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Books Published By Polis_press

Conference Proceedings: ISSUES OF HOUSING, PLANNING, AND RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY - Towards Euro-Mediterranean Perspectives

Affordable Housing in Albania: Challenges and Effective Strategies. Eneida MUHAMUÇI

Dealing with the future of the emergent settlements in the absence of full property recognition. The case of Kashar and Astiri in Tirana, Albania. Dr. Artan KACANI

Aspects of legal-civil legislation on the impact of housing and the real estate market in Albania and the countries of the Western Balkans. Prof.Ass.PhD. Saimir SHATKU, Grejdi JANI, Antonela MERSINI,

Problems of Sustainable and Strategic Environmental Planning of the Industrial (Non-Residential) Sector in Albania.

Management roots back to the city walls. History, present, and future. Assoc. Prof. Xhimi HYSA, Dr. Shefqet SUPARAKU

Economic and social rights enjoyment in Albania: Literature Review and Conceptual Framework. Dr. Emi HOXHOLLI, Prof. Dr. Donika KËRÇINI

'Declustering' decision-makings on cultural heritage Tirana's historic centre during urban development

Exploring the dialectic between permanence and change. The case of Epidamn Bulevard in Durrës

Exploring the balance between common and private spaces. A case study from Tirana

The Architecture of Hospitals. Learning From the Past. Franklind JESKU

Concept of heritage Materialization and Modernity. Kristiana MECO

Constructive elements of planned capitals; “Tirana Spine” and Ankara Ataturk Boulevard. Assist. Prof. Dr Zeki Kamil Ülkenli, Attila Gürsel

The peripheral areas, a new classification for Tirana. Ema MEÇOLLARI

Unveiling the Post-Digital Paradigm Cultural Implications in a Post-Human Design Ecology. DR. Valerio PERNA

A GIS-based analysis of the urban green space accessibility of Tirana, Albania. Case Study: Administrative Area No.6 MSc. Leonora HAXHIU, Franceska KORANCE

Innovative Soft Planning Tools and the Concept of Positive Energy Districts. Experience from Slovakia. Milan HUSAR, Matej JASSO, Sila Ceren VARIS HUSAR, Vladimir ONDREJICKA

The challenges of applying Big Data in the urban planning practices for the developing countries. Case study in Albania. Dhurata SHEHU,Dr. Lucca LEZZERINI

A Preliminary Investigation into a Variable Section Beam Using Algorithm-Aided Design as a way to Facilitate the Structural Design Process. Drafting Automation. Albi ALLIAJ, Flogerta KROSI,

Human Agency, Knowledge and Space in Bratislava Socio-spatial analysis of innovation in a capital city. Sila Ceren VARIS HUSAR, Milan HUSAR, Vladimir ONDREJICKA

Examining the Use of VR Technologies to Improve Architectural Visualization and Immersive Design Experiences Virtual Reality for Architectural Visualization. Andia VLLAMASI, Anxhela ASIMI

Planning for disaster risk management: the perspective of Greece and Albania on envisioning resilient futures. Varsami (Ersi) ZAFEIRIOU, Prof. Dr. Besnik ALIAJ, Prof. Dr. Pantoleon SKAYANNIS,

The influence of climate change on drought occurrences and the measures taken to alleviate drought in Albania. Sherif LUSHAJ, Anira GJONI, Enkelejda KUCAJ,

The Smart Tourist Spanish Destination Program. Critical Success Factors. Carmen DE-PABLOS-HEREDERO, Miguel BLANCO-CALLEJO, Rey Juan Carlos

Evaluating Ecosystem Services Through Cross-cutting Methods Case Study: Kune-Vain Lagoon, Assessment of Carbon Storage and Sequestration Ecosystem Service Rea MUKA,

Disaster Risk Reduction within Complex Urban Systems. The importance and challenges of holistic approaches Endri DURO

Air Quality Status of Tirana. Temporal effects of COVID-19 restrictions on the decrease of urban air pollution. Rodion GJOKA

Islands and Fragile edges

The role of environmental Strategic evaluation, as instruments for promoting sustainable planning and development in Albania / The cases of Shkodra Municipalities

Verticality in Milan Between Past and Future

Invisible Tools: Shaping New York City's Skyscrapers 49 | DIETRICH NEUMANN

Invisible Tools: Shaping New York City's Skyscrapers

The Balkan Skyscraper: How Tall is Tall Enough?

Forum A+P Vol.27

Introduction from the Editors. Venturing into the Age of AI: Insights and Perspectives

Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence in Product Development

Designing Tomorrow: AI and the Future of Architectural Design Process

Start making sense. AI, Automata and the Conquest of Space

Artificial Intelligence for Design The Artificial Intelligence of Objects

AI – The Future of Humanity and the Biggest Dilemma

Decoding the 'Artificial' Epoch: “Embracing Speculative Architectural-Design Methodologies in the era of AI by addressing the Computational Continuum”

AI-Artificial intelligence and the growth of the creative potential of designers in the fashion industry

Revolutionizing Healthcare: Disease Prediction Through Machine Learning Algorithms

An approach in using Artificial Intelligence for traffic light optimization

AI Lights and Shadows: Revolutionizing the World

A Methodology of Traffic Simulation, a Preliminary Work for VANET Technology

Guidelines for Risk Evaluation in Artificial Intelligence Applications

The Folkloric Spirit Through the Form. In the Case of Tirana Recents Architectural Development

On imitation and Style (Transfer). Discussions on the Revivalism Permeating AI Technologies

Furnishing Gorica Neighborhood with Public Spaces and the Problem of Upgrading the Historic Centers

OMB no.8 Post Pandemic City | Issue 1 & 2

Building resilience for local governments in Albania: legal and institutional challenges RUDINA TOTO

Local disaster reduction in the municipality of Lezha

Innovative housing models that reflect the needs of contemporary society (Post-pandemic context) MALVINA ISTREFAJ (KOLICI), LLAZAR KUMARAKU

Human Centered Design to enhance inclusive tourism

Disrupting the 'art-touristic attraction' equation: reflections on public art’s possible roles in Lezha’s future planning

Increasing regional health through digital technology

Proposals for the protection and conservation of biodiversity and the Environment ENDRI DURO

Linear infrastructure assets as a territorial system for flood disturbances control LORENZO TINTI

Flooding rehabilitation in Lezha city ANIRA GJONI

Indoor pollutant evaluation and new building solutions to reduce them: literature review and fundamentals LUCA LANZONI

Beyond boundaries. Exploring new post-pandemic housing models through the reformulation of collective spaces ELENA VEZELLA

Design strategies for residential buildings in the post-pandemic era BIANKA MADHI

Shëngjin Marina Development WIDELINE S.R.L. METROPOLIS

Rethinking and inventing Territory, Infrastructure and Housing in the case of Post pandemic Region of Lezha (Albania) - Part II LLAZAR KUMARAKU

Collaborative post-conflict urban planning tools, to help ensure that reconstruction efforts are people- centered and accessible to all

Introduction from the Editors

Community Resilience as an approach: operative tools for the social-ecological sub-system FABRIZIO AIMAR

Using digital survey modeling as a critical process of knowledge: Exploring the evolution of Scanderbeg Memorial in Lezha. EMEL PETËRÇI

Summary of Findings from the Evaluation of the Current Periphery Building Environment for Lezha City&s Future Vision. ILDA RUSI

Infrastructure: Proposals for planning and settlement models connection and better access development in the Lezhë region BESJANA QAJA

Construction and demolition waste in Lezha FLOGERTA KROSI

Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Lezha City KRISTIANA MECO

Climate change awareness in the Lezha area through artistic practice REMIJON PRONJA

Presence of peculiar organisms in the water of Lagoons: potentially valuables Bioindicators for cultural eutrophication level assessment. ANTONELLA VOLTA

Excessive presence of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Drini River and their impact on the Kune-Vain lagoon ecosystem: how anthropization can affect biodiversity MATTEO BISI

Proactive approaches through environmental and architectural elements towards sustainable solutions for post pandemic city. Case study of Lezhë RINE ZOGIANI

Strategies to adapt and update the existing residential building stock of Lezha region in the post Covid-19 pandemic era NICOLA TALAMONTI

Rethinking and inventing Territory, Infrastructure and Housing in the case of Post pandemic Region of Lezha (Albania) LLAZAR KUMARAKU

Spatial Proposals for The Post Pandemic City. Panacea Planning and Architecture for The Third Millenium Settlement. The Case of Lezha Region

Smart road infrastructure: Shaping the future of Shengjin accessibility ALBINA TOLLICA

Textile as shelter ARMELA LAMAJ

Climate Resilience through Blue and Green Corridors in Lezha Municipality RODON GJOKA

Forum A+P Vol.26

A NEW VANGUARD

INTRODUCTION FROM THE EDITORS

Managing Interdisciplinary in Urban Planning Research

The Research as a Decision-making Process A Viable System’s Perspective

Flow As An Operative Methodology

The formal, the temporal and the modern

A Multi-Criteria Methodology For The Integration Of Risk Assessment Into Spatial Planning

An Approach On The Formal Sustainability Of The City

Status Of Air Quality In Tirana During Quarantine Imposed Due To Covid-19 Global Pandemic

Vertical Tirana 2023: When an elephant enters into a glass shop

On Berat, the City of the Necklaces of Light

Thoughts on Urban Verticalization. Going Up and Building High for the Future City: Learning from Israel and beyond

Vertical Farms: from Agriculture to a New City Architecture

Vertical Cemeteries: a Changing Paradigm

Fear and Awe in the Vertical City: the Affective Space of "Going High"

Housing and High-Rise Building: a Longstanding Love-Hate Story Is there an Upper Limit to Living 100 on High Ground?

An Integrated Inhabiting: What Are We Talking About When We Talk About It

Does the High-Rise Building Typology meet the needs for City Densification? The case of Tirana, Albania

TAW 2022 as a Vantage Observatory of an International Phenomenon. The Horizontal Dimension of Verticality.

Forum A+P Vol.25

Science and Urban Planning In Times of Climate Crises

Saranda - Qyteti i Munguar

Forum A+P Vol.24

Adversities In Diver‘City’. TheDark Side Of Diversity | SAIBA GUPTA

The temporal cadavre exquis. The Dark Side Of Diversity

The Post-Pandemic, The Post-War, the City In Transition – Sarajevo Case Study. Future Scenarios For Post-Pandemic City

Post-Pandemic Heritage.Game Design Tools For An Engaging Experience JOAN IKONOMI, DORINA PAPA

Processing Nature, Beyond the Antinomy of Ecological Pretence in Contemporary Planning. A Critical Understanding Urban Ecosystems, the Epitome of Liveable Cities | VITTORIA MENCARINI, LORENZO TINTI

The Fifth Landscape: A Transdisciplinary Approach To interpreting Perceptual Landscape Transformations?

Reflecting About the Last Territorial and Administrative Reform in the Republic of Albania

The Destructive Rebirth of the Pyramid

Reflections On The Right To The City

Relevance Of Behavioural And Cultural Insights In Times Of Pandemic

Welcome To The New Normal! Emerging Patterns And Trends To Rethink What Cities Are

Projektimi i strukturave te betonit te armuara

OMB no.7 Rethinking Gjirokastra

Introduction from the Editors

A bottom-up visioning process of "Gjirokastra 2030" BESNIK ALIAJ

Demographic profile of Gjirokastra region GODIVA REMBECI

Relations between cities. The importance of relations between cities and their effects on urban development SABINE BAUER, AGLAÉE DEEGROS

Aesthetic quality of the historic urban landscape. Historic city image and Townscape tradition DORINA PAPA

Punctuating Gjirokastra’s Modernism SKENDER LUARASI

Sustainable Tourism as enhancer for Branding Gjirokastra SONIA JOJIC

Seeking Production Footprints on Behalf of Innovation, City of Gjirokastra ERIDA CURRAJ

Transport Network Impact in Shrinking Cities. The case of Gjirokastra city and rural region BESJANA QAJA

Driverless transition: the value of autonomous mobility for sustainable urban development GIAN ANDREA GIACOBONE

Dynamic heritage: the case of Havana ALESSANDRO MASSARENTE

Gjirokastra CHwB To restore a world heritage

Architectural proposal: Reconstruction of the High School "Asim Zeneli" and the surrounding METROPOLIS STUDIO

An example for the rural area of Gjirokastra. The case of Zagorie territorial and tourism plan POLIS UNIVERSITY WORK GROUP

Innovative Urban Design Strategies for a Traditional City. The Case of Gjirokastra. LLAZAR KUMARAKU

RETHINKING GJIROKASTRA. Can architecture and city planning stimulate hope and growth for shrinking cities? BESNIK ALIAJ, LORIS ROSSI, LLAZAR KUMARAKU

Drawings as a form of knowledge Re-presenting Gjirokastra LORISS ROSSI, LAURA PEDATA

Against the grain. Two theoretical studies for re- thinking Gjirokastër ALBERTO GRANDO

Placemaking Gjirokastra DORIANA MUSAJ

Covered Embers - The rebirth of Gjirokastra from its ashes ELEONORA BACCEGA

Gjirokastër fortress hillside. Geotechnical hazards assessment and stabilization measures as key factors for the fortress preservation ENDRI DURO

The city of design and culture IVONNE ORTIZ SANCHEZ

Gjirokastra rebirth through distributed retirement houses LUCA LEZZERINI

Smart accessibility patterns and shrinking cities: The added value of urban design. MARCO NEGRI

The Gjirokastra Experience. The Art Loop. An urban path to foster the connection between a territory and its cultural identity. NICOLA TASSELLI

The 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 ROMANO

Improving health and well-being in the cities XHOANA KRISTO

Rithinking the “UNESCO City” Gjirokastra, Albania: Can architects and city planning stimulate hope and growth for shrinking cities? BESNIK ALIAJ, SOTIR DHAMO

Driverless transition: the value of autonomous mobility for sustainable urban development GIAN ANDREA GIACOBONE

Forum A+P Vol.23

The [dis]position of Albanian Adobe Constructions. The Potential of Earth as a Traditional Building Material in the Future ETLEVA DOBJANI, DORINA PAPA

Urban Architecture: Eyes from the City A Mobile Eye-Tracking Study of Urban Villages JACOPO COSTANZO, VALERIA GUERRISI

Report from Durrës after Earthquake. Non-Normative Buildings | KRISTIANA MEÇO, STEISI VOGLI

Autonomous, Real-Time, and Dynamic configuration of public space in smart cities. Challenges and opportunities for Urban Planners from Smart City reconfiguration of public space LUCA LEZZERINI

The Robots Are Leaving the Cage. Imagining the Future of Construction SARA CODARIN

Global Architectural Fascism (GAF): The extreme case of Mvrdv projects in Tirana LLAZAR KUMARAKU

“Out our home” tel quel:An opinion on the Albanian Pavillion in the Venice Biennale 2021 SKENDER LUARASI

Tevero Cavo: An Ecological Infrastructure for Rome between Past and Future

This City Does not Exist An attempt at a theory of Neural Urban Design

AItect : Can AI make designs ? Architectural Intelligence/Artifcial Intelligence

Facing Uncertainty With GIS, Using Non-Normative Tools To Plan Non-Normative Territories. The Case of Dropull AMANDA TERPO

Theoretical Issues on the Socialist City and Reflections on Albanian Urban Landscape ELED FAGU

Design and Public Space The University Campus' Open Spaces Between Rituality and Non-normativity VINCENZO PAOLO BAGNATO

Community Resilience Through Exaptation. Notes for a Transposition of the Notions of Exaptation Into a Design Practice to Promote Diversity and Resilience as an Alternative to Planning Determinism During Crisis ALESSANDRO MELIS

Land Tactics of the Single Housing Unit in the Informal Urban Growth in Albania ARTAN KACANI

The National Theatre of Tirana: a Non-Normative DNA SAIMIR KRISTO, VALERIO PERNA

Albanian Archipelagos: The City of a Non-Normativity Foretold SKENDER LUARASI

UnLost Territories, between norm and normative

In Response to the Contentious: From Past Roots to Future Bridges

Our Contrary Normal Practice and Normative Attitudes Around Plastics Recycling

Investigative Environments Theoretical Frames, Shared Concepts and Research by Design

OMB no.6 Rurban Sequences

Introduction from the Editors

Rurality, landscaping, toursim and sustainbale develeopment

Liminality Articulations in Territorial Development: A Research On Biopolitics And Property Right Theories

Navigating Dropull through liminal spaces and thresholds

Dropull - liminal cultures / mapping identities

Summary of the general Local Plan of Dropull Municipality

Difficulties and innovation in GIS application at Dropull PPV case

The creative process of statistical gathering and analysing in Dropull

Using 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 territory

The process, difficulties and the innovative VSM findings of Dropull

Rurban Sequences. Inquiries on Dropull’s states of Liminality

Sustainable tourism development in Liminal Spaces

Inquiries on the liminality in between Raw material extraction sites and urbanized centers. Study case The quarry in the outskirts of Sofratike

Landscape of historical identity. Exploring Landscapes in the State of Liminality in/and the case of Sofratika

Community-based rural development The potential of a shrinking village with agriculture vocation

Digital innovation in rural area. A vision for smart village in Dropull

Shifting from liminality to destination. The case of Vrisera

Actions for sustainable development: A strategy for rural growth in Dropull municipality through the promotion of local resources for building and construction

Growing thickness as a research methodology

Overlapping Layers: a representation and learning landscape code for Dropull

Structural Assessment and Seismic Performance of Traditional Stone houses in Dropulli region

Derviçan: a morpho–typological development analysis as a tool for its conservation

Urban and Territorial Planning paradigms in transition. Academia 100+ Villages and Dropulli case

RURBAN SEQUENCES Inquiries on Dropull’s states of Liminality

Preface

Imazhi i Qytetit

OMB no.5 Prishtina New European Capital

Reflection of sociopolitical developments in the architecture of Prishtina during 1945-1990 Arbër Sadiki

Multi-scale reading of a city’s resilience LORIS ROSSI, LAURA PEDATA

From the global city to the city by parts. A reflection on the meaning of the contemporary city starting from the case of Prishtina ANTONELLO STELLA

Envisioning the future of Prishtina An image shaped by the spatial experience DORINA PAPA

The Image of the architecture in the City DOMENICO PASTORE, FRANCESCA SISCI

From Ottoman to Modern - Transformation of Prishtina 1945-1990 ILIR GJINOLLI

Ulpiana: A historical potential for the new Prishtina LLAZAR KUMARAKU

Prishtina New European Capital Images of a city to be discovered LORIS ROSSI, LLAZAR KUMARAKU

Improving Energy Efficiency, reducing air pollution Intervening in Public Service Areas to save energy and reduce gas emissions AGULJELN MARKU

Prishtina as Part of Main Transport Corridors. The role of Route 6 and Route 7 for the city

Prishtina Cultural Patches Re-evaluation of Ulpiana’s “late modernist” heritage through interrelated cultural interventions

Survival and Sustainability, Local Finance Concerns in Prishtina, the new capital of Europe

Building typologies of Prishtina neighborhoods. Visual assessment of structural and architectural configuration towards a more distinct urban image

Abandoned Buildings and Memory . The Importance of The Buildings of The Past in The Identity of The City

Renew-Moving Prishtina, The Kosovar Capital as a multimodal transport hub returning obsolete facilities to people

Towards a greener Prishtina Green Infrastructure (GI) as a tool for generating Strategic Environmental Guidelines

Biophilic design. Prishtina natural landscape restoration according to IUCN categories in Urban protected areas

User centered methodologies in design for social improvement: The case study of Prishtina

Strategies connecting a city. Case study of Singapore, a model for Prishtina

Landscape 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 Prishtina

Urban Exceptions. The interruption of consolidated urban logics as an opportunity to regenerate public space in Prishtina

The ripple effect. An Official State Residence, Retreat, and Protocol Center for the Sovereign Republic of Kosova

A new market in the “historic center” of Prishtina

Prishtina – A New European Capital

Te kompozosh arkitekturen

OMB no.4 Projecting Shkodra

The coast as an intelligent device: from conceptual to physical interventions

A Bike Ride for Local Pomegranate Juice / Opportunities for Sustainable Regional Development in Shkodra, Albania

Defining hindering factors of the informal settlements in the general regulatory plan of Shkodër municipality.

Creative cities along water margins / Urban and cultural regeneration of Shkodra, city of water

A breathing city / Shkodra and its representative places on the water

Fragments as methodology / an overview of OMB's research

Planning the new Shkodra

Projecting Shkodra / description

3D printing technologies for a biomimetic landscape design / Rapid prototyping for the renovation of Shkoder’s waterfront

(Un)margin the Shkodër’s gate / An opportunity to regenerate an important landmark

Strategies for urban regeneration through the intervention on the existing buildings / A proposal for the city of Shkodra

To 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 Shkodra

Limita(c)tion – How to use the limit as a concept tool of sustainable development in Shkodra

Increasing ecosystem resilience through landscape interventions: the case of flooding in Shkodra

Slow Valley / A modest proposition to cultivate an Agrarian Landscape

Amphibious Devices / Interventions that adapt to land and water in the protected area of Bask-Rrjoll, Shkodra

Toolkit design methodology / Architectural project by use of classification and taxonomies

Docklands engine in transition/ Hybrid identity towards new urbanity: the (unpredictable) role of Art

Barcelona: A tale of two rivers

The Mediterranean City-World

The reconversion of the Litoranea Venetian Waterway: an opportunity to rethink the eastern Venetian coastal system

Planning for uncertainties / Learning from adaptive complex systems

Conclusions from the planning process

Preface

Projektimi Antisizmik për Arkitektët

Qytete per njerezit

Evolving waterscapes by relying on instability

OMB no.3 When a river flows

Preface BESNIK ALIAJ

Co-PLAN / An Urban Chronicle

The Watershed and its Integrated Management and Planning

Protection and Restoration of Biodiversity of Semani basin

Erosion and industrial pollution of Seman River

A drought & flood resilience strategy for Berat MICHIEL VAN DRIESSCHE, WILLIAM VEERBEEK

The shape of water DONG SUB BERTIN

Restoration and protection of ecosystem in the Seman delta MARIA TERESA CAMERADA

When a river flows into the sea / workshop report OMB

New drivers of sustainable development in developing countries SILVIA CESARI

From intersectorial plans to territorial cohesion policies ARTAN KACANI

Approach to an adaptive methodology for reading informal structures PIETRO MASSAI

Building Resilience in rural areas ALICE PALAZZO

Tourism for Landscape

The restoration of water quality in the Seman basin

Layers of archeology CATERINA SPADONI

The Seman basin and the pollution: biological solutions ALBERTA VANDINI

OILANDSCAPES / Coupling ecological and social dimensions with oil infrastructures in Adriatic-Ionian region

Research by design / exploring resilience AKPT

Dynamic Resilience METROPOLIS

Seasonal isles FELIXX , POLIS UNIVERSITY

The adaptable city 2 EUROPAN FEDERATION

GJAKOVA [RE]PACKED DEA BUZA, RENIS BETALLI

Conclusions BESNIK ALIAJ, LEDIO ALLKJA

Albania 2030 / economic development based on turism BESNIK ALIAJ

OMB / the Observatory of Mediterrenaean Basin The new unit of Applied Research Department - POLIS University LORIS ROSSI

Rivieras LUCA EMANUELI

A new characterization of the Mediterranean landscape / itineraries, lines and natural podiums LORIS ROSSI

A project for the Albanian coast ANTONELLO STELLA

HyperNatural landscapes LUCA EMANUELI, GIANNI LOBOSCO

Learning from 'La Riviera' LAURA PEDATA

Re-active Riviera /competition description METROPOLIS STUDIO

The contribution of cultural routes regarding the sector of sustainable tourism in Albanian Riviera SONIA JOIJC

Survey and architectural recovery activities of semi abandoned villages LUCA ROSSATO

Transhumances ROBERTO PASINI

RIVIERA PANORAMIC CORRIDOR a Gateway towards the South Albania Landscape MARIO ASSISI

Re-use and Revitalization of Military Bunkers in the Albanian Riviera EGLA LUCA

Landscape project / Large-scale project ELENA DORATO

Albanian Riviera / urban form and landscape, the core elements for a future metanational landscape SAIMIR KRISTO

Slow road to Butrinti / Time-based reflections for an emerging touristic territory GIANNI LOBOSCO THORSTEN LANG

Taking measures regarding the invisible dimension of the landscape JOANA DHIAMANDI

Albanian Riviera / Creative Tourism Transcending Local Expediency ARTA JANUZI-CANA

Olive tree as a way of life in the Albanian Riviera ERIDA CURRAJ

Conclusions and Recommendations BESNIK ALIAJ, SOTIR DHAMO, LORIS ROSSI, LUCA EMANUELI

Tirana - Qyteti i Munguar

Arkitektura dhe Moderniteti

OMB no.1 Durana

ALBANIA The Role of Design, Planning and Landscaping for the National Growth, Image Building and Branding BESNIK ALIAJ

New Dimensions of Urban Living ANTONELLO STELLA

Re-thinking the city through strategic urban projects ROMEO FARINELLA

The strategic role of an enterprise zone along the axis rinas International Airport – Tirana GASTONE AVE

Creative processes in comparison. Energy, material and hidden logics. LORIS ROSSI

Tirana, new metropolis: reinventing a new sustainable (spatial) image for Albania. PHD RESEARCHER

Metropolitan Governance in Albania. The Case for Tirana – A theoretical debate or an absolute necessity? DRITAN SHUTINA

Planning and financing Infrastructure in the city through land value capture instruments. The case of Tirana – Rinas Corridor. ANILA GJIKA

Planning and financing Infrastructure in the city through land value capture instruments. The case of Tirana – Rinas Corridor ANILA GJIKA

Agricultural cluster development in peri-urban areas ELONA KARAFILI

Highlights to informed spatial planning in the growing suburbs of Tirana RUDINA TOTO

The impact of airport in urban development of area HABIB YMERI

Green Vector Connecting Polycentric Void System PHD RESEARCHERS

Tirana’s landscape through the lens of time, space and movement LAURA PEDATA

Semi Urban- Eco Sensitivity PHD RESEARCHER

Unlimited Tirana(s) – New Dimensions

Ecological-urbanism in semi-urban areas after sprawl. The case of Tirana North

The hidden regional layer: Lost architecture/urbanism Don’t glorify, but don’t forget the past!

The need for strategic projects for a new urban gate to Tirana as a business card for Albania BESNIK ALIAJ, GASTONE AVE

Architecture and the City in the interplay of socio-cultural instances: Gjirokastra in a (Post-) Modern Condition DESARA PULA

Introduction from the Editors