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Towards Responsive Interiors: Practicing Neuroscience-Informed Design Approaches In Interior Design Education, Eva Storgaard, Marjan Michels, Inge Somers

Interiority

Growing insights from neuroscience—here, understood as an umbrella term for a number of empirical disciplines that study the relation brain, nervous system, genes, and behaviour—and its inquiries into how human behaviour and well-being is affected by interiors can enrich and inform the design of interiors and its properties innovatively. Interior design education can play a key role in linking the insights stemming from research and turn the question of human, experiential responsiveness into an elementary perspective of the design process.

In this paper, we explain a pedagogical method developed for one of our graduate studios that addresses this issue and …

Colour, Light, And Materiality: Biophilic Interior Design Presence In Research And Practice, Beth Mcgee, Nam-Kyu Park

Interiority

The biophilic design hypothesis uses nature-based environmental design for optimising people’s health and well-being. Stephen Kellert in 2008 developed a list of biophilic attributes that was further refined in the Biophilic Interior Design Matrix (BID-M) to specifically support the interior application of biophilic design for health and well-being. The present study further investigates biophilic interior design using the BID-M language and the key interior design components colour, light, and materiality. The first part of the study reviewed four decades of literature related to biophilia and colour, light, and materiality to investigate a total of 19 publications. The second part of …

‘Sense Of Place’ On Sacred Cultural And Architectural Heritage: St. Peter’S Church Of Melaka, Azizi Bahauddin, Rani Prihatmanti, Sophie Asha Putri

Interiority

The ‘sense of place’ of a religious building can be sacred for the community that frequents the architecture. It is deeply embedded with cultural attributes that made the architecture more meaningful and became a structure that ties the community. This article examines the St. Peter’s Church in Melaka which is seen as the epitome of the Portuguese community as a place for them to congregate. This study is influenced by Lefebvre’s space triad theory on the production of social space based on the ‘perceived,’ ‘conceived,’ and ‘lived’ space to form the interiority through sense of place. This qualitative research delves …

Interiority Of Agraharam: Traditional Houses In Temple Towns Of India, Manan Singal

Interiority

The article aims to provide a multisensory reading within the multiple scales of spaces in the traditional settlement of agraharam. This multisensory reading generates layers of interiority that exist across temples, streets, and houses. Agraharam is the traditional house of the Brahmin (priest) community found in temple towns of South India. This house responds to religious beliefs, tradition, and local climatic conditions and displays a balance of sensory experiences which enrich the overall living experience. In this article, interiority is referred to as the characteristic of being ‘inward,’ where memories and practices of a specific community are associated with …

Primbon: Representation Of Kraton Yogyakarta, Ami Arfianti, Murni Rachmawati, Purwanita Setijanti

Interiority

Primbon as Javanese local knowledge has been a guide for Javanese everyday and ritual life, included buildings, for decades. This paper intends to investigate the use of primbon in the Kraton Yogyakarta (Palace of Yogyakarta) as the representation of the sultan (king). The investigation was conducted through interpretive criticism to reveal the degree of conformity under the rules and principles in primbon as an attempt to form a new perspective in understanding the primbon.The analysis focuses on verses 172 and 194–196 of Primbon Betaljemur Adammakna, which deals with the arrangement of buildings. By transliterating the verses into English and …

A Global Survey Of Infection Control And Mitigation Measures For Combating The Transmission Of Covid-19 Pandemic In Buildings Under Facilities Management Services, Hadi Sarvari, Zhen Chen, Daniel W. M. Chan, Ellyn A. Lester, Nordin Yahaya, Hala Nassereddine, Aynaz Lotfata

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications

Facilities management along with health care are two important aspects in controlling the spread of infectious diseases with regard to controlling the outbreak of global COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, with the increasing outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of examining the relationship between the built environment and the outbreak of infectious diseases has become more significant. The aim of the research described in this article is to develop effective infection control and mitigation measures to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic in the built environment. This study seeks to answer the question of how the facilities management industry can help reduce …

Examining The Effect Of A Chitosan Biopolymer On Alkali-Activated Inorganic Material For Aqueous Pb(Ii) And Zn(Ii) Sorption, Sukanta K. Mondal, Chenglin Wu, Felix C. Nwadire, Ali A. Rownaghi, Aditya Kumar, Yusuf Adewuyi, Monday Uchenna Okoronkwo

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Biopolymers and alkali-activated materials have attracted a great deal of attention as adsorbents for the removal of heavy metal contaminants from aqueous solutions. Both materials are sustainable and feature unique properties, but biopolymers are relatively more expensive or difficult to prepare and exhibit low mechanical and surface properties, a narrow pH range, and thermal stability. In this study, hybrid adsorbents were prepared from both types of material, by alkali activation of low-cost fly ash precursors accompanied by incorporation of 0-2%mass chitosan biopolymer. Two types of alkaline activating solutions, NaOH and Na2SiO3, were employed to generate two sets of hybrid adsorbents …

Strategic Energy Master Planning For Carbon Neutrality, Marie Patterson

CSU Journal of Sustainability and Climate Change

Universities across the United States are generating goals to be more sustainable and carbon neutral. The energy used in existing buildings on campuses amount to a large volume of greenhouse emissions and must be reduced to help achieve neutrality goals. Strategic Energy Master Plans are instrumental to support these goals through the development of recommendations to reduce energy. Calculating the energy use intensity for existing buildings, a main component of a Strategic Energy Master Plan, can help the campus understand where energy is being used the most. With this information the highest energy consuming buildings can be the focus of …

Vincent House: Stage Iii Schedule Of Work

Documentation

A step by step schedule of the work to be done in the Stage III restoration of Vincent House. Work to be performed is listed in order of priority. Dated June 17, 1978.

Vincent House: Massachusetts Historical Commission Form B

Documentation

Form B for Massachusetts Historical Commission application for Vincent House. August 14, 1977.

Vincent House: Letter From Baker To C. Stuart Avery, August 31, 1978

Documentation

Letter from Anne Baker to C. Stuart Avery of the Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society concerning work to be done on the Exterior phase of Vincent House Restoration. Dated August 31, 1978

Vincent House: Letter From Baker To C. Stuart Avery, October 27,1978

Documentation

Letter from Anne Baker to C. Stuart Avery of Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society concerning windows and door frame. Dated October 27, 1978.

Vincent House: Letter From Baker To Paul Anderson, Mvhps, October 15, 1979

Documentation

Letter from Baker to Paul Anderson of the Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society concerning Baker's thoughts on the future use of the Vincent House as a museum. Dated October 15, 1979.

Vincent House: Baker Letter To C. Stuart Avery, May 10, 1979

Documentation

Letter from Baker to C. Stuart Avery concerning work completed to date and painting schedule and for the A and D Rooms. Dated May 10. 1979.

Vincent House: Paintwork Procedure

Documentation

Paintwork Procedure outlined for Room D, the Kitchen, and Room A, The Federal Room. Dated July 2, 1979.

Calculation Of Reinforced Concrete Elements Of Complex Cross-Section With A Two-Dimensional Distribution Of Temperature And Humidity, U A. Mirzaakhmedova

Scientific-technical journal

The article under In this article algorithmic calculation of reinforced concrete elements of difficult crosscut section with the account of effect of shrinkage and nonlinearly after flow of concrete, and influence of temperature was stalled.

Vincent House: Letter From Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society To Baker, January 12, 1978

Documentation

Letter written by C. Stuart Avery to inform Baker of MVHPS Trustee vote for restoration items and costs. Dated January 12, 1978.

Vincent House: Baker Letter To Edward W. Vincent, Edgartown Conservation Commission, April 2, 1977

Documentation

Baker's letter to the Edgartown Conservation Commission describes the reasons for saving and preserving Vincent House and cost estimates for restoration and the re-location of the house

Vincent House: Baker Letter To Jerry Mackenty, June 7, 1977

Documentation

Anne Baker's letter to Jerry MacKenty appraising Vincent House and its historical materials and hardware. In this letter Baker mentions that the house was built in 1659 by Oliver Vincent on Old Meeting House Lane in Edgartown.

Vincent House: Baker Letters To Jerry Mackenty, June 15 And June 23, 1977

Documentation

In these letters, Baker describes the condition of the house before the restoration, hiring archeologist, Myron Stachiw, and house mover, Ed Briggs of Mattapoiset, and plans to start the drawings.

Vincent House: Baker Letter To C. Stuart Avery, Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society, June 7,1977

Documentation

Baker's letter to Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society discussing Phase 1 costs and plans for moving the house in August, 1977. Vincent House Expenses for Phase 1 and Phase 2 included.

Vincent House: Restoration - Procedures And Estimate

Documentation

Documentation of procedures to be done and cost estimate for each.

Vincent House: Letter To Selectman Concerning Vincent House Move

Documentation

Letter written by Anne Baker to the Edgartown Board of Selectmen to request permission to move over public rights, Vincent House, from Meeting House Way to a new site in Edgartown Village between Main Street and Pease's Point Way. Included is the Selectmen's response granting permission for move to occur on September 20 and 21, 1977 and a copy of the Building Moving Permit Bond.

Molecular Insight Into The Fluidity Of Cement Pastes: Nano-Boundary Lubrication Of Cementitious Materials, Muhan Wang, Kaixuan Zhang, Xiang Ji, Pan Wang, Hongyan Ma, Jun Zhang, Dongshuai Hou

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The workability mechanism of fresh concrete at the molecular level remains essentially unexplored. To understand the molecular origin for cement fluidity, molecular dynamics and Density Function Theory (DFT) were utilized to construct a shear model of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate (C-S-H) layers. The structure, dynamics, and reactivity of ultra-confined pore solution between C-S-H gels are systematically investigated. Under shear loading, periodic oscillation of friction force is observed as the typically Couette flow and the interfacial friction force is reduced from 35.2 Kcal/mol·Å to 3.3 Kcal/mol·Å with water content increasing. All of the systems contain breakage of noncovalent bonds of water-Ca and water-water in …

Thomas Jefferson University Research - Convergent Thinking, Creative Application

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

One way we accomplish our distinctive programmatic approach to research is by organizing as multidisciplinary centers and institutes around specific challenges. Led by visionaries and staffed by experts, these entities enable us to more quickly move discovery to translation and application; and they are excellent environments for training colleagues and students to address the practical challenges the world presents.

Beauty In The Commonplace

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

In 2020, undergraduate landscape architecture student Benjamin Nardi received a top award from the American Society of Landscape Architecture for his plan to turn a one-acre urban brownfield site into a space filled with native flora and fauna and urban agriculture. His dual goal: responding to the hopes, dreams and concerns of the area’s residents; and connecting them to the land’s watershed roots. “I wanted to give voice to people traditionally without much of a voice. This is their design, not mine,” says Nardi.

Toward Smarter, Healthier Cities

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

“Creating healthy cities is perhaps the great challenge of this century, and the move to smart cities gives us the opportunity to make health a part of every neighborhood, every block,” observes Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health. “We can now diagnose what's wrong in urban life and find solutions in real time."

The Institute for Smart and Healthy Cities was launched in 2020 to support multidisciplinary research, innovation and education on the transformation of urban environments into more efficient, healthier and livable cities. A collaborative initiative of the College of …

Architecture, Design And Corporate Modernism

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

How have business strategies, modern architecture and urban conditions helped shape American corporations’ ambitious branding goals? Grace Ong Yan, PhD, assistant professor of interior design, addresses that question in her book Building Brands: Corporations and Modern Architecture.

Ong Yan is an architectural historian who explores modernism and how media and the built environment intersect. Earlier in her career, she practiced interior design and architecture with Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners and the Gensler New York branding studio. Her book unites her scholarship and design expertise to consider the role of architectural branding in the design of …

Landscape Architect As Community Transformer

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

"One of the hallmarks of cities with high poverty rates like Philadelphia is that children are profoundly disconnected from nature,” notes Kimberlee Douglas, MLandArch, associate professor of landscape architecture and Anton Germishuizen Stantec Term Chair in Landscape Architecture. “My colleagues and I are investigating ways to recreate that connection and then observe the effects on health, community engagement and other key metrics.”

Douglas believes that each landscape project must consider natural systems as well as social, historic and economic frameworks. This approach has driven her award-winning designs for projects such as the Cynwyd Heritage Trail—a rehabilitated brownfield rail corridor in …

Building Better Cities

Thomas Jefferson University Research Magazine

Contemporary cities are, simultaneously, economic powerhouses and wells of extreme poverty; catalysts of efficiency and prodigious consumers of energy; places with excellent health care and unhealthy air. To a significant degree, the future of human society depends on our ability to resolve these contradictions by making cities “smarter”— i.e., healthier and more efficient, sustainable, economically productive and equitable."

Jefferson is applying its deep expertise in architecture, design, planning, material science and public health to a growing, multifaceted program of research on how to create (and recreate) cities as society needs them to be. Here are snapshots of how three faculty …