All Outputs (709)

Alex Moulton and the Mini (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

Codesigning blue infrastructure and water resources for healthier built environments (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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 Contribution

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.

Can future smart cities powered by 100% renewables and made cyber secured-a analytical approach (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A smart city main objective is to provide a better living for the citizens by managing the resources both in a sustainable and cost-effective way to benefit the people at maximum., One of the key building factors of future smart cities is to generate... Read More about Can future smart cities powered by 100% renewables and made cyber secured-a analytical approach.

Designing for playfulness through compassion: Design for advanced dementia (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The LAUGH project is a recently completed international three-year UK Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)funded design research project. Outcomes from the research include a collection of playful objects designed to support the wellbeing of peo... Read More about Designing for playfulness through compassion: Design for advanced dementia.

A review of occupational safety and health regulations in Oman (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The poor occupational safety and health (OS\&H) results in an economic burden of 4\% of the total world Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The effective OS\&H regulations and it implementation are one of the main factors to achieve an improved safety perf... Read More about A review of occupational safety and health regulations in Oman.

Competencies needed by construction project managers for BIM-enabled projects (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Construction project manager (CPM) competency has been common place discussions over the years with the recognition of the importance of skills and knowledge to project success. With recent advancements in the application of digital technologies such... Read More about Competencies needed by construction project managers for BIM-enabled projects.

The effect of reducing geometry complexity on energy simulation results (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Accuracy and time are metrics inherently associated with the design process and the energy performance simulation of buildings. The accurate representation of the building is an essential requirement for energy analysis, which comes with the expense... Read More about The effect of reducing geometry complexity on energy simulation results.

Development of a design for occupational safety and health capability maturity model (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH) is growing in prominence in the construction sector. Consequently, designers (as individuals or organisations) are expected to mitigate occupational health and safety risks through design. In order fo... Read More about Development of a design for occupational safety and health capability maturity model.

Common themes and conclusions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Summing up and closing address to the conference (together with Charles Clover)

National Level

• Think of the sea as publicly owned space;
• This underpins general themes for good management of that space:
collaboration, trust and stewardshi... Read More about Common themes and conclusions.

Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The ideology of Passivhaus is clear. It is a building standard associated with a really well insulated and airtight building that saves energy – in both hot and cold climates. There is evidence from that shows how important this approach to building... Read More about Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet.

Curbing unethical practices associated with preferential allocation of construction contracts in Ghana: Survey professionals’ perception of who should lead the way (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The construction industry in Ghana is bursting with speculations and pieces of information that suggest that certain contracts are awarded on basis other than merits of a proposed bid and the competitiveness of cost. Undoubtedly, this unethical pract... Read More about Curbing unethical practices associated with preferential allocation of construction contracts in Ghana: Survey professionals’ perception of who should lead the way.

The Hyper Reality Principles in the Age of the Post-Humanism: the Paradigm Post-Human Body -Hyper City (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Since ancient times, the use of the analogy human body - buildings was central in architectural and urban design. On the one side, the Greeks used a “psychological understanding” of the body; on the other side, the Romans used their “geometrical un... Read More about The Hyper Reality Principles in the Age of the Post-Humanism: the Paradigm Post-Human Body -Hyper City.