Asia
15 December 2021
Designing Holistic Well-Being in the Age of Hybrid Working
Ferdinand Cheung, LWK + PARTNERS
The rise of the hybrid mode of working means that people with vastly different backgrounds, knowledge, skills, and individual needs are working alongside and collaborating...
29 June 2021
Application of Energy Dissipation Technology in High-Rise Buildings
Da-Zhu Hu, Shanghai Institute of Technology; Xiao-Xuan Zhang, Shanghai Lanke Building Damping Technology Co., Ltd; Guo-Qiang Li, Tongji University; Fei-Fei Sun, Tongji University; Hua-Jian Jin, Tongji
The principle of energy dissipation technology is to dissipate or absorb the seismic energy input through the deformation or velocity change of dampers installed in...
19 May 2021
Overcoming the Challenges of a Complex Mega-Scale Project
Goh Huan Tong, CapitaLand; Michael McKee, Safdie Architects; Penny Cheung, Arup, et al
An architect’s best work flows directly out of how the challenges of a project—whether they are urbanistic, architectural, artistic, or technical in nature—are faced and...
01 March 2021
Spatial Regeneration for Preservation of Historic UrbanFeatures and Improvement of Living Condition
NaHuang, YongjieCa, MingyuZhuang, et al., Tongji University
Being the origin of Shanghai City, the Old Town presents a high-density spatial texture, a characteristic of local living conditions in the Shanghai context. However,...
01 March 2021
Cost Analysis of Vertical Greenery in Urban Complex
Nannan Dong, Tongji University; Fang Huang, Brearley Architects & Urbanists
Vertical greenery has become an important technological means to improve the ecological environment condition in urban high-density areas, especially in central areas of Chinese cities....
01 March 2021
Meilun Yuan & Yong Chen, Tongji University
Currently, big data and open data, together with traditional measured data, have come to constitute a new data environment, expanding new technical paths for quantitative...
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