PhD position in Design Integration of Bio-Inclusive Façade Interventions

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PhD position in Design Integration of Bio-Inclusive Façade Interventions Sintesi in italiano (traduzione automatica): L'Università Tecnica di Delft (TU Delft) cerca un candidato per un dottorato di ricerca sul tema 'Edifici resilienti al clima ispirati alla natura'. Il progetto BIO-SKIN sviluppa facciate bio-based e circolari che supportano la crescita delle piante e migliorano la biodiversità. Il candidato dovrà tradurre requisiti ecologici, materiali e di sostenibilità in principi di design applicabili e interventi per facciate. Le mansioni includono la revisione di strategie di design, la prototipazione di concetti biophilic e la collaborazione con partner del progetto. È richiesta una laurea magistrale in ingegneria del design industriale, design dei materiali o un campo correlato, con esperienza in design circolare e materiali bio-based. La sede principale è TU Delft, con un giorno di lavoro settimanale presso l'AMS Institute di Amsterdam. What if building facades could do more than protect us from the hot weather? What if they could cool cities, support plant growth, enhance biodiversity and contribute to circular construction? Job description The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is hiring a doctoral candidate on the topic of “Climate-resilient buildings inspired by nature”.BIO-SKIN is developing a bio-based, waste-derived and circular façade with plant growth. The plants act as an extra layer of insulation and cool the building and its surroundings through shade and water evaporation. In addition, plants improve biodiversity and mitigate other urban challenges. Because the façade is made from bio-based, waste-derived and circular materials, it has a low carbon footprint. In BIO-SKIN, ecologists, materials scientists, industrial designers and lawyers are joining forces. The façade is being iteratively improved in BIO-SKIN via the BIO-SKIN Living Lab on ten existing buildings. As a PhD candidate you will connect ecology, material choices, circularity, user/stakeholder acceptance, aesthetics, and Living Lab implementation. You will translate ecological, material, circularity, maintenance, aesthetic, and stakeholder requirements into actionable design principles, façade interventions, and a reusable design framework or canvas/toolkit. The main focus is how ecological, material, circular, maintenance, aesthetic, and stakeholder requirements can be translated into actionable façade design interventions and a reusable design framework. You will address the following research questions: Q1: How can ecological, material, circularity, maintenance, and stakeholder requirements be translated into actionable design principles for bio-inclusive façade interventions? Q2: How can façade interventions support plant growth, biodiversity, cooling, and water retention while remaining acceptable, meaningful, maintainable, and compatible with primary façade functions? Q3: How can insights from BIO-SKIN be translated into a design canvas/toolkit for future nature-inclusive, biobased, and circular building components? During your PhD, you will: Review design strategies for energy-efficient and biodiversity-enhancing façade panels. Translate ecological, material, technical and stakeholder requirements into façade design interventions. Design, prototype and evaluate biophilic façade concepts integrating vegetation, water retention, circular materials and/or habitat-supporting features. Collaborate with consortium and Living Lab partners to test and refine selected interventions in real-world settings. Assess the environmental, aesthetic and social performance of the designs, including cooling, insulation, durability, maintenance, user perception and life cycle impact. Develop design guidelines for circular, bio-based and biodiversity-supporting façade solutions. The PhD will result in validated design interventions and guidelines for biophilic façade panels that support energy efficiency, biodiversity, circularity and climate-resilient urban design. You will be based at TU Delft, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Section Design for Sustainability, and supervised by Prof. dr. ir. Elvin Karana as promotor and Dr. ir. Sepideh Ghodrat as daily supervisor. You will collaborate with several BIO-SKIN partners, including TU Delft ChemE, WUR, AERES Hogeschool, Alliander, AMS Institute, NPSP, Springtij, Unitura, Van Ginkel and others. You are expected to work one day per week at AMS Institute in Amsterdam, together with other PhD researchers involved in the BIO-SKIN project. Job requirements Driven, enthusiastic and independent thinker With a master’s degree (MSc) in industrial design engineering, material design, environmental design, or a related field. Experience with prototyping, material testing and experimentation, façade design, circular design, bio-based materials, or sustainability assessment is highly appreciated. Be interested in interdisciplinary research and comfort Annuncio in inglese. Fonte: Euraxess (Co