The thinking, making and living of architecture as a method for evaluating the Impact of aged people and dementia friendly environments on users' social and economic inclusion
(2017)
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A comparative study on the indoor thermal comfort and energy consumption of typical public rental housing types under near-extreme summer conditions in Hong Kong (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Residents of the dense urban environment in Hong Kong suffer from poor living conditions due to building overheating, especially during near-extreme summer conditions. In this study, the thermal comfort... Read More about A comparative study on the indoor thermal comfort and energy consumption of typical public rental housing types under near-extreme summer conditions in Hong Kong.
LAUGH: Designing to enhance positive emotion for people living with dementia (2016)
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Dementia comprises a number of degenerative neurological diseases. It is a complex condition and each person’s experience and symptoms are different. There is a growing awareness of the need for well-designed products and services to assist with deme... Read More about LAUGH: Designing to enhance positive emotion for people living with dementia.
In the moment: Designing for late stage dementia (2016)
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This paper presents international multidisciplinary design research to support the wellbeing of people living with dementia. The LAUGH project aims to develop playful artefacts that will contribute to non-pharmacological personalised approaches to ca... Read More about In the moment: Designing for late stage dementia.
Designing playful objects to support subjective wellbeing for people living with dementia (2016)
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This poster presents research that is investigating the development of playful objects for people living with advanced dementia. The Ludic Artifacts Using Gesture and Haptics (LAUGH) research is a three-year international interdisciplinary project, b... Read More about Designing playful objects to support subjective wellbeing for people living with dementia.
Towards the sixth ministerial conference on environment and health: Which role for cities and sub-national level of government (2016)
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This presentation introduces the background document: environment and health for European cities in the 21st century: making a difference". The document itself will be launched at the 6th ministerial conference on environment and health, in Ostrava,... Read More about Towards the sixth ministerial conference on environment and health: Which role for cities and sub-national level of government.
Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection (2016)
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Energy Futures Lab invites prestigious speakers to come share their views and vision for our energy future. A very thought provoking talk from Dr Deborah Adkins of the Dyson School of Design Engineering here at Imperial College London on the eleme... Read More about Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection.
Putting the pieces together in Reuniting Planning and Health – Lessons from an ESRC seminar series (2016)
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Invited presentation for the Launch event of the Town & Country Planning special edition on planning for health, 1st December 2016, TCPA London
Report of the ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament 1st November 2016 (2016)
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This report presents the findings of a roundtable held in the Houses of Parliament on 1st November 2016 with stakeholders, policy-makers in the development process and planning policies in the UK and researchers. The roundtable part of an ESRC spons... Read More about Report of the ESRC roundtable: A cross-sector approach to creating healthy cities – Delivering quality housing in post-Brexit Britain, Houses of Parliament 1st November 2016.
‘Reflective drawing’: Drawing as a tool for reflection in design research (2016)
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This paper explores the role of ‘reflective drawing’ in a PhD research project that aims to analyse the value of co-design practices used to develop 'engagement tools' within community development. This PhD research is associated with ‘Leapfrog’, a t... Read More about ‘Reflective drawing’: Drawing as a tool for reflection in design research.
Live community architecture – a transformative feminist practice? A critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects (2016)
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Internationally, Universities have introduced live projects as an increasingly common component of architecture education. In these projects students are typically taken out of the classroom or studio, and prompted to work with clients and/or real-li... Read More about Live community architecture – a transformative feminist practice? A critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects.
Live community architecture — a transformative feminist practice? a critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects (2016)
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Internationally, universities have introduced live projects as an increasingly common component of architecture education. In these projects students are typically taken out of the classroom or studio, and prompted to work with clients and/or real-li... Read More about Live community architecture — a transformative feminist practice? a critical exploration of the experiences of students involved in live community-based architecture projects.
SuDS and human behaviour: Co-developing solutions to encourage sustainable behaviour (2016)
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© 2016 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are today widely considered to be a more progressive and environmentally sensitive approach to Flood Risk Management (FRM). However, this paper argues that the sustain... Read More about SuDS and human behaviour: Co-developing solutions to encourage sustainable behaviour.
Generalization technique for 2D+Scale DHE data model (2016)
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Different users or applications need different scale model especially in computer application such as game visualization and GIS modelling. Some issues has been raised on fulfilling GIS requirement of retaining the details while minimizing the redund... Read More about Generalization technique for 2D+Scale DHE data model.
A hybrid 3D indoor space model (2016)
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GIS integrates spatial information and spatial analysis. An important example of such integration is for emergency response which requires route planning inside and outside of a building. Route planning requires detailed information related to indoor... Read More about A hybrid 3D indoor space model.
Planning for sustainable transport around people's needs (2016)
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This paper reviews sustainability-driven spatial planning policy from the perspective of ordinary citizens as they seek to travel, live and work, and carry out their daily lives within the sustainable city. The original definition of sustainability c... Read More about Planning for sustainable transport around people's needs.
3D topologial indoor building modeling integrated with open street map (2016)
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the most crucial aspect of a building survey. The interiors of the buildings need to be described along with the relative locations of the rooms, corridors, doors and exits in many kinds of emergency response, such as fire, bombs, smoke, and pollutio... Read More about 3D topologial indoor building modeling integrated with open street map.
BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry (2016)
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In recent years, BIM has been the most common word around the construction industry. It does not only involve technology, but also several processes applied in the construction workflow that can help significantly in the development of projects in te... Read More about BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry.
Cultural-historical activity theory and informal learning as a key component of co-design practice in a community initiative (2016)
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This paper outlines PhD research associated with Leapfrog, a three-year-funded AHRC project, which aims to analyse the impact of co-design practices in developing ‘engagement tools’ within community development. One challenge in co-design is identify... Read More about Cultural-historical activity theory and informal learning as a key component of co-design practice in a community initiative.
Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure (2016)
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This paper presents the development of a benchmark for green infrastructure (GI). Green infrastructure brings together many land uses (e.g. parks, gardens, cemeteries, allotments, nature reserves, surface water), urban design (e.g. street trees, land... Read More about Development of a benchmark for green infrastructure.