Browsing Leicester School of Architecture by Title
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Parallel Expressions
(Book chapter)This chapter reveals the artistic contributions of Italian immigrants in the Río de la Plata Basin of South America—Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil—which ran parallel to the lifetime of Simon Rodia in the United ... -
Participación en la construcción popular del hábitat. Una revisión del Plan Piloto para Villa 7 en Buenos Aires
(Article)This article takes a case study located in Buenos Aires, the Plan Piloto para la Relocalización de Villa 7, 1971-1975 (Pilot Plan for the Relocation of Shantytown #7) as the main focus for revisiting the concepts of ... -
Passive Design Strategies for Energy Efficient Housing in Nigeria
(Conference)The varying manifestations of climate change are greatly impacting our lives and livelihoods principally due to the activities of industries that pollute the atmosphere and use up non-renewable resources to fuel our growth ... -
Perception of Indoor Environmental Quality of the Residents of High-Rise Buildings in Bulgaria
(Article)Recent research with relatively high percentage suggesting that occupants of high-rises are generally satisfied with their indoor environment is available. However, a detailed investigation of the perception of residents ... -
Perceptual visualities in media space
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Peripheral corridors: the post-metropolitan landscape of Leganes (Madrid) and Melville (Johannesburg)
(Conference)Thesis describing main arguments: This paper consists of a general history of the concept of periphery and aims to introduce the different definitions of periphery in architectural and other theories. It begins by setting ... -
Pick-up football in the canchita de San Blas
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Places without memory: a peripheral insight into Madrid’s growth
(Book chapter)This article describes the recent development of Periphery in the city of Madrid. It focuses in the places that have been built and constructed and the qualities of them. -
The Plan de Emergencia (1956): Housing Shortage in Buenos Aires Then and Now
(Article)This article examines the first urban plan in Argentina to address informal settlements. It will be argued that this plan served as a template for later proposals and encouraged a particular approach towards the informal ... -
The Politics of Social Housing in Britain
(Book)This book investigates the relationship between the dominant ideologies of British public life in the second half of the twentieth century and the quality of the social housing built during this period. The author compares ... -
Post-occupancy evaluation in architecture: experiences and perspectives from UK practice
(Article)The importance of post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is widely acknowledged in the academic literature, industry press and, increasingly, by professional institutes. Learning from previous projects systematically is central ... -
Post-occupancy evaluation of architecturally-designed low-income housing in Ahmadabad, India
(Conference)This paper presents post-occupancy evaluation of low-income houses that have been built through the DMU: Square Mile India Programme in Ahmedabad, India. Questionnaire and interviews were conducted which elicited information ... -
Practiceopolis: From an Imaginary City to a Graphic Novel
(Article)This essay is about a graphic novel produced as the culmination of a creative practice research project. It dramatizes real-life exchanges from project management meetings held during the conduct a live architectural project ... -
Practiceopolis: Journeys through the contemporary architectural profession
(Article)The contemporary architectural profession is dominated by a technical-rational culture of practice. The term refers to commercially-driven practices that are often associated with the production of buildings by or for ... -
Practiceopolis: Stories from the Architectural Profession
(Book)With the increasing specialisation in the process of contemporary building production, the value and the role of architects have come into question in construction discourse. From literature about architects losing leadership ... -
Primary school design: co-creation with children
(Article)The school environment affects children’s health, emotions and learning. The good design of school buildings makes these places more pleasant and more functional. Children’s views are important and need to be more effectively ... -
Producing design objects from regular polyhedra: A Practical approach
(Conference)In the last few years, digital modeling techniques have played a major role in Architecture and design, influencing, at the same time, the creative process and the way the objects are fabricated. This revolution has ... -
Promoting sustainable tourism through landscape architecture in developing countries: Case study of Nigeria
(Conference)The benefits associated with recreation and tourism is widely acknowledged, which is especially the case when the effects on stress and the enhancing impact on well-being and productivity are considered. This is why society ... -
Proportional Systems in the Design of the Cathedral of St. George of the Greeks, Cyprus
(Book chapter)The cathedral of St. George of the Greeks was built in the 14th – 15th c. in Famagusta, Cyprus to accommodate the religious needs of the Greek orthodox community living under a Frankish aristocracy. Its design is a hybrid ...