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SHARE Design Process Human Experience (Hx) Mobility Energy Building Technology Resilience Material Performance Research Journals Innovation Incubator Menu Search Design Process Human Experience Mobility Material Performance Energy Resilience Research Journals Innovation Incubator About Authors Login | SignUp Lab Leaders | About Recent Tweets -- LEARN MORE Projects Articles Contributions -- Recent Recent Tweets Article Project Contribution February 12, 2020 | Channel: Energy , Innovation Incubator Resilient Future – A Design Energy Simulation of the Future Building simulation tools can empower architects to evaluate and optimize the performance of their designs. Thus, it is essential to integrate building performance simulation modeling from an early design stage. A critical piece of the simulated environment is the weather file. It is a compilation of 20- 30 years of historical weather and hourly data... Read more » -- Article Project Contribution February 12, 2020 | Channel: Design Process Parametric Analysis versus Intuition – Assessment of the effectiveness of design expertise This paper explores through professional case studies how design solutions produced by expert teams compares to those developed through systematic parametric analysis. While the expert intuition of either single designer or teams helps to rapidly identify relevant aspects of the design problem and produce viable solutions, it has limitation to address multi-criteria design problems with... Read more » -- Article Project Contribution January 22, 2020 | Channel: Mobility Multilevel Impacts of Emerging Technologies on City Form and Development Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are a near future reality and the implications of AVs on city development and urban form, while potentially widespread and dramatic, are not well understood. This report describes the first order impacts, or the broad ways that the form and function of cities are already being impacted by forces of change including⁠—but... Read more » -- Article Project Contribution January 22, 2020 | Channel: Design Process , Innovation Incubator , Workplace The Architectural Discussion In order to stay innovative, it is crucial that we keep asking ourselves the disruptive questions, which form the basis of great architecture. The more we share knowledge, talk about and discuss architecture on a daily basis, the more likely we are to remain critical, come up with innovative solutions, create social engagement and bring... Read more » -- Article Project Contribution January 21, 2020 | Channel: Energy , Innovation Incubator , Resilience The Future of Arena Design Arenas are large, expensive, non-continuously-used, energy-intensive luxuries. To date, there have been no arenas built that meet any definition of “zero net energy building.” How do we move beyond the AIA 2030 Challenge, and design ecologically sustainable Net Zero energy Arenas? While Perkins and Will has generally made great progress towards meeting the 2030 goals,... Read more » -- Article Project Contribution January 10, 2020 | Channel: Research Journals SOUND PARKS: Invisible Agents of Urban Well-Being Urban areas are often times subject to elevated levels of noise pollution. Urban noise levels exceeding 55 decibels (dB) can result in negative public health outcomes through chronic/long-term exposure. The design of urban open spaces and parks has been shown to help decrease noise pollution. What remains unclear is to what extent parks attenuate noise pollution and what... Read more » Tags: noise public health site design soundscapes urban landscape -- Article Project Contribution January 10, 2020 | Channel: Research Journals ESCALATOR SAFETY WITHIN AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC: A Review of Escalator Incidents and Possible Mitigation Strategies In the U.S., the average rate of escalator incidents per year equals 0.221 accidents per escalator; 0.442 accidents per escalator pairing. Campus wide, a large medical center in the southern United States has reported 19 separate escalator incidents between July 2018 to July 2019—with 9 of those incidents occurring within an on-campus outpatient care clinic. At almost... Read more » Tags: elevators escalator healthcare incidents safety -- Article Project Contribution January 10, 2020 | Channel: Research Journals GENESIS OF DESIGN AND FORM: Active Fabrication of Plywood and Latex Composite This article questions the direct connections between geometry and material behavior of plywood and latex composite, and its structural performance relevance employing an architectural solution. Biology makes use of only remarkably few materials; thus, this investigation works with simple morphological fibers differentiation, density and arrangement to create form with performance, just as successfully observed in nature. The CNC... Read more » Tags: composite material form-finding membranes morphogenesis smart materials -- Article Project Contribution January 10, 2020 | Channel: Research Journals REVOLUTIONIZING THE OFFICE PARADIGM: The Future Net-Zero Energy Office Building What is the future of the net-zero building? It is not a super-tall tower predicated on technology that does not exist but instead a more thoughtful integration into the existing urban fabric that considers people, communities, and density. This new building typology will be prevalent where governments are encouraging resilient zoning overlays, developers are creating new neighborhoods... Read more » Tags: density and height future workplace net-zero energy zoning influence on sustainability -- Article Project Contribution November 19, 2019 | Channel: Research Journals I-HOUSE: A Study on Residence Halls Uniquely Designed for Housing International Students With the increasing number of international students in academic institutions, there is a new emphasis for academic facilities to accommodate this population’s needs. Many international students face cultural, financial, social and academic challenges. It takes time to adjust to a new environment, navigate a new city, and find a home. Loneliness, disorientation and detachment are common. While... Read more » Tags: cultural competency international student housing scales of community -- Article Project Contribution November 19, 2019 | Channel: Research Journals ADDITIVE vs. AREA-WEIGHTED THERMAL RESISTANCE IN BUILDING FACADES: Assessment of Thermal Bridging Effects on Buildings’ Energy Performance The most common approach for calculating thermal resistance (R-value) of building facades is based on the additive method, where material components of the facade in sectional view, their relative thickness and thermal conductivity are considered. However, in order to account for thermal bridging caused by framing, area-weighted approach should be used to determine more accurate R-value. This... Read more » Tags: brick cavity wall energy efficiency energy modeling facade thermal bridging thermal resistance -- ← Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next → » About Authors Contact Us ©2020: Perkins and Will Research...