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Generic shape grammars for mass customization of ceramic tableware (2015)
Book Chapter
Castro e Costa, E., & Duarte, J. P. (2015). Generic shape grammars for mass customization of ceramic tableware. In Design Computing and Cognition '14 (437-454). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14956-1_25

Research is currently being developed on mass customization of ceramic tableware. The objective of this research is to allow end users to personalize their tableware sets, namely to determine the shape of its elements. The implementation of mass cust... Read More about Generic shape grammars for mass customization of ceramic tableware.

Green infrastructure and urban water management (2015)
Book Chapter
Everett, G., Lamond, J., & Lawson, E. (2015). Green infrastructure and urban water management. In D. Sinnett, S. Burgess, & N. Smith (Eds.), Handbook on Green Infrastructure: Planning, Design and Implementation (50-66). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

This chapter will first outline the many challenges water poses in modern society, considering the increasing frequency and severity of flooding and droughts as inevitable outcomes of potential climate change and increasing impermeable ground-cover t... Read More about Green infrastructure and urban water management.

Ensuring green infrastructure for all (2015)
Book Chapter
Greed, C. (2015). Ensuring green infrastructure for all. In S. Burgess, N. Smith, & D. Sinnett (Eds.), Handbook on Green Infrastructure: Planning, Design and Implementation. Edward Elgar

The influences of neighbourhood design and quality on residents’ use of public open space (2015)
Book Chapter
Sinnett, D., Williams, K., Lindsay, M., & Dair, C. (2015). The influences of neighbourhood design and quality on residents’ use of public open space. In N. Smith, S. Burgess, & D. Sinnett (Eds.), Handbook on Green Infrastructure: Planning, Design and Implementation (260-280). Edward Elgar

Good quality public open space (POS) is now an essential component of neighbourhood planning and design. The impact of the quality, design and maintenance of POS on their use has been documented. However, the role that the surrounding neighbourhood m... Read More about The influences of neighbourhood design and quality on residents’ use of public open space.

Green infrastructure and biodiversity in the city: Principles and design (2015)
Book Chapter
Sinnett, D. (2015). Green infrastructure and biodiversity in the city: Principles and design. In D. Sinnett, N. Smith, & S. Burgess (Eds.), Handbook on Green Infrastructure: Planning, Design and Implementation (87-101). Edward Elgar

Globally urbanisation is posing a significant threat to biodiversity. Yet, human health and well-being depend on ecosystem services, which in turn are largely dependent on biodiversity. Despite a range of initiatives and mechanisms to promote nature... Read More about Green infrastructure and biodiversity in the city: Principles and design.

The future of green infrastructure (2015)
Book Chapter
Moffat, A. J., Sinnett, D., Smith, N., & Burgess, S. (2015). The future of green infrastructure. In N. Smith, S. Burgess, & D. Sinnett (Eds.), Handbook on Green Infrastructure: Planning, Design and Implementation (445-464). Edward Elgar

From its origins in nineteenth-century parks green, infrastructure has been an ever-evolving component of cities. This chapter makes some observations based on a number of key trends in society and emerging patterns of green infrastructure provision... Read More about The future of green infrastructure.

Dimensions of profession: Construction project managers in SMEs in Poland and Malaysia. Owners and employees perspective (2015)
Book Chapter
Dziekoński, K., & Rasli, A. (2015). Dimensions of profession: Construction project managers in SMEs in Poland and Malaysia. Owners and employees perspective. In O. Golubovoj, P. Nikitenko, A. Gurinoviča, V. Matvejčuka, & V. Levkeviča (Eds.), Problemy organizacionno-ékonomičeskogo upravleniâ proizvodstvom (211-227). Minsk: Belarusian National Technical University

Small and medium enterprises play an important role in the economy in terms of employment and creating wealth, therefore management of projects in SME shall be concern of the research. In construction industry project are a main source of generating... Read More about Dimensions of profession: Construction project managers in SMEs in Poland and Malaysia. Owners and employees perspective.

Freiburg: Green capital of Europe (2015)
Book Chapter
Grant, M., & Barton, H. (2015). Freiburg: Green capital of Europe. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a Sustainable and Healthy Future (540-551). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

The spatial configuration of Freiburg is examined with respect to how land use and transport policies have been developed that have achieved a good quality of life across the life-course, whilst also minimising global footprint. A systemic analys... Read More about Freiburg: Green capital of Europe.

Managing construction projects: A comparative analysis of success factors in Poland and Malaysia (2015)
Book Chapter
Dziekoński, K. (2015). Managing construction projects: A comparative analysis of success factors in Poland and Malaysia. In S. Majtan (Ed.), Current Problems of the Corporate Sector (80-87). Bratislava: EKONÓM

Paper presents results of a survey that was aimed to evaluate importance of factors that influence the success in construction projects in Poland and Malaysia. Three areas (project manager and project team, project management process and relation wit... Read More about Managing construction projects: A comparative analysis of success factors in Poland and Malaysia.

Between architecture and dance (2015)
Book Chapter
Sara, R. (2015). Between architecture and dance. In V. Hunter (Ed.), Moving Sites: Investigating Site Specific Dance and Performance (62-77). Oxon: Routledge

This chapter draws from a 12 year collaboration between an architecture educator and theorist, and dance educator and artist. The collaboration resulted in a series of workshops, which use the processes of dance to develop an understanding that is lo... Read More about Between architecture and dance.

A prospective archaeology (2015)
Book Chapter
Mosley, J., & Warren, S. (2015). A prospective archaeology. In B. LaBelle (Ed.), Room Tone. Berlin/Los Angeles: Errant Bodies Press

Professor of New Media (University of Bergen) and artist Brandon LaBelle invited us to participate in a project he was developing for a touring exhibition and book. He writes: ‘The project is developed as a conversation between sound and architecture... Read More about A prospective archaeology.

Civic leadership and local politics in multi-cultural cities (2015)
Book Chapter
Hambleton, R. (2015). Civic leadership and local politics in multi-cultural cities. In B. G. Peters, P. von Maravic, & E. Schroeter (Eds.), Politics of Representative Bureaucracy: Power, Legitimacy and Performance (140-160). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Healthy play of all ages in public open spaces (2015)
Book Chapter
Mahdjoubi, L., & Spencer, B. (2015). Healthy play of all ages in public open spaces. In H. Barton., S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being (136-149). London: Routledge

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.

Healthy housing (2015)
Book Chapter
Marco, E., & Burgess, S. (2015). Healthy housing. In H. Barton, S. Thompson, S. Burgess, & M. Grant (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being (403-416). Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge

The chapter explores the relationship between housing and health and wellbeing over the last 100 years.

Informal architecture/s (2015)
Book Chapter
Rice, L. (2015). Informal architecture/s. In L. Rice, & D. Littlefield (Eds.), Transgression: Towards an Expanded Field of Architecture (87-101). London: Routledge

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.

The Ongreening Pavilion (2015)
Book Chapter
Harding, J., Pearson, W., Lewis, H., & Melville, S. (2015). The Ongreening Pavilion. In P. Block, J. Knippers, N. Mitra, & W. Wang (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014 (295-308). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11418-7_19

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.