All Outputs (189)

The role of the petty bourgeoisie in the current crisis (2023)
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The interlocking crises of capitalism that we face are coming to a head. Amidst these dangerous times we are witnessing a response from the organised working class across the world through waves of strike action and unionisation drives in new sectors... Read More about The role of the petty bourgeoisie in the current crisis.

System shifting the design studio: Educating regenerative future practitioners (2023)
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Published in 2021, the UK Design Council’s Beyond Net Zero report identified that designers are ‘not yet using their skills and resources to deliberately support the green transition in the way that they should and could’. A rising awareness of clim... Read More about System shifting the design studio: Educating regenerative future practitioners.

Session 3: Wide load - The wholesale moving of buildings in Norrlands (panel 1) (2023)
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The panel session will question how a visual, spatial research, might uncover the implications of technological and social change in Norrlands. It will consider how political narratives of the region might be embedded in the space and propose new rea... Read More about Session 3: Wide load - The wholesale moving of buildings in Norrlands (panel 1).

Digital design of automatically wound shear reinforcement for non-prismatic concrete beams (2022)
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Concrete is the world’s most widely used man-made material, accounting for around 7% of global CO2 emissions. Currently, up to half of the concrete used in buildings is unnecessary, as it is there because it is shaped using prismatic formworks, which... Read More about Digital design of automatically wound shear reinforcement for non-prismatic concrete beams.

50 ways to regeneratively reimagine our High Streets. A co-creating workshop. (2022)
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This co-authoring workshop provides a collectivist space for participants who have been involved in radical rethinking of High Streets/Main streets internationally to work together and contribute to the future and imagined role of these spaces. Tradi... Read More about 50 ways to regeneratively reimagine our High Streets. A co-creating workshop..

Commoning through the lifecourse: The mundane politics of retirement and life beyond the wage (2022)
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The general shift from the static commons to the more dynamic one of commoning offers opportunities, both analytically and practically. In particular, it offers us the opportunity for exploring the more hidden and quiet politics that not only sustain... Read More about Commoning through the lifecourse: The mundane politics of retirement and life beyond the wage.

Wide load housemoving (2022)
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In a Land of geological uplift, thousands of years of cultures, and new waves of corporate and state investment in a space for settlement and the extraction of natural resources, this paper examines the social phenomenon of moving houses, and other b... Read More about Wide load housemoving.

Rebuilding the Earth for you, me and the fish (2022)
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This presentation at the Appledore Book Festival on Sunday 18th September 2022 covered the topics of:
- Living through momentous times
- The ‘ecosystems revolution’
- Reconnecting with nature
- Rebuilding the Earth
- Take-home mes... Read More about Rebuilding the Earth for you, me and the fish.

Is Passivhaus the future of the UK social housing scheme? (2022)
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In order to meet the SDGs, new buildings, as well as retrofitted buildings, are developed to an increasingly higher environmental performance standard in both private and social sectors. This has been reflected in a higher standard for thermal perfor... Read More about Is Passivhaus the future of the UK social housing scheme?.

Physical comfort in our homes: An architectural perspective (2022)
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The current paper investigates the relationship between the physical comfort in homes (warmth, light, and ventilation) and inhabitants' psychological well-being. In particular, the paper looks at users' perception of home, and the role of satisfactio... Read More about Physical comfort in our homes: An architectural perspective.

An investigation into the role of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in minimising design changes (2022)
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Conceptually, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been in existence for decades. However, BIM has only recently gained widespread application in the construction industry. There are mandates in place for BIM use in many countries. With this incr... Read More about An investigation into the role of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in minimising design changes.

Considering carbon as another criterion on deciding the optimum material mix (2022)
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Embodied carbon (EC) of a building is directly proportional to its used materials and their quantities. Therefore, material selection is a crucial juncture of a building development that cannot be disregarded in attempting to reduce the EC share of w... Read More about Considering carbon as another criterion on deciding the optimum material mix.

Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework (2022)
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Durability of bamboo is one of the most important aspects to consider when designing and building with this nature-based material. Durable structures with bamboo are resilient, cost-effective and have a lower whole life-cycle environmental impact. Th... Read More about Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework.

Retrofitting existing buildings (2021)
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Indicators of healthy architecture: Lessons for practice from a systematic literature review (2021)
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This themed paper develops the findings of Indicators of Healthy Architecture—a Systematic Literature Review (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00469-z) including consideration of implications for built environment practitioners and how this informs... Read More about Indicators of healthy architecture: Lessons for practice from a systematic literature review.

A path towards the off-site automated fabrication of segmented concrete shells for building floors (2021)
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Concrete shells are a more sustainable alternative than plates as building fl oors, thanks to their eff ective use of concrete in compression. Although the construction of these geometrically complex structures becomes more challenging, off -site aut... Read More about A path towards the off-site automated fabrication of segmented concrete shells for building floors.

Renting in the makeshift city: Governance, politics and technologies of backyard rental housing in Cape Town, South Africa (2021)
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Renting is an important yet often forgotten reality of the 'makeshift city'. Millions of poor households rely on cheap rental accommodation in informal settlements, townships or inner-city buildings to get a foothold in the city. Informal rental acco... Read More about Renting in the makeshift city: Governance, politics and technologies of backyard rental housing in Cape Town, South Africa.

Everyday communism in urban gardens in Cardiff, Wales (2021)
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Increasing interest in urban gardens has framed them in diverse ways—from commons or commoning (Engel-Di Mauro 2018), the right to the city (Purcell and Tyman 2015), and food justice (Tornaghi 2017). However, in recognising that the politics of urban... Read More about Everyday communism in urban gardens in Cardiff, Wales.

Da–Sein Dwellings: An exploration into the meaningful aspects of home and its relationship to human needs (2020)
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The act of dwelling is a primal creation of meaningful place and something that every human strives to achieve (Seamon and Mugerauer, 1985), and as such the home ''is very charged with meaning because it is closely involved with the most intimate asp... Read More about Da–Sein Dwellings: An exploration into the meaningful aspects of home and its relationship to human needs.

Automated framework for the optimisation of spatial layouts for concrete structures reinforced with robotic filament winding (2020)
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Concrete is a major contributor to the environmental impact of the construction industry, due to its cement content but also its reinforcement. Reinforcement has a significant contribution because of construction rationalisation, resorting to regular... Read More about Automated framework for the optimisation of spatial layouts for concrete structures reinforced with robotic filament winding.