Engaging Haiti: How Designers Facilitate Long-Term Disaster Recovery,
2013
Kansas State University Libraries
Engaging Haiti: How Designers Facilitate Long-Term Disaster Recovery, Karl Johnson, Stacey Mcmahan
Oz
There is a reason why Pétionville is the center of the recovery effort in Haiti. Its perch in the hills above Port-au-Prince offers relative isolation from the metropolis, in addition to the mind-boggling panoramic views of the basin and bay from which that city has grown—qualities enough for establishing a national financial center, and some of Haiti’s most luxurious hotels.
Contributors,
2013
Kansas State University Libraries
Contributors
Oz
Biographical information on contributors to volume 35, and a list of benefactors and donors
Re-Considering The Unity Of Architecture And Human Well-Being,
2013
Kansas State University
Re-Considering The Unity Of Architecture And Human Well-Being, Susanne Siepl-Coates
Oz
Over many centuries people have shared the belief that there are significant connections between human health and the physical environment. Based on this belief, architects of the early Modern Movement such as Richard Neutra (Lovell ‘Health House’), Johannes Duiker (Zonnestraal Sanatorium), and Alvar Aalto (Paimio Sanatorium) have designed buildings with the explicit intention of positively impacting human health and well-being. In fact, improving human health was one of the primary tenets of the Modern Movement.
Reclaiming Urban Settings: A Community Based Public Space,
2013
American University in Cairo
Reclaiming Urban Settings: A Community Based Public Space, Bedour Ahmed, Basil Kamel
Oz
The modes of production of urban spaces today have shifted from being initiated by institutional and formal production entities and has been transferred into the hands of the community. This change is widely represented in pocket urban spaces that have developed in inner cities and under bridges, overpasses, and highways. The utilization of these spaces unites the community and allows its inhabitants to reclaim public space.
Principles For Integration: Learning From Public Interest Design,
2013
Kansas State University Libraries
Principles For Integration: Learning From Public Interest Design, Jill Sornson Kurtz
Oz
As the mementoes of the assembly line approach the past, the last century’s building portfolio epitomizes the industrialized era in which it was produced. Isolating energy systems and siloing disciplines from each other for efficiency’s sake has resulted in a collection of buildings that are anything but efficient.
Less Is More: A Vision Rethought For The 21st Century,
2013
Kansas State University Libraries
Less Is More: A Vision Rethought For The 21st Century, Beat Kämpfen
Oz
“Less is more”—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s famous statement—defined the paradigm with the largest influence on design of our cities and architecture over the second half of the last century. During this period, the main public interest in architecture was to be found in rapidly increasing the speed of production while at the same time lowering construction costs.
Towards A Cultural Value Of Design And Democracy,
2013
Kansas State University Libraries
Towards A Cultural Value Of Design And Democracy, Bryan Bell
Oz
In October of 2000 Design Corps held a conference at Princeton University called Structures for Inclusion and made the challenge that we should “design for the 98% who were currently un-served by architects.” This slogan has served as a rallying cry for a growing Public Interest Design movement over the last 13 years.
Forging A New York City Practice Rooted In A Social Agenda,
2013
Kansas State University Libraries
Forging A New York City Practice Rooted In A Social Agenda, Kimberly Murphy, Claire Webb
Oz
Need architects adhere to a social agenda, or any agenda at all? Driven by an ideal of achieving harmony of material and form, architects seek to improve the built environment. How can an architect’s ambitions of reaching “the ideal,” and an impulse to inject theoretical architectural ideas into projects, collide with practical realities of creating progressive educational centers, or housing the homeless and other underserved groups?
In Praise Of Getting Lost: Sven Hedin And The Lowline,
2013
Kansas State University Libraries
In Praise Of Getting Lost: Sven Hedin And The Lowline, James Ramsey
Oz
This article represents Ramsey's design for the Lowline, a vast underground reuse of New York’s abandoned trolly terminal on the Lower East Side. It is partly inspired by notes from Sven Hedin’s celebrated expedition into Central Asia in the early 1900s.
Flexible Design And The Role Of The User In House Design,
2013
Kansas State University Libraries
Flexible Design And The Role Of The User In House Design, Javier Sanchez
Oz
Collective housing became relevant to architecture at the moment of the transformation of production, the moment that Walter Benjamin has characterized as one of technical reproductibility, which formed part of the urban revolution that created metropolization.
New York Neighborhoods Fight Land Grabs: Public Parks Going To Professional Teams,
2013
Stony Brook University
New York Neighborhoods Fight Land Grabs: Public Parks Going To Professional Teams, Donovan Finn
School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
In the diverse New York City borough of Queens, local activists banded together in the early 2000's to fight back against a trio of city-led urban development projects intended to provide public parkland to private real estate developers.
Geospatial Virtual Heritage: A Gesture-Based 3d Gis To Engage The Public With Ancient Maya Archaeology,
2013
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Geospatial Virtual Heritage: A Gesture-Based 3d Gis To Engage The Public With Ancient Maya Archaeology, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Jim Robertsson, Jennifer Von Schwerin, Giorgio Agugario, Fabio Remondino, Gabrio Girardi
Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications
This paper presents our research to develop a gesture-based 3D GIS system to engage the public in cultural heritage. It compares two types of interaction—device-based vs. natural interaction— and summarizes the beta-testing results of a 3D GIS tool for archaeology, called QueryArch3D, in which participants used device-based interaction (i.e. mouse and keyboard). It follows with a description of the gesture-based system—that we developed in response to these beta-tests. The system uses QueryArch3D and Microsoft’s Kinect to enable people use body movements (in lieu of keyboard or mouse) to navigate a virtual reality landscape, query 3D objects, and call up photos, …
(In)Formal Distinction In Urban Istanbul: Evaluating Spatial Performance,
2013
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
(In)Formal Distinction In Urban Istanbul: Evaluating Spatial Performance, Hannah A. Breshears
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
As globalization continues to draw the world into closer economic and intellectual dependence, massive tracts of informally designed communities in Istanbul are being cleared to accommodate the growing infrastructure of the modern, tourism-driven city This attempt to purge the city of its ‘squatter’ heritage is startling and raises questions of cultural integrity in urban development. Istanbul’s desire for expanded global investment is particularly apparent in the object of this study, the blended district of Kartal. This study measures, compares, and evaluates spatial performance of formal and informal neighborhood spaces, but makes no formal attempt to draw normative prescriptive conclusions. The …
Green Infrastructure Design For Stormwater Runoff And Water Quality: Empirical Evidence From Large Watershed-Scale Community Developments,
2013
Utah State University
Green Infrastructure Design For Stormwater Runoff And Water Quality: Empirical Evidence From Large Watershed-Scale Community Developments, Bo Yang, Shujuan Li
Bo Yang
Green infrastructure (GI) design is advocated as a new paradigm for stormwater management, whereas current knowledge of GI design is mostly based on isolated design strategies used at small-scale sites. This study presents empirical findings from two watershed-scale community projects (89.4 km2 and 55.7 km2) in suburban Houston, Texas. The GI development integrates a suite of on-site, infiltration-based stormwater management designs, and an adjacent community development follows conventional drainage design. Parcel data were used to estimate the site impervious cover area. Observed streamflow and water quality data (i.e., NO3-N, NH3-N, and TP) were correlated with the site imperviousness. Results show …
Ain Al-Sira Site Analysis,
2013
American University in Cairo
Ain Al-Sira Site Analysis, Ehsan Abushadi
Papers, Posters, and Presentations
Site Analysis of Ain al-Sira, for the design of a sustainable school for AENG 453. The site analysis looks at the history of the area, the topography, the water bodies and the situation today. Site analysis of six plots in the area of al-Fustat and Ain al-Sira. Contains brief history of the area, changes in landscape and topography, selection of previous development projects for the area, analysis of growth of landfill, and analysis of water bodies in the area.
Picturing Milwaukee: Historic Water Tower Neighborhood,
2013
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Picturing Milwaukee: Historic Water Tower Neighborhood, Maia Stack, Arijit Sen
Architecture Faculty Books
The summer 2013 Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures field school examined practices of historic preservation, stewardship and ecological conservation by exploring, documenting and examining historic buildings and cultural landscapes in the Historic Water Tower Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Innovation Through Reuse Thoughtful Strategies For Adaptive Buildings,
2013
Louisiana State University
Innovation Through Reuse Thoughtful Strategies For Adaptive Buildings, Sarah Gravois
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Spectrum Therapy Center,
2013
Louisiana State University
Cascade Garden Residence Landscape Performance Benefits Assessment,
2013
Utah State University
Cascade Garden Residence Landscape Performance Benefits Assessment, Bo Yang, Pamela Blackmore, Chris Binder
Bo Yang
Cascade Garden is a tranquil, high-altitude residential property, designed to preserve the area's natural setting and ecosystem while meeting the property owner's requests for outdoor amenities. The project involved dismantling an existing house and siting a new home integrated into the landscape with minimal site disturbance. The site features an existing pond, which was planted with riparian vegetation and modified to support trout habitat and supply water for landscape irrigation. Because of the harsh, high-altitude climate and presence of wildlife, plant species were carefully selected to ensure high growth levels and low maintenance. Most of the traditional lawn was replaced …
Riverside Ranch Landscape Performance Benefits Assessment,
2013
Utah State University
Riverside Ranch Landscape Performance Benefits Assessment, Bo Yang, Pamela Blackmore, Chris Binder
Bo Yang
Riverside Ranch was one of the first homesteads built in Colorado's Roaring Fork River Valley in the 1880s. The project site was a stop for the railroad and stage coaches travelling to nearby Aspen and a successful agricultural and ranching operation for decades. In the mid-twentieth century, the site transitioned into use as an asphalt mixing plant for the Colorado Department of Transportation. When the landscape architect began work, the site was essentially a brownfield in need of rehabilitation as it was host to multiple rundown historic buildings and remnants of the asphalt plant. The design team reconstructed the landscape …
