Enhancing non-domestic Passivhaus auditoria ventilation design for improved indoor environmental quality (2023)
Journal Article
Mustafa, M., Cook, M. J., & McLeod, R. S. (2023). Enhancing non-domestic Passivhaus auditoria ventilation design for improved indoor environmental quality. Building and Environment, 234, 110202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110202

Enhanced energy conservation strategies often involve tightly controlled ventilation flow rates. However, strategies that don’t carefully consider ventilation rates can, in certain contexts, result in inadequate ventilation, with increased risks of p... Read More about Enhancing non-domestic Passivhaus auditoria ventilation design for improved indoor environmental quality.

HUG: A compassionate approach to designing for wellbeing in dementia care (2023)
Journal Article
Treadaway, C., Seckam, A., Fennell, J., & Taylor, A. (2023). HUG: A compassionate approach to designing for wellbeing in dementia care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 4410. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054410

Design can improve the quality of life of people living with dementia but creating successful design solutions is not simple, due to the complexity of the medical condition, and the ethical considerations of including those affected in design researc... Read More about HUG: A compassionate approach to designing for wellbeing in dementia care.

A prototype low-carbon segmented concrete shell building floor system (2023)
Journal Article
Oval, R., Nuh, M., Costa, E., Madyan, O. A., Orr, J., & Shepherd, P. (2023). A prototype low-carbon segmented concrete shell building floor system. Structures, 49, 124-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.01.063

Concrete shell structures offer a mechanically efficient solution as a building floor system to reduce the environmental impact of our buildings. Although the curved geometry of shells can be an obstacle to their fabrication and implementation, digit... Read More about A prototype low-carbon segmented concrete shell building floor system.

Wide Load [Bred Last] A House Moved (2023)
Book
Carless, T., Sarjeant, R., Benedict Brown, J., Hynam, M., & Roush, P. (2023). T. Carless (Ed.). Wide Load [Bred Last] A House Moved. London: msdm London

https://www.msdm.org.uk/wide-load This book is a photographic archive and written essays of a house move in Northern Sweden. It considers the historic, cultural, technical and material significance of house moving in the region, through a single his... Read More about Wide Load [Bred Last] A House Moved.

Willing to have, willing to help, or ready to own—Determinants of variants of stewardship social practices around blue-green infrastructure in dense urban communities (2023)
Journal Article
Lamond, J., & Everett, G. (2023). Willing to have, willing to help, or ready to own—Determinants of variants of stewardship social practices around blue-green infrastructure in dense urban communities. Frontiers in Water, 5, 1048494. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2023.1048494

Introduction: There is increasing acceptance of the desirability of involving communities in stewardship activities around urban blue-green infrastructure (BGI) to generate acceptance, reduce vandalism and decrease the maintenance burden on authoriti... Read More about Willing to have, willing to help, or ready to own—Determinants of variants of stewardship social practices around blue-green infrastructure in dense urban communities.

Inhabitation, difference, performance: Architectural linearity in three movements (2023)
Journal Article
Banou, S. (in press). Inhabitation, difference, performance: Architectural linearity in three movements. Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice, 8(1),

The city in kinesis This article questions the temporal and material limitations of architectural representation, as they emerge through the problematic relationship between architectural drawing, considered as a static object of fixed convention, an... Read More about Inhabitation, difference, performance: Architectural linearity in three movements.

Structural health monitoring of underground metro tunnel by identifying damage using ANN deep learning auto-encoder (2023)
Journal Article
Abbas, N., Umar, T., Salih, R., Akbar, M., Hussain, Z., & Haibei, X. (2023). Structural health monitoring of underground metro tunnel by identifying damage using ANN deep learning auto-encoder. Applied Sciences, 13(3), 1332. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031332

Due to the complexity of underground environmental conditions and operational incidents, advanced and accurate monitoring of the underground metro shield tunnel structures is crucial for maintenance and the prevention of mishaps. In the past few deca... Read More about Structural health monitoring of underground metro tunnel by identifying damage using ANN deep learning auto-encoder.

A review of spatial variations of multiple natural hazards and risk management strategies in Pakistan (2023)
Journal Article
Hussain, M. A., Shuai, Z., Moawwez, M. A., Umar, T., Iqbal, M. R., Kamran, M., & Muneer, M. (2023). A review of spatial variations of multiple natural hazards and risk management strategies in Pakistan. Water, 15(3), 407. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15030407

Natural hazards are dynamic and unpredictable events that are a continuous threat to global socio-economic development. Humans’ reactions to these catastrophes are influenced by their proximity to the hazards and their ability to anticipate, resist,... Read More about A review of spatial variations of multiple natural hazards and risk management strategies in Pakistan.

The impact of COVID 19 on GCC construction industry (2022)
Journal Article
Umar, T. (2022). The impact of COVID 19 on GCC construction industry. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, 13(2), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSMET.20220301.oa1

The Coronavirus pandemic has badly affected everyone on the earth. Apart from losing thousands of lives, businesses and individuals are going to be affected by the long-lasting financial effects due to an expected global recession. The impact of the... Read More about The impact of COVID 19 on GCC construction industry.

Effect of human hair fibers on the performance of concrete incorporating high dosage of silica fume (2022)
Journal Article
Akbar, M., Umar, T., Hussain, Z., Pan, H., & Ou, G. (2022). Effect of human hair fibers on the performance of concrete incorporating high dosage of silica fume. Applied Sciences, 13(1), 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010124

Sustainable development in structural materials is currently getting attention all around the world. Solid waste, building and demolition waste, natural resources, and their reuse are the most obvious strategies for achieving sustainability in the co... Read More about Effect of human hair fibers on the performance of concrete incorporating high dosage of silica fume.

A comparative study of occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Oman (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., Umeokafor, N., Honnur Vali, M. S., & Zia, A. (2022). A comparative study of occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Oman. In 1755-1315 (032016). https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/3/032016

This article identifies the gaps in OS&H regulations in Omani construction using a critical review and analysis of relevant literature. Four countries United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Australia (AUS), and South Africa (SA) were th... Read More about A comparative study of occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Oman.

Argus University Challenge – lessons learned from developing the case study (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Wiejak-Roy, G. (2022, December). Argus University Challenge – lessons learned from developing the case study. Presented at 18th ERES Educational Seminar, Krakow, Poland

The `case-study method' is frequently used in management education to put theory into practice. The same is true in real estate education. In real estate it is also critical that the students gain practical experience with industry tools used to supp... Read More about Argus University Challenge – lessons learned from developing the case study.

Artificial landscapes: Nature as urban object (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S. (2022, November). Artificial landscapes: Nature as urban object. Paper presented at RAPS Eindhoven 2022: Entanglements, Online

This paper will focus on the objectification of nature within architectural and urban design in order to define and examine a new ‘iconic’ (Jencks, 2006) turn of architecture, towards the integration of nature as a token of sustainability. The paper... Read More about Artificial landscapes: Nature as urban object.

“It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children (2022)
Journal Article
Daly, J., Lemaignan, S., Newbutt, N., & Rice, L. (in press). “It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children. International Journal of Social Robotics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-022-00928-4

For a period of 3 weeks in June 2021, we embedded a social robot (Softbank Pepper) in a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school for autistic children. The robot’s behaviours and integration into the school were co-designed with the children and teache... Read More about “It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children.

Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision (2022)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, E. C., Snelling, A. M., & Lamond, J. E. (in press). Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision. Journal of Flood Risk Management, e12868. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12868

The Learning and Action Alliance (LAA) framework is increasingly valued as an approach to facilitate social learning and action by enabling collaboration within and between organisations, breaking down barriers to information sharing and facilitating... Read More about Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision.

Improving thermal performance, replacing gas heaters: A holistic approach to decarbonising domestic energy (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Adkins, D. (2022, October). Improving thermal performance, replacing gas heaters: A holistic approach to decarbonising domestic energy. Presented at EPUK National Conference: Going for Net Zero, Warwick University and Online

This talk discussed present challenges, policies, drivers and barriers to the decarbonisation of the UK domestic housing stock and how to create buildings fit for the future.

Exploring climate science and its effects on the built environment (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Adkins, D. (2022, October). Exploring climate science and its effects on the built environment. Presented at cabe annual conference 2022: Embedding Sustainability, Newport, UK

Climate change has a direct impact on the built environment. By examining its effects, this talk discussed how to create buildings fit for the future.

Compassionate design: HUGs on prescription (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Treadaway, C., Fennell, J., Seckam, A., & Taylor, A. (2022). Compassionate design: HUGs on prescription. In M. Houben, R. Brankaert, N. Hendriks, A. Wilkinson, & K. Morrissey (Eds.), Dementia Lab 2022: The Residue of Design - Proceedings of the 6th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2022, September 20-22, 2022, Leuven, Belgium (1 - 12). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14466-0_1

There is a growing need for well-designed innovative products and services for people affected by dementia. Governments and charities are offering a range of business support to encourage the development of commercial products to address this need. T... Read More about Compassionate design: HUGs on prescription.

A critical review of biomimetic building envelopes: Towards a bio-adaptive model from nature to architecture (2022)
Journal Article
Sommese, F., Badarnah, L., & Ausiello, G. (2022). A critical review of biomimetic building envelopes: Towards a bio-adaptive model from nature to architecture. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 169, 112850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112850

The building envelope has an important role in regulating the energy exchanges between the internal and external environment. In recent years, various studies on technological solutions for responsive and intelligent envelopes have been carried out.... Read More about A critical review of biomimetic building envelopes: Towards a bio-adaptive model from nature to architecture.

Land, air and water: Reclaiming the Anthropocene through Bristol’s infrastructural megastructures (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S., & Hynam, M. (2022, August). Land, air and water: Reclaiming the Anthropocene through Bristol’s infrastructural megastructures. Paper presented at International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference 2022, Online and at University of the West of England, Bristol

The paper presents work developed across a series of architectural design studios at the Department of Architecture and the Built in Environment at UWE Bristol, and the specific techniques of representation they have tested and refined towards combin... Read More about Land, air and water: Reclaiming the Anthropocene through Bristol’s infrastructural megastructures.