MSc Dissertations

• Hiro Abe. Learning from the Traditional Japanese House: Applying traditional techniques to contemporary houses in Tokyo.
• Carole Aspeslagh. Natural Ventilation in the Urban Environment: Design Guidelines for schools.
• Evgenia Budanova. Refurbishment of industrial building into low energy residences in Moscow.
• Aaron Budd. Environmental Diversity in Facade Design: Developing diversity in residential facades within the urban context of Toronto.
• Francisco Casablanca Environmental Assessment of housing in Puerto Rico:The Evolution of a transplanted housing typology in an island of warm and humid climate.
• Joanna Conceicao. Environmental Retrofits for Residential Buildings in Sao Paulo
• Cristina Crespo. Urban Microclimates of the old San Juan.
• Melpo Danou. Transformations at the Street Level of Athens.
• Gabriela Tristao Ferreira. Retrofitting of the traditional architecture of Terceira island in the Azores
• Anna Gkouma. The Balcony in the Greek Urban Context.
• Alfonso E. Hernadez. Combinatorial Transferable Bermed/Semi Buried Dwellings, Their Architectural Potential and Their Passive Environmental Design Strategies.
• Kristin Hoogenboom. Adaptively Reusing London’s Existing Industrial Fabric – Derelict to Domestic
• Shao-Fan (Eric) HSU. Sustainable Design Guidelines for Multi-Storey Apartments in Taipei.
• Shashank Jain. Passive cooling through Ground Coupling: Application of Earth Air Heat Exchangers in Delhi.
• Mili Kyropoulou. Multi-storey residential buildings in north Greece: Balancing between daylight and thermal performance through facade strategies.
• Masoudeh Nooraei. Design Guidelines for Low Energy Multi-Storey Housing in Tehran, Iran.
• Joram Orvieto. Mobile and foldable house in Italy
• Niken Palupi. Urban Semi-Outdoor Courtyard Cafe in Warm-Humid Climate. Case study Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Silvia Piccione. Energy Retrofitting of Social Housing Stock in Northern Italy.
• Sameena Rajendra. Cooling Without Air Conditioning, Hot Dry Climate, Kuwait.
• Gemala Rinaldi. New Guidelines for Town house in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Liliana Rodriguez. Modifying the Urban Microclimate in Outdoor spaces to provide thermal comfort in Monterrey, Mexico
• Roshanek Sajadian. Guidelines for Low Energy Housing in Northern Tehran
• Rohin Sher. Sustenance Through shared Comfort – Learning From Quantifying Passive Cooling Strategies In Hot Dry Ahmedabad.
• Roi Tzimika. Exploring the thermal balance of single family detached houses in Northern Greece.
• Marco Vitali. Potential and Applicability of Mixing Concrete with Straw
• Ruofan Yao. Passive design of detached house in the Yangtze Delta Region.

MSc 2009

• Georgios Athanasopoulos. The Environment of Wineries.
• Nitin Bansal. “Corbu” in the Tropics.
• Floriana Calise. The Boulder Houses on the Island of Ischia: An environmental evaluation.
• Ellen Cameron. Direct Coupling: The potential of openness for energy savings.
• Monika Choudhary. The Potential of Earth Architecture as Low Energy Design.
• Yun Ho Chung. Thermal Performance of Typical Classrooms in South Korea.
• Maria Dry. Evaluating the retrofitting of an old barrack into a library: the case study of the public  library in Corfu.
• Hina Gazi. Emerging Learning Environments, UK
• Polytimi Ilia. Evaluation of Retrofitting Methods: Conversion of the ‘Spierer’ Tobacco Warehouse in Valos, Greece.
• Snigdha Jain. Impact of the built form and vegetation on the micro climate in the context of the residential sector in Delhi.
• Annisa Julison: Let the (Indirect) Sun Shine In : Daylight Retrofitting in the Courtauld’s Gallery Central Room.
• Natalia Kafassis. Exploiting Adaptation and Transitions: Learning from environments beyond the boundaries of comfort.
• Sharat Kaicker. Low Energy, High Intelligence Shopping Experience in North India.
• Kalliopi Limpou. Designing Outdoors: Ephemeral & Adaptive Book Shelters in Thessaloniki,  Greece.
• Victor Lopez-Rioboo Gil. Reuse of Traditional Rural Housing in Abandoned Villages in  Galicia, Spain.
• Viktoria Lytra. Environmental Design  and  Morphogenesis.
• Ricardo Messano. Environmental Retrofitting  of Office Buildings in Sao Paulo.
• Alberto Moletto. Courtyard Housing Typology in a Dense Urban Area.
• Elli Papacosta. Adaptation and Reuse of the Existing Fabric: Converting Warehouses in London.
• Pushkin Passey. Daylighting in Adjacent Spaces of Atrium Buildings.
• Barak Pelman. PER-FORM-AION: Building Form and Thermal Performance on the Israeli Coastal Plain.
• Rudrajit Sabhanay. Bioemulation: Investigation and Application of a Biomimetic Approach to  Environmental Design.
• Aruna Sarkar. Exploring The Concept Of “Passive Zone” In Warmer Climates: Case for IT offices in India.
• Nicola Salis. Solar Control and Ventilation Strategies for Cellular Offices Buildings.
• Parag Savla. Transitional Spaces for Commercial Buildings in Warm and Humid Climates.
• Anna Vogiatzi-Tampa. Transforming The Urban Void To An Urban Scene: The Potential For Sustainable Regeneration.

MSc 2008

• Mania Ampatzi. Bioclimatic Strategies for Seaside Resorts on Greek Islands.
• Leonidas Beis. Case Study of an Electronics Megastore in Markopoulo, Greece.
• Avanti Karnani. The potential of thermal mass in school buildings in Hot Arid Climate of Aswan, Egypt.
• Gangrong Lei. Naturally Ventilated Urban Housing in Southern China – A Research Review to current Energy Efficient Residential Building Design for Hot Summer Warm Winter Climatic Zone in China.
• Maria Mena D. Dynamic Canopies: a Microclimatic Intervention for Outdoor Comfort.
• Shailee Nalawade. Passive Strategies For Multi-Storeyed Residential Housing In Pune, India.
• Dipti Naphade. Thermal Comfort in Outdoor Activity Spaces. Application of passive techniques like evaporative cooling can contribute in achieving thermal comfort in outdoor activity space of a housing scheme in the climate of Nagpur.
• Kohei Omori. Seeking Below Ground: Potential Of Underground Office Building In Tokyo.
• Lisa Ann Pasquale. Operational Logic: Control, Behaviour and Performance Sustainment at the Eden Project.
• Jorge Rodriguez Alvarez. Environmental Retrofit: Energy Upgrades of Urban Dwellings in a Mild Atlantic Climate.
• Michael Smith-Masis. Social Housing in Costa Rica’s Warm Humid Climate: Strategies and considerations for passive design.
• Afsaneh Tafazzoli. Urban Environmental Shopping Centres: Lessons to be learnt from the Environmental Function of Isfahan Bazaar.
• Paria Tomprou. Flexibility and Comfort in Dancing Environments: Building and Human Envelope Responses.
• Priya Vakil. The Intelligent Skin for Office Buildings in Mumbai.

MSc 2007

MSc 2006

• Ahmed Abouzeid. Sustainable and Informal.
• Olutobi Adamolekun.  Low-Income Housing in Lagos – Sustainable Techniques for Modular Construction
• Joyce Chan.  Public “Living-Room” in Hong Kong
• Anastasia Dretta. Sustainable Retrofitting of Office Buildings in the Mediterranean Context.
• Clarice Fong.  Out of the Box – Reinventing the Industrial Warehouse
• Manuel Alejandro Gallardo Gonzalez.  A Prototype House for a Sustainable Small scale Development in Baja Sur, Mexico.
• Varun Kohli.  The New St Anthony’s School : Creating Learning Environments in the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India.
• Montella, F.  Environmental Functions of a Buffer Space for a Shopping Mall.
• Debra L. Raymont.  Low Income Housing – an Approach through Sustainable Design.
• Vasiliki Sagia.  Double Enclosure Application for a Commercial Building in Athens, Greece.
• Aadil Salim.  Outdoors-Indoors Courtyards in Kerala, India.
• Sandro C. Tubertini.  Low Energy High Rise Office Buildings for Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Olga Tzioti.  Redifining Libraries.
• Steven Vujeva.  Suburban Extensions : Alterations to Single Family Detached Long Island Dwellings for Energy Efficiency.

MA Environment and Energy Studies (1995-2005)

• Albers, M. (1999). Passive Solar Design for Refurbished Attic Spaces.
• Altamirano, H. (2002) Reaching Adequate Thermal Performance In Low Income Chilean Housing.
• Aristizabal, A. (1998). Plan Organisation and Natural Ventilation in the New Environmental Office Buildings.
• Arizmendi, A. (2001). Sustainable Geometries. With case study design project for a house.
• Barlas, K. (2002). Environmental Retrofitting of the Urban Block in the Contemporary Greek City.
• Bhide, S. (2001). Passive Cooling Toward Sustainable India with special reference to passive downdraught evaporative cooling systems.
• Blouin, A.(2002 with Distinction). A Sustainable Country House Designed For The South Eastern Canadian Climate.
• Bondonio, A. (2000). The Compact City In The UK.
• Branger, A. (1995 with Distinction). Emerging Stereotypes of the Low Energy Off ce Building in the UK.
• Brunelli, G. (2004 with Distinction). Environmental Design of Industrial Buildings.
• Carro, C. (2000). Daylight iIn Museums.
• Cascone, P. (2003). Operative Topographies: low energy housing and urban agriculture in Central Italy.
• Chatzidimitriou, A. (2003 with Distinction).Urban Voids: studies of outdoor spaces in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Cheung, A. (2003).Home-Office in an Urban Tower.
• Constantinidou, C. (1999). Environmental Performance Assessment of the Office Building in Central Athens. Retrofitting Proposals.
• Costella, M. (2005). A Low-Energy Urban House Designed for the Southern Brazilian Climate.
• Davis, K. (2004). Low Energy Housing and Sustainable Urban Communities.
• De Echarri, G. (2002). Night time cooling and complementary strategies in office buildings in Madrid.
• Dipotontro, G. (2001). Building Underground In Hot Climates.
• Duque, G. (1998). Cool Islands for Hot Weather Cities: Rethinking the Open Space with the Active Square.
• Erickson, J. (2003 with Distinction).Comfort through Change: an adaptable building facade.
• Ernest, R. (2004). Street Markets.
• Estrada, C. (2004). Environmentally Efficient Workspace Planning.
• Filippopoulou, E. (2004). Thermal and Visual Comfort for Contemporary Housing in Greece.
• Fleming, J.-A. (2005). An Autonomous House for Rural Northern Ireland.
• France Roger, J.-F. (1996). Solutions for Better Comfort for the Working Environment in Urban Areas.
• Fryer, R. (2003). Form and Misuse: investigations into exceeding the performance of sustainable materials.
• Gaiser, W. (2003 with Distinction).Passive Cooling for Conservation: achieving stable indoor conditions in a desert library. MA Dissertation (*). AA E+E, London.
• Galarza, P. (1998). Recycling Structures as an Environmental Alternative. A Case Study.
• Gallegos Cobo, U. (2000). Environmental Characteristics Of Tensile Structures.
• Garozzo, C. (2001). The Architecture Of Historical Hypogeal Buildings And Its Application In Contemporary Practice.
• Gavalas, A. (2003). Sustainable Design and Retrofitting of a Commercial Building in Athens.
• Giatili, S. (2001). Adjustable Facades in the Mediterranean.
• Goncalves Soares J. C. (1997). The Environmental Impact of Tall Buildings in Urban Centres.
• Grohmann, S. (1998). Building Inside the City: A Socially and Environmental Conscious Analysis of the Relation Between Buildings and External Space in Two High-Density Housing Developments in London’s Urban Context.
• Gruenberg, M. (2001). Text and Design: comparison of four environmental architects.
• Hajek, S. (1996). Lightwells and Courtyards in Old Town Houses in the Inn-Salzach Region: four case studies in Wasserburg am Inn.
• Herrera-Rojas, A. (2003).The Role of Conservatories for Sustainable Housing in the UK.
• Hirsch, D. (1998). Environmental Design and Rehabilitation of Disused Industrial Complexes.
• Gallou, I. (2004). Façade as Adaptable Skin.
• Gavalas, P. (2005). Low Energy Light Industrial Buildings In Greece.
• Goncalves, M. (2005). Projeto CASA – Sustainable Modular Architecture for Social Housing in Curitiba, Brazil.
• Goldman, D. (2002 with Distinction). California‘s Relocatable Classrooms.
• Grill, B. (1996). The Double-Skin Glass Facade.
• Holtz, A. (2005). Adaptive Prototype House: a design alternative for environmentally responsive social housing.
• Huang, Y. (2005). Energy-efficient solutions for adaptable space: studies on studio space in London.
• Hsieh, A. (2002). Vertical elements for natural ventilation: functional or aesthetic.
• Indranata, K. (2000). Breeze For Jakarta: Retrofitting Residential Buildings In Tropical Climates.
• Ito, R. (2003). Evaluation of Case Study Project in Ghana.
• Izquierdo, N. (1995). Flexibility and Adaptability in Bioclimatic School Buildings.
• Johnston, J. (2005). Encouraging principles of sustainability in landscape architecture education.
• Kalamatianou, F.-L. (2004). Environmental Retrofitting of Performance Spaces.
• Kaye, I. (2004). Home for the Modern Nomad and the Street Homeless.
• Khan, Z. (2005). Rethinking Spaces for Learning with special reference to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Kalapanida, M. (2001). Environmental Aspects of Ancient Greek Buildings.
• Kalograia, D. (1998). Eco-Concrete: A Possibility or a Contradiction?
• Karagiannaki, S. (2002). Restoring A Conserved Residential Unit In Athens.
• Kausch, A. (1997). Environmental Considerations in the Projects of Alsop & Stormer: is low energy building compatible with any architectural style ?
• Keller, T. (2001). Toward Sustainable Urban Development. environmental retrofitting of working units in London.
• Khodr, J. (1998). The Traditional Living Room Versus the Modern Day Living Room in Kuwait.
• Kiskini, C. (1999 with Distinction). Environmental Retrofitting of Museums with two Case Studies in Northern Greece.
• Kohli, M. (1998 with Distinction). The Use of Natural Ventilation in Comtemporary Public Service Buildings in the UK.
• Konsta, P. (2001). Passive Systems Active Buildings :GEK Headquarters, Athens.
• Kotani, A. (1998). The Paper Shelter–Recycling Paper for Building Structures.
• Kraus, J. (2005). Lightweight facades and flexible assemblies.
• Kreitmayer, B. (2004). Tourist Dwellings on the Adriatic Coast.
• Krenz, A. (2001). The compact city:comfort, density and urban form.
• Kristensen, A. (2001). Sustainable Building Materials And Environmental Assessment Methods.
• Kulkarni, H. (2003). Cooling without Air Conditioning for Office Buildings in Hot-Dry Climate in India.
• Loeb, R. (1998). Small Scale Settlements in the Amazon Rainforest.
• Mahadevan, P. (2005). Retrofitting of buildings with focus on housing.
• Maladkar, A. (2004). Transitional Post-Disaster Shelter.
• Marcondes, M. (2004). Double Skin Façades in Sao Paulo.
• Martinez-Canavate, C. (2004). Atrium Spaces.
• Martins, L. (2002). Selling Cities As Eco-Systems.
• Mas, M. (2004). Museum Design.
• Massa, H. (1997). The Space in Between: Climatic control in public open spaces.
• Mercantini, C. (2001). Smart Facades For Mixed-Use Buildings In Northern Europe.
• Mehrotra, M. (2004). Geometries for Tall Structures.
• Moura, R. (1998). Bioclimatic Retrofitting on Southern Portuguese Vernacular Architecture: a Case study.
• Muench, B. (1997 with Distinction). Zero Emission Housing.
• Papagiannopoulos, G. (2002 with Commendation). Evaporative Cooling Using Porous Ceramic Bricks.
• Pasquero, C. (2002). Human And Environmental Behaviour In Urban Context. atterns analysis at the scale of Highbury and Islington neighbourhood, London).
• Perez Rubio (2000). Living And Breathing In Suburbia.
• Pilliner-Reeves, C. (2003). Use of Public Non-Places for Urban Regeneration-with case study in London.
• Poletto, M. (2002). Modelling Urban Rhythms.
• Pratt, K. (2004). Hooke Park.
• Pyrek, A. (2005). Adaptable Building Materials for Climatic Design Applications.
• Rastogi, M. (1994). Optimization and Choice. The Geometry of Solar Space.
• Rentmeister, K. (1997). Design Objectives for Office Buildings.
• Romero, M. (1998). Analysis of the Main Dispersal Assembly Space in the Context of Educational Buildings.
• Rosa, R. (1998). Retrofitting Multi-Strorey Residential Buildings in Lisbon with Bioclimatic Strategies.
• Rossi, D. (2005). Bioclimatic Restoration of Vernacular Architecture in Tuscany, Italy.
• Rothhahn, K. (1998). Form Follows Flow – Or the Potential to Optimise Ventilation Through the Shape of a Building.
• Sabherwal, A. (2003). Roof Cooling Strategies for the Climate of Delhi.
• Sanabria, J.C. (2002). Small-Scale Housing Unit Prototype For Costa Rica.
• Sandiumenge, T. (1998). Retrofitting Flat Roofs for Natural Cooling.
• Santisteban, F. (1998). A Study of the Thermal Effect of Green Areas on the Urban Microclimate and its Applicability to Monterrey, Mexico.
• Schirber, A. (2001). Toward Intelligent Temporary Shelter.
• Schuster, H. (1998 with Commendation). Warehouse 12. A Case Study to Examine the Potential of Environmental Strategies in Reusing 19th Century Industrial Buildings.
• Senatore, A. (2001). Natural Ventilation Strategies In Retrofitted Office Buildings.
• Sgoutas, D. (1999). Retrofitting Old Warehouses. With design proosals for a building in the city of Xanthi in Northern Greece.
• Shum, K. (1998). In Search of the ‘Sustainable’ Atrium.
• Skourtis, G. (2001). Environmental retrofitting of interwar social housing in greece.
• Smith, A. (2004 with Commendation). Mixed-Use Urban Renewal Projects in Climates with Extreme Seasonal Variations.
• Somuncu, Y. (2002). How can buildings teach in terms of environment & energy issues. A case study of the Inanc Lisesi Gebze Campus in Turkey).
• Stavropoulou, E. (1997). The Potential for Low Energy Industrial Architecture in Greece: Practical applications in existing buildings.
• Sun, F. (2005). Achieving Suitable Thermal Performance in Residential Buildings in WuHan, China.
• To, K.F. (2001). Transformations Of Our Cities: new approaches in urbanism.
• Tobe, Y. (2004) Retrofitting Office Buildings in Tokyo.
• Ulguray, D. (2001). Environmental Attributes Of Double Facades.
• Vatanopas, N. (2005). Enhancing Thermal and Visual Comfort with Internal Fittings and Finishings.
• Wadhwani, P. (1999). The Shopping Environment.
• Wang, D. (2001). Sunny Side-Up: building integrated photovoltaics on mixed-use urban housing in Los Angeles.
• Zavliaris, A. (2000). Aegean Urban Routes.
• Zou, J. (2004). Affordable Comfort for Housing in Beijing.
• Zouzoulas, E. (1999). Building light in hot and dry climates.

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