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劉可為 and Ho-wai Lucas Lau. "Examination of open space design in public housing estates of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980223.
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Leith, Sharon. "Assigning value to open space." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envl533.pdf.
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Tejavanija, Kampanart. "Location-based information system for open spaces." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1082.
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Problem solving for location is one of the most critical cognitive skills that can be utilized in deriving a naive location and/or finding a primed location in large open spaces of the built environment. Wayfinding or locating objects in large open spaces is not often easy for individuals due their limitations in building effective mental models of the open space or their lack of a correct procedure for determining the grid coordinates of an object within that space.
With the success of the global positioning system (GPS) in providing location information, it is expected that this technology could be utilized to control and improve building construction and facility management productivity within building interior spaces as well. However, GPS cannot perform robustly inside buildings due to the exterior walls or roofs, which weaken the signal. The Cricket indoor location support technology has been developed to respond to this limitation. Cricket uses a combination of radio frequency (RF), ultrasonic sound signals, and the triangular rule to calculate a user's current location.
This research investigated performances within the context of a work order system between a human-based system and a computer-based system. Thirty subjects participated in this study. The subjects were asked to derive, find and verify a target box's location. Locating time-on-task, accuracy, and attitudes were measured. The overwhelming results demonstrated the speed and accuracy of the computer-based system over the human-based system. In addition to longer procedural processing times, subject errors included: 1) an incorrect estimation of distance, 2) an inability to correctly locate and/or project the X-axis and Y-axis grid lines, and 3) an incorrect treatment of the positive and negative characteristics of these coordinates. Even though half of the subjects liked the human-based system more, they significantly believe the computer-based system to be more accurate. All but one subject preferred that the computer-based system be used in his or her own future business. Finally, results indicate that the computer-based system does relieve humans of cognitive dependency, which may be further evidence that the computer-based system developed and tested in this study achieved its purpose.
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Rudström, Åsa. "Co-Construction of Hybrid Spaces." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (together with KTH), 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-748.
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<p>When computational systems become increasingly mobile and ubiquitous, digital information and the use of computational systems may increasingly be immersed into the physical and social world of objects, people and practices. However, the digital, physical and social materials that make up these hybrid spaces have different characteristics and are hard to understand for users. In addition, users are themselves part in constructing and re-constructing the hybrid spaces.</p><p>The main question addressed in this thesis is whether making aspects of the digitally mediated hybrid spaces observable and accessible provides support to users. The observability may provide support for the specific task at hand or help in building an understanding for what the system does and how, an understanding that is needed to explain system output and to cope with service breakdowns. The fundament of the approach is to empower users of computational systems to actively make sense of the system themselves.</p><p>Two prototype services are described, Socifer and MobiTip. Their common denominator was to make digitally mediated parts of the hybrid spaces observable to users. Without disqualifying other kinds of information, the work focussed on digitally mediated social trails of other users.</p><p>Building on experience from the prototype work and an investigation into in seamful design, observability and awareness, I have investigated the effects of making a computational system’s social context observable to users in a way that</p><p>- is separated from the service’s main functionality in the interface, allowing it to become peripheral and non-obtrusive;</p><p>- uses simple models and little interpretation;</p><p>- to some extent opens up the service to allow for user appropriation of both service content and functionality; and</p><p>- is informative rather than proactive in order to empower the user rather than acting on the user’s behalf.</p><p>By designing systems that fulfil these criteria I claim that the user will be supported in performing the task at hand, with or without the service, and that with service use, the user will become more and more aware of the possibilities and limitations of the underlying technology. In addition, the digitally mediated hybrid spaces where physical, social and digital contexts meet constitute application domains in themselves, domains that users may enjoy exploring.</p>
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Sidler, Elizabeth D. "Ideal Learning Spaces: the Student Perspective." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801917/.
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Classrooms, libraries, student unions, and university campuses shape students’ learning experiences. These physical learning spaces set the stage for college student engagement and academic performance. Most of the research about the role of physical spaces in learning lacks the student perspective. The goal of this study was to offer a student-centered vision of ideal learning spaces. Students are the learners for whom learning spaces are designed, and this thesis examines the way students of one summer class at Oklahoma Baptist University conceptualized and interacted with their learning spaces. Data collection included surveys of the students, a focus group with members of the class, participant observation in the classroom, and interviews with students and the professor. Students viewed physical spaces as the backdrop for human action and chose spaces that supported their learning styles and goals. Students described supportive spaces as warm, purposefully crafted spaces, and full of other people who were seriously pursuing the same goals. This thesis explores the ways students conceptualized and interacted with learning spaces as a network of support for their learning and provides recommendations for the design of learning spaces that facilitate this support.
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Lau, Ho-wai Lucas. "Examination of open space design in public housing estates of Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25799812.
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Sarin, Anika. "open / close: assimilating immersive spaces in visual communication." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4876.
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I am interested in two spaces obverse to each other: open and closed. An open space develops organically based on how people inhabit it. Interacting with an open space is a dynamic, sporadic, multisensory, immersive, and subjective experience. In such spaces, we are confronted with an alternative aesthetic, one that is in conflict with the seamlessness of a closed space. A closed space is anchored on definite variables like structure, use and boundaries. While interaction between people and space is important, the space is tightly controlled and interaction is designed. Through this thesis project, I present a method that metaphorically transforms the experience of a walk through a closed space into an open-ended and immersive experience.
When space develops as a response to our actions, it affords intimacy and a sense of belonging. It facilitates deeper expressiveness through engagement. By applying a method that uses fragmentation, recurrence and motion, I am metaphorically transforming an urban closed space to open. Through this transformation I am creating a fresh person-space dialogue that temporarily destabilizes perception and encourages physical sensation which allows for an intimate experience of the space. An immersive interaction with an open space transgresses the urban sterility of a closed space and is capable of creating a diversity of distinct experiences.
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Krueger, Timothy William. "An Alternative Planting Treatment for Turf Open Spaces in Conservation Subdivisions." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31925.
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As conservation subdivisions increase in popularity, large tracts of community open spaces are being created. The typical landscape treatment is usually reminiscent of the English Landscape School: acres of turf providing little wildlife habitat or environmental benefits. Many homeowners are sold on the idea of great expanses of turf similar to a golf course. The open spaces are generally left to the homeowners association to maintain. In some cases it is donated to local municipalities. Maintenance is often expensive and places a burden on local governments. This study will show that creating more sustainable open spaces can correct this problem. This can be accomplished through the use of an ecologically based planting design. The following thesis project focuses on an alternative landscape planting treatment for these large open spaces, a treatment that has a significant cost savings and offers a different experience.<br>Master of Landscape Architecture
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Lee, Jaseon. "Exploring underused public open spaces in the neighborhood: A network for sharing individual experiences." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1583998881193843.
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Peker, Ender. "Campus As An Integrated Learning Environment: Learning In Campus Open Spaces." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612496/index.pdf.
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Recent researches on campus learning environments present that there is a seeking for alternative learning spaces among students. Researches argue that more learning is taking place outside of class time than ever before. With an increased emphasis on collaboration and group projects, students are learning in small groups outside of the classrooms as they accomplish work related to their courses. Literature defines these experiences as &lsquo<br>informal learning&rsquo<br>. Therewithal, campus open spaces are one of the major areas where students prefer for their informal learning experiences.
This thesis aims to search the influence of campus open space design on students&rsquo<br>learning experiences. Additionally, it argues that there is a strong relation between the learning and the space where learning action occurs. In doing this, it both covers a theoretical framework and a case study. Within the theoretical part, it discusses various learning theories with respect to the prominent principles for each theory. It reveals learning space design indicators which affects learning both in indoor and outdoor learning environments. In the case study, with the analysis of different sample areas from METU campus, the study both investigates the learning experiences actualized on campus open spaces and the triggering design indicators which enhance these experiences.
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Razzaque, Mohammad Zakaria Ibne. "Critical analysis on success of place making in open space design a case study on emerging multiple and intensification land-use (MILU) development in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42931071.
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Peiris, T. D. H. "Public places in and around buildings and its impact on physical setting." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25799733.
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Chan, Pui-shan Theodora, and 陳佩姗. "Review on planning and design of public open space for aging population in Hong Kong : a case study in Wan Chai District." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206590.
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It has been observed that many older people after retirement would like to visit various green open spaces in the city to exercise, social and doing different leisure activities (Lam, et. al., 2004; Wong, 2009). However, although there are 40% of land area in Hong Kong are recognized as Country Parks and well managed by the government, with the rapid urban development with enormous high-rise buildings has turned Hong Kong in a “concrete forest”, only few decent open spaces can be found in the metropolitan area. With the continuous growing aging population, there is a need for us to review whether the important urban open spaces can meet the needs of changing population.
The goal of the dissertation aims at find out the existing problems in planning and design of public open space and find out the needs of the elderly, so that better public open space can be provided to suit the elderly’s expectation. The analysis is therefore divided into two parts by reviewing on the planning and management of public open space framework and the outcome of provision and distribution of open spaces, as well as finding out the use pattern and expectation from the elderly on public open space.
Based on the findings of this project, recommendations are provided for the planning and management authority to improve the existing public open spaces in order to suit the needs and expectations of the elderly. It includes a better cooperation between different departments to carry out a more comprehensive open space strategy and better design of open spaces on external linkages and internal landscape and facilities provision.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Urban Planning and Design<br>Master<br>Master of Science in Urban Planning
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Coorey, Shaleeni B. A. "Design of open spaces in high density zones case study of public housing estates in Hong Kong /." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B39848905.
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Aljabri, Hanan. "The planning and urban design of liveable public open spaces in Oman : case study of Muscat." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2761.
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Public open space has performed a considerable role in society since the first human settlements. Since the 1960s the understanding of liveable public open space has grown dramatically as exhibiting good quality and being well-used by the public. There is evidence of the social, economic and environmental benefits of public open spaces in any city. Planning and urban design practice are the mechanisms behind providing liveable public open space which entices and encourages the public to choose to spend more of their spare time in them. This thesis is concerned with liveability in contemporary public open spaces in Middle Eastern cities, where historically public open spaces were developed based on Islamic religion and Sharī‘ah, which provided norms for the production of the built environment and social engagement with this. As a focus for the exploration of contemporary public open space in Middle Eastern cities, this study examines the design of squares and plazas in particular. Squares and plazas were introduced by colonisation and reinforced by modernity, being later emphasised by globalisation. Nevertheless, squares and plazas in the Middle East have not been as successful as the traditional local open spaces, nor as the Western versions. This research has attempted to evaluate the liveability in public open spaces in Muscat through detailed case studies of two squares and two plazas in three ways, including evaluating: the physical quality, users’ perception and professional perception. In order to achieve this, a mixed methods strategy was designed based on the theoretical perspective of social constructionism. These methods included: desk-top study of documents; three built environment assessment tools, applied by professionals; behavioural mapping and observation; a survey of open space users; and semi-structured interviews with professional involved in the provision of public open space and community representatives in Oman. The empirical work showed that though public open spaces are viewed as beautification elements of the city structure, there are major weaknesses in meeting users’ requirements, engaging users and in considering local climate in those spaces. Although the planning and urban design system in Oman has been adopted from the West, it is not established adequately in different plan sequences and strategies to govern the provision process and control the quality of the spaces; in addition, there is lack of clarity and coordination in institutional responsibilities over the provision and management of public open space. It is concluded that providing more liveable public open space in Oman would require improvements to the planning and urban design systems, as well as learning from traditional practice in the production and management of open space in the Middle East.
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Miller, Eugene R. (Eugene Rodefield) 1974. "Applications of modular construction techniques for habitability spaces in naval ship design and production." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50481.
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Thesis (S.M. and S.M. [Ocean Systems Management and Ocean Engineering])--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1998.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>Traditional construction methods for habitability spaces in naval ships, particularly aircraft carriers, are manpower intensive and expensive. In response to decreasing defense spending, the Navy is considering methods to improve the affordability of aircraft carriers. Modular construction techniques for habitability spaces offer potential costs savings. Although cruise ship builders have utilized modular construction techniques for almost 30 years, these modules do not meet Navy survivability requirements. The Navy's Affordability Through Commonality (ATC) program is developing new joiner bulkhead systems and modular sanitary spaces to meet Navy performance requirements. However, very little is known about the cost benefits and area and weight penalties for using habitability modules in aircraft carriers. An arrangement design project was carried out on a new aircraft carrier design to quantify the cost, area, and weight benefits and penalties for using modular habitability spaces. With the assumptions made in this research, the results show that modular habitability spaces offer a 15 percent cost benefit, but suffer a 7-15 percent area penalty and 8-13 percent weight penalty. A plan for testing modular construction techniques on a new aircraft carrier is also presented. While modular construction techniques have many benefits in cruise ships, the benefits for aircraft carriers are more limited, and depend on the characteristics of the individual design.<br>by Eugene R. Miller III.<br>S.M.and S.M.[Ocean Systems Management and Ocean Engineering]
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Li, Wenjing Genie, and 李雯婧. "Symbiosis of culture and landscape open space design in "Thirteen hongs" area of Guangzhou." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4754398X.
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Brinkman, Karen L. "Design of a microcomputer-based open heart surgery patient monitor." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76031.
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A patient monitor device for use during open heart surgery has been designed and constructed. The device uses a VIC 20 microcomputer along with some additional circuitry to monitor 3 separate functions. The first patient variable monitored is the blood flow rate through the extracorporeal blood circuit during surgery. The device also continuously monitors and displays 6 separate temperatures. Finally, 3 individual timers are monitored and displayed with the device. Both the hardware and the software used in the design are fully described.<br>Master of Science
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Phillips, Martin. "I'm your common space, create me! : From the desire to participate to the construction of the city." Thesis, KTH, Stadsbyggnad, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-146863.
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Participatory planning and design is a subject that has been around for quite some time. It has been theorized by several authors and put in practice by many practitioners. After going through some of the literature and studying in detail some real-life participatory experiences, it’s still hard to tackle the subject because of its complexity. I could have tried to simplify it and look into one type of participation, but instead I tried to understand it in all its complexity and diversity, maybe leaving some unsolved questions. Throughout this semester I studied four different cases of participatory planning/design and I analyzed and compared them. These are located in Paris (France), Medellín (Colombia), Banjarmasin (Indonesia) and Gothenburg (Sweden). I looked at them through some of the concepts I found in the literature, like for example the idea of desire treated by Doina Petrescu in some of her texts. After extracting some conclusions from the case studies I got involved in a real-life participatory process carried out in the School of Architecture at KTH to include students, teachers and others in the design of a new location for the school. I took part in one of their meetings and I had three parallel workshops in English with the participation of some students. This helped me experience and understand better what participation really means and implies. I put myself in the role of a facilitator who initiates a process, and therefore carries it out. I learned about the importance of the invitation to participate and how important it is to be clear on the activities and questions posed to the participants.
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Ulmer, Bernard C. Jr. "Fabrication and calibration of an open architecture diamond turning machine." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/17120.
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Sarkar, Subhasis. "Recursive formulations of multibody systems in open loop configuration." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/12414.
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Han, Qin, and 韩钦. "Design to occupy: public space in the age of biopolitics." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50703365.
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How public’s social and political power can be sustained in public space? From Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park, physical public space reminded us of its multiple ambitions and capabilities for accommodating consequential political activities as well as everyday practice of life. Put plainly, place still matters.
‘Design to Occupy’ is a starting point for the revolutionary making of space as well as the making of public. The Occupy toolkit is made for the public to fully utilize the place of the public, the richness and complexity of the toolkit helps users to open a discussion of the interrelationship between individual and the commons, private property and public commodity, the implementation of biopolitics and biopower. The idea of antagonism is used here as a type of programmatic generator, it is when two different positions or views collide between different groups of people. Rather than try to erase this moment, we, as landscape architects, should nurture it and make tools for its production. The three scenarios: the totalitarian, the utilitarian and the utopian, are the demonstrations for three representations of space. They may coexist or standalone in one place at one time.
The intent of the design proposal is not trying to render an ideal democratic space, but to promote an independently operating public space that question public’s evolving dialogue with power and governance, especially in Hong Kong. The further intent of the proposal is to test a theory proposed by Michel Foucault, aiming to engage urbanism apparatus with biopower and biopolitics. To offer an idea that the usage of public space cannot be predetermined, but defined by discursive practice of everyday life.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Architecture<br>Master<br>Master of Landscape Architecture
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Lau, Hiu Ming. "Investigating the small public urban open spaces at high-density cities: A case study of Hong Kong." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-227456.
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Many researches have shown that urban parks can enhance the quality of life, which is a key factor of building a sustainable city. Hong Kong, as one of the most densely populated financial city in the world, has severely low urban park density. Instead, a large number of small public urban open spaces (SPUOS) are scattered within the city fabrics. This paper therefore aims to study the design and functions of these SPUOS. It is also hoped that find out whether a network of connected small open spaces can compensate for a large urban park. After reviewing the history of urban parks in Hong Kong. It is believed that the multitude of SPUOS is the result of poor urban planning and imperfect urban renewal schemes during the early occupation by the British Government. These SPUOS are usually around 1000 to 1500 m2 large in size and can be abundantly found along adjacent streets. For the design of the SPUOS, benches are usually the only facility installed and the vegetation is of poor quality. The connectivity of SPUOS located within the study area in the Yau Tsim Mong District is investigated with the use of graph theory and connectivity indices. The result has shown that these SPUOS in the study area have a high degree of connectivity. They are further compared with a larger urban park located nearby. Based on the comparisons and other prior researches, a conclusion has been drawn that size of a park is not the major concern of park users but rather its facilities and design. It is believed that a network of connected SPUOS might serve the local community better due to their locations. However, they should not be able to entirely replace large urban parks since they have fewer amenities provided. The SPUOS are found to have rather different functions to the society than what urban parks are commonly expected. Their environment and economic functions are constrained mainly by the poor design and the locations. An interview with the representative of a non-government organization has been made to further understand their social functions. The interviewee believes that SPUOS now mainly act as social hubs and living rooms for senior citizens. This statement is then verified by the result of a prior survey and some other researches. This is due to the combination of aging population structure, exploding population growth, and expanding poverty gap. Lastly, a comparative study has been made on the small public urban green spaces (SPUGS) in Copenhagen. The SPUGS can attract visitors of different age group from other far neighborhoods. Despite than fact that there is cultural difference and citizens from these two cities have different lifestyles, a better design of the pocket park might be the reason of why it becomes an attractive natural meeting point in the central Copenhagen for all age-groups visitors. Based on all the investigations and findings, suggestions have been made to improve the quality of SPUOS in Hong Kong.
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Berrub, Myra Joyce. "The design, construction, and testing of an open-ended roof channel to reduce attic temperature." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0008/MQ32901.pdf.
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Chinnasote, Yupiradee. "The Rom Klao Housing Community: A Planning and Design Study of Small Open Spaces Within a Public Housing Project." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555396.
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McKinney, Bradley W. "An architecture of total loss : building learning communities, growing learning spaces." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1286420.
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This document voices the story of siting and constructing a hidden, "squatted studio" space within a bridge superstructure over the White River in downtown Anderson, Indiana. It includes interpretations of this "build-design-build" project; a field study (CapAsia) in Sri Lanka with faculty and students from the University of Moratuwa; and the author's work alongside undergraduate design students and faculty colleagues at Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana. The project documents and extends occasions of experience that inform a pedagogy of total loss teaching. The `squatted studio' is presented as architectural form and practice congruent with a total loss approach to learning understood by these statements: there is nothing to gain by total loss teaching as there is no profit in it-waste nothing, and make useful everything at hand. The subversive transformation of materials and space by communities of learners illuminates the affects of total loss teaching.<br>Department of Architecture
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潘亮 and Liang Pan. "Urban street as public space: alternative design of large residential areas to encompass new urban streets casestudies related to Shenzhen, PRC." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980478.
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Waller, Megan. "Open spaces in informal settlements in Bangkok, Thailand and the potential role for landscape architects in their design and evolution." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/17689/.
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In response to the prevalence and predicted increase in slums in the global south UN Habitat are presently advocating a phased street and public space led upgrading approach. Such an approach indicates that the discipline of landscape architecture, based on its skills, knowledge and expertise, has the potential to contribute to these marginalised contexts through the planning and design of public spaces. At present however, a coherent body of literature regarding the physical space of urban informality is lacking, meaning that landscape architects lack comprehensive understanding of the variations, which occur in this urban phenomena and therefore ineffective intervention tools. The research aims then are firstly, to develop the limited literature that exists on the relationship between people and the physical space of informality; challenging debates surrounding the development, presence, form, role, use and the associated identity, meaning and significance of open spaces. Secondly, to establish if there is a role for landscape architects to contribute to these marginalised contexts and, if so, whether and how they might contribute to the planning, design and management of open spaces. Central to the approach was ethnographic fieldwork in three informal settlements and two upgraded communities in Bangkok, Thailand. The settlements and identified public spaces were analysed using social science methods and those traditional to landscape architecture. The findings suggest that for successful intervention a landscape architects notion of what constitutes a ‘public’ ‘space’, along with notions and expectations of permanence and use may first have to be reconceived and understanding of the processes instigating place identity developed. Having questioned the relevance of applying dominant paradigms of landscape architectural theory and practice that have evolved the global north to the global south slum context, this thesis additionally proposes that the discipline may also require new ways of investigating, analysing and applying that knowledge.
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Elmore, Andrew Curtis 1964. "A finite element investigation of flow through an earth dam with open cracks using thin element technique." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276897.
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The residual flow procedure (RFP) is used to conjunction with finite element method for solution of steady state free surface seepage in dams containing open cracks. The cracks are simulated using the thin-layer element concept. A comprehensive parametric study is performed to analyze the applicability of the numerical procedure with the thin layer element. Here, vertically trending as well as horizontally trending open cracks are considered with variable lengths, widths, and conductivities. It is found that the numerical results involve oscillatory, unstable, and physically unreasonable behavior beyond critical values of the geometry and conductivities. Here, the vertically trending configurations are found to be relatively more sensitive than the horizontally trending configurations. Although additional research will be needed to analyze other factors such as different crack geometries, transient flow, and different ratios of crack conductivities to surrounding soil conductivities, the results presented here suggest that the procedure can be applied for seepage analysis in dams containing open cracks.
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Oge, Ibrahim Ferid. "Slope Stability Analysis And Design In Elbistan-collolar Open Cast Mine." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609939/index.pdf.
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Slope stability is an important aspect of geotechnical engineering. Input
parameters for the analysis are the governing factors and they must be determined
accurately and precisely. Field investigations, laboratory testing and back analyses
are vital instruments for the input parameters.
This study presents the results of slope stability analysis for the soil slopes at
Elbistan-Ç<br>ö<br>llolar lignite mine. After executing the drilling programme, samples
taken from the drilling work, delivered to soil mechanics laboratory for testing.
The basic input parameters, namely cohesion and friction angle determined at soil
mechanics laboratory were compared to the parameters obtained from back
analysis of a large scale slope failure. Input parameters for the analysis are
determined by this way.
After determining the input parameters, slope stability analyses were carried out
both for the permanent and temporary slopes in AfSin-Elbistan lignite basin,
Ç<br>ö<br>llolar sector. The effect of ground water on the stability of slopes was
investigated in detail and maximum safe slope angles were determined for
different water levels. For limit equilibrium analysis, Rocscience SLIDE software, for finite difference analysis in 3-D, Itasca FLAC3D was used. In the limit
equilibrium analyses both circular and composite failures were considered. Shear
strength reduction method is used for the finite difference method. The results
between limit equilibrium and 3-D finite difference methods were compared.
When the failure surfaces obtained from the finite difference analyses were
imposed to limit equilibrium analysis, computations are resulted in lower factor of
safety values for limit equilibrium analysis.
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Hennessey, Thomas V. (Thomas Vincent) III. "The design and construction of an open channel recirculating water tank for the study of biological hydrocarbons." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32890.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005.<br>This project chronicles the design and construction of a small scale recirculating water tank for the purpose of studying biological hydrodynamics. Currently available systems were analyzed and studied prior to developing a new, cost effective design that provides laminar flow through a two foot test section. Construction details provide the information for duplicating a low cost water tank for fluid flow and visualization.<br>by Thomas V. Hennessey, III.<br>S.B.
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Jeram, Geoffrey James Joseph. "Open Platform for Limit Protection with Carefree Maneuver Applications." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4933.
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This Open Platform for Limit Protection guides the open design of maneuver limit protection systems in general, and manned, rotorcraft, aerospace applications in particular. The platform uses three stages of limit protection modules: limit cue creation, limit cue arbitration, and control system interface. A common set of limit cue modules provides commands that can include constraints, alerts, transfer functions, and friction. An arbitration module selects the best limit protection cues and distributes them to the most appropriate control path interface. This platform adopts a holistic approach to limit protection whereby it considers all potential interface points, including the pilots visual, aural, and tactile displays; and automatic command restraint shaping for autonomous limit protection.
For each functional module, this thesis guides the control system designer through the design choices and information interfaces among the modules. Limit cue module design choices include type of prediction, prediction mechanism, method of critical control calculation, and type of limit cue. Special consideration is given to the nature of the limit, particularly the level of knowledge about it, and the ramifications for limit protection design, especially with respect to intelligent control methods such as fuzzy inference systems and neural networks.
The Open Platform for Limit Protection reduces the effort required for initial limit protection design by defining a practical structure that still allows considerable design freedom. The platform reduces lifecycle effort through its open engineering systems approach of decoupled, modular design and standardized information interfaces.
Using the Open Platform for Limit Protection, a carefree maneuver system is designed that addresses: main rotor blade stall as a steady-state limit; hub moment as a transient structural limit; and pilot induced oscillation as a controllability limit. The limit cue modules in this system make use of static neural networks, adaptive neural networks, and fuzzy inference systems to predict these limits. Visual (heads up display) and tactile (force-feedback) limit cues are employed. The carefree maneuver system is demonstrated in manned simulation using a General Helicopter (GENHEL) math model of the UH-60 Black Hawk, a projected, 53 degree field of view for the pilot, and a two-axis, active sidestick for cyclic control.
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Chan, Cheong-shing Bryan. "Housing for the elderly." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25951683.
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Wood, Mary Elisabeth. "Defining interior architecture : necessitating academic and professional collaboration and creating collaborative social spaces within the university setting." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1314218.
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This thesis defines the discipline of Interior Architecture from an academic perspective, from a professional perspective, and through a series of case studies on various building types. The primary building type, which is studied in this thesis, is the university setting, with specific emphasis placed on the "social spaces" within the university, where people interact and collaboratively engage one another and the environment around them. Interior architecture is explored through a study of numerous design elements and psychological phenomena, including proxemics, control of one's environment, response to technology, location of social spaces, permanence versus flexibility, provision of spatial variety, public versus private realms, and multisensory perceptions of three-dimensional space.<br>Department of Architecture
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Razzaque, Mohammad Zakaria Ibne. "Critical analysis on success of place making in open space design: a case study on emerging multiple andintensification land-use (MILU) development in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42931071.
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Fernandes, Ana Luisa Bela. "Arquitectura e desenvolvimento social.Intervenções de contingência.Desenvolvimento de proposta de habitação no âmbito do open source house design competition." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2898.
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Tese de Mestrado em Arquitectura de Interiores<br>O objectivo deste estudo é o de desenvolver uma proposta de projecto de arquitectura para uma habitação que satisfaça as condições básicas humanas no âmbito do Concurso OS House – Open Source House Design Competition, segundo um pensamento sustentável. Procura-se perceber e propor uma arquitectura que possa responder de forma eficaz perante uma situação de grande carência socioeconómica e equacionar como a arquitectura poderá tornar-se uma ferramenta ágil e capaz de ajudar a resolver os problemas básicos da condição humana no domínio da habitação, de forma sustentável e com economia de recursos. Pretende-se assim, estudar como a arquitectura pode melhorar a qualidade de vida das pessoas quando estas são confrontadas com situações de precariedade. Procura-se avaliar as condições do local destinado a esta proposta - o Gana, e equacionar soluções de intervenção que minimizem a crise habitacional vivida neste país. O presente relatório de projecto final no contexto da arquitectura e desenvolvimento social, inicia-se com a participação no Concurso OS House – Open Source House Design Competition e incide no Caso de Estudo do Gana, partindo da análise das condições de vida da população pertencente à classe média emergente deste país no objectivo de elaborar uma proposta de habitação. Com este estudo, pretendem-se lançar contributos para um debate quanto à problemática da habitação e do respectivo projecto de arquitectura num contexto em vias de desenvolvimento. Parafraseando Cameron Sinclair, acredito que “onde os recursos e competência técnica forem escassos, o projecto inovador e sustentável pode fazer diferença na vida das pessoas” e contornar o problema social da habitação sentido em alguns países do mundo, bem como a crise habitacional que se sente actualmente no Gana.<br>The purpose of this study is to develop an architectural project proposal for a dwelling that meets the basic human conditions within the Contest OS House - Open Source House Design Competition, according to a sustainable concept. We seek to understand and propose an architecture that may effectively respond to a situation of high socio-economic deprivation, and consider how architecture can become a flexible tool to help solving basic problems of human condition in the field of housing, in a sustainable and resource-saving manner. Thus, the aim is to study how architecture can improve people’s quality of life whenever they confront precarious situations. We aim to assess the conditions of the site for this proposal - Ghana, considering intervention solutions that can minimize house living crisis in this country. This final Master Degree project, presenting a proposal for housing in the context of architecture and social development, begins by participating in the Contest OS House - Open Source House Design Competition, focuses on the Case Study of Ghana and is based on an analysis of living conditions of the population that belongs to the emerging middle class of the country. With this study, I intend to launch a contribution to a debate about issues of housing and its architectural design in the contingency context and economic fragility. To paraphrase Cameron Sinclair, we believe that “where resources and expertise are scarce, the innovative and sustainable design may make the difference in peoples lives”, and help to minimize the social housing problem in some countries in the world, as well as the housing crisis that actually affects Ghana.
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Stewart, Mark Pierce. "The Tarrant County Atlas for Planning: A Geographic Information System for Open Space Design." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332537/.
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This project demonstrates the construction of a land planning geographic information system (GIS) for Tarrant County, and explores how the technology could be used to select sites for a county wide open space preservation plan. As Texas' Tarrant County continues to undergo rapid change due to growth and expansion, the need for proactive, resourceful community planning is greater than ever. One crucial issue facing the region is how to preserve open areas that serve the county's citizens' ecological, recreational, cultural and economic needs. In order to assess how much open space is needed and which sites should be considered for special attention, large amounts of varied spatial information must be analyzed. The answer to effectively dealing with such data sets is a geographic information system (GIS) that stores all pertinent data digitally and allows for its manipulation through use of a computer software package. This project demonstrates the construction of a land planning GIS for Tarrant County, and explores how the technology could be used to select sites for a county wide open space preservation plan.
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Hentschel, William R. (William Ryan). "Design and construction of a propeller open water testing apparatus and testing of a stereolithography 3D printed model propeller." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122139.
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Thesis: Nav. E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019<br>Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (page 85).<br>This thesis describes the design and construction of a propeller open water testing apparatus for educational and experimental use at MIT. This test apparatus was built as an inexpensive alternative to conducted in-house model scale marine propeller testing. A complimentary study was conducted to explore the process of manufacturing a model propeller using additive manufacturing. A propeller open water test apparatus, commonly referred to as a test boat, is used to measure the performance of marine propellers in uniform flow. The test boats performance was validated using a Wageningen B-series aluminum propeller as a benchmark. The test boat measured the open water performance of this benchmark within a small percentage of error. The practicality of using additive manufacturing to produce a model propeller was explored by manufacturing and testing a 3D printed replica of the benchmark propeller. The replica propeller was manufactured using a benchtop stereolithography 3D printer. The open water characteristics of the replica were measured and compared to the benchmark propeller. Results of this testing revealed some limitations of 3D printed model propellers, such as size constraints and imprecision of propeller blade geometry. This research has provided MIT students with an inexpensive method to conduct preliminary marine propeller testing and offers in-sight into the use of additively manufactured model propellers.<br>by William R. Hentschel.<br>Nav. E.<br>S.M.<br>Nav.E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering<br>S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Winning, Herbert Keith. "Application and development of advanced engineering geographical information systems for pipeline design." Thesis, Coventry University, 2015. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/4e581e2a-9d09-4b76-ace2-d76d22354719/1.
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This thesis proposes the use of an Advanced Engineering Geographical Information System (AEGIS) for the improved design of onshore pipelines, from concept to operation. The system is novel in that it is function rather than discipline or software specific. The thesis statement has been developed, and an aim and set of research objectives identified (along with the success criteria for the evaluation of the system), based on a review of current pipeline design methods. Drawing on a design science research methodology (DSRM), the thesis proposes the development of the system as an artefact in order to validate the proposed constructs, models, methods and implementations. The thesis discusses the underlying issues of data interoperability, the application of open data standards, and the integration of computer aided design (CAD) and geographical information systems (GIS). These challenges are addressed in the thesis and demonstrated through the implementation of the system. To support the development of the system, research was undertaken in the fields of pipeline engineering, environmental engineering and engineering design. As part of this research, a number of peer-reviewed journal papers were published, and conference papers presented in Kampala, Houston, London and Split. These papers covered the key fields contained in the thesis including, fluid mechanics, bio-systems engineering, environmental engineering, CAD/GIS integration (CGI), and the application and development of geospatial pipeline data models. The thesis concludes that the approach is valid, offering significant improvement across all fields compared to the current method of pipeline design. By taking a functional approach to the challenges of the design of pipelines, a system has been developed that addresses the requirements of the pipeline engineer, environmental engineer and engineering designer. The system enables the user to select the software of their choice, thereby reducing the problems associated with data interoperability, retraining and system integration. The sharing of data and outputs from analysis carried out within the system, provides an integrated approach, which can subsequently be used for the integrity management of the pipeline during the operational phase of the project. The scope for further development of this approach to pipeline design is also discussed. In addition to the inclusion of further engineering and environmental analysis, there is the potential for using the system for the design of subsea pipelines.
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Benda, Klara. "Designing the Sakai Open Academic Environment: A distributed cognition account of the design of a large scale software system." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/52233.
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Social accounts of technological change make the flexibility and openness of interpretations the starting point of an argument against technological determinism. They suggest that technological change unfolds in the semantic domain, but they focus on the social processes around the interpretations of new technologies, and do not address the conceptual processes of change in interpretations. The dissertation presents an empirically grounded case study of the design process of an open-source online software platform based on the framework of distributed cognition to argue that the cognitive perspective is needed for understanding innovation in software, because it allows us to describe the reflexive and expansive contribution of conceptual processes to new software and the significance of professional epistemic practices in framing the direction of innovation. The framework of distributed cognition brings the social and cognitive perspectives together on account of its understanding of conceptual processes as distributed over time, among people, and between humans and artifacts. The dissertation argues that an evolving open-source software landscape became translated into the open-ended local design space of a new software project in a process of infrastructural implosion, and the design space prompted participants to outline and pursue epistemic strategies of sense-making and learning about the contexts of use. The result was a process of conceptual modeling, which resulted in a conceptually novel user interface. Prototyping professional practices of user-centered design lent directionality to this conceptual process in terms of a focus on individual activities with the user interface. Social approaches to software design under the broad umbrella of human-centered computing have been seeking to inform the design on the basis of empirical contributions about a social context. The analysis has shown that empirical engagement with the contexts of use followed from conceptual modeling, and concern about real world contexts was aligned with the user-centered direction that design was taking. I also point out a social-technical gap in the design process in connection with the repeated performance challenges that the platform was facing, and describe the possibility of a social-technical imagination.
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Hermawan, F. "A strategic approach to enhancing sustainable practices in public building projects : a case study of Indonesian Local Authorities." Thesis, Coventry University, 2015. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/569ce432-8b55-43cd-86c0-dc1680a8bfec/1.
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In the last few decades, there has been well documented evidence that the performance of the public building projects in local authorities in Indonesia does not fully meet the expectation of the stakeholders involved and demonstrates sustainable practices. This mediocre performance impacts on the competitiveness of building industry, and therefore would require the development of a strategic approach to address these fundamental structural and cultural issues. The strategic approach, which facilitates sustainable practices, to a large extent, depends on the local priorities, goals and success criteria, which are dynamic and influenced by the expectations of various stakeholders involved in the procurement of public buildings. This research aims to develop a conceptual framework that will help local authorities to enhance sustainable practices of public building management. The empirical research work adopted case study strategy involving interviews with 24 public building practitioners and investigation of building defects on 34 projects. This research proposes LACU model, which represents a triangular relationship between contractors, local authorities and building end-users to illustrate the interactions between parties when undertaking their tasks throughout the project lifecycle. A framework of Sustainable-Dynamic Capabilities was developed and applied to enhance understanding of sustainability provisions in public building development. Based on this framework and stakeholders’ mapping illustrated by LACU model, this research has enhanced understanding on strategies of local authority to implement sustainable practices on public building projects. A template analysis through interview transcripts has been adopted to identify strategic approaches of local authority to deliver successful project by determining the roles of stakeholder at three different levels, provincial, regency or city and special authority. This research provides a novel empirically-based guidance for the local authorities to undertake sustainable public building procurement throughout project life cycle by adopting strategic approaches, such as employing innovative construction method, appropriate policy intervention by local leader, and changing business orientation.
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Du, Plessis Linet. "The ideological construction of new urbanism in Melrose Arch a critical analysis/." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08202008-141836.
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Tulik, Richard. "Design těžebního sklápěcího vozidla." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-254289.
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The main intent of the thesis is design of articulated mining dumper. The contet of own designed mining dumper respects technical, aesthetic and ergonomic requirements. The thesis brings a new perspective of design solution in category of currently the most powerful articulated mining dumpers.
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Benvenga, Bruna Maria de Medeiros. "Conjuntos habitacionais, espaços livres e paisagem: apresentando o processo de implantação, uso e avaliação de espaços livres urbanos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16135/tde-19012012-095256/.
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Os conjuntos habitacionais verticais populares, implantados na metrópole paulistana, a partir da década de 1960 até a atualidade, por órgãos públicos como a Cohab-SP - Companhia Metropolitana de Habitação de São Paulo e a CDHU - Companhia do Desenvolvimento Habitacional e Urbano e pelo Mercado Imobiliário, constituem em geral um espaço urbano diferenciado do restante da cidade. Idealizados com base nos princípios modernistas de padronização das edificações, repetição de tipos, abundância de espaços livres, setorização funcional e acessibilidade total, esses espaços se contrapõem de forma abrupta ao entorno de casas geminadas, densas com espaços livres reduzidos e fragmentados, e pela diversidade de usos existente nesses bairros. Apropriando-se equivocadamente do discurso da cidade modernista, apresentada pela Carta de Atenas no início do século XX, e do projeto concretizado em Brasília, tais conjuntos apresentam deficiências nos espaço propostos que são reincidentes na produção dos últimos 50 anos. A ideia inicial de constituição de um sistema de espaços livres contínuos, acessíveis e abundantes, nesses conjuntos, é enfraquecida pela inadequação dos projetos às características físicas das glebas utilizadas, às deficiências do projeto arquitetônico dos edifícios, à inexistência de projetos paisagísticos e à baixa legibilidade urbana desses espaços diante dos padrões vernaculares de ocupação que existem no imaginário popular. Observa-se que, com o passar das décadas e a mudança dos produtores desses conjuntos, apesar de algumas revisões que foram sendo feitas nos seus projetos, há a persistência de características espaciais implantadas nos primeiros conjuntos da Cohab-SP, na década de 1970, e o reforço de sua ruptura com o espaço urbano pré-existente. Observa-se ainda que tal padrão, antes exclusivo da produção pública, aparece de forma atenuada na produção do Mercado Imobiliário. A falta de critérios de qualidade espacial, que guiem essa produção, permeia esses conjuntos que, além de apresentarem deficiências na proposição de espaços urbanos que suportem o cotidiano de seus moradores, não possibilitam que tais projetos sejam integrados ao bairro onde se localizam. O trabalho proposto pretende, apoiando-se em estudos de caso da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, produzidos na última década, identificar as mudanças absorvidas no processo de implantação dos conjuntos de 1970 até 2010, sua forma urbana e sistema de espaços livres dela resultante, apresentando critérios de avaliação de qualidade dos espaços urbanos habitacionais e estabelecendo uma comparação entre a produção empreendida pelo Poder Público e a produção empreendida pelo Mercado Imobiliário.<br>The vertical projects for the lower income families implanted in São Paulo city since 1960 until the present day, by public departments such as COHAB SP- Companhia Metropolitana de Habitação de São Paulo and CDHU-Companhia do Desenvolvimento Habitacional Urbano and by the Real Estate Developers, are in general an urban space that stands up when looking at the rest of the city. Conceived from the modernist principles of standardizing builds, repetition of architectural types, abundance of open spaces, functional sectors and total accessibility; these spaces oppose themselves in an abrupt manner to the surroundings of dense geminate houses with reduced and fragmented open spaces and by the diversity of uses that exist in those neighborhoods. Wrongly using the speech of the modernist city, presented in the Athens Charter at the beginning of the XXth century and of the project that turned real in Brasilia, such urban projects present deficiencies space wise that are recurrent in the production of the last 50 years. The initial idea of constituting a system of continuous, accessible and abundant open spaces, in those urban projects is weakened by the inadequacy of the projects to the physical characteristics of the piece of land used, to the weaknesses of the architectural project of the buildings, to the non-existence of landscape projects, and to the low urban legibility of these spaces opposed to the vernacular standards of occupation existing in the minds of the population. One can notice that as decades go by and the changes of the producers of these urban projects, despite some revisions that were made to their projects, space characteristics that were implanted in the first urban projects by Cohab-SP in the 70s and the reinforcement of their separation from the pre-existing urban space still persist. It is also evident that such standard, that was exclusive to the public production before, now appears in an attenuated manner in the Real Estate Market. Lack of criteria for space quality to guide this production is all over these urban projects that besides showing deficiencies in presenting urban spaces that can support the daily lives of the people who live there, and also prevents those urban projects to integrate with the neighborhood where they stand. This paper intends to identify the changes that were absorbed in the process of implantation of the housing complexes projects from 1970 to 2010, their urban form and open spaces system that resulted from it, supported by case studies of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo from the last decade; presenting criteria for the evaluation of quality of the urban projects and establish a comparison between the production in the hands of the Public Authority and the production in the hands of the Real Estate Developers.
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Thakare, Aditya. "A Study of Microwave curing of Underfill using Open and Closed microwave ovens." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2246.
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As the demand for microprocessors is increasing with more and more consumers using integrated circuits in their daily life, the demand on the industry is increasing to ramp up production.
In order to speed up the manufacturing processes, new and novel approaches are trying to change certain aspects of it. Microwaves have been tried as an alternative to conventional ovens in the curing of the polymers used as underfills and encapsulants in integrated circuits packages. Microwaves however being electromagnetic waves have non uniform energy distribution in different settings, causing burning or incomplete cure of polymers.
In this study, we compare the two main types of microwaves proposed to perform the task of curing the polymers. To limit the study and obtain comparable results, both microwaves were limited to propagate in a single mode, TE10. The first is a closed microwave cavity using air as the propagation medium, and the second is an open microwave oven with a PTFE cavity that uses an evanescent field to provide energy.
The open air cavity was studied with different orientations of a substrate placed inside it so as to find the best case scenario in the curing process. This scenario was then compared with the best case scenario found for a sample cured in an evanescent field.
This comparison yielded results showing an advantage of the open microwave in maximum field present, thus leading to higher localized energy absorption and temperatures in the substrate, however this case also lead to a higher temperature gradient. The substrate cured in the closed microwave has a lower temperature gradient, but also a lower maximum field which leads to slower cure.
In the TE10 mode therefore, a closed microwave has an overall advantage as the heating process is only slightly slower than that of an open cavity, but the temperature gradient in this case is significantly lower.
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Shrestha, Subik Kumar. "A plaza design to promote sociability for Kansas State University’s North Quadrangle based on observational analysis of user behaviors." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20548.
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Master of Science<br>Department of Architecture<br>David Seamon<br>This thesis draws on observations of user behaviors in Kansas State University’s North Quadrangle to propose a plaza design for a site within the quadrangle adjacent to Cardwell Hall. As a practical method for conducting environment-behavior research, the thesis gathered observations of moving and resting behaviors to understand the North Quadrangle’s current usages. The observations of moving behaviors provided evidence for identifying potential spaces within the North Quadrangle where a plaza might be designed and built. In turn, observations of resting behaviors provided an understanding of sitting and standing behaviors in the North Quadrangle plaza.
In terms of research related to plaza behavior and design, the most significant work drawn upon was William Whyte’s The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (Whyte, 1980). According to Whyte, a plaza is sociable if large numbers of people are drawn to it informally in the course of their everyday activities and movements. In this regard, the design aim of the proposed plaza is to promote sociability within the North Quadrangle by attracting pedestrians traversing the North Quadrangle’s busiest pathways and thus drawing them into the plaza. More specifically, to promote plaza sociability, the design makes use of the three most important plaza-design factors identified by Whyte: (1) location; (2) street-plaza relationship; and (3) seating. In other words, first, the plaza should be located near large pools of potential users; second, the plaza should be designed as an extension of the most heavily trafficked pathways; and third, the plaza should incorporate sitting opportunities for users via seating that is physically and socially comfortable.
The behavioral observations and guidance provided by the literature review have been used to generate twelve design guidelines on which the proposed plaza design is based. The presentation of final plaza design incorporates explanations of these twelve guidelines followed by illustrated design schemes.
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Chen, Xiaomeng Amo, and 陈小萌. "Meditation field on Lamma Island: blurring landscape." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47541805.
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Though Hong Kong has considerable green spaces, the enclosed, nice urban
landscape is usually too symbolic for deep rest while the joyful natural park
lacks setting for people to have long stay and deep enjoyment.
I would like to take the opportunity of the thesis to research and discuss of a
place where the landscape could be blurred with human intervention providing
space for people to sustainable stay, enjoy nature and relax from the high
density, high speed, and high-pressured urban life. Meanwhile, the local setting
will be blurred in to the landscape as a feature that enhance the interaction
between human and nature as well.
It will be a space for people frequently and easier to be back to nature, a place
for people to calm, clear, and pure their minds and heart, and a location to build
a sustainable and harmonious relationship between people and nature. A
meditation field is defined as such a place in my design.
Blurring landscape is a new approach in this design where the blurring
landscape layer turns the original site constrains into opportunity and
sustainable human stay, and on the other hand, it enhances the interactive
landscape feature for deep relax and completion through five senses.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Architecture<br>Master<br>Master of Landscape Architecture
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Hulsmeyer, Alexander Fabbri. "A cidade através dos seus sistemas de espaços livres: estrutura, configuração e fragmentação - um estudo de caso em Umuarama - PR." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16135/tde-28072014-161251/.
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Este trabalho relaciona-se à forma urbana, mas não sob a ótica do urbanismo ou do planejamento urbano em stricto sensu: relaciona-se a uma maneira de ver a cidade através dos seus sistemas de espaços livres, onde a paisagem assume o papel de uma \"lente\" pela qual é lida a cidade contemporânea, indicando meios para sua configuração. Neste contexto, a Arquitetura Paisagística enquanto disciplina e atividade profissional constitui-se como o conjunto de teorias, conceitos e métodos que tornam esta \"lente\" operacional. O objetivo deste trabalho, portanto, é recuperar o sentido da adoção de fundamentos do projeto e planejamento paisagístico em qualquer tipo de desenvolvimento, crescimento e gestão de cidade, considerando que os espaços livres, dentre eles ruas, rios, áreas de preservação, praças, parques são os sistemas estruturais que moldam a paisagem urbana. Este trabalho aborda ainda os diferentes agentes que participam deste dinâmico processo de configuração da paisagem, e demonstra que a falta de planejamento e diretrizes de projeto tem como resultado a fragilização e a fragmentação da forma urbana. A legislação, um dos únicos instrumentos de fato operativos, em grande escala, assume o papel principal de mediador e ordenador dos diferentes interesses, e isoladamente não se mostra apropriada para tal fim. Neste sentido, a hipótese central que guia esta tese é a de que o resgate do conceito estrutural do Sistema de Espaços Livres - SEL na paisagem urbana é essencial para uma nova abordagem de planejamento e projeto de cidades. Como estudo de caso, foi escolhida a cidade planejada de Umuarama-PR, que entre o seu plano inicial e as novas áreas de expansão, possibilitou a análise comparativa de dois momentos distintos do processo de formação e de gestão do sistema de espaços livres e sua relação com a forma urbana.<br>This paper is related to urban morphology, but not upon the Urban Design view or the Urban Planning in stricto sensu; instead, it is related to a way of viewing the city through its open spaces systems, where the landscape turns into lens through which the contemporaneous city is read, pointing out ways for its configuration. In this context, the Landscape Architecture as a subject and professional activity is the set of theories, concepts e methods that make these \"lens\" being operational. So, this paper objective is to bring back the meaning of the adoption of fundaments of Landscape design and planning in any kind of development, growth and management of a city, by taking into consideration that the open spaces, such as streets, rivers, which shape the urban landscape. This paper also mentions the diferente agents which take part in this dynamic configuration of landscape process, and it shows that the lack of planning and guideline of a project results in a urban space fragility and fragmentation. The legislation, one of the only tools which is really operative in a large scale, takes the main role of mediator and organizer of different interests, and it does not show itself to be fit for this purpose. In this sense, the central hypothesis that guides this theory is that the bailout of the structural concept of the open system spaces in the urban landscape is essential for a new approach of planning and designning cities. The planned city of Umuarama - PR was chosen as a case preservation areas, squares, parks are the structural systems study, which between its original plan and the new areas of expansion, made possible the comparative analysis of two distinct moments of its open spaces system and its relation with the urban form.
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Li, Jing Qiang. "Designing constraints for capacity analysis of residential floor areas." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1292545.
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This thesis focuses on the development of design constraints for use in analyzing the capacity of the residential units' floor areas in Open Building projects. Two cases are used to demonstrate the use of these constraints: a vacant office building (Kales Building) being converted to residential occupancy; a new multi-story building the lower floors of which are hotel rooms and the upper floors are residential condominium units.The thesis suggests that these constraints and the capacity analysis of residential floor areas associated with them can assist design teams, at the beginning of similar projects; provide important "added value" to clients, and contribute to the long term "sustainability" or adaptability of buildings.The first part of the thesis addresses the question of how to design a residential base building which can accommodate an optimal number and variety of fit-out unit layouts. The answer to the question links to the need for design constraints and points to their use in capacity analysis.The second part of the thesis focuses on the deduction of "constraint-designing" for Open Building residential layout. Plumbing systems, which are one of the most significant barriers to the application of Open Building, are specifically and more deeply studied in this part. A series of constraints are developed, which can generally assist in designing and analyzing floor plate capacity. . It is akin to learning to know the rules before starting a game.The third part of the thesis focuses on the demonstration of the uses of constraints in the design process of the conversion of an abandoned office building to residential uses.The last part of the thesis demonstrates the use of constraints and capacity analysis in a new multi-story condo project.In short, the paper is initially concerned with both the design concept and its application into detail levels in one of the many issues. It is a study of methods and technical rules of designing floor plan layouts when capacity analysis is the aim.<br>Department of Architecture
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Kwan, Hoi-ling, and 關凱齡. "Tattooing the city: "infiltration of arts platforms in urban dense space"." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47542767.
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There are huge demands of limited lands in Hong Kong. It is an increasing trend for Hong
Kong Government to develop open space for the use of recreation activities as they found out
that it is very important to the individual as well as the community. Other than recreation use,
those open spaces can also served to allow air ventilation, penetration of sunlight and also act
as a place for amenity and visual relief in Hong Kong. Although, these functions are very
important in the high rise building environment, high density city like Hong Kong, there are
many small public open spaces in urban area which are not in a good quality. They cannot
function well in responsive to the context of the area, enhancing the quality of the
neighborhoods and suited for the public need in the community which they turns out become
not as popular as they are expected. The pocket open space in urban area is relatively small,
surrounded by commercial buildings or residential buildings. They usually have a simple
setting with planters and street furniture. Different activities involvement by different users in
these small open spaces create a small community in the urban area and supposingly can
enhance the interaction within people in the area.
Considering that there are complaints from the Artists that there are not enough outdoor arts
space in Hong Kong and public arts is the trend of some of the cities in other countries to
enhancing the identity and culture of the urban areas, such as the King Williams ArtWalk in
Otario in Canada. However, It is not popular in the urban dense space in Hong Kong. It is
good to exploring a possible new way to sustain the unique culture by applying public arts
platform in the urban area. The site is located around the Aberdeen Street in Central. It is an
old district with new culture style but lack of solid identity and energy throughout the space.
Although there are different organic developments, the streetscape is without strong
characters. The following pilot project is aim to use art platform as a tools to revealing the
missing link in urban context and also adding a possible new function to the open space in
urban dense area as a “outdoor showroom” of arts in the city in order to vibrate the city and
raise the awareness of public arts to the publics.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Architecture<br>Master<br>Master of Landscape Architecture