by Lars Brorson Fich, architect, MAA, PhD, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark

A WINDOW IS NOT JUST A ”WINDOW”

– How openings can affect your immune system

In the past 25 years or so, research has established that the view that can be enjoyed from a window as well as the amount of daylight coming in through it are crucial to the quality of life inside a building. In this project, however, we wished to investigate if the openings themselves […]

by Steve Fotios, University of Sheffield, UK

Life as a PhD student should be enjoyable. You are (or, should be) looking for the questions that have not yet been asked or answered. This can also make it a lonely life as your colleagues may not be studying the same topic as you so who do you turn to with questions? Of course, you can always ask your supervisor … but your supervisor’s knowledge is limited and is unlikely to be able to […]