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Exploring the Facilitating Environment for Mindfulness Meditation: Establishing a Framework through Analysis of Means (ANOM) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, A., & Tang, Y. (2024). Exploring the Facilitating Environment for Mindfulness Meditation: Establishing a Framework through Analysis of Means (ANOM) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). Mindfulness, Article MIFU-D-23-00377R3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02442-2

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While mindfulness meditation is an established practice for improving well-being, the physical environment for this activity awaits further exploration. This research aimed to explore how the physical environment facilitates mindfulness me... Read More about Exploring the Facilitating Environment for Mindfulness Meditation: Establishing a Framework through Analysis of Means (ANOM) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA).

Research on the well-being experience of rural China’s post-relocation settlement communities in the public realm (2024)
Journal Article
Guo, S., Zheng, X., & Tang, Y. (2024). Research on the well-being experience of rural China’s post-relocation settlement communities in the public realm. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2024.2380825

With economic development and changes in the industrial structure of cities in China, the transformation of industries from agricultural to non-agricultural has brought about significant changes in the living spaces, economic growth, ideology, and cu... Read More about Research on the well-being experience of rural China’s post-relocation settlement communities in the public realm.

Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development (2024)
Journal Article
Yeo, C., Charles, A., Lewandowski, F., Lichtenberg, P., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Slade, M., Tang, Y., Voronka, J., & Rodrigues, L. (2024). Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development. Journal of Mental Health, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2024.2361233

Background: Soteria houses and peer respites, collectively called Healing Houses, are alternatives to psychiatric hospitalisation. Aims: The aim of this research is to review Healing Houses in relation to design characteristics (architectural and ser... Read More about Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development.

Towards the Contemporary Conservation of Cultural Heritages: An Overview of Their Conservation History (2023)
Journal Article
Li, L., & Tang, Y. (2024). Towards the Contemporary Conservation of Cultural Heritages: An Overview of Their Conservation History. Heritage, 7(1), 175-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7010009

This paper seeks contemporary cultural heritage conservation principles by reviewing its history, starting from the 18th century, in practices, international documents, and the literature on this topic. It intends to lay a foundation to avoid damagin... Read More about Towards the Contemporary Conservation of Cultural Heritages: An Overview of Their Conservation History.

Defining and Effectively Delineating the Peri-Urban Area: A Synthesis and Analysis from a Literature Review (2023)
Journal Article
Li, L., Tang, A., & Porter, N. (2023). Defining and Effectively Delineating the Peri-Urban Area: A Synthesis and Analysis from a Literature Review. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 149(3), https://doi.org/10.1061/JUPDDM.UPENG-4456

Peri-urban areas are neither urban nor rural in the conventional sense; and their conditions and issues are different from urban and rural areas, which mix both with complexities. Nowadays, there is no uniform definition for these areas, nor an unequ... Read More about Defining and Effectively Delineating the Peri-Urban Area: A Synthesis and Analysis from a Literature Review.

The impact of ‘seasonal urban event’ to the hosting city’s urban vitality: case study of Summer beach and Winter Wonderland in Nottingham, UK (2022)
Journal Article
Heo, W., Tang, Y., Liu, F., Hanks, L., & Xu, X. (2022). The impact of ‘seasonal urban event’ to the hosting city’s urban vitality: case study of Summer beach and Winter Wonderland in Nottingham, UK. Acta Scientiarum. Technology, 44, Article e57668. https://doi.org/10.4025/ACTASCITECHNOL.V44I1.57668

Hosting seasonal urban events in open public spaces has a significant impact on urban vitality. By reviewing the categorisation of urban events, this paper explains the charactersitics of ‘Seasonal Urban Event’ through time, scale, location, format,... Read More about The impact of ‘seasonal urban event’ to the hosting city’s urban vitality: case study of Summer beach and Winter Wonderland in Nottingham, UK.

An analysis of the spatial evolution and influencing factors of rural settlements along the Shandong section of the Grand Canal of China (2021)
Journal Article
Huo, X., Xu, X., Tang, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2023). An analysis of the spatial evolution and influencing factors of rural settlements along the Shandong section of the Grand Canal of China. River Research and Applications, 39(7), 1283-1299. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3874

Since 1980s, the weakening of the transportation function of the Grand Canal and rapid urbanisation have generated significant changes in the spatial pattern of rural settlements along the Grand Canal. Analysing the changing characteristics of this s... Read More about An analysis of the spatial evolution and influencing factors of rural settlements along the Shandong section of the Grand Canal of China.

Coordinated energy-environmental-economic optimisation of building retrofits for optimal energy performance on a macro-scale: A life-cycle cost-based evaluation (2021)
Journal Article
Hong, Y., Ezeh, C. I., Deng, W., Hong, S.-H., Ma, Y., Tang, Y., & Jin, Y. (2021). Coordinated energy-environmental-economic optimisation of building retrofits for optimal energy performance on a macro-scale: A life-cycle cost-based evaluation. Energy Conversion and Management, 243, Article 114327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114327

Given that energy-efficiency policies focus on meso- or macro-scale interventions, it is imperative to establish a macro-scale evaluation approach for building retrofits to support policymaking in building energy conservation, management and sustaina... Read More about Coordinated energy-environmental-economic optimisation of building retrofits for optimal energy performance on a macro-scale: A life-cycle cost-based evaluation.

A target-driven decision-making multi-layered approach for optimal building retrofits via agglomerative hierarchical clustering: A case study in China (2021)
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Hong, Y., Ezeh, C., Zhao, H., Deng, W., Hong, S.-H., & Tang, Y. (2021). A target-driven decision-making multi-layered approach for optimal building retrofits via agglomerative hierarchical clustering: A case study in China. Building and Environment, 197, Article 107849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107849

The optimization of energy, environmental and economic (3E) outcomes is the principal approach to identifying retrofit solutions for a sustainable built environment. By applying this approach and defining a set performance target, this study proposes... Read More about A target-driven decision-making multi-layered approach for optimal building retrofits via agglomerative hierarchical clustering: A case study in China.

Correlation between building characteristics and associated energy consumption: Prototyping low-rise office buildings in Shanghai (2020)
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Hong, S. H., Peng, Z., Hong, S.-H., Ezeh, C. I., Hong, Y., Deng, W., …Tang, Y. (2020). Correlation between building characteristics and associated energy consumption: Prototyping low-rise office buildings in Shanghai. Energy and Buildings, 217, Article 109959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109959

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. The enormous building energy consumption in Shanghai necessitates the identification of standard buildings to offer guidance for the adequate design of retrofitting strategies in order to promote a sustainable built and architect... Read More about Correlation between building characteristics and associated energy consumption: Prototyping low-rise office buildings in Shanghai.

中小学校园公共空间自然可视率量化研究 (2019)
Journal Article
Liu, F., Hu, Z., Tang, Y., & Xie, J. (2019). 中小学校园公共空间自然可视率量化研究. Kexue Jishu yu Gongcheng, 19(33), 342-349

In order to solve the problem that the traditional method is very complex in safety assessment of primary and secondary school, which cannot get an objective result quickly. The method of calculating the natural visibility ratio within the students'... Read More about 中小学校园公共空间自然可视率量化研究.

Analysis of the Spatial Characteristics of Stanley Resso Residence (2019)
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Wang, K., Liu, F., & Tang, Y. (2019). Analysis of the Spatial Characteristics of Stanley Resso Residence. Zhuzhai ke-ji, 2019(03), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.13626/j.cnki.hs.2019.03.009

Resso residence has an important meaning for us to understand the change of the architectural space concept in the process of Mies design, especially his understanding of the relationship between interior and exterior space. This article focuses on t... Read More about Analysis of the Spatial Characteristics of Stanley Resso Residence.

Using quantitative analysis to assess the appropriateness of infill buildings in historic settings (2017)
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Hu, Y., Heath, T., Tang, Y., & Zhang, Q. (2017). Using quantitative analysis to assess the appropriateness of infill buildings in historic settings. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 34(2),

Over the past 40 years or so, and more recently in developing countries, increasing attention has been paid to the preservation of historic settings; however, with continued development and urbanization, a solution is needed for the problem of how to... Read More about Using quantitative analysis to assess the appropriateness of infill buildings in historic settings.