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Building performance simulation for sensemaking in architectural pedagogy

By: Martha Bohm  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.554 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 4, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 22, 2025
Published on: Jul 24, 2025
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