Architecture & Design: Recent submissions
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Technology and the Future of Intensive Care Unit Design
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2011-10-01)Changing market demand, aging population, severity of illnesses, hospital acquired infection, clinical staff shortage, technological innovations, and environmental concerns—all are shaping the critical care practice in the ... -
Architecture and Narrative: The Formation of Space and Cultural Meaning
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-08-16)No abstract is available for this item. -
A Review of the Empirical Literature on the Relationships Between Indoor Environment and Stress in Health Care and Office Settings Problems and Prospects of Sharing Evidence
(SAGE Publications, 2008-03-01)A conceptual framework linking indoor environment and stress is provided. The framework suggests that, in many cases, indoor environments may set forth a process leading to stress by affecting individual and/or workplace ... -
The relationship between geometry and numeric ratio as an open problem in Ledoux's architecture: a study of the floor plans of the barrières of Paris
(Taylor & Francis, 2007-07-13)The floor plans of Ledoux's barrières of Paris, designed during the 1780s, are described using simple geometric constructions. Based on a study of these geometric constructions and the ratios of their parts, it is suggested ... -
Developing Scales to Evaluate Staff Perception of the Effects of the Physical Environment on Patient Comfort, Patient Safety, Patient Privacy, Family Integration With Patient Care, and Staff Working Conditions in Adult Intensive Care Units: A Pilot Study
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2007-07-01)Studies suggest that the physical environment can be important for patient comfort, patient safety, patient privacy, family integration with patient care, and staff working condition in adult intensive care units (ICUs). ... -
The architecture of safety: hospital design
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2007-12-01)Purpose of review: This paper reviews recent research literature reporting the effects of hospital design on patient safety. Recent findings: Features of hospital design that are linked to patient safety in the literature ... -
A Decade of Adult Intensive Care Unit Design: A Study of the Physical Design Features of the Best‐Practice Examples
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2006-10-01)This article reports a study of the physical design characteristics of a set of adult intensive care units (ICUs), built between 1993 and 2003. These ICUs were recognized as the best-practice examples by the Society of ... -
Network of Spaces and Interaction-Related Behaviors in Adult Intensive Care Units
(MDPI, 2014-12-01)Using three spatial network measures of “space syntax”, this correlational study describes four interaction-related behaviors among three groups of users in relation to visibility and accessibility of spaces in four adult ... -
Interoperability Building Information Modeling and acoustical analysis software - A demonstration of a performing arts hall design process
(Acoustica Society of America, 2013-06-02)By sharing and managing the database for a building model, Building Information Modeling (BIM) facilitates the design process at less cost. Some of BIM software has capabilities for acoustical analysis, but it is limited ... -
Examining the Relationship Between Key Visual Characteristics of Urban Plazas and Aesthetic Response
(Sage, 2013)Urban plazas as public spaces occur in every town and city around the world; however, some plazas are more user-friendly and successful than others. This study examined that “aesthetics” also have a significant impact to ... -
Developing Nurse and Physician Questionnaires to Assess Primary Work Areas in Intensive Care Units
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014-07)The objective of the study was to develop instruments for describing and assessing some aspects of design of the primary work areas of nurses and physicians in intensive care units (ICUs). Separate questionnaires for ICU ... -
Two Decades (1993-2012) of Adult Intensive Care Unit Design: A Comparative Study of the Physical Design Features of the Best-Practice Examples
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014)In 2006, Critical Care Nursing Quarterly published a study of the physical design features of a set of best-practice example adult intensive care units (ICUs) [1]. These adult ICUs were awarded between 1993 and 2003 by the ... -
The Dialectics of Functional and Historical Morphology in the Evolution of a City: The Case of the Stone Town of Zanzibar
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This paper reports a study of historical and functional morphology of the Stone Town of Zanzibar in Tanzania. The town is interesting because its mostly fi ne-grained physical fabric with an irregular street grid shows a ... -
Green Buildings, Environmental Awareness, and Organizational Image
(Emerald, 2012)The paper reports a study that was conducted to understand the relationships between the occupants’ assessments of the environmental design features of a “green” building and their assessments of environmental awareness ... -
On Space Syntax as a Configurational Theory of Architecture from a Situated Observer's Viewpoint
(Pion, 2012)A confi gurational theory of architecture (CTA) from a situated observer’s viewpoint (SOV) is discussed. It includes the levels of description-proper, representation, and interpretation. It takes a bottom-up approach ... -
Space, Behavior, and Environmental Perception in Open Plan Offices: A Prospective Study
(Pion, 2009)This prospective research study was conducted at a government office, which moved from an open plan office with somewhat enclosed workspaces to another open plan office with open workspaces. The study at the old office was ... -
Spatial layout and face-to-face interaction in offices – A study of the mechanisms of spatial effects on face-to-face interaction
(Pion, 2006)In this paper we report a study that uses space-syntax theories and techniques to develop a model explaining how spatial layouts, through their effects on movement and visible copresence, may affect face-to-face interaction ... -
Symbolic Integrity of Historic Urban Landscapes: The Forgotten Dimension in Urban Conservation
(University of Kansas, 2012-01-01)This paper makes a case for paying attention to the symbolic dimension of historic towns in their preservation and development, discussing what it is, how it binds all other dimensions of a place together, how to identify ... -
Resettlement Housing Design: Moving Beyond the Vernacular Imagery
(Colombo Institute for the Advanced Study of Society and Culture and the Theertha International Artists' Collective, 2011)Research on resettlement projects for post-disaster recovery efforts or those affected by myriad social, economic and political reasons suggest that, in most cases, the housing solutions given reflect the ideals of the ... -
Preserving Historic Urban Districts: Issues of Culture Change, Stress, and Culture‐supportiveness
(Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), 2001)This paper discusses the nature of culture change and stress, its resultant issues related to preservation programs, and the methods of dealing with such issues. It formulates a conceptual framework for culture-supportive ...