Comfort and perception in architecture / J. Alstan Jakubiec

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Chapter 1 Multiple Representations in Physics and Science Education: Why Should We Use Them? / Maria Opfermann, Annett Schmeck and Hans E. Fischer Section A. Multiple Representations: Focus on Models and Analogies / Reinders Duit Chapter 2 Teaching and Learning Representations in Upper Secondary Physics / Per Morten Kind, Carl Angell, Øystein Guttersrud Chapter 3 Integrating Computational Artifacts into the Multi-Representational Toolkit of Physics Education / Brian E. Gravel, Michelle H. Wilkerson Chapter 4 Evaluating Multiple Analogical Representations from Students' Perceptions / Jing-Wen Lin, Mei-Hung Chiu Section B. Multiple Representations: Focus on Multiple Modes / Hans Fischer Chapter 5 Social Semiotics in University Physics Education / John Airey, Cedric Linder Chapter 6 Learning Optics with Multiple Representations: Not as Simple as Expected / Yen-Ruey Kuo, Mihye Won, Marjan Zadnik, Salim Siddiqui, David Treagust Chapter 7 Enacting a Representation Construction Approach to Teaching and Learning Astronomy / Peter Hubber, Russell Tytler Chapter 8 Learning about Forces Using Representations / Pasi Nieminen, Antti Savinainen, Jouni Viiri Chapter 9 The Conceptual Elements of Multiple Representations: A Study of Textbooks' Representations of Electric Current / Chee Leong Wong, Hye-Eun Chu Section C. Multiple Representations: Focus on Reasoning and Representational Competence / David Treagust Chapter 10 Representational Competence, Understanding of Experiments, Phenomena and Basic Concepts in Geometrical Optics: A Representational Approach / Andreas Müller, Rosa Hettmannsperger, Jochen Scheid, Wolfgang Schnotz Chapter 11 Understanding and Promoting Effective Use of Representations in Physics Learning / Pat Kohl, Noah Finkelstein Chapter 12 The Role of Representations in Students' Explanations of Four Phenomena in Physics: Dynamics, Thermal Physics, Electromagnetic Induction and Superposition / Jennifer Yeo, John K. Gilbert Chapter 13 Cross Referencing to Co-Construct Knowledge about Global Heat Transfer in an Online Learning Environment: Learning with Multiple Visualizations / Florence R. Sullivan, W. Richards Adrion, Dave Hart, Christopher N. Hill, K.C. Nat Turner, Jeff Xavier, Youngkwan Cha, Sangchil Lee, Bradford Wheeler Index.

This book discusses the design of comfortable buildings and shows that design perception and, as a result, comfort should be an intentional feature of architectural design. Modern buildings are often sealed boxes without operable windows or daylighting design. However, contemporary designers increasingly find themselves faced with the task of creating spaces that are comfortable in terms of thermal and visual aspects