(Un)margin the Shkodër’s gate / An opportunity to regenerate an important landmark3D printing technologies for a biomimetic landscape design / Rapid prototyping for the renovation of Shkoder’s waterfrontA 100% Renewable Energy Scenario for Finiq MunicipalityA Bike Ride for Local Pomegranate Juice / Opportunities for Sustainable Regional Development in Shkodra, AlbaniaA bottom-up visioning process of "Gjirokastra 2030" BESNIK ALIAJA breathing city / Shkodra and its representative places on the waterA drought & flood resilience strategy for Berat MICHIEL VAN DRIESSCHE, WILLIAM VEERBEEKA historical & regional overview of Saranda, and its relations with the Finiq area The beginnings and key moments in the development of the city-region of SarandaA new characterization of the Mediterranean landscape / itineraries, lines and natural podiums LORIS ROSSIA new market in the “historic center” of PrishtinaA new paradigm for local infrastructure to enhance the potential of Finiq and its surroundingA project for the Albanian coast ANTONELLO STELLAAbandoned Buildings and Memory . The Importance of The Buildings of The Past in The Identity of The CityActions for sustainable development: A strategy for rural growth in Dropull municipality through the promotion of local resources for building and constructionAesthetic quality of the historic urban landscape. Historic city image and Townscape tradition DORINA PAPAAgainst the grain. Two theoretical studies for re- thinking Gjirokastër ALBERTO GRANDOAgricultural cluster development in peri-urban areas ELONA KARAFILIAlbania 2030 / economic development based on turism BESNIK ALIAJALBANIA The Role of Design, Planning and Landscaping for the National Growth, Image Building and Branding BESNIK ALIAJAlbanian Riviera / Creative Tourism Transcending Local Expediency ARTA JANUZI-CANAAlbanian Riviera / urban form and landscape, the core elements for a future metanational landscape SAIMIR KRISTOAmphibious Devices / Interventions that adapt to land and water in the protected area of Bask-Rrjoll, ShkodraAn example for the rural area of Gjirokastra. The case of Zagorie territorial and tourism plan POLIS UNIVERSITY WORK GROUPApproach to an adaptive methodology for reading informal structures PIETRO MASSAIArchitectural proposal: Reconstruction of the High School "Asim Zeneli" and the surrounding METROPOLIS STUDIOArchitecture and the City in the interplay of socio-cultural instances: Gjirokastra in a (Post-) Modern Condition DESARA PULABarcelona: A tale of two riversBeyond boundaries. Exploring new post-pandemic housing models through the reformulation of collective spaces ELENA VEZELLABiophilic design. Prishtina natural landscape restoration according to IUCN categories in Urban protected areasBuilding resilience for local governments in Albania: legal and institutional challenges RUDINA TOTOBuilding Resilience in rural areas ALICE PALAZZOBuilding typologies of Prishtina neighborhoods. Visual assessment of structural and architectural configuration towards a more distinct urban imageBuildings’ façades as catalysts for urban regeneration: mitigating the “touristic bypass effect” in Finiq's Small Towns.Climate change awareness in the Lezha area through artistic practice REMIJON PRONJAClimate Resilience through Blue and Green Corridors in Lezha Municipality RODON GJOKACo-evolutive Resilience: The Hidden Identity of PhoeniciaCo-PLAN / An Urban ChronicleCollaborative post-conflict urban planning tools, to help ensure that reconstruction efforts are people- centered and accessible to allCommunity Resilience as an approach: operative tools for the social-ecological sub-system FABRIZIO AIMARCommunity-based rural development The potential of a shrinking village with agriculture vocationConclusions and Recommendations BESNIK ALIAJ, SOTIR DHAMO, LORIS ROSSI, LUCA EMANUELIConclusions BESNIK ALIAJ, LEDIO ALLKJAConclusions from the planning processConstruction and demolition waste in Lezha FLOGERTA KROSIContinuity and Interruption in Architecture /Case of the historic urban landscape of Finiq (ancient Phoinike), AlbaniaCovered Embers - The rebirth of Gjirokastra from its ashes ELEONORA BACCEGACreative cities along water margins / Urban and cultural regeneration of Shkodra, city of waterCreative processes in comparison. Energy, material and hidden logics. LORIS ROSSIDefining hindering factors of the informal settlements in the general regulatory plan of Shkodër municipality.Derviçan: a morpho–typological development analysis as a tool for its conservationDesign strategies for residential buildings in the post-pandemic era BIANKA MADHIDifficulties and innovation in GIS application at Dropull PPV caseDigital innovation in rural area. A vision for smart village in DropullDigital Surveying for Revitalization of Finiq Municipality in Albania: Utilizing 3D Technologies for Heritage Preservation and DevelopmentDigital territorial assets: vocational drivers’ representation for Finiq Municipality's challenge of changeDigitalization as a tool for Redevelopment – The Finiq caseDisrupting the 'art-touristic attraction' equation: reflections on public art’s possible roles in Lezha’s future planningDocklands engine in transition/ Hybrid identity towards new urbanity: the (unpredictable) role of ArtDrawings as a form of knowledge Re-presenting Gjirokastra LORISS ROSSI, LAURA PEDATADriverless transition: the value of autonomous mobility for sustainable urban development GIAN ANDREA GIACOBONEDriverless transition: the value of autonomous mobility for sustainable urban development GIAN ANDREA GIACOBONEDropull - liminal cultures / mapping identitiesDynamic heritage: the case of Havana ALESSANDRO MASSARENTEDynamic Resilience METROPOLISEcological-urbanism in semi-urban areas after sprawl. The case of Tirana NorthEmpowering the periphery: regional planning perspective to left-behind placesEnvisioning the future of Prishtina An image shaped by the spatial experience DORINA PAPAErosion and industrial pollution of Seman RiverEvolving waterscapes by relying on instabilityExcessive presence of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Drini River and their impact on the Kune-Vain lagoon ecosystem: how anthropization can affect biodiversity MATTEO BISIExploring the Environmental and Social Sustainability of Natural Cities. Challenges and Opportunities of Unfinished Buildings DevelopmentFinding Local Stone for Façade Renewal in Finiq, AlbaniaFiniq Digital Landscape: Remote Sensing, GIS and BIM Tools as a Basis for Flood and Deforestation Strategic ActionsFiniq rebirth through digital transformation and “digital nomads”Finiq riverscape Green and blue infrastructures among the Finiq municipality riversFlooding rehabilitation in Lezha city ANIRA GJONIFragments as methodology / an overview of OMB's researchFrom intersectorial plans to territorial cohesion policies ARTAN KACANIFrom Ottoman to Modern - Transformation of Prishtina 1945-1990 ILIR GJINOLLIFrom the global city to the city by parts. A reflection on the meaning of the contemporary city starting from the case of Prishtina ANTONELLO STELLAGeo-referenced database for the architectural heritage: a tool for the study and enhancement of the medieval churches in the municipalities of southern AlbaniaGJAKOVA [RE]PACKED DEA BUZA, RENIS BETALLIGjirokastër fortress hillside. Geotechnical hazards assessment and stabilization measures as key factors for the fortress preservation ENDRI DUROGjirokastra CHwB To restore a world heritageGjirokastra rebirth through distributed retirement houses LUCA LEZZERINIGreen Vector Connecting Polycentric Void System PHD RESEARCHERSGrowing thickness as a research methodologyHighlights to informed spatial planning in the growing suburbs of Tirana RUDINA TOTOHuman Centered Design to enhance inclusive tourismHyperNatural landscapes LUCA EMANUELI, GIANNI LOBOSCOIdeological Uses and Management Policies of Archaeological Sites in Post-Socialist Albania: The Case of Saranda Area (Finiq and Butrint)Improving Energy Efficiency, reducing air pollution Intervening in Public Service Areas to save energy and reduce gas emissions AGULJELN MARKUImproving health and well-being in the cities XHOANA KRISTOIncreasing ecosystem resilience through landscape interventions: the case of flooding in ShkodraIncreasing regional health through digital technologyIndoor pollutant evaluation and new building solutions to reduce them: literature review and fundamentals LUCA LANZONIInfrastructure: Proposals for planning and settlement models connection and better access development in the Lezhë region BESJANA QAJAInnovative applications for civil structures of the Municipality of Finiq using topology optimization and additive manufacturingInnovative housing models that reflect the needs of contemporary society (Post-pandemic context) MALVINA ISTREFAJ (KOLICI), LLAZAR KUMARAKUInnovative Urban Design Strategies for a Traditional City. The Case of Gjirokastra. LLAZAR KUMARAKUInquiries on the liminality in between Raw material extraction sites and urbanized centers. Study case The quarry in the outskirts of SofratikeIntroduction from the EditorsIntroduction from the EditorsIntroduction from the EditorsIntroduction from the EditorsIslands and Fragile edgesLandscape Ecological Urbanism: Effective Strategy for Resilient Cities. How can landscape design be integrated in urban planning, reshaping urbanity and creating a new scenery? Strategic Proposal for the city of PrishtinaLandscape of historical identity. Exploring Landscapes in the State of Liminality in/and the case of SofratikaLandscape project / Large-scale project ELENA DORATOLayers of archeology CATERINA SPADONILearning from 'La Riviera' LAURA PEDATALiminality Articulations in Territorial Development: A Research On Biopolitics And Property Right TheoriesLinear infrastructure assets as a territorial system for flood disturbances control LORENZO TINTILocal disaster reduction in the municipality of LezhaMetropolitan Governance in Albania. The Case for Tirana – A theoretical debate or an absolute necessity? DRITAN SHUTINAMobility Infrastructure Supporting Tourism Economy in the South of AlbaniaMulti-scale reading of a city’s resilienceMulti-scale reading of a city’s resilience LORIS ROSSI, LAURA PEDATAMunicipality Project Redefining the Identity of Finiq: A Systemic Approach to Urban Resilience and Sustainable DevelopmentNavigating Dropull through liminal spaces and thresholdsNew Dimensions of Urban Living ANTONELLO STELLANew drivers of sustainable development in developing countries SILVIA CESARIOILANDSCAPES / Coupling ecological and social dimensions with oil infrastructures in Adriatic-Ionian regionOlive tree as a way of life in the Albanian Riviera ERIDA CURRAJOMB / the Observatory of Mediterrenaean Basin The new unit of Applied Research Department - POLIS University LORIS ROSSIOverlapping Layers: a representation and learning landscape code for DropullPlacemaking Gjirokastra DORIANA MUSAJPlanning and design of territorial healthcare facilities in rural areas: opportunities, advantages and recommendationsPlanning and financing Infrastructure in the city through land value capture instruments. The case of Tirana – Rinas Corridor. ANILA GJIKAPlanning and financing Infrastructure in the city through land value capture instruments. The case of Tirana – Rinas Corridor ANILA GJIKAPlanning for uncertainties / Learning from adaptive complex systemsPlanning the new ShkodraPrefacePrefacePreface BESNIK ALIAJPresence of peculiar organisms in the water of Lagoons: potentially valuables Bioindicators for cultural eutrophication level assessment. ANTONELLA VOLTAPreservation of Cultural Heritage in Lezha City KRISTIANA MECOPrishtina – A New European CapitalPrishtina as Part of Main Transport Corridors. The role of Route 6 and Route 7 for the cityPrishtina Cultural Patches Re-evaluation of Ulpiana’s “late modernist” heritage through interrelated cultural interventionsPrishtina New European Capital Images of a city to be discovered LORIS ROSSI, LLAZAR KUMARAKUProactive approaches through environmental and architectural elements towards sustainable solutions for post pandemic city. Case study of Lezhë RINE ZOGIANIProject-Based Papers: Small-Medium Scale. Strategic Visioning & DesignProjecting Shkodra / descriptionProposals for the protection and conservation of biodiversity and the Environment ENDRI DUROProtection and Restoration of Biodiversity of Semani basinPunctuating Gjirokastra’s Modernism SKENDER LUARASIRe-active Riviera /competition description METROPOLIS STUDIORe-designing demolished Cultural Heritage. A study of a thin shell design for earthquake-destroyed churches in Finiq municipalityRe-inventing through re-finding. Riparian agriculture for environmental system revitalization marking a new identity for lower shrinkage and isolation in FiniqRe-thinking the city through strategic urban projects ROMEO FARINELLARe-use and Revitalization of Military Bunkers in the Albanian Riviera EGLA LUCAReclaiming Urban Space: Gordon Matta-Clark’s Artistic Approach to the Peripheral NeighborhoodsReflection of sociopolitical developments in the architecture of Prishtina during 1945-1990 Arbër SadikiRelations between cities. The importance of relations between cities and their effects on urban development SABINE BAUER, AGLAÉE DEEGROSRenew-Moving Prishtina, The Kosovar Capital as a multimodal transport hub returning obsolete facilities to peopleReport - Settlements, Public Spaces and DwellingReport - The Cultural Commons of Phoeniciae Landscape as the natural and cultural heritage commonsReport- Towards a sustainable mobility Green and blue infrastructures among the Finiq municipalityResearch by design / exploring resilience AKPTRestoration and protection of ecosystem in the Seman delta MARIA TERESA CAMERADAResults and ConclusionsRethinking and inventing Territory, Infrastructure and Housing in the case of Post pandemic Region of Lezha (Albania) - Part II LLAZAR KUMARAKURethinking and inventing Territory, Infrastructure and Housing in the case of Post pandemic Region of Lezha (Albania) LLAZAR KUMARAKURETHINKING GJIROKASTRA. Can architecture and city planning stimulate hope and growth for shrinking cities? BESNIK ALIAJ, LORIS ROSSI, LLAZAR KUMARAKURithinking the “UNESCO City” Gjirokastra, Albania: Can architects and city planning stimulate hope and growth for shrinking cities? BESNIK ALIAJ, SOTIR DHAMORIVIERA PANORAMIC CORRIDOR a Gateway towards the South Albania Landscape MARIO ASSISIRivieras LUCA EMANUELIRurality, landscaping, toursim and sustainbale develeopmentRURBAN SEQUENCES Inquiries on Dropull’s states of LiminalityRurban Sequences. Inquiries on Dropull’s states of LiminalitySeasonal isles FELIXX , POLIS UNIVERSITYSeeking Production Footprints on Behalf of Innovation, City of Gjirokastra ERIDA CURRAJSemi Urban- Eco Sensitivity PHD RESEARCHERShëngjin Marina Development LLAZAR KUMARAKUShëngjin Marina Development WIDELINE S.R.L. METROPOLISShifting from liminality to destination. The case of VriseraSlow road to Butrinti / Time-based reflections for an emerging touristic territory GIANNI LOBOSCO THORSTEN LANGSlow Valley / A modest proposition to cultivate an Agrarian LandscapeSmart accessibility patterns and shrinking cities: The added value of urban design. MARCO NEGRISmart road infrastructure: Shaping the future of Shengjin accessibility ALBINA TOLLICASmart village - new strategy for the development of Piniq’s realitySpatial Proposals for The Post Pandemic City. Panacea Planning and Architecture for The Third Millenium Settlement. The Case of Lezha RegionStrategies connecting a city. Case study of Singapore, a model for PrishtinaStrategies for urban regeneration through the intervention on the existing buildings / A proposal for the city of ShkodraStrategies to adapt and update the existing residential building stock of Lezha region in the post Covid-19 pandemic era NICOLA TALAMONTIStructural Assessment and Seismic Performance of Traditional Stone houses in Dropulli regionSummary of Findings from the Evaluation of the Current Periphery Building Environment for Lezha City&s Future Vision. ILDA RUSISummary of the general Local Plan of Dropull MunicipalitySurvey and architectural recovery activities of semi abandoned villages LUCA ROSSATOSurvival and Sustainability, Local Finance Concerns in Prishtina, the new capital of EuropeSustainable Tourism as enhancer for Branding Gjirokastra SONIA JOJICSustainable tourism development in Liminal SpacesTaking measures regarding the invisible dimension of the landscape JOANA DHIAMANDITextile as shelter ARMELA LAMAJThe adaptable city 2 EUROPAN FEDERATIONThe city of design and culture IVONNE ORTIZ SANCHEZThe coast as an intelligent device: from conceptual to physical interventionsThe contribution of cultural routes regarding the sector of sustainable tourism in Albanian Riviera SONIA JOIJCThe creative process of statistical gathering and analysing in DropullThe Gjirokastra Experience. The Art Loop. An urban path to foster the connection between a territory and its cultural identity. NICOLA TASSELLIThe hidden regional layer: Lost architecture/urbanism Don’t glorify, but don’t forget the past!The Image of the architecture in the City DOMENICO PASTORE, FRANCESCA SISCIThe impact of airport in urban development of area HABIB YMERIThe Mediterranean City-WorldThe need for strategic projects for a new urban gate to Tirana as a business card for Albania BESNIK ALIAJ, GASTONE AVEThe Potential of Building Information Modeling in Agricultural OperationsThe process, difficulties and the innovative VSM findings of DropullThe reconversion of the Litoranea Venetian Waterway: an opportunity to rethink the eastern Venetian coastal systemThe Relationship between Urban Form and Infrastructure: A Case Study of Finiq MunicipalityThe restoration of water quality in the Seman basinThe ripple effect. An Official State Residence, Retreat, and Protocol Center for the Sovereign Republic of KosovaThe Road to change, transformation through infrastructure. The development of Prishtina city through infrastructureThe Seman basin and the pollution: biological solutions ALBERTA VANDINIThe shape of water DONG SUB BERTINThe strategic role of an enterprise zone along the axis rinas International Airport – Tirana GASTONE AVEThe Territorial Space of Green Transition / Transitioning from One Territorial System to Another through Nature-based Solutions / The Case of Finiq MunicipalityThe Time Agent. A hypothesis of a possible development of the city of Gjirokastra through a vital connection between buildings, public space and works of art. STEFANO ROMANOThe Watershed and its Integrated Management and PlanningTirana, new metropolis: reinventing a new sustainable (spatial) image for Albania. PHD RESEARCHERTirana’s landscape through the lens of time, space and movement LAURA PEDATATo code or not to code? Investigating the urban-rural transect and other Smart Code instruments in the territorial development context of Albania / Case Study: city of ShkodraToolkit design methodology / Architectural project by use of classification and taxonomiesTourism for LandscapeTowards a greener Prishtina Green Infrastructure (GI) as a tool for generating Strategic Environmental GuidelinesTranshumances ROBERTO PASINITransport Network Impact in Shrinking Cities. The case of Gjirokastra city and rural region BESJANA QAJAUlpiana: A historical potential for the new Prishtina LLAZAR KUMARAKUUnlimited Tirana(s) – New DimensionsUrban and Territorial Planning paradigms in transition. Academia 100+ Villages and Dropulli caseUrban Exceptions. The interruption of consolidated urban logics as an opportunity to regenerate public space in PrishtinaUser centered methodologies in design for social improvement: The case study of PrishtinaUsing digital survey modeling as a critical process of knowledge: Exploring the evolution of Scanderbeg Memorial in Lezha. EMEL PETËRÇIUsing innovation as a tool for inverting emigration trends in Dropull. How digital manufacturing could leap the technological gap and strengthen the connection between the community and its territoryWhen a river flows into the sea / workshop report OMB