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Peter Rutherford

Associate Professor, Institute of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering

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Research Summary

Education in the built environment for ensuring a sustainable future

Acoustic heritage - understanding our auditory past.

Recent Publications

  • ALTOMONTE, S., RUTHERFORD, P. and WILSON, R., 2012. Mapping the Way Forward: Education for Sustainability in Architecture and the Built Environment Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management: Special Issue. (In Press.)
  • VILALOBOS, R, RUTHERFORD, P and ALTOMONTE, S, 2012. Place Attachment and Place Identity as Sources of Resilience to Natural Disasters In: Designing Place: International Urban Design Conference. (In Press.)
  • DOWNING, C, RUTHERFORD, P, WILSON, R and ALTOMONTE, S, 2012. Place, Perceptual Congruence and Musical Performance In: Designing Place: International Urban Design Conference.
  • ELSHARKAWY, H, RUTHERFORD, P and WILSON, R, 2011. Will the Code for Sustainable Homes Deliver UK Zero Carbon Homes Target. In: Architecture and Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture 1. Presses universitaires de Louvain. 313-318

Past Research

Psychoacoustics and psychophysics of architectural space

Auditory localization

3-D auditory displays and real-time acoustic rendering and auralisation of buildings

Cross-modal interaction, real-time auralization and their application in enhancing musician performance within virtual auditory environments

Wayfinding and disability issues within real and virtual environments

Speech intelligibility in lecture theatres by native and non-native listeners

Photogrammetry and 3-D audio reconstruction of virtual spaces

Future Research

Predicting advanced building behaviour using agent-based multi-occupancy simulation

Soundscapes in mental healthcare settings

Development of e-learning systems for teaching integrated architectural science

  • ALTOMONTE, S., RUTHERFORD, P. and WILSON, R., 2012. Mapping the Way Forward: Education for Sustainability in Architecture and the Built Environment Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management: Special Issue. (In Press.)
  • VILALOBOS, R, RUTHERFORD, P and ALTOMONTE, S, 2012. Place Attachment and Place Identity as Sources of Resilience to Natural Disasters In: Designing Place: International Urban Design Conference. (In Press.)
  • DOWNING, C, RUTHERFORD, P, WILSON, R and ALTOMONTE, S, 2012. Place, Perceptual Congruence and Musical Performance In: Designing Place: International Urban Design Conference.
  • ELSHARKAWY, H, RUTHERFORD, P and WILSON, R, 2011. Will the Code for Sustainable Homes Deliver UK Zero Carbon Homes Target. In: Architecture and Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture 1. Presses universitaires de Louvain. 313-318
  • GIBSON, A., ALTOMONTE, S. and RUTHERFORD, P., 2011. Designing for Sustainability: Pedagogical Challenges and Opportunities. In: Architecture and Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture 1. Presses universitaires de Louvain. 83-88
  • SARHAN, A and RUTHERFORD, P, 2011. Environmental Design eTutor: Utilizing Games Technology for Environmental Design Education. In: Respecting Fragile Places: Proceedings of the 29th eCAADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe) Conference eCAADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe) and UNI Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture. 699-708
  • ELSHARKAWY, H, RUTHERFORD, P and WILSON, R, 2010. Will the Code for Sustainable Homes Deliver UK Zero Carbon Homes Target? In: Behaviour, Energy and Climate Change (BECC).
  • SARHAN, A. and RUTHERFORD, P., 2009. EDVis-game: Utilizing Game Engine’s Reporting Agents for Environmental Design Education and Visualisation In: 5th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design, ASCAAD 2009, Manama, Bahrain.
  • SARHAN, A. and RUTHERFORD, P., 2009. Embodied Game Agents in Environmental Design Education In: 27th eCAADe Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 16th - 19th September 2009.
  • HEATH, T.P. and RUTHERFORD, P., 2008. Sustainability in an Education and Training Environment Green - Directory of Sustainability. (In Press.)
  • MARTINEZ, R. and RUTHERFORD, P., 2008. Changing the Notion of Space for the Notion of Medium in Architectural Teaching In: Oxford Conference 2008: 50 Years On - Resetting the Agenda for Architectural Education. Oxford, UK..
  • BROWN, B. and RUTHERFORD, P., 2008. Soundscapes in Mental Health In: Managed Innovation Conference, Nottingham.
  • MARTINEZ, R, RUTHERFORD, P. and WILSON, R., 2008. The Notion of Medium in Architectural Teaching: How Could we Teach Architecture if Air was Water? In: 25th PLEA (Passive Low Energy in Architecture) Conference, Dublin..
  • WILSON, R. and RUTHERFORD P., 2008. Designing Energy Efficiency into Commercial Buildings: Now and in the Future.......Beyond Technology In: 100% Detail, Earls Court, London..
  • DOWNING, C, RUTHERFORD, P. and WILSON R., 2008. Virtual Acoustic Reconstruction and the Role of Auditory and Visual Cues for Enabling Musical Performance In: Virtual Audio and Past Environments - Acoustics and Audio in Heritage Applications, National Centre for Early Music, York. UK..
  • RUTHERFORD, P., WILSON, R. and ESSERT, R., 2007. Educating Acoustic Awareness: Integration within a Sustainable Architectural Syllabus In: Institute of Acoustics - Spring Conference 2007. (In Press.)
  • RUTHERFORD, P. and WILSON, R., 2006. Educating environmental awareness: creativity in integrated environmental design teaching. In: SHANNON, S., SOEBARTO, V. and WILLIAMSON, T., eds., Challenges for architectural science in changing climates: proceedings of the 40th annual conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA Adelaide: School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, University of Adelaide. 261-269
  • RUTHERFORD, P., WILSON, R. and HICKMAN, V., 2006. Speech intelligibility in higher education institute lecture theatres. In: INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS, ed., Intelligible measurements: how accurate are speech intelligibility measures in practice? 26 September 2006, London St Albans: Institute of Acoustics. 65-72
  • RUTHERFORD, P., WILSON, R. and BRIDGES, A.H., 2006. Ancient echoes: rediscovering performance through virtual acoustic reconstruction. In: INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS, ed., Reproduced sound 22: raising the standards St. Albans: Institute of Acoustics. 179-185
  • WILSON, R., RUTHERFORD, P., BRIDGES, A.H. and BRANKI, C., 2006. An intelligent multi-agent system for building performance evaluation: a position paper In: International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Australasia 2006. 110-117
  • MUNDO-HERNANDEZ, J, FORD, B, RUTHERFORD, P and AND CHILTON, J.C., 2006. Daylighting prediction in sports buildings with membrane structures: Physical and computer modeling In: International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS). (In Press.)
  • CHILTON, J.C., BLUM, R., DEVULDER, T. and RUTHERFORD, P., 2004. Internal environment. In: FORSTER, B. and MOLLAERT, M., eds., European design guide for tensile surface structures Brussels : Tensinet. 97-146
  • MUNDO-HERNANDEZ, J., FORD, B., RUTHERFORD, P. and CHILTON, J.C., 2004. Architectural Applications of Fabric Membranes Used as Daylighting Passive Systems In: 4rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies.
  • MUNDO-HERNANDEZ, J., RUTHERFORD, P. and CHILTON, J.C., 2004. Lighting Performance of Fabric Membrane Structures: Behaviour and Effects on Visual Perception In: Shell and Spatial Structures: from Model to Realization.
  • RUTHERFORD, P., 2002. The Effect of Signal Type and Room Type on Auditory Localization within Synthetic Rooms In: British Society of Audiology Short Papers Meetings on Experimental Studies of Hearing and Deafness. 16-17
  • RUTHERFORD, P. and WITHINGTON, D.J., 2001. The Application of Virtual Acoustic Techniques for the Development of an Auditory Navigation Beacon Used in Building Emergency Egress In: (ICAD) 2001....the 7th International Conference on Auditory Displays. 144 - 149
  • RUTHERFORD, P., 2001. The Development of an Auditory Navigation Beacon for Building Emergency Egress In: INCLUDE 2001...an International Conference on Inclusive Design and Communications.
  • RUTHERFORD, P., FERNANDO, T.P. and WITHINGTON, D.J., 1999. Real Time Virtual Auditory Displays with Real-World Applications In: 1999 United Kingdom Virtual Reality Specialist Interest Group.
  • RUTHERFORD, P., 1998. Sound Beacons for Aiding Emergency Egress In: First International Symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire.
  • RUTHERFORD, P. and WITHINGTON, D., 1998. Sound versus sight for emergency egress: Recent research findings on the role of sound in safe evacuation Access by Design. ISSUE 75, 11-12
  • RUTHERFORD, P. and WITHINGTON, D., 1998. Sound location for aiding emergency egress Fire Safety Engineering. VOL 5(NUMBER 5), 14-21
  • CHARITOS, D., BRIDGES, A.H. and RUTHERFORD, P., 1997. Wayfinding, Spatial Elements and Spatial Support Systems in Virtual Environments. In: CAAD, Towards New Design Conventions Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku, Bialymstoku, Poland. 75 - 104
  • RUTHERFORD, P., 1997. Auditory Navigation and the Escape from Smoke Filled Buildings In: CAAD Futures.
  • CHARITOS, D. and RUTHERFORD, P., 1997. Ways of Aiding Navigation within VRML Worlds In: Design and the Net...the Proceedings of the 6th International EuropIA Conference. 119 - 132
  • RUTHERFORD, P., 1997. Virtual Acoustic Technology: Its Role in the Development of an Auditory Navigation Beacon for Building Evacuation In: 1997 United Kingdom Virtual Reality Special Interest Group. 1 - 10
  • CHARITOS, D. and RUTHERFORD, P., 1996. Guidelines for the Design of Virtual Environments In: 1996 United Kingdom Virtual Reality Special Interest Group. 93 - 111

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