Interfaces/intersections in architecture and urbanism

Osama (2020) starts with a conceptual proposal of combining architecture and nature for a potential relief of one’s soul by proposing a cave-like structure – a place of refuge – and speculates on the role of architecture and design of the environment on linking the body and the soul. Vatan Kaptan (2020) uncovers low energy consumption, climatic responsive design strategies of vernacular housing of Erbil city and proposes an adaptation of passive solar design strategies for the vernacular buildings of Erbil to the contemporary constructions that do not utilize those strategies in the initial design phase. According to Schoonderbeek and Havik (2014) borders in spatial disciplines emphasize two distinct features in the twenty-first century as segregation of political, ethnic and religious contexts and as performative zones where borders influence their hinterland. [...]boundary can be considered a spatial element that separates.