Aim & Scope
Architecture exists on the dynamics of new theories, discourses, designs, methods, applications and productions, beyond its basic needs.
In this respect, the purpose of LivenARCH+ Journal is to provide an academic environment for reproducing and sharing thoughts, knowledge, practices, achievements and experiences among all the actions and actors of international and national platforms where the discipline of architecture is in contact with the subject of “LIVable ENvironments and ARCHitecture”.
LivenARCH+ Journal aims to open various approaches from all scales and different cultures to academic circulation in a common field of literature, to produce new architectural information aimed at the vision of the future of architecture. In the light of this aim, it is expected that the actions of the profession and the information produced by its actors will be related to the main theme of “LIVable ENvironments and ARCHitecture” and its potential sub-themes.
The LivenARCH+ Journal, which will be published three times a year in January, July and as a Special Issue, includes theoretical and applied studies on current issues within the scope of design disciplines and research articles prepared on the basis of sciences related to the field of design. In this context, it is expected that the articles to be included in the scope of LivenARCH+ Journal will be original and scientific research studies, whose contribution to the relevant literature has been proven by qualitative, quantitative, experimental and analytical methods.
Under the context of the main theme and scope of “LIVable ENvironments and ARCHitecture”, the sub-themes that create and develop architecture in all its dimensions have been identified as; “philosophy/history/theory/discourse”, “criticism/method”, “nature/environment”, “human/behavior/public health”, “politics/policies/laws/regulations/ethics”, “economy”, “identity/culture/tradition”, “urban/city/landscape/rural”, “technology/material/sustainability”, “conservation/transformation/re-use”, “design/interior design”, “arts/aesthetics” and “education” and have been opened to the researchers’ scientific sharing.