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Ciudad, Memoria Y Proyecto, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Lo urbano entendido como una forma específica de organización socio-territorial, adquiere en la sociedad contemporánea una especial relevancia en tanto, a inicios del presente siglo, más de la mitad de la población mundial habita en las ciudades. Por su parte, las tendencias en las que actualmente se enmarca el proceso urbano, en donde las lógicas de la globalización condicionadas, entre otros factores, por la consolidación de una nueva fase de acumulación territorial del capital, de una realidad mediatizada a través de cada vez más sofisticadas tecnologías de la comunicación, y de un paradigma cultural de impronta posmoderna estructurado alrededor de …

Architecture Of Population Flows | Localizing Tourism In The Inside Passage, Jennifer Tamblin

Architecture Thesis Prep

"This thesis focuses on a problem that arises due to the specific flows of tourists and migrant workers into the south east Alaskan Inside Passage. Because of these population flows, situations have emerged in the small town communities that create a need for an intervention designed to cater to the specific circumstances surrounding each individual group of people, and how they coexist with one another."

A Catalyst For Urban Renewal: Reservoir Number Three Environmental History Museum, Brian R. Fontaine

Architecture Theses

This architectural thesis investigates how architecture can have an impact on urban renewal by strengthening communities with an architecture which promotes human interaction through spatial and programmatic interconnections, as well as promoting relationships between people, their history, and context.

A Comparative Study Of Three Growing Media And Four Plant Groups Under Extensive Green Roof Conditions In San Luis Obispo, Ca, Todd Alan Nelson

Master's Theses

ABSTRACT A Comparative Study of Three Growing Media and Four Plant Groups Under Extensive Green Roof Conditions in San Luis Obispo, California Todd A. Nelson Green roof growing media and plant species are critical factors when deciding on the best materials for a project. Growing media must be chosen in accordance with load bearing capacities of structures and water requirements of the plant material. Plant species must be able to thrive in the climate of the green roof and withstand a green roof’s harsh environment. The objectives of this research were: (1) to determine which of three extensive green roof …

Nuances In A Panethnic Southwest Landscape, Angelica Solares

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Urban landscapes of places with large immigrant populations are transformed as immigrants bring a different use of space with them. Mexican immigrants throughout the southwestern United States have physically transformed the landscape, and these trans-formed places often result in spaces that foster socialization and assert cultural identity. This thesis proposes that a three-stage cycle of spatial production exists in Mexicano communities in the United States, and describes the authors three-stage cycle of spatial production model in detail. The cycle begins with the formation of an enclave, followed by the transformation of the urban landscape which then results in one of …

Identification Of Man-Made Hazards In Aneth Chapter, Navajo Nation, Utah, Eugenia Quintana

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Identification of man-made hazards is an initial step in planning recommendations for mitigation of man-made hazards. This project entailed a participatory process that engaged the local community in identifying man-made hazards specific to Aneth. The man-made hazards have challenged the community in managing potential damages, physical, environmental and economic losses due to pollution and contamination from man-made hazards. The development of this professional project has revealed some pathways to environmental protection for the Aneth Chapter, which could be the first Navajo Nation Chapter to move towards the development of a plan for mitigation of man-made hazards based upon the identification …

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Building Services Engineering

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Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Cultural Site Stewardship Program – Program Expansion And Steward Retention: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending June 30, 2010, Margaret N. Rees

Cultural Site Stewardship Program

• Preserve America Steward awarded to Public Lands Institute and ICSST
• CSSP awarded Las Vegas annual “Historical Preservation Award”

Twenty new volunteers participated in site survey training and rock art recording classes. Additional classes are being prepared for early July 2010 in gps navigation and map and compass training for site steward coordinators who will assist with training to general stewards.

All newly accrued stewards have been introduced to sites in Clark County. Locations in the Gold Butte area have been successfully reinforced after a decrease of eight volunteers due to difficult economic conditions in Mesquite. Regional Coordinators have been instrumental …

El Mundial De Sudafrica A Medio Camino, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ha transcurrido la mitad del mundial de Sudáfrica y ya quedan algunos elementos interesantes que bien vale la pena analizarlos, porque algunos de ellos probablemente tendrán importantes repercusiones hacia el futuro del fútbol mundial.

Lo primero y más importante es la legitimidad de la sede africana en la organización del mundial. Se rompió el prejuicio que dictaba la imposibilidad de que los africanos pudieran organizar un evento mundial de esta magnitud, debido a las concepciones racistas que priman mundialmente en los medios de comunicación, en las entidades empresariales que auspician estos eventos, en los clubes (hinchas, dirigentes y deportistas) de …

Specifying And Sourcing Materials For Best Practice Sustainable Education Facility, Rick Best

Rick Best

The new building that houses the Mirvac School of Sustainable Development at Bond University (Australia), opened in June 2008, is the first education building in Australia to receive a rating of six Green Stars under the Green Building Council of Australia's environmental rating scheme. It was awarded the RICS Sustainability prize for 2009. The building features a wide range of techniques and initiatives that combine to make the building a landmark for sustainable design and building in Australia and beyond. Central to the design is a range of technologies including extensive use of recycled materials, particularly Australian hardwood, onsite power …

Mb Más Mb Más Mb, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

En Chile las relaciones entre el presidente Sebastián Piñera y el entrenador de la selección nacional de fútbol – Marcelo Bielsa- no son buenas. Piñera, por razones políticas, busca aproximarse a los resultados exitosos de la selección y a su entrenador, como el rostro visible del proceso de cambio del fútbol chileno. Con mayor razón si el presidente tiene afinidad con el deporte -en tanto es propietario de acciones en Colo Colo e hincha de Universidad Católica- y con la política, por ser candidato primero y luego presidente por la derecha, lo cual le hace buscar una estrategia de cercanía …

Economía De La (In)Seguridad Ciudadana, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada para la American Friends Service Committee en Buenos Aires (Argentina) el 16 de junio de 2010

Inseguridad Para Los Pobres En Ciudades Latinoamericanas, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada en el marco del Taller SUR Corporación de Estudios Sociales y Educación, desarrollado en Santiago de Chile el 24 de junio de 2010

El Fútbol Postnacional, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Hemos entrado en un nueva era del fútbol: ¡la época postnacional! La difusión del fútbol se inicia a mediados del siglo XIX cuando desde Inglaterra y de la mano de sus inversiones empiezan a irradiarse a escala mundial; cuestión que se consolida en la década de los años setenta gracias a la coincidencia de dos hechos históricos: la descolonización africana y asiática, y la política de universalización de la FIFA, lo cual configura el hecho de que este deporte ha sido previo a la globalilización. Este proceso tuvo su expresión en la consolidación institucional de la FIFA con sus seis …

En El Límite De La Vida: La Violencia Fronteriza, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada en el marco del Seminario Internacional "Es posible gobernar la ciudad en zonas de frontera", organizado por IRDC y FLACSO Ecuador, Quito 22.06.2010

Interdisciplinary Design: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Jill Nelson, Brent Nuttall, Allen Estes

Architectural Engineering

Today’s students are faced with far different challenges upon graduation than those encountered in past years. One of the most significant of these challenges is the need to work within the framework of integrated project delivery where all disciplines work as a cohesive team to produce a project. In 2004, the Construction Management Department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo,CA began teaching a three credit hour design/build course focused on integrated project delivery. That course, taught primarily to construction management students, has now evolved into a true interdisciplinary experience that is taught in a team environment by …

Gender Representation In Architectural Engineering - Is It All In The Name?, Pamalee Brady, Allen Estes

Architectural Engineering

Under-representation of women in engineering is of concern as the decreasing supply of qualified engineers continues to plague the nation’s advancement. Understanding what factors influence choices of engineering disciplines has the potential for altering education to accommodate a more diverse student body that can be successful in engineering. University statistics reflect that the Architectural Engineering program at this school is comprised of 35% women, while the other engineering programs attract at best 20% women and at worst 5% women. The Architectural Engineering program at this university is in fact one of the most intense structural engineering programs in the country …

Exceed Ii: Advanced Training For Even Better Teaching, Debra Larson, Allen Estes, Norman Dennis, Ronald Welch, Carol Considine

Architectural Engineering

In 2007, the American Society of Civil Engineering’s Committee on Faculty Development (CFD) conducted a longitudinal survey of all the past participants of the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop (ETW). The CFD received 173 responses, representing 40% of the ETW population at that time, to its survey about skills and the long term value of ETW. Important to this paper, 73% of the survey respondents said that they were interested in attending a post, advanced ETW. Motivated by these survey results, the CFD began its planning for a pilot ExCEEd II workshop during the 2008-2009 academic year. In the summer of 2009, …

Los Cambios En Los Mundiales De Fútbol, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Todos los mundiales de fútbol son hitos importantes de transformación y cambio del conjunto de las actividades que se relacionan con este deporte; más aún, en un momento como el actual que se vive una revolución científico tecnológica. Por eso, cada cuatro años los mundiales se convierten en los espacios de la innovación en sus dos acepciones: producir novedades que muten los procesos anteriores y producir un nuevo conocimiento para ser aplicado a las actividades económicas.

Es primera vez que se organiza un mundial de fútbol en el continente africano, lo cual es un reconocimiento a la realidad simultánea de …

The 2009 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report To Congress, Alvaro Cortes, Jill Khadduri, Larry Buron, Dennis P. Culhane

Dennis P. Culhane

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased to present the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), the fifth in a series of reports on homelessness in the United States. The reports respond to a series of Congressional directives calling for the collection and analysis of data on homelessness. The AHAR reports provide the latest counts of homelessness nationwide—including counts of individuals, persons in families, and special population groups such as veterans and chronically homeless people. The report also covers the types of locations where people use emergency shelter and transitional housing; where people were just before …