Marsela Plyku Demaj

Marsela Plyku Demaj
Polis University · Department of Scientific Research

Master of Science

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Regulatory framework for territorial management and integrated development of urban areas in historic setting, Case of Albania

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The conventional object-based approach that focuses on singular built heritage assets is currently changing towards a more holistic approach where the setting and context of a heritage site as well as its development play a greater role. This paper explores the com- plex interrelation between the built environment and its natural and rural setting...
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Phoeniciae's development emerged through a gradual process of organizing existing residential areas, leading to its rise as the primary center and eventual capital of the Chaonia region by the mid-3rd century BC (Budina, Dh., 1986). In the Roman time, the city was primarily situated on the southern slope of the hill but eventually expanded into the...
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Durrës, a seacoast city with an uninterrupted urban life and a history spanning several millennia, has seen the influence of numerous civilizations, from the Illyrians, Greeks and Romans to the Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans, embodying and displaying a rich inventory of archaeological, cultural and architectural heritage. Its consistent strateg...
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The need for protection of human settlements has existed since the earliest times of human society. It is reflected in the choice of the terrain, strategic location and through the construction of castles and fortification walls to protect the life inside the settlement. Being interdependent to the human settlement that they aim to protect, fortifi...
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Durrës has always been considered an important city both in the region and beyond, with a stra- tegic position, as a transit or exchange gate, but also an interesting place to stay and live. The strategic position, natural but also historical, cultural and archaeological values have always given Durrës the potential to develop in the above-mentione...
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This article explores the relationship between private spaces (dwellings), common spaces and the presence of the human factor. In the consideration that the dwelling space as a phenomenon takes place in both the inside and its outside immediate urban setting, these levels of scale are often intertwined; they are inextricably linked in a complex ent...
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Botuar nga ICCROM, nga Fondi Prince Claus për Kulturë dhe Zhvillim; dhe nga Fondacioni Trashëgimia Kulturore pa Kufj - Shqipëri (CHwB Albania), si dhe Fondacioni Kosovar Trashëgimia Kulturore pa Kufj (CHwB Kosovo), në kuadrin e bashkëpunimit mes ICCROM-it, “Prince Claus Fund” dhe Institutit Smithsonian për zhvillimin e kapaciteteve të gatishmërisë...
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Throughout history, the choice of space for the foundation of a city has been conditioned on the requirement for being well protected. Fortified cities are thus among the most ancient and long-lasting settlements. The birth of the unfortified, therefore open city, in Albanian territory, has reappeared during the late Middle Ages, around the 12th ce...
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This paper presents a case of post disaster risk assessment method, for cultural heritage monuments and sites, implemented in the aftermath of the 2019 earthquake in Albania. The paper aims at showing the importance of using a continuous cycle approach in cultural heritage sites comprised of the five stages: preparedness, planning, response, recove...
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The workshop consisted in a critical and visual laboratory to interpret skyscrapers through specific historical, architectural and spatial paradigms. The skyscraper was explored through a critical analysis of relevant texts and design examples which had a great impact on its spread as an architectural type. Particularly significant Italian case-stu...
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Albania is a country exposed to the most common hazards of natural origin such as those of geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric nature etc. On the other hand, the human actions in the global level, exploiting excessively the resources, have negatively impacted many ecosystems, causing alterations of their functions and provoking amplified worldwide ca...
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The present edition comprises the rich work and results of all project partners in the framework of Mo.Na project, between 2019 and 2021. This edition aims to be valuable tool for the scientific community as well as for the national authorities of each of the four participating countries, the representatives of which worked systematically for the p...
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This publication displays the work undertaken by the participants of the “Training Course on Structural Analysis and Reinforcement Methods and Techniques of Historic Masonry Buildings”, organized in August 2016, by the Institute of Cultural Monuments (ICM), through the Regional Centre for Conservation and Restoration of South East Europe. The proje...
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Lake Ohrid is a superlative natural phenomenon, providing refuge for numerous endemic and relict freshwater species of flora and fauna dating from the tertiary period. As a deep and ancient lake of tectonic origin, Lake Ohrid has existed continuously for approximately two to three million years. Its oligotrophic waters conserve over 200 species of...
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This article is published in the Scientific Journal "Monumentet" and comes as the result of a research study on the Byzantine Church of St. Mary Vllaherna. It aims at the study of the architecture, phases of construction and transformations in time of this church.
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The town of Berat is one of the oldest in Albania, with the earliest traces of settlement dating from 2600-1800 BC, while the castle area had stone fortifications by the the 4th century BC. In antiquity, Berat was known as Antipatreia, a fortified centre which succeeded in resisting the Roman legions for a time. During the Byzantine period, in 533,...
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The residence house of Haxhistasa family, situated in the fortress of Berat, is a typical house with a "çardak" placed in the centre, one of the most representative of this type in the city of Berat. It is currently inhabited by its owners, as an evidence of the vernacular architecture. The Technical Assessment presents the situation of the house i...

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