Improvement of collaborative team performance between Western and Chinese partners in the China's building industry

Increasing international building construction projects happen in China, thus it is unavoidable for Western European architects to collaborative with Chinese developers. However, since cultural differences and language barriers may lead to low psychological safety and poor trust, slowing down the process and causing frustration in collaborative...

Towards a restorative and liveable urban environment

In post-disaster reconstruction process, the physical aspect, such as shelter, food, medical service, etc. always attract great attention, whereas the psychological impact, which is of great significance as well, is among the lower hierarchy (Pynes and Tracy, 2007). This master thesis aims to build the connection between the built environment...