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A Case Study In The Design Of Emergency Rooms, Ethel Z. Kolodner

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An analysis of visits to emergency rooms reveals that the patient load responds to unpredictable variables which exert a profound influence on growth and role and may preclude reliable projections of future space needs. In addition, emergent, urgent and non-urgent patient loads exhibit differential growth rates. An analysis of current design models reveals that they are not designed to react easily through expansion or remodeling to changes in patient census and/or types of patients treated and role in health care delivery. A tripartite conceptual design model is developed that is responsive to these conditions. Important differences in patient and staff …

The Kimo Theatre: A Program For Re-Use, William G. Osofsky

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The issue of adaptive reuse for older structures is one that is the forefront of the architectural profession today. In many cases public and private developers are realizing that the rehabilitation of disused and abandoned buildings is more economically viable than the construction of similar new facilities. Nowhere has this been more prominently demonstrated than in the field of the performing arts facility. Historically, this type of building has one of the highest per square foot costs of any building type. The growing awareness of the arts and their subse­quent sponsorship by the government had created a demand for facilities …

Computers In Planning: A Knoxville Example, Lynn E. Miller

Masters Theses

The availability of computers at the local level of government has been steadily increasing. With this increase, planners are in a unique position to utilize computer capabilities to assist in the full range of planning activities. The problem to date seems to be one of a lack of understanding as to what computer applications are being used and how these applications can be useful to planners. This research is, therefore, oriented towards presenting an overview of computer applications used in planning agencies. Attempts are made to show how these applications are used and how they relate to planning needs.

An …

Design Of Faculty Development Program For Schools Of Architecture: University Of New Mexico As A Case Study, Johnny Chung-Ning Li

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An investigation was made of the planning process of a faculty development program. It is briefly shown by the following schematic representation.

Consolidated Government, Urban Services Policy And Urban Development: A Case Study Of Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County, Edward Howard Cole

Masters Theses

Urban planners continue to explore various ways of influencing the type, rate, location, quality and timing of urban development. The need for such influence is evidenced by the compounding of urban environmentmental and energy concerns with local government fiscal difficulties. This study examines two of the tools frequently identified as being useful in efforts to effectively manage urban development: consolidated urban government and the controlled extension of certan urban services, especially water service, sewage service, fire protection and police protection.

These two tools are explored through a case study of the urban and general services district concept as it has …

Luna County Courthouse: A Renovation And Addition Project, William Quinn Sabatini

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Originally a renovation and addition plan to solve space problems in the Luna County Courthouse and Jail buildings the current project acquired further creative architectural requirements when the Courthouse achieved National Register of Historic Places status in 1977. Employed by Architect Jess Holmes of Albuquerque and given major responsibility for solution of the Luna County government’s expansion problems I analyzed needs and desires-spatial, environmental and economic-of the various departments affected by the future renovations and additions and within projected budget constraints, building code restrictions and departmental demands proposed the changes herein explored. To define and clarify my own feelings for …

The Architect As A Professional And His Relation To Construction, John Arthur Coons

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An examination of the nature of professionalism serves as a model against which the emergence of architecture as a profession can be compared. In what manner and for what reasons the architect eventually distinguished himself from the construction process is examined historically. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of the profession in England as an antecedent for similar developments in the United States. The professionalization of architecture prompted a continuous interaction of ethics and law with recent years witnessing a serious questioning of professional ethics by society through the tool of law. It is shown that ethical codes must …

Multifamily Highrise Buildings In Kuwait, Waleed Jelal Babaa

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Kuwait, a small Arab country with arid land, went through a considerable amount of development in the last four decades. The discovery of oil and its commercial exploitation attracted immigrants to the country and created paramount changes in both social life and the urbanization of the country.

The high rate of increase in population continued in spite of harsh geographical, topographical, ecological, and climatic factors. These factors with their distinctive characteristics are the determinants of the urban architectural design of the country. Such determinants are harsh and very difficult to deal with. Planners, architects, engineers, and builders had little experience …

The Fate Of Architectural Theory In Albuquerque, New Mexico: Buildings Of Four Decades, 1920-1960, Edna Heatherington Bergman

Architecture and Planning ETDs

A survey is made of public and commercial buildings in Albuquerque, New Mexico, built between 1920 and 1960. Each of the eighty-five buildings selected is illustrated, described, and discussed in relation to its physical and temporal context and to the architect and his academic and professional background. An introductory section defines and discusses the architectural styles represented. A list of all architects known to have practiced in Albuquerque during the defined period is included in the Appendices, as well as biographical material on twenty-seven architects including summaries of interviews with thirteen architects.

In her conclusion to the author reviews the …

Comparison Of Physical And Chemical Properties Of Commercial And Indigenous Forms Of Organic Matter In Golf Green Soil Mixtures, Dennis Paul Shepard

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence and degradation rate of several commercial and indigenous forms of organic matter in soil mixtures for golf greens. The study included both physical and chemical determinations.

A greenhouse study was conducted to compare bentgrass (Agrostis sp.) responses and disease incidence, media leachate volumes, pH of leachates, and temperatures of media. Samples were tested in a laboratory to determine particle size distribution, organic matter, porosity, bulk density, percolation rate, and cation exchange capacity.

The indigenous organic materials of pine bark, oak sawdust, sewage sludge, cotton chop, and soybean chop compared …

The Mosque Of Aṣlam Al-Silāḥdār, Chahinda Fahmi Karim

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Guide To Residential Landscape Development For Logan, Utah, Michael Douglas Fotheringham

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The ''Guide to Residential Landscape Development" has been written for the Logan City Planning Department as a supplement to the "City of Logan Guidelines for Development", a comprehensive planning tool adopted in 1976. The Guide is primarily intended to motivate Logan homeowners in designing, constructing and maintaining their residential properties by pointing out methods of design and construction that:

• reduce costs of electricity, oil and natural gas by reducing energy needs
• increase property values
• maximize effective use of the property
• improve the aesthetic qualities of the homesite

The Guide also serves as a prototype of the kind of consumer advocacy …

Humanistic Planning For Pediatric Orthopedic Hospitals, Robert Whitson Biggers

Architecture and Planning ETDs

In the past, hospital planners have often neglected to consider the needs of those who use the facility. This neglect of humanistic concerns is painfully compounded in.an orthopedic hospital where the patients typically have prolonged and repeated hospitalizations. This thesis addresses these fundamental humanistic problems to provide a new awareness for individuals concerned with planning hospitals for people.

Information for the text was gathered through research, interviews, hospital visitations, and actual planning experience with Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children located in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. In addition, questionnaire responses from 15 pediatric orthopedic hospitals throughout the United States …

Historic Preservation In Inner-City Neighborhoods: Two Workshops, Harriet Hibbs Hall

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An analysis is made of the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of two Inner-city Neighborhood Preservation workshops held in June of 1977. The intent is to assist in effectively producing and evaluating public information workshops. A review is presented of topic develop­ment, speaker selection, publication coordination, and impact evaluation. Such information provides basic criteria for organizing educational workshops.

Planning For Regional Environmental Quality : The Case Of Japan's National Capital Region, Duane E. Roberts

Dissertations and Theses

This study is concerned with Japan’s National Capital Region Development Plan. How to modify the capital plan and some of the correlative land policies of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to more fully protect regional air and water quality is the problem dealt with in the study.

Stucco Ornament In Cairene Architecture, 970-1250, Diana Curtiss

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.