About the project
This project aims to understand how simulation approaches and other experimental modelling can be used to optimise building performance in relation to user health, comfort, and environmental sustainability. It will also establish reliable methods for validating the results and enhance the standing of computational building physics methods in finding robust architectural design for housing.
The project seeks to systematically explore and document how various housing design parameters affect key indicators of user health and comfort when evaluated through building performance simulations. The project also develop a new research area on comfort standards use in simulations aiming to complement and broaden their existing scope. The project will explore and develop data-driven methods in architectural design. The study will also produce practical guidelines and a decision-support framework to help designers and policymakers create healthier and more sustainable buildings.
You'll learn and integrate simulation tools, optimisation algorithms, and multi-objective decision-making techniques into a unified framework. This framework is capable of evaluating and comparing alternative building design scenarios at early design stages. You'll establish comprehensive set of design guides affecting health and comfort of users supported by evidence from simulations and experimental analysis.
The lead supervisor of this project is Dr Masoud Sajjadian.
The School of Engineering is committed to promoting equality, diversity inclusivity as demonstrated by our Athena SWAN award. We welcome all applicants regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or age, and will give full consideration to applicants seeking flexible working patterns and those who have taken a career break. The University has a generous maternity policy, onsite childcare facilities, and offers a range of benefits to help ensure employees’ well-being and work-life balance. The University of Southampton is committed to sustainability and has been awarded the Platinum EcoAward.
