All Outputs (4)

Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies? (2017)
Journal Article
Jasim, M., Hanks, L., & Borsi, K. (2017). Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies?

The role of the audience in re-manufacturing built heritage sites and formulating their conservation policies has often been outlawed by the full control of the site authority through its singularity in formulating these policies. Excluding the local... Read More about Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies?.

Spatial configuration shapes student social and informal learning activities in educational complexes (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Wu, X., Law, S., Heath, T., & Borsi, K. (2017). Spatial configuration shapes student social and informal learning activities in educational complexes. In Proceedings, 11th International Space Syntax Symposium XI SSS, Lisbon, 3-7 July 2017 (33.1-33.9)

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
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.

Place-making and its implications for social value: A comparison study of two urban squares in London (2017)
Journal Article
Alzahrani, A., Borsi, K., & Jarman, D. (2017). Place-making and its implications for social value: A comparison study of two urban squares in London. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 12(04), 752-762. https://doi.org/10.2495/sdp-v12-n4-752-762

This article aims to investigate the impact of place-making on the social value attached to two recently developed public squares in London. Empire and Bermondsey developments were developed with the explicit intention to have a public open space tha... Read More about Place-making and its implications for social value: A comparison study of two urban squares in London.