Research Projects
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Fear-of-Crime Reduction by Environmental Design (FRED) Framework: The Case of an Australian Campus
This study examines people's experience of fear-of-crime in public environments using a mixed case study of an Australian university campus. This research proposes a Fear-of-crime Reduction by Environmental Design (FRED) framework to gain insights of how people experience fear-of-crime and builds an experience-based scheme with the possibility to create fear-of-crime metrics. FRED's benefits include the fulfilling of theoretical and practical gaps in the multidisciplinary discipline of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. FRED increases awareness of the possibility of fear-of-crime experiences in public places. FRED promotes the creation of mental-health-driven designs, urban design policy frameworks, design guidelines, and on-site design checklists
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Thesis accesss: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/468060
Socio-technological approach for pedestrian safety
The multidisciplinary team proposed a robotic assitant to improve the pedestrian safety for Fishermans Bend. "LolliPop" is a robot interacting with different users by performing traffic control, informing efficient routes and wayfinding. The project was conducted by MIT Senseable City Lab and Swinburne Smart Cities Research Institute.
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Pro-Environmental behaviour in green buildings
The study measured the Pro-environmental awareness of the occupants of agreen building by their water, energy, and waste consumption/production. Methodologies from Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) were utilised. Findings pointed out a large gap between green building saving targets and occupant's pro-environmental awareness. A occupant-driven management model was proposed.
Experimental Methodologies
I like to explore new methods and tools that can be interesting to visualise socio-spatial and complex datasets.
Behavioral mapping
How much designers understand the movement of people in the space? I believe observation techniques help to identify how spaces are utilised in real-life situations as well as capture the qualities of the environment.
Street network analysis
Cities are organised by streets with different hierarchies creating different pedestrian uses and perceptions. One evidence-based method to understand the street's potential of interaction with people is through the use of space syntax theory and methodology.
Isovist analysis
The isovist analysis is defined as the set of visible points from a vantage point in space (Benedikt, M. L., 1979). This work is applicable when designing or redesigning spaces of encounter, organizing functional programming, enhancing visual connection, defining private from public spaces.
Spatial programmatic relationships
The justified graph represents spaces (circles), their connections (lines), and their depth (distance between spaces). This approach is useful for overall layout readings, understand their complexity, and their programmatic relationships.
Focus groups, photo-voice, photo-journals (Qual methods)
Along the study of my PhD I have learnt and utilised qualitative methods with the aim of understanding in-depth different realities and perspectives from people and their environments.
Participatory digital tools
Participatory digital tools incorporated in the practice of urban design and planning tell citizen's stories from their own perspectives. Digital tools also enable efficient on-site data collection.
Network sociogram analysis
This analysis reflects the qualitative analysis with the emerging categories and themes obtain from NVIVO.