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    • Category: Abandoned Places
      • Building ecological corridors in cities
      • Activating the coastal space of the waterfront city
      • Have you ever wondered how chancy abandoned sites are?
    • Category: Academia
      • Energy, Heat and Cooling in Housing Architecture (research record)
      • Net Zero Energy Cities by 2030: An Initiative by European Union
      • Reflexive Summary on Our Blog Based Course
      • An Attempt at an Idealistic Urban Vision
      • The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on Urban Form, A Comparison Between East and West (Shanghai & Newcastle)
      • Reflecting on My Design Theory
    • Category: Around the world
      • Approaches to industrial heritage in urban design
      • Application of Phytoremediation in Urban Design
      • Pedestrian-friendly Street: A great asset to the community
      • Sustainable Transport System: Case Study of Seoul, South Korea
      • Urban Design and Economics
      • The Urban Regeneration Project “F1963”
      • The east end of the quayside: an area in transition
      • Conservation and Regeneration: How urban renewal should be carried out in Jinan`s commercial port area?
      • Ice-Breaker Chengdu, The Gifted Land
      • The Elephant in the room.
      • Graffiti and public art: Chalk and Cheese
      • My steps towards Urban waterside Regeneration
      • Managing waste through design
      • Housing Typologies- a case of New Islington, Manchester
      • Urban Squares- An Identity of the City
      • Cycle a’way’ in Ouseburn!
      • Reliving the History
      • The what’s of Transition spaces!!
      • Reflections on Metropolitan Workshop’s practice: People Powered Places
      • Sustainable movement for the people
      • Landscape Urbanism
      • Beyond your imagination — International Urban Master Planning and Landscape Urbanism
      • Urban Design Issues In India
      • Evacuated – Occupied – Fortified; the Only British Territory Captured by Nazi Germany During WW2
    • Category: Building for life
      • The Dilemma of Built vs. Human Dimensions: Balancing Functionality and Cultural Identity in Architecture
      • Exploring child-friendly urban public spaces
      • A Discussion on Designing Neighbourhoods
      • Urban spaces: neighbourhood streets with pedestrian friendly streets
      • Reflections on Design
      • Biophilic Design
    • Category: Charrette
      • Application of high technology in urban life
    • Category: Children
    • Category: Circular Economy
      • Time to Shift: Linear to Circular Economy
    • Category: climate change
      • Co-living community design from the perspective of urban design
      • Designing with green infrastructures for climate-proof urban regeneration
      • Step back! We are affecting oceans
    • Category: Community
      • How to Build a Better City in Mordern Society?(Ⅰ)
      • The Importance of Community Engagement in Urban Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change
      • Building Spatial Resilience in Urban Communities
      • Ⅰ Think about slum issues ——Urban Design
      • Creating Playful Space for Vertical Living Children in Compact Cities
      • ‘Placemaking’ over ‘Urban Designing’
      • “Wall“ in Chinese Neighborhood
      • Urban vs Rural
      • Neighbourhood design
    • Category: Community engagement
      • Public spaces: How to improve the connection between the Public and the Street.
      • Public participation; a pre-requisite for a good neighbourhood design
      • Wonderful Exploration in Neighborhood Relationship
      • Urban Graffiti from the Perspective of Urban Design
      • Urban regeneration: Integrating health and sustainability into urban renewal
      • Community under the Epidemic-Urban Design
      • Housing Standard
    • Category: Crime
    • Category: Design
      • Are Smart Cities Improving Inclusive Space for Children?
    • Category: Design Theory
      • Sustainable urban design 8 principles
      • Economic Viability in Urban Design
      • Cities to be more ambitious – Sustainable transport
      • Designers guideline to ensure Mental Health is considered.
      • Phenomenology and its Meaning for Designers
      • Category: Landscape Urbanism
        • Landscape Urbanism
    • Category: Disaster treatment
      • Use 3D printing technology to solve the temporary housing problem after the earthquake
    • Category: environmental future
      • Strategies for building a livable city
      • Smart urban design
    • Category: Game Art
    • Category: Green Infrastructure
      • Green Spaces for Healing and Recovery: The Importance of Green Infrastructure in Promoting Health and Well-Being in the Post-Pandemic Era
      • “It’s never too late to mend”: The United States Catastrophic Transportation System
      • Green Infrastructure; a path towards Healthier Cities
    • Category: Health and Wellbeing
      • Urban Smell Space and Olfactory Reply
      • A RIVERFRONT.
      • Walkable city
      • HOW HEALTH AND URBAN DESIGN ARE INTER RELATED
      • Two Birds One Stone: Sustainable Public Transport As A Catalyst For Improved Health & Wellbeing
      • Four steps towards a healthier city
      • Community Green Space and Health
      • Passive Design
    • Category: Housing
      • Urban design and cohousing: creating more sustainable and humane community environments
      • A study of a modular building in the UK
    • Category: Human activities
    • Category: Ice-breaker
      • AM I THERE YET…!
      • My Life journey to Urban design
      • My Journey towards being an Urban Designer
      • Grey’s Monument area through the William Whyte “filter”
      • A NEW CITY FEELS LIKE A HOME!
      • Odyssey…
      • The Record of My Journey: North Shields and South Shields
      • Design of spaces have an impact on how we are shaped
      • Urban Revitalization in my Hometown
      • Ice-Breaker My Living City-Beijing
      • An icebreaker on the Urban Design course
      • Thinking of Urban design
    • Category: Liveable Cities
    • Category: Marine Life
    • Category: Neighbourhood Relationship
      • DESIGN OF NEIGHBOURHOODS An Incredibly Easy Method That Works For All.
    • Category: Neighbourhoods
      • Category: Neighbourhood development
        • A Friendly Neighbourhood design.
    • Category: Newcastle upon Tyne
      • Sustainable coastal area planning – relevant examples and application in Whitely Bay
      • Reflection of my experience of writing a blog
      • Impressions of Nantong and Newcastle
    • Category: News & Events
      • Category: News
        • Category: Blogs
          • Analyzing River-Front Projects
          • Scales of Urban Density
          • In the city, from where does the carbon come?
          • Water ,The essence of life
          • Revisiting the low-cost housing designed by B.V. Doshi: Part- B
          • Revisiting the low-cost housing designed by B.V. Doshi: Part A
          • Toward a better environment
          • Reflection Summary by Jason He——Semester 1
          • REFLEXIVE SUMMARY
          • Looking back at the blogging expedition!
          • Reflecting on my Journey so Far
          • Future of Green Infrastructure
          • Usage of Pubic Spaces
          • Sustainable Transport
          • Newcastle upon Tyne,The city that aspires to be iconic
          • Urban interventions: Part B
          • How Pixel Art Helps People Learn About Historic Architecture Through Games
          • Spiritual Environment Brings People Health and Happiness
          • A day in a life of a south Asian student
          • Journey of Architecture!
          • To Watch A Further Future In Design
          • And Breathe… Looking Back After a Busy Semester
          • Urban Design; an Informed but by No Means Expert Opinion
          • Linear Parks; a Linear Path to Greener Cities
          • Waging a War; Place-makers on the Frontline
          • COVID-19: An Unlikely Catalyst to High Street Regeneration
          • Review before moving on
          • 2 out of 3 Semesters
          • Urban spatial perception in Newcastle
          • Greening urban design: A place to live in nature
          • Progressive urban regeneration project: Manchester (2)
          • Measures for Enhancement
          • Community engagement: Fenham Futures
          • Reflecting and lessons learnt
          • Looking back on the past two academic years
          • Looking back, looking forward…
          • Onto the next chapter
          • Looking back, to a way forward
          • Nine Planning Principles for the Twenty-First Century
          • The adaptive reuse of houses of worship
          • Urban design that creates unsafe spaces for women
          • Reflection on my blog writing
          • The impact of the professional shift on design principles
          • Urban design codes
          • How can we encourage active travel through urban design?
          • Economic and Effective Urban Design
          • What are the benefits of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)?
          • Mixed age-appropriate community
          • Community Engaging Housing Schemes
          • Design Points of Rigid Pavement Materials for Pedestrian Road Space
          • Allotments: An alternative to green washing
          • A neglected urban public space – the space underneath the viaduct
          • RESTORATIVE CITIES-MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING
          • New East Manchester: Urban Renaissance
          • Multi-generational Housing – addressing the housing crisis and changing cultures
          • Age-Friendly Spaces
          • Building with Nature: a framework to inspire the next generation of placemaking.
          • Progressive urban regeneration project: Manchester (1)
          • Affordance and Play: Chandless Estate
          • The right given to everyone (2) – Why is the right to a neighbourhood important?
          • The need and importance of sustainability in design
          • The difference between practical projects and school projects
          • Reasonable arrangement of  hours
          • The New Normal for High Streets
          • Urban Design on Urban Carbon Emissions
          • Sea Level Rise and Future Urban Change
          • Working cities – Newcastle & Gateshead
          • Sustainable Community Transport
          • Tutorial, design and reflection
          • What is Landscape Urbanism?
          • 15 minutes life circle
          • Low-traffic neighbourhoods – supporting sustainable travel or public nuisance?
          • Urban street space
          • Urban street design in different population density
          • Glasgow’s East End Local Development Strategy: a case study of sustainable spatial strategy
          • The design of urban public spaces and their rise and fall
          • house typology
          • SITE MODEL MAKING
          • NEW FACADE FOR OLD BUILDINGS
          • The right given to everyone (1) – What is the right to a neighbourhood?
          • Urban food deserts
          • How have cars contributed to the obesity crisis?
          • How do we design inclusive spaces?
          • Towards betterment…..
          • ‘Woonerf’: A Refuge Opportunity for Us All
          • A Space for Mental Resilience
          • Reflections on my blog writing
          • Urban Design: A new journey for me
          • Are Blue spaces better than green spaces?
          • Reflection on Practice: Community engagement
          • My journey so far…
          • The pandemic’s effects on smart cities
          • Low traffic neighbourhood
          • Urban agriculture? A new impetus for the Salutogenic Environment!
          • Can cities improve our health?
          • Salutogenic Environments
          • The significance of urban design codes
          • Reflections on Practice: Community-Led Design
          • How to design Neighbourhood?
          • Is Newcastle a 15-minute city?
          • Urban design codes
          • How vehicles provide and dismantle space
          • INTERNATIONAL MASTER PLANNING & LANDSCAPE URBANISM
          • A Nation of Luddites: Active Travel as a UK Crises Solution
          • Is Public Transport in South East Northumberland fit for purpose?
          • Smart Cities- is smart city & place making the future?
          • Smart Cities- A New Tomorrow!
          • Smart Cities – The Future of Urban Design?
          • Cycle Boom! Cycle no more?
          • What makes a good neighbourhood?
          • Economic and Effective Urban Design
          • Introduction to Urban Design
          • How can we contribute to the realm of Urban Design
          • Do we design urban?
          • PARIS: Pedestrianizing the settings of the Eiffel Tower
          • ICEBREAKER ON URBAN DESIGN
          • Urban design is more than just “urban design”
          • ‘WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?’
          • Icebreaker-Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Design in China
          • Economics and Effective Urban Design
          • Icebreaker-Sustainable Urban Design
          • ICE BREAKER: ME AND URBAN DESIGN
          • After 30 years later of Korea’s rapid growth
          • The Role of Urban Design in Sustainable Development
          • First blog ice break
      • Category: Research output
    • Category: oceans
    • Category: Pandemic resilience
    • Category: Personal reflection
      • Looking back and summing up
      • REFLEXIVE SUMMARY OF MY BLOGGING EXPERIENCE
      • My Blogging Experience
      • Reflection on being a blogger
      • Reviewing this semester’s blogging experience
    • Category: Placemaking
    • Category: politics
    • Category: Reflective Summaries
      • A reflection on my blogging experience
      • A reflection of an Architect, Urban Designer and a Rookie Blogger
      • Reviewing my blogging journey
      • Reflecting on My Blogging Journey
      • Personal Experience of Studying The Urban Design
      • A reflection on my blogging experience this semester
      • Looking back..
      • Embracing The Future
      • Moving forward
      • Reflecting on the blog experience
      • My Blogging Experience
      • Reflection on my blog writing
      • Moving on to the next semester!
      • The value I get from BLOG
      • Reflection on blogging
      • Looking back on my first blogging experience…
      • My continuous growth
      • Reflecting on the Blogging Experience
      • Looking back
    • Category: Reflexive Summary
      • Reflexive Summary
      • Reflexive Summary
      • Reflexive Summary
      • Reflexive Summary
      • reflexive summary
    • Category: Rural
    • Category: Severe cold areas,Housing
      • housing construction in severe cold regions
    • Category: Smell space
    • Category: Street design
      • A vision to Safer streets.
    • Category: Sustainability
      • Urban Design and Sustainable Materials
      • Using technology to create more sustainable cities
      • Sustainable Transport and the Climate Change
      • Current status of sustainable transport and three possible transport systems
      • Sustainable Transport in China
    • Category: Technology
    • Category: Transport
      • EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
      • The 15-Minute City and Sustainable Transport: A Vision for the Future
      • The development of sustainable transport – the case of China
    • Category: Uncategorized
      • HOW A PLACE MAKING DESIGN CONTRIBUTES TO NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS
      • The urban coastal systems
      • Activating an ageing city
      • Building Social Cohesion in the UK: Challenges and Strategies
      • Application of Humanized Design in Urban Road Planning and Design
      • Bringing the city back to children——Exploring child-friendly cities
      • Urban Design: Tackling the Challenges with a Creative Edge
      • Strategies for Urban Resiliency
      • Affordable Housing Crisis
      • Reflection Summary
      • Reflection Summary
      • Reflexive blog–my difficulties and gains in first semester
      • Reflection on being a blogger
      • Icebreaker
      • Urban interventions: Part A
      • The Urban Planning of Shantou
      • About the concept of “One Shantou”
      • Significance of public transport for sustainable urban development
      • Sustainable transport
      • Spatial strategies for sustainable transport-oriented in city centre areas
      • About my hometown
      • The socioeconomic impact of urban design
      • Green space and health
      • Icebreaker – Where I grew up – Shanxi
      • Jinan, My Hometown
      • Looking back, and looking forward
      • The development of small cities and the problems they face
      • Reflection and outlook  
      • Looking back, looking forward
      • Using the landscape to enhance the experience of people moving through the building
      • Design of Street Spaces
      • My understanding of urban gentrification
      • Reflections on my blog
      • Living Streets
      • Neighbourhood Design
    • Category: urban
      • Category: Negative Issues
    • Category: walkability
    • Category: War
    • Category: waste management

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