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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

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

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

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 …

Edra 39: Bibliography Of Books On Display, Kathleen Demsky

Bibliographies

edra 39 | Linking Differences / Defining Actions - Asumiendo Diferencias / Definiendo Acciones | Veracruz, México

Tips For Going Green, City Of Las Vegas, Nevada

Publications (SD)

No abstract provided.

Carbon Neutral? Exploring Electronic Waste., Jessica Issler

SWITCH

This interview with Ted Smith, founder of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, explores the environmental and human health issues caused by electronic waste and toxic materials in the tech industry. Smith discusses his advocacy work, experiences meeting global leaders, and the efforts needed to make the electronics industry more sustainable. He shares insights on policy change, personal eco-practices, and the need for public access to environmental data.

Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell, David Ashley, Tony Allen, Mamie Peers, Allison Miller

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Crossection: An Exploration Into Assembling Sustainability, Brian Goehle

Architecture Thesis Prep

"The field of architecture sits at a crossroad today, we have an opportunity to rethink the way we design using new materials and building techniques to reduce the negative impact architecture has on the wider environment. As architects, we must critically look at our constructions methods and question whether they are appropriate and the best choices we could be making for the environment. My thesis has generated a framework that used a set of sustainable materials that outperform their conventional alternatives, to produce affordable and highly efficiently built homes that leave a neutral impact on the environment."

Design Outfit An Interdisciplinary Think + Act Tank, Douglas Jack

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

The Design Outfit is a real project derived from a conceptual program. The program, or set of concepts from which the project sprang, critically approached three aspects of design practice:

I) reality: how design proceeds from initial sketches to finishing touches, with all steps and scales given comparable attention

II) collaboration: how designers interface with one another and others throughout a design process

III) social awareness: how designers can shape and place their efforts in relation to social significance

The project was designed to explore and test these aspects of design.

Based at Henninger High, a public Syracuse City school …

The Integration Of Historical And Green Planning In Commercial Development, A Study For The Potential Use Of The Historical Canada Packers Site In Edmonton, Alberta, T. David Murray

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The Canada Packers meat packing plant stood as a symbol of the agricultural heritage and formed part of the collective memory in the city of Edmonton throughout much of the twentieth century. Abandoned in 1994, the site has remained undeveloped and neglected for over a decade, while new development has expanded in every direction of the city. The development of the site is inevitable as property values skyrocket and the booming oil economy continues throughout Alberta. Currently the site is owned by RONA, a large Canadian home improvement store, and will be developed in the next few years. It is …

A Water-Efficient Landscape: Public Lands Center, Montrose, Co, Marcus Pulsipher

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The problem of water-wasting landscapes is prevalent throughout the western United States. For decades western settlers struggled to turn their arid lands into the more familiar settings of lush vegetation found in their native New England and Western Europe. This mind set has been passed down through generations and has transformed into the basis of the current western water crisis (Brundin and Pearson 2001). Only in the last few decades has this mentality been challenged and we've seen the emergence of several water-efficient landscape models. Through careful application of water-efficient landscape principles, western communities can greatly extend the life of …

The Costs Of Not Using Green Design In The Usaf: Would Using Green Building Design Have Resulted In Life Cycle Cost Savings?, John Kimball Osborne

Theses and Dissertations

This study’s purpose is to determine if using green building design would have resulted in life cycle costs savings for the United States Air Force. Green designs are those that employ steps to mitigate the impacts facilities have on the environment by using resources more efficiently than conventional design. The prevailing ranking system for green design in the United States is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system which evaluates facilities on certain characteristics, assigning point values that translate to non-certified, certified, silver, gold, or platinum ratings. The author attempts here to show how previous studies indicated …

Allagash Wilderness Waterway Working Group On Structure, Management And Oversight: Choosing Common Ground And Moving Ahead, Allagash Wilderness Waterway Working Group

Maine History & Policy Development

In his June 19, 2006, Executive Order, Governor John E. Baldacci directed the Working Group to “offer its best guidance and advice to the Governor respecting the long-term governance, management, and oversight structure for the Allagash Wilderness Waterway” (AWW). In the intervening six months the members of the Working Group have engaged in an examination of the forty-year history of the Waterway and an analysis of the conditions and circumstance that led to the Governor’s Executive Order. We have reviewed documentation of the AWW history, taken testimony at numerous public meetings and hearings, conducted correspondence with members of the several …

Allagash Wilderness Waterway Working Group On Structure, Management And Oversight: Choosing Common Ground And Moving Ahead (Executive Summary), Allagash Wilderness Waterway Working Group

Maine History & Policy Development

In his June 19, 2006, Executive Order, Governor John E. Baldacci directed the Working Group to “offer its best guidance and advice to the Governor respecting the long-term governance, management, and oversight structure for the Allagash Wilderness Waterway” (AWW). In the intervening six months the members of the Working Group have engaged in an examination of the forty-year history of the Waterway and an analysis of the conditions and circumstance that led to the Governor’s Executive Order. We have reviewed documentation of the AWW history, taken testimony at numerous public meetings and hearings, conducted correspondence with members of the several …

Insites, 2007, Utah State University

inSites

The Newsletter of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Selected Lid Projects In New England, New England Environmental Finance Center

Planning

Examples of low impact development (LID) projects in each state in New England.

The Experience Of A Lifestyle, Brian Lonsway

School of Architecture - All Scholarship

This essay traces the evolution of themed environment design from theme parks to a series of new architectural types – Urban Entertainment Destinations, Lifestyle Enhancement Centers, and Lifestyle Villages – as a chronicle of spatial mediation from urban décor to urban design technique. Culled partly through semiotic deconstruction and partly through ethnographic investigation, this history examines the environmental design techniques employed in these spaces in order to better understand the relationship of design practice to the cultural practices of work and leisure.

From spatialized branding strategies to the neo-urbanist configurations of location-based entertainment, leisure/entertainment ventures use these narratively motivated techniques …

Improving Access To Housing For People With Disabilities., Myles Keaveney

Articles

No abstract provided.

Baugruppe - Lessons From Freiburg On Cooperative Housing : Lessons From Freiburg On Cooperative Housing, Joseph Little

Articles

Creating Sustainable Communities in the UK and Ireland

The Genesis of Quartier Vauban

Thermal Effectiveness Characteristics Of Low Approach Indirect Evaporative Cooling Systems In Buildings, Ben Costelloe, Donal Finn

Articles

Meteorological enthalpy analysis of temperate and maritime climates above latitude 45°N suggests that the water-side evaporative cooling technique has considerable unrealised potential with contemporary “high temperature” building cooling systems—such as chilled ceilings and displacement ventilation. As low approach conditions are the key to exploiting the cooling potential of the ambient air, thermal performance at such conditions needs to be investigated. To address the research issues, an industrial scale test rig, based on a low approach open cooling tower and plate heat exchanger and designed to maximise evaporative cooling potential, has been constructed. The thermal effectiveness of such systems (as a …

The Regenerative Rebuilding Strategy For Sustainable Coastal Communities. An Architectural Thesis And Case Study Of Rebuilding Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka., Kristina Iverson, Shannon Chance

Conference papers

Developments are occurring at a rapid pace along coastlines all over the world. In fact a full two-thirds of the world’s population, or 4 billion people, live within 250 miles of a coast1. In the United States architects have recognized the negative effects of existing building practices on beaches. In fact, designers have eagerly adopted methods of “sustainable design” to band-aid the problem. While seemingly an improvement upon past building practices, current movements in sustainable design focus on slowing down the degradation to the beach environment instead of encouraging healing practices. If we are to sustain the existence of both …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …