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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PULP: Research and Experimentation in Biodegradable Thin Shell Structures | Oct 02, 2020 | Stephanie Davidson (Ryerson University) |
Mapping the Built Environment Process (BEP) Ecosystem via a Data to Knowledge Framework | Oct 02, 2020 | Naomi Keena (Yale University), Anna Dyson (Yale University), Mohamed Aly Etman (Yale University) |
Tall Wood, Thin Concrete: Digitally Drafting and Crafting in UHPC (Ultra High Performance Concrete) and Mass Timber | Oct 02, 2020 | Jerry Hacker (Carleton University), Sheryl Boyle (Carleton University) |
Re-Tagging | Oct 02, 2020 | Brittany Utting (Rice University), Daniel Jacobs (University of Michigan) |
Low-Carbon Concrete Construction: The Past, Present, and Future of Concrete Design in India | Oct 02, 2020 | Mohamed A. Ismail (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Caitlin T. Mueller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Surf and Turf: Integrating Resilient Design Early in the Curriculum | Oct 02, 2020 | Craig Griffin (Thomas Jefferson University) |
RhinoCircular: Development and Testing of a Circularity Indicator Tool for Application in Early Design Phases and Architectural Education | Oct 02, 2020 | Felix Heisel (Cornell University), Cameron Nelson (Cornell University) |
Informed Forms: Introducing Climate Response into the Early Design Studio | Oct 02, 2020 | James Leach (University of Detroit Mercy), Kristin Nelson (University of Detroit Mercy) |
Local Materials Matter | Oct 02, 2020 | Edward Becker (Virginia Tech) |
Carbon Denominators | Oct 02, 2020 | David Fannon (Northeastern University), Michelle Laboy (Northeastern University) |
Wood+: Strategies for a Material Shift in Architectural Design | Oct 02, 2020 | Carolina Manrique Hoyos (University of Idaho), Bruce Haglund (University of Idaho) |
In Practice: Operationalizing Life Cycle Assessment for Design Teams | Oct 02, 2020 | Alex Ianchenko (The Miller Hull Partnership), Brie Jones (The Miller Hull Partnership) |
Incremental Development Manual: The Ger Innovation Hub, Mongolia | Oct 02, 2020 | Joshua Bolchover (The University of Hong Kong) |
Defining the “Smart” Energy Retrofit | Oct 02, 2020 | Elaine Hoffman (Goody Clancy), Lori Ferris (Goody Clancy) |
From Carbon to Human Health: Lifecycle of Fossil Fuels, Toxic Polymers and Social Justice in Philadelphia | Oct 02, 2020 | Franca Trubiano (University of Pennsylvania) |
Building-Integrated Carbon Sequestration Techniques: Towards Mitigating Climate Change | Oct 02, 2020 | Jayati Chhabra (Georgia Institute of Technology), Tarek Rakha (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
Designing for Irradiated Shade | Oct 02, 2020 | Stephen Mueller (Texas Tech University) |
Does EUI Fully Capture the Carbon Footprint of a VRF System? | Oct 02, 2020 | Vicki Rybl (University of Washington) |
A Novel Approach for Investigating Canopy Heat Island Effects on Building Energy Performance: A Case Study of Center City of Philadelphia, PA | Oct 02, 2020 | Farzad Hashemi (The Pennsylvania State University), Lisa Domenica Iulo (The Pennsylvania State University), Ute Poerschke (The Pennsylvania State University) |
Designing for Sustainable and Resilient Neighborhoods: The Case of Peacock Park in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) | Oct 02, 2020 | Ruben Garcia-Rubio (Tulane University), Taylor Scott (Tulane University) |
An Ectothermic Approach to Heating and Cooling in Buildings | Oct 02, 2020 | Alexandros Tsamis (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Theodorian Borca-Tascuic (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Youngjin Hwang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
The Footprint of Tight: Hinterlands, Landscape and Dense Cities | Oct 02, 2020 | John Doyle (RMIT University), Graham Crist (RMIT University) |
The New Normals: Architecture Under Climate Change Uncertainty | Oct 02, 2020 | Justin McCarty (The University of British Columbia), Adam Rysanek (The University of British Columbia) |
Reducing Carbon and Improving Thermal Comfort for an Orphan Village in Rural Liberia | Oct 02, 2020 | Joshua D. Lee (Carnegie Mellon University), Leila Sai Srinivasan (AECOM) |
Adaptive Reuse as Carbon Adaptation: Urban Food Production in the Underused Parking Garages of the Future | Oct 02, 2020 | Myer Harrell (Weber Thompson), Erin Horn (University of Washington), Adam Koehn (University of Washington), Alex Ianchenko (University of Washington), Gundula Prosksch (University of Washington) |