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Mitigation of urban voids in traditional neighborhoods: The case of the Al-Najada zone in Doha, Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Urban voids and leftover spaces challenge the urban development of cities and result in land vacancy and other spatial planning issues. Such spaces have great potential for innovative intervention through piece-by-piece ...
Investigation of Spatial and Cultural Features in Contemporary Qatari Housing
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2023 , Article)
Housing is a basic human need and a fundamental component of settlement status. The architectural form and spatial provisions of housing evolve in line with—and transform to meet—a specific era’s needs. Globalization has ...
Emerging factors shaping identity of indigenous urbanism concurrently adopting modernity in qatar: The application of diffusion theory
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Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
, 2020 , Article)
Forms, designs, and symbols are the components of built environment, which transfer the information of place and identity to users. This research aimed to explore the emerging factors shaping the identity of local urban ...
Modeling and optimization of poultry house passive cooling strategies in semiarid climates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Meeting hygrothermal and air quality requirements in livestock dwellings is crucial for upholding production quality standards. However, ventilation and air-conditioning in such enclosures is very energy-intensive, especially ...
Smart biofaçades; An innovative living construction technology
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Coventry University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Creating comfortable urban built environments is a challenging endeavour in Qatar, due to the rapid development and the prevailing extremely hot climatic conditions. High-rise buildings glazed envelopes and concrete masses ...
Point-Denoise: Unsupervised outlier detection for 3D point clouds enhancement
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Springer Nature
, 2021 , Article)
3D point cloud denoising is an increasingly demanding field as such type of data structure is getting more attention in perceiving the 3D environment for diverse applications. Despite their novelty, recently proposed ...
Smart City Applications: Promoting comfort, health and well-being through Sustainable Smart Urban Design (S2UD) in Msheireb Downtown
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE)
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This study explores the Msheireb Downtown Project by studying the design qualities and adopted applications of its public open spaces (POS). We uncover their roles in the smart city design system with an eye for how they ...
Proposed cooling wall system: A lesson from nature
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ISEC Press
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
The study commences with a comparative analysis between desert adapted cactus plants and traditional mud houses. Primary comparative results yielded three main similarities: 1) Effective utilization of self-shading surfaces; ...
Environmental impact assessment of new district developments
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WITPress
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Over the last decade, the term "sustainability" has figured prominently in city planning discussions aiming to create comfortable places to live, work, learn and relax. In an accelerated world, the need to set standards ...
A comparative study of gender differences in thermal comfort and environmental satisfaction in air-conditioned offices in Qatar, India, and Japan
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Gender differences in the assessment of thermal comfort and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) have not previously been investigated, despite the prevalence of the overcooling of ...