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How Does Increasing Population And Diversity Affect Resident Satisfaction? A Small Community Case Study, James J. Potter, Rodrigo Cantarero

Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

This study examines the quality of life in Crete, Nebraska, with the specific purpose of identifying the factors that play the largest role in determining residential satisfaction. The survey asks a number of questions pertaining to different aspects of living in Crete. The survey is adapted from a survey previously used for a similar study in Schuyler, Nebraska. Focus groups are used to identify key issues in Crete and make adjustments to the questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha is used to test the reliability of the topical variables, and index variables are created, which are used in the subsequent analysis. Using residential …

Authorship Of The Most Notable Antiquity (1655): Inigo Jones And Early Printed Books, Rumiko Handa

Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly Called Stone- Heng, on Salisbury Plain (London, 1655) is the only publication associated with Inigo Jones (1573-1652), Surveyor for Prince Henry, King James I, and King Charles I. However, the precise nature of Jones's contribution to this work is much debated, his authorship being challenged. Jones's supposed lack of learning has led scholars to believe that Jones had little or no involvement in the work. However, new evidence suggests that Jones possessed far more extensive learning than has previously been credited to him. Indeed, this essay will show the nature of collaboration …

Capital Speculations: Writing And Building Washington, D.C., Sarah Luria

University of New Hampshire Press: Open Access Books

In this lively study, Sarah Luria pursues the vital political connection between architecture and literature in the formation in 1791 of America's grand new capital city. City planners believed that designing Washington, D.C. as a physical model of the Constitution and its balance of powers would help citizens bond with the newly created nation. Although wildly ambitious, this design was made feasible through financial speculation. Dazzled by the plans for an "American Rome," citizens would buy up its empty lots and make the nation's capital their home. Luria demonstrates how political and financial speculation combined to build Washington and, once …

Edra 37: Bibliography Of Books On Display, Kathleen Demsky

Bibliographies

edra 37 | Beyond Conflict | Atlanta, GA

29 | Gamla I: The Pottery Of The Second Temple Period, The Shmarya Guttman Excavations, 1976–1989, Andrea M. Berlin

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is the first of a series of volumes publishing the results of the excavations of the late Shmarya Gutmann at Gamla. Gamla is located on a high, precipitous rocky spur in the southern Golan Heights. It is the best preserved and most extensively excavated Jewish site of the late Second Temple period in northern Israel. Settlement came to an end in 67 CE, and the site was never resettled. This first volume presents an in-depth study of the pottery assemblages from the Hellenistic and Roman periods, which reflect all the many and varied aspects of every-day life at the …

Points Of Control: Complexity And Crisis In Animated Architecture, Andrew J. Lynn

Architecture Senior Theses

"The 'traditional' use of computers in architectural design has focused on CAD as a productivity tool for design and construction drawings and 3D visualization as a method of presenting designs to clients and the public. In other words, the computer as a tool for creating representation. However, in the last decade, a movement has emerged that uses computation as a medium for design."

The Interface Of Two Extremes: Preserving The Local, Connecting To Global - The Question Of Architecture In A Third World Environment, Ella Scheuer

Architecture Thesis Prep

"Striving for global equality, uniformity and at times, excessive luxury has led to ignorance and neglect of regional character and authenticity.

"Understanding this, I found the need to create an architecture that embraces local heritage as well as global progress. This duality will be expressed through the language of the architecture by studying both equatorial African building techniques and contemporary building technologies of the West.... By maintaining a focus on both local and global constituents, a world awareness can be fostered without losing sight of the sense of community."

Villa Le Lac: Une Petite Maison, Noel Brady

Articles

An exploration of the small villa, Une Petit Maison by le Corbusier, outling the basis for its design and execution and place in its landscape.

Identifying Potential Conflict Associated With Oil And Gas Exploration In Texas State Coastal Waters: A Multi-Criteria Spatial Analysis, Samuel Brody, Himanshu Grover, Sarah Bernhardt, Zhenghong Tang, Bianca Whitaker, Colin Spence

Community and Regional Planning Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

Recent interest in expanding offshore oil production within waters of the United States has been met with opposition by groups concerned with recreational, environmental, and aesthetic values associated with the coastal zone. Although the proposition of new oil platforms off the coast has generated conflict over how coastal resources should be utilized, little research has been conducted on where these user conflicts might be most intense and which sites might be most suitable for locating oil production facilities in light of the multiple, and often times, competing interests. In this article, we develop a multiple-criteria spatial decision support tool that …

Red Rock Desert Learning Center & Wild Horse And Burro Facility: Sketches Of Planned Facilities, Red Rock Desert Learning Center

Oliver Ranch Project

Sketches of planned facilities

European Spatial Development, The Polycentric Eu Capital, And Eastern Enlargement, Carola Hein

Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship

Over five decades a new decentralized model for the European capital city has emerged through the distribution of European Union (EU) institutions and agencies, but as the result of national compromise and competition rather than the implementation of a vision of Europe. More than a purely administrative issue, the location of EU headquarters opens questions on the nature of European spatiality, the relation between politics and space and the role of headquarters cities in that space. To date, the decentralized unplanned structure has brought economic and symbolic benefits to the host cities and nations, but has also caused—notably in Brussels—the …

Fta And The City: Imagineering Sustainable Urban Development, John Ratcliffe, Elzbieta Krawczyk, Ruth Kelly

Articles

This paper argues that urban planners and policy-makers lack an effective future-oriented approach enabling them to comprehend current complexity, anticipate impending change and shape a preferred future condition. In doing so it: - reviews the performance of contemporary city planning; - examines the need to chart and navigate the city technosphere by reference to city capital; - explores ways in which planning can benefit from a futures studies approach; - describes generally how futures-oriented thinking can produce effective city prospective; and, - poses specifically a number of questions regarding the concept of the intelligent city’. The paper concludes by calling …

Sentiment In Traditional Thai Architecture, Jayanin Chitranukroh, Vorasun Buranakarn

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

Traditional Thai Architecture was initially created from Thai behavior onthe basis of beliefs. Each feature, for instance, had differentdecorated styles; nevertheless, they had the same main function such as Spacescreated by separated time zoning, split step floors, being made of naturalmaterial and prefabricated building elements. This article aims to analyze thespiritual aspect of Traditional Thai Architecture by the Systems Method. Theresults imply that knowledge of Thai ancestry was forged from the formerenvironment; furthermore, the appearance appealed to all six common humancontact points of eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind. Consequently, thebuildings and the surroundings were plentiful in their display …

New York Citye Xperiencing An Orchestration Of Space And Time, Mark Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

Any trip to any city is a plunge into perplexity. The total shift betweenenvironments, the sudden change in daily routine or the difference intime put the simple practice of every day life into question. Displacement anddisorientation put away the lazy negligence of daily routine. The unfamiliarsituations evoke greater awareness and curiosity to the seemingly normalconditions. More importantly, they also uncover possibilities of a positivechange in perspective. Journeys from one place to another or a change of placeraise problems about space as much as time. As the world shrinks rapidly dueto the technological and communicational progress, and cities are connectedin many …

The Scope Of Facility Management, Wanlaya Patanapiradej

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

The facility management (FM) as an industry has emerged as one of thefastest growing sector over the decade. However, the scope and identityof FM is still fuzzy as evidenced by the definitions and issues which attempt todescribe its scope. In fact, FM is the multi-disciplinary kind of work that coversa wide range of various activities, responsibilities and knowledge. Moreoverevery aspect of an organisation seems to be drawn into FM. This articleattempts to identify the current scope of the FM from professional perspectivesby using models and frameworks to explain theoretically both operational andstrategic levels. The article firstly focuses on organisation where …

Report On The Archaeological Site Examination Of The Entrance Drive, Carriage House, Greenhouse, Vegetable Garden, Flower Garden And Grapery At Gore Place, Waltham, Massachusetts, J.N. Leith Smith, Gregory Dubell

Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research Publications

Alandscape restoration plan for the 45-acre Gore Place property in Waltham and Watertown, MA, calls for restoration of grounds, gardens and structures to depict and interpret the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century occupation of Massachusetts governor and United States senator, Christopher Gore, and his wife, Rebecca. The restoration plan includes archaeological investigation to help identify the location and integrity of six historically documented features on the Gore Place grounds. Blocks and transects of shovel test pits at 5, 10 and 20 meter intervals along with 1 x 1 m excavation units and trenching were employed in the archaeological site examination …

28 | The Tel Bet Yeraḥ Excavations, 1994–1995, Nimrod Getzov

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This is the final report of the IAA salvage excavations at the tell during 1994–1995, which revealed occupation strata from EB I–EB III and the Hellenistic period. The finds from each period are presented separately, along with observations on the settlement history of the Early Bronze Age in northern Israel.

The Saucier Town Plan, The 2006 Urban Design Studio, Andrew C. Von Maur

Books

This plan is intended to serve the citizens of Harrison County, Mississippi as a plan for urban growth in the Saucier community. It’s most fundamental purpose is to guide future deliberations and decisions which affect the way people build and live. It is a plan which advocates the building of civil communities, the pursuit of economically and environmentally sustainable development practices, and the building and preservation of places which are useful, beautiful and meaningful.

The Saucier Town Plan was prepared to be a useful document with realistic ambitions, despite the fact that its tone is set by high ideals. It …

The Ottoman Qasr At Hisban: Architecture, Reform, And New Social Relations, Lynda Carroll, Adam Fenner, Oystein S. Labianca

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ubc 97 And Aci 318-02 Code Comparison - Summary Report, Chukwuma Ekwueme, John Lawson, Mehran Pourzanjani, James S. Lai, Bob Lyon

Architectural Engineering

Introduction

Recognizing there have been questions on the differences between the alternate slender wall design procedures in 1997 UBC and in ACI 318-02, the SEAOSC Board authorized a Task Group to provide a comprehensive review of the two design procedures. The ACI procedure was adopted by IBC 2000 and subsequent code editions. As quoted in ACI 318R-02 Commentary Section R14.8, Section 14.8 is based on the corresponding requirements in the UBC and experimental research of the Test Report by SCCACI-SEAOSC.

This summary report includes review of source documents, code comparison, and background of the design provisions under UBC and under …

Bio-Solar Home The Integrated Design Approach For Renewable And Sustainable Solution, Soontorn Boonyatikarn, Vorasun Buranakarn

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

Site design and land use concepts are extremely important for housingdesign and urban renewal concept, especially when their relates toenergy conservation and sustainable development. The solution presented willinclude the investigation of microclimate elements along with the actual moni-toring data. The solution is finally used for designing the future bio-solar homewhich has proved to be very successful.

Modernitiesand Memoriesin Bangkok, Brian Mcgrath

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

Wat Pathumwanaram, a green oasis in the heart of the newly redevelopedCentral Shopping District of Bangkok, represents not only a repositoryof cultural memory within this modern corner of the city, but also bearswitness previous episodes of historical modernities and memories inThailand. It is the purpose of this paper to juxtapose modernity and memory ascoupled concepts which continually interact in space and time. Memory is animportant concept of modernity outlined here through the concepts of 19thcentury French philosopher Henri Bergson, and modernity has developed itsown memories, especially in this particular area of Bangkok where so manyhistorical forms of modernity have found …

Bangkok Boundaries Social Networksin The City Of Mubahnchatsan, Bart Wissink, Renske Dijkwel, Ronald Meijer

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

Bangkok is rapidly transforming into a city of Mubahnchatsan, the Thaiversion of the gated community of which the inhabitants belong to thesame income group. In the vast urban field of this city, new mubahnchatsanfor various income groups are built at an incredible rate. As such, Bangkok isyet another example in a range of cities where gated living is becoming thenorm instead of an exception. Urban studies literature gives these gated com-munities a bad press. Walls and gates are said to create exclusionary spacesthat physically separate the lives of the 'haves' and the 'have-nots'. The publicsphere is undermined because these groups …

Viability Conceptfor Enhancing Historic Town Centresin The United Kingdom, Doosadee Thaitakoo

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

In the UK, historic town centres have been successfully planned andimplemented to avoid a conflict between conservation and development.Preventive measures were developed to protect the built heritage fromthreatening forms of development. As a result, they can keep on evolvingproperly to supply quality goods/services and a pleasant environment.Rebuilding this balanced mix of conservation and development has been madethrough the use of the viability concept. The term viability is used todetermine whether a town centre has a capacity for living or not. Viabilityincludes the ability of the centre to attract continuing investment to maintainthe environment. This concept was constructed for investigating the …

A Comparative Study Of The Development Of Rail Transit Lines In Eastern Bangkok, Bussara Intrachiensiri, Sakchai Kirinpanu, Nopanant Tapananont

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

Since rail transit development is a mega project which normally requiresan astronomical investment, it is imperative for decision-makers tochoose the transit lines which are really worth the investment and yield themost benefits to the city. This research is a comparative study of 2 rail transitlines, i.e., the Orange Line which would serve developed areas where traveldemands are presently high, and the Red Line which would serve less-developed areas where additional development could potentially be therebyinduced. The study was divided into 3 phases: 1) forecasting the changes inresidential and non-residential building areas as induced by the transit lines,and estimating future population …

Intimate And Transparent Production Of Space, Thomas Fowler, Iv

Architecture

This paper illustrates the design work from an integrated third-year Architecture Design Studio and a Professional Practice (a.k.a., project constructability) Studio. There are two parts to this paper. The first part shows how students were involved in a collaborative interdisciplinary project with New Media Arts students in the Liberal Arts Department on campus. Students in collaborative teams designed and constructed a temporary pneumatic structure to house a virtually interactive technology called “Intimate Transactions”. Lessons learned from this design build collaboration in working with the inventor of this technology system, along with the reading of a range of essays on new …

Effect Of Seeding Materials And Mixing Strength On Struvite Precipitation, Jun Wang, Joel Gerard Burken, Xiaoqi Zhang

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Struvite Precipitation Has Increasing Interest as a Technology for Removing and Recovering Phosphorus from Wastewater Streams. Many Chemical Factors Have Been Studied, Such as Optimum PH Values and Component-Ion Molar Ratios, Yet, Understanding of Physical Aspects is Lacking. Two Physical Parameters Were Tested: (1) Seeding Material Addition and (2) Mixing. Objectives Were to Evaluate Three Seeding Materials and to Optimize Mixing Conditions for Struvite-Crystal Precipitation, Growth, and Subsequent Sedimentation. Results Confirm that Mixing Strength and Proper Seeding Materials Increase Crystal Size and Improve Settleability. for Unseeded Solutions, Optimum Phosphorus Removal Was Achieved at a Mixing Strength of G = 76 …

"Tilt-Up Building" And "Tilt-Up Wall Panel With Openings", John W. Lawson

Architectural Engineering

No abstract provided.

Numerical Simulations Of The Interaction Of Internal Waves With A Shelf Break, S. K. Venayagamoorthy, O. B. Fringer

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The energetics of the interaction of internal gravity waves with a shelf break is investigated by means of high-resolution two-dimensional numerical simulations, with an emphasis on understanding the partitioning of the internal wave energy over the course of the interaction process and the subsequent dynamics of the onshore propagating internal waves. Some of the energy is dissipated as a result of the instabilities associated with breaking, while the remaining energy is either reflected back away from or transmitted onto the shelf. We employ an analysis of the distribution of the energy flux across the shelf break taking into account the …

Case Studies: Sustainable Design Buildings In Iowa, Ashley Marie Hinz

Honors Program Theses

As an adaptive and innovative design trend, the area of sustainable design is continually morphing to meet the needs of society. This research will attempt to evaluate the most current buildings in Iowa that meet standards set forth by LEED in order to enhance awareness and ' understanding of the sustainable design movement. The purpose of this research is to provide insight to the investigator and other designers regarding the use and effectiveness of current .LEED-:-worthy projects in Iowa.