Category: Urban Design

Architectural Restoration of Traditional Lebanese Houses [Part I]

Lebanon has a rich and diverse heritage inherited from many civilizations that existed on its territory. Lebanon, once home to the Phoenicians, has been colonized and conquered by many countries, all of which left a huge cultural heritage and traditions in the country. Lebanon’s heritage mostly dates back to the 19th century, and it has […]

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Designing Urban Sports Playgrounds

Urban sports playgrounds are major centers of social and economic importance across the world. Cities have long provided many ways for the community to enjoy physical activity, games, and sports. In fact, they have made determined efforts, over the past decade, for constructing major sport facilities and playgrounds in concentrated areas in order to create […]

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Key Elements of the Urban Design Practice

Following the international webinar – Unfold the Process of People Centric Design- that took place on the 28th of June 2020, organized by “Make Spaces”, moderated by Ebehi Ijewere, with panelists representing 100 architects, Incursiones, Noëlla Aoun Design Studio, Contorno Urbano, and Aakanksha Khatri, we, at Noëlla Aoun design Studio collected the questions we received […]

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The Upside and The Challenges of the Design Profession

The design profession is one of the sectors that require constant updating and learning. It also gives designers a level of freedom of creativity, helping them create fresh looks to buildings, houses, and specific rooms of all sorts. However, working as a designer means having to bring satisfaction and fulfill all the needs of different […]

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Measuring the Success of Cities

Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. Successful cities generate wealth, improve living standards, and provide the density, interaction, and networks that make humans more creative and productive. A city’s most important role is to provide a good quality of life for its residents through placemaking, and to promote their happiness […]

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Investing in Open Space; Creating Livable Cities

Open space refers to a social place that is left open and accessible for the public. It can be of different nature and scale and include: parks, playgrounds, squares and gardens, used for walking, hiking, running, and other sports and recreational activities. Open spaces are important assets for cities as they provide many opportunities for […]

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Repurposing Existing Structures: Turning Burdens into Assets

Repurposing existing structures, also called “adaptive reuse”, is the process of taking an existing deteriorated building, transforming it, and reusing it for a purpose other than what it was first intended for. And although adaptive reuse provides various economic, social and environmental advantages, there are some factors that can influence decision-making related to its implementation, and other factors […]

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Data Analytics as a tool for building Resilient Cities of the future

The urban world has been changing quickly over the years. Urbanization can be considered an important engine that drives countries to growth and development. However, rapid urbanization goes frequently unplanned, with cities struggling to keep up with the increasing needs of the fast growing-population. It is thus extremely important that we look at cities in […]

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