Nature-Driven Building Skins for Wellbeing

1000scholars; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Paid leave and holidays

On-campus child care support

Job summary

TU/e is offering a PhD position focused on how nature-inspired facade designs influence occupant wellbeing and comfort. You will work within the Human-Technology Interaction group at Eindhoven University of Technology, with a secondment to TU Delft, combining psychology, lighting, and building physics expertise to advance nature-driven building skins.

You will conduct literature reviews, experiments, co-create façade elements, and test them in field studies with industry partners, under

Qualifications

• Masters degree in environmental psychology, lighting research, architecture, building engineering, or HCI.
• Experience in experimental research with human participants and data analysis.
• Interdisciplinary teamwork and enthusiasm for collaboration with industry.

Responsibilities

• Conduct VR and real-world experiments and analyze resulting data.
• Co-create nature-inspired façade elements with industry partners.
• Test designs in field studies at TU/e and TU Delft environments.
• Apply building simulation, computer vision, and statistics to research questions.
• Collaborate with shading system manufacturers to develop interventions.

Skills

Experimental research

Quantitative data analysis

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Teaching skills

English proficiency

Education

Master’s degree in environmental psychology, lighting research, architectural or building engineering, or human-technology interaction

Tools

Building simulation

Programming

Facade technologies

Job description

TU/e is offering a PhD position focused on how nature-inspired facade designs influence occupant wellbeing and comfort. You will work within the Human-Technology Interaction group at Eindhoven University of Technology, with a secondment to TU Delft, combining psychology, lighting, and building physics expertise to advance nature-driven building skins.

You will conduct literature reviews, experiments, co-create façade elements, and test them in field studies with industry partners, under