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Browsing Scholarly Works, School of Architecture + Design by Title
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A Decision-Making Framework for Vegetated Roofing System Selection
(2008-04-01)Design frequently involves making tradeoffs to obtain the “optimal” solution to a design problem, often using intuition or past experience as a guide. Since vegetated roofing is a relatively complex and comparatively new ... -
Adventures in Radon and Moisture Mitigation
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Aiguablava Case study Stgilat Home
(2019-06-04)A pilot house connects the most avant-garde technology with the mediterranean lifestyle The Stgilat Aiguablava villa by Enric Ruiz-Geli / Cloud 9 is a pilot project based on a Smart version of Mediterranean Architecture, ... -
Aiguablava Case study Stgilat Home
(2019-03-19)A pilot house connects the most avant-garde technology with the mediterranean lifestyle The Stgilat Aiguablava villa by Enric Ruiz-Geli / Cloud 9 is a pilot project based on a Smart version of Mediterranean Architecture, ... -
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 ... -
Basement Whodunit
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Catawba Sustainability Center and Catawba Hospital Renewable Energy Site Planning Process Study
(Virginia Tech, 2020-09-29)The transdisciplinary Renewable Energy Facilities Siting Project produced a white paper outlining their proof-of-concept using a case study from the Catawba Valley. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Contemporary Spatial Publicness: Its New Characteristics and Democratic Possibilities
(MDPI, 2019-08-29)In this study, we explore the recognition of publicness as understood by everyday users of public space. By analyzing news articles in South Korea selected from 1 January 2010, to 31 December 2018, this study examines a ... -
Counteracting high winds with low pressure: Development and testing of a new roof vent system
(College Publishing, 2011-01-01)Roof system failures are common during high wind events. In locations subject to high wind conditions, membrane roofing systems must typically be either physically attached or fully adhered to the substrate or ballast may ... -
Currie House II, Porch
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Epistemological Framework for Computer Simulations in Building Science Research: Insights from Theory and Practice
(MDPI, 2020-10-22)Computer simulations are widely used within the area of building science research. Building science research deals with the physical phenomena that affect buildings, including heat and mass transfer, lighting and acoustic ... -
Exploring the Architecture of Place in America's Farmers Markets
(University of Cincinnati Press, 2020-04)Exploring the Architecture of Place in America's Farmers Markets draws attention to the simple but elusive architectural space of public and farmers markets. It discusses three seminal types of markets—heritage building, ... -
Factors predicting older Adults’ attitudes toward and intentions to use stair mobility assistive designs at home
(Elsevier, 2020-03-16)Home modifications that increase stair accessibility of existing housing stock are significant for older adults who want to age in place. This sequential mixed-methods study investigated older adults’ attitudes toward and ... -
The influence of roof reflectivity on adjacent air and surface temperatures
(2017-03-04)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 ...
