Yahya Lavaf Pour's Outputs (13)

Complexity and causation: Sustainable architecture through the lens of deconstructivism (2024)
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This paper critically re-examines sustainability in architecture through Derrida’s deconstructivist lens, challenging the reductive focus on efficient resource use and carbon consciousness. Current approaches often prioritise fixed, material criteria... Read More about Complexity and causation: Sustainable architecture through the lens of deconstructivism.

The history of energy in architecture: A critical reflection (2024)
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Urban building energy modelling and generative design - an integration for energy-optimised urban design: A systematic review (2023)
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Global warming is having a significant impact on urban living conditions and putting pressure on finite resources. The built environment, particularly in urban areas, is a major contributor to this problem, highlighting the need for sustainable urban... Read More about Urban building energy modelling and generative design - an integration for energy-optimised urban design: A systematic review.

Atmospheres as environments (2023)
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Towards empathy in computational design: Co-design and semantic metrics (2022)
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Today , computation design has provoked new theoretical frameworks on the systemic design processes (Derix & Izaki 2014). It is acknowledged that individuals possess varying "emotional intelligent quotients" at various levels. Indeed, Baron-Cohen and... Read More about Towards empathy in computational design: Co-design and semantic metrics.

Embedded intelligent empathy: A systematic review towards a conceptual framework (2022)
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This paper is part of a feasibility project aiming to expand computational design processes to include design empathy. The project is in response to recent valid criticism of computational design overlooking the empathy of the designer. Computational... Read More about Embedded intelligent empathy: A systematic review towards a conceptual framework.

Architectural form and environment through the lens of integral theory (2021)
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Much of contemporary discussions in sustainable design have focused mainly on objective attributes whilst overlooking the importance of environmental design factors as sensory qualities. The criticism to current approaches in sustainable design is th... Read More about Architectural form and environment through the lens of integral theory.

The Pedagogy of VKhUTEMAS and its implications on today’s architectural education (2019)
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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.

The influence of façade design on the optimum window to wall ratio and overheating rate in UK Passivhaus dwellings for current and future climates: A Parametric Design Method (2017)
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Many researches of overheating in buildings have focused on the optimisation of the window to wall ratio (WWR). However, the physical form of the building envelope has not been widely considered as a factor in optimisation investigations. This study... Read More about The influence of façade design on the optimum window to wall ratio and overheating rate in UK Passivhaus dwellings for current and future climates: A Parametric Design Method.

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.

The potential of inclined walls to reduce overheating risk: A Passivhaus case study for UK current and future climates (2016)
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This study used probabilistic climate change scenarios from the UK Climate Change Projections to determine the future overheating risk in an existing Passivhaus dwelling under a high emission 50 percentile scenario in London. Dynamic thermal simulati... Read More about The potential of inclined walls to reduce overheating risk: A Passivhaus case study for UK current and future climates.

Using Tilted Façade to Reduce Thermal Discomfort in a UK Passivhaus Dwelling for a Warming Climate (2015)
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© 2015 The Authors. This study investigated the potential negative impacts of future UK climate change on dwellings. In particular, the risk of overheating was considered for a Passivhaus dwelling in London. The study used dynamic simulation modellin... Read More about Using Tilted Façade to Reduce Thermal Discomfort in a UK Passivhaus Dwelling for a Warming Climate.

Impact of the envelope geometry on cooling demand in very airtight UK dwellings under current and future weather projections (2014)
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© 2014 The Author. The Passivhaus strategy employs super insulation to reduce the heat transfer through the building envelope. It has been argued that super insulated homes are vulnerable to summer overheating risks, even in the current climate. The... Read More about Impact of the envelope geometry on cooling demand in very airtight UK dwellings under current and future weather projections.