Architecture and Planning Journal, APJ, celebrates its 25th volume for years 2018 and 2019 in synchronization with passing 59 years on founding Beirut Arab University. APJ is the academic journal of the Faculty of Architecture Design & Built Environment that hosts articles from different topics of architecture and planning.
All the published articles are peer reviewed by regional and international well recognized referees in their domains or staff members from reputable universities in UK, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Lebanon.
Since 2012, the year of RIBA accreditation, the faculty aims to internationalize the APJ to be spreaded worldwide. In fact, the faculty put a strategic plan to make APJ hosted by one of the high ranked organizations in publishing articles. Therefore, APJ calls all scholars, authors, architects and researchers from all around the world to publish articles in the mentioned topics.
Finally, the team of APJ hopes that this volume becomes a useful source of data and a valuable reference.
Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Ibtihal El-Bastawissi Dean, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
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» Hassan ABDEL-SALAM - Head of Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS MANAGEMENT
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OPTIMUM TREE DISTRIBUTION FOR PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY OF COMMERCIAL STREET IN TRIPOLI CITY
Yasmine Khaled Amkieh
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE FUNCTION AND DESIGN OF SPACES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES THROUGH THE DIGITAL ERA
Kareem S. Galal
ضبط التأثير الإشعاعى لمواد البناء المستخدمة فى مصر
Yasser Al Sayed
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Bassam Ali Hassan and Osama Omar
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Mahmoud Fouad Mahmoud Al Bawab
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Ali Abou Ghnemah and Diala Atteyyat
أثر الحوافز وتطوير أساليب التعليم على الأداء التصميمي لطلبة الهندسة المعمارية في الأردن
Sakr Moustafa Al Sokour and Moemenat Moustafa
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Ihab Naser Eldine Ahmed Mohamed
INTEGRATING COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN EGYPTIAN ACADEMIC ARCHITECTURE CURRICULA
Ingy El-Darwish
A PROPOSED MODIFIED ADOBE BRICK TO ENHANCE VERNACULAR CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR ECOTOURISM IN EGYPT:CASE STUDY OF JABAL ELGEZERAH ELHAMRA, MARSA ALAM
Walid Fouad Omar Moustafa
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Hoda Zeayter and Ashraf Mansour Habib Mansour
THE ROLE OF SIMULATION IN URBAN DESIGN DECISIONS: MICROCLIMATE AND HUMAN COMFORT CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING
Ingy El-Darwish, Amany Ragheb, and Ahmed Sherif
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Yasser Fouda and Maged Zagow
A GIS-BASED APPROACH FOR AUDITING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF “NEW BORG ELARAB” CITY, EGYPT
Yasser Fouda and Deena ElKhazendar
ZERO ENERGY UNIVERSITY BUILDINGSENERGY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING IN TRIPOLI'S BRANCH
Osama Omar, Yathreb Sabsaby, and Rehab Amro
IMPROVING THE DESIGN QUALITY OF HOUSING BUILDINGS
Ehab Nasr Elden Ahmed
OPTIMUM WINDBREAKER TO REDUCE WIND TUNNEL EFFECT ON OCCUPANT COMFORT AT PEDESTRIAN LEVEL (A CASE STUDY OF BAU BUILDING IN TRIPOLI)
Dima Khoder Merhy, Nabil Mohareb, and Mostafa R. A. Khalifa
ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN FLOW IN PUBLIC SPACE THROUGH USER SEGREGATION
Ali Sedki and Farah Iaali
EMPLOYING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS TO REVITALIZE THE HISTORIC URBAN QUARTER OF AL-MUIZZ STREET, CAIRO, EGYPT
Baher Ismail Farahat
SAVING THE MEMORIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION IN EGYPTIAN VILLAGES
Dalia Shebl Said
TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF USING PV CURTAIN WALLS IN HOT ARID ENVIRONMENTCASE STUDY; MIXED-USE BUILDING, JEDDAH, KSA
Abdelaziz Farouk A. Mohamed and Ahmed T. Elfakgarany
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING BASED BIOPHILIC DESIGN
Marwa Charkas
INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USER'S DENSITIES AND FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTION ON MEDITERRANEAN WATERFRONTS: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS APPROACH
Sima El-Cheikh, Mary Felix, Nabil Mohareb, and Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi
ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION (SCALE 1 TO 1 DESIGN - BUILD METHOD)
Mostafa Khalifa and Mostafa El Hefnawi
THE PARTICIPATORY APPROACH FOR WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES. A CASE STUDY OF TRIPOLI, LEBANON WATERFRONT
Sima El-Cheikh
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INTEGRATING BUILDING ENVELOPES WITH PARAMETRIC PATTERNS IN OFFICE WORKERS
Ahmed Rashwan
RETRIEVING MEMORIES OF ALEXANDRIA'S PAST BY REVITALIZING THE HERITAGE OF KOM EL-DEKKA
Dina Nassar and Riham Ragheb
MEASURING PUBLIC SPACES IDENTITY IN JEDDAH CORNICHE
Walaa El- Sayed Yoseph
POTENTIALS FOR CREATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AT KOM EL-DEKKA- ALEXANDRIA
Dina Nassar and Riham Ragheb
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN BUILDING PROCESSACCORDING TO QUALITY LEADERS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Khaled El-Daghar
THE IMPACT OF ATRIUMS ON THERMAL AND DAYLIGHTING PERFORMANCE
Kareem S. Galal
PROSPECTS OF WALKABILITY IN CITY NEIGHBORHOODSCASE STUDY: THE CITY CENTER OF ALEXANDRIA
Amira Mohamed Said Ammar
SICK BUILDINGS, POOR DESIGN AND PUBLIC HEATH
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Sherif Khashaba and Ghada Rehan
ACHIEVING VISUAL COMFORT IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SPACES:A DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSIVE KINETIC SKIN
Fatima Belok, Mostafa Rabea, Mohamad Hanafi, and Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi
A PROPOSED NEW CONTEMPORARY VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE SPIRIT OF AGE-DESIGN PRINCIPLES: A CASE STUDY OF AJLOUN, JORDAN
Mohannad Tarrad and Diana Abu-baker
FORWARD TO ENHANCING INFORMAL TRANSPORTATION STATIONS IN CROWDED CITIES
Mary Felix and Mostafa ElHefnawi
CARBON NEUTRAL URBAN SPACES UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE CASE STUDY: RENOVATION OF SIDI GABER NEIGHBORHOOD IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
Abdel Aziz Farouk Mohamed
THE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN BEIRUT URBAN PATTERNS ON THE MICROCLIMATE: A REVIEW OF URBAN POLICY AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
Hiba Mohsen, Rokia Raslan, and Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi
HEALTH AND WELLBEING RE-VISITED; AN EXPLORATORY STUDY TOWARDS A “HEALTHY & WELLBEING” UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Hisham El-Arnaouty, Nader Azab, and Osama Omar