- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
- Facilities and Workplace Management
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Color perception and design
Delft University of Technology
2019-2024
Upgrading existing social housing (SH) requires user-centred participatory processes to promote values. Comparative case studies in Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, and UK are presented. Living Labs (LLs) were conducted for delivery of user values an informed decision-making process. Tools LL activities tested engage stakeholders upgrading process, support co-creation solutions address societal challenges. The main research aims facilitate SH focusing on value users, achieving end-user...
Using 3D design models, this study aims to better involve patients in the of hospitals by investigating what physical environmental characteristics hospital patient rooms are valued patients. There is a plea for shared-decision-making and collaborative processes with representatives from healthcare construction sector based on evidence end users' perspectives. Existing research hampered poor conceptualization factors, as these differently operationalized between medical technological...
To investigate whether different colours of the indoor surfaces could have an effect on thermal comfort children, 335 primary school children were invited to take part in a series tests conducted test chamber SenseLab. A three-way factorial randomized design was used three walls (white, red and blue) floor (grey, green temperature draught feeling winter situation (sunlight coming in: heat) summer (opening window: draught). statistical relevant relationship between found. Except for...