Husein Ali Husein

• PhD, Architectural Technology
• Professor (Full) at Salahaddin University-Erbil

The cultural heritage of the city of Erbil faces the threat of rapid urbanization and other challenges. As the city strives to accommodate its exponential growth, the urgency of the need to safeguard its historical landmarks is becoming more apparent. This study examines the deterioration of Erbil’s heritage structures, pointing to environmental ad...

Due to its positive impact on human psychophysiological indicators, biophilic design can be implemented in various built environments. This design approach can be used when the connection to natural elements is limited and when the occupants feel stressed and uncomfortable in a specific space. Purposes: This research aims to investigate promoting S...

Spatial adaptability is the ability of floor plans to adapt to families' changing needs and requirements over time. Apartment floor plans that are not designed according to the user's preferences cannot meet his or her changing needs over time. So, an adaptable apartment floor plan is considered a desirable alternative that can provide various solu...

Building adaptation comprises a variety of construction actions that enhance current condition and extend the life span of buildings. Architectural adaptation involves refurbishing, retrofitting, restoration, renovation, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, material reuse, conservation, and preservation, as well as other activities to improve building c...

Building adaptation comprises a variety of construction actions that enhance the current conditions and extend the life span of buildings. Architectural adaptation involves refurbishing, retrofitting, restoration, renovation, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, material reuse, conservation, and preservation, as well as other activities to improve build...

Well-being University dormitories virtual reality stress physical indicators A B S T R A C T Due to its positive impact on human psychophysiological indicators, biophilic design can be implemented in various built environments. This design approach can be used when the connection to natural elements is limited and when the occupants feel stressed a...

The promotion and activation of creativity in children is extremely valuable due to their age growth. All types of environments, such as geographical, social, physical, and cultural environments , have a huge impact on children's development. Many studies have discussed the role of the environment in general in the creativity and development of chi...

Color has a crucial impact on students’ perception. It encourages the learning atmosphere to be affiliated with the anticipated learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of contextual colors on student’s perception of interior spaces and to validate previous related studies that emphasize on colors as a media to...

Most cities face problems with continuous population growth, while human needs remain the same or increase. Urbanization growth and marketing prices force citizens into less space. These problems lead to the appearance of small houses and flats. Many apartments fail to provide spaces with quality and comfort. Alter to multifunctional furniture solu...

This paper tries to investigate the influence of parametric design tools on increasing creativity of furniture designers, hence the most difficult issue for a designer is creative thinking and bringing new ideas into life. The methodology of this paper is to make a protocol analysis to find criteria of creativity based on the reviewed literature, t...

Abstract: Nature provides important design solutions whether in architecture or other sciences and arts. Biophilia is an innate human desire to be connected to nature and biophilic architecture is bringing nature to indoor environments. The positive effects of biophilia are especially interesting in healthcare facilities due to extreme stress eleme...

Smart construction materials have, over the years, received significant attention due to their inherent properties to respond to changes in their environments, for instance, temperature, light, pressure, and electric voltage. Phase Changing Materials (PCM) is a type of smart material that responds to changes in temperature conditions in their envir...

Daylight represents one of the crucial factors that affect directly on the building performance and its occupants. This study assesses the daylight performance in the multi-storey residential buildings (apartments) in Erbil city. It aims to find out the impact of building typology on daylighting quality and quantity. The endeavour of this research...

ABSTRACT: This paper refers to the social interaction as one of the indicators to the success of the residential community, regarding its importance in achieving the sense of belonging among the residents towards their communities. This paper focused on the rapid changes in the urban configuration of residential communities during the past decade i...

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of interior design on employee's job satisfaction, and it is an exploratory study about employee's opinion to their office interior design at the presidency offices of both Koya and Ishik universities. As well as interior design is as an independent variable and job satisfaction is as dependent var...

High energy consumption is one of the most serious problems globally faced today. The building sector is known to be the largest energy consumer. Energy performance in school buildings is very significant, for ascertaining the health and productivity of students and teachers. Analysis of previous studies shows that school buildings present a poor i...

High energy consumption is one of the most serious problems globally faced today. The building sector is known to be the largest energy consumer. Energy performance in school buildings is very significant, for ascertaining the health and productivity of students and teachers. Analysis of previous studies shows that school buildings present a poor i...

This study investigates the impact of interior design on employee's job satisfaction, and it is an exploratory study about employee's opinion to their office interior design at the presidency offices of both Koya and Ishik universities. As well as interior design is as an independent variable and job satisfaction is as dependent variable. A questio...

This paper highlights the reflections of the digital revolution on the architectural configuration through some of the already executed or to-be-executed projects. This paper analyzes the new impacts that influence now or will influence in the future the trends of architectural configuration such as: developing computer programs, design tools, meth...

This paper refers to the social interaction as one of the indicators to the success of the residential community, regarding its importance in achieving the sense of belonging among the residents towards their communities. This paper focused on the rapid changes in the urban configuration of residential communities during the past decade in Erbil th...

The city roads network is considered an essential element in any urban community. It occupies around 30% of the total area of urban land. These roads might be classified into two main parts: – Those which provide services to the lands attached. – Those which provide services to the cars; they are used by large-size vehicles. Though the first one is...