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The Professional Constructor, Full Issue, Volume 42, Number 02

The Professional Constructor

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Baden Community Open Space Plan, Rod Barnett

Books and Monographs

A team led by professor Rod Barnett has completed the Baden Community Open Space Plan. In summer 2016, Barnett and a team of research assistants collaborated with the on-the-ground team to engage residents to understand their needs. This data, combined with ecological data points, and public health assessments collected in the community, informed the proposed masterplan. In the voids created by voluntary buyout and demolition, the Baden neighborhood has an opportunity to redefine how infrastructure and greenspace can come together to create a space that serves residents. The team of partners has included the Green City Coalition, the City of …

The Bridge Newsletter Winter 2017, Missouri University Of Science And Technology

The Bridge Newsletter

-Hands-on experience in concrete materials research and construction practices
-Making ACML progress
-Taos bridge project

The Broadsheet September 29, 2017, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Broadsheet was a short-lived student newspaper published in 2017. The September 29, 2017 issue features articles on an "ethical consciousness post-Trump," improving critiques, the US pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords, the Social Equity and Inclusion Action Plan, the smoking ban at Kennedy Plaza, statue conservation, new programming at the library, an offensive incident involving a graphic designer and a sign language interpreter, and other items of interest.

Carter, Fred (Fa 1096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1096. Paper titled “‘Uncle Davie Mears’ Saddlebag House” in which Fred Carter discusses the evolution of architectural design as it relates to the Mear House, a long-standing cabin located in Summersville, Kentucky. Paper is based on information collected by Carter from current and former residents. Paper also includes color photographs and hand-drawn floor plans of the home.

Harrison, Joyce (Fa 1067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project FA 1067. Paper titled “Designs and Ornamentation in Local Commercial Architecture” in which Joyce Harrison explores the architectural styles and patterns of small-town business exteriors. Paper is based on information collected by Harrison from Frank D. Cain, Jr., a locally registered architect, and contains color photographs of building exteriors in several counties across south central Kentucky.

The Automation Of Bim For Compliance Checking: A Visual Programming Approach, Jonathan Reinhardt, Malachy Mathews

Conference papers

A study by FIATECH confirmed that human interpretation causes inconsistencies in applying building compliance & regulations (Solihin & Eastman, 2015). Producing, updating and quality assuring such processes is inconsistent and unreliable (Preidel & Borrmann, 2016). A barrier to interpretation of building regulations is that software is designed by developers that are separate to local authorities (Solihin & Eastman, 2015). The current literature suggests Singapore, Norway, USA & Australia have all implemented BIM automation systems for building regulations. This study reviews current automation systems and based on this proposes a system of creating a checking system is efficient in the control …

Measuring Rheological Properties Of Cement Pastes: Most Common Techniques, Procedures And Challenges, Dimitri Feys, Rolands Cepuritis, Stefan Jacobsen, Karel Lesage, Egor Secrieru, Ammar Yahia

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Science of Rheology is Increasingly Used to Describe the Properties of Fresh Cement Paste. Compared to Standard Workability Tests, Rheological Properties Allow for More Fundamental Investigation, More Precise Phenomenological Description of Flow Properties and Serve as Input for Numerical Simulations. Standard Commercially Available Rheometers Are Typically Used to Perform Those Measurements. However, the Results of the Measurement Depend on the Geometry, Testing Procedure and a Number of Potential Artefacts. This Technical Letter Describes the Most Common Techniques and Procedures Used to Assess the Rheological Properties of Cement Paste, as Well as Challenges during Measurements and Actions to Counter These …

The Art Of Extension

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

As London's venerable Victoria & Albert museum unveils an innovative extension, English architect Andrew Major looks at the architectural challenges of accommodating the growing demand for gallery space around the world

Space To Breathe

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Green, edgy and playful, Oslo's new architecture brings joy in a city where nature has a profound effect on life, attitude and building design.

Sutherland, David And Linda C. White (Fa 1044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1044. Paper titled “From Mountain to Flatland: A Study of Two Homesteads” written by David Sutherland and Linda White. The authors attempt to compare two homesteads—one found in Pickett County, Tennessee, and the other in Simpson County, Kentucky—by exploring the family histories, topographical influences, and architectural styles of each location. The paper also includes photographs of informants, their farms, grave markers, aerial maps, and other personal ephemera.

Portable Privacy, Larken Mccarthy (Interior Design), Breah Banks (Landscape Architecture)

Nexus Maximus

Creating a temporary home for displaced people in times of crisis by maximizing vertical space within an air pitch housing structure.

Nexus Maximus IV

The Challenge: Innovation for Refugees and Displaced Populations

One of the great challenges of our time is how to help refugees and displaced populations, and how to prevent the causes in the first place. Every minute, 24 people around the world are forced to flee their homes. That’s 34,000 people a day who leave everything behind in the hope of finding safety and a better tomorrow. The impact of war, political, racial and religious conflict, and …

Table Of Contents

Anthós

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Bond Plaza Dedication, Taylor University

Buildings and Grounds of Taylor University

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Desert Pool {If Every Desert Was Once A Sea}, Karen Miranda Abel

The Goose

Desert Pool {If every desert was once a sea} is a site-specific art project by Canadian artist Karen Miranda Abel completed in 2016 while artist-in-residence at Joya: arte + ecología, an arts-led research centre situated in an alpine desert within a national park in southern Spain. The elemental installation represents an envisioning of the ancient sea that occupied the Sierra de María-Los Vélez Natural Park millions of years before the current desert ecology, a time when its highest mountain peaks may have been islands.

Stewart, Laura (Fa 1043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1043.

Design And Planned Obsolescence. Theories And Approaches For Designing Enabling Technologies, Matteo Zallio, Damon Berry

Articles

We are currently living in a decade where smart objects and Internet of Things (IoT)-based devices are becoming part of daily life in different contexts. This research seeks to investigate and verify, by using a formal literature review methodology, the most visible aspects of technological development, within the Industry 4.0 and IoT scenario, in relation to the theories of the so called “Planned Obsolescence”.

This study covers a defined number of works on Design theories and practices on how to face the issue of built-in obsolescence of devices in the era of the Connected Devices. The majority of the works …

Mybarrio: Emigdio Vasquez And Chicana/O Identity In Orange County, Natalie Lawler, Denise Johnson, Marcus Herse, Jessica Bocinski, Manon Wogahn

Exhibition Catalogs

"Emigdio Vasquez created artwork that challenged Orange County’s more prominent narrative of wealthy beachside neighborhoods. He painted the brown bodies and brown histories that defined our earliest communities and economy... Vasquez produced much of the local art history that Orange County should be known for and should protect. It is with this perspective that Chapman University is proud to present the exhibition, My Barrio: Emigdio Vasquez and Chicana/o Identity in Orange County, in conjunction with the Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative. We hope to initiate discourse not only about Vasquez’s prolific career, but also about the larger political …

A Planner's Perspective: Mindful Leadership In Troubled Times, William W. Riggs

Focus

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Qendra Tregëtare Në Prishtinë, Bard Bajçinovci

Theses and Dissertations

Tregtia dhe procesi tregtar, sistemi i zhvillimit njerëzor i cili ka pësuar transformime të mëdha në raport me zhvillim e shkencës, teknikës, rritjes së bazës materiale të shoqërisë si dhe të rritjes së standardit jetësor të njeriut. Qëllimi kryesor i kësaj temë diplome është që të promovojë njohuri më të madhe projektuese në fushën e qendrave tregtare, dhe kështu të inkurajojë në hulumtimet e mëtutjeshme akademike. Shqyrtimi i literaturës dhe analizat e përdorura, sigurojnë informata bazë për çdo hulumtim bashkëkohor, të dhënat shkencore dhe idetë duhet impenjuar duke përfshirë pikat e forta dhe të dobëta të temës së shtjelluar. Nëpërmjet …

Ndërtese Ekonomike – Qender Tregtare, Ikram Behluli

Theses and Dissertations

Projekti eshte rezultat i nevojes se qytetit per nje Qender tregtare qe do ti permbushte nevojat e perditshme ne nje vend te vetem,qe eshte i stacionuar ne nje lokacion te arritshem ne kohe te perafert per nga largesia nga cdo cep i qytetit. Ne kete projekt diplome kam tentuar qe ne menyre sa me specifike ti perfshije,plotesoje te gjitha nevojat dhe kerkesat qe kane qytetaret e moshave te ndryshme. Arsyeja e perzgjedhjes se lokacionit eshte pershkak se parcellat plotesojne kerkesat bazike dhe utilitare per te qene funksionale,te perdorshme dhe me qasje te lehte sipas kerkesave qe kane qytetaret duke filluar …

Objekt Individual – Villë Luksoze, Fiona Çela

Theses and Dissertations

Shekulli XXI ka sjellë me vete jetën dinamike në qytete e kryeqytete anë e mbanë botës. Rutina, ngarkesat ditore në punë, shtëpi apo trafik, shtojnë dukshëm nivelin e stresit dhe mërzisë, me ç’rast njeriu ndihet i rraskapitur, si në aspektin fizik ashtu edhe në atë psikik. Si pasojë, vije deri te nevoja për të “ikur” nga e gjithë rrëmuja e rutinës dhe njeriu kërkon qetësinë në natyrë – male, det, liqenjë, bjeshkë e të tjera. Që nga romakët e lashtë, njerëzit këtë “ikjen” e kanë bërë në objektë veҫanërisht të ndërtuara për këtë qëllim. Këto objekte në ditët e sotme …

Qendër Kulturore, Liridona Gërguri

Theses and Dissertations

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Qendër Kulturore, Zana Rrmoku

Theses and Dissertations

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Kompleksi Afaristo-Banesor, Valentina Martinaj

Theses and Dissertations

Valentina Martinaj, Arkitekturë, Kolegji për Biznes dhe Teknologji Abstrakt i shkallës Bachelor të sudimeve Projektimi i Ndërtesës së Banimit Kolektiv Ky punim diplome ka për qëllim projektimin e një ndërtese të banimit koleltiv, e cila do t’u mundësojë banorëve strehim, socializim, komoditet dhe një ambient sa më të rehatshëm duke i plotësuar të gjitha nomativat dhe standardet evropiane. Si fillim janë bërë analizat në qytet e sidomos në lagjen apo lokacionin ku do të ndërtohet objekti, ku rëndësi më të madhe duhet ti kushtohet funksionit, qasjes së lehtë për të gjitha moshat, një ambient komod e shumë rekreativ në pjesën …

The Impact Of Learning Environments On Student Engagement, Yanira Oliveras Ortiz

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Architects design schools every day, but the impact that their designs have on student learning is at times unknown to those that design the schools. Educational research has shown that a positive school culture impacts student achievement; among the factors that impact the school culture is having a safe school (K12 Insight, 2017). Pride, student behavior, and overall safety each impact a school’s culture. A sense of pride and overall school safety can be influenced by the conditions of the building where children go to school.

The purpose of this manuscript is to explore the impact architectural design had on …

Transforming The Mortgage Sub-Sector Using The Fss 2020 Platform, Patrick E. Aririguzo

Bullion

This paper examines the Mortgage sector of FSS2020 Strategy document which falls within the category of the drivers of the FSS2020 Strategy implementation blueprint. FSS2020 Mortgage: Vision and Mission. The paper further explores the Strategic Objectives of FSS2020 Mortgage Sector and the Transformational Programmes which includes: Ml - Establish a secondary mortgage market; M2 - Attract affordable international credit to fund affordable housing programmes; M3 - Advocate for mortgage ready and affordable housing. Three Transformational Programmes were designed to support the realization of the three objectives of the Mortgage Sector namely: TPl - Establishment of Mortgage Refinancing Companies (MRC) TP2 …

Impact Of Surface Ozone Interactions On Indoor Air Chemistry: A Modeling Study, M. Kruza, A. C. Lewis, G. C. Morrison, N. Carslaw

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

An INdoor air Detailed Chemical Model was developed to investigate the impact of ozone reactions with indoor surfaces (including occupants), on indoor air chemistry in simulated apartments subject to ambient air pollution. The results are consistent with experimental studies showing that approximately 80% of ozone indoors is lost through deposition to surfaces. The human body removes ozone most effectively from indoor air per square meter of surface, but the most significant surfaces for C6-C10 aldehyde formation are soft furniture and painted walls owing to their large internal surfaces. Mixing ratios of between 8 and 11 ppb of C6-C10 aldehydes are …

Exploring The Relationship Of Urban Form And Mental Health In The 500 Largest Cities Of The United States, Daniel Sam Harrison

Master's Theses

Sustainable development efforts frequently focus on understanding and promoting the factors that influence health and wellbeing. Urban environments have received attention in recent years as spaces which can increase psychological distress. Despite hypothesized reports of urban environments being less conducive to good mental health then natural environments, few studies have investigated the effects of urban form characteristics (size, density, nuisances, transportation, and housing characteristics) and mental health measures at the city level. Using 2014 data from the 500 largest cities in the United States, this thesis evaluates the relationship between urban form and aggregate self-report scores of poor mental health. …

Never Forgets: Traumatic Trace Within Public Space, Jan Descartes

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This paper will interrogate the ways in which ephemera from events affects the human and non- human environment and how the absence, manipulation or presence of traumatic trace weaves itself into the atmosphere of the past, present and future. It will look at space and the ways that trace manifests itself in hierarchal spaces and Lebbeus Woods’ concept of heterarchial spaces, which are organic and/or horizontally organized. A thread throughout is the question that if trace from trauma can exist in the visual field, i.e. the physical or digital landscape, in a way that maintains a discourse without perpetuating oppression. …