Housing Design and Mobility Convenience—The Case of Sweden

Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling

doi:10.3390/su13020474

Connecting up Capacities: Integrated Design for Energy-Efficient Housing in Chile

Open House International ◽

10.1108/ohi-03-2012-b0007 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 60-71

Author(s):

Rodrigo G. Alvarado ◽

Underlea M. Bruscato ◽

Maureen T. Kelly ◽

Flavio C. D'Amico ◽

Olavo E. Oyola

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficient ◽

Integrated Design ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Energy Performance ◽

Performance Assessments ◽

Reconstruction Process ◽

Housing Design ◽

Housing Projects ◽

Integrated Design Approach ◽

Planning And Construction

Integrated design is a strategy to develop sustainable architecture projects incorporating multidisciplinary work and environmental performance assessments, which has provided significant advancement to public buildings in developed countries. This paper presents a review of some aspects of integrated design for the planning and construction of energy efficient housing in the south of Chile, as part of the reconstruction process following the earthquake on 27th February 2010. Firstly, a synthesis is made of the characteristics, implicit conditions, participants, steps, resources and expected results of an integrated design approach according to existing references. This is then contrasted with normal housing design practice in Chile according to current building regulations and interviews with professionals in the field. The design processes of experimental houses and housing projects that place specific focus on energy performance are then analysed, with follow-ups and interviews to review significant aspects. After examining those experiences, the authors identify some particular features and resources of integrated design that promote environmental improvements.

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The Application of BIM as Collaborative Design Technology for Collective Self-Organised Housing

Architecture and Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7314-2.ch033 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 865-883

Author(s):

Ton Damen ◽

Rizal Sebastian ◽

Matthew MacDonald ◽

Danny Soetanto ◽

Timo Hartmann ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Design Process ◽

Collaborative Design ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Location Planning ◽

Design Technology ◽

Housing Design ◽

Housing Projects ◽

Collective Self ◽

Building Information ◽

Selection Of

Collective Self-Organised (CSO) housing projects are an emerging trend in Europe. In these projects communities engage in co-design throughout the process. Little knowledge exists that can support CSOs with the process of managing their projects by using state-of-the-art building information (BI) technologies. The authors introduce a BI supported CSO housing design process that can support CSOs through all stages in the design process, from early conceptual location planning through to selection of interior finishing. They illustrate the project using a demonstrative illustration of a CSO housing design process. The paper will concentrate on the development of innovative Collaborative Design Technology (CDT) solutions. The tools will be demonstrated on the basis of an illustrative demonstration case in which the CSO-process is combined with an IFD (Industrial, Flexible and Durable) building system. The particular advantages for architectural design practice will be highlighted throughout and gaps in the literature addressed.

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The Application of BIM as Collaborative Design Technology for Collective Self-Organised Housing

International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling ◽

10.4018/ij3dim.2015010101 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ton Damen ◽

Rizal Sebastian ◽

Matthew MacDonald ◽

Danny Soetanto ◽

Timo Hartmann ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Design Process ◽

Collaborative Design ◽

Architectural Design ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Design Technology ◽

Housing Design ◽

Housing Projects ◽

Collective Self ◽

Building Information ◽

Selection Of

Collective Self-Organised (CSO) housing projects are an emerging trend in Europe. In these projects communities engage in co-design throughout the process. Little knowledge exists that can support CSOs with the process of managing their projects by using state-of-the-art building information (BI) technologies. The authors introduce a BI supported CSO housing design process that can support CSOs through all stages in the design process, from early conceptual location planning through to selection of interior finishing. They illustrate the project using a demonstrative illustration of a CSO housing design process. The paper will concentrate on the development of innovative Collaborative Design Technology (CDT) solutions. The tools will be demonstrated on the basis of an illustrative demonstration case in which the CSO-process is combined with an IFD (Industrial, Flexible and Durable) building system. The particular advantages for architectural design practice will be highlighted throughout and gaps in the literature addressed.

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The Impacts of COVID-19 on Business Practice: Some Key Insights

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal ◽

10.14738/assrj.812.11521 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 8 (12) ◽

pp. 366-376

Author(s):

Rajeev Sooreea ◽

Brinda Sooreea

Keyword(s):

Global Economy ◽

Economic Impacts ◽

Emerging Countries ◽

Business Practice ◽

New Normal ◽

Academic Literature ◽

Business Opportunities ◽

Research Findings ◽

Managerial Perspective ◽

The U.S

This paper provides an overview of some of the key economic impacts of COVID-19 on business practice, especially in the U.S. In particular, we synthesize some of the latest research, findings and developments from various academic literature and business sources to provide a managerial perspective of the effects of this pandemic. In addition, we show some characteristics of the so-called “new normal” and what kind of innovative business opportunities could arise as a result of the fundamental changes in the global economy. We conclude by highlighting how some emerging countries like India could tap into such opportunities despite the dire global situation.

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The Architecture of Urban Housing in the United States during the Early 1930s

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians ◽

10.2307/989243 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 37 (4) ◽

pp. 235-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Richard Pommer

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

The United States ◽

Urban Housing ◽

Public Works ◽

Apartment House ◽

Housing Design ◽

Housing Projects ◽

Housing Programs ◽

Federal Housing ◽

Modernist Architecture

The housing programs undertaken by the federal government in 1932-1934 through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration set the pattern for the architecture of housing projects in many cities of the nation for the rest of the decade. In these works the older traditions of American philanthropic housing, apartment house layout, and Beaux-Arts planning collided with new ideas of housing developed by European modernists in the 1920s and introduced into this country just as the federal housing programs began. This process is examined in the three cities most open to Continental modernism in housing: Philadelphia, in the Carl Mackley Houses; Cleveland, especially in Lakeview Terrace; and New York City, in early works of its Housing Authority such as Harlem River Houses and Williamsburg Houses. These examples are then set against the different backgrounds of American and German housing in the preceding decades. The role of Henry Wright in promoting the new architecture on the federal level is clarified. In the light of this evidence, derived largely from unpublished archives and interviews, an explanation is attempted of the early successes and eventual failures of America's public housing design and, more broadly, of aspects of our assimilation of modernist architecture.

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Handwriting Analysis and Personality Assessment

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027//1016-9040.5.1.44 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 44-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Peter Greasley

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Personality Assessment ◽

Personnel Selection ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Handwriting Analysis ◽

Recruitment Process ◽

Academic Literature ◽

Personnel Recruitment ◽

The Subject ◽

Better Than

It has been estimated that graphology is used by over 80% of European companies as part of their personnel recruitment process. And yet, after over three decades of research into the validity of graphology as a means of assessing personality, we are left with a legacy of equivocal results. For every experiment that has provided evidence to show that graphologists are able to identify personality traits from features of handwriting, there are just as many to show that, under rigorously controlled conditions, graphologists perform no better than chance expectations. In light of this confusion, this paper takes a different approach to the subject by focusing on the rationale and modus operandi of graphology. When we take a closer look at the academic literature, we note that there is no discussion of the actual rules by which graphologists make their assessments of personality from handwriting samples. Examination of these rules reveals a practice founded upon analogy, symbolism, and metaphor in the absence of empirical studies that have established the associations between particular features of handwriting and personality traits proposed by graphologists. These rules guide both popular graphology and that practiced by professional graphologists in personnel selection.

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