Working Paper Series

The IASTE Working Paper Series is a compilation of selected papers from each IASTE conference. Three to five papers are grouped into one thematic volume. Volumes can be ordered individually or as a conference set. To order any volume, click here.

2024 Volumes 326-340

Vol 326 HERITAGE DISCOURSES

  1. Colonial Echoes: Investigating The Lingering Effects of The German Empire in Africa on Hamburg’s Built Environment
    Bedour Braker
  2. The Use of Biomimicry in The Restoration of Heritage Buildings: The Cracks of Al-Byaddiah Palace as Case Study
    Layan Husni Rayes
  3. Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Dwelling in Persian Architecture: A Critical Review of Components of Culture, Interrelations, And Layers
    Fatemeh Fallah Tafti, MD Mizanur Rashid, Sanja Rodeš
  4. Al-Faqir Fort Preservation: Analyzing and Documenting with Image-Based and Uav Photogrammetry 3D Reconstruction Data – A Case Study of Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
    Wajdi Ali Atwah
  5. The Influence of Traditional Architecture on Modern Architectural Heritage of Iran
    Parnian Rahbar, Omid Ebrahimbaysalami

Vol 327 HOUSES AND COURTYARDS

  1. The Vernacular Production of Doha Courtyard Houses: From Qatari Families to Migrant Workers
    Gizem Kahraman
  2. Design Elements of Building Comfort in the Arid Zone Climate of Arabian Countries: The Significant Role of Orientation and Courtyard Layout
    Falah AlKubaisy
  3. The Typology of Courtyard Space in Najdi Architecture, Saudi Arabia: A Response to Human Needs, Culture, and the Environment
    Mohammed Mashary Alnaim
  4. The Influences of Ethnicity in Contemporary Row Housing: An Investigation on the Meaning of Home in the Malaysian Setting
    Erna Nuralia Zharani, Gehan Selim

Vol 228 MAPPING HERITAGE

  1. Sustainable Preservation of Urban Heritage
    Silvia Mazzetto
  2. Cultural Routes as a Tool for Interpreting Cultural Heritage Value: A Spatial Analytical Approach
    Gehad A. Mohamed
  3. The Barredo Urban Renewal Study in Oporto and Fernando Távora’s Approach to Urban Heritage in the Late 1960s
    Fernanda Vierno Moura
  4. Heritage And Tradition, Between Preservation and Nostalgia, and Meeting Present Day Needs, Comforts and Aesthetic Preferences
    Afaf Ali Badran
  5. Salaam Neighbors! Investigations of Social Cohesion of Afghan Refugees in Sacramento, CA
    Pamanee Chaiwat

Vol 229 VERNACULAR HERITAGE IN HONG KONG

  1. Dynamics Of Rural Village Regeneration: A Case Study of Bottom-Up Initiatives in a Coastal Community in Hong Kong
    Jimmy T.W. Ho, Thomas W.L. Chung
  2. Politics of Caretaking — Rehabilitating a Mountain Hut and Its Contested Interests
    Miriam M. T. Lee, Thomas W. L. Chung
  3. Dilemma Between Conservation and Development: Difficulties and Challenges of Initiating Conservation Attempts on a Privately-Owned Agricultural Heritage
    Sidney C. H. Cheung, Alex W. H. Wong

Vol 330 VERNACULAR DWELLINGS

  1. Architecture Transformation in Indonesia in the Past Decade
    Athina Ardhyanto, Feni Kurniati
  2. Modernization From Below: Typological Continuities in the Wenruitang Valley, China, During the Reform and Opening-UpVincent Peu Duvallon, Rongrong Hu, Miao Zhang
  3. The Dynamics of the Role of Hearth in Residential Houses in Indonesia
    Pancawati Dewi
  4. The Owner, the Priest, and the Carpenters’ Role in Shaping the Persistence and Change of Belief System’s Architectural Expressions in Balinese Urban Vernacular House
    Dimas Hartawan Wicaksono, Feni Kurniati
  5. Tradition at a Juncture of Globalization: A Literature Study on Adaptability of Vernacular Architecture
    Feni Kurniati, Dimas Hartawan Wicaksono

Vol 331CITIES IN TRANSFORMATION

  1. From Balloons to Machine Learning: Geospatial Technology and the Shaping of Gulf Cities
    Yousef Awaad Hussein
  2. Imaginaries of Surf and Tattoos: The Political Ecology of Art in Costa Rica
    Manar Zaki
  3. Investigating the “Altera Forma Urbis”, the Secret Structural Urban Form of Ancient Rome, By Applying a Sustainable Innovative Architectural Design Methodology for the Challenges of the Contemporary Built Environment
    Maurizio Crocco, Andrea Moneta
  4. Transformation of a Historical Town and the Dynamics of Traditional Identity: The Case of Algiers, Algeria
    Manalee Nanavati

Vol 332 CITIES AND IDENTITY

  1. Cairo Between Representations of Authority and Society
    Moaaz Lafi
  2. Advocacy and the Power of Social Media in Egypt`S Urban Context: Urban Struggles Versus State Tradition
    Amr Essam
  3. Disrupting Auto-Centric Planning Traditions: Gentrification and Perspectives on Children’s Active Mobility in the American South
    Lyndsey Deaton, Zahra Ghazanfari
  4. Unpacking the Key Drivers of Shaping the Spontaneous Areas in Makkah Case Study: Al- Khalidiyah District
    Oumr Adnan Osra

Vol 333 HOUSE FUNCTIONS

  1. Retrofitting Scenarios Proposals for Net-Zero Energy Neighborhoods in the Mediterranean Climate: A Case Study of a Residential Compound in Alexandria, Egypt
    Nermine Aly Hany
  2. Evaluation of the “Visitor Experience” at Saudi Arabian Cultural Heritage Sites – Case Study: The Diriyah Museum in the Historic District of Tarif
    Manar Bint Abdulaziz AlYabis, Mohammed Bin Saeed Al-Aisan Al-Ghamdi
  3. Lighting Silhouettes as an Element in Vernacular Architecture: Inspirations for Contemporary Design
    Sima Tawakoli
  4. Learning From Tradition in the Face of Globalization: A Comparative Study of Vernacular and Modern Housing in the Oases of Tunisia and Saudi Arabia
    Majdi Faleh, Shams Alshamasi

Vol 334 ARCHITECTS AND BUILDING

  1. In Search for In-Betweenness: Problematising the Mundane of 20th Century Macanese Modern Architecture
    Luk Ying Xian (Cassandra)
  2. Traditions: Merge Between East and West
    M Alaa Mandour, Sara Abdel Rahman 
  3. Modern Architectural Heritage of Iran: Learning from What Is Learned
    Omid Ebrahimbaysalami
  4. Minnette De Silva (Re)Inventing the Tradition of the Ceylonese Arts and Crafts – A Guide to Trace the Dynamics of These Cultural Practices in Contemporary Sri Lanka
    Inês Leonor Nunes
  5. Exploring the Lost Sense of Place- Investigating the Interplay of Architectural Typology, Materiality, and Authenticity 
    Mustapha El Moussaoui

Vol 335 PLANNING AND HOUSING COMMUNITIES

  1. Remaking China’s Urban Communities for Modernity: The Morphological Transformations and Everyday Activities of Danwei Compounds in Xi’an
    Xiao Hu, Jing Hu, Ying Shen
  2. How Did Public Rental Housing Contribute to the Family Lives of Chinese Rural Migrants? A Case of Chongqing
    Weijie Hu
  3. Between Traditional and Contemporary Architecture – Understanding the New Typology of Assam’s Architecture 
    Farha Shermin
  4. The Compound: Gated Communities as a New Housing and Planning Tradition in Cairo
    Doaa AlAmir

Vol 336 RITUALS AND SPIRITUALS

  1. Dynamics of Homecoming: Socio-Spatial Practices Defining Hindu Religious Geographies from Marcel, Goa, India
    Nirmal Kulkarni
  2. Temples on the Rooftop: Practicing Ritual Alliance Tradition in Highrise Residences in Putian, China
    Jie Li, Jing Zheng
  3. To ‘See’ and to be ‘Seen’: Deconstructing the Many Layers of the Indian Subcontinent’s Darshan Ritual
    Jyoti Pandey Sharma

Vol 337 DESIGN INFLUENCES

  1. Modern Sustainable Restoration and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings: Insights from Egypt
    Ayman Khalil, Sandra Zaffarese, Mohamed W. Fareed
  2. Maintaining Cultural Heritage Through Adaptive Reuse: The Case of Al-Mughesla in Al-Mainah Al-Munawarah
    Faredah Mohsen Al-Murahhem, Bushra Jamal Khalifa
  3. Digital Framework of Renovation of Traditional Buildings in Saudi Arabia
    Abdulrahman Alymani, Hashem Alhumayani, Ammar Alammar
  4. The Impact of Artifical Intelligence (Ai) on Architectural Design, Identity, and Culture Making in Kuwait and the Gulf
    Yousef Al-Haroun

Vol 338 URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING

  1. The Impact of Military Immigration Activities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties on the Human Land Relations and Urban Construction of Historical Towns Along the Xian-Qian-Dian Post Road: A Case Study of Zhenyuan Ancient Town
    Zhao Yue, Zhou Ling
  2. Narratives of a Sacred Mountain. Arunachala, Tamil Nadu, South of India
    Fátima Barahona da Fonseca
  3. The Impact of Crowd Management Approaches on Crowd Behavior and Experience During Mega-Events: A Case Study of Hajj
    Abdulrahman Kadi
  4. The Dynamic Tradition of a Modern Exogenous Urban Model: Case of Housing Urbanization in Iran 1945-1979
    Rana Habibi
  5. Mapping Morphological Manifestations and the Impacts of the Occupation on the Continuity of Traditions in Gaza’s Urban Landscapes 
    Xiao Hu, Hala Barakat, Hala Zahalqa

Vol 339 HISTORIC HOUSES

  1. What is Ours: Traces of Foreign Culture Seen in Traditional Architecture Built in the Early 20th Century
    Yura Kim
  2. Privacy and Poche at Monticello
    Laurence K. Loftin III, Jacqueline G. Victor
  3. The Impact of Cultural Dynamism and Traditions on the Evolution of Contemporary Urban Housing Typologies in Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia
    Muna GM Ahmed

Vol 340 MODERNITY, VERNACULAR AND VIRTUALITY

  1. Defining Domestic Boundaries in a Globalised Era: A Case Study of Barpak, a Himalayan Village of Nepal
    Abhishek Bhutoria
  2. Ashuusar: A Mentally Resilient Community in the North of Pakistan
    Noshaba Shah
  3. Reinventing Traditional Informality: Exploring the Hybrid Space of Al-Harazat in Jeddah’s Informal Housing
    Abdulla Difalla
  4. Back to the Future: Upscaling the Heritage Toward Sustainable Smart Cities
    Anna Laura Petrucci
  5. An Initiation on the Cultural Resilience of Historical Built Environment: An Academia-Ngo-Government Approach
    Cheng An-Yu, Wu Ping-Sheng, Yen Shih-Hua

2022 Volumes 316-325: RUPTURE AND TRADITION

Volume 315: URBAN RUPTURES
Volume 316: DISRUPTION, THEORY, AND DISCOURSES
Volume 317:TRADITION AND CONTINUITY
Volume 318: HISTORY AND TRADITION
Volume 319:CITIES, VILLAGES, AND TRADITION
Volume 320: CITIES, URBAN, AND RECONSTRUCTION
Volume 321: HERITAGE AND TRADITION
Volume 322: DESIGN AND TRADITION
Volume 323: HOUSING AND TRADITION
Volume 324:HERITAGE DISCOURSES
Volume 325:POLITICS OF TRADITION

2020 Volumes 307-314: VIRTUAL TRADITIONS

Volume 307: VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTIONS AND DIGITAL TOOLS
Volume 308: DISPLAYING TRADITION
Volume 309: TRANSFORMATION OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS AND SETTLEMENTS
Volume 310: VERNACULAR TRANSFORMING AND DEVELOPMENTS OF TRADITION
Volume 311: THE PRACTICES OF DESIGN
Volume 312: PLANNING AND PLACEMAKING
Volume 313: INFORMAL URBANISM AND REFUGEES SETTLEMENT
Volume 314: ART, CRAFT, AND ARCHITECTURE

2018 Volumes 286 – 306: THE POLITICS OF TRADITION

2016 Volumes 272 – 285*: LEGITIMATING TRADITION

2014 Volumes 254 – 271: WHOSE TRADITION?

2012 Volumes 239 – 253: THE MYTH OF TRADITION

2010 Volumes 222 – 238: THE UTOPIA OF TRADITION

2008 Volumes 198 – 221: INTERROGATING TRADITION

2006 Volumes 178 – 197: HYPER-TRADITIONS

2004 Volumes 160 – 177: POST TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN A POST GLOBAL WORLD

2002 Volumes 141 – 159: (UN)BOUNDING TRADITION

2000 Volumes 121 – 140: THE END OF TRADITION?

1998 Volumes 101 – 120: MANUFACTURING HERITAGE/CONSUMING TRADITION: DEVELOPMENT, PRESERVATION AND TOURISM IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION

1996 Volumes 77 – 100: IDENTITY, TRADITION AND BUILT FORM

1994 Volumes 53 – 76: VALUE IN TRADITION

1992 Volumes 33 – 52: DEVELOPMENT VERSUS TRADITION

1990 Volumes 19 – 32: FIRST WORLD/THIRD WORLD

1988 Volumes 1 – 18: TRADITIONAL DWELLINGS AND SETTLEMENTS IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE