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Urbicidio O La Producción Del Olvido, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Dec 2014

Urbicidio O La Producción Del Olvido, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Se puede afirmar que se trata de un concepto (urbicidio) en construcción que tiene que ver con el asesinato litúrgico de las urbes cuando se producen agresiones y acciones con premeditación, orden y forma explicita. Es decir, se trata del asesinato o de la violencia en contra de la ciudad por razones urbanas.


How Is Mobile Technology Changing City Planning? Developing A Taxonomy For The Future, William W. Riggs, Kayla Gordon, Chris Steins Oct 2014

How Is Mobile Technology Changing City Planning? Developing A Taxonomy For The Future, William W. Riggs, Kayla Gordon, Chris Steins

William W. Riggs

The emergence of web technology has created tremendous opportunities for improving the role of good government, specifically in the form of increased information, interaction with the public, and more cost effective and efficient means of conducting public business transactions. These opportunities have been broadened with the introduction of internet-enabled mobile devices, as location-based information is used to increase awareness of user activity, movements and behaviors in real-time conditions and specific contexts (Kwak, Lee, Park & Moon, 2010). Some argue that the transition to mobile changes the nature of work and can allow individuals to work outside the office and create …


Europe In Crisis, Call For Papers, Kyriakos N. Demetriou Oct 2014

Europe In Crisis, Call For Papers, Kyriakos N. Demetriou

Kyriakos N. Demetriou

The European Union in Crisis: Explorations in Representation and Democratic Legitimacy (Forthcoming, Springer Verlag) Please see the attached doc. You are invited to send me your proposed title, abstract and bio (one paragraph).


La Presidencia: De Carondelet Al Epiclachima, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Sep 2014

La Presidencia: De Carondelet Al Epiclachima, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

El Gobierno ha decidido reorganizar la implantación espacial de sus ministerios y órganos administrativos más importantes en la capital. La justificación va en el sentido de concentrar los servicios públicos para mejorar la coordinación y la atención al público. Serán cinco plataformas gubernamentales, dos en el sur y tres en el norte. A ellas habrá que sumar la sede de Unasur en la Mitad del Mundo y el complejo legislativo en construcción. Quito, que está constituida a partir de un hipercentro, pasará a configurarse desde un conjunto de centralidades dispuestas de norte a sur a lo largo de la ciudad, …


Reconnecting Mill Communities: An Architectural Intervention In Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Ronald Bujold Sep 2014

Reconnecting Mill Communities: An Architectural Intervention In Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Ronald Bujold

Ronald Bujold

For nearly a century, once prosperous mill communities throughout New England have struggled to adapt to ever-changing societal, cultural, and economic conditions. This project explores an architectural intervention for Fitchburg’s Rollstone Hill neighborhood, which seeks to reverse this trend by deploying a design strategy that begins with re-purposing a 60,000 square foot mill. This strategy focuses on utilizing the fundamental and existing components of these planned communities—people, infrastructure, and economics—to cultivate the design and the relationships necessary to reconnect this neighborhood to the modern world.


City Of Concord Complete Streets Study, William W. Riggs, Charlie Coles, Megyn Rugh, Camille Jackson Aug 2014

City Of Concord Complete Streets Study, William W. Riggs, Charlie Coles, Megyn Rugh, Camille Jackson

William W. Riggs

The purpose of this report is to summarize the data collected as a part of the Concord Complete Streets Study and to provide the City with preliminary support in the progress to construct a safer, more bike and pedestrian friendly Concord. The developments and visions found in this document provide a platform for continued discussion on creating a more pedestrian and bicycle friendly environment that encourages other forms of transportation and provides alternatives to dependency on automobiles.


Sismos, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Aug 2014

Sismos, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Nuevamente la madre naturaleza nos muestra que está con vida; es decir, que se mueve, que llueve, que tiene calor y que se transforma, a pesar de que nos resistimos a creer que sea así. Muestra de ello tenemos que la llamada falla de Quito -que tiene más de 50 kilómetros de largo y una profundidad no mayor a 15 kilómetros- se activó el pasado martes cuando se sintió un sismo de 5.1 grados en la escala de Richter, que tuvo como epicentro la zona este de Calderón en el norte de la ciudad y una profundidad de 5.5 kilómetros. …


El Estadio Atahualpa, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Aug 2014

El Estadio Atahualpa, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

El Ministerio de Deportes ha levantado la discusión sobre la remodelación del Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, que debería ir más allá de responder una pregunta colgada en la web oficial del Ministerio. ¿Por qué se pregunta ahora y no a principios de año cuando se presentó la maqueta del supuesto proyecto de restauración?


¿Silenciar Al Metro De Quito?, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jul 2014

¿Silenciar Al Metro De Quito?, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ha transcurrido la primera semana desde que se abrieron los sobres de la licitación del Metro de Quito, lo cual ha generado un saludable debate en la ciudad. La discusión empezó por la viabilidad financiera, debido a que las ofertas superaron el precio referencial propuesto por la Administración Municipal. Luego siguió por el diseño zigzagueante de la ruta que encarece el proyecto, genera mayor longitud y contiene paradas distantes. Ahora se suman a la discusión las alternativas posibles al sistema de movilidad y, por eso, a la reflexión del conjunto de la ciudad.


Greta Place As A Historic District, William Riggs Jul 2014

Greta Place As A Historic District, William Riggs

William W. Riggs

This report, forwarded to the City of San Luis Obispo's Cultural Heritage Commission proposes Greta Place as a mid-century modern historic district. Greta is a small street located centrally in San Luis Obispo, CA (See Figure 1). It has a unique and distinct mid-century presence that is both a well-preserved and concentrated example of a collection of Mid-century single-family homes produced in San Luis Obispo as the City began to expand in the 1950s. It specifically called out in the City’s Historic Context Statement when it describes the street as “a cohesive collection of one-story Mid-century Modern houses along Greta …


El Metro De Quito, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jul 2014

El Metro De Quito, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Luego de casi cinco años de discusiones, de estudios, de propuestas y de marketting político hemos llegado a la hora de la verdad en la construcción del sistema masivo de transporte público de la ciudad de Quito. Esta semana se abrieron los sobres de la licitación convocada, sobre la base de los estudios hechos por Metro Madrid, para las obras del Metro, donde se observa que la base referencial del concurso de ofertas del proyecto del Metro se queda corta respecto de las propuestas recibidas: el precio referencial fue fijado en la cantidad de 1.504 millones de dólares, lo cual …


No Admixture, Sustainable, Self-Consolidating Grout, Craig V. Baltimore Dr Jul 2014

No Admixture, Sustainable, Self-Consolidating Grout, Craig V. Baltimore Dr

Craig V. Baltimore

ABSTRACT: The consolidation of grout in concrete masonry unit (CMU) walls is labor-intensive. Also, the grout’s Portland cement content has a high embodied energy demand – a non-sustainable characteristic. For the labor-intensive issue, chemical admixture self-consolidating grouts have been used in walls 12.67 ft. (3.86 m) tall, however the chemical additive can impose new limitations on the grout (non-robust characteristics). No admixture self-consolidating grout with high percentage Portland cement replacement have potential for robust and sustainable application.

This paper reports on the consolidation of no admixture self-consolidating grout made by substituting high percentages of Portland cement with Type-F fly ash …


Not-I/Thou: The Other Subject Of Art And Architecture, Gavin W. Keeney May 2014

Not-I/Thou: The Other Subject Of Art And Architecture, Gavin W. Keeney

Gavin W Keeney

Not-I/Thou: The Other Subject of Art and Architecture is a series of essays delineating the gray areas and black zones in present-day cultural production with, in Part One (The Gray and the Black), an implicit critique of neoliberal capitalism and its assault on the humanities through the pseudo-scientific and pseudo-empirical biases of academic and professional disciplines. Initially surveying the shift from Cultural Ecology to Cultural Studies to Cognitive Capitalism, the essays of Part Two (What is “Franciscan” Ontology?) return to certain lost causes in the historical development of modernity and post-modernity, foremost the recourse to artistic production as both a …


Mount Tom Self-Transformation Retreat: Designing Experiential Architecture To Provoke Stimulatory, Expressive And Sensory Self-Exploration, Kyle B. Young May 2014

Mount Tom Self-Transformation Retreat: Designing Experiential Architecture To Provoke Stimulatory, Expressive And Sensory Self-Exploration, Kyle B. Young

Kyle B Young

The environment evolved five human senses; through these receptors the majority of us experience life. Or do we? The a vast majority of our daily landscape resides enclosed, shut off from the exterior; separating people from the elements, organizing and distributing the multitude of functions that affect how we live and feel. The mental state of society is poor, the “daily dis-ease” of we wrestle with; stress, emotions, fatigue, exhaustion, disconnection suck the life out of the moments we live to barely even see. These interactions and experiences we encounter in, on, under and around the architectural forms we travel …


Itudewa.Net Agen Judi Poker Domino Qq Ceme Online Indonesia, Itudewa Domino May 2014

Itudewa.Net Agen Judi Poker Domino Qq Ceme Online Indonesia, Itudewa Domino

itudewa domino

Jika kartu awal anda AS 10, K 10, Q 10, J 10, Pair jangan ragu untuk all in, hal ini berguna untuk menggertak lawan yang tidak mempunyai kartu bagus seperti anda, kalau anda raise sedikit demi sedikit maka lawan akan coba membeli kartu dan berharap kartu tengah yang akan dibuka ada naik kartu nya, tapi jika anda sudah all in dari awal di jamin lawan anda pasti akan takut, paling yang ikut yang punya kartu agak bagus misalnya pair, tapi tetap presentase kemenangan ada pada anda. Saya juga heran saya sering mengalami hal seperti ini, tapi hal yang konyol adalah …


Black Success Is Never Simple: An Interview With Architect Curtis J. Moody, Koritha Mitchell May 2014

Black Success Is Never Simple: An Interview With Architect Curtis J. Moody, Koritha Mitchell

Koritha Mitchell

An interview with the principal designer and CEO of the largest "minority"-owned architecture firm in the world.


Mesure Du Coefficient D’Absorption De Matériaux Poreux Sous Champ Acoustique Diffus Synthétique, Olivier Robin, Alain Berry, Olivier Doutres Ph.D., Noureddine Atalla Apr 2014

Mesure Du Coefficient D’Absorption De Matériaux Poreux Sous Champ Acoustique Diffus Synthétique, Olivier Robin, Alain Berry, Olivier Doutres Ph.D., Noureddine Atalla

Olivier Doutres Ph.D.

Cette communication décrit une méthode expérimentale pour l’estimation du coefficient d’absorption de matériaux absorbants sous un champ acoustique diffus synthétisé dans des conditions de champ libre. Des comparaisons sont réalisées entre des résultats expérimentaux obtenus via cette méthode et celle standardisée de la chambre réverbérante, ainsi qu’avec des simulations numériques basées sur la méthode des matrices de transfert. En utilisant des surfaces de matériaux inférieures à celles requises pour la méthode standardisée, les valeurs de coefficient d’absorption obtenues ne présentent pas les surestimations liées aux effets de taille de l’échantillon vues dans le cas de la mesure en chambre réverbérante. …


Conferencia: Urbicidio O La Noción Del Olvido, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Apr 2014

Conferencia: Urbicidio O La Noción Del Olvido, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Nunca se había hablado tanto de patrimonio como ahora, porque nunca se había destruido tanto como ahora.


Occupant's Perception On Indoor Performance Of Historical Museum: A Case Study Of National Museum And Perak Museum, Malaysia, Nursyahida Zulkifli, Goh Wen Shuang, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman Mar 2014

Occupant's Perception On Indoor Performance Of Historical Museum: A Case Study Of National Museum And Perak Museum, Malaysia, Nursyahida Zulkifli, Goh Wen Shuang, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman

Nursyahida Zulkifli

The most crucial factors of the indoor environment performances in the museum are the staffs and visitors perception towards sick building syndrome and indoor environment quality. Besides, one of the methods used to investigate the satisfaction level on the indoor environmental performance is Post Occupancy Evaluation. The respondents are the visitors and staffs of the National Museum and Perak Museum and these museums are selected as the case study in this study. The degree of noticeable on the sick building syndrome symptom such as nose, eye, pain and aches, throat, skin and breath while the degree of likeliness on the …


El Regreso A La Ciudad Construida, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Mar 2014

El Regreso A La Ciudad Construida, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

La relación entre suelo urbano y ciudad es indisoluble; es tan así que durante mucho tiempo se los entendió como si fueran lo mismo. Por eso, originalmente el desarrollo urbano fue concebido como el resultado de los cambios en los usos de suelo propuestos por la planificación urbana. Si bien esta comprensión inicial perdura hasta ahora, no se puede negar la existencia de un avance en la comprensión de la temática urbana, que ha llevado a superar esta visión espacialista caracterizada por la sobredeterminación de lo espacial sobre lo social. Pero también, por aquella antítesis que postula la llamada “teoría …


Calpoly Must To Do More To Put Brakes On Vehicle Traffic, William W. Riggs Feb 2014

Calpoly Must To Do More To Put Brakes On Vehicle Traffic, William W. Riggs

William W. Riggs

There are countless examples of university communities in the United States and internationally that have implemented similar policies. While the city of San Luis Obispo is taking aggressive steps to move in that direction as a part of updates to the Land Use and Circulation Elements, these efforts are not being matched by the campus — and this is at a time where the increase in student population necessitates it.


The Value Of Less Light, Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska Feb 2014

The Value Of Less Light, Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska

Dr. Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska, IALD, IES, CIE, RIBA

Dr. Karolina M. Zielinska – Dabkowska is an architectural lighting designer and researcher. As one of the plenary speakers during the inaugural ALAN 2013 conference considering the problems of light pollution, she offers her overview of the event.


Los Desafíos Actuales En Los Centros Históricos, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Feb 2014

Los Desafíos Actuales En Los Centros Históricos, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Un punto de partida fundamental es que los centros históricos son históricos, están mutando permanentemente y no son algo inalterable, sino todo lo contrario, por lo que en América Latina identificó, en general, dos grandes coyunturas urbanas en donde se ve claramente lo que son los centros históricos y sus características


Travelling In Turkey, Fathi Habashi Feb 2014

Travelling In Turkey, Fathi Habashi

Fathi Habashi

The peninsula that lies between the Black and Mediterranean seas, called Asia Minor by the Romans and Anatolia by the Greeks, was one of the crossroads of ancient civilizations. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 was a turning point in the history of mankind. Visits to Istanbul, Ankara, Eskisehir given together with the history of the country. Mineral resources of the country is briefly outlined.


Living In The Past: Preservation, Interpretation, And Engagement, And The 19th – Early 20th Century Home, Kirsten Jarrett Jan 2014

Living In The Past: Preservation, Interpretation, And Engagement, And The 19th – Early 20th Century Home, Kirsten Jarrett

Kirsten Jarrett

In recent years, boundaries between curated domestic space (typically open to the public, maintained by museum professionals, and supported by government or charitable funding), and privately occupied dwellings, have on occasion been eroded. Each year, usually as part of annual heritage events run by non-profit organisations, a small number of residents permit members of the public to view features of historic interest within their homes. Furthermore, extensive opportunities to share information, images, and data on-line allow residents to ‘virtually’ display historical features within otherwise closed domestic spaces. Adopting approaches from ‘Rescue’, Research, and Public Archaeology, the Living in the Past …


La Ciudad Y Su Gobierno En América Latina, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jan 2014

La Ciudad Y Su Gobierno En América Latina, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

: El gobierno de la ciudad en América Latina debe ser entendido a partir de una doble óptica interrelacionada: por un lado, en su condición histórica, en términos de que en las últimas décadas se prefiguran claramente dos momentos; el primero vinculado a la ciudad frontera, donde prima la jerarquía urbana y el gobierno intra urbano, que terminó siendo desbordado por las demandas del crecimiento demográfico, lo cual condujo a políticas de planificación que negaron la existencia de grandes grupos de población (marginales, ilegales) y de la participación entendida como autoconstrucción (deja la responsabilidad a la sociedad); y el segundo, …


Elecciones Locales 2014, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq. Jan 2014

Elecciones Locales 2014, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Esta diferenciación de las fechas se sustentó en la necesidad de fortalecer la autonomía de los gobiernos locales, de tal manera que no se produzca el arrastre de los votos de los candidatos nacionales hacia los locales. Sin embargo, esta importante legislación quedará en el papel, debido a que el presidente de la República será el gran elector, debido al fuerte liderazgo que posee. En la fase preelectoral ya se sintió su presencia, tanto en la selección de candidaturas como en la reelección de ciertas dignidades: se reunió con alrededor de 180 alcaldes y definieron los apoyos mutuos. Ahora, en …


Performance And Economic Benefits Of Four Streetscape Renovations: A Comparative Case Study Investigation, Bo Yang, Yue Zhang, Pamela Blackmore Jan 2014

Performance And Economic Benefits Of Four Streetscape Renovations: A Comparative Case Study Investigation, Bo Yang, Yue Zhang, Pamela Blackmore

Bo Yang

The demonstration of landscape performance benefits has become increasingly important in landscape architecture practice and in communicating to interdisciplinary audiences. This paper provides an overview of the Landscape Architecture Foundation Case Study Investigation (CSI) program and introduces four built streetscape projects investigated in the 2012 CSI program, including a large-scale permeable pavement project in Charles City, Iowa, and the American Society of Landscape Architects’ award-winning projects in Missouri, California, and Colorado. Unlike traditional streetscape design that mainly focuses on safety and engineering principles, these four streetscape projects tackled unique design challenges, and more importantly, have captured baseline data that help …


Form-Based Variables For Stormwater Quality Performance: Comparing Three Bmp Types In Five U.S. States, Bo Yang, Amanda A. Goodwin, Ryan R. Dupont, Malgorzata Rycewicz-Borecki Jan 2014

Form-Based Variables For Stormwater Quality Performance: Comparing Three Bmp Types In Five U.S. States, Bo Yang, Amanda A. Goodwin, Ryan R. Dupont, Malgorzata Rycewicz-Borecki

Bo Yang

The efficacy of the best management practice (BMP) systems for stormwater treatment has been extensively discussed in respect to water quality. However, little research has been conducted on how form-based variables (e.g., shape, length) can affect the performance of BMP systems. This study presents empirical findings from three common BMP types—detention, retention, and wetland channel—in urban settings of five U.S. states. Total suspended solids (TSS), the number one pollutant carrier in stormwater, is selected for comparison. Multiple years of water quality data are collected from on-site grab samples and from the International Stormwater Database. Geographic Information System (GIS) is used …


3d Digital Graphics In Landscape Architecture Professional Practice: Current Conditions In A Nutshell, Shujuan Li, Bo Yang, Jie Yan Jan 2014

3d Digital Graphics In Landscape Architecture Professional Practice: Current Conditions In A Nutshell, Shujuan Li, Bo Yang, Jie Yan

Bo Yang

3D digital graphics and representation have been a critical part in landscape architecture professional practice. However, few studies have been conducted to document how 3D digital graphics are currently being used. Some important questions are largely unknown. For example, who are the primary users of 3D digital graphics programs, and what are the most popular 3D software packages, and why. A better understanding of these questions is not only important to practitioners, but also to educators and software developers. This study tackles the above questions through a national online survey of landscape architecture firms. Five sets of questions were asked, …