Insights
Architects of Change: A Common Purpose
The United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (UNSDGs) hold immense relevance for building resilient communities. These Goals provide a comprehensive framework that addresses the urgent global challenges of our time. To emphasize our pivotal role in achieving specific Goals, we called upon our team members from across the globe to share their insights and strategies, uniting […]
Talk it Out: A primer on debriefing for simulated clinical events
Simulation is the re-creation of real-world events, using a suite of tools that includes table-top exercises, role-playing, patient actors, task-specific trainers and sophisticated full-scale computer-controlled mannequins. The latter resembles a flight simulator for training pilots: When you interact with the mannequin, it responds as a real patient would, by way of sounds, movement, and physiology. […]
Engineering Approaches to Green Building Strategies
Green building strategies is a large and complex topic that can take many paths. Achieving a green building depends on what route you take to realize your sustainability objectives. In a world where regional and regulatory requirements and tax incentives are driving the greening of the built environment, the positive impact is important to measure […]
Making Our Cities Cool Again
Globally, urban centers are 15-degrees warmer compared to their adjacent natural hinterlands. This is caused by a phenomenon called the urban heat island effect. It’s driven by a city’s amalgam of heat-absorptive materials, such as masonry and asphalt, which by their nature store heat. Vegetation, on the other hand, controls temperatures by reflecting solar radiation, […]
Designing to Retain History and Improve Building Efficiency
Heritage buildings are a part of our collective consciousness. They are the sites of monumental events, symbols for change and indicators of what’s to come. As designers and architects, it is our role to maintain the characteristics of a site while increasing its efficiency and viability. What are the merits in conserving a heritage building […]
Planning for Seismic Intervention
Defining characteristics of heritage buildings is what makes them grand, yet these same characteristics can also pose a threat to occupant safety due to their vulnerability to seismic forces. A balance between the need for seismic upgrade and the constraint of maintenance of character-defining elements invariably comes up with almost every renovation project of a […]
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