Browsing Mimarlık Bölümü by Author "Mühendislik Mimarlık Fakültesi"

Analysis of performance of night ventilation for residential buildings in hot-humid climates

Yıldız, Yusuf (Gazi Üniv., 2014)

Night ventilation is one of the passive cooling techniques commonly used and various theoretical and experimental studies on this subject are available in the literature. However, the effects of climate change are not taken ...

The building performance perspective for interoperability requirements for a future analysis

İlal, Mustafa Emre (Ecaade-Education & Research Computer Aided Architectural Design Europe, 2009)

There is an increasing demand for building performance assessment among architects mostly due to a rising awareness for issues related to environmental sustainability. However, after thirty years of research, interoperability ...

The combined usage of ground waste glass with an industrial by-product in manufacturing portland cement mortar

Yılmaz, Arin; Değirmenci, Nurhayat (Ice Publ, 2010)

The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibility of using a combination of ground waste glass and fly ash as a replacement for Portland cement in the manufacture of mortar. Ground waste glass with an average ...

Competitive positioning in United States construction industry

Kale, Serdar; Arditi, David (Asce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers, 2002)

The concept of competitive positioning is explored in the context of the United States construction industry along two dimensions-scope and mode of competition. The effects of competitive positioning on construction company ...

Differentiation, conformity, and construction firm performance

Kale, Serdar; Arditi, David (Asce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers, 2003)

Competitive strategy and neo-institutional scholars offer different views for studying a firm's relationship with its environment. Competitive strategy scholars propose that a firm's environment hosts competitive forces ...

Energy-saving retrofitting of houses in cold climates

Yıldız, Yusuf; Özbalta, Türkan Göksal; Eltez, Asude (Elsevier Science Bv, 2014)

Built environment is a problematic issue from an energy use perspective because an important part of total energy consumption in countries is usually caused by existing buildings. Current buildings stock constructed before ...

The evolving design of 20th-century apartments in Ankara

Güney, Yasemin İnce; Wineman, Jean (Sage Publications Ltd, 2008)

This study analyzes a longitudinal series of Ankara apartment houses using space syntax methodology to uncover the underlying genotype and its transformation over time. The results indicate that transition-space-centred ...

Fuzzy intellectual capital index for construction firms

Kale, Serdar (Asce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers, 2009)

Construction firms are now operating in a new era. Gaining and sustaining competitive advantage in this era primarily depends on effective and efficient management of knowledge assets. This paper proposes a performance ...

Gender and urban space: the case of Sharjah, UAE

Güney, Yasemin İnce; Kubat, Ayşe Sema (Space Syntax Laboratory, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, 2015)

The aim of this study is to objectively examine the effects of gender on public space use in historical core of Sharjah, the third largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates, by utilizing space syntax techniques. An earlier ...

Impact of energy efficiency standard and climate change on summer thermal comfort conditions: A case study in apartment building

Yıldız, Yusuf (Gazi University, 2014)

On account of the global warming, there is an increased concern about the overheating risk in free running buildings. This study investigates the influence of local energy efficiency standard, TS 825and climate change on ...

Introducing interdisciplinary collaboration into design curriculum identifying the appropriate technological infrastructure

İlal, Mustafa Emre; Kale, Serdar; Yavaş, Altuğ (Ecaade-Education & Research Computer Aided Architectural Design Europe, 2009)

There is an increasing adoption of BIM technology in the AEC industry. Organizations are forced to restructure their practices. The role of the architect within the new multi-disciplinary design team will depend on the ...