Contradiction And Duality Within The City: The House Of Arts And Culture,
2010
Roger Williams University
Contradiction And Duality Within The City: The House Of Arts And Culture, Andrei Sdrula
Architecture Theses and Projects
This project aims to apply the concepts of contradiction and duality as described in the manifesto to reinvigorate and reconnect a portion of the city Bucharest: the capital of Romania. This city has a long history of architectural achievements and disasters, and this intervention gets to the heart of that legacy when it confronts the House of Parliament: a massive megalomaniacal building constructed under the Ceausescu regime in the 1980s. The project addresses the parliament, sector, city, country, and people with first: a master plan, and then a civic building within that master plan that is located in front of …
Urban [Boxscape],
2010
Roger Williams University
Urban [Boxscape], Brad W. Bolte
Architecture Theses and Projects
Urban [BOXSCAPE] is a method of developing upon the existing Big Box Landscape in order to synthesize commercial, environmental, and social components of civic life into an integrated solution. This urban concept is demonstrated through a design vision for a Big Box Center in Seekonk, Massachusetts. However, the guidelines and options used in this exercise are meant to exceed this site’s immediate relevance and provide a model approach for similar sites across the nation.
Rising Architecture,
2010
Roger Williams University
Rising Architecture, Erica M. Wiggin
Architecture Theses and Projects
Many cities have experienced shrinkage in their city centers, leaving behind abandoned lots and buildings throughout the city streets. The historic city of Providence was split after the construction of I-95, leaving the west side of the city separated and in some cases abandoned from downtown. Creating a couple living communities that work together to live sustainably by producing necessities such as electricity, clean water, food and medicine will be contributing to the quality of the city as well as improving their lives by learning, developing and teaching new means of living to the rest of the community in their …
Adaptive Housing: Transformation And Growth In The Urban Environment,
2010
Roger Williams University
Adaptive Housing: Transformation And Growth In The Urban Environment, Kevin Mowatt
Architecture Theses and Projects
The proposal for an adaptive housing project and its chosen location arose from two obstacles that all modern cities and the world as a whole, face. The urban environment is revered for its cultural amalgam of people and wide range of demographics; however with this density and diversity comes a shortage of one type or another of commodious housing. Additionally and consequentially, the city must expand and build new buildings, leaving older, unsuitable building vacant. An adaptive architecture would allow families to grow and demographics to shift within the established community, all the while reinvigorating that second obstacle the city …
Creating Community: Mixed Use Development In New Bedford, Ma,
2010
Roger Williams University
Creating Community: Mixed Use Development In New Bedford, Ma, Matthew J.B. Cate
Architecture Theses and Projects
In creating a new type of community for New Bedford, MA, there was an awareness of both the existing community, context, and people, while realizing a need for change. The design uses the concept of adapting the existing density into two modes. First, merging the existing residential fabric and merging it with a public program including both commercial and retail development. Second, focusing that new typology into a smaller more refi ned space, while creating new public areas for communal enjoyment and development. Creating such an idea of living takes the existing unused exterior spaces allotted to the typical housing …
Community Infrastructure: A Transformation Of The New Orleans Industrial Canal,
2010
Roger Williams University
Community Infrastructure: A Transformation Of The New Orleans Industrial Canal, Nicholas Thornton
Architecture Theses and Projects
The city of New Orleans is in need of a symbol of stability and hope. The design proposal is for a New Orleans Water Treatment Facility that focuses on purification, reclamation and desalination processes. The facility will create a pure water supply that will be distributed into public circulation as well as be made readily available during natural disasters. A public works building such as this is important to the growth of the ever rebuilding city. In 2005, New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina causing flooding and destruction to a great majority of the city. Once the hurricane subsided …
Assessment Formats: Student Preferences And Perceptions,
2010
Technological University Dublin
Assessment Formats: Student Preferences And Perceptions, Mairéad Seymour, Shannon Chance
Articles
This paper provides a student perspective on the variety of forms of design critique available to educators. In architecture and landscape architecture, the design jury remains the dominant format for providing feedback to students. In recent years this format has come under scrutiny and its effectiveness called into question. However, little research has been done into the variety of alternative or supplemental formats available to educators. This paper explores an array of techniques that the authors have employed in design studio courses (which include techniques suggested by students in Webster’s 2007 article in the Journal of Architectural Education). These include …
Modern Mosques Of Malaysia,
2010
The American University in Cairo AUC
Modern Mosques Of Malaysia, Wael A. Yousef
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
B S News January/February,
2010
Technological University Dublin
Writing Architecture: The Role Of Process Journals In Architectural Education.,
2010
Technological University Dublin
Writing Architecture: The Role Of Process Journals In Architectural Education., Shannon Chance
Conference papers
No abstract provided.
Ageing In The Right Place,
2010
Technological University Dublin
Ageing In The Right Place, Lorcan Sirr, Conor Skehan
Other Resources
No abstract provided.
The Thinking Hand: Book Review,
2010
Technological University Dublin
The Thinking Hand: Book Review, Jim Roche
Articles
In this new book Juhani Pallasmaa continues his phenomenological exploration begun in ‘The Eyes of the Skin (2005)’, with the ‘Thinking Hand’ here proffered as a metaphor for his contention that all our senses, have innate imbedded crucial skills which help us perform the most basic daily tasks – and to create inspired works of art and architecture.
Re-Designing The 'Great Australian Dream': Creating A More Sustainable Housing Future,
2010
Edith Cowan University
Re-Designing The 'Great Australian Dream': Creating A More Sustainable Housing Future, Eko Pam
Theses : Honours
Sustainable design is a buzzword in the field of architecture, yet very few houses built in Western Australia last year had an environmentally friendly focus. Through much debate and research, designers now have a thorough understanding of the environmental impact ofhousing (Kibert, 2005; Roaf, 2001; Yeang, 1995). The result is that architects worldwide are now offering a more sustainable housing model. These houses are expensive and look very different to the popular project homes. Despite this environmental awareness, the homes Western Australians build appear to be growing larger, with little regard for their future sustainability. There is reluctance among Australians …
Guide To Stones Used For Houses Of Worship In Northeastern Ohio,
2010
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Guide To Stones Used For Houses Of Worship In Northeastern Ohio, Joseph T. Hannibal
Cleveland Memory
The purpose of this guide is to serve as an introduction and field guide to the stone used for Northeastern Ohio’s sacred landmarks. compiling this information are noted. Both exterior and interior stones are described. Locations are given so that visitors can find various interior features. Finally, interesting facts having to do with the stones are given in a remarks section and references to sources used. Original publication date 1999.
Feasibility Study Of Solar Driven Underground Cooling System,
2010
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Feasibility Study Of Solar Driven Underground Cooling System, Michel E. Shafik
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
In the United States the peak electrical use occurs during the summer. In addition, the building sector consumes a major portion of the annual electrical energy consumption. One of the main energy consuming components in the building sector is the Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems. This research studies the feasibility of implementing a solar driven underground cooling system that could contribute to reducing building cooling loads. The developed system consists of an Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger (EAHE) coupled with a solar chimney that provides a natural cool draft to the test facility building at the Solar Energy Research Test Facility …
Diapycnal Diffusivities In Homogeneous Stratified Turbulence,
2010
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Diapycnal Diffusivities In Homogeneous Stratified Turbulence, D. D. Stretch, S. K. Venayagamoorthy
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Quantifying diapycnal mixing in stably stratified turbulence is fundamental to the understanding and modeling of geophysical flows. Data of diapycnal mixing from direct numerical simulations of homogeneous stratified turbulence and from grid turbulence experiments, are analyzed to investigate the scaling of the diapycnal diffusivity. In these homogeneous flows the instantaneous diapycnal diffusivity is given exactly by Kd= ∈ρ/ (∂ ρ /∂z)2where ∈ρ is the dissipation rate of density fluctuations, and ∂ ρ /∂z is the mean density gradient. The diffusivity Kd may be expressed in terms of the large-scale properties of the turbulence as K d = γLE …
High-Strength Selfconsolidating Concrete Girders Subjected To Elevated Compressive Fiber Stresses, Part 1: Prestress Loss And Camber Behavior,
2010
Missouri University of Science and Technology
High-Strength Selfconsolidating Concrete Girders Subjected To Elevated Compressive Fiber Stresses, Part 1: Prestress Loss And Camber Behavior, Jared E. Brewe, John J. Myers
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The design of prestressed concrete members is restricted by the requirement that the extreme compressive fiber stress at midspan of simply supported members be less than 60% of the concrete compressive strength at release of prestressing. the purported purpose of this limit is to address serviceability performance, but it places unnecessary limits on the capability of the materials. for this research program, six prestressed concrete girders were produced with high-strength self-consolidating concrete and subjected to compressive fiber stress levels ranging from 65% to 84% of the concrete compressive strength at release of prestressing. Time dependent concrete surface strains were measured …
Modeling Permanent Deformation Of Unbound Granular Materials Under Repeated Loads,
2010
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Modeling Permanent Deformation Of Unbound Granular Materials Under Repeated Loads, Cheng Chen, Louis Ge, Jiansheng Zhang
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Finite-element analysis on a pavement structure under traffic loads has been a viable option for researchers and designers in highway pavement design and analysis. Most of the constitutive drivers used were nonlinear elastic models defined by empirical resilient modulus equations. Few isotropic/kinematic hardening elastoplastic models were used but applying thousands of repeated load cycles became computationally expensive. in this paper, a cyclic plasticity model based on fuzzy plasticity theory is presented to model the long-term behavior of unbound granular materials under repeated loads. the discussion focuses on the model parameters that control long-term behavior such as elastic shakedown. the performance …
Special Issue On Modeling In Geotechnical Engineering For Design And Materials,
2010
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Special Issue On Modeling In Geotechnical Engineering For Design And Materials, R. A. Tarefder, D. H. Chen, Y. N. Ge
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
No abstract provided.
Finite Element Modeling Of A Field-Scale Shored Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall,
2010
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Finite Element Modeling Of A Field-Scale Shored Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall, Cheng Chen, Louis Ge, Jia Sheng Zhang
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The shored mechanically stabilized earth (SMSE) walls are typically used in steep terrain to allow construction of a new road or widening of an existing narrow-road by constructing the wall on the outboard of the roadway. the state-of-practice suggests a minimum bench width and MSE reinforcement length equivalent to seventy percent of the design height of the MSE wall. It has been shown recently that shorter reinforcement length is sufficient when the SMSE wall system is constructed, and the retaining benefits provided by the shoring component should be taken into consideration. in this paper, a finite element analysis is performed …
