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One of the important parts of the building envelope is the roof layer, a horizontal and angular layer separating the building from the atmospheric conditions. This chapter presents the roof system with its layers and application details.

The construction methods and materials are always in the change and improvement process regarding technological innovations and trends. This chapter introduces and underlines additive manufacturing and 3D printing in construction with governing principles and preliminary examples from the world.

The introduction chapter explains the need and necessity of the book content in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry by giving reference to the project delivery approaches in the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK) and Turkey. General terminologies, classification of building components and construction site...

Buildings and spaces are defined with horizontal and vertical components: walls, ceilings, and floors; their finishings are set for intended functions. This chapter explains the secondary components, including exterior and interior walls, glazing, ceilings, floor and coverings, and circulation systems. The materials, layers, and application details...

All structures and buildings connect with the earth to transfer loads and get reactions. The design and process of settlement in and on the ground differs from the building and conditions of the site. This chapter illustrates below-grade construction methods and systems, including site works, excavation, and foundations.

Superstructures are the main body of any structure and building stand. They are classified according to structural systems and components that work due to the order of the same loads and forces of nature. However, each typology has special attributes and characteristics reflecting diverse construction and structural performance behaviors. This chap...

The business world has experienced a pandemic for three years, affecting the workforce's productivity and efficiency. Since workers' well-being and satisfaction are crucial to effective workforce management, organizations and authorities make the employee's well-being and satisfaction the primary target to be achieved even in the post-pandemic peri...

Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) offers a systematic approach for navigating intricate scenarios involving conflicting objectives. This research investigates MCDM's applicability in post-conflict Iraq's public building reconstruction. Examining potential benefits and challenges, the study aims to establish its suitability. Drawing from selecte...

Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) offers a systematic approach for navigating intricate scenarios involving conflicting objectives. This research investigates MCDM's applicability in post-conflict Iraq's public building reconstruction. Examining potential benefits and challenges, the study aims to establish its suitability. Drawing from selecte...

Z Tanımı ve sınırları olan bir yerleşke, üniversite kampüsü olarak yüksek öğretim ve araştırma için yaygın kullanılan bir yerleşim tipolojisidir. Bulunduğu bölgeden sınırları ile ayrılan bu yerleşkeler içlerindeki yapı ve açık alanları ile eğitim-öğretim vermektedir. Şehir veya kırsal alanlar ile ulaşım ilişkilerini ve görsel temaslarını farklı ölç...

This paper explores the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and architectural education, emphasizing how Chat GPT is used in the Building Material course to help students prepare for exams. It looks into the consequences, opportunities, and restrictions of utilizing AI-powered chatbots to support architecture education by improving st...

Oyun ile spor arasında anlamsal farklar olduğu gibi, spor dallarının arasında da yaygınlıkları, toplum içindeki bilinirlikleri ve otoriteler tarafından tanınmaları açısından önemli farklar bulunmaktadır. Bazı sporlar uluslararası arenada devamlı ve önemli etkinlikler ile takip edilen branşlar durumundayken; bazı sporlar icra ve bilinirlik seviyeler...

Briefing is the process of determining requirements through communication between an architect and a client for project success. Essentially briefing utilizes knowledge management tools and techniques. This study aims to explore the issues and problems of briefing with a focus on requirement elicitation and validation by investigating the attitudes...

Article Info Abstract Architectural education is a vital part of being a building designer. The courses and curriculum differ among universities at a level. However, the courses supporting design education are parallel with the work of vocational practice. One of the important fields is structural systems that are integrated with building design. I...

Universities have a significant role in higher education with their campuses, including educational, social, cultural, and sports facilities. The campus is a place of settlement and daily life with diverse activities for students, staff, and city residents. Adıyaman University campus is one of the campuses founded in the last twenty years with a gr...

The city of Ankara has hosted many civilizations since prehistoric times and has many historical buildings from various periods. The Hacı Bayram Veli Mosque, built by Hacı Bayram Veli, the founder of the Bayramiyye (Bayramilik) Sect, is located in Altındağ District, Ulus historical city center, next to the Temple of Augustus. This study starts with...

Design studio forms the backbone of architectural education. It is the first-place students encounter complex design problems that they should understand the context, search for the reasons, structure the demands, and develop creative solutions in the design process. The continuity and integrity of design studios are important, so the instructors h...

Covid-19 salgını Aralık 2019 tarihinden itibaren tüm dünyayı etkisi altına almış, her ülke toplum içinde hastalığın yayılmasını engellemek ve enfeksiyon kapmış bireylerin sağlıklarına kavuşması için birçok önlem uygulamıştır. Toplumun tüm grupları içinde yayılımın engellenmesi için Dünya Sağlık Örgütü ve ilgili bilimsel otoritelerin tavsiyeleri ile...

Article Info Abstract University campus plans and the development of facilities and surroundings due to design principles are crucial for assuring project integrity and consistency. Tracking and observing the development is challenging for the institutions' designers, controllers, and managers. Remote sensing and satellite images offer tools and te...

The social, residential, recreational, cultural, and sports activities provided within university campuses play a significant role in higher education. In Turkey, numerous universities have been established in the last 20 years, and construction continues within the planning criteria on the designated campuses, parallel to the education provided. K...

The term metaverse was first used in the novel 'Snow Crash.' However, it has come into people's lives with the development of 3D design and visual techniques, machine computations, blockchain, and the internet. Companies and communities worldwide are launching their metaverse platform with diverse functions like trading, gaming, and socialization....

Üniversiteler eğitim, araştırma, barınma, dinlenme ve rekreasyon gibi işlevleri barındıran yerleşkelerde hizmet vermektedir. Kent içi ve kent dışındaki yerleşke alanları konum ve büyüklük gibi konularda çeşitlenirken bir yandan da yerleşke planlaması açısından farklı problem alanlarını ve avantajları ortaya koymaktadır. Kent içi üniversitelerin, çe...

Architecture is often seen as a blend of science and art, combining the technical aspects of constructing buildings with creative design elements. Architects use creativity to shape the built environment; this intersection of art and architecture excites the field. After taking a bachelor's degree, architects join business life with diverse possibi...

Virtual worlds and experiences have come in front in the last decades with 3D visualization and programming development. Various companies and startups have projects and release to be part of this transformation, metaverse. Several possibilities exist for developing and using virtual worlds, such as designing digital assets, device production, trad...

People have solved the need for shelter in different ways depending on the conditions of the region they live in. The Turkish house is a type of house with its own characteristics, which was formed in the Anatolian and Rumeli regions. These houses, which have similar characteristics in terms of their main lines, have undergone some changes over a p...

Requirement knowledge of the building project is the set of crucial statements that governs all processes in order to achieve success by matching the objectives. Briefing is a process of capturing and identifying of requirements with the involvement of project stakeholders. With these objectives of the briefing, the improvements on lacks and gaps,...

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Designers and stakeholders of the construction industry have disposition to use the materials of which features can meet the requirement, function, aesthetic and budget criteria for the building projects. In recent years, the use of new construction materials has come to the fore with the developments in the material and construction industry. Tita...

In the period from the first house built for shelter to the present day, it has been observed that people prefer materials that are easily accessible and available from nature as building materials. Soil is one of these materials. As the archaeological excavations show, mudbrick material obtained by mixing water and some additives into the soil was...

Occupancy satisfaction has critical importance upon productivity of workers. Providing healthy workplace environment, thus, one of the basic components to achieve occupancy satisfaction. Pre-pandemic literature has dominated with researches investigating user well-beings on physical workplaces. Research on sick building syndrome has shown that poor...

Knowledge capturing and reusing are major processes of knowledge management that deal with the elicitation of valuable knowledge via some techniques and methods for use in actual and further studies, projects, services, or products. The construction industry, as well, adopts and uses some of these concepts to improve various construction processes...

Acoustic design of shopping malls which have become very popular in recent years, has gained importance and it has been considered as an integral part of the design – construction and life cycle treatment of such complex – functional buildings. In this study, acoustic qualities of shopping malls are to be inquired by focusing on circulation areas a...