Landscape Architectural Design Of Memorials: The Case Of The Seven Kings Ofsiam, Rajabhakti Park,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Landscape Architectural Design Of Memorials: The Case Of The Seven Kings Ofsiam, Rajabhakti Park, Pornthum Thumwimol
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
A memorial site and architectural landscape plan is symbolic and is psychologically designed to communicate a meaning or a theme to visitors. Its success depends upon the unity of the followingthree components:1.Nature: the existing geography and environment2.Site planning: the management of the space usage and symbolic landscape design3.Landscape elements: statues and the decorative elements.Of these three components, landscape architecture plays a crucial role in connecting the other two components in order to create unity and the sense of place. This case study of the architectural landscape design and planning of Rajabhakti Park, a Memorial to Seven Kings of Siam in …
Life-Force Energy: The Sacred Root Of Place, Architecture, And Community,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Life-Force Energy: The Sacred Root Of Place, Architecture, And Community, Tom Bender
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Vrtually every historical culture using designs rooted in life-force energy has created architecture, everyday places, and communities with spiritual power far exceeding what is achieved today evenin "spiritual" buildings. By generating an understanding of this energy, and the examples of its use from cultures in Cambodia, Japan, India, Thailand, China, Hawaii, Nigeria, Egypt, Peru, Mexico, and Native America, new possibilities are dramatically opening for places and lives today
Sustaining Urban Spatial Network Of Historical Communities Through The Reuse Of Temple Grounds And Social Space - A Case Study Of Rattanakosin, Bangkok,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Sustaining Urban Spatial Network Of Historical Communities Through The Reuse Of Temple Grounds And Social Space - A Case Study Of Rattanakosin, Bangkok, Khaisri Paksukcharern
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Old communities in Rattanakosin, a historical center of Bangkok, have been the model of a vibrant mix-use urban area where residences, temples, schools and local retailers are clustered in close proximity.The Rattanakosin area has distinctive spatial characteristics hardly found in other areas of Bangkok; small urban blocks, a dense grid network for pedestrian only, and a large number of Buddhist temples well integrated within communities. The mapping of space usage reveals how local inhabitants, as well as tourists, interact within a series of public open spaces. How this interaction differs at various times and activities are in fact spatially related. …
The 21st Century's New Paradigm For Landscape Architecture; Restoration Of Spiritual Environments In Landscape Design,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
The 21st Century's New Paradigm For Landscape Architecture; Restoration Of Spiritual Environments In Landscape Design, Sim Woo-Kyung
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Homo sapiens are concerned with the environmental crisis. There are many attempts to solve the ecological problems through various disciplines; scientific, political, historical, sociological, religiousand architectural. But the situation is getting worse. There seems to be no special subject of study which can solve the problem except landscape architecture. The main roles of landscape architects are to preserve the natural environment, such as national parks or sea coasts, and to improve the built environment, such as cities and consumed natural resources. But only visible landscapes have been the focus. The environments consist of not only the visible, but also invisible …
A Place To P(R)Ay: A Study Of Spiritual Rituals In Bangkok Malls,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
A Place To P(R)Ay: A Study Of Spiritual Rituals In Bangkok Malls, Nicha Wiboonpote, Pat Seeumpornroj
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This research examines the phenomenon of Thai Buddhist elements for spiritual rituals in Bangkok malls. Today, religious settings are not only located in temples or churches, but they are also occasionallyrelocated to commercial spaces such as malls. This reflects the effort to bring the religion closer to the community and to use religion-related activities as a magnet that draws attention to the mall itself. Accordingly, this research explores the influences behind such happenings, which include spiritual beliefs, cultural practices of commercial spaces and marketing strategies. This phenomenon also leads to a wider aspect regarding the role of a mall in …
Cognitive Radio For Smart Grid With Security Considerations,
2016
United Arab Emirates University
Cognitive Radio For Smart Grid With Security Considerations, Khaled Shuaib, Ezedin Barka, Nedaa Al Hussien, Mohammed Abdel-Hafez, Mahmoud Alahmad
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
In this paper, we investigate how Cognitive Radio as a means of communication can be utilized to serve a smart grid deployment end to end, from a home area network to power generation. We show how Cognitive Radio can be mapped to integrate the possible different communication networks within a smart grid large scale deployment. In addition, various applications in smart grid are defined and discussed showing how Cognitive Radio can be used to fulfill their communication requirements. Moreover, information security issues pertained to the use of Cognitive Radio in a smart grid environment at different levels and layers are …
Sustaining The Identity Of Spiritual Mughal Monuments: Case Of Sat Masjid Road Dhaka,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Sustaining The Identity Of Spiritual Mughal Monuments: Case Of Sat Masjid Road Dhaka, Jinia Sharmeen
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Bangladesh is home to the fourth largest Muslim population of the world. Numbers of mosques are proportionately dense in relation to the city's population and the capital. The capital, Dhaka, is called the city of mosques. Spiritual buildings are an integral part of the architectural character of Dhaka. It was a flamboyant city during the Mughal era. The architecture of Mughal Dhaka made profound contributions to the history of Islamic architecture. Mughal religious monuments are significant for combining spirituality with identity. Now their identities are struggling with the growth of Urbanization. This study attempts to analyze Mughal spiritual buildings at …
Khao Mo: Mythical Escapism,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Khao Mo: Mythical Escapism, Sanitas Pradittasnee
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
"Khao Mo - (Mythical Escapism)" originated from the exhibition, "Resort: An Art Exhibition for Landscape of Rest at BACC. "Khao Mo" tries to transfer human belief and expression from the pastthrough the present. When the time passes, the unifying ideal of nature and religion gradually becomes the identity of idea and expression.
Sacred Innovation In The Shadow Conservation Network,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Sacred Innovation In The Shadow Conservation Network, Julia Watson
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The global shadow conservation network is informally composed of all the sacred lands of the world. This essay explores the lands of the Kayapo of the Amazon Basin; the Maasaiof Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania; the Turkana of Northern Kenya; the Subak of Bali; the Khasis of Northern India and the Tofi nu of Benin and the ancient infrastructures found there. From the material and construction modules, to the ecosystem as a whole, the sacredness imbued in the landscape works to maintain its ecological sustainability. By combining eco-technology with sacred mythology, we find new and unique ways humans live symbiotically …
'Public' Prayer Rooms Of Contemporary Bangkok,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
'Public' Prayer Rooms Of Contemporary Bangkok, Winyu Ardrugsa
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This paper investigates the exclusivity of Muslim prayer rooms found distributed throughout urban Bangkok. Although the prayer room can hardly be considered domestic, its existence is not really'public' either. Increasingly, this little worship space is accommodated in some public facilities owned by state organizations and private corporations. In this paper the prayer room is examined in three interrelated scales: the geographical network, the placement of the room within a facility and the interior. The examination reveals inscribed body-place relationships which are conceived specifically to different projected images of each place and different social categorizations of Muslim users.
Spiritual Transformation And Inculturation As A Key To The Understanding Of Sacred Architecture: Case Study Of Wooden Church Heritages In The Northeast Of Thailand,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Spiritual Transformation And Inculturation As A Key To The Understanding Of Sacred Architecture: Case Study Of Wooden Church Heritages In The Northeast Of Thailand, Kittitouch Chaiprasith
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This paper is an exploration of key concepts to understanding sacred architecture. The first part of this article is divided into three topics; the first studies the meaning and anatomy of the sacred. The second topic is the concept of spiritual transformation as a key to understanding what sacred architecture represents. The third topic discusses the concept of inculturation as another key concept to understand how the sacred is manifested in the world. In the second part of the article there are analyses of wooden churches that belong to the decades-old Christian community in northeast Thailand and their heritages. The …
Interior Lighting Design For The Holy Rosary Church, Bangkok,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Interior Lighting Design For The Holy Rosary Church, Bangkok, Phanchalath Suriyothin
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Lighting design is an important element in spirituality in architecture from the past to the present. Places of worship have existed long before electric lighting and were designed for meaningful daylight orientation and the controlled use of fire and candlelight.Currently there are new activities held in churches, such as concerts and wedding ceremonies that need different types of atmospheric lighting. Modern application of lighting design and spirituality are explored in a case study of the Holy Rosary Church in Bangkok. A design concept of various lighting scenes was introduced to provide maximum effect and flexibility while still performing its primary …
Taking Religion Outside:New Secular Identities Between Autonomy, Contingency And Total Immersion,
2016
Chulalongkorn University
Taking Religion Outside:New Secular Identities Between Autonomy, Contingency And Total Immersion, Antonio Petrov
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The secular has proven to be a condition all too intertwined with Christianity and Western narratives. However, the truth is that the religious and the secular are not opposites but they are inextricably linked within the geographic. This research is inspired by geographia [geo-earth and grapho-write], writing about earth. Observations, speculations, interpretations were made and stories recorded to illuminate how explicit intersections between religion and the environment expands the identity of the sacred. A study was made of critical cultural concepts that project objects into geographic objects, geographies, or both. It acknowledges architecture transcending beyond the traditional. The goal of …
Edra 47: Bibliography Of Books On Display,
2016
Andrews University
Edra 47: Bibliography Of Books On Display, Kathleen Demsky
Bibliographies
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A Prediction Method For Overall Economic Value
Of Fault Detection And Diagnostic Tools For
Rooftop And Split Systems,
2016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A Prediction Method For Overall Economic Value Of Fault Detection And Diagnostic Tools For Rooftop And Split Systems, David Yuill, James Braun
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
Fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) tools for air-conditioning application may perform well or poorly, but it is difficult to characterize this performance in a meaningful way. Some recently proposed evaluation techniques have provided various statistics to characterize FDD performance, but these results can be difficult for a potential adopter of FDD to understand. A new method of characterizing FDD performance by predicting the overall economic value of the FDD tool is proposed in this paper. It is applicable to FDD tools intended for air-cooled unitary airconditioners, such as rooftop units (RTU) and split systems. The method gives an estimated dollar …
Normalized Effect Of Condenser Fouling And
Refrigerant Charge On Performance Of Vapor
Compression Air Conditioning Systems,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Normalized Effect Of Condenser Fouling And Refrigerant Charge On Performance Of Vapor Compression Air Conditioning Systems, Mehdi Mehrabi, David Yuill
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
Several laboratory experiments have studied the effect of faults on vapor compression cycle air-conditioning systems. There has been a particular focus on refrigerant charge variation, which is believed to be quite common in air conditioners, and a lesser focus on heat exchanger fouling. The majority of the published results evaluate the fault effects on particular system operating parameters in one unit. For example, the effect on capacity and efficiency are typically evaluated. The results differ from one study to the next. The current paper summarizes the effects for all of the results available in the literature for condenser fouling and …
Student Absenteeism And The Comparisons Of Two Sampling Procedures For Culturable Bioaerosol Measurement In Classrooms With And Without Upper Room Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Devices,
2016
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Student Absenteeism And The Comparisons Of Two Sampling Procedures For Culturable Bioaerosol Measurement In Classrooms With And Without Upper Room Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Devices, Chunxiao Su, Josephine Lau, Shawn G. Gibbs
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
Upper room ultraviolet germicidal irradiance (UVGI) has been shown to reduce the concentration of bioaerosols in controlled chambers. However, there is a lack of experimental results on the reduction of bioaerosol concentrations by UVGI devices in actual uncontrolled buildings. This study was carried out in an American elementary school in the Midwest. Two sampling procedures were carried out in six selected classrooms with similar dimensions that were separated into two groups: (1) UVGI exposure group and (2) non-UVGI control group. Two-stage Tisch culturable impactors were utilized to collect airborne culturable bacteria and fungi. Monthly samples were collected during unoccupied period …
The Importance Of Passive Sustainable Design,
2016
The University of Akron
The Importance Of Passive Sustainable Design, Caitlin Raymond
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Sustainability is a topic regularly discussed within today’s culture. Many people are worried about society’s future due to pollution, excessive use of nonrenewable resources, and more. Even with all of the growing awareness and promotion, the historical context and more specifically the passive design techniques used in buildings have received little attention. It is imperative to increase this awareness, as well as increase the application of passive sustainable techniques to ensure that sustainable building is efficient and effective. This project has two portions, a literature review and a design project. The literature review assembles research and techniques collected on passive …
Fault Detection And Diagnosis Process For Oversizing Design On Multiple Packaged Air-Conditioning Units,
2016
Sripatum University
Fault Detection And Diagnosis Process For Oversizing Design On Multiple Packaged Air-Conditioning Units, Denchai Woradechjumroen, Haorong Li, Thanapat Promwattanapakee
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems are seldom designed or commissioned properly. The situation leads to abrupt or degradation faults resulting in inefficient energy uses, excessive energy consumption and high service costs. To solve these aforementioned problems, fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) is utilized to firstly detect any abnormal conditions of a system and then diagnoses and determines their causes. In order to apply this concept in HVAC oversizing designs, this paper proposes the state-of-art procedure of a FDD procedure for analyzing the inherently faulty design (oversizing) of multiple packaged air-conditioning units used to supply cooling for an open …
Compressor Having A Control And
Dagnostic Module,
2016
Dayton, OH
Compressor Having A Control And Dagnostic Module, Hung M. Pham, Fadi M. Alsaleem
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
An apparatus includes a Voltage sensor, a current sensor, and a controller. The Voltage sensor measures Voltage values of alternating current power Supplied to a capacitor. The capaci tor is electrically coupled to a compressor. The current sensor measures current values of the alternating current power. The controller is configured to receive the Voltage values and the current values. The controller is configured to determine a first power factor value based on at least one of the voltage values and at least one of the current values. The controller is configured to selectively detect a first capacitor fault in response …
