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- Mota, Alzira (author), Roque, Luís A.C. (author), Tiago Paiva, Luís (author) conference paper 2024
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Kuś, A.M. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), van Bueren, Ellen (author), Carmona Báez, Antonio (author), Asselbergs, M.F. (author)The urgency of addressing housing challenges in low-income areas is increasing due to widening socio-economic inequalities and the worsening impact of natural disasters. Saint Martin, a small Caribbean island, is struggling to provide affordable housing amidst hurricanes, floods, and heat waves. As a result, there has been a rise in self...journal article 2024
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Wilcox, A.Y. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), Haffner, M.E.A. (author), Elsinga, M.G. (author)The South African Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) was initiated to provide subsidised housing for low‐income families. However, the programme faced challenges in establishing adequate technical guidelines and standards, resulting in subpar housing quality. This article discusses the multifaceted nature of subsidised housing design...journal article 2024
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Corona Hernández, Hugo (author), Corcoran, Cheryl (author), Achim, Amélie M. (author), de Boer, Janna N. (author), Boerma, Tessel (author), Brederoo, Sanne G. (author), Cecchi, Guillermo A. (author), Ciampelli, Silvia (author), Elvevåg, Brita (author), Fusaroli, Riccardo (author), Giordano, Silvia (author), Hauglid, Mathias (author), van Hessen, Arjan (author), Hinzen, Wolfram (author), Homan, Philipp (author), de Kloet, Sybren F. (author), Koops, Sanne (author), Kuperberg, Gina R. (author), Maheshwari, K. (author), Mota, Natalia B. (author), Parola, Alberto (author), Rocca, Roberta (author), Sommer, Iris E.C. (author), Truong, Khiet (author), Voppel, Alban E. (author), van Vugt, Marieke (author), Wijnen, Frank (author), Palaniyappan, Lena (author)This workshop summary on natural language processing (NLP) markers for psychosis and other psychiatric disorders presents some of the clinical and research issues that NLP markers might address and some of the activities needed to move in that direction. We propose that the optimal development of NLP markers would occur in the context of...journal article 2023
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van Andel, F.M. (author), Mota, Nelson (author)Este artículo profundiza en el debate actual sobre las interconexiones entre el proyecto de vivienda y el hábitat, destacando cómo los momentos de crisis impulsan la innovación, a menudo mostrada en exposiciones de vivienda. El artículo propone tres enfoques clave para el proyecto participativo de vivienda: Incrementalidad (con la adaptación al...journal article 2023
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van den Heuvel, D. (author), Mota, Nelson (author)The digital turn in architecture seems to have displaced the house as a paradigm for architectural theory. Omitting the house, and with it, housing and dwelling as key sites for the reconstitution of the discipline, recent theorisations of the digital in architecture have almost exclusively focused on new methods of production and notions of...contribution to periodical 2023
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Kulshreshtha, Y. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), Jonkers, H.M. (author)The water-resistance of cow-dung has made it a widely used stabiliser in traditional earthen structures in several Asian and African countries. Multiple studies have shown an improvement in water-resistance with the addition of cow-dung, but none provides insight into this behaviour. The present study investigates the water-resistance behaviour...journal article 2022
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Kulshreshtha, Y. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Du, Y. (author), Habert, G. (author), Vissac, A. (author), Morel, J.C. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), Jonkers, H.M. (author)Earthen construction is re-gaining popularity as an ecological and economical alternative to contemporary building materials. While building with earth offers several benefits, its performance due to water ingress is a concern for its widespread application. This limitation is often solved by adding chemical stabilisers such as Portland cement...journal article 2022
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Mota, Nelson (author), Haileselassie, Brook Teklehaimanot (author)Since the Bretton Woods agreement of 1944, housing has often been part of the foreign aid agenda of international agencies and non-governmental organisations. Housing concepts included in the development aid “packages” were often used to introduce new political ideas and economic paradigms that would affect dramatically the livelihoods of the...journal article 2021
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Mota, Nelson (author)This text presents an historical review of incremental housing approaches. It examines the different terminologies related with the production of housing and the design of house types that can accommodate growth and change through time. This historical account analyzes policies, narratives, and practices based on the progressive social and...book chapter 2021
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- Mota, Nelson (author) book chapter 2021
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Acharya, Shakuntala (author), Bhatt, Apoorv Naresh (author), Chakrabarti, Amaresh (author), Delhi, Venkata Sk (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), Jurelionis, Andrius (author), Subra, Riina (author)The Bologna declaration states that, “successful learning and studying in higher education should involve students in deep learning”. However, a survey of faculty across institutes in Nepal and Bhutan highlights that the undergraduate students in engineering and management lack skills needed to be industry-ready.<br/>They face difficulty in...abstract 2021
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Acharya, Shakuntala (author), Bhatt, Apoorv Naresh (author), Chakrabarti, Amaresh (author), Delhi, Venkata S.K. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), Jurelionis, Andrius (author), Subra, Riina (author)The Bologna declaration states that, “successful learning and studying in higher education should involve students in deep learning”. However, a survey of faculty across institutes in Nepal and Bhutan highlights that the undergraduate students in engineering and management lack skills needed to be industry-ready. They face difficulty in...conference paper 2021
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Kulshreshtha, Y. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), Jagadish, Kaup S. (author), Bredenoord, Jan (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Jonkers, H.M. (author)There is an enormous demand for rural housing in India that needs to be catered for within a short span of time. Building with earth (mud) is proposed as an economical and environmental friendly alternative due to the rising costs of conventional building materials. However, the construction of earthen houses has significantly declined in...journal article 2020
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Keeton, R.E. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), Tan, Ekim (author)Africa is currently the fastest-urbanizing continent in the world. As part of this rapid growth, New Towns are increasingly employed by private developers as a means of providing well-serviced urban environments to middle- and upper-income groups. These comprehensively-planned New Towns are often seen in contrast to the perceived ‘chaos’ and ...journal article 2020
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Pereira, Sara B. (author), Santos, Marina (author), Leite, José P. (author), Flores, Carlos (author), Eisfeld, R.C.M. (author), Büttel, Zsófia (author), Mota, Rita (author), Rossi, Federico (author), De Philippis, Roberto (author)Many cyanobacteria produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) mainly composed of heteropolysaccharides with unique characteristics that make them suitable for biotechnological applications. However, manipulation/optimization of EPS biosynthesis/characteristics is hindered by a poor understanding of the production pathways and the...journal article 2019
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Mota, Nelson (author)In From House to Home: Social Control and Emancipation in Portuguese Public Housing, 1926–76, Nelson Mota considers public housing policies in Portugal under the dictatorship that ruled there from 1926 to 1974 and during the two years that followed the democratic revolution of April 1974. He reviews key legislative initiatives and projects to...journal article 2019
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Sedighi, S.M.A. (author), Mota, Nelson (author)This article examines the growth and change through time of Kuy-e Narmak, a housing neighbourhood developed in the 1950s under the auspices of Mosaddeq’s Modernization Program. The project was designed by a group of young-leading European-educated Iranian architects that collaborated with the government to develop affordable housing solutions in...journal article 2019
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Mota, Nelson (author)In the nineteenth century, the small fisherman’s village of Leça da Palmeira was one of the favourite seaside resorts of the English colony in Porto (Oporto in English). While certain distinguished members of Porto’s high society, otherwise known as the ‘Port-wine aristocracy’, rented houses for the holiday season, others decided to move to Leça...book chapter 2019
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Mota, Nelson (author), Allweil, Yael (author)This issue of Footprint brings together housing-as-design with housing-as-policy and housing-as-market to discuss what is, today, the value of housing. It discusses how the architecture of housing plays a role in changing behavioural norms and models of subjectivation promoted by the neoliberal ideological agenda. The contributions included...contribution to periodical 2019