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Reshaping Reality: From Disneyland To Dismaland, Lina Wang

Architecture Senior Theses

This thesis deals with hyperreality as a key concept to reassess contemporary socio-cultural conditions. Jean Baudrillard once described Disneyland as one of the main examples of hyperreality. By presenting imaginary as more realistic than reality itself, Disneyland draws visitors into the world of escapism and happiness achieved through simulation; it makes the troubles of the real world less relatable. If we wear glasses to view Disneyland more closely, however, we might see many issues behind it. Dismaland is an important reference in this thesis. When asked about the idea and inspiration for his Dismaland project, Banksy stated, "theme parks should …

The Future Is Now Science Club, Shane Stan

Honors Program: Expanded Learning Clubs

The Future is Now! What will our planet look like in 10, 20, 50, or even 100 years? Where will we live, what will we eat, how will we travel? Believe it or not, in the coming decades, many ideas that were once science fiction will come through to realization. With this, many of the discoveries and technologies making all of this happen are being developed right now as we go about our daily lives.

In this club, appropriately titled, The Future Is Now Science Club, students will be inspired to think larger about the present world they live in. …

Syllabus, Assignments, & Selected Handouts (Fiqws-Writing / Architecture), Tim Dalton

Open Educational Resources

This syllabus and its related course materials draw on readings, videos, and multimodal texts to teach rhetoric and argumentation to first-year writers through a varied exploration of questions of design, aesthetics, and access.

Note: This course was paired with a course in the architecture program.

Qendër Kulturore, Burhan Mehmeti

Theses and Dissertations

Derisa vetëdijësimi i shoqërisë është segmenti më i rëndësishëm i çdo vendi, mbetet detyrë e përhershme e institucioneve kompetente që t’i thellojnë hulumtimet rreth dukurive të ndryshme që e shoqërojnë sistemin kulturor në vend.Në këtë kontekst, edhe punimi në vazhdim synon t’i identifikojë shkaqet kryesore dhe më me peshë që ndikojnë në ofrimin e ambienteve sa me komode për zhvillim të aktiviteteve kulturo-artistike, në mënyrë që të ndikohet në ndryshime pozitive në këtë aspekt. Bukuritë fizike të shqiptarit gërshetuar me ato të natyrës, ambientit ku ai jeton, qëndron e gjallëron përballë stuhive të shumta të jetës fuqizohen edhe me veshjet …

Fust Museum, Benart Shala

Theses and Dissertations

-The fust museum, is a synthesis, a bond of specific timelines, derived by it’s own name (Future-Past-FUST). What is a void, or void space ? How can we percept it ? What is the best way to relive history? Why do we have to relive it ? Is history only a tool that helps us construct or form the future? These question went through my mind, while working on this thesis. With fust museum i want to express the effect of the butterfly, by reliving these 3 different timeline’s through an chronological order (the world war 2, cold war and …

Kopsht Fëmijësh, Florent Tmava

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi i kësaj teme është që të zhvillohet një tipologji e kopshtit të fëmijëve që të jetë si qasje e dizjanit të qerdheve, e cila artikulon nevojat emocionale, e jo vetëm ato fizike dhe edukative. Me zhvillimin e kësaj tipologjije do të krijohet një mjedis edukativ i cili mund të ndikoj dhe ndihmoj në zhvillimin e potencialeve të fëmijëve. Në këtë temë do të zhvillojmë të gjitha komponentet që e përbëjnë një ndërtim edukativ, që produkti final t’i plotësoi të gjitha nevojat themelore e deri te ato që arrin dimenzioni e katert (4) në arkitekturë që është përjetimi, që ndërlidhet …

Banim Individual, Egzona Totaj

Theses and Dissertations

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Universiteti I Arkitekturës Në Pejë, Taulant Kukaj

Theses and Dissertations

Pasi që Republika e Kosoves është shtet në tranzicion si element përbërës esencial I zhvillimit të shtetit tonë është edhe sistemi arsimorë, edukativë dhe kulturor. E gjitha fillon me vetëdijesimin e popullit për kët gjë, duke ju kushtuar shumë rendesi kushteve në të cilat pergaditemi si nxënës, student pasi që tek ne gjenden vetëm kushtet minimale për arsim si në atë të ulët të mesëm dhe të lartë. Prishtina si kryeqytet I ka disa përparsi karshi këtyre kushteve por janë lënë anash edhe qytete tjera të mëdha të Kosovës p.sh Peja, Gjakova, Prizreni etj te cilat kan universitete por saj …

Zhvillimi I Sherbimeve Turistike “Hotel”, Rrona Gacaferi

Theses and Dissertations

Të jetosh në një qytet të rrethuar nga malet, do të thotë ta ngresh kokën lartë ngado që ecën, të magjepsesh nga pamja piktoreske, të të vijë vullneti e dëshira ta ftosh gjithë botën ta shoh, e ta përjetoj dhe ta vlersojë bashkë me ty gjithë këtë pamje e potencial që ka. Në anën tjetër të jetosh në një qytet që krahas këtyre tipareve, ka hapësira të cilat paraqesin rrezik për banor apo turistë, të shtyn të punosh dhe të mundohesh që te zhvillohet tutje dhe të bëhet një qytet i qetë, i sigurt, dhe atraktiv për vendasit dhe vizitorët. …

Resort, Nuhi Lutfiu

Theses and Dissertations

Ndër faktorët kryesor për ndërtimin të këtij projekti është fluks i madh i turistëve anembar Kosovës te cilët me një kureshtje të madhe e vizitojn cdo vjet ne stinën e dimrit këtë bukuri të rallë natyrore qe posedon Kosova.Po ashtu nuk është vetëm një vizit e thjesht por kjo ndodh për shkak se me të vërtet Brezovica është më e veqant krahasim me vendet të tjera pasi që gjenden shum pista të skijimit,lartësia e maleve,dendësia me lisa dhe klima perfekte gjatë sezonës së dimrit e bënë këtë pjesë një atraksion shumë të mirë turistik jo vetëm nga Kosova por edhe …

Objekti I Komunës Në Deçan, Ardit Shehu

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi kryesor i kësaj Teme të Diplomës,qëndron në projektimin dhe dizajnimin e një objekti administrativ siç është Objekti i Komunës,duke marrë për bazë rregulloren e projektimit të këtyre llojeve të objekteve në Arkitekturë si dhe kushteve rregullative të komunës ku objekti është paramenduar të vendoset.Projektimi i objekteve administrative në përgjithësi në ditët e sotme,duhet të bazohet në dizajn modern arkitektural,sepse dita-ditës administrate po e humb rëndësinë,që dikur e ka pasur,pasi që me zhvillimin e teknologjisë dhe avancimin e pajisjeve teknologjike adekuate konsumatori,pra në këtë rast qytetari i thjeshtë mund të pajiset shumë lehtë në mënyrë elektronike me dokumentet që i …

V.1 Fall 2018, Center For Arts & Language, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

v.1 is a publishing platform for the ongoing work, ideas, discussions, debates, and aspirations of students at the Rhode Island School of Design. The Fall 2018 issue contains articles on art writing and the place of the self, student reflections on politics, practice, and dogma across generations. Articles look back on historic manuscripts, to past projects and recent events, and forward. This issue's content presents the various expressions of truth that artists and designers work within.

Atmospheres And Bureaucracy: Challenging Everyday Perception And Regulation Of Public Space, Philip Claghorn

Architecture Senior Theses

It is common for us to overlook the everyday elements encountered in the city such as public Wi-Fi beacons, aestheticized benches, bike-sharing stations, and other items which have colonized street-scapes. In reality, these components are cosigned by business investment districts, private businesses, and city governments who stand to profit by maintaining control of public space. This struggle between formal and informal urbanism has been played out globally. The best example of informal urban contention can be found in street vending policy. An increasingly congested sidewalk, in conjunction with convoluted policies in places such as New York City, has made street …

Relink Tangible And Intangible, Weibin Lao, Xiaobai Zhao

Architecture Thesis Prep

Syracuse, as part of the Upstate New York used to be an essential economic center of the United States. This not only was resulting from its once influential salt industry and its easily accessed canal infrastructure, but also was heavily influenced by the industrial innovation. Without trained engineers, the people in Syracuse designed machines for excavating the earth and building the Erie Canal. And with easy transportation, goods and industrial products created and produced from Syracuse were shipped and transported. This brought prosper and wealth to the Syracuse. With new transportation technology development including the railways for trains and highways …

Transitional Spaces: Re-Thinking Of Disaster Relief Housing, Evelyn Brooks

Architecture Thesis Prep

Natural disasters such as tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, and hurricanes destroy our infrastructure, civic buildings, public amenities, and homes. These disasters create problems of homelessness, but they also create environments within the city that are unlivable due to a lack of electricity and potable water. People displaced by disasters often find themselves living in a government-or non-profit-run evacuation shelter, at the mercy of bureaucratic organizations for assistance to begin the recovery process. People forced to evacuate neighborhoods where they have perhaps been established for decades often also lose their ability to attend school. These shelter environments are repurposed public buildings like …

2047 City, Mike Liu, Raul Sadhwani

Architecture Thesis Prep

Hong Kong has always been colonial; its existence is shaped from the confluence of East and West. After 158 years of British rule, Hong Kong's handover to the Chinese Government, catalyzed by the expiration of its 99-year lease of the New Territories, began in 1997 whereby the city operates under a "one-country-two-systems" policy. These events have created a culture and identity of disappearance as the people of Hong Kong have scrambled to define their identity due to the imminence of its disappearance, as discussed by Ackbar Abbas. This is exemplified in the Umbrella Revolution in 2014 when citizens, mainly students, …

Gender Segregation: What Does Dividing Space Across Gender Mean?, Mikayla Hope Starr

Architecture Thesis Prep

A Utopia is an idea of an ideal form of society that rethinks current power structures and dynamics at play in the world and subverts them. In proposing a new perfect society, one is critiquing the current society and questioning what can and should be done to improve the status quo. To start creating a Utopia, designers must first consider what faults exist in the world that they wish to remove or improve.

In this Utopia, the focus will be on equality for all gender identities, through spatial design. The specific elements being studied are those spaces clearly delineated on …

Growing Syracuse: The Architect's Role In Improving Syracuse, Ny's Food Environment, Stephanie Wagner

Architecture Thesis Prep

Urbanism requires community, and community requires a platform of public space. Underutilized spaces within the urban fabric can be activated by small scale architectural interventions to create formal spaces for community gathering, interaction, and commerce. The positioning and connectivity of these interventions can lead to the creation of new urban corridors that encourage growth within and between underdeveloped parts of the city.

It is the role of the architect to develop an architecture that is contextually relevant to a community, while addressing larger-scale urban issues, in order to create an accessible and beneficial built environment and lifestyle for users. The …

Drone Mapping The 140: A Narrative Of Architecture In The Conflict Zone, Rasan Taher

Architecture Thesis Prep

Since the Kurdish regional government in Iraq was established in 1991, the border between the federal government and the KRG has shifted and is in constant dispute. In 2003, under the new Iraqi constitution, article 140 identifies the mechanism to settle the disputed areas through the restoration of all demographic changes and by referendum to decide land claims, to be held no later than 2007. Since then, many attempts to change the demographics and the cultural characteristic of the disputed area have been attempted by both governments in order to secure their political and economic interest in the area. The …

Techne Issue 05, Ting Chin, Michael Duddy, Jason Montgomery

TECHNE

INTRODUCTION: TING CHIN, MICHAEL DUDDY, AND JASON MONTGOMERY

As the Department of Architectural Technology at the New York City College of Technology embarks on its path to achieve accreditation by the National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB) for a Bachelor of Architecture, this issue of TECHNE- decidedly focused on architectural education. Over the last two years through countless discussions within our department and college, and with architecture faculty from other universities and currently practicing architects, we have been questioning the value, purpose, and means of an architectural education. As educators in architecture we are responsible for exposing students to a multifaceted …