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Out of place and off the grid: Dwelling on the architectural image (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S. (2019, December). Out of place and off the grid: Dwelling on the architectural image. Paper presented at Creativity and reality: The art of building future cities, 1st International Conference on Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Dipartimento di Architettura e Progetto, Rome, Italy

This paper looks into the concept of displacement as sketched out by the changing conditions of living in and experiencing the city, in the context of a digitised visual culture. As the city is now changing not through the physicality of form but thr... Read More about Out of place and off the grid: Dwelling on the architectural image.

The Ethics of Open Types (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Landi, D. (2019, November). The Ethics of Open Types. Paper presented at 16th Annual International Conference of the Architectural Humanities Research Association, Dundee, UK

A characteristic of the 21st century for some societies is the establishment of better healthcare systems, a reduction in infant mortality, and a growing number of adults living longer. However, these accomplishments can have a downside. For example,... Read More about The Ethics of Open Types.

Architectures of Drawing: critical drawing as spatial practice (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S. (2019, November). Architectures of Drawing: critical drawing as spatial practice. Paper presented at UWE Drawing Research Symposium, Arnolfini, Bristol

Architectural drawing relies on long lasting traditions of projective abstraction. Often compared to such analogical processes of thinking as translation from drawing to building (Evans), these conventions define rules for constructing but also for f... Read More about Architectures of Drawing: critical drawing as spatial practice.

A Critical Cinematic Survey of The Death and Life of UK Universities (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Carless, T., & Troiani, I. (2019, September). A Critical Cinematic Survey of The Death and Life of UK Universities. Paper presented at Slices of Everyday Life, Cambridge University Newnham College Department of Architecture

This presentation will screen and discuss extracts from a film which the authors are currently producing entitled The Death and Life of UK Universities. The film is a cinematic database survey being compiled of the changing space of all British unive... Read More about A Critical Cinematic Survey of The Death and Life of UK Universities.

Alex Moulton and the Mini (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Barker, P. (2019, August). Alex Moulton and the Mini. Presented at Alex Moulton Charitable Trust, The Hall, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire UK

A lecture on the development of the Mini car focussing on the role of Dr Alex Moulton in its genesis.

Human-data interaction and user rights at the personal robot era (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Chatzimichali, A., & Chrysostomou, D. (2019, July). Human-data interaction and user rights at the personal robot era. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards : Artificial Intelligence, Robots and Ethics, London, United Kingdom

In this paper, we explore issues related to privacy, data protection, and Intellectual Property rights around personal and collaborative robots. This is a discussion on personal and non-personal data in the context of robot privacy, specifically focu... Read More about Human-data interaction and user rights at the personal robot era.

The role of data analytics in coproducing healthy cities (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. (2019, July). The role of data analytics in coproducing healthy cities. Paper presented at Urban analytics at the interface between environment, human health and behaviour, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Creating ‘Healthy Cities’ is one of the grand challenges facing society in the 21st Century part of which requires imaginative, interdisciplinary research practices. The research explores the emerging relationship between innovative data analytic tec... Read More about The role of data analytics in coproducing healthy cities.

The Intimate Archive: Rural Excursions in Drawing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S. (2019, June). The Intimate Archive: Rural Excursions in Drawing. Paper presented at Frascari Symposium IV, The Secret Lives of Architectural Drawings and Models: From Translating to Archiving, Collecting, and Displaying, Kingston School of Art, London

In the Summer of 2017 I spent a week in a store in Shatwell Farm, situated in a North Somerset valley. Redesigned in 2014 by Hugh Strange in 2014, the barn is home to the collection of drawings, models and other architectural paraphernalia that Drawi... Read More about The Intimate Archive: Rural Excursions in Drawing.

Place-based leadership beyond place: Exploring the international dimension of civic leadership (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2019, June). Place-based leadership beyond place: Exploring the international dimension of civic leadership. Paper presented at City Futures IV 2019, Dublin, Ireland

A consequence of globalisation is that place-less leaders, meaning people who are not expected to care about the consequences of their decisions for particular places and communities, have gained extraordinary power and influence. This paper explore... Read More about Place-based leadership beyond place: Exploring the international dimension of civic leadership.

Codesigning a low-carbon roadmap for healthy architecture (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. (2019, June). Codesigning a low-carbon roadmap for healthy architecture. Paper presented at Transitioning to Energy Efficient and Carbon Neutral Buildings - Developing a Roadmap for Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Over the last two decades, there has been considerable progress in developing solutions (mostly technological) for the design and construction of sustainable, low-carbon architecture and built environment. More recently, there has been success (albei... Read More about Codesigning a low-carbon roadmap for healthy architecture.

Physical Models as a Teaching Tool in the Digital Condition (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Landi, D. (2019, June). Physical Models as a Teaching Tool in the Digital Condition. Paper presented at 4th Rencontres de l’EDAR - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Architecture as a discipline and a profession continually deals with the making sense of reality and all its complexities. A fundamental tool used in this process is the use of physical models as a substitutional tool. For instance, they are not a me... Read More about Physical Models as a Teaching Tool in the Digital Condition.

Impact of occupant behavior on CO2 emissions in social houses (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Sierra, F. (2019, June). Impact of occupant behavior on CO2 emissions in social houses. Paper presented at Researcher Links Workshop Investigation of the Impact of Occupant Behaviour on Building Performance, Coventry University, UK

Codesigning blue infrastructure and water resources for healthier built environments (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. (2019, April). Codesigning blue infrastructure and water resources for healthier built environments. Paper presented at Water Resources: management and sustainability in Jordan from pre-history to the future, Amman, Jordan

Urban water management plays an important role as part of delivering healthy built and natural environments. With over half of the world population using poor or inappropriate sanitation, cities and buildings are a significant cause of contamination... Read More about Codesigning blue infrastructure and water resources for healthier built environments.

The Pedagogy of VKhUTEMAS and its implications on today’s architectural education (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Lavaf, Y., Dutoit, A., & Davidson, C. (2019, April). The Pedagogy of VKhUTEMAS and its implications on today’s architectural education. Paper presented at Association of Architectural Educators, London

The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact that modernism's design pedagogy had on abstract thinking and producing architectural form in design studio. The research investigates the impact of visual and spatial language generated in VK... Read More about The Pedagogy of VKhUTEMAS and its implications on today’s architectural education.