All Outputs (302)

Book review of Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-state, by Gareth Doherty (2023)
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VKhUTEMAS pedagogy: Composition and the new language of form (2023)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

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

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

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

Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss (2022)
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Polymer based dielectric materials with simultaneously high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss are highly desirable in various applications like energy storage, thermal management and electronic packaging. Polymer dielectrics generally bene... Read More about Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss.

Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes (2022)
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School Streets are a street space reallocation scheme that has proliferated since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, reducing motor traffic on streets outside many schools. Utilising a minimum-standards approach to equity, this paper e... Read More about Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes.

Holes in architecture: A queer eye on a design method (2022)
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This article analyzes the formation of a conceptual persona in a narrative which some architects use in the design process. It focuses on a description of such a persona borrowed from Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s What is Philosophy? It present... Read More about Holes in architecture: A queer eye on a design method.

Light-driven actuation in synthetic polymers: A review from fundamental concepts to applications (2022)
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Light-driven actuation of synthetic polymers is an emerging field of interest because it offers simple remote addressing without complicated hydraulic, electric, or magnetic systems. Reviews on this area predominantly emphasize on the development of... Read More about Light-driven actuation in synthetic polymers: A review from fundamental concepts to applications.

Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions (2022)
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For past decades, design for safety (DfS) has gained growing interest among scholars and practitioners in different geographical contexts as one of the innovative practices integrating worker health and safety in the front-end of the project lifecycl... Read More about Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions.

The future of work beyond the pandemic (2021)
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On 21 October 2021 the PTRC Fireside Chat Series returned after a summer break. Continuing with its overall focus upon the transport implications of the pandemic, attention turned to consider whether or not we should be expecting a ‘big return’ to th... Read More about The future of work beyond the pandemic.

This is beyond a joke (2021)
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This opinon piece reflects a critical assessment of the (ab)use of pavements (walkways) by owners of motorised vehicles.

Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle (2021)
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Infrastructure is critical for the economic and social prosperity of society. Some large infrastructure projects are also critical for the future of society due to their intergenerational nature and long lifespan. Understanding the social value of in... Read More about Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle.

Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours (2021)
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Significant energy and carbon originate in the existing built environment and retrofit is therefore a key carbon reduction strategy. However heritage buildings -comprising around 20% of UK buildings- are challenging to retrofit appropriately due to t... Read More about Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours.

Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings (2021)
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What are the opportunities and challenges for upscaling the energy retrofit of heritage buildings? Heritage buildings comprise approximately 20% of the UK building stock and are challenging to retrofit sensitively because of their heritage values and... Read More about Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings.

The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK (2021)
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Between March and September 2020, 72 ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ (LTNs) were implemented in London. We examined the impact on fire brigade emergency response times in October 2020-February 2021 (‘post’), as compared to the same months in the previou... Read More about The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK.

Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto (2021)
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Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to alleviate socio-spatial inequalities and increase quality of life. However, transportation planners often overlook transit investments in neighbourhood... Read More about Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto.