Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture Faculty.
Submissions from 2023
Reimaging the Library of the Future. From Social Condenser and Community Hub to Regenerative Design, Steffen Lehmann
Research Methods in Urban Design: A Framework for Researching the Performance and Resilience of Places, Steffen Lehmann
Filling the Knowledge Gaps in Mass Timber Construction: Where are the Missing Pieces, What are the Research Needs?, Steffen Lehmann and Paul D. Kremer
Submissions from 2022
A Design Framework of Exploration, Segmentation, Navigation, and Instruction (ESNI) for the Lifecycle of Intelligent Mobile Agents as a Method for Mapping an Unknown Built Environment, Junchi Chu, Xueyun Tang, and Xiwei Shen
Hands-on Education Module for Modular Construction, 3D Design, and 4D Schedule, Kyle A. Kithas and Jin Ouk Choi
Submissions from 2021
Assessing the Macro and Micro Elements of the Akbarieh World Heritage Garden Using Participant Observer Method in a Continuous/ Stop-Motion, Mohammad Reza Khalilnezhad and Dak Kopec
Person-Centered Health Care Design, Dak Kopec
Growing Biodiverse Urban Futures: Renaturalization and Rewilding as Strategies to Strengthen Urban Resilience, Steffen Lehmann
Nature in the Urban Context: Renaturalisation as an Important Dimension of Urban Resilience and Planning, Steffen Lehmann
Augmented Performance: A Remote Process and Engagement between Metrics and Outcomes, Phillip W. Zawarus
Submissions from 2020
A Narrative Review of Theories of Wayfinding Within the Interior Environment, Saman Jamshidi and Debajyoti Pati
Haven, Refuge, or Prison: The Concept of Home During The COVID-19 Pandemic, Dakar Kopec
Place Meaning and Attachment: Authenticity, Heritage and Preservation, Dakar Kopec and AnnaMarie Bliss
Design as the Missing Variable in Trauma-Informed Schools, Dakar Kopec and J. Davis Harte
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and the Built Environment, Dak Kopec and Kendall Marsh
‘Aqui Estamos Y No Nos Vamos’: Contested Ground, Sustainable Informal Settlement and Human Consequence in the Urban Landscape of South Los Angeles, Daniel H. Ortega
Optimization of Urban Cooling Strategies for Parking Lots in Hot and Dry Climates: Case Study of Las Vegas and Adelaide, Ehsan Sharifi, Phillip Zawarus, and Steffen Lehmann
The Oneida Community: An Examination of Place Attachment in a Utopian Society, Janet White
The p[AR]k: An Engagement Between Technology and Landscape Performance, Phillip Zawarus
7J Meadows: An Arid Ecological Master Plan, Phillip Zawarus and Lisa Ortega
Submissions from 2019
Temporary Appropriation of Public Space As an Emergence Assemblage for the Future Urban Landscape: The Case of Mexico City, Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Alessandro Melis, and Steffen Lehmann
Urban Regeneration: A Manifesto for Transforming UK Cities in the Age of Climate Change, Steffen Lehmann
Draw First, Ask Questions Later: The Value of Manual Sketching Elementary Architectural Structures Education, Deborah J. Oakley
Reimaging the Arid, Samantha Solano
Urban Farming in Inner-City Multi-Storey Car-Parking Structures: Adaptive Reuse Potential, Monika Szopińska-Mularz and Steffen Lehmann
Bottom Up Social Change: Materials | Buildings | Community: Proceedings of the 2019 Intersections Symposium, Joshua Vermillion
Physical Computing, Prototyping, and Participatory Pedagogies: Make-A-Thon as Interdisciplinary Catalyst for Bottom-Up Social Change, Joshua Vermillion and Alberto de Salvatierra
Submissions from 2018
On the Liminal Fertility between the Sacred and the Profane in the Sin City of Neon Lights, Alberto de Salvatierra and Samantha Solano
Road to Zero Emissions, Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez
A Case Study of Urban Design and Mental Health in Las Vegas, Dak Kopec
Intercultural Design: Las Vegas to New Orleans, Dak Kopec
Environmental Psychology for Design, David Alan Kopec
Designed environment for healthy aging, Attila Lawrence
AIA+2030 Online Series Course 5: Employing Passive Systems for Load Reduction, Edward Mazria, Erik Rick Sommerfeld, Pablo La Roche, Amarpreet Sethi, and Alfredo Fernandez- Gonzales
Emeraled Territories, Samantha Solano
Modeling Landscape Performance, Phillip Zawarus
Landscape Arch Design III, Phillip W. Zawarus
Finding the Way: Transformation through Engaged Dialogue and Action, Phillip W. Zawarus and Daniel Ortega
Submissions from 2017
Bay Cove Human Services, Inc. and the Boston Architectural College, Dak Kopec
Chasing Time: The Forgotten History and Evolution of the NAAB Structures Student Performance Criteria, Deborah J. Oakley
Salvadori's Structure in Architecture: The Building of Buildings, Mario G. Salvadori, Robert Heller, and Deborah J. Oakley
Assemblage Studio (Copper Haus, House in 2 Parts, House of Light and Water, J2 Residence), Eric D. Strain
assemblageSTUDIO (J2 Residence), Eric D. Strain
CNC Mediated Representation, Joshua D. Vermillion, Shai Yeshayahu, and Samantha M. Solano
From Scratch: How to Start a Designbuild Program, Eric Weber
City Of Refuge: Separatists and Utopian Town Planning, Janet R. White
The Bethel Colony: Intersections of Culture and Built Form in a Bible Communist Utopia, Janet R. White
The Jardin-Anglais as Public Image of the Self, Janet R. White
Submissions from 2016
The HUNDRED Plan for the Historic Westside Community, Steven R. Clarke, David B. Baird, Claytee D. White, and Glenn N. Nowak
A Survey of Structures Education in North American Schools of Architecture, R. Dermody, Deborah Oakley, and M. Uihlein
Chapter 7: Water Use and Conservation, Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez
Digital Design Exercises for Architecture Students, Jason S. Johnson and Josh Vermillion
Exercises for Assembly and Communication, Jason S. Johnson and Josh Vermillion
Exercises for Integrating Data and Form, Jason S. Johnson and Josh Vermillion
Exercises for Points, Lines, and Curves, Jason S. Johnson and Josh Vermillion
Exercises for Volumes and Aggregate Assemblies, Jason S. Johnson and Josh Vermillion
DesertSol House, Sheri Koones, Robert Redford, and Eric D. Weber
White Pine County Line: Re Drawing and Re Making in the Rural Landscape Medium, Daniel H. Ortega
Part I. Innovative Tools : L A N D Script_data S C A P E: "Digital" Agency within Manufactured Territories, Daniel H. Ortega and Jonathan R. Anderson
Introduction: The Only Thing We Have to Fear..., Daniel H. Ortega and Jonathon R. Anderson
Arbitrage Las Vegas: A Portrait of Urban Games, Maria Del C. Vera and Susanna Newbury
Use-Value in Architecture, Eric Weber
The Crucible of Construction: Designing and Building the UNLV Solar Decathlon House, Eric D. Weber
Review: Nathaniel Coleman, ed. Imagining and Making the World: Reconsidering Architecture and Utopia, Janet R. White
Submissions from 2015
Direct and Indirect Mental Health Correlates of Interior Environmental Spatial Qualities, Attila Lawrence
Two Strategies for Improved Student Engagement in Technology Classes, Deborah J. Oakley
Nosotros (We): Two Cultures of Sustainability and the Present City of Las Vegas, Daniel H. Ortega
Vertical Plane Typologies: Examining Sections and Elevations, Daniel H. Ortega and Jonathon R. Anderson
After the Solar Decathlon: Creating a New Design-Build Program, Eric Weber
Documenting Design Processes through Video and Creative Marketing, Shai Yeshayahu, Joshua Vermillion, and Jonathon Anderson
Connecting Dots, Shai Yeshayahu and Phillip W. Zawarus
The Ecology of Play, Shai Yeshayahu and Phillip W. Zawarus
Submissions from 2014
Characterization of Thermal Comfort in a Passively Cooled Building Located in a Hot-Arid Climate, Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez
Submissions from 2013
Development of a Design Tool to Simulate the Thermal Performance of Direct Gain Passive Solar Systems Using TMY3 Data, Alfredo Fernández-González
Submissions from 2009
Design Lessons Learned from the Lied Animal Shelter in Las Vegas, Nevada: A Post-occupancy Evaluation of the Thermal and Luminous Environmental Conditions, Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez and Andrea Wilkins
Design Lessons Learned from the Lied Animal Shelter in Las Vegas, Nevada: A Post-OccupancyEvaluation of the Thermal and Luminous Environmental Conditions, Alfredo Fernández-González and Andrea Wilkins
Submissions from 2007
Modeling the Performance of a Solar Heated Sunroom: Heat Gain, Storage and Loss, John E. Petersen and Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez
Submissions from 2005
Proposed Fine Arts Pavilion at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: The Beauty of Green Design, Alfredo Fernández-González and Daniel J. Overbey