Department of Architecture and Built Environment

Research output

Research output per year 1997 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 7434 Scopus Citations
• 41 h-index
• 305 Article
• 51 Conference contribution
• 45 Book Chapter
• 34 Conference article
• 94 More
  • 27 Review article
  • 19 Book
  • 12 Comment/debate
  • 11 Abstract
  • 10 Editorial
  • 5 Paper
  • 5 Letter
  • 2 Design
  • 1 Anthology
  • 1 Foreword/postscript
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

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• 2023

  Analysis of Air Side Cooling and Dehumidification Performance in Evaporator in Direct Expansion (DX) Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Air-Conditioning (A/C) System

  Xia, L. & Lun, I., 1 Jan 2023, Variable Refrigerant Flow Systems: Advances and Applications of VRF. Springer Nature, p. 45-92 48 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Air Conditioning 100%
  • Refrigerant 91%
  • Evaporator 88%
  • Evaporators 69%
  • Air conditioning 64%

• Exploring the Chinese Design Concepts that Shape China's Cultural and Creative Products for Museums

  Cheng, H., Liu, B., Luo, S., Xie, J. & Xia, L., 12 Jan 2023, Design Studies and Intelligence Engineering: Proceedings of DSIE 2022. Jain, L. C., Balas, V. E., Wu, Q. & Shi, F. (eds.). IOS Press BV, p. 1-12 12 p. (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications; vol. 365).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Museums 100%
  • China 60%
  • Systematic Review 58%
  • Product Design 58%
  • Bibliometrics 49%

• Nature-based solutions and sponge city for urban water management

  Li, L., Chan, F. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 1 Jan 2023, Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change: Design Principles for Climate Emergencies. Elsevier, p. 371-402 32 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Water management 100%
  • Water 24%
  • European Union 17%
  • Climate change 16%
  • Ecosystems 16%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Organic urban regeneration: an inclusive urban design for rural-to-urban migrants in residential neighbourhoods in Ningbo, China

  Cheshmehzangi, A. & Mangi, E., 2023, Informal settlements of the global south. Karunaratne, G. (ed.). London: Routledge, 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • migrant 100%
  • migration 93%
  • residential area 83%
  • China 81%
  • social cohesion 71%

• Urban Resilience by Morphology? Reflections on Lockdown Urbanism in China

  Botti, G., Mangi, E. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2023, Resilience vs Pandemics. Urban Sustainability. Cheshmehzangi, A., Sedrez, M., Zhao, H., Li, T., Heath, T. & Dawodu, A. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 103-123

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • resilience 100%
  • China 70%
  • typology 49%
  • resident 40%
  • expert 36%

• Urban sustainability experiments in China: Plural approaches for transformation

  Xie, L., Cheshmehzangi, A., Shao, M., Zhang, Y. & Chan, F., 16 Nov 2023, Handbook on China's Urban Environmental Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 169-185 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review
• 2022

  Changing narratives: China in Western architecture media: China in Western Architecture Media

  Botti, G., 2022, China’s International Communication and Relationship Building. Zhang, X. & Schultz, C. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 199-215 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Changing Representations of Modernity and Mobility: Chinese External Communications in Song of the Fishermen and China’s Port City TV Documentaries

  Loo, Y. M., Rawnsley, M. Y. T. & Moss-Wellington, W., 24 Jun 2022, China's International Communication and Relationship Building. Taylor and Francis, p. 99-115 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

• Designing for Vulnerabilities. The Definition of Public Spaces as a Strategy for a Sustainable Renovation of Beijing Heritage Sites

  Mangi, E. & Shinohara, H., 2022, Urban Book Series. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 201-224 24 p. (Urban Book Series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • public space 100%
  • renovation 95%
  • regeneration 68%
  • vulnerability 64%
  • plan 53%

• LGBTQ+ topographies: an analysis of socio-spatial interactions by mapping of social media in São Paulo and Berlin

  Sedrez, M., 2022, (Accepted/In press) Mapping LGBTQ Spaces and Places: A Changing World. Brunn, S. & Blidon, M. (eds.). Springer

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

• LGBTQ+ Topographies: An Analysis of Socio-Spatial Interactions by Mapping of Social Media in São Paulo and Berlin

  Sedrez, M., 1 Jan 2022, Mapping LGBTQ Spaces and Places: A Changing World. Springer International Publishing, p. 125-145 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Berlin 100%
  • social media 73%
  • geography 69%
  • interaction 43%
  • Territories 18%

• Urban Design in the Age of Climate Change: Paradigms and Directions

  Cheshmehzangi, A., Butters, C., Cheshmehzangi, A., Dawodu, A., Jin, R. & Mangi, E., 2022, Urban Book Series. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 133-154 22 p. (Urban Book Series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • urban design 100%
  • climate change 71%
  • energy 57%
  • paradigm 54%
  • climate change impact 42%

• 那日斯先生谈天津市民园体育场改造项目设计

  Xiang, Y. & Loo, Y. M., 1 Jun 2022, 中国建筑口述史文库 [Oral History Series of Chinese Architecture]: 集体记忆与新精神 [Collective Memory & New Spirit]. Tan, G., Jia, Y. & Dong, Z. (eds.). Shanghai: 上海文化出版社, Vol. 5. p. 226-236

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review
• 2021

  A city in the sky - from unsustainable architectural singularities towards true urban multiplicities

  Radovic, V., Nov 2021, Infraordinary Tokyo: the right to the city. Yoshida, N. (ed.). Tokyo, Japan: Japan Architects Co., Ltd., Vol. 1. (A + U-Architecture and Urbanism).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter

  • residential building 100%
  • layout 75%
  • symbol 61%
  • quality of life 54%
  • logistics 53%

• COVID-19, Gated Communities, and Urban Resilience: A Comparative Analysis Between China and Colombia

  Mangi, E., Cheshmehzangi, A. & Botti, G., 2021, Urban Book Series. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 23-40 18 p. (Urban Book Series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • gated community 100%
  • urban morphology 81%
  • pandemics 80%
  • empirical analysis 72%
  • urban design 72%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Digital supply chain and port information modeling (PIM)

  Kapogiannis, G., Guo, J. & Hancock, C. M., 1 Jan 2021, ICT Solutions and Digitalisation in Ports and Shipping. Institution of Engineering and Technology, p. 293-322 30 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Tre edifici per appartamenti a Bogotá (1936-1949)

  Botti, G., 2021, Vicente Nasi. Un architetto italiano in Colombia, fra eclettismo e modernità. DAMERI, A. & MELLANO, P. (eds.). Torino: Politecnico di Torino, p. 137-139

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter

• Urban Heat Island Monitoring with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Data

  Mendez-Astudillo, J., Lau, L., Lun, I. Y. F., Tang, Y. T. & Moore, T., 2021, Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, p. 43-59 17 p. (Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • heat island 100%
  • heat 99%
  • GNSS 93%
  • Satellites 69%
  • Navigation 68%
  125 Downloads (Pure)

• Vicente Nasi in Colombia (1927-1952): pioniere moderno o eclettico sopravvissuto?

  Botti, G., 2021, Vicente Nasi. Un architetto italiano in Colombia, fra eclettismo e modernità. Torino: Politecnico di Torino, p. 55 73 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  File
  38 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Multicultural Burial Spaces and Cities: Constructing Identity and Memory with Postcolonial Kuala Lumpur Chinese Cemeteries

  Loo, Y. M., 2020, SpringerBriefs in Archaeology. Springer Nature, p. 109-127 19 p. (SpringerBriefs in Archaeology).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • cemetery 100%
  • funeral 87%
  • Cemetery 74%
  • Burial 69%
  • Decolonization 30%

• The Skyscraper and public space: an uneasy history and the capacity for radical reinvention

  Radovic, V., Jun 2020, Companion to Public Space. Mehta, V. & Palazzo, D. (eds.). First ed. London, UK: Routledge, 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Public Space 100%
  • Skyscraper 93%
  • History 48%
  • Tower 48%
  • Externalities 31%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Political Ecology of Chinese Smart Eco-cities

  Xie, L., Tan-Mullins, M. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 1 Jan 2019, Remaking Sustainable Urbanism: Space, Scale and Governance in the New Urban Era. Springer Singapore, p. 57-78 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • political ecology 100%
  • environmental policy 68%
  • China 41%
  • city 38%
  • civilization 34%
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Cities, Climate and Cooling

  Butters, C. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 5-19 15 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Cooling 100%
  • Climate 65%
  • climate 61%
  • cooling 56%
  • city 44%

• Concluding Remarks

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 255-265 11 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • built environment 100%
  • book 79%
  • green building 58%
  • China 54%
  • Sustainable Build Environment 52%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Conclusions and Recommendations

  Cheshmehzangi, A. & Butters, C., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 191-197 7 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • heat 100%
  • climate 70%
  • recommendation 67%
  • energy 61%
  • Heat Island 58%

• Designing Residential Microclimates: Malhar Eco-Village in Bangalore, India

  Cheshmehzangi, A., Dawodu, A. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 85-104 20 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Microclimate 100%
  • layout 65%
  • microclimate 64%
  • Layout 60%
  • Village 55%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Eco-Development in the Chinese Context

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 81-104 24 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • urbanization 100%
  • China 73%
  • urban growth 67%
  • development strategy 67%
  • positioning 55%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Eco-Development in the Global Context

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 51-79 29 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • evaluation 100%
  • role play 54%
  • method 45%
  • promotion 38%
  • Evaluation 28%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Future Eco-Development in China and Beyond

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 215-254 40 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • China 100%
  • built environment 91%
  • development project 88%
  • stakeholder 66%
  • Built Environment 49%

• Information and communication technology spine for knowledge-based development of cities

  Reffat, R., 2 Mar 2018, Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East. Alraouf, A. (ed.). Hershey, PA: IGI Global, p. 24-34 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Information and Communication Technology 100%
  • Knowledge-based 68%
  • communication technology 58%
  • information technology 52%
  • knowledge 47%

• Integrated Urban Design: Study for a Housing District in Ningbo, China

  Butters, C. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 105-116 12 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Urban Design 100%
  • urban design 97%
  • district 56%
  • residential area 50%
  • China 49%

• Introduction

  Cheshmehzangi, A. & Butters, C., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 1-4 4 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Climate 100%
  • climate 93%
  • Energy 92%
  • developing country 91%
  • Sustainable Cities 88%

• Introduction

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 1-12 12 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • urban population 100%
  • prosperity 89%
  • civilization 87%
  • building 82%
  • climate change 74%

• Macro Level: Eco-City Cases in China

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 105-155 51 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Municipalities 100%
  • macro level 91%
  • China 54%
  • city 50%
  • project 47%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Meso Level: Eco-Neighbourhood/Community Cases in China

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 157-185 29 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • meso level 100%
  • Eco-industrial Parks 60%
  • Urban Infrastructure 56%
  • Interactivity 49%
  • China 48%

• Micro Level: Green Building Cases in China

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 187-213 27 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • green building 100%
  • Green Building 98%
  • micro level 77%
  • China 46%
  • certification 33%

• Reducing Cooling Loads in Hot-Humid Climates: A Best Practice Research Building in China

  Cheshmehzangi, A. & Xie, L., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 23-36 14 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Best Practice 100%
  • Cooling 99%
  • building 73%
  • Climatology 70%
  • Climate 65%

• Sustainability and Development: Challenges, Implications and Actor Constellations

  Deng, W. & Cheshmehzangi, A., 2018, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Springer, p. 13-50 38 p. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Sustainability 100%
  • Urban Sustainability 75%
  • sustainability 71%
  • city 53%
  • built environment 35%
• 2017

  Contemporary Urbanization: Challenges, Future Trends, and Measuring Progress

  Deng, W., Blair, J. & Yenneti, K., 4 Jul 2017, Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies. Elsevier, p. 3-11 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • urbanization 100%
  • civilization 92%
  • measuring 81%
  • megatrend 68%
  • city 68%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2016

  Urban experiences of China: past & present

  Xie, J., 2016, Beyond the market: building Sino-Latin American cultural relations. Tenorio, R., Tang, Y-T., Loo, Y. M. & Pino-Ojeda, W. (eds.). Ningbo: The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, p. 147-161 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review
• 2014

  Banyan tree and migrant cities: Some provisional thoughts for a strategic postcolonial cosmopolitanism

  Loo, Y. M., 1 Jan 2014, Forty Ways to Think About Architecture: Architectural History and Theory Today. Wiley-Blackwell, p. 259-265 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Cosmopolitanism 100%
  • Migrants 85%
  • Data storage equipment 57%
  • China 33%
  • Postcolonial Era 32%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2010

  Essentials for developing a prosperous knowledge city

  Reffat, R. M., 2010, Knowledge-Based Development for Cities and Societies: Integrated Multi-Level Approaches. Metaxiotis, K., Carrillo, F. & Yigitcanlar, T. (eds.). IGI Global, p. 118-129 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Life cycle modelling and design knowledge development in virtual environments

  Reffat, R. & Gero, J., 9 Feb 2009, Technology, Design and Process Innovation in the Built Environment. Newton, P., Hampson, K. & Drogemuller, R. (eds.). London: Spon Press, Vol. 9780203928325. p. 393-406 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Virtual reality 100%
  • Life cycle 98%
  • Information technology 33%
  • Spreadsheets 22%
  • Construction industry 19%
• 2007

  The Realm of Information Technology in Architectural Education: A Partnership Approach

  Reffat, R., 2007, Design studio pedagogy : horizons for the future. Salama, A. & Wilkinson, N. (eds.). Gateshead, U.K.: Urban International Press, p. 313-323

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review
• 2002

  Three-dimensional CAD models: Integrating design and construction

  Reffat, R., 2002, Design and Construction. Best, R. & de Valence, G. (eds.). CRC Press, p. 291-305 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review

  • Three-dimensional 100%
  • Computer aided design 84%
  • Building Design 46%
  • Ceilings 37%
  • Ducts 33%
  3 Citations (Scopus)