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Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice: Exploiting a hybrid opportunity space Open
This paper develops a framework for improved mainstreaming of ecosystem science in policy and decision-making within a spatial planning context. Ecosystem science is advanced as a collective umbrella to capture a body of work and approache…
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Design as Research in Landscape Architecture Open
Research through design (RTD) is a frequently used concept in the day-to-day practice of education and research in the field of landscape architecture. RTD as a concept usually refers to a research method in which spatial design plays the …
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Creating ecologically sound buildings by integrating ecology, architecture and computational design Open
Research is revealing an increasing number of positive effects of nature for humans. At the same time, biodiversity in cities, where most humans live, is often low or in decline. Tangible solutions are needed to increase urban biodiversity…
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The Interior Experience of Architecture: An Emotional Connection between Space and the Body Open
This paper provides a phenomenological understanding of interior space to explore the emotional connection between space and experience. It focuses on the significant aspects of interior space, considering how people experience interior sp…
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Biophilic Design Patterns for Primary Schools Open
Existing frameworks for biophilic design have similar strategies and attributes as useful checklists for designers; however, the focus has been on adults rather than children, and there remains the need for more guidance related to school …
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The Circular Economy Concept in Design Education: Enhancing Understanding and Innovation by Means of Situated Learning Open
The concept of circular economy (CE) is high on the agenda of many planning agencies in European countries. It has also become a prominent issue in European academic education institutions. It is expected that spatial planning and design c…
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Extended reality for enhancing spatial ability in architecture design education Open
The use of Extended Reality (XR) has evolved to engage in architecture design and education. XR allows the students to experience their design project in real scale. Educators confirmed that spatial ability is central to design studio task…
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The Effect of Interior Design Elements and Lighting Layouts on Prospective Occupants’ Perceptions of Amenity and Efficiency in Living Rooms Open
This study examines the effect of interior design elements on prospective occupants’ perceptions of amenity and efficiency in a residential space. Thirty-one prospective occupants participated in a survey using virtual reality environments…
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Informal Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Student Preferences and Activities Open
Informal learning spaces play a significant role in enriching student experiences in learning environments. Such spaces are becoming more common, resulting in a change to the spatial configuration of built environments in higher education.…
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The resurgence of regional design Open
Regional design, long a backbone for spatial planning, even if under other names, has become topical again for two reasons – as a key strategy and as a key tool in spatial management. This is due to several reasons. New conditions of urban…
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Creativity, play and transgression: children transforming spatial design Open
Spatial designers, who engage children in their design process, most often frame children in this context as experts in their own lives. Findings from a study based at the University of Sheffield, point to new understandings of this partic…
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Spatial Design of Childcare Facilities Based on Biophilic Design Patterns Open
This study covers the issue of insufficient childcare support, which is part of the combined social problem of low birth rates and aging, and sets the direction for the environmental improvement of childcare facilities. This study aims to …
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Flexible smart home design: Case study to design future smart home prototypes Open
Most Smart home literature is not realistic since technologies are implemented at the end of the design process without taking into account the working, physical, and spatial aspects. No comprehensive work has been done regarding spatial d…
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Design of embodied interfaces for engaging spatial cognition Open
Aspects of spatial cognition, specifically spatial skills, are strongly correlated with interest and success in STEM courses and STEM-related professions. Because growth in STEM-related industries is expected to continue for the foreseeabl…
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Introducing Immersive Virtual Reality in the Initial Phases of the Design Process—Case Study: Freshmen Designing Ephemeral Architecture Open
Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) has proven to be an important tool for the exploration and communication of architectural projects prior to their real construction; however, there have been few scientific advances of its use in the underst…
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Designing Difference: Co-Production of Spaces of Potentiality Open
Design and Planning professionals have long been influenced by the belief in physically and spatially deterministic power over people and the environment, a belief that their representations of space become space. As a result the goal of d…
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The Spatial Form of Digital Nonlinear Landscape Architecture Design Based on Computer Big Data Open
Condensing the multi-dimensional digital model of green urban design, and constructing a digital method system of it progressively layer by layer. Based on this research background, the dissertation designs the spatial form of landscape ar…
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Universal Open Space Design to Inform Digital Technologies for a Disability-Inclusive Place-Making on the Example of Hungary Open
This study explores the ‘people’ and ‘place’ components of the smart city concept in order to inform its third component, ‘technology’, for augmented disability inclusion. The research objective was to reveal the capability of the universa…
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Visual Communication for Students’ Creative Thinking in the Design Studio: Translating Filmic Spaces into Spatial Design Open
Representing visual experiences is an essential part of architectural design education for creativity. The representation of creative ideas relates to the ability to communicate spatial design concepts. This study examined whether filmic s…
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Making Sustainable Regional Design Strategies Successful Open
This paper identifies innovative methods of strategic spatial design to demonstrate the sustainable outcomes that can be achieved by adopting landscape practices to future-proof our cities and regions. A range of strategic landscape-led mo…
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Fostering Spatial Ability Through Computer-Aided Design: a Case Study Open
Spatial ability is considered a major factor of intelligence and is increasingly important in times of digitization. This article explores the fostering of spatial ability through computer-aided design software. Different notions of spatia…
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Business school space, the hidden curriculum, and the construction of student experience Open
Recent trends in business school architecture and design have sparked significant interest in exploring the ways space is used to build organisational identity and reputation. In this article, we add to these conversations by exploring the…
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Spatial Agency: Creating New Opportunities for Sharing and Collaboration in Older People’s Cohousing Open
Older people’s cohousing enables individuals to share spaces, resources, activities, and knowledge to expand their capability to act in society. Despite the diverse social, economic, and ethical aims that inform the creation of every cohou…
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Spatial Knowledge: A Potential to Enhance Public Participation? Open
Spatial knowledge, i.e., knowledge about space and place, is commonly used by stakeholders during the deliberative process of public participation practice. The goal of this article is to examine to what extent spatial knowledge exists and…
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Defining requirements for an Augmented Reality system to overcome the challenges of creating and using design representations in co-design sessions Open
Within co-design sessions involving designers and non-designers, the type and characteristics of the design representations employed is known to impact the performance of such sessions in terms of idea generation, idea evaluation and commu…
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The Influence of Spatial Flexibility to improve Sustainability of Interior Design by Using Smart Technology (Case study –Future Smart home in Iraq) Open
Technological progress is an endless accelerating phenomenon. It becomes a major aspect of our wellbeing and influences our everyday life as well as our use of architectural spaces. A professional career in Interior Design is more challeng…
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Designing for Multispecies Commons Open
Participatory design has traditionally foregrounded humans as agents and stakeholders in design processes. While the notion of 'design ecologies' have gained prominence as an understanding of the particular entanglements, processes of desi…
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Configraphics: Graph Theoretical Methods for Design and Analysis of Spatial Configurations Open
This dissertation reports a PhD research on mathematical-computational models, methods, and techniques for analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of spatial configurations in architecture and urban design. Spatial configuration is a technical…
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Systematic Conservation Planning as a Tool to Advance Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area and Marine Spatial Planning Processes Open
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) intends to create an improved, rational use of the ocean to reduce conflict among competing uses to achieve social, economic and environmental objectives. Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP) can contribute …
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Designing with Pathways: A Spatial Design Approach for Adaptive and Sustainable Landscapes Open
Despite rising attention to pathways thinking in multiple domains such as climate adaptation, energy supply planning, and flood risk management, their spatial translation is so far understudied. We set out to study how spatial design based…