https://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/category/pi-led-projects/PI-Led ProjectsHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-ushttps://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/media/logo_hu_966b09999e2b48b3.pnghttps://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/category/pi-led-projects/https://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/research/biophilic-benchmarking/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/research/biophilic-benchmarking/<h2 id="title">Title</h2> <p>Biophilic Benchmarking: Advancing Landscape Design Through Ecosystem Modelling</p> <h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Biophilic Town Framework in enhancing the landscape performance of residential precincts, focusing on heat mitigation, noise abatement, habitat provision, recreation, visual relief, surface runoff, water quality, soil erosion, and maintenance. While the Biophilic Town Framework has been developed and applied in some precincts, its actual performance remains unassessed. The performance varies across the landscape features, maintainability, and site context within different precincts, making it challenging for local agencies to provide well-informed design recommendations due to uncertainty about which areas deliver higher benefits.</p> <h2 id="role">Role</h2> <p>Principal Investigator</p> <h2 id="period">Period</h2> <p>2026–2030 $ 4,948,840.00 SGD</p>https://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/research/climate-responsive-urban-landscapes-for-health/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/research/climate-responsive-urban-landscapes-for-health/<h2 id="title">Title</h2> <p>Optimising urban landscapes in response to climate change for health promotion</p> <h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>Urban heat has significantly affected not only physical but also mental well-being. Numerous studies have highlighted its impacts on physical health, such as thermal comfort, heat stroke, and heat-related mortality. Recent research has also demonstrated the impacts on mental well-being, like a positive correlation between elevated temperatures and irritability. How can we mitigate the negative impacts on mental health from a design perspective is challenging and urgent for many cities, like Singapore. The project will develop an innovative decision-making framework to optimise urban landscape for urban heat mitigation and mental health promotion. It will explore the relationship between urban heat, urban landscape and mental well-being, and automate the generation and optimization of design scenarios for human well-being.</p> <h2 id="role">Role</h2> <p>Principal Investigator</p> <h2 id="period">Period</h2> <p>2024–2028 $ 400,000.00 SGD</p>https://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/research/green-building/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://smartscapedesignlab.github.io/research/green-building/<h2 id="title">Title</h2> <p>Balancing Dynamic Supply and Demand in Green Buildings: Intelligent Adaptation for Human-centric Building Envelope Design</p> <h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>This project aims to develop an intelligent adaptation model for building envelope design that balances supply and demand across sustainability objectives using a multimodal control strategy. It will focus on: (1) the dynamic demands of human activity on energy use, carbon emissions, mental stress and operation cost in residential and commercial buildings; (2) the multi-objective supply of adaptive building envelopes for energy efficiency, carbon sequestration, mental restoration, economic productivity and implementation cost; and (3) optimizing envelope design to achieve supply-demand balance with multimodal control systems. Our preliminary studies with IoT-enabled climate-adaptive systems show potential for improving energy efficiency and occupant comfort. This research will improve and validate the system in Suzhou, China, delivering a customizable low-impact envelope design tool and a prototype integrating solar PV technology.</p> <h2 id="role">Role</h2> <p>Principal Investigator</p> <h2 id="period">Period</h2> <p>2025–2028 $ 3,000,000.00 CNY</p>