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Editorial The articles which take place within this issue cover var- Finally, the fifth type of article in this issue is about green ious subjects of architecture. There are articles about dif- sustainable construction in eco-cities. Rosfanfekr, Tawil ferent type of houses, urban issues, climatic issues, a his- and Goh studied on the indicators of a green sustain- torical building type and sustainable construction. able construction by considering energy efficacy. According to them, an eco-city is one that utilizes all the The first of these is about shelters for refugees and vic- critical elements of the environment and urban sustain- tims of disasters, housing for poor and new type of small able construction is a vital criterion in this context. houses. Park`s article suggests deployable recyclable paper tube emergency shelters which has been exam- International Technical Editor ined with the contributions of architecture students of Inha University. These houses were designed to be used Yonca Hurol by victims of disasters and refugees. Ahmed`s article is Eastern Mediterranean University about lack of adequate affordable housing in Vietnam. Faculty of Architecture, Via Mersin 10 Turkey He focuses on urban poor housing and provides a diag- nosis which leads him to make suggestions for this coun- try. Arslan and Ulusu Uraz claim that there is a demand for a new type of small house design which is based on open plan concept. They analyze thirty houses by space syntax application in order to identify the changes in the new small house concept. According to them the spaces in these houses are used for multiple functions. The second group of articles are about urban aesthetics, local identity, neighbourhood attachment and future cities. Nia, Atun and Rahbarianyazd`s article is about measuring aesthetic quality of urban environments through a perception based model. Perception based model gives different results in comparison to other approaches. Attia`s article claims that there is a need for modernization which is balanced with originality in Al- Dira in Saudi Arabia in order to achive a responsive housing development which considers local identity. According to Attia, the concept of responsive housing is based on needs of modernization without ignoring the requirements of local identity. Karacor and Parlar`s arti- cle studies the decrease in collective efficacy and neigh- bourhood attachment due to decline in neighbour- hoods. They developed a model to explain neighbour- hood attachment in Kuzguncuk, Turkey. Eken examined the four initial metabolist city approaches in order to establish an ironic notion of future city. She studied Plan for Tokyo (1960-62), Clusters/city in the Air (1960-62), Helix city (1961) and Ocean/Marine City (1962) that are designed for post-war Tokyo city in Japan. The third group of articles concentrate on climatic issues and sustainability. Hong and Cunyan`s article is about climate comfortable conditions of urban public open spaces of Harbin in China. They suggest consideration of marginal seasons for this purpose. According to them comfort conditions cannot be achieved without consid- ering the marginal seasons. Celiker`s article aims to reckon regional aspects in relation to sustainability and to propose sustainable housing unit models for Mediterranean region. This article focuses on passive solar systems. The fourth type of article within this issue is about bedestens (the covered bazaars) in historical Turkish cities. Atalan and Arel provide spatial analysis of bedestens within the context of their planning. They see bedestens as a part of inns, baths, mosques, and stores which take place at the central part of Ottoman cities and towns. open house international Vol.42 No.2, June 2017. OPEN ISSUE: Covering.... Aesthetic Quality, Emergency Shelters, Future Cities, Yonca Hurol http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Open House International Emerald Publishing

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Hurol, Yonca
Open House International , Volume 42 (2): 1 – Jun 1, 2017
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The articles which take place within this issue cover var- Finally, the fifth type of article in this issue is about green ious subjects of architecture. There are articles about dif- sustainable construction in eco-cities. Rosfanfekr, Tawil ferent type of houses, urban issues, climatic issues, a his- and Goh studied on the indicators of a green sustain- torical building type and sustainable construction. able construction by considering energy efficacy. According to them, an eco-city is one that utilizes all the The first of these is about shelters for refugees and vic- critical elements of the environment and urban sustain- tims of disasters, housing for poor and new type of small able construction is a vital criterion in this context. houses. Park`s article suggests deployable recyclable paper tube emergency shelters which has been exam- International Technical Editor ined with the contributions of architecture students of Inha University. These houses were designed to be used Yonca Hurol by victims of disasters and refugees. Ahmed`s article is Eastern Mediterranean University about lack of adequate affordable housing in Vietnam. Faculty of Architecture, Via Mersin 10 Turkey He focuses on urban poor housing and provides a diag- nosis which leads him to make suggestions for this coun- try. Arslan and Ulusu Uraz claim that there is a demand for a new type of small house design which is based on open plan concept. They analyze thirty houses by space syntax application in order to identify the changes in the new small house concept. According to them the spaces in these houses are used for multiple functions. The second group of articles are about urban aesthetics, local identity, neighbourhood attachment and future cities. Nia, Atun and Rahbarianyazd`s article is about measuring aesthetic quality of urban environments through a perception based model. Perception based model gives different results in comparison to other approaches. Attia`s article claims that there is a need for modernization which is balanced with originality in Al- Dira in Saudi Arabia in order to achive a responsive housing development which considers local identity. According to Attia, the concept of responsive housing is based on needs of modernization without ignoring the requirements of local identity. Karacor and Parlar`s arti- cle studies the decrease in collective efficacy and neigh- bourhood attachment due to decline in neighbour- hoods. They developed a model to explain neighbour- hood attachment in Kuzguncuk, Turkey. Eken examined the four initial metabolist city approaches in order to establish an ironic notion of future city. She studied Plan for Tokyo (1960-62), Clusters/city in the Air (1960-62), Helix city (1961) and Ocean/Marine City (1962) that are designed for post-war Tokyo city in Japan. The third group of articles concentrate on climatic issues and sustainability. Hong and Cunyan`s article is about climate comfortable conditions of urban public open spaces of Harbin in China. They suggest consideration of marginal seasons for this purpose. According to them comfort conditions cannot be achieved without consid- ering the marginal seasons. Celiker`s article aims to reckon regional aspects in relation to sustainability and to propose sustainable housing unit models for Mediterranean region. This article focuses on passive solar systems. The fourth type of article within this issue is about bedestens (the covered bazaars) in historical Turkish cities. Atalan and Arel provide spatial analysis of bedestens within the context of their planning. They see bedestens as a part of inns, baths, mosques, and stores which take place at the central part of Ottoman cities and towns. open house international Vol.42 No.2, June 2017. OPEN ISSUE: Covering.... Aesthetic Quality, Emergency Shelters, Future Cities, Yonca Hurol

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