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The Madrasa Of Umm Al SultāN ShaʻBāN, Leonor E Fernandes

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Design Recommendations For Tornado-Resistant Buildings, James M. Lisenby

Architecture and Planning ETDs

A need exists for structures. that are harmonious with nature which are safe for their occupants and also aesthetically pleasing to the senses. To fulfill this need, architects must contend with one of nature's most violent phenomenon, the tornado, which causes the loss of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars in property damage annually. Tornado incidence is less frequent during certain times of the day, months of the year, and different areas of the country, but is an everpresent environmental threat.

Tornadoes cannot be prevented or predicted and even now are not completely understood. The time between the warning …

The Rock Houses Of Fredericksburg, Texas 1846-1910, Sylvia Lorraine Rusche Cook

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Fredericksburg, Texas was founded in 1846 by German settlers under the sponsorship of the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. The Society, composed of a group of German noblemen, was to provide the immigrants with transportation, land, and assistance in making settlements, and the settlers were faced with considerable difficulties after the Society's collapse. The immigrants were primarily farmers and village craftsmen from the central uplands of Germany, a hilly region which bore a striking resemblance to the Fredericksburg area's. But the dissimilarities, the settlement areas' higher, widely fluctuating temperatures, arid its erratic rainfall caused by its …

Stabilization Processes Of Existing Adobe Structures, Douglas L. Gallagher

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis discusses the deterioration of existing adobe structures and the solutions available to retard deterioration.

1. The thesis presents information necessary for analyzing the existing structure.
2. The thesis discusses the causes of deterioration in order to stabilize against it.
3. It discusses and illustrates the various forms and visible signs of deterioration.
4. Finally, the thesis shows the reader various solutions that may be implemented to resolve and halt further deterioration of the adobe structure.

Architecture/Planning Paradigms: Beyond The Stars, The Wizard Of Oz And The Other, Susan Dreier

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis describes a process or investigation of the presumptions that structure the attitudes and interactions in the field of architecture/planning. Architecture/planning is described, in relation to defined criteria, as a system which maintains academic and professional hierarchies and white perpetuates itself and its self interests. The resulting definitions of problems, solutions and roles within the field are directly linked to the controlling social, political and economic interests that are the status quo. Certain mechanisms direct and maintain the activities of the field in the process of development. For example, the parameters of the low-income housing problem have been traditionally …

An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Art Experience On An Urban University Central Campus, George Loring Sanders

Architecture and Planning ETDs

PROBLEM

As an interest in art appreciation by the general population grows it becomes more and more important that display techniques expand tremendously so as to allow the largest diversity of persons possible to participate. The construction of university art museums has been extensive in recent years. However there has been no comprehensive body of work studying the implications of a project designed to totally immerse art experience in the educative process on a university campus. A university campus, by its very nature, is an elite institution. The problem then becomes how to make it less so by visually and …

100% Rag: Syracuse School Of Architecture, Student Newspaper, Volume 1, Number 2, Syracuse School Of Architecture, Captain Arky, Ignacio Artaiz, Joe Buchek, Peter Ching, Steve Cohen, Bill Crosskey, Gerry Gendreau, Eric Goldstein, Quoc Grace, Peter Greaves, Bonnie Hagemeister, Jay Haverson, Carl Hillengas, Cindy Hughes, Mark Job, Marilyn Kaplan, Ben Kishimoto, Morris Less, The Media Committee, Buck Minster, Phil Persinger, Peter Roos, Bill Scarbrough, Perry Snow, Siegfried Snyder, Paul Sonski, Mike Stauffer, Margaret Stiefel, William Vandersteel, Herman Van Fleet, Simone Weissman, Warren Wake

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100% RAG: Syracuse School of Architecture, Student Newspaper, Volume 1, Number 2.

Students from Syracuse School of Architecture contribute to the student newsletter in 1975.

Cooperacion Agraria Y El Mejoramiento Del Sector Campesino Venezolano, Augusto S. Moreno Reyes

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Important changes, which have ocurred in the Venezuelan's class structure have resulted in a significant shift in the balance of political power producing more participation by the people. Today, in an attempt to release the country's economy from foreign domination, the state is taking a series of steps such as : nationalization of raw materials, improvement of human values, agrarian reform etc. Not withstanding, the positive changes undergoing, there exists a privileged minority which has strong economic power (capital, land and commerce). This minority, whose economic interests are usually subordinated to foreign capitalistic organizations has control upon the domestic market …

Planning Paradigms And The Politics Of Experience, James Wilford Siebert

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis has evolved as a result of several personal experiences with the practice of planning. These personal experiences preceded the actual writing of the thesis by several months, and provided me with the opportunity to search out literature which helped me to understand and correlate the relationships between the role of planners and the political, social, and economic constraints which impose certain limitations on that role. Rather than beginning with a structured format that comprised an outline of the entire thesis, each chapter builds organically off the preceding chapter, with the linkage often not appearing until the chapter has …

Risd Press December 5, 1975, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. The issue of December 5, 1975 features a Graphic Design Review, and includes news articles, creative writing, event notices, and photos and quotes from Lee Hall's inauguration, along with editorials and letters to the editor.

The Effects Of Windowless Classrooms On The Cognitive And Affective Behavior Of Elementary School Students, Bryan Miles Romney

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Windowless school buildings are currently being proposed as a design solution to the problems of vandalism, energy conservation, and building costs. However, little consideration is being given to the effects of windowless classrooms on the students and teachers inside. The intent of this thesis was to describe the effect of windowless classrooms on three specific areas of cognitive behavior: rote learning, concept formation, and perceptual ability. In addition, a description of student and teacher affective behavior, based on formal observations, was included. Two identical sixth grade classes were selected for this study. The experimental period was divided into two three-week …

Evolution Of Open Space Planning In New Towns, Carolyn Revelle Hufbauer

Architecture and Planning ETDs

What has determined the open space configuration in twentieth century British and American new town plans? Where is the open space, how is it used, and to what extent have open space and landscape been determinants of urban form? Does open space planning in the twentieth century reflect earlier tradi­tions? These are the questions examined in this thesis.

An introductory chapter surveys traditions of open space planning in urban areas. The body of the thesis is a series of eight case studies, chosen to represent seventy-five years of new town planning. In Britain, the towns are: Letchworth, Welwyn Garden City, …

Park Forest South: Utopia Goes Kerplunk, Nory Miller

Park Forest South

This article describes the collapse of the early development efforts of Park Forest South following incorporation until 1975 and its failure.

Wisconsin Railroad Planning: A State's Perspective Of Abandonments, Barbara Busse

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Federal legislation enacted in January 1974 created federal agencies to produce a rail plan process for the Northeast United States and to monitor and evaluate the programs. A a result of the federal enactment, many states are producing rail plans. Wisconsin is presently preparing one such plan which included the elements of freight operations. The State also has produced a Manual for State Railroad Planning. Both documents have included railroad abandonment as topic of discussion. The present planning process in the State is not sufficient to determine future courses of action concerning abandonments. A case study is presented to determine …

The New Lead Belt In The Forested Ozarks Of Missouri, Bobby G. Wixson, J. Charles Jennett

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

New Mexico Arts Commission Awards Announced, New Mexico Architecture

New Mexico Architecture

No abstract provided.

Leave The Back Of Garage And Turn Left, John Dewitt Mckee, Spencer Wilson

New Mexico Architecture

No abstract provided.

Letters To The Editor, New Mexico Architecture

New Mexico Architecture

No abstract provided.

Index Of Advertisers, New Mexico Architecture

New Mexico Architecture

No abstract provided.

Back Matter, New Mexico Architecture

New Mexico Architecture

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, New Mexico Architecture

New Mexico Architecture

No abstract provided.

Complete Issue, New Mexico Architecture

New Mexico Architecture

No abstract provided.

100% Rag: Syracuse School Of Architecture, Student Newspaper, Volume 1, Number 1, Julio San Jose, Phil Persinger, Jay Haverson, Laurence Mufson

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100% RAG: Syracuse School of Architecture, Student Newspaper, Volume 1, Number 1.

Student newsletter from student contributors of Syracuse School of Architecture in 1975.

Risd Press November 12, 1975, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. The issue of November 12, 1975 includes articles on the new mission of the paper, a report on a "more dynamic" RISD, the Halloween talent show, a student board meeting, rape prevention at Brown, fellowships for Black students and faculty, along with event notices and other announcements.

Pamphlet Pastor Anniversary 12th; 1975-10-26, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Anniversary Papers

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Risd Press October 24, 1975, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. The issue of October 24, 1975 includes reviews of Francois Truffaut's film "The Story of Adele H.," a Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra concert, and the play "Cathedral of Ice." It also includes an agenda for a student board meeting, a Film Society announcement, and an announcement for a jazz concert by Gary Burton and the John Payne Band for Lee Hall's presidential inauguration.

Risd Press October 17, 1975, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. The issue of October 17, 1975 includes articles about a prison art exhibition at Woods Gerry, the freshman response to a proposed new grading system, and art therapy and mental health, as well as a calendar of events, general announcements, exhibition notices, and illustration and photo features.

The Architecture Of Subterranean Structures, Oran R. Woody

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This paper presents the case for increased use of subterranean space. It does so by creating an awareness among architects and other design professionals that there are benefits to be found by underground designs that are unique to the concept. Secondly, it gives those professionals a base of knowledge in subterranean use that, when combined with their professional expertise, will give them a solid base from which to advocate subterranean architecture. In order to achieve the above goal, this paper has been divided into historical precedents, current examples, terminology and definitions, functional classifications, conceptual theories, subterranean structures and energy conservation, …

Risd Press October 5, 1975, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. The issue of October 5, 1975 includes articles about a proposed new grading system, Cinecitta, a prison art exhibition, Roman Vishniac, and RISD's 100th anniversary, as well as an interview with RISD President Lee Hall, a calendar of events, general announcements, and illustration and photo features.

Dmg Journal Vol.9 No.4, Michael Payatok, Hanno Weber

Design Methods Group DRS Journal (1973-1979)

Contents

PARTICIPATORY PLANNING AND DESIGN 300 EDITORIAL Michael Pyatok and Hanno Weber, Guest Editors

304 CHOICES OF PARTICIPATORY PLANNING Joe Ouye and Jean-Pierre Protzen

313 ADVOCACY AND THE ETHICS OF COMMUNITY CONFLICT INTERVENTION James H. Laue

321 PARTICIPATORY ARCHITECTURE: ACTION PLUS FORM Stefanos Polyzoides

325 ARCHITECTURE: THE ________ Profession a) illegitimate b) irrelevant c) irreverent d) all the above e) none of the above REFLECTIONS OF AN INITIATE ON THE EVE OF GRADUATION Mary Comerio

333 CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS: PROPOSED POLICY GOVERNING PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS - Claudia Pharis

337 ESTABLISHING AND UTILIZING VALUES FOR COMMUNITY DECISION MAKING: …