Miss Larissa Arakawa Martins

PhD Candidate

School of Architecture and Built Environment

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Larissa Martins is a researcher based in the School of Architecture & Built Environment, exploring the association between the built environment, thermal comfort and people's health and wellbeing.

My Research
Career
Publications
Grants and Funding
Teaching
Contact

Environmental monitoring
Building performance simulation
Human thermal comfort modelling
Machine Learning applications for thermal comfort modelling

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2022 - ongoing	Postgraduate Research Fellow	The University of Adelaide
2020 - 2022	Research Assistant	The University of Adelaide
2018 - 2018	Associate	França e Associados Projetos Estruturais
2017 - 2018	Business Analyst	Accenture
2017 - 2017	Trainee	Companhia City
2015 - 2016	Intern	França e Associados Projetos Estruturais
2013 - 2014	Intern	Produtime Gestão e Tecnologia

Language Competencies

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
French	Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
Portuguese	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Spanish - Latin American	Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2018 - 2022	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD in Architecture
2016 - 2016	University of Mogi das Cruzes	Brazil	Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
2013 - 2015	University of Sao Paulo	Brazil	Double Qualification Program in Civil Engineering
2009 - 2015	University of Sao Paulo	Brazil	Bachelor's Degree in Architecture and Urban Planning

Research Interests

Architectural Design Architectural Science and Technology Architecture Civil Engineering Urban Design

Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Hansen, A., Williamson, T., Pisaniello, D., Bennetts, H., Arakawa Martins, L., van Hoof, J., . . . Soebarto, V. (2022). The Thermal Environment of Housing and Its Implications for the Health of Older People in South Australia: A Mixed-Methods Study. Atmosphere, 13(1), 96-1-96-22. DOI Scopus1
2022	Arakawa Martins, L., Williamson, T., Bennetts, H., & Soebarto, V. (2022). The use of building performance simulation and personas for the development of thermal comfort guidelines for older people in South Australia. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 15(2), 149-173. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	Arakawa Martins, L., Soebarto, V., Williamson, T., & Pisaniello, D. (2022). Personal thermal comfort models: a deep learning approach for predicting older people’s thermal preference. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment. DOI Scopus1
2022	Arakawa Martins, L., Soebarto, V., & Williamson, T. (2022). Performance evaluation of personal thermal comfort models for older people based on skin temperature, health perception, behavioural and environmental variables. Journal of Building Engineering, 51, 104357. DOI
2022	Arakawa Martins, L., Soebarto, V., & Williamson, T. (2022). A systematic review of personal thermal comfort models. Building and Environment, 207, 20 pages. DOI Scopus7 WoS4
2021	Arakawa Martins, B., Barrie, H., Visvanathan, R., Daniel, L., Arakawa Martins, L., Ranasinghe, D., . . . Soebarto, V. (2021). A multidisciplinary exploratory approach for investigating the experience of older adults attending hospital services. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 14(1), 141-163. DOI
2020	Bennetts, H., Arakawa Martins, L., van Hoof, J., & Soebarto, V. (2020). Thermal personalities of older people in South Australia: A personas-based approach to develop thermal comfort guidelines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8402-1-8402-22. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2022	Williamson, T., Soebarto, V., Bennetts, H., Arakawa Martins, L., Pisaniello, D., Hansen, A., . . . van Hoof, J. (2022). Assessing human resilience: A study of thermal comfort, wellbeing and health of older people. In F. Nicol, H. B. Rijal, & S. Roaf (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Resilient Thermal Comfort (1 ed., pp. 108-127). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2020	Arakawa Martins, L., Williamson, T., Bennetts, H., Zuo, J., Visvanathan, R., Hansen, A., . . . Soebarto, V. (2020). Individualising thermal comfort models for older people: the effects of personal characteristics on comfort and wellbeing. In S. Roaf, F. Nicol, & W. Finlayson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Windsor Conference on Thermal Comfort: Resilient Comfort (pp. 187-199). online: Windsor.
2020	Soebarto, V., Williamson, T., Bennetts, H., Arakawa Martins, L., Pisaniello, D., Hansen, A., . . . Carre, A. (2020). Development of an integrated data acquisition system for thermal comfort studies of older people. In S. Roaf, F. Nicol, & W. Finlayson (Eds.), Proceeding of the 11th Windsor Conference: Resilient comfort. (pp. 155-170). online: Windsor.
2020	Williamson, T., Soebarto, V., Bennetts, H., Arakawa Martins, L., & Pisaniello, D. (2020). Thermal comfort, well-being and health of older residents in South Australia. In S. Roaf, F. Nicol, & W. Finlayson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Windsor Conference: Resilient comfort (pp. 171-186). online: Windsor, UK.
2020	Arakawa Martins, L., Soebarto, V., Williamson, T., & Pisaniello, D. (2020). A deep learning approach to personal thermal comfort models for an ageing population. In A. Ghaffarianhoseini (Ed.), Proceedings of the 54th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) 2020. Imaginable Futures: Design Thinking, and the Scientific Method Vol. 2020-November (pp. 71-80). online: Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA).
2019	Soebarto, V., Williamson, T., Carre, A., & Arakawa Martins, L. (2019). Understanding indoor environmental conditions and occupant's responses in houses of older people. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 609 (pp. 1-7). online: IOP. DOI Scopus6
2019	Arakawa Martins, L., Soebarto, V., & Williamson, T. (2019). Towards an understanding of comfort and wellbeing of older people using occupant centric models. In XV Encontro Nacional de Conforto no Ambiente Construído (ENCAC) (pp. 3175-3180). Porto Alegre, Brazil: ANTAC.
2019	Arakawa Martins, L., Soebarto, V., Williamson, T., & Pisaniello, D. (2019). Developing occupant centric models to better understand the thermal comfort and wellbeing of older Australians. In Proceedings of the 53rd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA): Revisiting the Role of Architecture for 'Surviving’ Development Vol. 2019-November (pp. 595-604). online: Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA). Scopus1

Internet Publications

Year	Citation
2021	Soebarto, V., Bennetts, H., Arakawa Martins, L., van Hoof., Visvanathan, R., Hansen, A., . . . Zuo, J. (2021). Thermal Comfort at Home: A guide for older South Australians. The University of Adelaide. DOI

2020-2021 AHURI Postgraduate Scholarship Top-up, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Australia
2019 School of Architecture and Built Environment HDR Support, The University of Adelaide, Australia
2018-2021 Faculty of Professions Divisional Scholarship, The University of Adelaide, Australia
2018 Jovenes Lideres Iberoamericanos Scholarship, Fundacion Carolina and Banco Santander, Spain
2014 SEAS/POLI-USP Collaborative Field Course Scholarship, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, USA
2012-2013 International Exchange Program Scholarship - Graduacao Sanduiche - Ciencias sem Fronteiras, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development CNPq, Brazil
2010-2012 Undergraduate Research Scholarship - Iniciacao Cientifica, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development CNPq, Brazil

2022-present Course Coordinator of DESST 2517 - Environment II - School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, Australia
2020-present Tutor in ARCH 7041 - Advanced Architecture Technologies - School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, Australia
2019-present Tutor in DESST 2517 - Environment II - School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, Australia
2014 Tutor in PHD2412 - Urban Sanitation II (Saneamento II) - Polytechnic School, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
2010 Tutor in PRO2315 - Ergonomics I (Ergonomia I) - Polytechnic School, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Position: PhD Candidate
Phone: 83133702
Email: larissa.arakawamartins@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Horace Lamb, floor 3
Org Unit: School of Architecture and Built Environment