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Replacement Of A Monolith Reinforced Concrete Slab With A Lightweight Cobiax System Construction, Mimoza Sylejmani, Blerta Emini

UBT International Conference

The purpose of this system is the application of lightweight slabs in mid-floor construction. In the case of a conceptual hotel design, which currently is predicted to be built in a classical mid floor reinforced construction, the practice of COBIAX lightweight construction without beams will highlight the advantages of this system. The system uses circular or oval hollow spheres, which are placed in the slab. This results in the creation of a lightweight slab, due to the reduction of mass, also a considerable reduction of columns, avoiding beams, reduction of the foundation plate thickness, decrease in floor height, etc. In …

Prairie To Prairie: Ungrowth In American Cities, Catalina Freixas, Pablo I. Moyano Fernandez

Suburban Sustainability

The city of St. Louis has suffered tremendous population loss since the 1950s, and is currently a major shrinking city in America. This sustained population loss and its accompanying economic decline has led to many negative effects, including crime, food deserts and property abandonment. Eco-urbanism, which advocates a shift from conventional planning goals of economic and population growth to environmental sustainability and increased quality of life, holds promise for the city of St. Louis, where opportunities for implementing eco-urbanism strategies are more plentiful due to the abundance of vacant land.

This paper examines the current role eco-urbanism plays in St. …

Borderline- Part 3, Francis Mckloskey

Architecture Senior Theses

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The Lovely And The Wild: Considering Naumkeag, Carol Waag

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

This paper investigates Fletcher Steele’s ideas about nature, and the fitness of gardens, in order to guide and support a reinvigoration of Naumkeag. Its aim is to highlight the protection of ecological resources while preserving aesthetic and historic integrity. This topic is particularly timely as The Trustees of Reservations are in the process of completing an extensive and unprecedented restoration plan, which will be carried out over the next five years. The Trustees have a long history of historic preservation and ecological conservation. This paper explores how these two aspects of their work can be integrated at Naumkeag, with particular …