All Outputs (459)

The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

The Planning Advisory Service commissioned the University of West of England (UWE) to research the role that Local Planning Authorities (LPA) can play in delivering housing-led development on brownfield land. The research resulted in a set of case st... Read More about The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports.

Handover, soft landings and POE (2023)
Other

Airborne Microplastics measurement: Putting people at the heart of the science (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Wide Load A House Moved (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

This is an exhibition of cut books, supported by large scale display posters of the archive of Wide Load. The book includes essays by Tonia Carless & Robin Serjeant, James Benedict Brown, Matthew Hynam. Design by Paula Roush. Limited edition publicat... Read More about Wide Load A House Moved.

Brixham Immersed (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

This immersive experience for MetaQuest presents a combination of still point cloud renders of public and hidden spaces captured with LiDAR cameras that are brought to life by 2nd Order Ambisonic (Core Octomic) and spot field recordings (conventional... Read More about Brixham Immersed.

Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the context of the current cost of living crisis, many activists are working within their communities to promote access to affordable, healthy, and sustainable food. Yet there are very few opportunities share experiences, ideas and resources betwe... Read More about Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues.

How can policy making be improved by citizen science? (2023)
Report

This is a meeting note from a roundtable chaired by Ian Diamond, National Statistician (21 April 2023). This roundtable explored the opportunities and barriers to incorporating citizen science and other participatory approaches in policymaking. This... Read More about How can policy making be improved by citizen science?.

Making demands on government: Theorizing determinants of backyard residents' collective action in Cape Town, South Africa (2023)
Journal Article

Informality is growing with Africa's rapid urbanization. Much like residents of other types of informal housing, backyard dwellers face overall poor living conditions and political marginalization. However, backyard residents are in an ambiguous lega... Read More about Making demands on government: Theorizing determinants of backyard residents' collective action in Cape Town, South Africa.

Integration of LCA and LCCA through BIM for optimized decision-making when switching from gas to electricity services in dwellings (2023)
Journal Article

This study aims to assess electric heating system retrofit options and identify the optimal solution by applying a combined LCA and LCCA approach using BIM for existing UK homes. Exemplary case study illustrating an LCA and LCCA calculation using a B... Read More about Integration of LCA and LCCA through BIM for optimized decision-making when switching from gas to electricity services in dwellings.

The role of modular homes in addressing homelessness: Cambridge's modular homes (2023)
Report

Book review of Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-state, by Gareth Doherty (2023)
Journal Article

House in a garden (2023)
Digital Artefact

Review of Gianni Botsford's House in a Garden

VKhUTEMAS pedagogy: Composition and the new language of form (2023)
Journal Article

This article explores the application of a modernist educational practice into a contemporary studio environment. The aim is to investigate the impact that modernist design pedagogy has on visual perception and abstract thinking. The analysis examine... Read More about VKhUTEMAS pedagogy: Composition and the new language of form.

Getting lost in design drawing with the Satnav natives (2023)
Journal Article

In the context of the Attention Economy, this essay discusses an immersed digital learner. It posits the metaphor of the Design Satnav as the way these students conceive the design process. This Satnav is understood as the antithesis of the tradition... Read More about Getting lost in design drawing with the Satnav natives.

Co-designing a social robot in a special educational needs school: Listening to the ambitions of autistic children and their teachers (2022)
Journal Article

Social robots have the potential to support autistic school children with their wellbeing. This research reveals how a co-design approach with autistic children and their teachers was undertaken. Focus groups with autistic children and teachers colla... Read More about Co-designing a social robot in a special educational needs school: Listening to the ambitions of autistic children and their teachers.

The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community (2022)
Journal Article

In this study of the Andean town of Chuschi and its surrounding district of the same name, we consider the impacts of the proliferation of fencing on once open land. The paper contributes to a growing body of literature on the practice and impact of... Read More about The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community.

50 ways to regeneratively reimagine our High Streets. A co-creating workshop. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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..

Understanding transit ridership in an equity context through a comparison of statistical and machine learning algorithms (2022)
Journal Article

Building an accurate model of travel behaviour based on individuals’ characteristics and built environment attributes is of importance for policy-making and transportation planning. Recent experiments with big data and Machine Learning (ML) algorithm... Read More about Understanding transit ridership in an equity context through a comparison of statistical and machine learning algorithms.

Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: Between plans and reality in public-private partnerships (2022)
Journal Article

Internationally, brownfield regeneration projects are delivered through public-private partnerships that form complex legal and structural delivery mechanisms. Utilizing private-sector finance and skills is an accepted practice to reduce financial ri... Read More about Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: Between plans and reality in public-private partnerships.

Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads (2022)
Journal Article

This paper meta-analyses traffic data extracted from monitoring reports for 46 Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes in 11 London boroughs introduced between May 2020 and May 2021. Schemes are controversial with still limited academic evidence on impacts... Read More about Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads.