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Assessment Of Expanding Light Rail Transit Systems Versus Highway Systems: Influence On Land Use Change And Habitat Fragmentation, Behnoud Aghapour

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

The purpose of this research is to assess and investigate the impact of expanding the Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems versus conventional highway systems for land use change, land formation, and habitat fragmentation in the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area as a highly developing urban area. The DFW metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau, 2016). Successfully accommodating this population growth requires North Texans to collectively address important issues including: environmental degradation, suburbanization, suburban sprawl, landscape formation and fragmentation, lack of public transportation, community and well-being needs, transportation expansion, …

Counter Institution: Activist Estates Of The Lower East Side [Bibliography], Nandini Bagchee

New York State City & Regional

In the midst of current debates about the accessibility of public spaces, resurfacing as a result of highly visible demonstrations and occupations, this book illuminates an overlooked domain of civic participation: the office, workshop, or building where activist groups meet to organize and plan acts of political dissent and collective participation. Author Nandini Bagchee examines three re-purposed buildings on the Lower East Side that have been used by activists to launch actions over the past forty years. The Peace Pentagon was the headquarters of the anti-war movement, El Bohio was a metaphoric “hut” that envisioned the Puerto Rican Community as …

Myers, Lloyd (Sc 3237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3237. Letter, 16 January 1889, of Lloyd Myers, clerk of the Duncan Hotel, Henderson, Kentucky, on hotel letterhead. He asks for a quote on materials to construct columns, an ornamented pediment, and window hardware for a two-story building and includes a rough design sketch of a storefront.

Authentic Learning Environments: Designing A New Standard For Public Education, Stephanie Griffith, Stephanie J. Griffith

Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year

The intention of this thesis is to explore the architectural problems of public primary school learning environments and propose possible solutions. This thesis draws from various public blog and public web article accounts and experiences of those working in or studying the institutions of primary education and the problems they are struggling to address. The architectural focus brings to light that while most educators argue that teaching can happen anywhere, this body of research will propose an optimal learning environment in which a set of ideal values are defined as authentic learning and is used to encourage and support a …

Design + Build: College Of Dupage Architecture Design + Build Studio, Summer 2018, Mark A. Pearson

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Student Design + Build Team:

• Jacob Bielanski
• Jacque Castle
• Elizabeth Cisneros Tlaxcala
• Vassiliki Demakis
• Daniel Garczek
• Nicholas Grant
• Burhanuddin Jamali
• Adam Koroghlanian
• Christian Lazcano
• Sofia Linares
• Matthew Musil
• Nataly Perez Gonzalez
• David Perrine
• Michael Rivera
• Daniel Rodawold

Faculty and Staff:

• Professor: Mark A. Pearson, AIA
• Construction Shop Supervisor: Mark Rose

For more information about the project, visit our Design Build 2018 website.

Ndërtesë Afaristo Banesore, Iliriana Bajraktari

Theses and Dissertations

Jeta njerëzore është një sintezë e nevojave të ndryshme fiziologjike dhe psikologjike, që e përbëjnë jetën materiale dhe shpirtërore. Banesa është një tërësi funksionale e të gjithë elementeve hapësinore që e sigurojnë realizimin e funksioneve të banimit. (K. Al-Kodmanyand M.Ali, 2012). Por, banimi kërkon kushte të përshtatshme me të gjitha elementet e nevojshme për një banim të rehatshëm. Duke qenë se në Komunën e Skenderajt nuk ka ndërtime që plotësojnë të gjitha kriteret e nevojshme për një banim të tillë, atëherë qëllimi i hulumtimit aktual është projektimi i një objekti afaristo-banesor që i pëmbush të gjitha nevojat dhe kërkesat e …

Shtepi Banimi, Atdhe Rexhaj

Theses and Dissertations

Nëvoja për një shtëpi po rritet dita ditës në hap me rritjen e popullsisë, duke ndikuar që hapësira e tokës ndërtimore të rritet. Kjo po ndikon që toka bujqësore po humbet në ritmin e shtimit të shtëpive. Ky trend i këtij zhvillimi duhet të ulet, këti trendi i paraprinë edhe planifikimi jo i duhur që po ndodhë në vendin tonë, objekte të cilat ndërtohen pa asnjë kriter. Unë si student e shohë këtë situate jo të mirë që të zgjidhet sa më shpejt në mënyren e duhur dhe sa më efikase. Si një koncept i cili mund të bënte zgjidhje …

Vila, Lis Bruçi

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ndertesë Afaristo-Banesore, Jakup Neziraj

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ndërtesa Shoqërore - Hotel Malor, Ermin Emini

Theses and Dissertations

Objektet Hoteliere janë ndërtesa që shërbejnë për banim apo akomodim të shkurtër dhe të përkohshëm të mysafirëve tё cilat mund tё jenё për qëllime turistike, biznesore, pushime etj. Hotelet mund t’i ndajmë në: Hotelet urbane (në brendi të qyteteve), hotelet suburbane (në rrethina të qyteteve), hotelet për pushim (larg qyteteve dhe zonave të banuara). Ky punim është fokusuar në kategorinë e fundit të këtij klasifikimi, përkatësisht në hotele malore. Numri i këtyre hoteleve në Kosovё është mjaft i kufizuar për momentin pasi të tilla janë edhe investimet ne turizmin malor. Vendi idela për ndërtimin e një hoteli malorë është parashikuar …

Eko-Vila Rezidenciale Për Pushim, Diellëza Tahiri

Theses and Dissertations

Kosova si vend i vogël, por me pasuri të bollshme natyrore mundëson kushte të ndryshme në zhvillimin e arkitekturës si peizazh (eng. landscape architecture), me shfrytëzim racional të energjisë dhe me një artikulim të veçantë natyror. Duke filluar nga një koncept mbi arkitekturën, që ajo imiton natyrën dhe e rigjeneron atë në bazë të nevojave njerëzore, tentohet të arrihet një sinapsë harmonike në mes të humanizmit dhe vetë origjinës së tij, natyrës. Ideja kryesore e këtij punimi është krijimi i një ekosistemi të ri në të cilin lind dhe zhvillohet arkitektura humane. Rrjedhimisht, realizimi i një kompleksi të tillë ekologjik …

Spital Rajonal Në Prishtinë, Xheneta Luzha

Theses and Dissertations

Kujdesi shëndetësor vlerësohet të jetë përcaktuesi i kualitetit të jetës në shoqërinë njerëzore, prandaj kujdes të shtuar duhet të kemi në metodat e përdoruar gjatë zhvillimit të fushës së shëndetësisë. Prishtina si kryeqytet i Kosovës edhe pse ka tendencën e zhvillimit në nivele më të larta në krahasim me komunat e tjera, ka shfaqur mungesë gatishmërie sa i përketë përmirësimit të kushteve të punës në institucionet ku ofrohen shërbimet shëndetësore për banorët e saj por edhe qytetarët e Kosovës në përgjithësi duke pasur parasysh karakterin e tij si kryeqytet. Në mungesë të një institucioni që ofron shërbimet e kujdesit dytësore …

Muzeu “Bekim Fehmiu”, Viona Bejtullahu

Theses and Dissertations

‘’Organizatë permanente në shërbim të shoqërisë dhe zhvillimit t ë saj, e hapur për publikun, e cila siguron, konservon, hulumton, komunikon, eskpozon trashëgiminë e prekshme dhe paprekshme të njerëzimit dhe mjedisit të tij, për qëllime të edukimit, studimit dhe kënaqësisë’’

-Këshilli Internacional i Muzeumeve 1995

Dizajnimi I Bllokut Urban Me Banim Individual, Rejla Brdakic

Theses and Dissertations

Njëra ndër qështjet kryesore për zhvillimin e një qyteti është edhe identifikimi dhe projektimi i lagjeve urbane për komunitetin. Duke e ditur se Peja si zonë urbane e rëndësishme në Kosovë, si qyteti nën zhvillim modern, është në fazat e zhvillimit të identitetit të ri, andaj projektimi i lagjeve urbane e shton më shumë privatësinë dhe komoditetin për jetesë. Perveq kesaj duhet të identifikohen problematikat e lagjeve urbane dhe zgjidhja adekuate e tyre e cila ndikon direkt ne menyrën e jetesës te qytetarëve të cilet i shfrytëzojnë. Projektimi I lagjeve urbane ka marr një hov të madh pasi qe ne …

Ndёrtesё E Banimit Kolektiv – Afaristo / Banesore, Seat Meleqi

Theses and Dissertations

Duke marrë si faktor rritjen e kërkesave për njësi të banimit me hapsira të mjaftueshme për banim dhe kosto më të favorshme,dhe duke marrë faktor konzervimin apo ruajtjen e sipërfaqes tokësore, ruajtjen e ambientit etj. Zgjidhja më e qëndrueshme do të ishte ndërtimi i ndërtesave të banimit kolektiv. Banimi si funksion kryesor i ndërtesave kolektive më dha arsye që si temë studimi të marrë projektimin e një ndërtese të banimit kolektiv - afaristo / banesore , temë kjo e cila edhe sot është një ndër temat më sfiduese të kohës bashkëkohore. Koncepti kryesor që kam pasur gjatë zhvillimit të projektit …

Force-Driven Weave Patterns For Shell Structures In Architectural Design, Khaled Amir Benaida

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The use of lightweight carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) in the discipline of architecture opens new possibilities for the construction of architectural components. CFRP has been explored mainly in engineering fields, such as aeronautics, automotive, ballistic and marine engineering. CFRP has also been explored in the discipline of architecture in the construction of shell structures because of its high strength-to-weight ratio and low-cost. There is, however, limited research on how structural analysis can be used to inform weave patterns for shell structures using CFRP.

Further, previous research in the field has not performed physical structural tests to validate which force …

The Economic Impact Of Failing Infrastructure In The New York Metropolitan Area, Nicholas Travis

Honors College Theses

Infrastructure in the New York Metropolitan Area has been seriously underfunded due to a failure of public investment on the local, state and federal level. Prior research has presented concrete reasoning that the now crumbling infrastructure will seriously affect economic growth and worker productivity. This research seeks to quantify the economic effects as a result of this failing infrastructure. My research asks: what are the concrete, additional economic expenditures, due to failing infrastructure, that drivers spend each year? How much do these economic costs decrease our economic productivity, and how do the economic costs compare with proposed infrastructure improvements? From …

Bs News July/August

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.

Beyond Human Intelligence: Redefining Intelligence, Jens Pohl

Architecture

The digital revolution driven by global connectivity, computing as a utility, artificial intelligence, and information sharing on an unprecedented scale is forcing the redefinition of intelligence in a broader context that extends beyond human intelligence. This paper addresses the principal characteristics of biological intelligence, as it exists on planet Earth and the form it may take in an extraterrestrial context. Human intelligence, as the most evolved form of biological intelligence on Earth, is treated as the aggregation of multiple intelligences that cannot be encapsulated in a single metric such as an Intelligence Quotient (IQ). The concept of a postbiological civilization …

Employment Opportunities And Future Skills Requirements For Surveying Professionals 2018-2021, Roisin Murphy

Reports

This report was commissioned by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) to gain industry insight into current and future employment opportunities and skills requirements for construction, property and land surveying professionals. The report is a follow-up to the 2014 SCSI report “Employment Opportunities and Future Skills Requirements for Construction and Property Surveyors”, in which a significant shortage of qualified surveying professionals was identified. Since the 2014 report, the industry and economic landscape has changed significantly, and while many opportunities exist with FDI, several sectors are still suffering from under-investment during the downturn, particularly evident within the infrastructure …

Celebrating 20 Years Of The Exceed Teaching Workshop, Allen C. Estes, Stephen J. Ressler, Camilla M. Saviz, Brock E. Barry, Carol L. Considine, Dion Coward, Norman D. Dennis Jr., Scott R. Hamilton, David S. Hurwitz, Tanya Kunberger, Thomas A. Lenox, Tonya Lynn Nilsson, Leslie Nolen, James J. O'Brien Jr., Robert James O'Neill, David A. Saftner, Kelly Salyards, Ronald W. Welch

Architectural Engineering

In response to the clear need for faculty training, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) developed and funded Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) which is celebrating its twentieth year of existence. For the past two decades, 38 ExCEEd Teaching Workshops (ETW) have been held at six different universities. The program has 910 graduates from over 267 different U.S. and international colleges and universities. The ExCEEd effort has transformed from one that relied on the grass roots support of its participants to one that is supported and embraced by department heads and deans. This paper summarizes the history …

Adjusting To The New Abet Criteria 3 And 5: It’S Really Not Very Hard, Allen C. Estes, Peter Laursen, Pamalee A. Brady

Architectural Engineering

ABET has revised the criteria 3 (Student Outcomes) and 5 (Curriculum) of the general criteria. These changes have made it through the rigorous approval process and will be effective for the 2019-20 academic year. This paper analyzes the differences between the existing criteria and the proposed changes. Through a specific detailed example, the paper illustrates how an existing assessment system can seamlessly be adjusted for the new criteria. Most of the embedded indicators and direct measures of attainment can still be used. The results simply need to be organized differently.

Deep Learning For Automated Image Classification Of Seismic Damage To Built Infrastructure, B. Patterson, G. Leone, Maria Pantoja, Anahid A. Behrouzi

Architectural Engineering

The amount of structural damage image data produced in the aftermath of an earthquake can be staggering. It is challenging for a few human volunteers to efficiently filter and tag these images with meaningful damage information. The proposed solution is to automate post-earthquake reconnaissance image tagging activities by training a computer algorithm to classify each occurrence of damage per building material and structural member type. The approach is based on deep learning (DL), a subset of machine learning loosely based on the operation of a biologic neural system, which aims to learn and extract accurate representations from large data sets. …

Photo Tagging Tool For Rapid And Detailed Post-Earthquake Structural Damage Identification, Anahid A. Behrouzi, Maria Pantoja

Architectural Engineering

A significant task in earthquake reconnaissance is to conduct rapid and accurate assessments of damage to built infrastructure. This can be accomplished, in part, by analyzing the large volumes of high-resolution image data collected after a seismic event. However, detailed image tagging remains a task for trained human volunteers, which is both time-intensive and error prone. The authors developed a software tool to simplify and standardize the process of assigning damage and structure pairs to sub-regions of images. The goal of the tool is to facilitate the tagging of thousands of images from historic and recent earthquakes to train a …

Seismic Performance Of Slender C-Shaped Walls Subjected To Unii- And Bi-Directional Loading, Anahid A. Behrouzi, A. Mock, D. Lehman, L. Lowes, D. Kuchma

Architectural Engineering

Reinforced concrete structural walls are common as the primary lateral load resisting system in modern mid- and high-rise buildings constructed in seismic regions, yet few research programs have investigated the seismic performance of modern, slender walls with nonplanar cross-sectional geometries. Three large-scale, C-shaped wall specimens, designed per ACI 318-08, were tested under uni- and bi-directional loading at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). This paper presents experimental results including the cyclic load-deformation response and measured versus nominal flexural/shear strengths as well as a description of damage sequence. Final failure occurs due to a flexure-tension failure of boundary elements where …

Designing With Meaningful Data: Deep Personalisation In The Air Travel Context, Mengqi Yuan, Rebecca Price, Jeroen Erp, Jorge Andres Osorio Socha

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionising the way customers interface with organisations and vice versa. However, there is limited knowledge regarding how data and AI are used as material during the design process. It is to this practice- research gap that this paper responds, by providing practical insight into a project between a Dutch airline, named AirlineX for the purpose of this paper, and a university-based design team. The project let to the development of a principle for personality-driven design that deeply personalises digital touchpoints within AirlineX’s operations. This principle is informed by ‘big five’ personality theory from the …

Multidisciplinary Research Efforts In Post-Earthquake Civil Infrastructure Reconnaissance, Jack Bergquist, Anahid A. Behrouzi

Architectural Engineering

To address existing challenges with filtering and classification of post-earthquake structural damage images, the authors are engaged in a multidisciplinary project to develop and train a machine-learning algorithm that identifies relevant photographs and assigns damage tags to those images. The research team is predominantly comprised of undergraduate students and is led by a structural engineering and a computer science faculty. While machine-learning algorithms have been successfully used for image tagging in a variety of fields (health care, manufacturing, etc.), the extension of this approach for earthquake reconnaissance is only just beginning. As such, the creation and development of this tool …

Chinese Garden Of Friendship And Sydney’S Chinatown : Friendship And Something Beyond At Darling Harbor, Wendy W. Tan

Publications and Research

Chinese Garden of Friendship was a gift from China; Sydney’ Chinatown is a Chinese Australian community, and they are adjacent to each other at Darling Harbor of Sydney, Australia. The author made visits there to witness their beauties. Besides, she also explored other connections—friendship; Feng Shui; and cultural diversity within these two famous tour sites.

Software Toolset To Enable Image Classification Of Earthquake Damage To Above-Ground Infrastructure, Anahid A. Behrouzi, Maria Pantoja

Architectural Engineering

A critical task after a significant earthquake is determining the extent of damage to infrastructure networks. The decision-making process to dispatch emergency, repair, and in-field reconnaissance teams depends on whether road/railways and bridges are passible. Another concern is the rapid identification and resolution of physical disruptions to large-volume gas and water pipeline systems. After large seismic events, citizens, amateur photographers, and journalists now post thousands of photographs to formal/social media platforms. In the past, these images would have had to be reviewed by trained volunteers or expert engineers to evaluate whether: road/rail ways were significantly impacted by ground fracture, heaving, …

The Cost Of Jaywalking On Traffic Congestion In An Intersection In Greater Cairo: A Case Study, Hussein Gawdat

Theses and Dissertations

There have been many studies focusing on different types of traffic delays, pedestrians’ interaction at signalized intersections and economic losses as a result of these delays. However, there is a huge gap in the current literature, regionally and globally, in studying the traffic delays associated with jaywalking. In Egypt, jaywalking is considered a common phenomenon, however, population increased drastically over the past decades in Greater Cairo leading to more congested streets. This research provides a case study that investigates the economic effect of jaywalking on traffic flow in Mashaal, a sample location in Greater Cairo, due to traffic congestion. The …