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View article: Citizen Engagement through Design Space Exploration Integrating citizen knowledge and expert design in computational urban planning
Citizen Engagement through Design Space Exploration Integrating citizen knowledge and expert design in computational urban planning Open
A common understanding exists that citizens should become more involved in thedesign, planning, and governance of the city. Due to a lack of common platformsand difficulties in the meaningful integration of the participatory input, however…
View article: Citizen Engagement through Design Space Exploration - Integrating citizen knowledge and expert design in computational urban planning
Citizen Engagement through Design Space Exploration - Integrating citizen knowledge and expert design in computational urban planning Open
A common understanding exists that citizens should become more involved in the design, planning, and governance of the city.Due to a lack of common platforms and difficulties in the meaningful integration of the participatory input, howeve…
View article: Collaborative Large-Scale Urban Design with the Focus on the Agent-Based Traffic Simulation
Collaborative Large-Scale Urban Design with the Focus on the Agent-Based Traffic Simulation Open
The better integration of the knowledge and expertise from different disciplines into urban design and the creation of more interdisciplinary and collaborative work processes to accommodate this have been under discussion in related resear…
View article: The ‘Urban Elements’ method for teaching parametric urban design to professionals
The ‘Urban Elements’ method for teaching parametric urban design to professionals Open
The article proposes a method for teaching advanced urban design to working professionals in Singapore. The article aims to expand the discourse on parametric urban design education by introducing 'Urban Elements' as conceptual urban desig…
View article: Computational urban design prototyping: Interactive planning synthesis methods—a case study in Cape Town
Computational urban design prototyping: Interactive planning synthesis methods—a case study in Cape Town Open
This article is motivated by the fact that in Cape Town, South Africa, approximately 7.5 million people live in informal settlements and focuses on potential upgrading strategies for such sites. To this end, we developed a computational me…
View article: Usability and Design of Personal Wearable and Portable Devices for Thermal Comfort in Shared Work Environments
Usability and Design of Personal Wearable and Portable Devices for Thermal Comfort in Shared Work Environments Open
Personal comfort is important in the design of objects and environments. However, as comfort is a subjective experience, it is a very difficult aspect to design for. This paper presents an interrogation into the design for human thermal co…