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Efficacy Of Computer Aided Drafting (Cad) Certifications, Daniel L. Trent

STEMPS Theses & Dissertations

This research investigated the perceived effect of industry recognized Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) certifications among community college drafting instructors and employers. The research questions that guided this study were: (1) Do community college drafting instructors believe that certified drafters perform better on the job than non-certified drafters? (2) Do employers believe that certified drafters perform better on the job than non-certified drafters? (3) Do employers seek CAD certified individuals to fill drafting positions? (4) Is there a difference between the perceptions of community college drafting instructors and employers of community college drafting program graduates regarding the importance of drafting certification? …

Imsa Sustainable Landscape Plan "The Greening Of Imsa", [Ecology + Vision, Llc.] Ecologists And Landscape Architects

Landscape

In May of 2011, the IMSA Fund for Advancement of Education contracted with a professional ecological planning fi rm to develop this document in order to provide a basis for securing future funding for implementation of the ideas, goals and plans established herein. A secondary purpose of this document is to provide a foundational design and act as a guideline as funding is secured and construction design is conducted in preparation for implementation.

Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Cultural Site Stewardship Program – Program Expansion And Steward Retention: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending June 30, 2011, Margaret N. Rees

Cultural Site Stewardship Program

• One cultural site steward class was held this quarter adding 17 volunteers.
• Team focus is upon plan to transition project to state stewardship program

How The New Architectural Engineering Program Criteria Differs From The New Civil Engineering Program Criteria, Allen Estes

Architectural Engineering

There are 17 ABET accredited architectural engineering (AE) programs in the country and over 200 civil engineering (CE) programs. To gain accreditation, a program must meet the ABET general criteria common to every engineering program and specific criteria that are unique to an individual program. The American Society of Civil Engineers is the lead professional society in this effort for both CE and AE programs. Recently the Civil Engineers rewrote and implemented the Civil Engineering ABET Program Criteria to incorporate changes in the ABET general criteria, the publication of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge I, and the work accomplished …

Interdisciplinary Design: The Saga Continues, Brent Nuttall, Jill Nelson, Allen Estes

Architectural Engineering

The College of Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is the only college in the nation that has departments of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Construction Management in the same college. The institution has a 60 year tradition of collaboration between the engineering, architecture and construction disciplines, particularly at the lower division level. To enhance this collaboration, the college committed to providing an upper division interdisciplinary experience to every student in the form of a project based, team oriented five unit studio that every student would take. This new course, launched in 2009, requires small …

Broadacre City (1935-1958) Is A Work Of Art. Cubist Utopia, Perhaps?, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City project is often treated as an unsuccessful urban plan. It is also interesting in itself as a work of art that Wright and some of his students in the Fellowship returned to periodically over more than two decades. There is also a latent third sector (or "commons") of suggested organizations and institutions hidden in the details of the plan.

A Comparative Study Of Environmentally Responsible Design Adoption By Architects, Facility Managers, And Interior Designers, Amanda Gale

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The design and building industry has a tremendous impact on the environment that is often negative when environmentally responsible design (ERD) strategies are not adopted. The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive study was to determine the firm and practitioner characteristics that impact the adoption of ERD strategies, to ascertain practitioners’ knowledge of ERD strategies and certified products, and to document the adoption of ERD strategies using Rogers’ model of the innovation adoption process.

The web-based, national survey utilized a purposive sample of 146 architects, facility managers, and interior designers who belonged to professional organizations (AIA, IFMA, ASID, and IIDA) that …

Ingram, James Maurice, 1905-1976 (Sc 2458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2458.  Ink and pencil drawings and sketches of floor plans, historic building facades, ornaments, furniture and maps, made by James Maurice Ingram for a history of architecture class.  Includes portrait photograph of Ingram, group photograph and clipping about his 1968 University of Notre Dame class reunion, and handwritten notes on the nature of art and architecture.

Open Space Planning; Utilizing Green Infrastructure To Preserve Community, Cynthia V. Reynolds

Master's Theses

Current sprawl development patterns typical of contemporary development in the United States are unsustainable. The uniform development guidelines prevent context sensitive community design, degrading our communities and consuming large amounts of natural and cultural resources. Significant progress has been made in reorganizing community planning towards sustainable development practices. However, these alternatives still work under the misconception that there is a disconnect between planning open space networks and planning development. Through a comprehensive land use planning approach, this project explores combining concepts of landscape ecology, green infrastructure planning and conservation subdivision patterns to design an integrative open space/community network.

International Sustainability Through Knowledge Transfer Considering Culture And Resources – Sledgehammer Attacks On Adobe Masonry Walls, Craig V. Baltimore, David Lambert

Architectural Engineering

In terms of knowledge and technology innovation, sustainability is defined as the ability for a society or culture to develop, incorporate and maintain knowledge and technology in a long term manner without continued outside input. In rural East Africa, the prevalence of low-cost building materials and unskilled labor produce buildings that provide poor security for charitable groups working to improve the quality of life for communities and individuals there. Medicine and other medical supplies are targeted by thieves for their high value. Buildings constructed of the most common building material in the region, adobe masonry, are easily broken into by …

Interview With Ethan Beck, Ethan Beck Homes, 2011 (Audio), Ethan Beck

All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories

Interview of Ethan Beck by Sara Scott at Portland State University on June 2nd, 2011.

The interview index is available for download.

City Of San Joaquin 2040 Community Plan, Volume I: Background Report, City Of San Joaquin, California, Graduate Community And Regional Planning Studio, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

The Spatial Practices Of Privilege, Abigail A. Van Slyck

Architectural Studies Faculty Publications

The Spatial Practices of Privilege focuses on the children's cottage that stands on the grounds of the Breakers, in Newport, Rhode Island. Designed by Peabody and Stearns in 1886, the cottage was the first of several changes Cornelius Vanderbilt made to the property after he purchased it in 1885. While the main house (designed by Richard Morris Hunt after the first Breakers burned in 1892) has long been interpreted as the architectural reflection of the Vanderbilts' class status, the cottage has been ignored. Bringing together the methodologies of cultural landscape studies, performance theory, and the history of childhood, Abigail A. …

City Of San Joaquin 2040 Community Plan: Policy Document, Winter 2011, Crp 552/ 554 Community And Regional Planning Studio

City and Regional Planning Studios and Projects

No abstract provided.

City Of San Joaquin 2040 Community Plan: Background Report, City Of San Joaquin, California, Graduate Community And Regional Planning Studio, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

City and Regional Planning

The City of San Joaquin General Plan Update Background Report was prepared by second-year graduate students and a professor in the City and Regional Planning Department at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Under an agreement between the City and the Department, this report is the first deliverable in a two-phase Graduate Community and Regional Planning Studio project to prepare a General Plan Update for the City. This project partially fulfills the requirements necessary to obtain a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from the University. This document represents 12 weeks of research regarding existing conditions and …

City Of San Joaquin 2040 Community Plan: Policy Document, City Of San Joaquin, California, Graduate Community And Regional Planning Studio, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

City and Regional Planning

The City of San Joaquin 2040 Community Plan was prepared by a group of 15 Graduate Students and one professor in the City and Regional Planning Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, between September 2010 and March 2011. The Plan, which embodies seven months of research on the existing conditions and future direction for the City of San Joaquin, California, was completed as a component of the graduate degree requirements to obtain a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from the University. The plan represents a collaboration between the City and University.

The students would like …

Guidelines For Transit Bus Stop Spacing: Improving Accessibility And Performance, Cornelius Nuworsoo

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

Property-Based Improvement District Proposal For Downtown Santa Maria, Matthew Severson

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

Santa Maria Bikeway Master Plan, Petra Tica

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

Community Mural Art Program Proposal For The City Of San Luis Obispo, Collin Tateishi

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

San Miguel Senior Housing Due Diligence Report, Anastacio Martinez, Michael Hanebutt

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

San Miguel Draft Historic District Ordinance, Wendy Castillejo

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

Santa Maria Village Squares: Berrio Square, T. James Alexander

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

San Miguel Historic Walking Trail, Brynae Emerzian, Kevin Valente

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

San Miguel Water Reclamation Proposal, William Griffith

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

Objekt Afaristobanesor, Shaban Rrahmani

Theses and Dissertations

Kategoria e banesave kolektive është lloji kryesor i lagjeve urbane të banimit në Botë. Me përmirësimin e gjendjes së njerëzve që jetojnë në këto rrethina, përkujdesje më të madhe i është dhënë hapësirës publike dhe mjedisit, si dhe dekorimit të brendshëm. Kur njerëzit e zgjedhin shtëpitë e tyre, sipas kulturës tradicionale të banimit dhe konceptit të dizajnit në ditët e sotme, kërkesat për projektimin e hapësirës publike dhe mjedisit të zonës së banimit është analizuar në mënyrë që të krijojë një atmosferë të natyrshme, të sigurt, të shëndetshme, në harmoni dhe kontekstualizëm në zonën e banimit. Ndërtimi residencial publik është …

Shop Santa Maria: A Toolkit For Supporting Local Businesses, Benjamin Matlock

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

San Miguel Downtown Code, Marcus Carloni, Jarred Glenn

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

Cultural Integration Plan, Jasmin Kayhour

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

San Miguel Community Multi-Purpose Trail Extension, Brittany Lambert, Travis Norberto

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.