Ms Susan Loh
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Area of expertise:Design and Sustainability
Area of Research:
Green Leafy Buildings - green roofs and green Walls
Green Digital
Grants: 2008 QUT Early Career Research Grant, 'Green Digital - digitally enhanced Living Walls' with Yasu Santo $4000
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer in Design
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Research field
Architecture
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Architecture (Carleton University)
Teaching
Teaching Areas:
- Architectural Design from first year to fifth year
- Sustainability
- Interior Design
- Design History
- Visualisation
- Integrated Technologies
Research supervision:
Associate Supervisor of PhD students
Supervision of Masters students by coursework in sustainable topics
Experience
2008 - present: Lecturer, QUT School of Design teaching Design, Sustainability, History and Technology
2007: Sr. Research Assistant, Centre for Subtropical Design, QUT researching on environmentally and climatically conscious buildings in a subtropical environment
1991 - 2006: Worked in architectural firms and public sector in Australia and Canada in aged care, commercial buildings and residential projects.
Publications
- Loh, S., Santo, Y. & Foth, M. (2023). Plant-human entanglements in buildings: Designing for care infrastructuring with office occupants and pot plants. Frontiers in Computer Science, 5. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/243687
- Loh, S., Foth, M. & Santo, Y. (2024). The More-Than-Human Turn in Human-Plant Interaction Design: From Utilitarian Object to Living Co-Inhabitant. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 181. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242284
- Loh, S., Foth, M., Caldwell, G., Garcia-Hansen, V. & Thomson, M. (2020). A more-than-human perspective on understanding the performance of the built environment. Architectural Science Review, 63(3-4), 372–383. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/197359
- Loh, S., (2016). Re-imagining a book - an exhibition of design process and making. Presented at: Re-imagining a book - an exhibition of design process and making. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/114092
- Muller, J., Loh, S., Braggion, L., Cameron, S. & Firn, J. (2014). Diverse urban plantings managed with sufficient resource availability can increase plant productivity and arthropod diversity. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/78756
- Miller, W., Kennedy, R. & Loh, S. (2013). Benefits and impacts of adjusting cooling set-points in Brisbane: How do office workers respond? In R. Hyde, K. Yeang, F. Barram & N. Groenhout (Eds.), Sustainable retrofitting of commercial buildings: Warm climates (pp. 407–416). Routledge / Earthscan. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/55120
- Loh, S. & Santo, Y. (2010). 'Please touch the plant on your way up the stairs...'' for OZCHI Conference 2010. Presented at: Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, 412–413. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57570
- Loh, S., (2009). Green roof - understanding their benefits for Australia. Environment Design Guide (27), 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/38714
- Loh, S., (2008). Living walls - a way to green the built environment. Environment Design Guide (26), 1–7. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/28172
- Loh, S., (2008). Living Walls. Landscape Architecture Australia (118), 63–65.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Susan, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).