Urban environmental degradation and disasters are leading to a paradigm shift towards implementing regenerative and resilient concepts on all scales. The interrelationship between microscopic and macroscopic elements of the built environment must be considered from pre-design through to building handover to avoid future disasters and environmental degradation in urban areas. This paper aims to identify synergies between the resilient and regenerative design activities needed on all scales and dimensions. The developed conceptual framework represents the context in which the study is conducted. Cooperation strategies on different scales are required to mitigate the climate crisis by reflecting the dimension of increasing energy consumption requirements from materials to the urban built environment in cities. The methods used to answer the research questions are data analysis from literature and trend comparisons at local, regional and global levels. New approaches and interrelationships were found by testing hypotheses in different design traditions and socio-economic situations. Research findings clearly showed that a new concept has to be created as a cooperative system of discrete disconnected parts in scale-jumping design based on the synergies from regenerative and resilience design and practice. This paper concludes with new concept design principles that need to be implemented in daily life to support the creation of resilient and regenerative solutions for the built environment.

ABSTRACT2017 Research Leap/Inovatus Services Ltd. All rights reserved. 10.18775/jibrm.184910.18775/jibrm. -8558.201510.18775/jibrm. .25.3002 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.18775/jibrm.184910.18775/jibrm. -8558.2015 Extreme weather events are increasing in intensity and frequency. While the social component of resilience with all its dimensions depend on all citizens, spatial and environmental components with all their dimensions depend on more from architects than from other professionals. In this context, architects have a responsibility to evaluate, design (create) and maintain resilient build environment that can better adapt to natural conditions and that can more readily absorb and recover city from different disasters. The objective of this research is to identify the role of architects in creating the building as well as the quality of urban resilience that can be implemented in a variety of contexts at national, regional or global level. Conclusions serve as a new concept to future researchers in this field and to all regional stakeholders engaged in the process of evaluating the risk related to the natural disaster. Also, it creates professional strategies for improvement of building and urban resilience. DOI:

Extreme weather events are increasing in intensity and frequency. While the social component of resilience with all its dimensions depend on all citizens, spatial and environmental components with all their dimensions depend on more from architects than from other professionals. In this context, architects have a responsibility to evaluate, design (create) and maintain resilient build environment that can more successfully adapt to natural conditions and that can more readily absorb and recover city from different disasters. The objective of this research and used methodology is to identify the role of architects in creating the building and urban resilience qualities that can be implemented in a variety of contexts at national, regional or global level. Conclusions serve as a new concept to future researches in this field and to all regional stakeholders engaged in the process of evaluating building natural disaster risks and creating strategies for improvement of building and urban resilience professionally.

The paper contents qualitative research that covers the scope of Resilience, Green Building, and BIM (Building Information Modeling) concepts implementation. The objective of the paper is to facilitate the discussion on the question how these concepts can be integrated to apply in architecture theory and practice by making science-based building decisions that will improve the overall performance of construction projects. Research is done in global and regional context focused in the Republic of Kosovo. The specific objective of this paper is to facilitate socially innovative actions and initiatives as a primary source for integration of resilience, green building and BIM technology in the daily life. Participating and observing group discussions with architects, spatial planners, and environmental professionals helped to uncover trends in theory and practice, and dive deeper into the problem. State of art literature review on this topic and personal interviews in daily work helped to analyze and compare the local, regional and international implementation of concepts. Results of the research paper will help to understand of the global and regional architects and planning professionals in order for there to be clear the need for promoting the notion of BIM, resilience and green building and integrating them in theory and practice. In conclusions will be described conditions for integrating new concepts interconnected in new inclusive strategies. Integration will narrow the gap between the EU and Balkan countries. In recommendations will be proposed framework that can potentially enhance community decisions by creating an opportunity to achieve synergy among different interconnected multispectral stakeholders in the building sector.

Building physics and climate adapted architectural design parameters such as site, building form, orientation, shading and envelope performance (including structures and openings), contributes a significant proportion towards the better energy performance and reduce environmental impact of buildings. Due to extensive demand of electricity derived from the widespread use of cooling and heating systems has necessitated evolution and incorporation of minimum energy performance requirements in design practice. Objective of this paper is to promote role of passive design features and energy simulation to the researchers, scientists and practitioners within planning, architecture construction industry. Jointly, all these three industries are experiencing an continues shift whereby the issues of sustainable environment, resource conservation and energy efficiency have gained vital importance. Findings from this research require cultural assimilation into planning and architecture (including curriculums), construction industry and building-owner decision making in Kosovo. In order to achieve strategies and implement new concept, it is important to address these issues with a sense of urgency.