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Mapping Energy Access In Rural Tanzania: 2017 Summer Internship With The World Resources Institute, Naramena Mccray

Sustainability and Social Justice

This report details my 2017 summer internship experience; both the report and the internship being requirements of the GIS for Development and Environment Graduate Degree at Clark University. My internship was hosted by the World Resources Institute, an international non-profit organization in Washington D.C. As implied by my position title, “Energy Access-GIS Intern”, I spent the duration of my internship (14 weeks) applying my geospatial expertise to address the topic of energy access which is an issue effecting rural areas of many developing countries. I was given the responsibility of creating an interactive map application of Tanzania accessible by energy …

The Rise, Fall, And Revival Of The Moviegoing Experience: The Viability Of Independent Theatres In A Multiplex World, Isabel S. Cruz

Sustainability and Social Justice

Moviegoing has been a leisure activity since the early twentieth century. From their origination, movie theatres have served as a community gathering place for people from different socioeconomic backgrounds to come together for a shared experience. Even as substitutes for movie viewing options threaten the movie theatre industry, independent cinemas are surviving and thriving. This paper includes results from interviews with independent cinema owners and managers on steps they are taking to preserve moviegoing as an immersive and personal experience. Findings are used to explore how lessons can be applied to create a credible business proposal to locate an independent …

Decentering Neo-Bohemia In The Creative City: Cultural Marginalization, Economic Violence, And An Alternative Agenda Of Diverse Cultural Scenes, James Murdoch

Planning Dissertations - Archive

Creative cities policy is an approach that advocates the planned development of consumption-oriented, mixed-use urban neighborhoods supporting artistic activity and a vibrant nightlife to create economic benefits. The literature labels these neighborhoods 'neo-bohemia' because they combine the gritty, authentic lifestyle of bohemian artists with a contemporary consumption culture of cafes, bars, galleries, and other arts spaces. Many, however, critique creative cities policy, suggesting it leads to gentrification and neighborhood commodification, and ignores the economic and cultural value of places that are not neo-bohemian. I apply the critical theory of J.K. Gibson-Graham (2006) to decenter the concept of neo-bohemia in the …

Cognitive Performance Application., Shade El-Hadik

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This work shows that combining the techniques of neural networking and predictive analytics with the fundamental concepts of computing performance optimization is genuine in many ways. It has the potentials to: (1) reduce infrastructure upgrade costs (2) reduce human interactions, by enabling the system to learn, analyze, and make decisions on its own, and (3) generalize the solutions to other performance problems. This paper attempts to tackle a JVM performance optimization from a different dimension and in a way that can be scaled to other common utilized resources, such as file systems, static contents, search engines, web services...etc. It shows …

Paolo Soleri And Arcology: An Analytical Comparison To Frank Lloyd Wright And Louis Kahn, Henry Millard

Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses

The city proposals of Paolo Soleri, he called them arcologies, are monumental and complex geometric megastructures intended to project great heights above desert horizons. These proposals purposefully abandon conventional notions of the city.

Soleri was physically isolated in his remote Arizona urban laboratory, Arcosanti, and philosophically detached from the professional urban design community. His proposals were often too easily understood as foreign and radical dystopian architectural metaphors meant to provoke thought more than to project an actual future. There is limited discourse on Soleri and this tends to isolate him in a vacuum, ignoring possible connections or parallels in his …

The Work Of Living Art, Empathy, And The Creation Of An Aesthetics Of Perception In The Early Twentieth Century, Sarah Peil Winstead

Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses

Adolphe Appia (1862-1928), theorist and pioneering voice of the New Stagecraft Movement in twentieth century theatre, was a transformative influence on the history of scenic design. This paper looks at the links between Appia’s theories in theatre scenic design and contemporaneous German aesthetic theory. At the time German theorists like Adolf Hildebrand and August Schmarsow developed an aesthetic theory, Einfülung or empathy theory, based on the connection between the human body and perception. I will argue this theory influenced not only Appia and his contemporaries it also shaped the landscape of mid-century theatre design. Appia’s own theories revolved around three …

Making Process: The Search For A Personal Language Through A Shared Vocabulary Of Painting And Design, Callie Fleetwood

Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses

As designers, everything we make is personal. The act of making is a learning experience, as well as a personal act. We learn through this act of making. Making spans many mediums, including painting and architecture. Every designer has a language that is unique and personal to them. There is however, a shared and fundamental basis, or vocabulary, for these languages that span mediums and designers. To better understand the making process, a careful study of the architectural work and personal paintings of two architects has been done. Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto are two architects who practiced in the …

Objektet E Banimit – Objekt Shumëbanesorë Afarist, Art Dubovci

Theses and Dissertations

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Ndërtesat Shoqërore (Bibloteka E Qytetit), Jona Bytyqi

Theses and Dissertations

Duke parë kërkesat e të rinjëve të prizrenit dhe dëshira e madhe e vetë qytetarëve të prizrenit, ky projekt plotëson nevojën e qytetit dhe studentëve e nxënësve për biblotekë.

Pasi që bibloteka aktuale që ka prizreni është shumë e vogël dhe në gjendje jo shum të mire, gjithashtu edhe shfrytëzimi i vogël i sallave për lexim ka bërë që nxenësit dhe studentët te kërkojnë hapsirë me adekuate për zgjerimin e saj ose ndërtimin e një bibloteke të re në shfrytëzimin e librave dhe dijes që të rinjët dhe ky vend ka nevojë.

Qëllimi kryesor i këtij studimi është ti përmbush …

Kompleks Banesor-Afarist, Puhovc - Pejë, Egzonjeta Ademaj

Theses and Dissertations

“...ndërtesat lindin me qëllimin për t'u shërbyer njerëzve” Ndikimi që arkitektura ka në jetën e njerëzve në hapësirën në të cilën ata jetojnë dhe veprojnë është shumë i madh. Përveç ndikimit vizual e funksional, ky ndikim bartet edhe në pjesën më të rëndësishme, atë humane, mendore dhe psikologjike. Një filozofi e Dizajnit Arkitektural u shfaq në fillim të shek. XX, me pohimin se një ndërtesë duhet të ketë strukturë dhe plan që i përgjigjet kërkesave funksionale, të harmonizuara me ambientin e saj natyral dhe të formoj një tërësi intelektuale të qartë dhe të integruar. Forma, funksioni dhe konstruksioni janë tri …

Ndërtesa Shoqërore" Galeri E Artit ", Dodona Rushiti

Theses and Dissertations

Edukimi është element kritik për zhvillim. Mos edukimi dhe mos njohja e kulturës ndikon në krijimin e një shoqërie të zbrazët dhe të pakompletuar.Një nga objektivat primare të artit është edukimi rreth kulturës dhe vetë njeriut në shoqëri. Galeria e artit modern me theks të veqant po tenton të vertetoj atë se ne mbajm mend më shumë atë që shohim se sa atë që lexojmë.Përveq faktit që galeria e artit modern ndikon në pasurimin dhe njohjen tonë me kulturen,skulpturen,pikutren dhe shumë arte të bukura,shumë njerëz e vizitojn për tu larguar nga stresi,depresioni dhe problemet që po shkakton jetesa bashkëkohore.Prizreni siqendra …

Kompleks Banesor-Afarist, Puhovc - Pejë, Edona Dreshaj

Theses and Dissertations

“...ndërtesat lindin me qëllimin për t'u shërbyer njerëzve” Ndikimi që arkitektura ka në jetën e njerëzve në hapësirën në të cilën ata jetojnë dhe veprojnë është shumë i madh. Përveç ndikimit vizual e funksional, ky ndikim bartet edhe në pjesën më të rëndësishme, atë humane, mendore dhe psikologjike. Një filozofi e Dizajnit Arkitektural u shfaq në fillim të shek. XX, me pohimin se një ndërtesë duhet të ketë strukturë dhe plan që i përgjigjet kërkesave funksionale, të harmonizuara me ambientin e saj natyral dhe të formoj një tërësi intelektuale të qartë dhe të integruar. Forma, funksioni dhe konstruksioni janë tri …

The Destruction Of Cultural Heritage In The Yemen Conflict: Legal Implications And State Responsibility, Benjamin Passey

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

Since 2015, a violent war has waged in Yemen between rebel forces and a Saudi Arabian led coalition. This conflict has resulted in thousands of civilian casualties, an unparalleled humanitarian crisis, and the flagrant disregard and violation of international humanitarian law. A silent victim of the conflict is Yemen's millennia-old cultural heritage. Dozens of ancient monuments, historical buildings, and museums have been systematically targeted and destroyed by the coalition in unprecedented acts of cultural warfare. This paper examines the culpability of the Saudi led coalition in committing war crimes, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the …

Hands-On Activities To Increase Student Engagement In Undergraduate Structural Dynamics Course, Chad D. Facciolo, Anahid A. Behrouzi

Architectural Engineering

This report documents the design and implementation of several physical models and hands-on lab activities incorporated in an undergraduate structural dynamics lecture and laboratory course pairing offered at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in the Architectural Engineering department during the Winter 2018 quarter. In previous quarters, the laboratory course has lacked opportunities for students to conduct their own physical experiments and has consisted primarily of MATLAB programming activities. Efforts to illustrate the dynamic behavior of various structures have primarily involved instructor demonstrations or online videos.

The addition of physical models in the Winter 2018 offering promotes an engaging …

Road Diet Feasibility Analysis For Nebraska, Brandon L. Purintun

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Many rural towns and cities throughout Nebraska have experienced consistent population decline over the past 50 years, and the highway system once built to accommodate hoped-for growth is not serving the population as well as it could. These towns and cities would benefit from implementing a road diet conversion on their main highways. Within rural communities, road diets are an increasingly popular method of improving safety along major arterials through the reduction of excess capacity in favor of increasing refuge areas for turning vehicles. A typical application might be the restriping of a four-lane undivided highway into a three-lane highway …

Challenging The Norm Of Minimums: A Case Study Of Ada Design Standards On The University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Campus, Emily Drummy

Interior Design Program: Student Creative Activity

In the United States, over 30 million people have difficulties climbing stairs and require the use of a walker, cane, or wheelchair to move around (United States Census Bureau, 2012). All people interact with the built environment around them, including the some thirty million who deal with physical difficulties. While some can navigate the space around them easily, others have more difficulty due to certain barriers. Often, interior environments are designed with the able bodied in mind, not accommodating properly for the disabled even in the most basic of ways. Despite the introduction of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) …

A Spatiotemporal Analysis To Identify Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities In Nebraska, Sangho Lee

Community and Regional Planning Program: Theses

This study aims to identify the geographic locations of “naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs)” and whether there were spatiotemporal patterns of naturally occurring retirement communities in Nebraska for the time periods of 2000 to 2010, and to 2015. As the American population continues to age, older people generally prefer to live in their own homes for later years of life, instead of moving into assisted living. These demands have resulted in the increase of elderly populations who are “aging in place”. Nevertheless, there have been few spatiotemporal analyses about the distribution patterns of elderly households in terms of NORCs for …

Proximate Environment, Prominent Impact, Stephanie Portmann

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Proximate Environment, Prominent Impact looks closely at the history and development of learning environments, and, more specifically, early childhood classrooms. While there is much debate around teacher versus child centered learning and pedagogies that have developed in the past century, this capstone focuses on the immediate environments of classroom spaces. I use history, architectural case studies, and scientific research to discuss the ways the physical environment of early childhood education classrooms can impact learning, well-being, and behavior.

Hatch Is Hatch: Building Building Drawings, Thomas Kuei

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

The relationship of drawings to built architecture has changed drastically with the advent of technological advances that have automated drawing practices that once required skill, time, and effort. The focus of this body of research is on the hatch as an image-making tool, examining its current relationship to the translation from drawings to buildings. This paper will explore the implications of the hatch’s complex history in relationship to the mediating technologies and techniques through which they have been produced to recapture lost intention with the use of the hatch today. The paper will then focus on the hatch’s capacity to …

Contemporary Preservation, Elizabeth Johnson

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Architects are redefining how preservation can act in contemporary culture. Traditionally, preservation has been used to isolate and protect; freezing a building in its decayed state or in its original inception. Typically, preservation is only applied to culturally significant buildings. Obsolete typologies often do not fall under this category; therefore, they are destroyed to make way for the next best innovation. As such, innovation has been viewed as separate from history. Contemporary societal issues, such as climate change, drive us to reconsider this separation and embrace architectural methodologies that value cultural heritage. This thesis aims to use contemporary ideas of …