Crp 463: University Area Multi-Modal Access Plan June 2016,
2016
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Crp 463: University Area Multi-Modal Access Plan June 2016, William Riggs, Sam Anderson, Spencer Johnson, Garrett Wank, Alex Hunt, Lauren Leedeman, Roberto Contreras, Mark Manha, Emma Petersen, Rebecca Wysong, Shannon Boston, Augustus Grochau, Matthew Wiswell, Jerome Wu, Crp 463 Senior Project Professional Practice
City and Regional Planning Studios and Projects
This study outlines work completed as a part of the CRP 463 senior capstone class outlining a new, comprehensive approach to active transportation on the Cal Poly campus. Led by Dr. William Riggs the project assessed the current conditions, identified opportunities and constraints and then developed conceptual options for a campus active transportation plan. In addition to this process the plan involved completion of a draft Bicycle Friendly University application for the Cal Poly campus (included as a supplemental file) and envisioned conceptual design options for various locations on the campus. Key locations evaluated included the Perimeter Road / University …
Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Commercially Available Activated Carbon Filters For Indoor Ozone Removal In Single-Family Homes,
2016
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Commercially Available Activated Carbon Filters For Indoor Ozone Removal In Single-Family Homes, J. R. Aldred, E. Darling, G. Morrison, J. Siegel, R. L. Corsi
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
This study involved the development of a model for evaluating the potential costs and benefits of ozone control by activated carbon filtration in single-family homes. The modeling effort included the prediction of indoor ozone with and without activated carbon filtration in the HVAC system. As one application, the model was used to predict benefit-to-cost ratios for single-family homes in 12 American cities in five different climate zones. Health benefits were evaluated using disability-adjusted life-years and included city-specific age demographics for each simulation. Costs of commercially available activated carbon filters included capital cost differences when compared to conventional HVAC filters of …
Romberg Tiburon Center (Rtc) Head House 2016,
2016
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Romberg Tiburon Center (Rtc) Head House 2016, Thomas Fowler, Iv
Architecture
No abstract provided.
Hearst Lecture: Planning For Bhutan,
2016
Christopher Charles Benninger Architects
Hearst Lecture: Planning For Bhutan, Christopher Benninger
Focus
No abstract provided.
The Invisibility Of Code Enforcement In Planning Praxis: The Case Of Informal Housing In Southern California,
2016
University of Texas at Austin
The Invisibility Of Code Enforcement In Planning Praxis: The Case Of Informal Housing In Southern California, Jake Wegmann, Jonathan P. Bell
Focus
In this article, Jake Wegmann and Jonathan Pacheco Bell argue that more and better engagement with working class neighborhoods and communities of color are urgent imperatives for the planning profession. Drawing on a survey, interviews, and their professional experiences with the informal housing market in Southern California, they show that, although much of this work is managed by code enforcement officers, the planning profession largely holds code enforcement at arms’ length. Wegmann and Bell show that ending the estrangement between code enforcement and planning would offer numerous benefits including inculcating cultural competence in planners, addressing vexing issues such as housing …
Streetplan: Hacking Streetmix For Community-Based Outreach On The Future Of Streets,
2016
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Streetplan: Hacking Streetmix For Community-Based Outreach On The Future Of Streets, William W. Riggs, Michael R. Boswell, Ryder Ross
Focus
Riggs, Boswell and Ross describe their pilot street design project deploying Streetplan, a version of the opensource tool Streetmix. As part of the City of San Luis Obispo downtown revisioning project, their efforts inform the process, currently underway, of revising the Downtown Vision Concept Plan. The project was presented at the 2016 Code for America Summit.
Cover,
2016
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Earning A Livelihood From One's Home: The Castillo Ladies Of San Miguel De Allende,
2016
California State University San Luis Obispo
Earning A Livelihood From One's Home: The Castillo Ladies Of San Miguel De Allende, Hemalata C. Dandekar
Focus
The CRP Field Trip to San Miguel Allende in August 2016 revealed several facets of Mexican urbanism, including social histories that helped to reveal the city’s development. In this article, Professor Hemalata Dandekar describes one such enriching experiences, noting its implications for planning.
The Connection Between Neighborhood Walkability And Life Longevity In A Midsized City,
2016
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
The Connection Between Neighborhood Walkability And Life Longevity In A Midsized City, William W. Riggs, John Gilderbloom
Focus
Riggs and Gilderbloom discuss a study for Louisville, KY that confirms the relationship between walkability and health, offering lessons for similar urban areas. Investigating years of projected life lost as it relates to neighborhood walkability, they found that more walkable areas are predictors of longevity. The study suggests that the trend toward longer lifespan may be connected to gentrification-related displacement and racial homogenization in walkable neighborhoods. The findings can help shape urban design policies and interventions that support physical activity.
Learning From California: Highlights Of Crp Studios 2015/2016 Ay,
2016
California State University San Luis Obispo
Learning From California: Highlights Of Crp Studios 2015/2016 Ay, Hemalata C. Dandekar
Focus
Dr. Hemalata Dandekar highlights the studio projects from both BSCRP and MCRP programs during the 2015-16 academic year. The studios are fundamental in the learn-by-doing pedagogy embraced by the department, and they help shape students into professionals that are fully engaged with their communities.
New Nature: A Photographic Essay,
2016
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
New Nature: A Photographic Essay, Gary C. Dwyer
Focus
Gary Dwyer is an internationally accomplished educator, landscape architect and artist in a variety of landscape, sculpture and photographic genres. His photographic assignments have sent him worldwide, including climbing expeditions in the Himalayas and a UNESCO assignment to photograph World Heritage Sites in Vietnam. He was a Resident Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2005. In this contribution to FOCUS, Gary’s images provoke us to think about the collisions between environmental and cultural values.
"Toward An Urban Design Manifesto" Revisited,
2016
School of Geography University of Birmingham
"Toward An Urban Design Manifesto" Revisited, Ivor Samuels
Focus
“Toward an Urban Design Manifesto”, co-authored by Donald Appleyard and Allan Jacobs in the early 1980s, was highly influential in how we understand urbanism in the XXI century. Like other seminal documents, it represented the paradigm shift from modernism to contemporary planning and urban design. Professor Ivor Samuels, an international expert on urban morphology and urban design who often contributes to FOCUS, discusses the Manifesto’s continuing revelance to European and wider contexts.
Conversations With Alumni: Spotlight On Jimmy Ochoa And Orchid Monroy-Ochoa,
2016
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Conversations With Alumni: Spotlight On Jimmy Ochoa And Orchid Monroy-Ochoa
Focus
No abstract provided.
Urbanismo In Mexico,
2016
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Urbanismo In Mexico, Ana Padilla
Focus
In the summer of 2016, BSCRP junior Ana Padilla joined a group of Cal Poly architecture colleagues for a two-month study program in Mexico. Led by instructor Humberto Norton, the program was based at Los Arcos, an educational facility run by local architect Rafael Franco in San Miguel de Allende. Ana writes about her many learning experiences which made her realize how important travelling is for a planner’s education.
Cement Hydration-Based Micromechanics Modeling Of The Time-Dependent Small-Strain Stiffness Of Fly Ash-Stabilized Soils,
2016
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Cement Hydration-Based Micromechanics Modeling Of The Time-Dependent Small-Strain Stiffness Of Fly Ash-Stabilized Soils, Xin Kang, Louis Ge, Wen Cheng Liao
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
A contact mechanics model, based on the Hertzian elastic contact theory and cementation coating development at particulate scale, was established to predict the time-dependent small-strain stiffness of Class C fly ash-stabilized soils during curing. The cementation coating development model was developed at particulate level based on the Arrhenius law to predict the contact radius growth. A hyperbolic time-temperature relationship was proposed to capture the temperature change of fly ash-stabilized soils and links the pozzolanic reaction rate with curing time. Model-predicted small-strain stiffness was evaluated through both published and experimental test results with good success. The micromechanics modeling indicated that the …
Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper: Transfiguration Through Glass, Or Vertical And Horizontal Transparencies: Mies Van Der Rohe,
2016
Clemson University
Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper: Transfiguration Through Glass, Or Vertical And Horizontal Transparencies: Mies Van Der Rohe, Ufuk Ersoy
Publications
Mies van der Rohe’s entry for the Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Competition of 1921, a project he named the “Wabe” (Honeycomb) construction, not only epitomized the polemics then current about the renovation of Berlin as a modern metropolis, but also represented a radical shift in the architect’s own viewpoint – his views of modern life, modern construction, and modern materials, particularly glass.
Modification Of Upper-Ocean Temperature Structure By Subsurface Mixing In The Presence Of Strong Salinity Stratification,
2016
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Modification Of Upper-Ocean Temperature Structure By Subsurface Mixing In The Presence Of Strong Salinity Stratification, Emily L. Shroyer, Daniel L. Rudnick, J. Thomas Farrar, Byungho Lim, S. Karan Venayagamoorthy, Louis C.St Laurent, Amrapalli Garanaik, James N. Moum
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The Bay of Bengal has a complex upper-ocean temperature and salinity structure that is, in places, characterized by strong salinity stratification and multiple inversions in temperature. Here, two short time series from continuously profiling floats, equipped with microstructure sensors to measure subsurface mixing, are used to highlight implications of complex hydrography on upper-ocean heat content and the evolution of sea surface temperature. Weak mixing coupled with the existence of subsurface warm layers suggest the potential for storage of heat below the surface mixed layer over relatively long-time scales. On the diurnal time scale, these data demonstrate the competing effects of …
Architectural Response To Humanitarian Crises,
2016
Department of Architecture, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Architectural Response To Humanitarian Crises, Gul Nabi Afridi
Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters Publications
Humanitarian design has become a popularized phenomenon in recent years, and it comes in all shapes and sizes. Humanitarian architecture basically means architecture designed for those in need. It is “seeking architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and bringing professional design services to communities in need.” Mostly, Humanitarian crises comes into account due to disasters either natural or human induced disaster. Any community which has been disturbed due to any disaster, having basic unstabilities like physical and social. These issues are further sub-categorized as, lives, properties, psychological, economic and education issues. Darra Adam Khel is a region which has been affected …
Mobile Food Vendor Ordinance Prepared For The City Of Clovis, Ca,
2016
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Mobile Food Vendor Ordinance Prepared For The City Of Clovis, Ca, Thomas Koybayashi
City and Regional Planning
No abstract provided.
Urban Design Vision For The Vista Del Sol Development,
2016
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Urban Design Vision For The Vista Del Sol Development, Gustavo Castro
City and Regional Planning
No abstract provided.
