All Outputs (24)

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.

Commoning through the lifecourse: The mundane politics of retirement and life beyond the wage (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Healthy Communities: Place-based built environment interventions to reduce health inequalities by increasing physical activity (2022)
Report

Physical comfort in our homes: An architectural perspective (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Dielectric polymer composites with ultra-high thermal conductivity and low dielectric loss (2022)
Journal Article

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.

Studio Archaeology Artist Book (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

"STUDIO/ ARCHAEOLOGY," one accordion and six pamphlets, documents the interior of msdm project space through a cross-section of representational approaches including photogrammetry, narrative/ documentary context and book art. The 3-d models of msdm... Read More about Studio Archaeology Artist Book.

Considering carbon as another criterion on deciding the optimum material mix (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes (2022)
Journal Article

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.

Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Westonbirt community shelter (2022)
Physical Artefact

A timber shelter designed as a research project with Xylotek to explore using Oak grown on site and making as empowerment with harder to reach and marginalised community groups

Modelling Chinese urban residential stock turnover uncertainties using system dynamics and Bayesian statistical inference (2022)
Book Chapter

Building stock turnover is one of the key determinants in building energy modelling and policy analysis. Building lifetime is integral to the dynamics of stock turnover. However in China, despite anecdotal claims that urban residential buildings are... Read More about Modelling Chinese urban residential stock turnover uncertainties using system dynamics and Bayesian statistical inference.

What does it take to make a building? (2022)
Digital Artefact

Film about Sarah Wigglesworth's practice

Net zero ready new build housing: Benefits and barriers to delivery (2022)
Report

To meet the UK’s legally-binding climate change targets, the Climate Change Committee (2019) and the Sixth Carbon Budget (2020) propose that all new residential buildings should be zero carbon-ready from 2025. Building the zero carbon ready homes req... Read More about Net zero ready new build housing: Benefits and barriers to delivery.