Dear Madam, dear Sir,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 3rd International Conference of Architecture and Urban Design ICAUD 2019, in Tirana, Albania on October 24-26, 2019.
The ICAUD 2019 is organized by the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, Epoka University. We look forward to endure our academic practice and provide an excellent forum for scientists, researchers, and practitioners, not only from Europe, but from all over the world. Thereby, new ideas, latest developments, and potential directions in the fields of Architecture and Urban Design shall be presented and discussed under any of its specialized themes as shown below.
Architectural History and Theory
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Classical Antiquity and Ancient Architecture
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Byzantine Architecture
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Ottoman Architecture
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Architectural and Urban Discourse, Polemics and Strategies of 20th Century
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20th Century Architectural Developments in Albania
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Contemporary Discourse on Architectural Theory
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Current Utopias
Historic Preservation
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Historic Architecture and the City
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Archeology and Museology
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Materials and Construction Techniques in Preservation
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Adaptive Reuse in Historical Context
Architectural Design
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Architectural Design and Design Methodologies,
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Digital Age and Contemporary Discussions
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Architectural Design Practice
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Innovative Technologies in Architectural Design
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Urban and Rural Housing
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Informal Housing
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Affordable Housing
Next Trajectories in Design Education
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Design Concepts and Strategies
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Design Curriculum
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Design Tools
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Computational Design Thinking
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Collaboration in Design Education
Environmental Psychology
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Environmental and User Behavior
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Environmental Quality
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Architectural Psychology
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Phenomenology in Architecture
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Place Attachment
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Place Identity
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Social Use of Space
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Memory of the Place
Landscape Research, Planning and Design
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Landscape Research
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Landscape Design
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Digital Landscape Architecture
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GIS application in Landscape Planning
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Landscape Management
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Landscape preservation
Urban/Building Physics and Technology
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Heat and Mass Transfer in Building Materials and Building Envelope
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Buildings' Energy Performance
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Indoor Climate and Thermal Comfort
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Urban Physics
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Technologies for Intelligent Buildings
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Building and Room Acoustics
Urban Planning and Design
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Next City: Utopic Scenarios and Transformation of Cities in post-industrial age
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Sustainable Urban Planning and Territorial Development
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Physical and Social Regeneration of Marginal and Rural Areas
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Urban Spaces Design and Management
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Bottom-up Urbanism/Democracy and Community Participation
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Sustainable Transports and new Mobility Systems
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Closing the Cycles: Water, Energy, Waste and Mobility
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ICTs and City, Smart City
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Urban Fringe
Digital technologies in architecture and urban design
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Concepts and Strategies of Digital Design
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Digital Fabrication in Design and Architecture
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Computational Architecture and Urban Planning
Industry and Practice in Albanian/International context
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Architectural Projects in Albanian/International Context
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Urban Design Projects in Albanian/International Context
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Innovative Technologies of the Industry
On behalf of the organizing Committee, I warmly invite you to join us in Tirana, Albania - a very interesting laboratory for architects and urban designers & planners, and an enjoyable place to visit.
Best papers will be published in the Special Issue of "The Urban Book Series", a resource for urban studies and geography research by Springer.
Dr Edmond Manahasa
Chair of the conference