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Towards designing for the postdigital hybrid workplace: A systematic literature review (2023)
Journal Article
Tahsiri, M. (2023). Towards designing for the postdigital hybrid workplace: A systematic literature review. ENQ, 20(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.17831/enqarcc.v20i1.1140

This paper frames the future workplace as a postdigital hybrid space of practice that foregrounds humanistic values and holistically accommodates various requirements of individuals and collectives who make up the socio-cultural context of the workpl... Read More about Towards designing for the postdigital hybrid workplace: A systematic literature review.

A critique of the representationalist framing of design (2022)
Journal Article
Tahsiri, M. (in press). A critique of the representationalist framing of design. Design Journal, 25(4), 617-635. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2022.2083293

This paper brings attention to the chronological developments in a strand of design research that aimed at demystifying the characteristics and nature of design through what will be argued to have been predominantly a representationalist framework. I... Read More about A critique of the representationalist framing of design.

Architects’ ‘enforced togetherness’: New design affordances of the home (2022)
Journal Article
Marco, E., Tahsiri, M., Sinnett, D., & Oliveira, S. (2022). Architects’ ‘enforced togetherness’: New design affordances of the home. Buildings & Cities, 3(1), 168-185. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.189

Lockdown impositions have impacted people’s lives, their health and wellbeing, changing the ways in which dwellings are used and occupied. Spaces within the home have had to be rapidly renegotiated, redesigned and resynchronised in ways not yet fully... Read More about Architects’ ‘enforced togetherness’: New design affordances of the home.

Dialogue in the studio: Supporting comprehension in studio-based architectural design tutorials (2020)
Journal Article
Tahsiri, M. (2020). Dialogue in the studio: Supporting comprehension in studio-based architectural design tutorials. Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, 19(2), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.1386/adch_00020_1

This article examines perceptions regarding the purpose and delivery of tutorials in the architectural design studio that can support how students comprehend feedback. It draws on literature on ‘dialogic feedback’ and theoretical accounts of ‘dialogu... Read More about Dialogue in the studio: Supporting comprehension in studio-based architectural design tutorials.

A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation (2019)
Journal Article
Hay, L., Duffy, A. H. B., Grealy, M., Tahsiri, M., McTeague, C., & Vuletic, T. (2020). A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation. Journal of Engineering Design, 31(3), 127-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2019.1662381

Two kinds of design ideation process may be distinguished in terms of the problems addressed: (i) solution-focused, i.e. generating solutions to address a fixed problem specifying a desired output; and (ii) exploratory, i.e. considering different int... Read More about A novel systematic approach for analysing exploratory design ideation.

A Multisensory Virtual Environment for OSH Training (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Tahsiri, M., Lawson, G., Abdullah, C., & Roper, T. (2018). A Multisensory Virtual Environment for OSH Training. . https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2018.8446431

© 2018 IEEE. This paper presents a multisensory and low-cost virtual training simulator developed in Unity 3D, with the aim of improving the effectiveness of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training. The prototype system facilitates heat and sme... Read More about A Multisensory Virtual Environment for OSH Training.

Knowledge distribution and the effect of design tools on the design process (2017)
Book Chapter
Tahsiri, M., Hale, J., & Niblock, C. (2017). Knowledge distribution and the effect of design tools on the design process. In J. Gero (Ed.), Design Computing and Cognition '16 (437-455). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44989-0_24

This paper compares the cognitive performance of architecture students when designing tasks using one of the three design tools: pencil and paper, software Sketch Up and Rhinoceros 3D. It questions if a design tool can affect when knowledge is genera... Read More about Knowledge distribution and the effect of design tools on the design process.

Architecture by tools: The syntax of drawing and the creativity of thought (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Tahsiri, M. (2015). Architecture by tools: The syntax of drawing and the creativity of thought. . https://doi.org/10.1145/2757226.2764762

This short paper summarizes a PhD research in progress as titled in the heading. The research investigates the effect that design tools have on the method of drawing and creativity in early stages of architectural design with an intention of contribu... Read More about Architecture by tools: The syntax of drawing and the creativity of thought.

Decreasing the effect of verbal noise in analyzing cognitive activity of a design process (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Tahsiri, M., Hale, J., & Niblock, C. (2015). Decreasing the effect of verbal noise in analyzing cognitive activity of a design process. . https://doi.org/10.1145/2757226.2764545

In studying cognitive activity in design it is common practice to use designers' verbalizations during a design process to elicit the reasoning behind design actions. These verbalizations are segmented in order to enable a quantifiable analysis of th... Read More about Decreasing the effect of verbal noise in analyzing cognitive activity of a design process.

Design behaviour and distributed cognition: A protocol study on the effect of design tools on the process of architectural design thinking
Thesis
Tahsiri, M. (2018). Design behaviour and distributed cognition: A protocol study on the effect of design tools on the process of architectural design thinking. (Thesis). University of Nottingham. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/864549

This thesis, is an explorative research, manifesting factors that influence the relationship between a designer and their design tool. The interest of the thesis is in the epistemic role of a design tool and how it can influence a designer’s thinking... Read More about Design behaviour and distributed cognition: A protocol study on the effect of design tools on the process of architectural design thinking.