Browsing Faculty Works, School of Architecture + Design by Issue Date
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A Visual Text: History of Architecture Catalogue for Hypertext
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Center for Theory and History of Architecture, 1988)"This visual text consists of three models designed as a teaching-learning tool for the history and theory of architecture courses currently offered by the Center for Theory and History of Architecture, College of Architecture ... -
Making design work: Sustainability, Product Design and Social Equity
(Kluwer, 2001)This paper discusses the relationship between the product designer, sustainability and the creation of good quality work within the manufacturing sector. When the principles of sustainability are applied to the nature of ... -
diagrammatic practices - the office of Frederick L. Ackerman and architectural graphic standards
(University of California Press, 2005-03)The office of Frederick Ackerman (1878-1950) was the source of the first modern architectural handbook, Architectural Graphic Standards (1932), which was intended as a radical manifesto. Basing his practice on the economic ... -
Vibration Analysis and Design of a Structure Subjected to Human Walking Excitations
(Hindawi, 2010-01-01)Annoying building floor vibrations have become a serious serviceability issue. This is mainly due to decrease in the system mass resulting from the use of higher strength materials; use of computer-assisted design and the ... -
Currie House II, Porch
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The Application Of Bio-inspiration To Human-centered Product Design
(WIT Press, 2014)Biologically inspired design is an emerging practice based on the premise that nature holds a vast library of strategies, processes and technologies that can lead to innovative, sustainable solutions to human problems. ... -
Basement Whodunit
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The Value of Green Infrastructure on Vacant and Residential Land in Roanoke, Virginia
(MDPI, 2016-03-23)Using the City of Roanoke, Virginia as a study site, this paper quantifies the forest structure, ecosystem services and values of vacant and residential land. Single family residential land had more trees (1,683,000) than ... -
Ladder chair
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2016-12-13)A configurable furniture system and method are disclosed. The system and method include one or more panels, each of the panels having one or more working edges. One or more hinges successively connect the panels together ... -
The De Mestral Project: Using Macro Photo-journaling To Stimulate Interest In Bio-inspired Design And Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics Disciplines
(WIT Press, 2017)Bio-inspired design (BID) and its many variants (biomimetics, biomimicry etc.) continues to be a promising innovation methodology in which practitioners from industry and academia search nature’s evolutionary diversity for ... -
Doctoral Training for Practitioners: ADAPTr (Architecture, Design and Art Practice Research) a European Commission Marie Curie Initial Training Network
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2017-01-01)The aim of the European Union Marie Curie Initial Training Network Grant ‘Architecture Design and Art Practice research’ (ADAPTr) is to mobilise the adoption of a practice approach to doctoral research training, and enable ... -
Reflective Roofing Research: Influence of Roof Color on Adjacent Air and Surface Temperatures
(2017-03-19)An experimental study was conducted to answer questions about the thermal effects of roof reflectivity on the neighbouring built environment. Temperatures were recorded at the surface of black ethylene propylene diene ... -
Low-cost sensor-integrated 3D-printed personalized prosthetic hands for children with amniotic band syndrome: A case study in sensing pressure distribution on an anatomical human-machine interface (AHMI) using 3D-printed conformal electrode arrays
(PLOS, 2019)Interfacing anatomically conformal electronic components, such as sensors, with biology is central to the creation of next-generation wearable systems for health care and human augmentation applications. Thus, there is a ... -
Comparison between Daytime and Nighttime Scenery Focusing on Restorative and Recovery Effect
(MDPI, 2019-06-16)The overall purpose of this study was to investigate psycho-physiological variations in human bodies by observing visual images of daytime and nighttime scenery to focus on restorative and recovery effects. Unlike previous ... -
Awareness and Attitude of College Students Majoring in Landscape Architecture towards the Sustainable Development
(MDPI, 2019-10-02)Reflecting the interest in sustainable development (SD), researches on the attitude toward SD have been steadily conducted for various groups. To explore the characteristics of awareness and attitude of college students ... -
Understanding an Urban Park through Big Data
(MDPI, 2019-10-10)To meet the needs of park users, planners and designers must know what park users want to do and how they want the park to offer different activities. Big data may help planners and designers gain this knowledge. This study ... -
Community Narratives
Virginia Tech highly values its diverse community of faculty, staff and students. The Community Narratives Project is lead by Kathryn Albright, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor in the College of Architecture ... -
Micro-aggression Stories at Virginia Tech
Micro-aggressions are everyday verbal and nonverbal slights, snubs or insults that have a negative long-term impact. Many individuals who experience micro-aggressions have learned to ignore them out of necessity, but their ...
