All Outputs (30)

The integration of real-life scenarios in architectural technology pedagogy. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SCOTT, J., INMAN, J. and JACKSON, A. 2025. The integration of real-life scenarios in architectural technology pedagogy. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 155-165. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154573

This paper explores the impact of integrating real-world experiences, such as publishing work for exhibition, into the pedagogical framework of architectural technology education. By engaging students in projects that require them to publish and pres... Read More about The integration of real-life scenarios in architectural technology pedagogy..

The adoption of a circular economy approach to pedagogical learning in architectural technology. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SCOTT, J. and SEDDIKI, M. 2025. The adoption of a circular economy approach to pedagogical learning in architectural technology. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 241-254. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154594

The construction industry is undergoing a significant shift towards sustainability, with circular economy emerging as a key strategy to address resource depletion, waste management, and carbon emissions. This paper explores the integration of circula... Read More about The adoption of a circular economy approach to pedagogical learning in architectural technology..

Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MANCINI, A., SEDIKKI, M. and SCOTT, J. 2025. Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 355-369. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154581

The ongoing climate crisis provides a unique challenge within the residential sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in response to Canada's net-zero goal. Although legislation has been put in place to address the decarbonisation of the ex... Read More about Assessing whole life carbon impacts of retrofitting Canada's 19th and early 20th century homes towards net-zero..

Thriving communities: salutogenic approach to neighbourhood scale retrofit in the UK. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BLAZUSIAK, M., SCOTT, J. and SEDDIKI, M. 2025. Thriving communities: salutogenic approach to neighbourhood scale retrofit in the UK. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 275-289. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154595

Evidence based research identifies effects of buildings on human health and wellbeing. Poor living conditions too often result in adverse physical and mental health, where energy efficiency improvements are a major factor in enhancing people's comfor... Read More about Thriving communities: salutogenic approach to neighbourhood scale retrofit in the UK..

Health and wellbeing lens of the national existing building database in Scotland. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BLAZUSIAK, M. and SCOTT, J. 2025. Health and wellbeing lens of the national existing building database in Scotland. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 185-197. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154590

Reliability of data is one of the most important factors determining cost and successful project planning in the social and public sector. Understanding condition, construction methods, trigger points and contextual environmental, climatic and depriv... Read More about Health and wellbeing lens of the national existing building database in Scotland..

Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SEDDIKI, M., VISHAKHA, V., GOKAY, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2025. Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 225-239. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154593

The retrofit of existing residential buildings is a crucial strategy for reducing energy costs, cutting carbon emissions, and improving comfort. Among the retrofit solutions, the adoption of ventilation systems is a necessary approach to ensure appro... Read More about Indoor air quality impacts of humidity-sensitive passive ventilation in domestic housing retrofit..

Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
VICTORIA, M. and CHAWLA, V. 2025. Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 37-52. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154562

The built environment (that includes all the constructed artificial structures like buildings and infrastructure) is essential for the economic development of a country. The demolition of assets at the end of their useful life cycle generates large v... Read More about Circular economy in construction: a review of existing policies, strategies and standards in Scotland and Europe..

Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CHAWLA, V., JAFARIFAR, N., VICTORIA, M., SALMAN, H. and DEVECI, G. 2025. Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India. In Kouider, T. and Galiano Garrigós, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International congress on architectural technology 2025 (ICAT 2025): buildings fit for climate change, 15-17 May 2025, Alicante, Spain. San Vicente del Raspeig: Universidad de Alicante [online], pages 213-224. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/154592

Growing concerns surrounding water scarcity have spiked an interest in Embodied Water (EW) studies globally. The EW of a building is the amount of water needed to manufacture all the materials that constitute the building (Indirect EW) plus the amoun... Read More about Direct embodied water management for sustainable construction: a case of India..

Proceedings of the 10th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2024): architectural technology transformation. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KOUIDER, T. and HAYDEN, I. (eds.) 2024. Proceedings of the 10th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2024): architectural technology transformation, 19 January 2024, Galway, Ireland. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/ybh4ktdn

The profession of architectural technology is influential in the transformation of the built environment regionally, nationally, and internationally. The congress provides a platform for industry, educators, researchers, and the next generation of bu... Read More about Proceedings of the 10th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2024): architectural technology transformation..

The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on design studio learning and architecture students' performance. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MITCHELL, J. and KOUIDER, T. 2022. The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on design studio learning and architecture students' performance. In Kouider, T. and Saleeb, N. (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2022): digitally integrated cities: closing the chasm between social and physical, 19-20 May 2022, London, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 55-76. Available from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KEcD4GshS1PpSyH6dTPGRwNfsBtYtan/view

The first UK lockdown halted all facets of life and quickly became the greatest challenge the education system has ever faced. In order to continue teaching curriculums remote learning was promptly adopted as the emergency method as a substitute lear... Read More about The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on design studio learning and architecture students' performance..

An embodied carbon implications of home grown cross laminated timber, the Scottish case. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HENDERSON, K. and SALMAN, H. 2022. An embodied carbon implications of home grown cross laminated timber, the Scottish case. In Kouider, T. and Saleeb, N. (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2022): digitally integrated cities: closing the chasm between social and physical, 19-20 May 2022, London, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 31-54. Available from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KEcD4GshS1PpSyH6dTPGRwNfsBtYtan/view

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) is a carbon-efficient form of construction, but no UK manufacturers exist, therefore, it remains a product imported from mainland Europe, doing so significantly increases the associated carbon emissions. This paper presen... Read More about An embodied carbon implications of home grown cross laminated timber, the Scottish case..

Discretisation design strategies: strategies to integrate design and fabrication through discretization. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ZAMANI, E. and DOUNAS, T. 2022. Discretisation design strategies: strategies to integrate design and fabrication through discretization. In Kouider, T. and Saleeb, N. (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2022): digitally integrated cities: closing the chasm between social and physical, 19-20 May 2022, London, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 1-15. Available from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KEcD4GshS1PpSyH6dTPGRwNfsBtYtan/view

In the present paper, we introduce a classification system, for discretisation strategies, based on the procedural differences. This paper has a particular focus on strategies explicitly positioned towards an integration between digital design, robot... Read More about Discretisation design strategies: strategies to integrate design and fabrication through discretization..

Proceedings of the 9th International congress of architectural technology: digitally integrated cities: closing the chasm between social and physical. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KOUIDER, T. and SALEEB, N. (eds.) 2022. Proceedings of the 9th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2022): digitally integrated cities: closing the chasm between social and physical, 19-20 May 2022, London, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KEcD4GshS1PpSyH6dTPGRwNfsBtYtan/view

Challenges are emerging within the construction industry, causing diversification of roles, workflows and educational transformations. This has resulted in unifying and integrating the built environment on city, country, and global levels due to the... Read More about Proceedings of the 9th International congress of architectural technology: digitally integrated cities: closing the chasm between social and physical..

Framework for macro building information modelling (BIM) adoption in Nigeria. (2020)
Thesis
HAMMA-ADAMA, M. 2020. Framework for macro building information modelling (BIM) adoption in Nigeria. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

The Construction Industry is a vital component of a nations' Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employing both skilled and unskilled personnel. The construction industry's productivity depends on many factors, such as stakeholder relationships, constructi... Read More about Framework for macro building information modelling (BIM) adoption in Nigeria..

Virtual reality in the architectural technology curriculum in the UK. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
WOOD, C.F., DOUNAS, T. and SCOTT, J.R. 2019. Virtual reality in the architectural technology curriculum in the UK. In Kouider, T. and Andersen, P.J. (eds.) 2019. Proceedings of the 8th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2019) [online]: architectural technology, facing the renovation and refurbishment challenge, 15 November 2019, Odense, Denmark. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University, pages 181-190. Available from: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhcmNodGVjaGNvbmdyZXNzMXxneDoxODg5NzZjZmE3NzYyNmZi

This paper seeks to understand the climate for Virtual Reality (VR) within the Architectural Technology (AT)curriculum in the U.K. It seeks to assess through literature, focus groups and questionnaires VR’s current place and seek to find a model to m... Read More about Virtual reality in the architectural technology curriculum in the UK..

BIM manager, coordinator, consultant, analyst…, what does a confused AEC industry need? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KOUIDER, T., SYKES, P. and HAMMA-ADAMA, M. 2019. BIM manager, coordinator, consultant, analyst..., what does a confused AEC industry need? In Kouider, T. and Andersen, P.J. (eds.) 2019. Proceedings of the 8th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2019) [online]: architectural technology, facing the renovation and refurbishment challenge, 15 November 2019, Odense, Denmark. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University, pages 67-88. Available from: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhcmNodGVjaGNvbmdyZXNzMXxneDoxODg5NzZjZmE3NzYyNmZi

The rapid growth of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industries since its introduction around 2002 has highlighted a skills shortage within the industry whilst also leading to some confusion over... Read More about BIM manager, coordinator, consultant, analyst…, what does a confused AEC industry need?.

Proceedings of the 8th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2019): architectural technology, facing the renovation and refurbishment challenge. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KOUIDER, T. and ANDERSEN, P.J. (eds.) 2019. Proceedings of the 8th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2019): architectural technology, facing the renovation and refurbishment challenge, 15 November 2019, Odense, Denmark. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhcmNodGVjaGNvbmdyZXNzMXxneDoxODg5NzZjZmE3NzYyNmZi

During the past decade, the construction industry focus has largely been on the many new challenges brought about by the sustainability/climate change agenda and the introduction of BIM in new build. The theme of the next ICAT conference will focus o... Read More about Proceedings of the 8th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2019): architectural technology, facing the renovation and refurbishment challenge..

The big BIM battle: BIM adoption in the UK for large and small companies. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LOVEDAY, J., KOUIDER, T. and SCOTT, J. 2016. The big BIM battle: BIM adoption in the UK for large and small companies. In Galiano Garrigos, A. and Kouider, T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International congress of architectural technology (ICAT 2016): healthy buildings: innovation, design and technology, 12-14 May 2016, Alicante, Spain. Alicante: University of Alicante [online], pages 53-67. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/55250

As BIM adoption continues, the goal of a totally collaborative model with multiple contributors is attainable. Many initiatives such as the 2016 UK government level 2 BIM deadline are putting pressure on the construction industry to speed up the chan... Read More about The big BIM battle: BIM adoption in the UK for large and small companies..

SME's and level 2 BIM, the way forward. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MELLON, S. and KOUIDER, T. 2016. SME's and level 2 BIM, the way forward. In Galiano Garrigos, A. and Kouider, T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International congress of architectural technology (ICAT 2016): healthy buildings: innovation, design and technology, 12-14 May 2016, Alicante, Spain. Alicante: University of Alicante [online], pages 121-135. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/55253

The UK construction industry comprises a very high proportion of SMEs that is companies employing up to 250. A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills research paper, found that SMEs had a 71.2% share of work in the construction industry. Micr... Read More about SME's and level 2 BIM, the way forward..

Architectural technology and the BIM acronym 3: getting to grips with BIM. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KOUIDER, T., PATERSON, G. and HARTY, J. 2016. Architectural technology and the BIM acronym 3: getting to grips with BIM. In Galiano Garrigos, A. and Kouider, T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International congress of architectural technology (ICAT 2016): healthy buildings: innovation, design and technology, 12-14 May 2016, Alicante, Spain. Alicante: University of Alicante [online], pages 95-119. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/55252

Among Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in particular, the UK Government's ambitions regarding BIM uptake and diffusion across the construction sector may be tempered by a realpolitik shaped in part by interactions between the industry, Highe... Read More about Architectural technology and the BIM acronym 3: getting to grips with BIM..