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Dr Tanja Poppelreuter's Outputs (29)

Daylight And View Quality In Offices: Developing Multifactor Evolutionary Simulation Methods to Achieve Occupant Well-Being: A Case Study of Commercial Buildings in Cairo (Egypt) and Salford (England) (2025)
Thesis

Viewing the natural environment from inside homes and workplaces has been recognised by a range of scholars as having an impact on improving health and well-being. Research has shown that a combination of outdoor elements – such as blue sky, sea view... Read More about Daylight And View Quality In Offices: Developing Multifactor Evolutionary Simulation Methods to Achieve Occupant Well-Being: A Case Study of Commercial Buildings in Cairo (Egypt) and Salford (England).

Invisible Cities : Salford before, during and after redevelopment 1952 to 1974 (2024)
Book
Mitchell, A., & Poppelreuter, T. (2024). Invisible Cities : Salford before, during and after redevelopment 1952 to 1974. The Modernist

This book focuses on the transformation of Salford between 1952 and 1974, when terraced houses and neighbourhoods were being replaced with modern architecture.

The book (and exhibition) is the culmination of The Modern Backdrop, a two-year researc... Read More about Invisible Cities : Salford before, during and after redevelopment 1952 to 1974.

"Waiting for Robbins” Modernist Architecture as a Representation of Transitional Education at the Royal Technical College, Salford, 1961-1964. (2024)
Thesis

Was the University of Salford a ‘new university’? Both technically and legally, Salford became a new university via Royal Charter on 4 April 1967. However, the University’s history can be traced back to its foundations in 1892. The Vice Chancellor, W... Read More about "Waiting for Robbins” Modernist Architecture as a Representation of Transitional Education at the Royal Technical College, Salford, 1961-1964..

Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings (2023)
Journal Article
Abdelrahman, M., Coates, P., & Poppelreuter, T. (2023). Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings. Journal of Building Engineering, 80, 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.108049

Viewing the natural environment from inside homes and workplaces has been recognized by a range of scholars as having an impact on improving health and well-being. Research has shown that a combination of outdoor elements – such as blue sky, sea view... Read More about Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings.

Development of a methodology for the performance improvement of Nigerian office buildings considering bioclimatic design perspectives (2023)
Thesis

There is a need to improve the environmental performance of Nigeria’s office buildings due to
new expectations, and the current challenges including energy shortage, increasing
population, changing user needs, and climate change. While several Nige... Read More about Development of a methodology for the performance improvement of Nigerian office buildings considering bioclimatic design perspectives.

German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Poppelreuter, T. (2018, June). German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War. Presented at Women's Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2018), Turin, Italy

In Germany and Austria women began to enter the architectural profession in the late 19th century and by the late 1930s some women architects had found working opportunities. After Hitler seized power in Germany in 1933, discrimination and anti-Semit... Read More about German-speaking refugee women architects before the Second World War.

Before 1939 : refugee architects to New Zealand (2016)
Journal Article
Poppelreuter, T. (2016). Before 1939 : refugee architects to New Zealand. Fabrications, 26(2), 180-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2016.1173164

In 1939, a number of European architects found refuge in New Zealand from the National Socialist regime. Their subsequent practice led to the notion that their presence had a significant impact on New Zealand architectural culture – especially in tra... Read More about Before 1939 : refugee architects to New Zealand.

Spaces for the elevated personal life : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's concept of the dweller, 1926–1930 (2016)
Journal Article
Poppelreuter, T. (2016). Spaces for the elevated personal life : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's concept of the dweller, 1926–1930. Journal of Architecture, 21(2), 244-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2016.1160946

Within the discourse that sought to develop housing during the inter-war era in Germany, standardisation was regarded as a means with which to create adequate solutions for the working class. Housing needs were subsumed into a set amount of common de... Read More about Spaces for the elevated personal life : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's concept of the dweller, 1926–1930.