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Hacking design: novelty and diachronic emergence.
(Article)The concept of emergence has had a significant effect on architectural theory, instigating a paradigmatic change in design and affecting the way buildings are perceived. In practice the practicalities of building procurement ... -
Harmonious accordance of indoor-outdoor thermal comfort and building energy performance by ameliorating urban microclimate in different urban block types in tropical climate
(Conference)This paper explores the effect of outdoor microclimatic environment upon indoor conditions for different urban block types in hot-humid climate. The main focus here is on courtyard patterns, considering its potentials for ... -
Has Mosque Design Really Developed? Notes on the Hidden Complexities of Mosques’ Architectural Brief
(Book chapter)Mosques have become a rich pool for architects to show their skills in expressing the sacred in the Islamic culture and religion. Still, while the architectural outcomes of mosques have started to look radically different; ... -
"Hey amigo! do you want to go on a trip? do you want mushrooms?"
(Article)The Mazatec people from the northern highlands of the Mexican State of Oaxaca are known for the syncretism of their religion, which combines pre-Hispanic culture and Catholic religion introduced with Spanish colonization ... -
Hidden but not lost; Exploring the Great Hall at Boughton House
(Working Paper)This is an abstract of a presentation delivered at CAA2015 in Siena which describes preliminary doctoral research on the creation of high resolution, textured digital reconstructions and novel visualisations of several ... -
High-Rises and Urban Design: The Reasons for Unsuccessful Place-making with Residential High-Rises in England
(Conference)High-rises and placemaking is an understudied combination which receives more and more interest with the proliferation of this typology in many British cities. The reason for studying three major cities in England: London, ... -
Home Information - Help! - Where do I turn it off?
(Book)Aide-memoire to help you to remember where the critical switches and valves are in your home, before an emergency arises. Text relating to gas, electricity and water was reviewed by the appropriate utilities companies. -
Ideal Ideation: A Framework for the Management of Sketch Inhibition Among Undergraduate Designers
(Conference)Sketch inhibition among undergraduates is a growing but under-researched issue. Affected students avoid engaging with sketching during concept development, they also have little understanding of the benefits it offers ... -
Image as a Virtual Construction
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Imagining futures and making inclusive architecture happen
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IMPACT OF CANYON GEOMETRY UPON URBAN MICROCLIMATE: A CASE-STUDY OF HIGH-DENSITY, WARM-HUMID CLIMATE
(Conference)Recent findings have demonstrated that microclimate inside urban canyons is largely controlled by its geometry. This study, intends to examine the impact of canyon geometry upon air and radiant temperature in a high density ... -
The impact of courtyard compact urban fabric on its shading: case study of Mosul city, Iraq
(Article)The courtyard pattern provides a comfortable environment in hot regions through supporting natural ventilation and protecting buildings from solar radiation. But, its performance depends on its urban fabric compactness as ... -
The Impact of Courtyard parameters on its shading level : An experimental study in Baghdad, Iraq
(Conference)The courtyard pattern has been advocated to be thermally efficient for the hot-arid climatic zone. This paper investigates one of its environmental strategies: shading. By taking Baghdad as a case study, it presents an ... -
The Impact of Courtyard parameters on its shading level An experimental study in Baghdad, Iraq.
(Article)The courtyard pattern has been advocated to be thermally efficient for the hot-arid climatic zone. This paper investigates one of its environmental strategies: shading. By taking Baghdad as a case study, it presents an ... -
The impact of fabric construction methods on energy performance and costs in English dwellings
(Conference)This paper investigates the impact of six different fabric construction methods (three Standard methods; three Alternative methods) on energy performance and costs, for a typical English four bedroom detached dwelling. The ... -
Impact of urban geometry on indoor air temperature and cooling energy consumption in traditional and formal urban environments
(Conference)This study explores the effect of outdoor microclimatic environment on indoor conditions in a tropical warm-humid climate. An indoor air temperature and building energy performance analysis is carried out for the real ... -
Infrastructure of Bulgarian High-Rise Estates: Realities and Hopes
(Book chapter)This chapter studies the quality and characteristics of the infrastructure in several high-rise estates in Sofia, Bulgaria and evaluates to which extend it serves the residents in the tall buildings. Most of the highrises in ... -
“Inject some positive emotion” - from Liverpool with LV
(Conference)In a 2012 television commercial for the British financial services company LV, a grey Volvo drifts from the centre of a bright suburban road and glances against the side of an older parked car. The door crumples and the ...