QU Conference Proceedings: Recent submissions

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    • Using the fractal dimension to generate parametric Islamic patterns 

      Abdelsalam, Mai; Abdelsalam, Hassan ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the cause for over 70% of global deaths. Various levels of healthcare delivery from home-care to tertiary care exist for patients where patients with NCDs are treated. Demand for services ...

    • Urbanism Beyond Cognition: On Design and Machine Learning 

      Bottazzi, Roberto ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      It could be argued that the introduction of new technologies always shifts the 'epistemological horizon' of the different fields they impact. New instruments allow expanding the range of parameters defining a discipline's ...

    • ' Pay-as-you-go City ': New Forms of Domesticity in a Technological Society 

      Ameijde, Jeroen van; Sentissi, Zineb ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      Ongoing urbanization, combined with market fundamentalism as the prevailing mode of political management, is leading to the spatial and social segregation of economic classes in cities. The housing market, being driven by ...

    • The Body at the Center of Our Design Universe 

      Major, Mark David; Tannous, Heba Osama ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      A third factor has increasingly complicated the man-environment paradigm - the intellectual and physical framework defining the relationship between man and the environment, both built and natural - without definitive ...

    • Re-defining the Role of Interactive Architecture in Social Relationships 

      Boychenko, Kristina ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      With rapid advance of new technologies and mediated built space has shifted from a static context of functions serving users to a new participant of social relationships. Interactive abilities and computational power allow ...

    • Increasing Value of Architecture in the Platform Society 

      Pool, M. N. ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      The author has developed several methods for democratizing the architectural design process resulting in a more user specific and open architecture. Our cities need Open Systems in order to grow and become resilient and ...

    • Robotic Fabrication as Catalysts for Emergent Topologies and Traditions: Nomadic Small Pavilions and Permanent Mega Structures in Kuwait 

      Dashti, Hussain ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      This paper reviews tendencies and drives for future parametric computational design and robotic fabrication/construction automation. It sheds light on the local current impact of the computational paradigm and mass-customized ...

    • Participator, A Participatory Urban Design Instrument 

      Oosterhuis, Kas; Hidding, Arwin ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      A point cloud of reference points forms the programmable basis of a new method of urban and architectural modeling. Points in space from the smallest identifiable units that are informed to communicate with each other to ...

    • [E]motive Architecture: strategies for a behaviour-driven Space configuration 

      Cambié, Viola; Zanoli, Carlotta ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      As Architect and Engineer, we used to work with the concept of Space. Struggling to find an exhaustive definition, we risk thinking about it as a framework with the same properties of the object we are going to design. ...

    • The Affective City: Cartography of Machinic Urban Assemblages 

      Passia, Yota; Roupas, Panagiotis ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      While the city is generally perceived -within complexity theory and dynamic systems theory as a changing field of dense interactions that occur in a range of spatial and temporal scales, we are unable to perceive it or ...

    • BLOOM: materialising computational workflows 

      Georgiou, Michail; Georgiou, Odysseas ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      The paper presents ongoing research, aiming towards affordability of complex forms in architecture. The research supports that the above objective can be approached by re-examining and integrating materiality and form-finding ...

    • Smart Cities: A Socio-Technical Perspective 

      Biloria, Nimish ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      This research paper elaborates upon the concept of Smart Cities and the evolution of the term itself throughout history in order to outline the emergence of two distinct schools of thought: technocentric and humancentric, ...

    • The Agrarian City in the age of Planetary Scale Computation: Dynamic System Model and Parametric Design Model for the introduction of Vertical Farming in High Dense Urban Environments in Singapore 

      Aiman, Tabony; Enriqueta, Llabres-Valls ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      Current conditions related to food security lead to study alternative forms of food production in cities such as vertical urban farming in high dense urban environments. This paper discusses the development of the Innovate ...

    • Smart Interactive Buildings [SIBs]: The use of Ambient Intelligent Systems [AMIS] to enable Smart Interactive Settlements [SISs] 

      Al Saeed, Mahmoud; Fadli, Fodil ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      The 21st Century is witnessing the dawn of Industry [I4.0], or the fourth Industrial Revolution. With burgeoning technological inventions linked to smart interactive cities and intelligent buildings, where humans-machines-spaces ...

    • Crossbreed - (Re) producing the Future 

      Brosilovski, Yael ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference)
      The subject of technological intervention has been largely debated among the world’s greatest minds. Political, theological, psychological, biological and ethical implications have all been argued for and against the ...

    • Innovation in Road Construction Industry: An Analysis of Different Case Studies 

      Oad, Pardeep; Kajewski, Stephen; Kumar, Arun ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      Process improvement and innovation in the field of road construction sector offers significant community and industry benefits, by making an important contribution in economic growth and enhancing the quality of life. ...

    • Challenges for the Use of Local Materials in Unbound Road Subbase in Qatar 

      Mohamedain, Moaaz Hashim; Hassan, Khaled E.; El-Hussain, Osman; Al-Emadi, Khalid ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      Current practice in Qatar is to blend local limestone with dune sand for use in unbound pavement applications. Dune sand is used to improve the properties of fine aggregate and compliance with the QCS 2014 requirements of ...

    • Development and Performance of Cement Bound Materials in Road Pavements 

      Hassan, Khaled E.; El-Hussain, Osman; Al-Kuwari, Mohammed bin-Saif; Al-Emadi, Khalid ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      The use of cement bound materials (CBMs) for road construction in Qatar is relatively new. CBM improves the structural capacity and durability of pavement, but considerations should be made to the setting time and strength ...

    • Evaluation of Bond Strength Between Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Composites with Modified Epoxy Resins and Concrete 

      Rabie, Mohamed; Fayyad, Eman M.; Irshidat, Mohammad R.; Al Nuaimi, Nasser; Hassan, Mohammad K. ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      Rehabilitation and strengthening of concrete structures are becoming more significant in civil engineering applications. The use of externally bonded Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) is one of the methods to strengthen and ...

    • Compressive Strength and Hydration of Ravennagrass Baggase Ash Concrete 

      Elkaseem, Ashhabu; Bawa, Samaila ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      The paper presents the findings of the effect of revennagrass baggase ash concrete compressive strength using compression machine and hydration behavior with the aid of non-contact electrical resistivity measurement device. ...