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Phillips, Jessica. "Biotopia : an interdisciplinary connection between ecology, suburbia, and the city." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0003173.
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Herrmann, James B. "Tension of Connection: The Stitching of the Deindustrialized Inner City." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1342716023.
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Giguere, Christine. "Interface, the connection between the river and the city in Sherbrooke." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ31578.pdf.
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Lounis, Larbi. "Casablanca Museum." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81992.
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Architecture has always been about connection since its primary purpose of building a shelter for humans. Among many other things, it provides connections between people, and connections between people and the natural and built environment. The design and building process is about connection as well. We design in the present, relying on the past to build in the future. In this context, time is the strongest connection that is present in most of the built environment around us.
I consider museums to be a good building type that connects people with objects and materials of historical, religious, and cultural importance through preservation and presentation for the public.
Since a very young age, I used to admire the buildings while walking the streets of Casablanca, where I was born. A city that is a combination of traditional Islamic influenced design and the European style of construction brought by the colonizers.
My goal in this thesis is to explore, in an architectural setting, connecting the old city to the new city, and present this story to the general public.Master of Architecture
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Detamore, Mathias J. "Paradox and the city a margin for the heterogenous connection of urban networks /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1116214501.
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Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2005.Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Jul. 10, 2006). Includes abstract. Keywords: Left-over urban space; paradox; margin; Thirdspace; Connection; Mobility; Heterogeneous; Space; Network. Includes bibliographical references.
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DETAMORE, MATHIAS J. "PARADOX AND THE CITY: A MARGIN FOR THE HETEROGENEOUS CONNECTION OF URBAN NETWORKS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116214501.
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Alfadil, Mohammad Omar. "A Villa in Shaqra City, Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23225.
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This thesis aims to establish a context of the relationship between internal and external elements of a villa in Shaqra, Saudi Arabia. The study tends to represent the surrounding environment through the use of local and readily available building materials, rammed earth, in constructing the structural building walls. The walls of the villa designed to be built with the rammed earth, as they seem they grow out of the ground and belong to the ground, in which it has the same soul and character of the surrounding area.Master of Architecture
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Olivetti, Joanna L. "Urban environmentalism's impacts: the connection between planting project participation and health in inner-city communities." Thesis, Boston University, 2006. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27735.
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Brewster, Ashley. "Connection through cultivation: a comprehensive design for St. James Place community garden." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19075.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Katherine Nesse
Many cities around the United States struggle with racially segregated neighborhoods (USA on Race 2013). The existence of isolated neighborhoods continues to reinforce racial distrust and promotes stereotypes. Some of the primary negative consequences associated with residential segregation include unequal job opportunities, greater health risk, high concentrations of poverty, educational constraints, and high building and lot vacancy rates. Residential segregation is an issue in Kansas City, Missouri along Troost Avenue. Troost Avenue is a stark racial dividing line within the city core. West of Troost Avenue, whites account for 88 percent of the population while blacks make up 93 percent of the population to the east (Troost Village Community Association 2013). The intent for this project is to create a resource to help establish and promote social interaction within the Troost Avenue neighborhoods by creating a purpose-driven community garden at the St. James Place apartment complex. The site’s unique location, positioned adjacent to other apartment complexes and subdivisions in the Citadel Neighborhood, had the potential to attract many types of users to the garden site. Through a process of literature review, surveys, interviews, and precedent study analysis, design goals were established. The design proposals for the St. James Place Community Garden focus on increasing site activity, establishing accessibility, and promoting originality.
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Aly, José Augusto Fernandes. "Arquiteturas da cidade: conexões e lugar." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16138/tde-29112010-142252/.
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Esta tese propõe ações possíveis na cidade atual como respostas a ambientes fragmentados e desconexos, revelados por meio de investigações específicas do espaço urbano: a cidade, seus aspectos morfológicos e sua arquitetura, as conexões de edifícios entre si e com os espaços públicos e a ideia de lugar como elemento estruturador. Propomos uma análise da cidade atual fundamentada numa revisão histórica de um período determinado, buscando algumas raízes para a configuração atual. Sendo assim, o conteúdo geral da tese desenvolve uma leitura focada nas relações entre arquitetura e cidade, tendo como ponto de partida o início do século XX e ponto de chegada a atualidade, reconhecendo algumas demandas significativas relacionadas aos percursos e à qualidade urbana em geral, apontando possibilidades específicas de intervenção. O entendimento dos processos relacionados às transformações da forma paisagem, usos funcionalidades / significados - e das novas modalidades de espaços obtidos conectividade ou não conectividade da arquitetura surge como dado importante para as proposições críticas e práticas na atualidade, como produtos reais ou investigativos. Nosso ponto de partida e principal motivação foram observações e análises do fenômeno da fragmentação e dispersão da cidade atual, observada especialmente em metrópoles como São Paulo. A contraposição das formas recorrentes de implantação dos edifícios modernos comumente percebidos como objetos desvinculados fisicamente de seus pares - frente às implantações tradicionais, cuja tônica são os quadras compactas, originou aqui analisados nos aspectos restritos ao resultado morfológico e arquitetônico - não raro, tipos de cidades que colecionam objetos dispostos ao longo das vias ou praças e que, comumente, sofrem pela desconexão generalizada. Essa desconexão é origem de uma série de problemas e, dentre outros, entendemos que nela encontram-se as causas para um relevante problema urbano, ao mesmo tempo crônico e também atual, que é a falta de qualidade dos percursos para pedestres prejudicando a fruição das pessoas em partes ou no todo de algumas cidades. Tal característica aliada à falta de programas adequados junto às áreas públicas, bem como o mau tratamento das mesmas, parece gerar outros problemas enfrentados pelo urbanismo atual como a ineficácia dos sistemas de transportes coletivos, insegurança urbana, alternativas de lazer etc.: sintomas que, grosso modo, sintetizam a cidade desconexa. A partir disso, proporemos algumas alternativas de ação para a cidade atual.The aim of this thesis is to propose possible actions in the present city as answers to fragmented and disconnected environments that emerge through specific investigations of the urban space: a city, its morphological aspects and architecture, the connections that exist among buildings and between buildings and public spaces, as well as the idea of place as a structuring element. We propose an analysis of the present city which is based on the historical revision of a certain period and that searches for some sources of its current configuration. Thus, this thesis focuses on the relationships between architecture and city from the beginning of the twentieth century to these days, and it identifies some relevant needs concerning the routes and the urban quality as a whole, aiming at specific possibilities of intervention. The understanding of the processes related to the transformation of the form landscape, the uses functionalities / meanings and of the new kinds of obtained spaces connectivity or non-connectivity of the architecture is an important aspect for the critical and practical propositions nowadays, as they are real or investigative products. Our starting point and major motivation were the observations and analyses of the fragmentation and spreading of the present city - aspects that take place especially in large cities like São Paulo. The opposition between the recurring ways of implementation of modern buildings commonly perceived as objects which are physically detached from their peers and the traditional implementations which focus on compact blocks, has originated and here they are analyzed only as far as the morphological and architectural aspects are concerned cities that collect objects placed along the streets or squares, and that usually suffer because of its disconnection. This disconnection originates a number of problems as well as the causes of a major urban problem chronic and current which is the lack of quality of pedestrian routes; this hinders people´s use of parts of the city and, sometimes, of the whole city. This characteristic together with the lack of adequate programs for public areas, as well as the bad treatment given to them, seems to create other problems to the urban system such as inefficiency of the public transportation system, urban insecurity, new forms of entertainment, etc.: these problems, roughly speaking, describe the disconnected city. Based on this, we will propose some possible actions for the current city.
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Weaver, Alissa N. "Urban Surface: Improving Identity through Formal and Social Connections in Toledo, OH." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306499270.
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Sullivan, John Austin. "A Search for Truth: Investigating the Connection Between Man, Architecture and the Universe." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35967.
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The study of architecture is a search for the truth, conceived from a desire to understand the nature of life. Through the process of investigation, discoveries bring us closer to this understanding. Universal truths discovered within the discipline of architecture teach of the universal truths of life itself.
Architecture is eternally bound to the universe. It exists as a physical reality, ultimately defined by a specific moment and position within the infinite continuum of time and space. Yet, what creates this inseparable connection between architecture and the universe?
Man.
Architecture exists as an offering to man. It serves as a stage on which the life of man unfolds; it is the backdrop of the human drama. It is the interaction between man and the physical environment that defines this connection between architecture and the universe. The instant that the hand of man touches the surface of a brick wall, a moment is created, eternally linking the wall to the universe. Thus, a constant dialogue exists between man and architecture. The nature of this dialogue must be explored, as it offers man the opportunity to understand his relationship with architecture on all scales (individual, community, universe).
In order for this dialogue to be understood, the relationships which exist within architecture itself must be examined. These relationships exist on many scales, ranging from the connection between the column and the beam, to the relationship between a building and its city. These relationships dictate architecture's meaning. By being sensitive and perceptive of the nature of these relationships, we become closer to understanding the nature of life.
Explorations of architecture allow us to question the nature of life. The search for the connection between architecture and the human condition allows us to understand the eternal connection between architecture and the universe. The search allows us to find the truth.Master of Architecture
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Marques, F. M. D. "The impact of the electoral connection in the Rio de Janeiro City Council : policy orientation, executive-legislative relations and interlegislator interaction." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1418413/.
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This thesis investigates how the incentives stemming from the electoral arena influence the behaviour of legislators in Brazil. Or, to put it differently, resorting to the now classic expression first popularised by Mayhew, the purpose of this research is to tease out the effects of the electoral connection on Brazilian legislators’ behaviour. Legislative elections in Brazil are held under an open-list proportional representation system. Theoretically, such a set of rules leads to intraparty competition and therefore campaigns heavily centred on individual candidates. A strong electoral connection, then, would come as a consequence. How, though, this electoral connection affects the behaviour of legislators has seldom been tested. The general contention guiding this inquiry consists in considering that the Brazilian OLPR system allows for the creation of several different incentives that impact how legislators behave. Overall, three essential dimensions of the legislative behaviour are studied: the stance towards the executive, policy orientation and interlegislator cooperative relationship. The task of testing this hypothesis is carried out by looking at the Rio de Janeiro City Council (RJCC). The focus, then, is on the local, municipal level – a subject hitherto largely overlooked, in contrast with the Brazilian National Congress, which has been the topic of numerous works in the past two decades. The analysis, based on multiple regressions, covers the fourteen-year period between 1997 and 2010.
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Fuemmeler, Chadd Randall. "Enhancing urban centers: connecting grey with green in Kansas City's downtown loop." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8616.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture
Dennis L. Law
In the late 1800s George Kessler and the Board of Parks and Boulevard Commissioners (BPBC) developed a Parks and Boulevard system for Kansas City, MO laying the foundation for the city to grow. Development of the system is the result of the combination of Kessler’s ideology, as well as his planning and design practices. The parks and boulevard system established a framework giving due weight to existing conditions, adapting itself to topography, avoiding forced routes and forced construction. This framework based itself around the value of beauty, the city’s duty, the effect of parkways and boulevards on real-estate values, and the experience of other cities. Today, auto-centric sprawl has revealed its limitations, bringing focus back to the neglected urban fabric. The current urban fabric is dominated with automotive infrastructure responding only to the pedestrian where convenient or required. Results of this trend in development are concrete jungles. Unfortunately, the city character developed by the expanded parks and open space systems has been or is in danger of being lost. Opportunities for redevelopment are rising as these expansive urban infrastructures are reaching the end of their designed life cycle. As people begin to repopulate urban areas, revitalization of the parks and green space is of high priority. Adapting George Kessler’s practices, principles, and ideals behind the Kansas City Parks and Boulevard System to contemporary practices, principles, and ideals in landscape architecture will allow a designer to enhance urban centers. Using my findings, I will develop a master plan for the Kansas City Downtown Loop. By enhancing sites with parks and plazas connected with pedestrian friendly greenways, the Downtown Loop will be a safer, more pleasant place for pedestrians and motorists alike.
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Colman, Maya Pearl. "Community, Connection, and Conflict; The Liminal Spaces of the Regents Canal and the Industrial Transition of London (1812-1900)." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1625484195241175.
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Leung, Yiu-fai Bernard. "Connecting Kwun Tong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31987187.
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Dias, Helena Ferreira de Matos Paulo. "Regeneração da cidade industrial." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13491.
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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura, com a especialização em Urbanismo, apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre.Este Projecto Final de Mestrado pretende reaver uma memória industrial própria do território das frentes ribeirinhas da Lisboa Oriental que se apresenta, actualmente, como um momento histórico esquecido no desenvolvimento e evolução da cidade de Lisboa. A área de estudo, compreendida entre Stª. Apolónia e Braço de Prata, define-se como um território de excepção, tendo em consideração a sua morfologia particular fortemente associada ao desenvolvimento industrial e portuário do século XIX. A presença de infraestrutruras portuárias e rodo-ferroviárias, criadas com o intuito de facilitar e permitir o transporte de mercadorias e matérias-primas, vincam o carácter individual destes pontos da cidade e resultam na fragmentação e alienação socioeconómica das frentes ribeirinhas, da restante Lisboa Oriental. O presente projecto pretende, por isso, delinear uma estratégia de regeneração e valorização do tecido urbano proveniente da industrialização como método para a salvaguarda do património industrial e, portanto, da identidade do local. Da mesma forma, são adoptados métodos de intervenção que permitem reaver as ligações entre a cidade interior e a frente ribeirinha, através da (1) implementação de eixos transversais agregadores de espaço; da (2) criação de espaço público de enquadramento; e (3) da injecção de novas funções no tecido urbano existente, de forma a dotar o território de qualidades atractivas que promovam uma dinamização social, económica e cultural.
ABSTRACT: This Final Master Project intends to recover an industrial memory particular to the territory of the Eastern Lisbon waterfront that presently appears as a forgotten historical moment in the development and evolution of the city of Lisbon. The area between Sta. Apolónia and Braço de Prata is defined as a territory of exception, considering its particular morphology, strongly associated with the industrial and harbor development in the nineteenth century. The presence of harbor and road-railway infrastructures, created in order to facilitate and enable the transport of goods and raw materials, enhances the character of these individual parts of the city and results in the fragmentation and socio-economic alienation of the remaining waterfronts in this part of Lisbon. This project intends, therefore, to outline a strategy of regeneration and enhancement of the urban fabric, inherited from the industrialization period, as a method for the preservation of the industrial heritage and thus, the identity of the location. Similarly, intervention methods are adopted which allow to retrieve the connections between the inner city and the waterfront, through the (1) implementation of cross axes aggregators of space; (2) the creation of public space management; and (3) attribution of new functions to the existing urban fabric in order to equip the territory with attractive qualities that promote the social, economic and cultural dynamism.
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Torcato, Hugo Manuel Bento. "Espaços de continuidade como elementos de conexão." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13920.
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Rolfs, Brett T. "Developing connections + Junction City, Kansas." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1480.
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Leung, Yiu-fai Bernard, and 梁曜暉. "Connecting Kwun Tong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31987187.
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Yeung, Chi-wai Wise. "Networking Causeway Bay an alternative connector between urban nodes /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31987382.
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Wong, Ka-fu Katherine. "Roundabout transformation 3D park connector /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31987321.
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Yeung, Chi-hung Wallace. "Urban spine in Wanchai : a social collector / connector /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25955342.
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Yeung, Chi-wai Wise, and 楊智慧. "Networking Causeway Bay: an alternative connector between urban nodes." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31987382.
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McNamara, Erin P. "Portland, Maine a cultural gateway connecting waterfront and city /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3297.
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Thesis (M. Arch.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Architecture . Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Vlach, Jan. "Územní studie využití aktuálního rozvojového území Dolní Vítkovice, Ostrava." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-391832.
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The object of this Thesis is an area adjacent to European heritage site of Dolni Vitkovice, in the city of Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region. This work focuses on making the area more accessible by all means of transportation, overcoming natural and man-made barriers as well as exploring the possibility of dense development on the site while maintaining its industrial identity. All that in context of otherwise slowly shrinking post-industrial city with aging and declining urban population.
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Onukwubiri, Enyinnaya Tochukwu. "Connecting the City: A Vertical Farm for Baltimore's Food Desert." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79901.
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The thesis analyzes Baltimore City's food network, and seeks a site which has the potential for several factors: site accessibility, renewable resources, solar exposure, and connecting the community. These factors serve as the basis in which to build a hybrid prototype that is able to expose people to the process of food production through a combination of traditional outdoor farming methods and indoor hydroponics in the form of a vertical farm.Master of Architecture
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Yeung, Chi-hung Wallace, and 楊志鴻. "Urban spine in Wanchai: a social collector / connector." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31983716.
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Dutka, Tomáš. "Návrh udržitelné městské struktury - na bázi středověkého města - pro 21.století." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-443712.
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The assignment of diploma thesis was the design of a sustainable urban structure based on a medieval city in Náměšť nad Oslavou. As part of the work, I tried to find the best solution for this solved area, which is isolated by a railway corridor and suggest a new city district based on the principle of a medieval city, which will be linked to the existing city. The proposed development of city blocks is built on a system of platforms that level the terrain within the blocks and enable optimal parking spaces and the use of commercials. This development is complemented by several blocks with villa houses and a city SPA complex. The proposal supports the construction of cycle paths that connect parts of the solved area with the Rathan recreation pond. The design also includes a large park with a lookout tower and a sports ground on the city horizon ner the SPA complex. The accent was also placed on the public area near the new railway station, which serves to gather people for cultural and entertainment opportunities. This public space should not compete with an existing Masaryk square, which fulfills a representative and administration function.
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Chalat, Josef Yul. "Connections to the city : a spatial structure for new perceptions of Harvard Square." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65016.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1990.This thesis proposes that a building in a dense urban environment be used as an element that constructs the space of the city. A site was investigated to see how form could make the relationships between different parts of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts more explicit. The site was found to be a link in a sequence of public spaces that connects Harvard Square to the river. This approach works with the built environment as a field of spatial forces.
by Josef Yul Chalat.
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Leung, Ka Wai. "Urban park connector network in Hong Kong : Kwun Tong case study." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2010. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1153.
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Carothers, Taya L. "Justice and the River: Community Connections to an Impaired Urban River in Salt Lake City." DigitalCommons@USU, 2018. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7381.
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Local communities have the right to participate in decision-making about environmental resources near where they live. Local governments have tried to gather feedback from communities to help improve the decisions they make, but have not always done a good job getting feedback from minority or urban communities. This dissertation provides one step toward obtaining this kind of public input in a majority minority community surrounding the Jordan River in Salt Lake City. Children and adults participated in this research. I present findings from two surveys, from work with children, and from adult interviews to understand how this community relates to their local river, what they like and do not like about it, and what they would like to see improved.
This research revealed that communities have both positive and negative views of the river, but overall see it as an important community resource that is highly valued. Communities would like to participate more in river decision-making and have suggestions for how they would like to see that happen. The results in this dissertation can help bridge the gap between local city government officials and this minority community to help improve the river environmental quality and connections to the community.
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Suchanek, Tomáš. "Návrh sídelní struktury soudobého města v historickém kontextu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-443703.
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The topic of this master‘s thesis was to create a settlement structure on the territory of the cadastral territory of the town of Náměšť nad Oslavou. Specifically in the southwestern part of the town, in the places of today's agricultural areas. The main goal of the thesis is to create a quality residential structure for the entire area, which will connect to the surrounding development, to create a center with urban amenities for this newly designed neighborhood. A key aspect of the design is the transport connection to the existing road network of the city and overcoming the barrier formed by the railway line. The proposed development responds to the current and future anticipated needs of the city. Taking into account the size, the proposed area is divided into three parts with regard to the time sequence and the nature of the development. From an urban point of view, the first phase builds on the existing network of streets and creates a transition between the original and the proposed development and proposes transport connections to the area. In the second and third phase, the remaining area of the proposed area is resolved, by a system of regular streets designed in places with a small slope of the terrain, connected by short streets with a higher slope. The master‘s thesis addresses the connection between the city and greenery, increases the attractiveness of the area by designing public facilities and services and works with visual axes from the existing housing and commercial development to the proposed location.
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Haynes, Anne Gatling. "Connective development : recognizing the networked city in forming a progressive urban economic development strategy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80997.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Vita.
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The architecture of the economy is in rapid transformation. ' As the innovation economy is the most influential segment of the economy because it creates a ripple of value throughout the broader economy, successful efforts to accelerate innovation will have the greatest overall effect. However, these innovation actors are no longer located in just one geographical location, and the money and resources that support their endeavors are spread across multiple cities, and are continually moving between them. Increasingly today, connectivity occurs both regionally (in innovation hubs and their satellite cities) and meta-regionally (between cities not geographically proximate), and few formal policy frameworks exist to support these expanded geographic networks. Lead institutional and corporate anchors in urban markets are not effectively engaged in this dispersed economic system, further constraining growth. Current Economic Development policies have been unable to catalyze and sustain a period of real sustained growth as they are outdated, restrained by a narrow political lens, subject to regional competition, or locked in a federal policy with little financial strength to do anything impactful. Missing is a layer of meaningful connective infrastructure, to help connect players beyond 'regional clusters,' via complementary linkages and along relational networks. As these economic currents shape human behavior across geographic boundaries, our relationship to place becomes even more important- policy and programmatic instruments now need to support hyper-local place initiatives as well as hyper-linked economic actors to best grow the economy. Additionally, with the lack of granular measures of innovation output to reflect the dynamically linked system, there is inefficiency and redundancy of economic development efforts by cities. The proposed strategies for accelerated innovation will recognize the connections between these specific places, their mutual dependency and complementarity, as well as the specific urban environments in order to boosts growth and economic sustainability.
by Anne Gatling Haynes.
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Lin, Li-Wen. "Youth Hostel: Interior Porches Connecting A Home Away From Home And The City Outside." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2792.
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In a centrally located area in the city of Richmond, the youth hostel that I propose provides young people and backpackers a suitable place to stay while enjoying their journey in the historical city of Richmond. The youth hostel offers inexpensive overnight lodging and other amenities they can use for themselves such as self-serve kitchens, laundtry rooms, etc. Something that is worth mentioning, the youth hostel's site is also close by the Richmond Visitor Center. It can offer travelers some travel information or souvenir venue. Furthermore, with the distinguished site, there is another characteristic. That is, the building was built in 1963 and it represents the International Building Style. The Jackson Ward community primariry consists of tra-ditional architecture style buildings, such as Italianate and Second Empire styles. The building for this project is the only modern structure. This makes it stand out and give the impression of an emotionless institution. Therefore, there is no doubt that the International Style building holds a place in this community. So, how can the community embrace this site? How do the characteristics of Jackson Ward integrate with my building? And how can the archi-tectural style of this building relate better and warm up to the residents? By transforming the residential design elements in Jackson Ward Area, my endeavor is not only to create a welcoming youth hostel inside the building but also to introduce Richmond's history and famous spots to travelers. While more people visit the youth hostel, more people will know about Jackson Ward, and the city of Richmond.
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Oliveira, Thays Aparecida de. "Connecting real, sustainable, smart and digital cities." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670374.
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This thesis addresses on research accomplished and published during the last five years on the state-of-the-art about the development on Smart and Digital Cities.
The world population has been increasing and conglomerating mainly in urban centers and, in order to provide better life quality to citizens, new strategies are being taken under the scope of innovation and technology.
Among its contributions, this thesis focuses on the connection between technologies and social science, one of its aims is to perceive the way citizens are being inserted into this rapidly transformed environment.
Based on operations research techniques, solutions that cover mobility, marketing, governance, privacy, education, citizen's right, among others, are highlighted in the collection of papers presented here.
Cutting-edge concepts of information and communication technologies, internet-of-things, blockchain, smart contracts, internet-of-value, optimization, are introduced, explored and extended, contributing for society to move towards sustainable, efficient and transparent use of technology.Esta tesis aborda la investigación realizada y publicada durante los últimos cinco años sobre el estado del arte sobre el desarollo de las cuidades inteligentes y digitales. La población mundial ha aumentado y se ha conglomerado principalmente en los centros urbanos y, para proporcionar una mejor calidad de vida a los cuidadanos, se están adoptando nuevas estrategias en el ámbito de la innovación y la tecnología. Entre sus contribuiciones, esta tesis se centra en lá conexión entre las tecnologías y las ciencias sociales, uno de sus objetivos es percibir la forma en que los ciudadanos se insertan en este entorno rápidamente transformado. Con base en las técnicas de investigación operativa, las soluciones que cubren movilidad, marketing, gobernanza, privacidad, educación, derechos de los ciudadados, entre otras, se destacan en la colección de documentos presentados aquí. Se introducen, exploran y amplían conceptos innovadores de tecnologías de información y comunicación, internet de las cosas, blockchain, contratos inteligentes, internet de valor, optimización, contribuyendo a la sociedad hacia un uso sostenible, eficiente y transparente de la tecnologia.
Aquesta tesi aborda les investigacions realitzades i publicades durant els darrers cinc anys sobre l'estat de la tecnologia en el desenvolupament de les ciutats intelligents i digitals. La població mundial ha anat augmentant i aglutinant-se principalment als centres urbans i per tal de proporcionar una millor qualitat de vida als ciutadans, s’estan adoptant noves estratègies en l’àmbit de la innovació i la tecnologia. Entre les seves contribucions, aquesta tesi es centra en la connexió entre les tecnologies i les ciències socials. Un dels seus objectius és percebre la manera com s’està inserint els ciutadans en aquest entorn ràpidament transformat. A partir de tècniques d’investigació d’operacions, destaquen solucions que cobreixen la mobilitat, el màrqueting, la governança, la privacitat, l’educació i el dret del ciutadà, entre d’altres, tal i com s'exposa en aquest treball. Es presenten, exploren i amplien conceptes d’avantguarda sobre tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació, internet de les coses, blockchain, contractes intelligents, internet de valor i optimització, contribuint a la societat cap a un ús sostenible, eficient i transparent de la tecnologia.
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Reis, Ramiro José dos. "Operação Condor e o sequestro dos uruguaios nas ruas de um porto não muito alegre." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/56074.
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Esta dissertação tem por objetivo analisar os fatores que determinaram a peculiaridade histórica do sequestro dos uruguaios, ocorrido em novembro de 1978, na cidade de Porto Alegre no marco da conexão repressiva entre Brasil e Uruguai sob cobertura da Operação Condor. Para tanto, está dividida em três capítulos. O primeiro capítulo analisa o contexto do Cone Sul latino-americano nas décadas de 1960 e 1970, quando da implantação das ditaduras civil-militares de Segurança Nacional, bem como o início da conexão repressiva a partir do golpe de Estado no Brasil. A oficialização da Operação Condor, em 1975, qualificaria e redimensionaria essa experiência de colaboração regional, realidade até então, país a país. Ainda nesse primeiro momento, identificamos e avaliamos as principais características do operativo bem como a atuação do Uruguai e do Brasil dentro desse marco. O segundo capítulo aborda especificamente o sequestro dos uruguaios em Porto Alegre, desde a sua planificação no Uruguai até a sua execução na capital gaúcha. Para tanto, analisa a tentativa de organizar uma relativa resistência uruguaia, no Rio Grande do Sul, no final dos anos 1970, seus vínculos com a oposição brasileira e, consequentemente, a atuação repressiva conjunta do DOPS/RS e da Compañia de Contrainformaciones Estas estruturas repressivas foram o rosto do TDE regional contra Lilián, Universindo, Camilo e Francesca. Ainda no capítulo 2, apontamos e dissecamos as denominadas farsas diversionistas criadas para confundir a opinião pública, manipular a informação e inviabilizar a investigação e a responsabilização dos agentes e autoridades envolvidos no sequestro. Finalmente, o terceiro capítulo analisa os desdobramentos do sequestro em Porto Alegre e destaca o protagonismo crucial da imprensa, da OAB-RS, da Assembleia Legislativa e do MJDH, gerando um clima inédito, até então, de ofensiva de setores democráticos junto à opinião pública e contra as políticas repressivas de silêncio ou tergiversação das ditaduras envolvidas. O capítulo abrange, finalmente, o momento da responsabilização do Estado brasileiro ante um crime de lesa-humanidade.This dissertation has for objective to analyze the factors that determined the historical peculiarity of the kidnapping of Uruguayans, in November 1978, in Porto Alegre city in mark of repressive connection between Brazil and Uruguay under coverage of Operation Condor. This analyze is divided into three chapters. The first chapter analyzes the context of the South Cone of Latin American in the 1960s and 1970s, when the deployment of civil-militaries dictatorships of National Security, as well as the beginning of the repressive connection from of the coup of State in Brazil. The formalization of Condor Operation, in 1975, qualify resize and up that experience for regional collaboration, reality until so, country by country. Even at this first time, identify and evaluate the main features of operating as well as performance Uruguay and Brazil within that framework. The second chapter specifically the kidnapping of Uruguayans in Porto Alegre, since its planning in Uruguay until its execution in the state capital. It analyzes the attempt to organize a relative Uruguayan resistance in Rio Grande do Sul, in the final 1970s, theirs links with the Brazilian opposition and, consequently, the repressive actions joint of the DOPS / RS and Compañia de Contrainformaciones. These repressive structures were the face of regional TDE against Lilián, Universindo, Camilo and Francesca. Also in Chapter 2, point out and dissect the so-called diversionary hoaxes created to confuse public opinion, to manipulate the information and to make impossible the investigation and accountability of officers and officials authority involved in the kidnapping. Finally, the third chapter analyzes the implications of the kidnapping in Porto Alegre and bring out the crucial highlight of the press, of the OAB-RS, of the Legislature and of theMJDH, generating an unprecedented climate, until then, of offensive of democratic sectors join to public opinion and against the repressive politics of silence or misrepresentation of dictatorships involved. The chapter covers, finally, the moment of accountability of the Brazilian State face a crime against humanity.
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Perrins, Robert John. "Great connections, the creation of a city, Dalian, 1905-1931 : China and Japan on the Liaodong Peninsula." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0020/NQ27316.pdf.
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Batchelor, Peter J. "The connective service : a research laboratory for the University City Science Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71385.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-44).
This thesis explores the idea of the conduct of science and how people come together in order to share knowledge in the working place. The building is a framework or setting for activities that support the ideas of scientific inquiry. The seven story building on a street corner in West Philadelphia is divided into horizontal zones or realms. The ground floor is dedicated to retail trade allowing for the continuous net of city activity to pass through the building. The main entry is narrow in order to avoid interrupting this continuous city net. The second and third floors are dedicated to bankers and brokers. the industry which is both private and public. The upper floors house the private research laboratories. Elevators carry scientists to these upper levels. In order to encourage gathering and exchange among scientists. a sky lighted stairwell links the three floors. In addition. on the north side is a meeting room from where scientists might gather to exchange ideas. The view from the meeting room is to the east. towards city hall and the central business district, symbolic of their relationship to the larger world beyond their own world of scientific inquiry.
by Peter J. Batchelor.
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Albertini, Vittoria. "THE WALKABLE CITY: ALONG THE EDGE OF STOCKHOLM. Developing the edge to reconnect a former industrial site to the city." Thesis, KTH, Stadsbyggnad, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-146821.
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Stockholm is an archipelago of islands connected by water that historically has been an important resource for the city and for the industries, which found an easy access for ships and therefore they settled on strategic positions along the edges. This thesis investigates the topics of water, industrial heritage and edges in the city of Stockholm: these aspects are strong in their individual identity but they also interact in a powerful and interesting way. This work intervenes where this pattern is still visible -due to the presence of water and industries- but not accessible because it lacks the third element of connection with the city. The aim is therefore to investigate strategies that increase and reconnect the potential of these aspects that got disconnected through time. To obtain accessibility and usability, the edge was transformed and redefined to enhance the experience of walking along it. An analysis was carried out and a proposal was designed for the site of Lövholmen, which has these characteristics -the water, a strong industrial heritage and proximity to the city- that are now disconnected. The opening of the edge and possibilities of walking will transform and reconnect the site - and the richness in it- with the city of Stockholm.
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Kennery, Ryan. "Connecting Residents in the Face of H1N1: Looking Into a Communicative Model by the City of Ottawa." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19889.
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During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, the City of Ottawa implemented a program to disseminate vaccination clinic information using the microblogging tool Twitter. The purpose of this thesis is to examine and evaluate whether this program constitutes a communicative model. The challenge for crisis communicators has been to convince a confused and skeptical public to be vaccinated against the virus. Drawing on Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Rousseau’s The Social Contract, the theoretical framework of this thesis feeds from Heidegger’s (1977) views on technology, new media, Web 2.0 technologies, Eid’s (2008) Crisis Decision-Making Model for Media Rational Responsibility, Rowan, Botan, Krepes, Samoilenko and Farnsworth’s (2008) CAUSE model, Crozier’s (1967) Theory of Bureaucratic Dysfunction and New Public Management. The thesis employs a case study approach and utilizes a qualitative research design to analyze the Twitter messages and internal City of Ottawa documents, and to conduct in-depth interviews with employees. Findings reveal and explain that the City of Ottawa’s program constitutes a flawed communicative model. A recommended communicative model is put forth in order to improve the areas of planning, human resources and message design. This model contributes to the emerging field of social media, and is intended to help health crisis decision-makers communicate their messages effectively.
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Human, Martie. "Encore - performing arts centre." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11212003-110815.
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CAMARGO, ROSANE FEIJAO DE TOLEDO. "THE CITY REFLECTED IN FASHION: CONNECTIONS BETWEEN URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN RIO DE JANEIRO." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2009. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=14523@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRONa primeira década do século XX o Rio de Janeiro passou por uma grande reforma urbana. Paris foi tomada como modelo no processo de modernização da cidade e os hábitos da burguesia francesa determinaram em grande parte a adoção de novos costumes por parte das elites estabelecidas na capital brasileira. Este estudo pretende analisar como as mudanças no espaço físico da cidade se relacionam com as transformações de vestuário e de comportamento de seus habitantes. Para isso foram estudadas as idéias de civilização e modernidade que permeavam artigos sobre moda, colunas sociais e anúncios publicitários. Tais idéias contribuíram de forma decisiva para as novas configurações do urbanismo, da arquitetura e da aparência pessoal que passaram a definir as principais características cariocas.
In the first decade of the twentieth century Rio de Janeiro went through an important urban reform. Paris was taken as a model in the city’s modernization process. The habits of the European bourgeoisie had determined the new costumes adopted by the elites settled in the Brazilian capital. This study intends to analyze the relationship between changes in the physical space of the city and transformations in dress codes and behaviors. For this purpose, concepts of civilization and modernity found in articles about fashion, in social columns and in publicity have been studied. Such concepts had a decisive role in the configurations of urbanism, architecture and personal appearance that came to define some of the most salient carioca’s features.
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Rustiadi, Sonny. "Connecting the unconnected : unlocking the potential for the development of creative industries in the city of Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2015. http://research.gold.ac.uk/12307/.
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Bandung is the capital of the West Java province in Indonesia; the country's third largest city and second largest metropolitan area. I live and work in Bandung and see a great potential for the creative industries. The creative industries is already developing, but organically and can only manage to grow to a certain level. Further progress enabled by developing a better strategy needs to be put forward. The strategy also aimed to influence regional and national approach in developing the creative industries. This thesis is organized around three primary objectives which are (1) The history and current condition of the creative industries; (2) Issues in optimizing the development of the creative industries; and (3) Possible framework for development strategies. The research is informed by an analysis of empirical and conceptual studies from a whole set of subjects including the concept of creativity, creative industries, creative economies, the concept of creative cities and the relations of cultural industries to cultural policy. The research is based on a study of key players using surveys, case studies and in-depth interviews to obtain information and capture the knowledge, understanding, and experiences from the respondents regarding the creative industries in the city. The method is mainly influenced by subjective theories approach from Norbert Groeben (1990) to study and investigate everyday knowledge. The thesis concludes by revisiting the empirical findings from an analytical standpoint grounded on the reasoning and on the evidence presented. Concluding observation indicates that there are four key areas of strategies which are (1) Trust building; (2) Governance and engagement; (3) Physical evidence; and (4) The soft infrastructure. It is believed that not a single policy measure will be able to fully optimise the development of creative industries. Rather, a creative industries development strategy contains a collection of different elements.
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Antunes, Ana Filipa de Almeida. "Entre a cidade e o rio." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13474.
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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura, com a especialização em Urbanismo, apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre.Este Projecto Final de Mestrado pretende melhorar a relação entre a cidade e o rio no território da Ajuda e Belém e, ainda, desenvolver estratégias para a reabilitação, requalificação e valorização dos eixos transversais que estabelecem a ligação entre a frente ribeirinha de Belém e o Alto da Ajuda. A área de intervenção, compreendida entre o Alto da Ajuda e a frente de rio de Belém, é caracterizada pela prevalência de grandes equipamentos culturais, como o Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, junto à frente ribeirinha e pelo Pólo Universitário no Alto da Ajuda, deixando entre este dois pólos um vazio em termos de actividades. O presente trabalho pretende definir uma estratégia de intervenção para o território que estabeleça ligações entre os pólos de atratividade existentes, com a criação de novas actividades e requalificação do espaço público, de maneira a unificar o território e promover a aproximação entre a cidade e o rio. A solução encontrada para este território pretende colmatar os espaços vazios e expectantes, com a criação de mais espaços públicos de qualidade e com a introdução de novas actividades económicas, sociais e culturais capazes de atrair diversos tipos de utilizadores e promover a mobilidade entre os pólos de atratividade criados.
ABSTRACT: This Final Project Master aims to improve the relationship between the city and the river within the territory of Ajuda and Belém, and also, develop strategies for the rehabilitation, requalification and improvement of the transversal streets that establish the link between the waterfront of Belém and Alto da Ajuda. The intervention area, between Alto da Ajuda and the waterfront of Belém, is characterized by the prevalence of major cultural facilities, such as Mosteriro dos Jerónimos, along the riverfront and the University Campus in Alto da Ajuda, leaving between these two hubs a void in terms of activities. This paper aims to define an intervention strategy for the territory that establishes links between the existing attractive hubs, with the creation of new activities and requalification of public spaces, in order to unify the territory and promote closer ties between the city and the river. The solution found for this territory aims to fill the void spaces and expecting spaces, with the creation of quality public spaces and the introduction of new economic, social and cultural activities capable of attracting different types of users and promote mobility between the poles of attractiveness created.
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de, Beer Christine Caryl. "Creating Connections in the City: From road to street; and buffer zone to landscape: Residual highway space as a tool in stitching segregated neighbourhoods into the urban fabric." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18175.
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Includes bibliographical referencesThe fractured form of the post-apartheid South African city, created by city planning laws based on racial segregation, sustains inequality. Under apartheid, neighbourhoods were designed to exist in isolation. This isolation was created and reinforced by infrastructure and large areas of open space. This project recognises that residual space created by the highway could be an opportunity to stitch together the urban fabric. The project aims to address these spaces by using program to create connections. It finds its program in a sports centre on the border between Bonteheuwel and Langa. By understanding how our cities came to be fragmented globally, and its impact in South Africa, this project unpacks case studies that have created connections, extracting strategies that are useful and can be adapted in the South African context. It reviews literature that highlights new thinking about the city and the shift in the planning agenda from separation to integration. The project aims to address the separation between the two neighbourhoods of Bonteheuwel and Langa. It does this by transforming a road that divides, into a connective street; and by inhabiting the buffer zone with program in order to create an active landscape. The strategic choice of site is at an intersection of a new connection made into Langa, and presents the opportunity to address both these conditions of road and buffer zone. By creating an active street edge, the urban fabric becomes continuous between Bonteheuwel and Langa. The precinct has been designed so that the landscape offers the potential of connection by being programmed with urban agriculture, sports facilities and recreational space. These two predominant ideas prompted the conceptual understanding that the building becomes the transition between urban edge and landscape. A ramp is used as a mediating device to negotiate level changes both from inside to outside, as well as navigating the internal topography of the building. By recognising the opportunity of these residual spaces alongside the highway, these sites can be used to stitch together the isolated neighbourhoods in our city.
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Grilo, Maria Joana Pontes Vidigal Faria. "Prática de ensino supervisionada em educação pré-escolar e ensino do 1.º ciclo do ensino básico: desenvolver um olhar matemático com a arquitetura da cidade." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29172.
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O presente relatório traduz a investigação realizada no âmbito das unidades
curriculares de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada em Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino
Básico e em Educação Pré-Escolar.
A investigação teve como objetivo compreender o desenvolvimento das crianças
que exploram conexões matemáticas com a arquitetura da cidade de Évora,
nomeadamente no despertar do seu olhar matemático e na aprendizagem de conceitos
geométricos, bem como retirar aprendizagens para a regulação da minha prática docente.
No âmbito desta investigação-ação realizada nos dois contextos da PES, as
produções das crianças resultantes das tarefas propostas com intencionalidade revelaram se muito importantes.
Esta investigação revela o potencial das conexões matemáticas com o património
arquitetónico, permitindo às crianças desenvolver um “olhar matemático”, manifestado
tanto com a identificação da presença da matemática em edifícios, como com a perceção
da sua utilidade como suporte às construções. Mostra também a aquisição de
conhecimentos geométricos diversos, com sentido, e o desenvolvimento de atitudes
favoráveis; Supervising Teaching Practice in Pre and Primary
School Teaching: To develop a mathematics view upon
the town architecture
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This report is part of the curricular unit of the Supervised Teaching Practice in
Primary and Preschool Teaching.
The main purpose of this research is to understand children’s development who
explore mathematics connections with the architecture of the city of Évora, namely
focused on the awakening of their mathematical look and on the development of some
geometric concepts, in order to develop some knowledge to my teaching practice.
Within this action-research performed on the two concepts of the Supervised
Teaching Practice, the children’s productions resulting from intentional proposed tasks
revealed to be very important.
This investigation reveals the mathematics connections potential with the
architectural heritage, allowing children to develop a “mathematical look”, showed not
only on the identification of maths in some buildings, as well as some building support.
It also reveals the acquisition of several meaningful geometrical knowledge and the
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Tansukanun, Pranom. "The connections beyond sacred architecture : an analysis through spatial structures and daily rhythms of the temple grounds in a regional city and a small town in the north of Thailand." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407069.
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Kassberg, Anna. "(RE)DEFINE GROWTH : How to Connect Ön and the City while Preserving, Emphasising and Intensifying the Green, Rural and Recreational Qualities." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-141644.
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Ön is an island in central Ume River. Today Ön is a rural, green place with key habitats and historical values. In 2008 the municipality took the decision to exploit it by building city there. The decision was preceded by the emerging growth target, for Umeå, to become 200,000 inhabitants in 2050. The research material for this paper consists of legal documents, reports, literature, interviews, and own observations. It can be divided into three main parts. The first part, which is the ‘growth discourse’, is investigated through documents concerning political strategies and influences from within the field in relation to Umeå as a city. The second part consists of research around the ‘image’ of Norrland and the third part focus on questions involving well-being through nature and the concept of Ecosystem Services, in relation to Ön. In this paper, I advocate for an alternative plan concerning Ön and its unique set of qualities: the rural, historical, and nature dominated atmosphere adjacent to the city of Umeå. I argue that the value of this land is greater in its natural vesture, than it would be with added asphalt and concrete. The values of concern are non-monetary, but might as well become monetary in the more long-term scenario. There is mounting evidence of benefits derived from nature, when it comes to human well-being, and further that ecosystems provide services of major importance to us. Ecosystem Services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. Ön possesses many of these services today. It holds potential for further cultivation and capacity to become amplified as a recreation area in central Umeå. The objective of this master thesis is to define and validate the qualities of Ön; and further, to develop a programme of possible interventions, in order to preserve and intensify the present atmosphere. This is conducted by identifying Ecosystem Services in the current context; and ways to enhance them, in order to propose an alternative plan for Ön.
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LaRoche, Lealan Dorothy Marie. "Rethinking downtown highways." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37180.
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Freeways have had a strong influence not only on the urban transportation but also on downtown areas both physically and socially. Certainly, they have extended the commuting limits of the city and made lower land costs more accessible. However, many of the mid-century freeways, once championed by planners as tools for urban renewal, have created swaths of blight through city neighborhoods. Their negative impacts on the larger urban framework requires new ideas for healthier alternatives to aid in preserving and building sustainable cities.
Removal of any downtown highway requires careful thought— even more consideration than when it was built. Quick solutions are what resulted in the problems that downtown highways of the Interstate-Era have today. If it is the simple interactions between people and place are that make up the positive aspects an urban environment, then what are the possibilities and strategies for removing urban highway, which are one of the primary impediments separating people in place in contemporary cities? This question is the focus of this thesis.
At its core, the removal of freeways represents a trade-off between mobility objectives and economic development objectives. Evidence from other cities’ decisions to redesign or remove their downtown highways suggests multiple benefits. Making design changes, such as to replace a downtown highway with a well-designed surface boulevard, can stimulate economic activities without necessarily causing traffic chaos.
Solutions come in different shapes and sizes. The selected case studies in this thesis reflect a diversity of approaches – suggesting no single strategy exists for addressing downtown highway issues. This reflects the fact that multiple alternatives must be considered in every situation because each approach varies in costs and opportunities. A typology of highway alternations derived from the case studies includes seven different techniques: burying, demolishing, taming, capping or bridging, elevating, retaining, and relocating. The final chapter applies the conclusions from the case studies to the Downtown Connector– Interstate 75/85– in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Urban design and transportation planning has an emerging new set of values. Transportation planning is seeking to promote alternate modes of transportation to the private vehicle, like transit, by foot, or by bicycle. We now understand that connectivity is not served only by highways but also by urban street networks that invite modes other than just automobiles. An important role for urban design will be to shape the way these interactions are made to benefit the citizens, its urban spaces, and the economy.