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The role of environmental Strategic evaluation, as instruments for promoting sustainable planning and development in Albania / The cases of Shkodra MunicipalitiesForum A+P Vol.25Verticality in Milan Between Past and FutureInvisible Tools: Shaping New York City's Skyscrapers 49 | DIETRICH NEUMANNInvisible Tools: Shaping New York City's SkyscrapersThe Balkan Skyscraper: How Tall is Tall Enough?OMB no.8 Post Pandemic City | Issue 1 & 2Building resilience for local governments in Albania: legal and institutional challenges RUDINA TOTOLocal disaster reduction in the municipality of Lezha MERITA GURIInnovative housing models that reflect the needs of contemporary society (Post-pandemic context) MALVINA ISTREFAJ (KOLICI), LLAZAR KUMARAKUHuman Centered Design to enhance inclusive tourism FILIPPO PETROCCHIDisrupting the 'art-touristic attraction' equation: reflections on public art’s possible roles in Lezha’s future planningIncreasing regional health through digital technology OTELLO PALMINIProposals for the protection and conservation of biodiversity and the Environment ENDRI DUROLinear infrastructure assets as a territorial system for flood disturbances control LORENZO TINTIFlooding rehabilitation in Lezha city ANIRA GJONIIndoor pollutant evaluation and new building solutions to reduce them: literature review and fundamentals LUCA LANZONIBeyond boundaries. Exploring new post-pandemic housing models through the reformulation of collective spaces ELENA VEZELLADesign strategies for residential buildings in the post-pandemic era BIANKA MADHIShëngjin Marina Development WIDELINE S.R.L. METROPOLISRethinking and inventing Territory, Infrastructure and Housing in the case of Post pandemic Region of Lezha (Albania) - Part II LLAZAR KUMARAKUCollaborative post-conflict urban planning tools, to help ensure that reconstruction efforts are people- centered and accessible to allIntroduction from the EditorsCommunity Resilience as an approach: operative tools for the social-ecological sub-system FABRIZIO AIMARUsing digital survey modeling as a critical process of knowledge: Exploring the evolution of Scanderbeg Memorial in Lezha. EMEL PETËRÇISummary of Findings from the Evaluation of the Current Periphery Building Environment for Lezha City&s Future Vision. ILDA RUSIInfrastructure: Proposals for planning and settlement models connection and better access development in the Lezhë region BESJANA QAJAConstruction and demolition waste in Lezha FLOGERTA KROSIPreservation of Cultural Heritage in Lezha City KRISTIANA MECOClimate change awareness in the Lezha area through artistic practice REMIJON PRONJAPresence of peculiar organisms in the water of Lagoons: potentially valuables Bioindicators for cultural eutrophication level assessment. ANTONELLA VOLTAExcessive presence of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Drini River and their impact on the Kune-Vain lagoon ecosystem: how anthropization can affect biodiversity MATTEO BISIProactive approaches through environmental and architectural elements towards sustainable solutions for post pandemic city. Case study of Lezhë RINE ZOGIANIStrategies to adapt and update the existing residential building stock of Lezha region in the post Covid-19 pandemic era NICOLA TALAMONTIRethinking and inventing Territory, Infrastructure and Housing in the case of Post pandemic Region of Lezha (Albania) LLAZAR KUMARAKUSpatial Proposals for The Post Pandemic City. Panacea Planning and Architecture for The Third Millenium Settlement. The Case of Lezha Region LLAZAR KUMARAKUSmart road infrastructure: Shaping the future of Shengjin accessibility ALBINA TOLLICATextile as shelter ARMELA LAMAJClimate Resilience through Blue and Green Corridors in Lezha Municipality RODON GJOKAThoughts on Urban Verticalization. Going Up and Building High for the Future City: Learning from Israel and beyondVertical Farms: from Agriculture to a New City ArchitectureVertical Cemeteries: a Changing ParadigmFear 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 ItDoes the High-Rise Building Typology meet the needs for City Densification? The case of Tirana, AlbaniaTAW 2022 as a Vantage Observatory of an International Phenomenon. The Horizontal Dimension of Verticality.Science and Urban Planning In Times of Climate CrisesSaranda - Qyteti i MunguarForum A+P Vol.24Adversities In Diver‘City’. TheDark Side Of Diversity | SAIBA GUPTAThe temporal cadavre exquis. The Dark Side Of DiversityThe Post-Pandemic, The Post-War, the City In Transition – Sarajevo Case Study. Future Scenarios For Post-Pandemic CityPost-Pandemic Heritage.Game Design Tools For An Engaging Experience JOAN IKONOMI, DORINA PAPAProcessing Nature, Beyond the Antinomy of Ecological Pretence in Contemporary Planning. A Critical Understanding Urban Ecosystems, the Epitome of Liveable Cities | VITTORIA MENCARINI, LORENZO TINTIThe Fifth Landscape: A Transdisciplinary Approach To interpreting Perceptual Landscape Transformations?Reflecting About the Last Territorial and Administrative Reform in the Republic of AlbaniaThe Destructive Rebirth of the PyramidReflections On The Right To The CityRelevance Of Behavioural And Cultural Insights In Times Of PandemicWelcome To The New Normal! Emerging Patterns And Trends To Rethink What Cities AreProjektimi i strukturave te betonit te armuaraOMB no.7 Rethinking GjirokastraA bottom-up visioning process of "Gjirokastra 2030" BESNIK ALIAJDemographic profile of Gjirokastra region GODIVA REMBECIRelations between cities. The importance of relations between cities and their effects on urban development SABINE BAUER, AGLAÉE DEEGROSAesthetic quality of the historic urban landscape. Historic city image and Townscape tradition DORINA PAPAPunctuating Gjirokastra’s Modernism SKENDER LUARASISustainable Tourism as enhancer for Branding Gjirokastra SONIA JOJICSeeking Production Footprints on Behalf of Innovation, City of Gjirokastra ERIDA CURRAJDriverless transition: the value of autonomous mobility for sustainable urban development GIAN ANDREA GIACOBONEDynamic heritage: the case of Havana ALESSANDRO MASSARENTEGjirokastra CHwB To restore a world heritageArchitectural proposal: Reconstruction of the High School "Asim Zeneli" and the surrounding METROPOLIS STUDIOAn example for the rural area of Gjirokastra. The case of Zagorie territorial and tourism plan POLIS UNIVERSITY WORK GROUPInnovative Urban Design Strategies for a Traditional City. The Case of Gjirokastra. LLAZAR KUMARAKURETHINKING GJIROKASTRA. Can architecture and city planning stimulate hope and growth for shrinking cities? BESNIK ALIAJ, LORIS ROSSI, LLAZAR KUMARAKUDrawings as a form of knowledge Re-presenting Gjirokastra LORISS ROSSI, LAURA PEDATAAgainst the grain. Two theoretical studies for re- thinking Gjirokastër ALBERTO GRANDOPlacemaking Gjirokastra DORIANA MUSAJCovered Embers - The rebirth of Gjirokastra from its ashes ELEONORA BACCEGAGjirokastër fortress hillside. Geotechnical hazards assessment and stabilization measures as key factors for the fortress preservation ENDRI DUROThe city of design and culture IVONNE ORTIZ SANCHEZGjirokastra rebirth through distributed retirement houses LUCA LEZZERINISmart accessibility patterns and shrinking cities: The added value of urban design. MARCO NEGRIThe Gjirokastra Experience. The Art Loop. An urban path to foster the connection between a territory and its cultural identity. NICOLA TASSELLIThe 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 ROMANOImproving health and well-being in the cities XHOANA KRISTORithinking the “UNESCO City” Gjirokastra, Albania: Can architects and city planning stimulate hope and growth for shrinking cities? BESNIK ALIAJ, SOTIR DHAMOForum A+P Vol.23The [dis]position of Albanian Adobe Constructions. The Potential of Earth as a Traditional Building Material in the Future ETLEVA DOBJANI, DORINA PAPAUrban Architecture: Eyes from the City A Mobile Eye-Tracking Study of Urban Villages JACOPO COSTANZO, VALERIA GUERRISIReport from Durrës after Earthquake. Non-Normative Buildings | KRISTIANA MEÇO, STEISI VOGLIAutonomous, 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 LEZZERINIThe Robots Are Leaving the Cage. Imagining the Future of Construction SARA CODARINGlobal 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 LUARASITevero Cavo: An Ecological Infrastructure for Rome between Past and FutureThis City Does not Exist An attempt at a theory of Neural Urban DesignAItect : Can AI make designs ? Architectural Intelligence/Artifcial IntelligenceFacing Uncertainty With GIS, Using Non-Normative Tools To Plan Non-Normative Territories. The Case of Dropull AMANDA TERPOTheoretical Issues on the Socialist City and Reflections on Albanian Urban Landscape ELED FAGUDesign and Public Space The University Campus' Open Spaces Between Rituality and Non-normativity VINCENZO PAOLO BAGNATOCommunity 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 MELISLand Tactics of the Single Housing Unit in the Informal Urban Growth in Albania ARTAN KACANIThe National Theatre of Tirana: a Non-Normative DNA SAIMIR KRISTO, VALERIO PERNAAlbanian Archipelagos: The City of a Non-Normativity Foretold SKENDER LUARASIUnLost Territories, between norm and normativeIn Response to the Contentious: From Past Roots to Future BridgesOur Contrary Normal Practice and Normative Attitudes Around Plastics RecyclingInvestigative Environments Theoretical Frames, Shared Concepts and Research by DesignIntroduction from the EditorsRurality, landscaping, toursim and sustainbale develeopmentLiminality Articulations in Territorial Development: A Research On Biopolitics And Property Right TheoriesNavigating Dropull through liminal spaces and thresholdsDropull - liminal cultures / mapping identitiesSummary of the general Local Plan of Dropull MunicipalityDifficulties and innovation in GIS application at Dropull PPV caseThe creative process of statistical gathering and analysing in DropullUsing 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 territoryThe process, difficulties and the innovative VSM findings of DropullRurban Sequences. Inquiries on Dropull’s states of LiminalitySustainable tourism development in Liminal SpacesInquiries on the liminality in between Raw material extraction sites and urbanized centers. Study case The quarry in the outskirts of SofratikeLandscape of historical identity. Exploring Landscapes in the State of Liminality in/and the case of SofratikaCommunity-based rural development The potential of a shrinking village with agriculture vocationDigital innovation in rural area. A vision for smart village in DropullShifting from liminality to destination. The case of VriseraActions for sustainable development: A strategy for rural growth in Dropull municipality through the promotion of local resources for building and constructionGrowing thickness as a research methodologyOverlapping Layers: a representation and learning landscape code for DropullStructural Assessment and Seismic Performance of Traditional Stone houses in Dropulli regionDerviçan: a morpho–typological development analysis as a tool for its conservationUrban and Territorial Planning paradigms in transition. Academia 100+ Villages and Dropulli caseRURBAN SEQUENCES Inquiries on Dropull’s states of LiminalityImazhi i QytetitOMB no.5 Prishtina New European CapitalReflection of sociopolitical developments in the architecture of Prishtina during 1945-1990 Arbër SadikiMulti-scale reading of a city’s resilience LORIS ROSSI, LAURA PEDATAFrom the global city to the city by parts. A reflection on the meaning of the contemporary city starting from the case of Prishtina ANTONELLO STELLAEnvisioning the future of Prishtina An image shaped by the spatial experience DORINA PAPAThe Image of the architecture in the City DOMENICO PASTORE, FRANCESCA SISCIFrom Ottoman to Modern - Transformation of Prishtina 1945-1990 ILIR GJINOLLIUlpiana: A historical potential for the new Prishtina LLAZAR KUMARAKUPrishtina New European Capital Images of a city to be discovered LORIS ROSSI, LLAZAR KUMARAKUImproving Energy Efficiency, reducing air pollution Intervening in Public Service Areas to save energy and reduce gas emissions AGULJELN MARKUSurvival and Sustainability, Local Finance Concerns in Prishtina, the new capital of EuropeBuilding typologies of Prishtina neighborhoods. Visual assessment of structural and architectural configuration towards a more distinct urban imageAbandoned Buildings and Memory . The Importance of The Buildings of The Past in The Identity of The CityRenew-Moving Prishtina, The Kosovar Capital as a multimodal transport hub returning obsolete facilities to peopleTowards a greener Prishtina Green Infrastructure (GI) as a tool for generating Strategic Environmental GuidelinesBiophilic design. Prishtina natural landscape restoration according to IUCN categories in Urban protected areasUser centered methodologies in design for social improvement: The case study of PrishtinaStrategies connecting a city. Case study of Singapore, a model for PrishtinaLandscape 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 PrishtinaUrban Exceptions. The interruption of consolidated urban logics as an opportunity to regenerate public space in PrishtinaThe ripple effect. An Official State Residence, Retreat, and Protocol Center for the Sovereign Republic of KosovaA new market in the “historic center” of PrishtinaPrishtina – A New European CapitalTe kompozosh arkitekturenOMB no.4 Projecting ShkodraThe coast as an intelligent device: from conceptual to physical interventionsA Bike Ride for Local Pomegranate Juice / Opportunities for Sustainable Regional Development in Shkodra, AlbaniaDefining 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 waterA breathing city / Shkodra and its representative places on the waterFragments as methodology / an overview of OMB's researchPlanning the new ShkodraProjecting Shkodra / description3D 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 landmarkStrategies for urban regeneration through the intervention on the existing buildings / A proposal for the city of ShkodraTo 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 ShkodraLimita(c)tion – How to use the limit as a concept tool of sustainable development in ShkodraIncreasing ecosystem resilience through landscape interventions: the case of flooding in ShkodraSlow Valley / A modest proposition to cultivate an Agrarian LandscapeAmphibious Devices / Interventions that adapt to land and water in the protected area of Bask-Rrjoll, ShkodraToolkit design methodology / Architectural project by use of classification and taxonomiesDocklands engine in transition/ Hybrid identity towards new urbanity: the (unpredictable) role of ArtBarcelona: A tale of two riversThe Mediterranean City-WorldThe reconversion of the Litoranea Venetian Waterway: an opportunity to rethink the eastern Venetian coastal systemPlanning for uncertainties / Learning from adaptive complex systemsConclusions from the planning processProjektimi Antisizmik për ArkitektëtQytete per njerezitAlbania 2030 / economic development based on turism BESNIK ALIAJOMB / the Observatory of Mediterrenaean Basin The new unit of Applied Research Department - POLIS University LORIS ROSSIRivieras LUCA EMANUELIA new characterization of the Mediterranean landscape / itineraries, lines and natural podiums LORIS ROSSIA project for the Albanian coast ANTONELLO STELLAHyperNatural landscapes LUCA EMANUELI, GIANNI LOBOSCOLearning from 'La Riviera' LAURA PEDATARe-active Riviera /competition description METROPOLIS STUDIOThe contribution of cultural routes regarding the sector of sustainable tourism in Albanian Riviera SONIA JOIJCSurvey and architectural recovery activities of semi abandoned villages LUCA ROSSATOTranshumances ROBERTO PASINIRIVIERA PANORAMIC CORRIDOR a Gateway towards the South Albania Landscape MARIO ASSISIRe-use and Revitalization of Military Bunkers in the Albanian Riviera EGLA LUCALandscape project / Large-scale project ELENA DORATOAlbanian Riviera / urban form and landscape, the core elements for a future metanational landscape SAIMIR KRISTOSlow road to Butrinti / Time-based reflections for an emerging touristic territory GIANNI LOBOSCO THORSTEN LANGTaking measures regarding the invisible dimension of the landscape JOANA DHIAMANDIAlbanian Riviera / Creative Tourism Transcending Local Expediency ARTA JANUZI-CANAOlive tree as a way of life in the Albanian Riviera ERIDA CURRAJHyperNatural Vlora / competition description METROPOLIS / SEALINEStrategic Spatial Planning / A Vision for Saranda SUST_LAB / LABORATORY OF SUSTAINABILITYConclusions and Recommendations BESNIK ALIAJ, SOTIR DHAMO, LORIS ROSSI, LUCA EMANUELITirana - Qyteti i MunguarArkitektura dhe ModernitetiOMB no.1 DuranaALBANIA The Role of Design, Planning and Landscaping for the National Growth, Image Building and Branding BESNIK ALIAJNew Dimensions of Urban Living ANTONELLO STELLARe-thinking the city through strategic urban projects ROMEO FARINELLAThe strategic role of an enterprise zone along the axis rinas International Airport – Tirana GASTONE AVECreative processes in comparison. Energy, material and hidden logics. LORIS ROSSITirana, new metropolis: reinventing a new sustainable (spatial) image for Albania. PHD RESEARCHERMetropolitan Governance in Albania. The Case for Tirana – A theoretical debate or an absolute necessity? DRITAN SHUTINAPlanning 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 GJIKAAgricultural cluster development in peri-urban areas ELONA KARAFILIHighlights to informed spatial planning in the growing suburbs of Tirana RUDINA TOTOThe impact of airport in urban development of area HABIB YMERIGreen Vector Connecting Polycentric Void System PHD RESEARCHERSTirana’s landscape through the lens of time, space and movement LAURA PEDATASemi Urban- Eco Sensitivity PHD RESEARCHERUnlimited Tirana(s) – New Dimensions SOTIR DHAMOEcological-urbanism in semi-urban areas after sprawl. The case of Tirana North DORINA PAPAThe hidden regional layer: Lost architecture/urbanism Don’t glorify, but don’t forget the past! BESNIK ALIAJ, SOTIR DHAMO, ELVAN DAJKO, LEDIAN BREGASIThe need for strategic projects for a new urban gate to Tirana as a business card for Albania BESNIK ALIAJ, GASTONE AVEArchitecture and the City in the interplay of socio-cultural instances: Gjirokastra in a (Post-) Modern Condition DESARA PULAIntroduction from the EditorsPrishtina Cultural Patches Re-evaluation of Ulpiana’s “late modernist” heritage through interrelated cultural interventions