The Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The monuments are considered as evidence, landmarks and important memory for events that associated with characteristics. It also represents a civilized, cultural and economic wealth accumulated through ages. Heritage has two main aspects; physical and moral. Recently, considerable efforts have been devoted to conserve many heritage buildings that have historic values so as to restore them. This restoration can reinforce the links between those ancient buildings and their environment. .There is a lack of enough knowledge about the concept of the utilization of new technological advancements and its impact on the reuse of historical buildings with symbolic value. To address this issue, this research presents a detailed investigation about the relationship between the two concepts in order to arrive to the best strategies for reviving. Such strategies will be applied on Al-Ukhaidir fortress. This research assumes that technology employment has a rapid economic role in reusing historical buildings while preserving the general composition of the building. To assess the accuracy of this hypothesis, Al_Ukhaidir fortress was used as a case study. The research included the cognitive framework and the theoretically framework and extract vocabulary and then implement it on the selected samples.This research has concluded that the technology of management systems have a greater effect on reuse of buildings than communication systems, where lighting systems and renewable energy represented the most important factors in management systems for achieving the efficient use.

The research deals with the concept of ethics education as one of the most influential concepts in the process of teaching the foundations of architectural design. It defines it as "an integrated educational program organized according to the highest ethics values within an academic institution concerned with architecture. Its program consists of three main elements: Educational and assessment tools and assessment, and requires reliability and quality As two pillars for the maintenance of architecture as a profession to the level of comprehensive or partial reform, which requires professors to perpetuate the modernization of methods of ethics architectural education as well as the development, resulting in innovative architectural texts person and society", thus research problem is in the (development of a comprehensive theoretical perception about the ethics of education architecture). Therefore, the research aims at clarifying the strategy of the ethics education of architecture as well as its foundations and the methods of evaluating its quality. Accordingly, the research assumes that the indicators of the ethics of architectural education have a positive effect in the formulation of creative architectural productions. In order to address the research issue and achieve the objectives of the research and validation of the hypothesis is first built knowledge framework, and then a comprehensive theoretical framework of the ethics of architectural education derived from the architectural ideas and support to be embodied in final form in three main indicators, namely: the strategy of ethics education for architecture, and the foundations of ethics education of architecture, And then an exploratory study evaluating the quality of education and its ethics in the Department of Architecture / University of Technology. Finally, a set of conclusions were reached which show the control of the practice of architectural education according to all its indicators Creative abstraction .

The buildings of the railway stations are one of the important buildings that distinguish the cities and give them their identity and their special character through their association with the memory of the society that contains them. The importance of these centers as commercial and cultural centers, as well as their main function in transporting passengers and goods, To the atrophy of its effectiveness, so it must be protected and developed to contribute effectively in the performance of its diverse activities in an integrated manner and to serve the community at various levels and encourage the use of public transport. Therefore, many studies dealing with the concept of contextual integration of train stations have been discussed in an implicit or major manner. However, these studies were characterized by selectivity and lack of comprehensiveness in the treatments, especially with respect to the aspects of the contextual integration of the station in terms of design. Thus, the research problem was identified "the need to create a comprehensive theoretical view of the concept of contextual integration in the design of attractive local train stations " was identified. The aim of the research is to "crystallize a comprehensive theoretical conception of the aspects of contextual integration in the design of attractive local train stations".

Continue or discontinue scope between the previous & the current architecture and their relation to the future requires orientation to know their references related to many beliefs considering it Cultural & historical values give to architecture local identity. It also defines the degree of relationship between the human, society and its connection to the place. The beliefs are appeared by creating architecture link to cultural heritage and it is expressed by using the technology of the era. This research introduced many architectural studies to determine the research problem, which was "Lack of knowledge about the belief effect on architecture production in deferent periods, and its role to inquiry continuity & discontinuity between the past and present". The study goals are to clarify the impact of belief on the Iraqi architectural production at different periods, extending from the emergence of Iraqi architecture to the present, and to affect the differing belief at formulation structure on the level of the exterior of the building: By dividing the effect of belief into four positions. "The prevalence of religious beliefs – Multiple beliefs – Lack of beliefs – emergence new beliefs". Each position differed in its treatment according to the time limit with adopting models designed in one of position or with two together to indicate the impact of different belief in them. This research reached many conclusions and recommendations for achieving the research objective.

Technology is an essential aspect in all fields, and its presence is an active presence that represents the vision of architecture and enhances its orientation. In addition to providing practical solutions that increase the value of architectural facilities and enhance their efficiency, and due to the profound impact of technology, there is a need to test their products, especially in the field of housing, where technology is a two-edged dimension that enhances the positive aspects and can pose a number of problems.
In this context, a number of construction technologies are being offered as a solution to architecture, especially in the area of ​​housing. These techniques include pre-fabrication using cold-rolled steel plates, which present themselves as an appropriate, efficient, economical and quick solution to solve the housing problem. The objective of the study is to: Examine the aspects of this technique and measure its advantages by measuring its efficiency in the specific aspects of housing.
According to the objective of the study, it took four procedural steps. The first was a statement of the cognitive aspects and frameworks for the construction of the buildings and their specific objectives, and technical aspects and dimensions (pre-fabrication using light-alloy iron).
The second step is to develop a theoretical framework for the performance aspects and features adopted for building techniques, which is a base through which the selected technology features can be measured as a study objective.
And then move (under third procedural step) - to measure the specific aspects of the theoretical framework and apply it to a number of projects approved for this technique, under a technical and field study. And then the fourth procedural step represented by drawing conclusions from the empirical study and the general and detailed conclusion

Water is an important element of urban development due to its relationship with changing environmental and climatic conditions in particular, thus, contemporary trends suggest the link between water and urban development processes, offering a new kind of safe coexistence with water through the role of urban design, social life and ecological renovation.
The research explores the concept of (Water Urbanism) to make cities more coherent and open towards water environment, as a contemporary track contributing to the development and sustainability of cities on the one side, and extract the most important indicators for the design principles for the water urbanism approach on the other side, the problem of the research was identified as “the absence of a comprehensive theoretical framework for the design principles of the water urbanism approach according to sustainable city development trends”, and the hypothesis of the research states as \"the design principles of the water urbanism approach for multi-uses are integrated through networks and water linkages”. The hypothesis of the research was tested in two urban models that adopted a clear blue network design with the open urban spaces system. The research found a set of theoretical and practical conclusions concerning formulas that fulfill the design principles of the water urbanism approach.

This paper aims to study urban resilience as an adaptive system in a complex dynamic world along with its ability to comprehend disorder, change and reorganization to conserve identity. Urban resilience can be understood through the interrelationship between people and nature as a source-ecological system. The case study is represented by analyzing (Adelaide City in Australia) in depending on resilience advantages in which optimized by a renewable resource, zero carbon, equity in distributing energy, active environment, sustainable transportation and investing natural materials. Hence, these advantages have been applied on (Al-Karkh Haifa Street) in Baghdad in order to develop its infrastructure by employing renewable resources such as energy, sustainable transportation, refuge recycling, water system and submit suitable solutions for sewage water.

textile in architecture is an ancient phenomenon, and the mixing of architecture and textiles is not modern development, and the fusion of textiles and architecture, including processes, techniques and various materials, has a long history, but largely neglected. Renewed interest in the past two decades on the theme of combining architecture and textiles based on the ideas of architects, engineers, textile designers, material scientists and artists. This comes by investing technological technologies at the level of modern design and construction processes and advanced materials. This was an important aspect of critical and dialectical dialogue in applied, educational and professional practice. Architecture in the 1990s found new ways of expressing itself; it allowed the study of complex, flexible, dynamic and free forms accurately and tightly, through the concept of textile in architecture. The analysis of studies shows that there is a lack of knowledge in dealing with the concept extensively and investigating its strategies and limiting its techniques. which identified the research problem (lack of comprehensive previous studies for strategies of textile and employment in contemporary architecture). The objective of the research (build a comprehensive theoretical framework illustrates the strategies of textile and employment in contemporary architecture). theoretical framework was drawn from architectural, literary and historical studies, Three main vocabularies were: simulation of nature strategy, strategy of simulating traditions and customs, and strategy of employing science and innovation, These vocabulary were applied to selected projects for the practical study that belong to the third millennium and carry the idea of textile strategies and techniques. A main hypothesis was formulated (the characteristics of contemporary textile architecture vary to achieve the aesthetic, performance and function dimensions of different strategies adopted in contemporary architecture). then presented and analyzed the final results and conclusions, which showed a convergence in the characteristics of the product of contemporary textile architecture to achieve aesthetic, performance, functional between the strategy of simulating nature and the strategy of employing science and innovations with a clear variation of the characteristics of the product of simulation of Traditions and customs.