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A holistic overview of Qatar's (Built) cultural heritage; Towards an integrated sustainable conservation strategy
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Historic urban cores are the backbone of a city's cultural identity. Maintaining and preserving the socio-cultural, environmental and economic characteristics of the built heritage is vital for cultural identity survival. ...
Digitizing vanishing architectural heritage; The design and development of Qatar historic buildings information modeling [Q-HBIM] platform
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
The documentation of vanishing architectural heritage includes intensive information and data gathering, filtering, classification and digitization. Enabling such an endeavor necessitates the act of documentation, which ...
Socio-cultural patterns embedded into the built form of Qatari houses: Regenerating architectural identity in Qatar
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Julie Kerr
, 2019 , Article)
This research paper investigates the spatial form of traditional and modern Qatari houses and embedded socio-cultural patterns which have influenced the development of housing in Qatar over the past decades. The methodology ...
Development of an Integrated Quality Function Deployment and Utility Theory Weighting System to Improve Occupants' Satisfaction
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2019 , Article)
Studies have shown that occupant satisfaction is a compelling factor affecting building energy consumption. Occupants' behavior has a direct relationship to their satisfaction, and it is clear that occupants' satisfaction ...
Transit-Oriented Development in West Bay, Business District of Doha, State of Qatar: A Strategy for Enhancing Liveability and Sense of Place
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose – West Bay, the Business District of Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, is facing an urban
regeneration phase due to the construction of the West Bay Central Train Station, a four-storey underground
building ...
The authenticity of place-making: space and character of the regenerated historic district in Msheireb, Downtown Doha (State of Qatar)
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose – Urban theorists argue that in the post-Second World War period cities faced the increasing
development of homogeneous and soullessness urban spaces. This led to the formulation of urban design’s
theories for ...
A comparison of neighborhood-scale interventions to alleviate urban heat in Doha, Qatar
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Recent evidence suggests that many densely populated areas of the world will be uninhabitable in the coming century due to the depletion of resources, climate change, and increasing urbanization. This poses serious questions ...
New housing patterns and spatial fragmentation in Gulf cities
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
recent years, the rapid growth of Gulf cities has led to a transformation of local settlement structures. The key objective of this paper is to deliver an overview of new housing patterns and how they impact spatial ...
Urban streets and social interactions in ‘third places’: The urban regeneration of al wakrah old souq (state of qatar)
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Henry Stewart Publications
, 2019 , Article)
The social-spatial complexity of a city can be explored through the relationship between its built forms and users’ daily social activities. Researchers argue that there is a relationship between the built environment, ...
Qatar national MUSEUM-Transit oriented development: The masterplan for the urban regeneration of a 'green TOD'
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Over the past two decades, a growing number of communities have pursued light rail transit (LRT) and Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) as part of an integrated transportation and land use strategy to revitalize and/or ...