urban design and landscape architecture are considered as modern art (knowledge) which are developed through integration of various art and science fields of studies. formal emergence of urban design in 60s and landscape design is occurred at the beginning of 20th century. the success of these two fields is because of their attention to environmental qualities upgrade in public and open spaces ...

This paper presents a theory of developmental mental architecture primarily for robots. Six types of architecture are presented, starting with the observation-driven Markov decision process as Type-1. From Type-1 to Type-6, the architecture progressively becomes more complete toward the necessary functions of the autonomously developing agent. Properties of each architecture type are presented.

when thinking about traditional iranian architecture, one imagines extensive ornamental patterns that adorn almost every surface of mosques and other prominent buildings. yet, many theories of architecture since the beginning of twentieth century have considered ornamentation a superficial and superfluous layer. but, are these ornamental surfaces superficial and can they be removed so easily? t...

Global climate change and urban heat island intensification are making many cities dangerously hot during waves. There is a need for clear process applying microclimate information in design to create cooler cities. A recent paper points out the gaps research methodology suggests implementation-oriented research. It action steps take from theory practice. The framework has five steps, our paper...