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Variations of PV Panel Performance Installed over a Vegetated Roof and a Conventional Black Roof
(MDPI, 2018-05-01)The total worldwide photovoltaic (PV) capacity has been growing from about 1 GW at the beginning of the twenty-first century to over 300 GW in 2016 and is expected to reach 740 GW by 2022. PV panel efficiency is reported ... -
Craft in the Digital Era: Louis Sullivan, Digital Technology, and Designbuild Education
(New Prairie Press, 2017)Perhaps digital craft in architecture can be effectively calibrated through emulation of the masters. This is not to suggest we retrogress to periods of architectural style, but rather leverage relevant benchmarks within ... -
Towards an Integrative Understanding of 'authenticity' of cultural heritage: An analysis of World Heritage Site designations in the Asian Context
(SAGE Publications, 2017-04-26)In the World Heritage Sites (WHS) designation, it is required to define the conditions that ‘authenticate’ the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of heritage sites. Initially, the notion of authenticity had been understood ... -
Therapeutic goals of hospice care environment: A systematic literature review
(Perkins+Will, 2015)Identification of environmental Therapeutic Goals (TGs) has proven essential in providing useful guidance for planning and design (Cohen & Weisman 1991 ). Though age-specific environmental dimensions have been suggested ... -
Physical and Visual Accessibilities in Intensive Care Units: A Comparative Study of Open-Plan and Racetrack Units
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2016)This study compared physical and visual accessibilities and their associations with staff perception and interaction behaviors in 2 intensive care units (ICUs) with open-plan and racetrack layouts. For the study, physical ... -
Formative Pathways: Changing Systems of Design - From Heuristics to Applications, Pedagogies, and Processes
(Multi-Science Publishing, 2013-12)This special issue of International Journal of Architecture Computing (IJAC)is entitled Formative Pathways and explores the changing face of the profession and the academy as a means to capture the influence of computational ... -
Development of Hospice Environmental Assessment Protocol (HEAP): A Post Occupancy Evaluation Tool
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of any building facility is essential for providing feedback to the architects and to the building owners for further improvement in design skills and management procedures. Since the ... -
Berger Memorial : a Jewish funeral home
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A school for contemporary architectural training
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Harnessing the Opulence within: Re-positioning the quest for housing the economically disadvantaged
(Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 2007)This paper argues that designing for the economically disadvantaged should perhaps be built on the resilience, resourcefulness, and survival skills of the poor. This would require a repositioning of our perceptions - of ... -
Developing Alternative Methods for Urban Imageability Research
(Centre for Heritage and Cultural Studies, University of Moratuwa, 2015)This paper discusses the devising of an alternative data collection technique for a research project that investigated the urban imageability of the World Heritage City of Kandy in Sri Lanka. Kevin Lynch argues that people ... -
Historic Preservation and Development Decisions: The Architect's Role in Conflict and Cooperation
(University of Kansas, 1991-09-25)Built heritage is disappearing at a tremendous rate. The condition of the built environment and care of cultural resources are rarely planned for comprehensively and fallowed through by communities in the United States. ... -
Paradigm Shifts in Global Heritage Discourse
(2016)This essay narrates the evolution of the UNESCO doctrine on cultural heritage, its Eurocentric underpinnings, the concerns of its doctrinal authority, and the course of its decolonization. Three principal themes in current ... -
The design of a church
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Performance-driven design with the support of digital tools: Applying discrete event simulation and space syntax on the design of the emergency department
(Elsevier, 2014-09)Planning the design of the emergency department (ED) is a complex process. Hospital leaders and architects must consider many complex and interdependent factors, including evolving market demands, patient volume, care ... -
Interjecting Design into an Existing Business Culture to Enable Innovation
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)Design for many years has been considered an aesthetic tradecraft. However design has, more recently, come to be regarded as a strategic business asset offering a new way to solve problems and innovate. The rapidity of ... -
Link: Designing Activity Tracking Solutions for the Soccer Athlete
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)The trending quantified self movement has seen the consumer activity tracking market explode over the past few years. These users have become more and more interested in not only tracking their activity but understanding ... -
Extending and Redefining the Useful Life of Smatphones
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Consumer culture and new technologies drive people to upgrade smartphones long before obsolescence is an issue. This creates a surplus of pocket-sized computers with vivid displays, a host of sensors and no clear-cut purpose ... -
Designing the Intersection of Technology and Timepieces
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)The smartwatch space has exploded in the last year or two. Companies are scrambling to create desirable products to occupy people’s wrists. While timepieces have been around for centuries, smartwatches are just beginning. ... -
APPROPRIATING MODERN ARCHITECTURE: DESIGNERS’ STRATEGIES AND DWELLERS’ TACTICS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE 1950S VENEZUELAN SUPERBLOQUES
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)In the first half of the 20th century, masses of people moved from the decaying rural sector to Venezuelan cities in search of opportunities amid increasing revenues from the oil industry, which created greater demand for ...
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