Assessing the impact of building shape on aircraft noise attenuation: Comparison between geometrical acoustics simulation and in-situ measurements

Analyzing the impact of aircraft noise on urban areas requires specific consideration of sound propagation over long distances, which is not typically covered by tools designed for indoor acoustics. Although it is unclear to what extent existing parametric tools that combine 3D modeling and acoustic simulation can accurately replicate these...

Clustering of office workers from the OFFICAIR study in The Netherlands based on their self-reported health and comfort

The growing field of indoor health and comfort studies recently shifted from predicting the average comfort and wellbeing of a large population into identifying the needs of individuals in different scenarios. This study aimed to identify different profiles of office workers in the Netherlands who took part in the OFFICAIR study, based on their...

Joint migration inversion: Features and challenges

Joint migration inversion is a recently proposed technology, accommodating velocity model building and seismic migration in one integrated process. Different from the widely accepted full waveform inversion technology, it uses imaging parameters, i.e. velocities and reflectivities of the subsurface, to parameterize its solution space. The...

Permeable Playground: Bauhaus fabrication Hub

My graduation project (Permeable Playground) is to design a space for art that integrates Bauhaus Dessau and the new Bauhaus Museum in Dessau Station, Germany. The project begins with an analysis of the mechanisms that capture the relationship between art and the human being. And establishes assumptions about the place for 'creativity' to the...

Understanding the current practice of design in government: limitations and opportunities

Design is today suggested as an alternative way of working in government contexts. Manydeveloped nations are trying to embed design in their public organizations. Yet recent<br/>studies have shown that design is not easily permeating into everyday practice of public organizations. This research therefore aims to understand what the current...

Re-activating the inner-city fringe: Towards sustainable transformation of inner city neighbourhoods to reactivate urban core.

This study fundamentally intends to reflect the process of urban renewal during the period 1974-1993, based on the principle of ‘Building for the neighbourhood'.This was aimed at improving housing quality,living condition and providing affordable social housings to low-income groups.That is to say that not only enhancing physical conditions but...