Developing a blue-green infrastructure (BGI) community engagement framework template (2021)
Journal Article

There is growing recognition that Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) (parklands, swales, ponds and green roofs, etc.) can reduce flood-risk and also benefit public health and improve environmental quality (air/water quality, biodiversity, etc.). Communi... Read More about Developing a blue-green infrastructure (BGI) community engagement framework template.

Austerity urbanism: Connecting strategies and tactics for participatory placemaking (2020)
Journal Article

Austerity has led to a growing interest in small-scale urban practices that engage community groups in participatory placemaking as an alternative to developing government or commercially funded parks and urban spaces. These approaches draw on bottom... Read More about Austerity urbanism: Connecting strategies and tactics for participatory placemaking.

Life-cycle assessment environmental sustainability in bridge design and maintenance (2020)
Journal Article

Interviews were undertaken with expert bridge designers to reveal their opinions on environmental considerations and the possibility of integrating life-cycle assessment into the bridge design process. Bridge designers were generally found to conside... Read More about Life-cycle assessment environmental sustainability in bridge design and maintenance.

Sustainability of bridge maintenance (2019)
Journal Article

Bridge maintenance activities are important to consider within sustainable development due to the cost and environmental impact associated with various maintenance activities. Comparisons have been made between different bridge structural forms, base... Read More about Sustainability of bridge maintenance.

Probability of fatigue failure in brick masonry under compressive loading (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Long-term fatigue tests under compressive loading were performed on low-strength brick masonry prisms under laboratory conditions. The number of loading cycles to failure were recorded and used to investigate the suitability of th... Read More about Probability of fatigue failure in brick masonry under compressive loading.

Experimental evaluation of changes in strain under compressive fatigue loading of brick masonry (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Assessing the long-term performance of masonry structures and their response to increased loading conditions are critical to safety and maintenance. A series of laboratory tests have been carried out on brick masonry to assess its... Read More about Experimental evaluation of changes in strain under compressive fatigue loading of brick masonry.

MMC modes of delivery in housing: Effects on Housing Association clients (2017)
Report

The purpose of this report is to review evidence of MMC application in housing with regards to diverse modes of delivery, lending approaches, customer satisfaction and long-term management/maintenance.The report provides a detailed overview of above... Read More about MMC modes of delivery in housing: Effects on Housing Association clients.

Workshop: Collaborating with communities in creating their own spaces with the city (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Grass-roots activities can regenerate areas and empower communities to take ownership of their own shared spaces within the city. The panel explores the interplay between ‘top down’ and ‘ground up’ interventions and places in between. What would an e... Read More about Workshop: Collaborating with communities in creating their own spaces with the city.

Heating controls: International evidence base and policy experiences (2017)
Report

This report presents a synthesis in the form of narrative summaries of the international evidence base and policy experiences on heating controls in the domestic sector. The research builds on the former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)... Read More about Heating controls: International evidence base and policy experiences.

Design leap! Developing a divergent tool through film for use within the architectural design process (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper and accompanying short films (www.designleap.org/478/) have been produced to inform the development of a wider design research based PhD. The aim of the PhD is to develop a divergent tool to help designers be more creative within the early... Read More about Design leap! Developing a divergent tool through film for use within the architectural design process.

From LiDAR data towards HBIM for energy analysis (2017)
Book Chapter

Knowledge about heritage buildings and structures is interesting for a wide variety of stakeholders, ranging from architects to operators or the public administration. Such knowledge includes a large variety of physical and functional characteristics... Read More about From LiDAR data towards HBIM for energy analysis.

Making trouble to stay with: Architecture and feminist pedagogies (2017)
Journal Article

Architecture is, at its most basic, about imagining desirable futures. Yet, despite growing awareness of the lasting and extensive effects that design decisions have in the world, many people remain inadequately represented (or entirely unrepresented... Read More about Making trouble to stay with: Architecture and feminist pedagogies.

The potential of the 3D Dual Half-Edge (DHE) data structure for integrated 2D-Space and scale modelling: A review (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, Springer International Publishing AG. Scaling factor is one of the most crucial aspect in 2D and 3D models especially in computer graphics, CAD, GIS, and games. Different user or/and application need different scale models during various stag... Read More about The potential of the 3D Dual Half-Edge (DHE) data structure for integrated 2D-Space and scale modelling: A review.

Generalization technique for 2D+Scale DHE data model (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Different users or applications need different scale model especially in computer application such as game visualization and GIS modelling. Some issues has been raised on fulfilling GIS requirement of retaining the details while minimizing the redund... Read More about Generalization technique for 2D+Scale DHE data model.

A hybrid 3D indoor space model (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

GIS integrates spatial information and spatial analysis. An important example of such integration is for emergency response which requires route planning inside and outside of a building. Route planning requires detailed information related to indoor... Read More about A hybrid 3D indoor space model.

3D topologial indoor building modeling integrated with open street map (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

the most crucial aspect of a building survey. The interiors of the buildings need to be described along with the relative locations of the rooms, corridors, doors and exits in many kinds of emergency response, such as fire, bombs, smoke, and pollutio... Read More about 3D topologial indoor building modeling integrated with open street map.

Indoor navigation from point clouds: 3D modelling and obstacle detection (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the recent years, indoor modelling and navigation has become a research of interest because many stakeholders require navigation assistance in various application scenarios. The navigational assistance for blind or wheelchair people, building cris... Read More about Indoor navigation from point clouds: 3D modelling and obstacle detection.

Ebenezer Gate Pocket Park (2016)
Digital Artefact

The Hands-on-Bristol collective worked with local residents, community groups artists, architects and makers to co-create a community run pocket park. The research aim underpinning the project was to use action-based design-research processes to expl... Read More about Ebenezer Gate Pocket Park.

3D indoor building environment reconstruction using calibration of rangefinder data (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nowadays, municipalities intend to have 3D city models for facility management, disaster management and architectural planning. 3D data acquisition can be done by laser scanning for indoor environment which is a costly and time consuming process. Cur... Read More about 3D indoor building environment reconstruction using calibration of rangefinder data.

An automated 3D indoor topological navigation network modelling (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Indoor navigation is important for various applications such as disaster management and safety analysis. In the last decade, indoor environment has been a focus of wide research; that includes developing techniques for acquiring indoor data (e.g. Ter... Read More about An automated 3D indoor topological navigation network modelling.