All Outputs (4)

Spatial configuration shapes student social and informal learning activities in educational complexes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wu, X., Law, S., Heath, T., & Borsi, K. (2017, July). Spatial configuration shapes student social and informal learning activities in educational complexes. Presented at 11th International Space Syntax Symposium (SSS11), Lisbon, Portugal

Notable gains have been made in understanding the factors that influence student experiences in higher education, particularly in the area of spatial configuration. Indeed, studies have found that spatial configuration affects spatial behaviour and m... Read More about Spatial configuration shapes student social and informal learning activities in educational complexes.

The Berlin Block and the new Bourgeois Dwelling (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Borsi, K. (2017, June). The Berlin Block and the new Bourgeois Dwelling. Paper presented at 70th Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Glasgow, Scotland

The publication of Gustav Assmann’s Plans for Urban Dwellings (Grundrisse für städtische Wohngebäude) in 1862, in conjunction with the Berlin extension plan by James Hobrecht published the same year, signaled the emergence of the Berlin block as the... Read More about The Berlin Block and the new Bourgeois Dwelling.

Dwelling cells, the city and the autonomy of architecture (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Borsi, K. Dwelling cells, the city and the autonomy of architecture. Presented at Architectural Type and the Discourse of Urbanism

Hans Scharoun projected his Siedlung Charlottenburg Nord of 1955 and his Siedlung Siemensstadt of 1929 as a partial realization of his urban vision for a radical restructuring of Berlin after WW2. For Scharoun, “the mechanical decentralization” as he... Read More about Dwelling cells, the city and the autonomy of architecture.

Kampong Ayer: A community living on water in Brunei Darussalam (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haji Adenan, R., Rodrigues, L., Borsi, K., & Kiamba, L. (2014, December). Kampong Ayer: A community living on water in Brunei Darussalam. Presented at 30th International PLEA Conference: Sustainable Habitat for Developing Societies: Choosing the Way Forward, Ahmedabad, India

© Copyright: CEPT University, Center for Advanced Research in Building Science & Energy, Ahmedabad First Published 2014. All rights reserved. Land scarcity and rising population in developing countries, particularly in the urban parts of Asia, has... Read More about Kampong Ayer: A community living on water in Brunei Darussalam.