Lockdown impositions have impacted people's lives, their health and wellbeing, changing the ways in which dwellings are used occupied. Spaces within home had to be rapidly renegotiated, redesigned resynchronised not yet fully explored or understood. Social relationships shifted adapted as a result of 'enforced togetherness'. This study presents rich snapshot 23 UK designer-architects' transformative lived experiences lockdown, using an interpretative phenomenological approach. It identifies...

This paper discusses observations of an architecture and environmental engineering undergraduate design studio project assigned to 4th year students at a UK university. In the UK, most courses are characterised by high proportion teaching supported varying amount technical modules that include construction learning. Recent scholarship on sustainability education in architecture, necessity for new approaches enhance transdisciplinarity, autonomy independent decision-making. However, despite...

This paper examines the effects of early stage design energy modelling technology on architects' practice. Energy analysis in has traditionally been domain building services engineer with emphasis placed verifying established simulation models at late stages design. Recently, however, advances digital media, leading architectural firms are acquiring in-house for modelling. The broadening use architecture practice or process are, poorly understood. Industry and academic attention gathering...

Improving design for efficient energy use in the built environment is a critical area decarbonisation policy and practice. To date, this research emphasises improving tools technology predicting managing buildings. No studies to date have explored how conceptualised by building professionals. As such, paper asks - do architects engineers 'see' perceive UK Higher Education (HE) design? Addressing question key advancing professionals stakeholders can work together more effectively when...

This paper examines the ways architects negotiate new early stage design energy modelling tools in their practice. Energy have traditionally mostly been usedby building services engineers with engagement often occurring at late stages to largely verify and validate already established ideas. Recently, however, a growing international agenda development of technologies there has greater need for broadening use particularly design. Yet despite use, increased importance placed on performance,...

The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon architecture and environmental engineering students’ approaches health wellbeing issues in design studio project briefs. a key aspect the fourth year programme dual accredited (RIBA/ARB CIBSE) BEng course SW England. Whilst overarching site brief are set by leader, each student develops their own agenda drawing on extensive urban analysis as well precedent research. Particular detailed aspects then further analysed researched part an report study....

Whilst calls for upskilling and retraining the UK construction workforce to meet increasingly stringent energy targets are repeatedly documented in strategy policy reports, it remains unclear how higher education, particularly architecture, is responding. The purpose of this paper examine educators students across architecture institutions view energy-related content their teaching learning, some initiatives being approached. analysis focuses on what perceive taught they evaluate issues that...

Space for living in new build houses the UK is at premium and households have more stuff than ever before. The way this accommodated dwellings can significantly affect residents’ quality of life well-being. This paper presents a conceptualisation material possessions that could be use to those involved housing design. Three universal characteristics possessions; value, temporality visibility are used identify space home might require. A conceptual framework integrates these with spatial...

Abstract This paper reflects upon the mechanisms that enable development of curricular approaches to multidisciplinary architecture/engineering higher education. Building recent calls for integrated building design practice, academics at UCL, industry partners and respective professional bodies embarked developing a new course challenged disciplinary boundaries defined needs professional. Whilst there have been attempts internationally better integrate architecture as well engineering...

Inhabitants of UK housing have more possessions than ever, whilst space for living in standardised houses is at a premium. The acquisition material possessions, and how it affects both inhabitants’ wellbeing, has not previously been considered architectural practice or policy research fields. This paper addresses this gap, by exploring practising architects design the storage housing. For first time, places practices centre thinking, engaging intervention to explore original solutions that...

Advanced energy-efficient heating technologies are often integral to low-energy home design, practice, and policy. The expectation is that designed lower space-heating energy use may also contribute better performing buildings a comfortable indoor environment. Too often, though, it found residents do not as intended due multiple socio-technological phenomena. Whilst increasing efforts have been made understand residents’ social engagement with technologies, there lack of evidence takes into...

This paper explores how judges evaluate sustainability of buildings in RIBA award settings the UK. A qualitative approach drawing on institutional theory is used to understand ways legitimate particular evaluative views. Aesthetics and Sustainability focused logics are found guide legitimation process. An logic characterised by reliance expertise, ‘professionalism’ perceptions fair practice, whereas a prioritises moral responsibility, scientific evidence personal experience. Evaluating was...

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Purpose Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) have been promoted as a solution to address housing shortages and meet sustainability goals in the UK. However, practical functioning MMC, particularly relation early-stage environmental analyses, remains underexplored. This study aims fill this gap by providing empirical insights into how architects engage analysis MMC designs. Design/methodology/approach qualitative pilot is based on detailed case UK architectural firm specializing modular...