Browsing Leicester School of Architecture by Title
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The absent spaces in the European city, as a stitching system of the urban infrastructure and the collective in the contemporary city
(Article)Hans Ulrich Orbrist interviews the architect Rem Koolhaas about the Berlin Wall. He answers: “The Berlin Wall as architecture was for me the first spectacular revelation in architecture of how absence can be stronger than ... -
'According to John James: a Poem with Many Authors'
(Other)This sequence, In Memoriam John James, was initiated as a chain poem by Kelvin Corcoran. Contributors were invited to write two stanzas continuing the opening to James' poem 'A Theory of Poetry.' -
Actuating (Auto)Poiesis
(Article)This paper claims that the use of the computer as generative methodological tool for designing urban and building scenarios (when perceived systematically) is a misnomer, because the typical approach does not account for ... -
Actuating (Auto)Poiesis
(Conference)Creativity in the natural and human worlds is distinct. Designers have always looked to nature as a source of inspiration and in recent decades the computer has been used as a tool to engage with the self-organising and ... -
Afterword
(Book chapter)This article provides a summary of the contributions to the book edited by Hannah Ewence and Tim Grady on 'Minorities and the First World War' -
An-amnesia of an oneiric city
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Analysis of microclimatic diversity and outdoor thermal comfort perceptions in the tropical megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Article)The study has observed microclimatic conditions in residential, commercial and educational areas in Dhaka city. Comfort surveys were carried out along with microclimatic measurements. Findings suggest, urban forms that ... -
An Analysis of Sketch Inhibition within Contemporary Design Education
(Article)Sketch inhibition is regularly alluded to by educators as a phenomenon within design higher education, and one having increasingly marked effects on industry - but has garnered little attention from academics. This paper ... -
Architectural Drawing
(Book)Architectural Drawing focuses on the exciting possibilities for representing the built environment using all the techniques both traditional and digital that are now available. Packed with practical information the book ... -
The Architecture of the Periphery: An insight into the work of Aldo Rossi and its current relevance to the recent developments in the northern periphery of Madrid
(Article)This article analyses the recent development of the periphery in Madrid within the context of Aldo Rossi’s seminal book The Architecture of the City. The objective of this article is to emphasise the importance and ... -
The architecture of the periphery: two views of Madrid’s periphery seen through Aldo Rossi’s work.
(Article)Bringing together two aspects of Aldo Rossi’s urban theory (roughly characterised by knowing and feeling), reading them against recent urban peripheral development in Madrid. -
The Architecture of the Universities of Leicester
(Book)The book describes the buildings of the University of Leicester and De Montfort University. The history and local environs of both universities are described, and the current occupancy of each building is noted. All buildings ... -
The architecture of urban life: 67 rue des Meuniers
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Around Madrid: the continuing influence of historical urban development plans on today’s periphery
(Article)This paper describes the peripheral development that has occurred in Madrid over the last 16 years (2000–2016), a period split by the economic crash that occurred in 2008. The paper argues that the relationship between ... -
An Artificial Life Approach to Configuring Architectural Space
(Conference)This paper presents a method of configuring architectural space that articulates the coupling of an organism with its environment; expressing the spatiality of unfolding engagement in the world. The premise is that space ... -
ASH exhibition at the ICA
(Other)From the 14-20 August ASH had a residency in the Upper Galleries of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. During the week we hosted several talks on aspects of London’s housing ‘crisis’, including a presentation ... -
Audio Tactile Maps (ATM) System for the Exploration of Digital Heritage Buildings by Visually-impaired Individuals - First Prototype and Preliminary Evaluation
(Conference)Navigation within historic spaces requires analysis of a variety of acoustic, proprioceptive and tactile cues; a task that is well-developed in many visually-impaired individuals but for which sighted individuals rely ...