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Objekt Banimi Vill Për V.I.P, Arben Lushi

Theses and Dissertations

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Prrojektimi I Ndertesave Ekonomike: Bank Afariste, Ardian Zymeri

Theses and Dissertations

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Discussion Of The Contradictions Of The Contemporary Urban Landscape: The Case Of Caracas, Fabio Capra-Ribeiro

Faculty Publications

In the ongoing debate between seemingly conflicting conditions, the author contrasts several features of urban landscape to dig deeper into the understanding of the current Caracas. An interpretative process allows viewing the city from a daily perspective of joy and suffering. The process takes into account different scales of approach, the relationship between buildings and emptiness, and the role of green in the city. Gradually the carelessness of Caracas’s urban landscape becomes evident, fed by little attention to the small scale, the clustering of individualistic interventions and the neglect of the natural component. Final considerations will show the urban landscape …

Non-Structural Program To Limit E. Coli Within Antelope Creek Lincoln, Nebraska, Jeffrey Polkowski

Community and Regional Planning Program: Professional Projects

Beginning in 2008, The City of Lincoln, Nebraska set forth efforts to reduce pollutant loads within Antelope Creek below U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) criteria with the goal of eventually having segments of the stream removed from the Clean Water Act 303(d) list of impaired waters. Early efforts focus on channel improvements made as part of the Antelope Valley Project to increase the flood carrying capacity of the Creek. However, additional funding is being provided through an intergovernmental agreement between the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and the City of Lincoln (Grant Number: 56-1283) to allow the City of Lincoln’s …

The Impact Of Building Acoustics On Speech Comprehension And Student Achievement, Lily M. Wang

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

The movement for improved classroom acoustics has primarily been grounded on studies that show how building acoustics (i.e. background noise levels and room reverberation) affect speech intelligibility, as determined by speech recognition tests. What about actual student learning, though? If students do not understand each spoken word in the classroom perfectly, can they still manage to achieve high scholastic success? This presentation will review two recent studies conducted at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, linking classroom acoustic conditions to student learning outcomes and speech comprehension (rather than simply recognition). In the first, acoustic measurements in two public school districts …

Effects Of Room Acoustics On Comprehension Of Foreign-Accented Speech By Native And Non-Native English-Speaking Listeners, Zhao Peng, Kristin E. Hanna, Brenna N. Boyd, Lily M. Wang

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

In a previous study by the authors, reverberation time (RT) and background noise level (BNL) were both found to have negative effects on native and non-native English-speaking listeners in comprehending English speech produced by native American-English-speaking talkers. Comprehension scores were adjusted for listeners’ baseline English proficiency levels. In the present study, instead of native English-speaking talkers, two native Mandarin Chinese talkers (one male, one female) with similar English spoken proficiency were recruited to produce the same speech materials used in the previous study. A similar methodology was adopted to conduct speech comprehension tests on three groups of listeners: 1) native …

Bs News November/December

Building Services Engineering

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Detroit Works Long-Term Planning Project: Engagement Strategies For Blending Community And Technical Expertise, Toni L. Griffin, Dan Cramer, Megan Powers

Publications and Research

In January 2013, civic leaders, community stakeholders, and residents came together to release Detroit Future City: 2012 Detroit Strategic Framework Plan, a guiding blueprint for transforming Detroit from its current state of population loss and excessive vacancy into a model for the reinvention of post-industrial American cities. Three years prior, the U.S. Census had reported that the city had lost 24% of its population over the last decade and had experienced a 20% increase in vacant and abandoned property, bringing total vacancy to roughly the size of Manhattan. In addition to physical and economic challenges, Detroiters had also acknowledged significant …

The Lake View Cemetery: Photographs From Cleveland's Historic Landmark, Barney Taxel, Laura Taxel

University of Akron Press Publications

The Lake View Cemetery, founded in 1869, was modeled after the great garden cemeteries of Victorian England and France. Over 107,000 individuals are interred on the sprawling 285 acre expanse that is located four and one-half miles from Cleveland's Public Square. According to a Plain Dealer report in 1870, the cemetery was designed to combine all the attractive features that "nature and true art can produce" to harmonize nature's alphabet-"stone, earth, wood and water." The landscape was laid out with broad avenues and shady walks "near the fountains in view of many a rustic pile [edifice] and quiet grave and …

Ua66 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Newsletter, Cheryl Stevens, Dean

Ogden College of Science & Engineering Publications

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Arduino Microcontroller + Adaptive Architecture Responsive Illuminance Device, Portland State University. School Of Architecture

Research-Based Design Initiative

The project focused on light-responsive architecture.

Computational Fluid Dynamics For Early Stage Architectural Design, Russell Wisniewski, Corey T. Griffin, Mark Stroller, Lona Rerick, Erika Colvin, Jeanne Jameson, Stephen Colin

Research-Based Design Initiative

This project set out to evaluate the validity and usefulness of CFD within the contemporary Design Practice. Initially attempting to analyze a specifi c design it became clear a more general study was needed. Analyzing natural ventilation is an infi nitely complex process, to determine the level of simplication required for use involved breaking the natural process down and analyzing the pieces seperately and then together. By using this process it become clear how the process can be used by architecture fi rms within their design process.

Energy Use Intensity And Infrared Thermography As A Tool In Building Assessments, Carrie Dickson, Sean Newberry, Blake Reynolds

Research-Based Design Initiative

Understanding a building’s energy usage has become more important over recent years. The building sector uses nearly half of the energy produced in the United States. By identifying ways to reduce a building’s energy usage, it can have major impact on reduced carbon emissions.

Cross Laminated Timber Building Performance, Portland State University. School Of Architecture

Research-Based Design Initiative

Current standard construction techniques play an increasing role in greenhouse gas emissions, so the need for exploration into alternative methods are a requirement for future products and construction. 47% of the CO2 emissions delivered into our atmosphere are due to building construction and materials. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) and other varied wood products are an emerging, viable source of sustainable, alternative building methods. The presented body of research explains the benefits of utilizing CLT, and other wood products, by expressing their embodied energy calculations and how that is determined by a process known as “Cradle-to-Gate”.

Evolutionary Modeling And Building Energy Efficiency: How Can Building Performance Evaluation Be Integrated Early Into An Ever-Accelerating Design Process?, Portland State University. School Of Architecture

Research-Based Design Initiative

With the increasing demand for energy efficient buildings, designers have begun to face a new challenge- how can performance evaluation be integrated into the ever-accelerating design process? The design and performance evaluation of a building are, in most cases, divorced. The designer will often have to halt, freeze the design, and wait for performance results to filter back. That gap between freezing the design and awaiting results can be weeks. In that time the design may have changed dramatically and the results made useless. In other instances, the final design is submitted to be evaluated, results are received, and critical, …

Veprimtaria Europiane E Mies Van Der Rohe, Drizona Maçani

Theses and Dissertations

Kjo temë ka për qëllim hulumtimin rreth jetës dhe veprës së Mies van der Rohe përgjatë periudhës Europiane të karrierës së tij. Duke u fokusuar më shumë në kontributin e Mies-it në arkitekturën moderne si dhe ndërlidhjen e tij me arkitektët e tjerë të të njëjtës periudhë që lanë gjurmët e tyre përjetësisht në historinë e arkitekturës.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe u lind më 27 mars 1886 në qytetin Aachen të Gjermanisë. Përgjatë epokës së tij ai dëshmoi të jetë një nga etërit e modernizmit në dizajnin arkitektonik. Përgjatë shek. XX Mies-i i ndryshoi pikëpamjet arkitektonike me idetë dhe …

Betonet E Lehta Nga Argjila Ekspanduese Si Zgjidhje Në Ndërtimet Moderne, Muharrem Cani

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Ndertesë Shoqërore: Qender Kulturore, Gentiana Xhemaili

Theses and Dissertations

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Muzika Dhe Arkitektura: Iannis Xenakis Dhe Pavijoni Philips, 1958, Anyla Berisha

Theses and Dissertations

Në bisedat e inçizuara me kompozitorin David Rosenboom (1947) në Kolegjin Mills të Oaklandës, Kaliforni, inxhinieri Iannis Xennakis (1922-2001) shpjegon se gjatë studimit të të vëmendjes muzikore, një numër mekanizmash drejtojnë vëmendjen tonë drejt një imazhi të një vepre ose përjetimi muzikor, apo çfarëdolloj eksperience artistike që na ndihmon të rigjenerojmë një përjetim nga kujtesa.Thënë ndryshe, kur duam të rikujtojmë një pjesë muzikore, së pari rikujtojmë imazhin që na asocon me këtë vepër, pra, nuk zhvillohet e vetme, por e lidhur me kujtime, pamje fotografike, përjetime, ose edhe imazhe arkitektonike. Përmes një rishikimi të shkurtër historik që nga parahistoria tek …

Designing For Ventilation With Cfd: Evergreen State College Costantino Recreation Center, Sergio Palleroni, Russell Wisniewski, Noureddine Dib, Huafen Hu, Mark Stroller, Jeanne Jameson, Stephen Colin, Erika Colvin

Research-Based Design Initiative

The Costantino Recreation Center (CRC) houses the offi ces for all head coaches, athletic training, and recreation and athletics administrative staff. The CRC gymnasium holds three full-size basketball courts and four full-size volleyball courts, and can seat up to 1,500 for events. It was last re-modeled in 1990 to add a gymnasium, multi-purpose exercise room, offi ce space and wellness center, and general recreation use by students, faculty, staff and members of the community.