Browsing Leicester School of Architecture by Title
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Undergraduate student involvement in Fashion and Textile research
(Article)This work provides an insight into a functioning partnership between one academic member of staff and one student. The student was effectively paid to learn in an area that benefitted their interests and employability, as ... -
Understanding ENVI-met (V4) model behaviour in relation to environmental variables
(Conference)A parametric analysis is carried out to understand how ENVI-met (V4) responds to the following aspects which form the basis of understanding the model’s behaviour: i) canyon aspect ratio, ii) cloud cover, iii) orientation, ... -
Understanding sustainability through Bradford affordable housing lens
(Conference)Sustainability has gained momentum in recent years due to natural threats and government regulations with housing sector being at the centre of this debate. Affordable housing providers frequently face a dilemma of delivering ... -
Unlocking Lutyens: A Gateway to the Hidden Legacy of John Pell and Sir Christopher Wren
(Article)The design of the ‘Arch of Remembrance’ in Leicester by Sir Edwin Lutyens, offers the opportunity of a unique insight into the design methods of the architect in the latter half of his career. These were characterised by ... -
Urban life
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USE OF MICROCLIMATE MODELS FOR EVALUATING THERMAL COMFORT: IDENTIFYING THE GAPS
(Conference)The study identifies the gap between actual thermal sensation and theoretical comfort calculated through simulated microclimate data in different urban configurations in a tropical, high-density, megacity: Dhaka. The ... -
Utopian Governance and the 'Smart' City
(Conference)The critique centred on the controlling of bodies through emerging forms of digital surveillance can be extended to the wider information networks of the ‘smart’ city. Definitions of ‘smart’ cities are reminiscent of ... -
Utopian Visions for Buenos Aires Shantytowns: Collective Imaginaries of Housing Rights, Upgrading and Eviction (1956-2013)
(Article)This article explores three utopian visions which have shaped past and present experiences within Buenos Aires shantytowns: those of upgraded shantytowns, of universal housing, and of a city where shantytowns have been ... -
Virtual Roman Leicester (VRL): An interactive Computer Model of a Romano-British City
(Conference)This paper describes the background, development and use of a new Virtual Reality (VR) model of the built fabric of Roman Leicester (Ratae Corieltauvo-rum) which has been based upon direct archaeologi-cal evidence, literary ... -
Visual Mediations
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A voyage of discovery to the letter
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W1A: production sites and production sights
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What is Community-led Housing? Proposal for a Co-operative Housing Development
(Article)What is ‘community-led housing’? The phrase is used these days with increasing frequency, but what does it mean? How can it embrace the resource and advice hub set up by the London Mayor to build more affordable housing, ...