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Full-Text Articles in Environmental Design
Rotterdam: Dynamic Polder City = Land + Water + Culture, F. L. Hooimeijer
Rotterdam: Dynamic Polder City = Land + Water + Culture, F. L. Hooimeijer
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The planning culture in the Netherlands is based on the experience of building cities on very wet and soft soils. The design of Dutch polder cities was from early on a balance between land and water forbuilding site preparation. The relation between technological development and urban development can be ordered in six phases: natural (-1000), defensive (1000-1500), offensive (1500-1800), early manipulative (1800-1890), manipulative (1890-1990) and adaptive manipulative water management (1990-). Rotterdam is chosen to represent the heritage of Dutch talent with regard to the design and construction of water and land into dynamic cities. This is important because awareness and …
Agats:The Waterfront City Of The Asmat, Basauli Umar Lubis
Agats:The Waterfront City Of The Asmat, Basauli Umar Lubis
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The development along and within the Asewets River presents the most characteristic and memorable city form of the city of Agats, Papua, Indonesia. The river and the city's raised roads form anintegrated circulation pattern and together played an important part in the development of the city. The city of Agats is unique in that all structures are built above wood or concrete pilings. The unique presence of the elevated bazaar street connects buildings likewise raised on piles. The structural elevation of the city above the ground keeps the settlement dry even during rainy season, when there is a 4 kilometer …
Jakarta Waterscape:From Structuring Water To 21st Century Hybrid Nature?, Prathiwi W. Putri, Aryani Sari Rahmanti
Jakarta Waterscape:From Structuring Water To 21st Century Hybrid Nature?, Prathiwi W. Putri, Aryani Sari Rahmanti
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This paper explores how changing conceptions of human-environment relationships have been materialized within Jakarta, Indonesia's planning and development practices and how these practices havecontributed to shaping today's problematic waterscape. By refusing the modern binary opposition of nature-culture and arguing that our city is a hybrid human-nonhuman nature, this paper shows that there have to be socio-technological solutions for the water sector's current problems. We center our chain of explanations on flooding without neglecting the fact that flooding is related to other water issues and broader issues of uneven spatial development. Hence, tackling the calamities of flooding has to be situated …
Urban Dynamism, A Contrasting Experience:Street Life In Unplanned Bangkok And Planned Melbourne, Sidh Sintusingha, Kasama Polakit, Richard Bruch
Urban Dynamism, A Contrasting Experience:Street Life In Unplanned Bangkok And Planned Melbourne, Sidh Sintusingha, Kasama Polakit, Richard Bruch
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This paper investigates the notion of 'urban dynamism' through the conceived and lived street life of Bangkok, Thailand and Melbourne, Australia. Each city provides a contrasting experience, namelyBangkok's organic dynamism and the city's administrators varied attempts to control and organize it, and Melbourne's conscious planning and design to rejuvenate urban spaces, through the formal strategies of the Victorian State Government and the City of Melbourne.
The Ex-Coal Mining City Of Sawahlunto Revisited:Notions On Revitalization, Conservation And Urban Development, Widjaja Martokusumo
The Ex-Coal Mining City Of Sawahlunto Revisited:Notions On Revitalization, Conservation And Urban Development, Widjaja Martokusumo
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The structural change of Sawahlunto, Indonesia from a mining-based to a tourism-based economy has triggered environmental problems and challenges. Revitalization combined with conservation efforts became a priority in order to maintain the cultural dynamics of the ex-coal mining city. Cultural heritage conservation utilizing the urban fabric and mining-related installations has been criticized due to its emphasis on beautification. This paper argues that historic urban fabric contributes significantly to place making but these endeavors need strong political leadership. The case of Sawahlunto reveals the important nexus between physical intervention, rehabilitation of socio-economic activities and the problem of institutional development, which is …
Urban Regeneration: Significance Of The Land - Water Interface And Its Manifestation In The Historic And Cultural Quarter Along Lake Pichola In Udaipur, S. Samant
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The success of a waterfront city depends largely on the quality and balance of the land-water interface, so instrumental in the growth and development of a place and its identity. The aim of thisstudy is to critically examine the historic cultural quarter of Udaipur on the eastern edge of Lake Pichola, understand the forces that underpin current development and highlight key concerns by examining the existing state of the urban waterside. The main issues observed include economic growth through tourism, enhanced by the conservation of historic structures and the preservation of heritage. The past plays a fundamental role in urban …
Multi-Productive Landscapes Of The Sustainable City: Opportunities For Managing Resource Needsthrough Urban Landscapes, N. Claire Napawan
Multi-Productive Landscapes Of The Sustainable City: Opportunities For Managing Resource Needsthrough Urban Landscapes, N. Claire Napawan
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This paper aims to link concerns for providing resource needs to city dwellers by considering urban open spaces as a means for creating infrastructural landscapes which limit ecological footprints ofcities and provide relief from density. How cities and their inhabitants manage their urban infrastructure is a critical component towards the design of efficient and sustainable use of natural capital, as many infrastructural systems reach the end of their usefulness in an era where population growth demands surpass carrying capacity. This paper will trace historical progressions of western cities' resource management systems, theorize opportunities for alternative and sustainable strategies of landscape …
A Water Field Civilization: The Shifting Rural Territories Of Taiwan, Pei-Chun Wen
A Water Field Civilization: The Shifting Rural Territories Of Taiwan, Pei-Chun Wen
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The Taiwanese countryside is representative of Asia's 'hydraulic civilization' and has a society based upon a water-orientated productive landscape. Its irrigation system of paddy fields and fish pondsis strongly interrelated to society's collective units, such as families or unions, which, in turn, structure social morals and behaviors. In a comparison of three different agriculture plains in Taiwan, interpretative maps reveal differences in the settlement patterns related to topography and water resource management. The critical reading of historical documentation and creation of interpretative maps reveals how early settlers solved water threats and managed to stabilize water sources. The study proposes a …
Art On Water: Art That Revitalizes Insular Communities Facing Depopulation And Economic Decline, Kentaro Yagi
Art On Water: Art That Revitalizes Insular Communities Facing Depopulation And Economic Decline, Kentaro Yagi
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The Inland Sea of Japan, once a flourishing cultural and economic artery, is now struggling with depopulation and economic decline. Traditionally, this area has been popular for public and privateart projects. Recent large-scale art projects and exhibitions on Naoshima Island and Inujima Island explored the possibilities of art in a public context. Site-specific artworks in collaboration with the local community have attracted visitors and brought about a favorable impact. Along with the rich historic and natural resources of the Inland Sea area, emerging art projects in various islands have started to revitalize the insular communities within.
The Inclusive I.C.E. Cube :New Dimensions And Approaches For Design Inclusion, Praima Israsena Na Ayudhya
The Inclusive I.C.E. Cube :New Dimensions And Approaches For Design Inclusion, Praima Israsena Na Ayudhya
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Inclusive design is an evolving and complex concept, the definition of which can be extended to address not only age and disability, but also race, income, education, andculture. As most of products are originally designed in developed countries, conventional elder-care products present serious difficulties and exclude users with different cultural customs and lower economic status. There is an urgent need for design methods, based on an expansive understanding of not only age and disability, but also income, education and culturally related factors, which will lead to a minimizing of the impact of these differences and thereby extend the effectiveness of …
Dynamics Of Geo-Informatics To Support Flood Management : Experiences In The Netherlands, George G. Vab Der Meulen
Dynamics Of Geo-Informatics To Support Flood Management : Experiences In The Netherlands, George G. Vab Der Meulen
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Support to flood management as experienced in the Netherlands is both a matter of building up of knowledge, expertise and experience in a long historical context, and,more recently a matter of response to flood (risk) circumstances requiring the support of advanced geo-spatial information technology for adequate and dynamic decision making in case of a (possible) disaster event, managerial and operational. The two matters are explained in detail in this contribution.
Changes In The Use Of Canalside Buildings On Amphawa Canal, Samut Songkhram Province :The Consequences Of Conservation And Development Project From 2001 To 2009., Wannasilpa Peerapan
Changes In The Use Of Canalside Buildings On Amphawa Canal, Samut Songkhram Province :The Consequences Of Conservation And Development Project From 2001 To 2009., Wannasilpa Peerapan
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This article is the result of the study on changes in the use of canalside buildings on Amphawa Canal, Samut Songkhram Province from 2001 to 2009, resulting from thecontinuous conservation and regeneration projects of Amphawa community since 2001. The study shows that there were altogether 351 building units, most of which were old houses dating back to the days when Amphawa was the center of waterborne traffic and trade of Samut Songkhram. Most of the building units served primarily residential purposes while the remainder served both residential and commercial purposes and quite a number were left unused. In 2009 clear …
Preservation Ofqiāng Zú Minority's Architectureinsì Chuān, Paolo Vincenzo Genovese
Preservation Ofqiāng Zú Minority's Architectureinsì Chuān, Paolo Vincenzo Genovese
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This paper studies a new concept of restoration in the contemporary world. When we talk about preservation and restoration, we often think in terms of material patrimonyof a culture. Unfortunately this mindset overlooks the immense patrimony of knowledge that is the culture in its totality. This paper aims to conduct a case study of ethnic culture in Sichuan, China: ethnic culture of the 羌族 Qiāng Zú minority. The goal is to analyze the local culture from the point of view of the ancestral tradition and point out an appropriate system of preservation of a reality so delicate that it is …
Denken System In Japan: Important District For Preservation Of A Group Of Traditional Buildings, Terdsak Tachakitkachorn
Denken System In Japan: Important District For Preservation Of A Group Of Traditional Buildings, Terdsak Tachakitkachorn
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
In term of architectural and town conservation, Japan unlike other developed nation has developed its own specific system. "Denken system" or "Preserved district system" is directly translated as "Important District for Preservation of a Group of Traditional Buildings". In this respect law was first enacted by the Agency for cultural affair in 1975, with an aim to conserve groups of traditional buildings and not only any specific single buildings. From then until 2010, 86 areas in the whole country have been announced as the "preserved districts". The process for designation of a preserved district starts with a fundamental study, a …
On Modern Architecturein Italy, Paolo Vincenzo Genovese
On Modern Architecturein Italy, Paolo Vincenzo Genovese
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The main goal of paper is to discuss the history of Modern Architecture in Italy, betweenthe beginning of the 20th Century and 1970. We intend to show the main character ofItalian architecture by itself and give a context of the main trend of the European Modernism.To do this, we have to discuss the idea of "Modernity" and the relationships between Italy andother centres of creation in Europe in this age.The discussion is concentrated on the temporal sequence of different architects and a shortdescription of the most significant masterpieces during the 20th Century in Italy. At the sametime, we have the …
The Logic Of Multi-Useof Public Open Spacesin Chiang Mai City, Kan Nathiwutthikun, Wannasilpa Peerapun, Khaisri Paksukcharern
The Logic Of Multi-Useof Public Open Spacesin Chiang Mai City, Kan Nathiwutthikun, Wannasilpa Peerapun, Khaisri Paksukcharern
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This study aims to define the logic of the multi-use of public open spaces in Chiang MaiCity by taking into account people, time and activity diversity. The study hypothesizesthat the multi-use of public open spaces is influenced by three significant factors, namelyspecific characteristics of space, urban morphological structure, and users.The research methodology consists of surveying forty-two public open spaces in Chiang MaiCity. The resulting data are then used to conduct matrix analyses and the analysis of urbanmorphological structure using overlay mapping and figure-ground techniques. The studyareas are grouped according to district, function, setting, and management. Subsequentlythree public open spaces, namely …
Impact Of Urban Expansion Onwater Demand :The Case Study Of Nakhonrachasima City,Lam Ta Kong Watershed, Saowanee Wijitkosum, Thavivongse Sriburi
Impact Of Urban Expansion Onwater Demand :The Case Study Of Nakhonrachasima City,Lam Ta Kong Watershed, Saowanee Wijitkosum, Thavivongse Sriburi
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This research analyzes the urban expansion of Nakhonrachasima City, the regional centerof Northeastern Thailand, in terms of water demand and water usage in the Lam TaKong Watershed. Lam Ta Kong Watershed has had a severe water shortage problem for a longtime. Nakhonrachasima City is a small city with 172,387 persons. The results show that theurbanization effect on changing land use rapidly and increases water consumption. The trendof the water consumption rate in Nakhonrachasima increases at a high rate. Presently, waterconsumption in the city is 64,336 cu m/d and the water consumption rate is 358 lcd, which ishigh when compared with …
Bangkok : River City, Banasopit Mekvichai, Nicolas Detries, Perissol Pierre-Andre, Claude Prelorenzo, Bertrand Warnier
Bangkok : River City, Banasopit Mekvichai, Nicolas Detries, Perissol Pierre-Andre, Claude Prelorenzo, Bertrand Warnier
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
An international expert workshop on the theme "Bangkok: River City" is organized bythe Bangkok Metroplitan Administration (BMA) in collaboration with Les Ateliers,The Raimond Land and the Faculty of Architecture Chulalongkorn University. The workshopwas held in Bangkok Thailand from 1st-13th June 2008. Participants are professionals of differentnationalities from specializations such as urban planning, architecture, engineering, geographyand design. They were divided into three teams: 1.) Urban Archipuncture 2.)Flowing City and3.)Bangkok Water City. They competed with the ideas to make the best use of the water network.All teams suggested ideas and projects to develop the water network and surrounding areasfocusing on the sustainability …
Fairs And Exhibitionsin Bangkok In 1882-1925 : A Note On The Growth Of Bangkok City, Kanthika Sriudom
Fairs And Exhibitionsin Bangkok In 1882-1925 : A Note On The Growth Of Bangkok City, Kanthika Sriudom
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Fairs and exhibitions were noticeable events in the world during the late 19th centuryand early 20th century, and Siam was no exception. In Europe and America, suchevents were the display of human progress in all kinds of technology. In Siam, they were muchsmaller, only Siamese resources of all kinds and new technologies learned from the West. Inany case, Bangkok's fairs and exhibitions reflected its growth as a modern city, especially themeans of transportation which was not only by canals but also by roads and bridges, trains andtrams.Transportation to certain fairs and exhibitions in Bangkok may reflect the urban growth aswell. …
Form Follows Feng Shui, Choopong Thongkamsamut, Vorasun Buranakarn
Form Follows Feng Shui, Choopong Thongkamsamut, Vorasun Buranakarn
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Feng Shui originated in China 2,000-3,000 years ago. Its content is mainly site selectionfor Chinese dwelling, housing, ancestor's cemetery, and actions that relate to natureand the environment. The aim of this study is to investigate influential factors which generateChinese Feng Shui. My method is a comparison between Feng Shui and the ancient Thaiconstructional notions. The results present influential factors such as the environment, human,and building technology. Therefore, these factors determine the building configuration throughFeng Shui.
The Impact Of An Integratedtransport Network Onurban Development In Lao Pdr, Vivath Sauvaly
The Impact Of An Integratedtransport Network Onurban Development In Lao Pdr, Vivath Sauvaly
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This paper examines urban development in the Lao People's Democratic Republicthat links to the improvement of the Greater Mekong Sub-region integrated landtransport network. My objective is to measure the extent to which the urban structure hasbeen changed as the result of the improvement of the integrated land transport network duringthe last three decades. A time-series analysis and associated indicator called 'the integratedland transport development phases' has been used to understand the evolution of the transportnetwork itself and to identify correlation between integrated land transport network and urbandevelopment. The integrated land transport development phases reflect the degree to whichthe Lao PDR …
Identity And German Architecture : Views Of A German Architect, Marcus Hackel
Identity And German Architecture : Views Of A German Architect, Marcus Hackel
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Since 1989 the author has designed and managed architectural projects in Europe, Middle East, South, Southeast and East Asia. In his overseas architectural practice, he was often confronted with the question of what is German architecture or why his architectural design shows unique German Identity.
King Rama V'S Incognito Visit Tosamut Songkhram Provincein 1904, Wannasilpa Peerapan
King Rama V'S Incognito Visit Tosamut Songkhram Provincein 1904, Wannasilpa Peerapan
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This article presents the result of documentary study, in combination with field surveys,in tracing the routes and places visited by King RAMA V during his incognito visit toSamut Songkhram Province in 1904. The result of the study reveals that most of those routesand places still exist today. Though some minor canals have become shallow or narrowertrespassing and though some places are in a dilapidated state, they still satisfactorily portraythe events that took place during the royal incognito visit. The remaining historic routes andplaces play a significant role in local history. Thay are invaluable cultural heritages of SamutSongkhram Province that should …
Appropriate Constructiontechnology For Residence Inchao Phraya River Estuary :A Case Study Of Sakla Village, Songkiat Teartisup
Appropriate Constructiontechnology For Residence Inchao Phraya River Estuary :A Case Study Of Sakla Village, Songkiat Teartisup
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Construction technology from the West plays an important role in building constructionin Thailand, especially in the last 50 years. Major cities can absorb this latest technologyfaster and greater than any other city due to personnel, organization and capital. Thus theconstruction of small or large buildings using brand new technology have been constructedextravagantly and carelessly. Moreover, this trend also extends to other regions of the countrywhich lead to the neglect of folk wisdom. The wisdom of local construction has been substitutedby new technology without concern for the geography of the area. In 1996, however, theeconomic crisis caused construction business to come …
The Competitiveness Ofairport Regions In Southeast Asia :The Lesson From Two Arch Rivals In Europe, Panit Pujinda
The Competitiveness Ofairport Regions In Southeast Asia :The Lesson From Two Arch Rivals In Europe, Panit Pujinda
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Nowadays, airports are not just the place for aviation. In globally operating markets,airports have become critical assets in the competition between regions. From theexample of two arch rivals in European Union, namely Amsterdam and Frankfurt, twodifferent development models are nominated - the Aerotropolis Model and the Efficient Gate-way Model. The conditions of each model and their applications are analysed and compared toChangi Airport (Singapore) and Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand). Changi Airport, surroundedby highly developed areas, has a great potential to be the heart of an Aerotropolis. In contrast,Suvarnabhumi Airport is surrounded by floodplain and farmland on the eastern vicinity ofBangkok. The …
Model Of Optimum Sizefor Metropolitan Police Stationsfor Efficiency In Crime Preventionand Suppression, Akkarawat Jiamchaisri
Model Of Optimum Sizefor Metropolitan Police Stationsfor Efficiency In Crime Preventionand Suppression, Akkarawat Jiamchaisri
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The main objective of this article is to present a model of optimum size for the policearea of responsibility (AOR) by taking the factors facilitating crimes intoconsideration. These factors are physical, economic, social and population with radius size ofservice in the AOR. Realization of the capacity in patrolling and the distance to respond toa crime scene within the proper time is considered. According to the analysis, the factorsfacilitating crimes consist of the number of cases per area, development level, populationdensity and types of land usage. The established model developed from an approach fordetermining the AOR size as to cover each …
Amphawa Row-Houses, Mohd Makhtar Abdul Rahman
Amphawa Row-Houses, Mohd Makhtar Abdul Rahman
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
An architects, we tend to speak about man's need (function) for shelter from theenvironment and security from his enemies - is as a product of the building processinvolving the use of materials, construction and technology, developed within the constraintof the site, climate and environment, financial, labour and skills. Through the years andcenturies this architecture has the ability to carry out diverse functions and form.Concerning heritage conservation and management, the Amphawa water-based communityconservation has something absolutely refreshing, towards the means and purpose of preservingits heritage in holistic manner. With the strong support from the local community and AmphawaMunicipality, the preservation project …
Amphawaand Its Cultural Heritage, Siriwan Silapacharanan
Amphawaand Its Cultural Heritage, Siriwan Silapacharanan
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The Amphawa District area, Samut Songkhram Province enjoys a rich historical, artisticand architectural heritage. It also benefits from a cultural heritage based on the localwisdom in living in harmony with nature with the ecosystem which accommodates sea, brackishand fresh water. All this is evident through architectural characteristics of the local community,land use, livelihoods and ways of life; thus perpetuating its characteristics as a Thai water-based community. An offshoot of a field study conducted over several years, this article aimsto capture the identity of the cultural heritage of Amphawa.
From Amphawa To Florence :How The Navarong Pottery Progressedfrom A Quiet River Town, Takerng Pattanopas, Pim Kongsangchai Sudhikam
From Amphawa To Florence :How The Navarong Pottery Progressedfrom A Quiet River Town, Takerng Pattanopas, Pim Kongsangchai Sudhikam
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Through their state-funded research, a team of design academics undertook to bringnew life to Benjarong traditional pottery in Amphawa by reconciling innovation withtradition. The research outcome was twofold. Firstly, an alternative discourse was proposedto enable designers to draw visual resources from Asia, thus extending design possibilitiesmuch further. Secondly an improvement of the production technique of Benjarong wasrecommended to enable design developments for the pottery. By putting the traditionalBenjarong in the context of today's cultural dynamism, Amphawa became the birthplace of anew version of polychrome pottery - Navarong, which later earned recognitions in citiesabroad, including Florence.
Morphological Study Ofan Orchard Systemin The Lower Basin Ofchao Phraya Delta :A Case Study Of Amphawa Neighborhood, Terdsak Tachakitkachorn
Morphological Study Ofan Orchard Systemin The Lower Basin Ofchao Phraya Delta :A Case Study Of Amphawa Neighborhood, Terdsak Tachakitkachorn
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
An orchard system, in the lower basin of the Chao Phraya Delta, could be regarded as asustainable land reclamation process that contributed its indispensable role in providingspace compatibly suitable for settlement, for five hundred years ago. This study led to a result ofthe land formation process through the orchard system in the Amphawa neighborhood, by clarifyingthe correlation between the waterways and the orchard unit. From an apparent hierarchy ofwaterways, and for reason of the geographical advantage which had much influence on thecapacity of irrigation and accessibility to water, the first settlement was possibly located alongthe main waterways. And according to …