AMPS PROCEEDINGS SERIES 21 American University in Dubai; AMPS Dubai: 22-24 November, 2020 Rapid Cities – Responsive Architectures EDITOR: Dr. Abdellatif Qamhaieh EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Eric An COPYEDITOR: Amany Marey © AMPS AMPS PROCEEDINGS SERIES 21. ISSN 2398-9467 INTRODUCTION Rapid Cities – Responsive Architectures This publication is the product of the conference Rapid Cities – Responsive Architectures. A virtual conference examining design, planning & construction in the modern world. November 2020, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The conference call centered around the rapid nature of today’s urban and architectural projects, especially as could be seen within the cities of the Arabian Gulf. From 3D printed villas to rapidly deployed large-scale urban developments and architectures of ‘spectacle,’ the world of design appears to be changing fast and responding to technology and digital fabrication advancements. This change is not only in the construction methods, but it also finds its way into advances in materials, collaboration tools, development regulations, and sustainability measures, to mention a few. So, are we witnessing the dawn of a new era in design and construction? With the Expo 2020 site at its heart, Dubai appears to be the poster city for these new innovations, and an ideal setting for a conference focused on rapid change. The papers included in these proceedings were reflective of these notions and covered some of these diverse and exciting questions and much more. This conference was initially planned to coincide with Expo 2020, yet Covid-19 became a global crisis in early 2020 seemingly overnight and managed to bring the world to a near halt. The conference, therefore, shifted from an on-site event to a virtual platform due to travel and safety concerns. The Expo 2020 itself has been delayed for a year, citing similar concerns. Meanwhile, Covid-19 challenged how we view and interact with the built environment and how we move about it. It also demonstrated that innovation in the built environment and its design and construction is somewhat overdue. The need for hospitals, quarantine facilities, urban green spaces, transport options, and all-new office, work, and housing typologies became immediate. A major rethink of our urban environment is currently underway and is much needed. Major emphasis on urban health, sustainability, and resilience are some of the apparent impacts of the pandemic on the built environment. While some of these themes were reflected in the conference papers, a much bigger debate is currently underway globally. There is no doubt, though, that fast-paced, rapidly designed, and deployed architecture(s) are here to stay, and the future of our cities, urban environments, and design disciplines is likely to be different. Both the conference and the publication were organized by the research organization AMPS, the academic journal Architecture_MPS, and the Department of Architecture at the American University in Dubai. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 LOCALLY-BASED SUSTAINABLE DESIGN APPROACHESFOR WALKABILITY IN DUBAI 1 Takeshi Maruyama Chapter 2 BETTER LIFE IN URBAN AREAS FOR ALL WITH INCLUSIVE DESIGN. 12 Oya Demirbilek Chapter 3 POPCYCLE: A MOBILE PLACEMAKING PLATFORM 26 Chin Koi Khoo, Akari Nakai Kidd Chapter 4 NOTHING NEW UNDER THE TROPIC SUN: COMPARISON OF BUILDING TYPES IN THE 36 SATELLITE CITY PLAN OF KIGALI AT THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS Manlio Michieletto Chapter 5 RESPONSIVE MEGASTRUCTURES: GROWING FUTURE CITIES FOR GLOBAL CHALLENGES 46 Adam Blaney, Nick Dunn Chapter 6 OVERHEATING AND OCCUPANT ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOURS IN NATURALLY VENTILATED 57 WARDS IN THE TROPICS Stavroula K. Koutroumpi Chapter 7 DEFINING CULTURAL DATA SCIENCE. 72 Vishal Kumar Chapter 8 A SINGULAR LOGIC: NARRATIVE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE RELOCATION OF EXPO ‘92’S 81 GALICIAN PAVILION. Addie Gordon Chapter 9 CIRCULAR CITIES CAREERS: SUSTAINABLE CAREERS ENABLING SUSTAINABLE CITIES 90 Daniela A. Ottmann, Gregory J. Skulmoski Chapter 10 SUSTAINABLE PLACEMAKING IN RAPIDLY DEVELOPING CITIES: EXAMINING THE SCOPE 102 AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DESIGN CONTROLS IN THE CITY OF DUBAI, UAE Marwan Elmubarak Chapter 11 INNOVATIVE RESPONSIVE SHADING SYSTEM: MULTIFUNCTIONAL CASE STUDY IN MILAN 113 Mahmoud A. M. Othman , Esraa. M. Elareef , Angeliki Chronopoulou, Shayan Mirzabeigi, Marco Pesenti , Evangelos Miliokas , Behrooz Khalilinasr, Bahar S. Vakili Chapter 12 MILAN: THE CITY IN CONSTANT AND RAPID CHANGE. THE FUTURE IS GREENER. 125 Patriza Burlando , Ilda Vagge Chapter 13 TRANSIT AND MEGA-EVENTS: THE ROLE OF TRANSIT STATIONS IN PLACE-MAKING 133 Mario Silva Pinto, Jorge Pinho De Sousa, Paulo Pinho Chapter 14 REGENERATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: A COMPARISON OF PRACTICES 144 Rosalba Belibani, Deborah C. Lefosse Chapter 15 A CITY BY THE CITIZENS: THE OPEN SOURCE MODEL AND ITS ROLE IN URBAN 152 DEVELOPMENT Shaurya Chauhan, Sagar Gupta Chapter 16 MEDIATED URBANITY AND DISRUPTIVE PERCEPTION 162 William F. Smith II Chapter 17 DIGI-COMPONENT:AUGMENTED REALITY REAL-TIME IMMERSIVE DESIGN AND ROBOTIC 168 FABRICATION WORKFLOW FOR PARAMETRIC ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE Yang Song, Richard Koeck, Shan Luo Chapter 18 THE BODY AS THE MAIN CHARACTER REGENERATING GUEST SPACES IN MIDDLE 180 EASTERN HOMES Majida Khanfar Chapter 19 URBAN DISPUTES FROM THE SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECT 195 Ana Cristina García-Luna Romero, Rafael Amado Garcia Cruz Chapter 20 SPATIAL PROPHYLAXIS: THE TACTICAL APPROACH OF POST-COVID PUBLIC SPACES IN 204 CAIRO Taher Abdel-Ghani, Yara Mamdouh Chapter 21 SUDDEN SUBURBS AND THE CHALLENGE OF 21ST CENTURY URBANISM: VINEYARD, UTAH 214 Marika Snider Chapter 22 DAYLIGHT AS CULTURAL ENERGY FOR THE CITY 224 Karolina Pawlik, G. Thomas Goodnight Chapter 23 OVERWHELMING AHMEDABAD MEETS INSURGENT PUBLIC SPACES 235 Alisia Tognon, Prasanth Narayanan, Sara Rossi Chapter 24 MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VULNERABILITY MAP 247 TOWARDS THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF BARCELONA. Denise Schneir, Gonzalo Piasek, Julieta Kowal Chapter 25 PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCMS) FOR BUILDING ENVELOPE APPLICATIONS 259 Francesca Scalisi Chapter 26 ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE ENERGY 275 CONSUMPTION OF A BUILDING WITH A DYNAMIC FACADE. Feng Shi, Linlin Tian, Yun Zheng Chapter 27 "DOOROOM": FROM THE DOMUS TO THE ROOM. RETHINKING LIVING TODAY AND 292 TOMORROW Maria Gelvi Chapter 28 DEEP-CITY LIVING IN A SOFTWARE-BASED SOCIETY 303 Melinda Bognár Chapter 29 EXPLORING THE DISCONNECTION BETWEEN SMART CITY POLICY AND PRACTICE AND 311 SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST OLDER PEOPLE Manlin Li, Ryan Woolrych Rapid Cities - Responsive Architectures: A conference examining design, planning & construction in the modern world LOCALLY-BASED SUSTAINABLE DESIGN APPROACHES FOR WALKABILITY IN DUBAI Author: TAKESHI MARUYAMA Institution: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES INTRODUCTION Since the discovery of oil in 1966 and its subsequent financial revenues, Dubai has been developing rapidly into a global city – while mainly adapting a western urban development style. Suburban growth exploded, with urban sprawl becoming an issue since the early 1980s. Local towns spread out and expanded in scale. Consequently, Dubai could be called ‘Cities within a city,’ representing many fragmented suburban communities connected by automobiles. People often attribute problems with walkability or the limited pedestrian-oriented activities to the harsh weather. Still, severe weather in Dubai lasts roughly four months out of the year, causing people to avoid the outdoors during that period. Nevertheless, the somewhat limited walkability continues throughout the year, even in the nicer weather. Then what is the leading cause of this phenomenon? This paper argues that this limited walkability is not due to weather but due to the urban structure caused by mega-developments in Dubai, which do not consider human scale or local culture. For instance, old districts such as Satwa or Karama have a more compact scale; therefore, pedestrian activities occur naturally. Aggressive adaptation of western-style urbanization completely goes against locally-adapted sustainable design approaches that ancestors have fostered in the city. The narrow alleys (Sikkeek) and the past courtyard houses have been replaced by driveways and fenced-gardens. These drastically changed the structure of communities, therefore, impacting walkability. This issue is a common theme discussed in the thesis courses and sustainability design studios, which I teach at the university. The paper will demonstrate potential design solutions for walkability and enhancing outdoor public space usage within existing urban areas. DUBAI ORIGINS Early Beginnings History indicates that Bani-Yas Tribe moved from today’s Abu Dhabi to an area known as Dubai in the early 19 century and officially established the Emirate of Dubai. The settlement started at the Creekside, where now Al Fahidi district, which the next section will explore, is located. Initially, it was a simple fisherman village and flourished later due to the pearl industry. In this era, the houses stood each other densely, composed of an organic compound in limited areas, and were vernacular in style and made of 1 local materials. However, the pearl industry declined by the world recession and cultured pearl invented in Japan. The oil era began with the discovery of oil in 1958 in Abu Dhabi, to be followed by 1966 in Page AMPS | American University of Dubai Rapid Cities - Responsive Architectures: A conference examining design, planning & construction