Research

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Engagement or extinction?

Can good design help overcome barriers to engagement between universities and industry?

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Balancing the books

Academic libraries are stretched to the limit, balancing financial, cultural and strategic goals to keep so many different users happy.

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Places with purpose

The word ​‘innovation’ is all-too-familiar to us these days, but how much do we know about the physical environments that make it happen?

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Designing for dignity

This research shares some considerations on how we promote dignity through workplace design, with face-to-face interaction proving to be critical.

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Swarm robotics in (interplanetary) onsite construction

A reconfigurable modular swarm robotic system for ISRU (in-situ resource utilisation) autonomous 3D printing in extreme environments

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Superdensity: a new model for vertical urbanism

Could ​‘vertical streets’ be the next step in the evolution of the city?

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The future academic workplace

Universities are adapting for the future of research and learning!

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Not lazing, learning!

Match the way your students want to learn.

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Urban housing challenge

London, Shanghai and Sydney are three cities with distinct housing models but common challenges.

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Spot the difference: incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces

Places are powering next-generation entrepreneurialism.

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Students want a great experience

Student expectations are changing.

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Does workplace design affect employee attraction?

Design can win the war for talent!

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Design matters for nurses

Stressed and burnt out, young nurses are leaving the profession early.

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Investing in solutions for low carbon living

The built environment is a serious contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. We want to develop new tools to help change that fact.

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What if academics interacted as much as students?

Design is helping to power academia for the future.