Outputs (123)

Healthy play of all ages in public open spaces (2015)
Book Chapter

Play in outdoor environments can makes a positive contribution to the wellbeing of all – from children to those in later life. This chapter will establish the benefits of play in public urban environments such as streets and open spaces. It will show... Read More about Healthy play of all ages in public open spaces.

Informal architecture/s (2015)
Book Chapter

This chapter is a critical examination of the architecture/s of informal cities. Informal cities will house the majority of the world’s urban population by the middle of this century. The scale of this new development is unprecedented in its scale, e... Read More about Informal architecture/s.

'In-between': Architectural drawing as interdisciplinary spatial discourse (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 RIBA Enterprises. This essay discusses the role of non-normative architectural representational practices in architectural design-based research. From a reading of Michel Foucault's concept of discursive formations, it sets out an inter-discip... Read More about 'In-between': Architectural drawing as interdisciplinary spatial discourse.

European Healthy City Network Phase V: Patterns emerging for healthy urban planning (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. There is a tradition of planning cities and their infrastructure to successfully tackle communicable disease arising from urban development. Non-communicable disease follow... Read More about European Healthy City Network Phase V: Patterns emerging for healthy urban planning.

Impact of the simplification of the methodology used to assess the thermal bridge of the head of an opening (2015)
Journal Article

© 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. The interface between the head of the window and the wall represents one of the largest thermal bridges of a building and one of the areas with the highest risk of surface condensation and mould growth. This study is... Read More about Impact of the simplification of the methodology used to assess the thermal bridge of the head of an opening.

Experimental insights of using waste marble fines to modify the geotechnical properties of a lateritic soil (2015)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2015 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press. Marble spoil waste is an environmental nuisance. The effects of adding waste marble fines (WMF) on the plasticity, strength and permeability of a lateritic clay have been investiga... Read More about Experimental insights of using waste marble fines to modify the geotechnical properties of a lateritic soil.

Technical considerations in green roof retrofit for stormwater attenuation in the central business district (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The key aspects that built environment professionals need to consider when evaluating roofs for the purpose of green roof retrofit and also when assessing green roofs for technical due diligence purposes... Read More about Technical considerations in green roof retrofit for stormwater attenuation in the central business district.

Reducing floodwater ingress rates through an exterior masonry wall of a domestic building: A pilot investigation (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – Experimental field test apparatus has been used to determine the inter-variability and intra-variability floodwater ingress rates of the masonry wall of a domestic building, before and after prepara... Read More about Reducing floodwater ingress rates through an exterior masonry wall of a domestic building: A pilot investigation.

Dysfunctional neighbourhoods: A conceptual framework for urban regeneration and renewal (2015)
Journal Article

For neighbourhoods within area-based initiatives for regeneration and renewal, they often experience difficulties of poverty, disadvantage, and deprivation. Furthermore, the experience of function or dysfunction is also important when exploring neigh... Read More about Dysfunctional neighbourhoods: A conceptual framework for urban regeneration and renewal.

The Ongreening Pavilion (2015)
Book Chapter

This paper describes the work of Ramboll Computational Design during the design and construction of the Ongreening Pavilion timber gridshell. The structural approach involved form-finding bending-active timber laths, connected at intersections to form... Read More about The Ongreening Pavilion.