Case Studies
CityPortraits case studies combine archival evidence, statistical layers, OSM interpretation, and interactive map sessions into compact urban portraits.
Tirana
Archival synthesis, OSM building interpretation, GHSL epoch layers, and rule-based architectural landscape classification.
- Base: OpenStreetMap / JOSM
- Layers: GHSL, GEM, Census
- Focus: Ottoman core, socialist housing, post-1990 expansion
Berat
Heritage-oriented case study focused on hillside settlement structure, historic fabric, traditional housing, and layered urban morphology.
- Focus: historic quarters and terrain-based morphology
- Pattern: compact settlement, river edge, castle district
- Evidence: archival references, OSM, morphology layers
Durrës
Coastal and port-city case study exploring urban growth, seismic exposure, tourism development, and post-earthquake transformation.
- Focus: port city, coastal expansion, seismic risk
- Pattern: linear coast, dense urban corridor
- Evidence: OSM, GHSL, exposure and reconstruction layers
Shkodra
Northern Albanian case study focused on water-edge settlement, historic urban structure, landscape interfaces, and territorial morphology.
- Focus: lake, river, historic fabric, territorial edge
- Pattern: water-related urban structure
- Evidence: OSM, archival layers, landscape interpretation