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Rendering The Cyberfag: An Examination On The Spatial Sociology Of Grindr, Matthew Paul Gershovich

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Rendering the Cyberfag: An Examination on the Spatial Sociology of Grindr attempts to dissect, theorize, and expose the current dismality of gay existence and space in direct correlation with the inception of the digital realm. The investigation begins by establishing a lexicon of socio-spatial attributes that aim to establish the reader within a basis of the spatial vulnerabilities attached with queer identities. A contextualizing chronology of aspects of queer history is presented; beginning with the act of cruising, and its subsequent demise during the AIDS epidemic. In parallel, the thesis follows the creation of the internet, which birthed gay anonymous …

Da Ste Zhivi I Zdravi: May You Be Alive And Well An Exploration Into Play, Ruination, And Preservation, Levana Elena Rashba

Senior Projects Spring 2023

My thesis explores unconventional architectural representation and themes through the lens of memory and play. I am drawn to the everyday, less heroic moments of architecture and to the celebration of lived life. I use the thematic structure of play throughout my project as a way to approach a site and rethink its space, history, and meaning. The surface is the site with which I am operating, inspired by motifs of weathering, pastiche, palimpsest, and collage to illustrate fractured memory and layered histories. These approaches manifest in a memory map informed by two walks I took this February with my …

The Ephemerality Of Building: A Case Study Of Material Life And Reuse, John Brewster Loud

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Western colonialist architecture has a long and complicated relationship with its materiality and the surrounding ecosystem. For the past millennia, buildings and structures have permanently altered the landscape. These changes are not always bad. An ecosystem is constantly evolving, and sometimes these changes allow for growth and metamorphosis. In other cases, however, these colonialist structures can bring about ecosystem destruction and deterioration over time. Materiality and change are approached in this project as they relate to architecture. In Western architecture, materials are almost always new and standardized and have exact lengths and widths that can be ordered to certain dimensions. …

Food And Waste In Urban Kabul: The Role Of The Informal Waste Sector And Climate Change, Bibi Khadija Ghanizada

Senior Projects Spring 2023

This thesis is a case study and policy proposal that focuses on implementing composting in urban Kabul, Afghanistan. The project is inspired by the desire to make the city more environmentally and economically sustainable, and to improve the living conditions and provide income opportunities for people working in the informal sector. The research explores the food and garbage locations in Kabul to find the intersections between the two and implement compost systems to prevent food waste being dumped in landfills. Through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyses, potential localized compost systems to mitigate the problem of food waste in Kabul city …

An Investigation Of The Car-Centric Street: Cataloging And Advocating For Misuses And Disruptions From The Users Of The Street, Harris Joseph Anton

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Constellations Of Capital: Applying Architecture’S Spatial Language To Global Networks Of Food, Armed Conflict, And Reverberations Of Violence, Oliver J. Mead

Senior Projects Fall 2023

Architecture, as the art and/or practice of designing and constructing buildings, offers an often overlooked array of representational devices that, as tested within this senior project, prove significant in reframing geopolitical perspectives in a manner that circumvents the limitations of metaphorization. The physical products and results of architectural design are the built objects that facilitate and coordinate socio-political spaces, yet it is the spatially descriptive process of architectural design itself in representing built relationships that can be valuable in constructing provocative and experimental investigations of present and future spatial environments.This project focuses on a tripartite of present-day global issues: food …

Feasibility Of Earthships As Sustainable Homes In Brookings County, South Dakota, Whitney Sunkwah Yeboah

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Addressing the issue of housing deficit while providing affordable and sustainable homes is a significant problem in the United States today. This has prompted architects to design homes with less adverse environmental impacts despite their affordability, hence the birth of sustainable housing. Earthships are sustainable homes built from recycled materials, utilize solar or wind energy, and function as self-sufficient units. The study's main aim is to assess residents' perceptions of earthships and their willingness to adopt earthships in Brookings County, South Dakota. The research employs online surveys to garner data from residents, and data are analyzed using mixed methods. Results …

Mechanical And Impact Properties Of Fibrous Rubberized Geopolymer Concrete, Metwally Abd Allah Abd-Elaty, Mariam Farouk Ghazy, Omar Hussein Khalifa

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Geopolymer concrete significantly contributes to reducing harmful emissions by reducing the cement industry and replacing it with by-product materials produced by different industries. Geopolymers have enhanced mechanical properties compared with cementitious products, however, their ductility and impact resistance tend to be relatively low. Additionally, the used rubber tires provide a significant environmental risk. Consequently, this research's primary objective is to develop and investigate improved rubberized geopolymer concrete concerning ductility and impact resistance. Reusing Crumb Rubber (CR) as an alternative to natural sand was investigated to meet these goals using volume replacement ratios of (3%, 6%, and 9%). Additionally, different volume …

Converting A Nonlinear Differential Equation With Arbitrary Orders To A System, E. A. A. Ziada

Mansoura Engineering Journal

In the research, the Adomian decomposition method will be applied to get the solution of differential equations of arbitrary orders by transforming them into systems. The existence of a unique solution will be proven. The series solution converges is discussed, and more than the error is estimated. Some applications will be solved, which are the Basset problem and the Bagley-Torvik equation.

Quantifying The Carbon Stored And Sequestered By The Trees On Pomona College’S Campus, Paola A. Giron-Carson

Scripps Senior Theses

We are experiencing a climate crisis that must be confronted with strategic mitigation. Pomona College contributes to the climate crisis through its emissions for which there is a baseline record. However there is no baseline record of the climate mitigation currently performed by the trees on Pomona’s campus through carbon storage. This study seeks to determine a current baseline quantity of carbon stored and sequestrated by Pomona’s trees as well as possible courses of climate mitigation for Pomona College to take. Initial information gathering was conducted through interviews with several stakeholders. This study was conducted using data collected prior to …

The Lived Experiences Of Black Women Pursuing Managerial Positions In Corporate America, Edo Linette Branch

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The cultural and historical background of Black women represents unique complexities in the journey to management. The specific problem was that Black women often faced more gender and racial biases while advancing into management positions in corporate America than their White male and female counterparts. The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of Black women advancing into management positions who face more gender and racial biases than their White male and female counterparts in corporate America. The conceptual framework that grounded this study was the intersectionality of gender and race. The research question …

Waihara: Escuela De Los Saberes Ancestrales, Una Mirada A Través Del Etnoecoturismo En Coyaima, Tolima., Juan Felipe López Velásquez, Miller Alexander Ducuara Ospina

Arquitectura

El municipio de Coyaima, Tolima, cuenta con elementos culturales y naturales, grandes potenciales para impulsar el desarrollo sostenible de la comunidad y fomentar el turismo responsable. Es por esto que plantea una ruta ecoturística-cultural y unas escuelas para los saberes ancestrales representando un esfuerzo conjunto para preservar la identidad cultural local y crear una experiencia enriquecedora para visitantes y residentes. La iniciativa busca encontrar un equilibrio entre el desarrollo urbano y la preservación cultural, reconociendo la importancia de rescatar y promover los saberes ancestrales de la región. la conexión entre el pasado y el presente se manifiesta en cada elemento …

De Insurgente Armado A Campesino Productivo: La Vivienda Dúctil En Territorios Rurales Para La Reincorporación Efectiva., Nicolás Campos Gaona, Julián Camilo Morales Huertas

Arquitectura

La población reincorporada de la AETCR de Pondores está en presencia de un asentamiento el cual tiene diversidad de carencias, entre ellas las necesidades básicas para poder llevar a cabo su vida con dignidad, aspecto que se pactó y se firmó en los acuerdos de paz del 2016. En esta búsqueda de un asentamiento propicio de condiciones para la reincorporación efectiva, ellos están en disposición de una relocalización del asentamiento. Para lograr dicha relocalización se deben dar ciertos aspectos esenciales, los cuales rotarán a partir de la construcción del concepto de vivienda dúctil, la cual será la herramienta para el …

La Tierra Como Solución Para El Desarrollo De Viviendas Rurales, Económicas, Dignas Y Adecuadas En Puerto Salgar - Cundinamarca, Diego Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Arquitectura

No abstract provided.

Convergencia. Creación De Espacios En Constante Expansión En El Mundo Virtual, A Través De La Relación Arquitectura Videojuego, Andrés Mauricio Duque Muñoz

Arquitectura

La tecnología ha transformado nuestra forma de vida y ha cambiado radicalmente la manera en que interactuamos con el mundo que nos rodea. El auge de la tecnología ha generado un nuevo universo, el mundo virtual, en el que podemos encontrar diferentes ámbitos como la educación, los negocios, las relaciones interpersonales y el entretenimiento. Los videojuegos son un elemento para la expresión cultural y han evolucionado para convertirse en algo más que un método de entretenimiento. Los videojuegos tienen un papel protagónico en el proceso de desarrollo de la percepción espacial en diferentes contextos, incluyendo el desarrollo cultural, la educación, …

Centro Etnocultural Qechwa "Reconstruyendo La Casa", Oscar Gustavo Trujillo Perdigón

Arquitectura

En este trabajo se explorará, desde una perspectiva arquitectónica, la iniciativa de la población Yanacona por recuperar su identidad a través del proceso llamado "Reconstruyendo La Casa". Esta comunidad se encuentra en el sector de San Agustín, Huila, una zona que cuenta con una rica cultura y en la que esta comunidad ha estado asentada durante varios años. Después de analizar diversos aspectos a diferentes escalas y de acercarse a la comunidad para identificar los puntos clave a tratar (problemáticas, necesidades espaciales) se examinará cómo desde un proceso de diseño se podría contribuir a fortalecer la resignificación ancestral de los …

Arquitectura Para El Crecimiento Productivo Rural: Planta De Biotransformación De Residuos Orgánicos A Proteína Animal, Karen Valentina López Vanegas, Natalia Bernal Montoya

Arquitectura

El Municipio de Icononzo, Tolima tuvo un papel importante en la época de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Colombianas (FARC), debido a que funcionaba como corredor estratégico para conectar diferentes zonas del país, por tal motivo luego de la firma del acuerdo se generaron lineamientos para alcanzar una paz estable y duradera. Hoy en día funciona como un territorio que acoge a comunidades en proceso de reincorporación. Proyectos productivos como la mosca soldado negra son creados por la comunidad reincorporada que reside allí, por ende, la investigación tiene como propósito estudiar las problemáticas espaciales, culturales y socioeconómicas en el territorio para …

Evaluating Biophilic Design Characteristics In Lincoln Public Schools, Sarah Burr

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

A mixed qualitative-quantitative study was conducted in Lincoln, Nebraska to observe and evaluate the biophilic design characteristics in Lincoln Public Schools (LPS). There is a significant lack of nature in urban environments, especially in older buildings and schools, therefore incorporating natural elements in school buildings can promote the success of students and contribute to improved well-being. The research question this study aims to address is: How and to what degree are Lincoln Public Schools integrating biophilic design characteristics in their high school buildings? Four high schools were toured utilizing an evaluation form with 10 biophilic design characteristics and a 5-point …

Variation Of Moisture Content And Temperature Under The Road Shoulder Improved With Wicking Geotextile, Javad Galinmoghadam, Xiong Zhang

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Several Pavement Distresses Are Associated with Excess Water in the Pavement System. Hence, Controlling Subsurface Water is Crucial to Pavement's Long-Term Performance. Improving Pavement Drainage is Commonly Used to Control the Water Content in Pavement Layers. Conventional Drainage Systems Can Work under Saturated Conditions but Cannot Effectively Drain Capillary Water. a New Type of Wicking Geotextile Has Been Developed that Can Drain Water under Both Saturated and Unsaturated Conditions. in This Study, the Performance of This New Type of Geotextile in Draining Water from a Paved Road Shoulder is Evaluated. a Full-Scale Test Section Along Interstate 44 Was Constructed and …

Reorienting Local Housing Development Trends Via Land Value Taxation: A Bottom-Up And Top-Down Quantitative Analysis, Dakota B. Walker

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

The region surrounding Burlington, Vermont is in the midst of sparse, decentralized growth which threatens the sense of place from which it has thrived. Many have argued that such development tendencies result from a disconnect between land use incentives at the individual level and the fruits of compact settlement, which materialize at larger scales. Two overarching problems are understood to contribute to this disconnect; the ability to privately appropriate the collectively-created value of land, and the inability to recognize ecological opportunity costs of natural land conversion in land use decisions. One proposed solution is the Land Value Tax (LVT). By …

Sustainable Urban Development Approach In Residential Building, Ayah Mohamed Ramadhan, Ahmed Noor Eldin

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Globally, Due to its damaging effects on energy, consumption, health, wellbeing, and air pollution, the urban warming phenomenon is gaining worldwide awareness from scientists to planners and legislators. In order to achieve the equation and reach an energy-saving urbanization, we must reconcile with the environment by providing a sustainable urban design that works to rationalize energy and reduce the depletion of resources and reach a sustainable urban environment by providing thermal comfort requirements. In order to attain three key characteristics that are related to one another—thermal comfort, reduced energy consumption, and reduced CO2 emissions—the study will examine a variety of …

Historical Building Information Modelling (Hbim) Integration With Environmental Analysis For Green Rating Systems, Yasmin Mohamed Abd Elhameed Elkwisni, Ahmed Eltantawy Elmaidawy

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Egypt's heritage buildings conservation faces many problems, starting from the stages of restoration of the heritage building to the operation phase of the building. With the growing trend in Egypt to preserve heritage and the trend towards sustainability, the need for a strong management tool that helps to achieve the best performance of the heritage building without compromising its basic form is essential. The term green heritage has appeared recently in Egypt and multiple attempts to achieve sustainability in heritage buildings, so the complex part of the study is the absence of a documentation tool to help for sustainable heritage …

Contemplative Nearby Nature: A Design Proposal For Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Russell Corbin

Pomona Senior Theses

In this Environmental Analysis thesis project, I analyze what contemplative landscapes are, why they are important, and how to design them, and then implement those learnings in a design proposal for a contemplative landscape at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park. In addition to this writing component of the thesis, I created diagrams, drawings, section renderings, a plan, and two 3d models that all help inform the intentions, meaning, and components of my design. These elements have been woven into the writing and attached as additional documents. Five key contemplative design elements have been identified which I hope can prove useful for …

Bicycling For Sustainable Urban Mobility: Comparing Urban Transformations In Paris And Bogotá, Luba Masliy

Pomona Senior Theses

Promoting cycling is one of the low-hanging fruits to decarbonizing transportation, with further extensive benefits to quality of life. The main deterrent to the adoption of cycling for transportation is the lack of safe and connected infrastructure. This thesis explores and compares the case studies of Paris and Bogotá, where cycling modal shares grew significantly within the last decade. Plans outlining ambitious goals around sustainable transportation were put in place, and total bicycle network lengths increased rapidly in both cities. My work focuses on examining policy and infrastructure developments that lead to increased adoption of cycling over time in Paris …

Black, Bob, Photographs, 1978, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

The Bob Black Photographs are polaroid photographs showing the immediate aftermath of the July 1978 fire in Girard, Kansas which destroyed the former Haldeman-Julius Publishing Company building.

Bob Black was born in 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee, to John and Mary (Collins) Black. Bob graduated from Ottawa High School (Kansas) in 1961 and went on to earn a Computer Science degree from Kansas State University in 1972. In 1972 he began his career at Missouri Pacific as a programmer analyst. Shortly after this, he moved to Pittsburg, Kansas to start the first ServiceMaster franchise in Pittsburg. He later formed Alternate Systems, …

Sistemas Modulares Polifuncionales Para El Desarrollo Progresivo En Guanegro - Puerto Boyacá, Erika Adelina Ladino Salamanca, Ana Sofía Jiménez Botero

Arquitectura

No abstract provided.

Centro De Memoria, Educación Y Reconciliación Reuniendo Fragmentos En Icononzo, Camila Andrea Martínez Díaz

Arquitectura

El municipio de Icononzo, a pesar de poseer abundantes recursos naturales y un potencial para el desarrollo social, enfrenta un conflicto interno generado por el abandono estatal y las secuelas del conflicto armado colombiano. Esta situación ha limitado las oportunidades educativas y laborales, y ha dado lugar a la intolerancia y tensiones entre los reinsertados y la comunidad local; además de una decadencia en la calidad de vida de ambas partes. Este proyecto tiene como objetivo diseñar estrategias que promuevan la paz y la reconciliación, con el propósito de impulsar el desarrollo social y cumplir las metas establecidas por la …

Not Your Typical Tower Of Sauron: Solutions For Fermi Questions, September 2023, John Adam

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

The picture is of the tapering Chester Shot Tower, located in Chester, England. It was built in 1799 for the manufacture of lead shot for use in the Napoleonic Wars. Molten lead was poured through a sieve at the top of the tower, with the tiny droplets forming perfect spheres during the fall; these were then cooled in a vat of water at the base. This process was less labor-intensive than an earlier method using molds. It is the oldest of the three remaining shot towers in the UK. Using the parked van at the base, estimate (i) the height …

Rehabilitation Of The River’S Role In Historic Urban Landscape Of Shushtar, Iran, Parvaneh Sabbagh-Ziarani

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Historical cities are the most complete and, indeed, the most tangible incarnation of culture. They show the relationships of different generations of inhabitants with their life context. The strata of their urban topography speak about various phases of evolution and transformation as well as growth or decline. The city of Shushtar (Khuzestan, Iran) is a perfect example of a historic city formed based on sustainable and close interactions between man and nature. Its historical hydraulic system was registered in Unesco world heritage sites in 2009. This system - combining numerous elements in a practical and harmonious entity - shows ingenuity …

Ritual, Spectacle, And Theatre In Late Medieval Seville (Chapter 1), Christopher B. Swift

Publications and Research

From the fall of Islamic Išbīliya in 1248 to the conquest of the New World, Seville was a nexus of economic and religious power where interconfessional living among Christians, Jews, and Muslims was negotiated on public stages. From out of seemingly irreconcilable ideologies of faith, hybrid performance culture emerged in spectacles of miraculous transformation, disciplinary processionals, and representations of religious identity. Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville reinvigorates the study of medieval Iberian theater by revealing the ways in which public expressions of devotion, penance, and power fostered cultural reciprocity, rehearsed religious difference, and ultimately helped establish Seville …