Who Sets the City’s Clock? Urban Rhythms, Attention and Social Coordination
How work schedules, football matches, public announcements and digital feeds organise urban presence: a critical research framework for time and planning.
Author: ArchUp Research Lab
ArchUp’s research team prepares and publishes studies connecting architecture with science, human behaviour, materials and construction.
The Gym Floor Looks Clean. Is Exercising at Home Safer?
What surface studies can and cannot tell us about gym-floor hygiene, with a design and operations framework for comparing shared exercise spaces and homes.
Please Flush: What Does a Restroom Notice Reveal About Shared Space?
A research review of shared-restroom behaviour, signage and maintenance, separating user choices from failures of equipment, access and operations.
Coffee and Architecture: Who Designs What Happens Before the First Sip?
How cups, roasting equipment, service routes and seating shape coffee spaces: research evidence, operational trade-offs and a practical design evaluation.
The Meal Arrives. Who Designed Its Last Mile?
Food delivery links kitchens, couriers, streets and residential entrances. A planning review connects research evidence with Ibrahim Joharji’s Last Meal.
The Narrow House: What Does a Missing Piece of Floor Give Back?
A small house presents an apparently straightforward problem: how much living can fit inside a limited footprint? Yet filling every…
Interiors for Teenagers: What Does a Room Offer Beyond Four Walls?
How research on school views and nature can inform teenage interiors, with clear limits on claims about mood, stress and climate anxiety.
Hematite Concrete: Can Replacing Sand Make a Thinner Radiation Shield?
What research says about hematite replacing sand in radiation-shielding concrete, and why density, mix design and photon energy matter.
The Water Has Dried. Why Does a Ring Remain on the Stone?
Droplet physics separates the shape of a stain from its cause. A research-led proposal for testing stone sills through wetting, drying and maintenance.
The Office Is Open. Why Did Conversation Move to Email?
Two workplace field studies challenge the equation of openness with collaboration. What should architects specify—and verify—before removing office boundaries?
The Finish Looks Smooth. What Does the Hand Detect?
Nanoscale surface-discrimination research challenges visual-only finish approval, while keeping tactile similarity separate from comfort and grip safety.
Before Adding Another Component: What Design Reviews Overlook
Experiments on subtraction neglect suggest a testable way to broaden design-review options, without treating fewer building components as automatically better.
City Promotion Through Social Media: Building an Image, Measuring Its Impact
What tourism research reveals about social media, influencers and city promotion, and how to connect digital attention with the experience delivered on arrival.
Keeping the Façade Is Not Enough: Measuring the Environmental Value of Building Reuse
Six publications examine building reuse through retained materials, programme fit and life-cycle evidence, beyond the appearance of a preserved façade.
The Sidewalk Is on the Map. Can You Actually Get Through?
Six studies reveal how sidewalk obstructions, clear width and outdated imagery can turn a mapped pedestrian route into an inaccessible journey.
Why Cooking Odour Follows Clothes: From Textile Sorption to Kitchen Planning
A textile study traces hot-pot compounds released by cotton, wool and polyester, then asks what kitchen capture, doors and wardrobe placement may change.
The Bathroom Light Turns Off While You Are Still There: What Sensor Position Misses
Research on PIR positioning shows why a seated user can disappear from an occupancy system, and how bathroom lighting can be tested before handover.
The Last Metre of Hot-Water Pipe: How Branch Length Turns Waiting into Waste
Research on hot-water delivery shows how branch length, internal diameter and cooling turn a hidden pipe volume into repeated waiting, water waste and commissioning risk.
The Door Is Quiet. Can the Room Still Breathe?
A measured study of door-bottom gaps shows why sound isolation and return-air flow must be commissioned as one room system, not two separate details.
The Drain Ends Above the Pavement. Why Is the Walkway Always Wet?
A study of wet-floor friction shows why an air-conditioner condensate outlet must be coordinated with the pavement, pedestrian route and commissioning process.
Forbidden Spaces: When a Use Is Not Allowed Here
A comparative study across six countries examines how activity bans, zoning, exceptions and exclusion shape the spaces architects can design.
