Design Issues 
Design Issues cover research projects that pertain to the art and science of creating and sustaining the built environment and include case studies of projects.
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Resonant Form: The Convergence of Sound and Space | Sep 23, 2016 | Shea Michael Trahan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP (Trapolin Peer Architects) |
Architects without Buildings: Philip Thiel and the Systematizing Impulse in Modern Spatial Study | Sep 23, 2016 | Ian Baldwin (DUAL, LLC; Rhode Island School of Design) |
Can the Design of Space Alter Stress Responses? | Sep 23, 2016 | Lars Brorson Fich (Aalborg University), Åse Hansen (University of Copenhagen), Anne Helene Garde (The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark), Laura Petrini (Aalborg University), Peter Jönsson (Kristianstad University) |
ASI – Architecture for Sensory Integration; Architectural Intervention in Occupational Therapy | Sep 23, 2016 | Fallon Lebedowicz (CO Architects), Gina Chang, AIA, EDAC (CO Architects) |
The Tool Sculpting the Designer; Cognitive Influence of Digital Tools in Shaping Contemporary Architectural Practice | Sep 23, 2016 | Sangeeth S. Pillai (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India), Mehul Bhatt (University of Bremen, Germany) |
Overview of Scientific Aspects of Spatial Cognition: Significance in Architectural Design | Sep 23, 2016 | Dishita Turakhia (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Curiosity as a Design Tool | Sep 23, 2016 | Moshe Bar, Ph.D. (Bar-Ilan University), Itai Palti (The Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health (UD/MH)) |
Empathic Response in Office Space: The Notion of Embodied Simulation in Corporate Interiors | Sep 23, 2016 | Alessandro Gattara, Ph.D. (University of Parma, Italy), Vittorio Gallese, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Parma; University of London) |
Age-related Cognitive Decline and Enriched Environments; Examining Real-time Psycho-spatial Dynamics Using Virtual Reality | Sep 23, 2016 | Laura Healey Malinin, Ph.D., AIA, EDAC (Colorado State University), Agnieszka (Aga) Burzynska, Ph.D. (Colorado State University) |
Towards Quantifying the Impact of the Built Environment on Human Experience: Elements of Experimental Design | Sep 23, 2016 | Ahmed Radwan (New York University), Semiha Ergan (New York University) |
The Scope of “Empathy” in Architecture from the Design Process to the User’s Experience and Back | Sep 23, 2016 | Anne Tüscher, Ph.D. (École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris La Villette, France) |
Exploring Visual and Affective Qualities of Equivalent Colors under Architectural-scale, Full-field Exposure Conditions | Sep 23, 2016 | Ute C. Besenecker, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Ted Krueger, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Zachary Pearson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Alicia Walf, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), John D. Bullough, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
Geometry of Visual Experience in Large Spaces | Sep 23, 2016 | Sergei Gepshtein, Ph.D. (Salk Institute for Biological Studies) |
Blooming Bamboo House (2016 R+D Awards Honorable Mention) | Jul 31, 2016 | |
Timber Waste Modular Unit (2016 R+D Awards Honorable Mention) | Jul 31, 2016 | |
Grove (2016 R+D Awards Honorable Mention) | Jul 31, 2016 | |
Vegas Altas Congress Center and Auditorium (2016 R+D Awards Citation) | Jul 31, 2016 | |
Cricket Shelter—Modular Edible Insect Farm (2016 R+D Award) | Jul 31, 2016 | |
Infundibuliforms: Kinetic Cable Net Surfaces (2016 R+D Awards Honorable Mention) | Jul 31, 2016 | |
Preventing and Treating Distress in Brick Veneer Cavity Walls | Jul 26, 2016 | Erin L. Kesegi, AIA, Hoffman Architects, Robert A. Marsoli, Jr., Hoffmann Architects |
Green Building Incentives: A Review | Jun 30, 2016 | Olanipekun Ayokunle Olubunmi, Paul Bo Xia, Martin Skitmore |
Perkins+Will Research Journal / Vol. 08.01 | May 26, 2016 | Ajla Aksamija, Ph.D., LEED AP BD+C, CDT (Perkins+Will) , Kalpana Kuttaiah, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C (Perkins+Will) |
Weathering the Storm: Mental Health and Resilient Design | May 26, 2016 | David Cordell, ASID, LEED AP ID+C (Perkins+Will), Jon Penndorf, AIA, LEED AP BD+C (Perkins+Will) |
Tall Wood Survey: Identifying and Analyzing the Obstacles of Perception | May 26, 2016 | Shawna Hammon, AIA, LEED AP BD+C (Perkins+Will) |
Sustainable and Energy Efficient Commercial Retrofit: Case Study of Perkins+Will Atlanta Office | May 26, 2016 | Abul Abdullah, AIA, RA, LEED AP BD+C (Perkins+Will) |