims to reshaping the urban scene. It is a much more philosophy than specific urban actions and practices. However, its Congress 'Charter' determines a list of urban actions have to be taken in consideration regarding different levels of action. This trend application covers two different domains of urban practices. The first is concerned with urban development within cities and the second is with the new urban developments in urban sprawl areas. The paper makes special emphasize on the first type as the focus of its study. It highlights the role of applying the principles of new urbanism as a philosophy in revitalizing historic city centres. It studies the new development projects in the city centre of Beirut as a case. Moreover, it studies in detail the impact of the new development of 'Saifi Village' as a residential...
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The use of computer-based information systems in the field of planning has been increasingly high... more The use of computer-based information systems in the field of planning has been increasingly highlighted with the exploitation of computer technology. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is the most recognized tool of those Assisting Technological Tolls (ATT), and is well known to the planners, decision makers and other actors of planning episodes as a Decision Support System tool (DSS). The development of a decision process model using GIS and built upon systematic process of planning is the primary issue of the research. It highlights the planning process as one that incorporates a wide range of knowledge and uses a broad range of data sources. However, these data sources require the establishment of a model to stimulate the interactions among various actors and decision makers and the flow that occurs both at a point in time and over time. The paper tackles the need for developing an appropriate mechanism that supports decision making – based on a wide range of data inputs-to gu...
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