Current Challenges in Architecture and Urbanism in Albania

Introducing the architectural, urban, and landscape challenges of Albania.- Part 1: Next cities between neoanthropocene and asceticism.- Augmented cities in the neoanthropocene.- A multi-scalar design proposal: s-RGB (Safe - regenerative green blue) design for the contemporary city.- Materiality and asceticism in architecture. A paradigm to learn from.- Part 2: Urban and territorial challenges in Albanian context.- Tirana-next. A complementary development strategy (and consequent urban tactics) for the informal and historical urban fabrics within Tirana super blocks.- An observation on gated communities in post-socialist Albania: Three case studies from Tirana.- The Mangalem quarter in Berat (Albania): Studies in the urban composition of the aggregate and the historical building techniques with relation to seismic action.- A comparative study between the wildfire prone forest surfaces within the metropolitan area of Sarajevo and Tirana.- Part 3: Architectural challenges in Albanian context.- Infill design in informal housing in Tirana, Albania: Transformations and spatial qualities.- Past, present and the claim for a possible future: The case of Tirana national theatre.- A study on the prisons morphology, case of Albania.- Space syntax analysis as a tool for evaluation of social and cultural values of Albanian housing - Case study of Tirana.- The rise of modernism in Tetova.- Part 4: Afterword: Tomorrow challenges in cities and planning.- Cities of tomorrow - Tomorrow of planning. Lessons for the Albanian cities.