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Working at Home: Architects during the pandemic in China (2023)
Book Chapter
Xu, Y., Borsi, K., & Hale, J. (2023). Working at Home: Architects during the pandemic in China. In P. Sparke, E. Ioannidou, P. Kirkham, S. Knott, & J. Scholze (Eds.), Interiors in the Era of Covid-19: Interior Design between the Public and Private Realms (101-111). Bloomsbury Publishing

The Concept of Type in Hellerau Garden City (2022)
Book Chapter
Ekici, D. (2022). The Concept of Type in Hellerau Garden City. In K. Borsi, D. Ekici, J. Hale, & N. Haynes (Eds.), Housing and the City. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Can politically oriented interventions in built heritage contribute to its authenticity? Erbil Citadel’s Babylonian Gate as a case study (2021)
Journal Article
Jasim, M. A., Hanks, L., & Borsi, K. (2021). Can politically oriented interventions in built heritage contribute to its authenticity? Erbil Citadel’s Babylonian Gate as a case study. Built Heritage, 5, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-021-00030-0

Today, the concept of built heritage authenticity is a projection screen for conflicting demands and thus a ‘contested field’. Short-sighted readings started to drag the concept behind different ill-considered treatises, in which some heritage aspect... Read More about Can politically oriented interventions in built heritage contribute to its authenticity? Erbil Citadel’s Babylonian Gate as a case study.

Informal Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Student Preferences and Activities (2021)
Journal Article
Wu, X., Kou, Z., Oldfield, P., Heath, T., & Borsi, K. (2021). Informal Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Student Preferences and Activities. Buildings, 11(6), Article 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11060252

Informal learning spaces play a significant role in enriching student experiences in learning environments. Such spaces are becoming more common, resulting in a change to the spatial configuration of built environments in higher education. However, p... Read More about Informal Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Student Preferences and Activities.

Contested grounds; the regeneration of Liverpool waterfront (2020)
Journal Article
Fageir, M., Porter, N., & Borsi, K. (2021). Contested grounds; the regeneration of Liverpool waterfront. Planning Perspectives, 36(3), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2020.1804989

This paper explores the process by which the regeneration of Liverpool waterfront took place over the past few decades. It adopts a case study method to identify different trends and patterns and to examine their impact on the emerging urban landscap... Read More about Contested grounds; the regeneration of Liverpool waterfront.

Type, new urban domesticities and urban areas (2019)
Journal Article
BORSI, K., & Shapiro, A. (2019). Type, new urban domesticities and urban areas. Internationale Zeitschrift zur Theorie der Architektur, 24(38), 151-166

Typology can be understood as a form of principled reasoning about archi-tecture’s spatial and organisational capacities; type being both product and process working through generative analysis, classification and projection of architectural concerns... Read More about Type, new urban domesticities and urban areas.

Hans Scharoun's 'dwelling cells' and the autonomy of architecture (2018)
Journal Article
Borsi, K. (2018). Hans Scharoun's 'dwelling cells' and the autonomy of architecture. Journal of Architecture, 23(7-8), 1104-1142. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2018.1513418

The paper argues that Hans Scharoun’s articulation of the Siedlung Siemensstadt (1929 – 1931) and Charlottenburg Nord (1956 – 1961) exemplify a process of typological reasoning about how to house and group the urban population, hyperarticulating the... Read More about Hans Scharoun's 'dwelling cells' and the autonomy of architecture.

Universities and the City: from islands of knowledge to districts of innovation (2018)
Journal Article
Borsi, K., & Schulte, C. (2018). Universities and the City: from islands of knowledge to districts of innovation. Journal of Architecture, 23(7-8), 1143-1180. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2018.1514524

We are witnessing a new trend in the design of university buildings and other ‘knowledge typologies’, that is, buildings in which knowledge is produced or disseminated, such as research laboratories or libraries. Increasingly, their design inverts th... Read More about Universities and the City: from islands of knowledge to districts of innovation.

Conversations on type, architecture and urbanism: (from the ‘Architectural Type and the Discourse of Urbanism’ Symposium, Royal College of Art, London, 14th December, 2015) (2018)
Journal Article
Borsi, K., Finney, T., & Philippou, P. (2018). Conversations on type, architecture and urbanism: (from the ‘Architectural Type and the Discourse of Urbanism’ Symposium, Royal College of Art, London, 14th December, 2015). Journal of Architecture, 23(7&8), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2018.1514094

The 'Hobrecht plan' and the emergence of the urban (2018)
Journal Article
Borsi, K. (2018). The 'Hobrecht plan' and the emergence of the urban. SAJ - Serbian Architectural Journal, 10(1), 47-58. https://doi.org/10.5937/SAJ1801047B

James Hobrecht's Berlin extension plan of 1862 and its architectural component, the Berlin block, continue to define Berlin's current urban structure. The urban structure which these graphic documents helped to deliver persisted despite being rejecte... Read More about The 'Hobrecht plan' and the emergence of the urban.

Repercussions of Singularity of Site Authorities in Making Heritage Conservation Decisions: Evidence from Iraq (2018)
Journal Article
Jasim, M. A., Hanks, L., & Borsi, K. (2018). Repercussions of Singularity of Site Authorities in Making Heritage Conservation Decisions: Evidence from Iraq. Built Heritage, 2(1), 77-91

Different global assertions have recently been made prohibiting the mono approach of decision-makers in formulating heritage conservation policies, due to many unfavourable touristic and political implications. The mono approach has led to exploitati... Read More about Repercussions of Singularity of Site Authorities in Making Heritage Conservation Decisions: Evidence from Iraq.

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)
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.

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.