Architecture & Urban Planning: Recent submissions
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Toward Sustainable Urban Development in Doha: Implementation of Transit Villages through a Multiple-Layer Analysis
( American Society of Civil Engineers , 2023 , Article)Scholars argue that the efficient integration between public transportation systems and potential transit villages is the best strategy to be adopted to achieve sustainable urban development and manage the expansion of ... -
Advancing urban mobility in the State of Qatar—Establishing a framework for autonomous vehicles in Doha
( EnPress Publisher, LLC , 2024 , Article)The Government of Qatar is investing considerable resources in the development of integrated transport infrastructure as a solution to traffic congestion and environmental degradation. Autonomous vehicles are expected to ... -
The impact of urban design on mental well-being by integrating green spaces in Doha City, Qatar
( EnPress Publisher, LLC , 2024 , Article)The fields of urban design and public health play an important role in the success and failure of the city. Research combining the two fields to improve citizens’ lives is rare, particularly in a rapidly developing city ... -
The (IM)-possible mosque: Spatial mutation and identity needs in northern Ireland
( Emerald Publishing , 2012 , Article)Over more than thirty years of violent conflict, Northern Ireland had an intense sectarian violence due to the political-religious opposition between its Catholic and Protestant communities. The history of the Muslim ... -
Environmental impact assessment of new district developments
( 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 ... -
Structural topology optimization considering complexity
( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2017 , Conference Paper)As topology optimization is a free-form approach to optimizing structural layout, it has a tendency to design structures that are topologically complex. In large-scale structures, this complexity drives construction costs ... -
Smart biofaçades; An innovative living construction technology
( 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 ... -
Social media data analysis of IoT risks in smart cities
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Conference Paper)Social media has emerged as the most popular platform for individuals from all walks of life who wish to connect with one another to discuss recent news or events that have taken place all over the globe. Twitter, in ... -
Exploring 2D Representation and Transfer Learning Techniques for People Identification in Indoor Localization
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Conference Paper)Indoor localization is a crucial aspect of various disciplines in our daily lives. It enables efficient administration tasks and improves safety by identifying the position of items or people inside spaces, making it useful ... -
Analysis of Unsupervised Consumption Anomaly Detection in Sports Facilities using Artificial Intelligence-Based Data Analytics: A Case Study
( Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2023 , Conference Paper)Sports facilities have exceptionally high energy demand due to the extensive operational requirements and high-occupancy seasonal rates. Towards promoting efficient energy usage and minimal losses, consumption anomaly ... -
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) analysis of a two-sided windcatcher integrated with anti-short-circuit device for lowwind conditions
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2020 , Article)Windcatchers are considered as promising passive ventilation and cooling strategy, but the ventilation performance of this system is still of concern in areas with low speed and unpredictable winds. The air short circuiting ... -
Future cities and autonomous vehicles: analysis of the barriers to full adoption
( KeAi Communications Co. , 2021 , Article)The inevitable upcoming technology of autonomous vehicles (AVs) will affect our cities and several aspects of our lives. The widespread adoption of AVs repose at crossing distinct barriers that prevent their full adoption. ... -
Biomimetic kinetic shading facade inspired by tree morphology for improving occupant’s daylight performance
( Solarlits , 2021 , Article)Many recent studies in the field of the kinetic façade developed the grid-based modular forms through primary kinetic movements which are restricted in the simple shapes. However, learning from biological analogies reveals ... -
3D point cloud enhancement using unsupervised anomaly detection
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2019 , Conference Paper)3D point cloud is increasingly getting attention for perceiving 3D environment which is needed in many emerging applications. This data structure is challenging due to its characteristics and the limitation of the acquisition ... -
Smart City Applications: Promoting comfort, health and well-being through Sustainable Smart Urban Design (S2UD) in Msheireb Downtown
( 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 ... -
Recommendation System Towards Residential Energy Saving Based on Anomaly Detection
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2022 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a recommender system to promote energy consumption reduction behaviors in residential buildings. The system exploits data stream processing methods jointly with machine learning algorithms on real-time ... -
A Two-Stage Energy Anomaly Detection for Edge-based Building Internet of Things (BIoT) Applications
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2022 , Conference Paper)The Building Internet of Energy (BIoE) is quite promising for curtailing energy consumption, reducing costs, and promoting building transformation. Integrating Artificial Intelligence into the BIoE is essential for big ... -
Exploring Deep Time-Series Imaging for Anomaly Detection of Building Energy Consumption
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2022 , Conference Paper)Although deep anomaly detection (DAD) is crucial to optimize energy management in smart buildings, there is a lack of efficient research investigating DAD of energy consumption time-series. Besides, analyzing one-dimensional ... -
Point-Denoise: Unsupervised outlier detection for 3D point clouds enhancement
( 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 ... -
The design and applications of an innovative irrigation system for biofacades in hot arid climates
( Inderscience Publishers , 2022 , Article)Assessment of water requirements through physical sustainable means is essential to ensuring water security, which is at high risk in desert climates such as Doha, Qatar. The water requirements of biofacade systems are met ...
