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Nordström, Säfsten Lisa. "Rural as a Frontier : Architecture as a Tool to Strengthen Rural Areas in Rural Sweden." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-138807.
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The architect in Sweden has a weaker role than ever, participating in a dysfunctional building industry that is not capable of providing the high quality and progressive built environment that we need. There is a need for critical examination to find what could make the role more relevant today. This thesis is in search of that role and how it could contribute to society. To explore this I shall focus on rural Norrland, in particular how architecture can be used to strengthen these areas by implementing strategies that increase self-sufficiency and governance. This research is carried out through four live, collaborative case studies with two communities in rural locations. The first two being set on Holmön exploring permit-free buildings as a means to grow and challenge the municipality as well as a collective project creating benches. The third is exploring how a private project can develop and contribute to the local area through retaining local knowledge. The fourth and most extensive is the creation of a co-funded, community run apartment and community building in Klimpfjäll. Through the reflection on the progress of these projects a methodology of working is discussed to outline a way of working that could impact the building industry, expand the role of the architect and positively impact the rural areas to ultimately create a more socially and environmentally sustainable society.
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granberg, kim. "Making the rural : Strengthening the rural through the art of making." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160041.
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Ying, Li. "Renovation of vernacular architecture in rural China." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/406043.
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With the rapid progress of urbanization in China, a lot of villages face serious brain-drain. A serious problem of culture deterioration arises except in a few traditional villages. Most newly built rural homes are weak and unsafe due to a lack of professional support and building codes. Many large-scale rural reconstruction projects initiated by the government fail because of corruption and irresponsibility. The rural residents suffer from the lack of infrastructure and the quality of their homes.
Presently, there are a few grassroots, activists, architects, architectural critics, media and NGOs working for the renovation of Chinese vernacular architecture and rural settlement. Their works include architectural writing, installation artworks and projects in rural areas.
This paper is an attempt to propose sustainable approaches and alternative patterns to settle grounds for Chinese contemporary rural construction, regarding architecture, decorative arts, construction systems and user's organization for promotion, by investigating, analyzing and comparing theories and some represented samples of traditional villages, renovation projects and installation artworks from the standpoints of technology, sociology, politics, art, philosophy, history and sustainability.Con el rápido progreso de la urbanización en China, muchas aldeas se enfrentan a una seria fuga de cerebros. Existe un grave problema de deterioro de la cultura, excepto en algunas aldeas tradicionales. La mayoría de los hogares rurales de nueva construcción son frágiles e inseguros debido a la falta de apoyo profesional y códigos de construcción. Muchos proyectos de reconstrucción rural a gran escala iniciados por el gobierno fracasan debido a la corrupción y a la irresponsabilidad. Los residentes rurales sufren de la falta de infraestructuras y la baja calidad de sus hogares. En la actualidad, hay unas pocas personas de base, activistas, arquitectos, críticos arquitectónicos, medios de comunicación y ONGs que trabajan para la renovación de la arquitectura vernácula china y los asentamientos rurales. Sus obras incluyen teoría y crítica arquitectónica, instalaciones artísticas y proyectos en zonas rurales. Este trabajo es un intento de proponer enfoques sostenibles y modelos alternativos para sentar las bases de la construcción rural contemporánea china, con respecto a la arquitectura, las artes decorativas, los sistemas constructivos y la organización de los usuarios para la promoción. La investigación analiza y compara teorías y muestras representativas de aldeas tradicionales, Proyectos de renovación e instalaciones artísticas desde los puntos de vista de la tecnología, la sociología, la política, el arte, la filosofía, la historia y la sostenibilidad.
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Stoltzfus, Eugene. "A rural residence." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51897.
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Helinski, Katice L. "Redefining identity in the altered rural landscape." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34421.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102).
Within a place, there is a fluidity of demographic, a collision and interaction between identities that requires negotiation, both spatially and socially. This project aims to assemble a series of actions toward the design of a space to negotiate that realm of personal and social adaptation within the urban environment that comes with the relocation of self through immigration, or the disruption of a home by the presence of foreignness. The contemporary rural community must negotiate these conditions in a new way, as it is being affected by social changes that, unlike the urban context, it does not have the infrastructure to support. The architect enters the project as an active observer, her actions of interpretive investigation assembling a set of components of design gathered through strangers and locals that represent the identity of the site. These components will be used to design a public architecture that serves as the container of memory and generator of exchange, mediating between the physical landscape and the constructed landscape of the assembled personal identity of individuals. The project will serve as a vehicle to understand and assemble a rural public space that is inclusive of memory and provides agency for progress. As cultural groups are transferred through contexts, the constructed landscapes of identity and the physical landscapes are altered and derived by the juxtaposition of the two, forming a dynamic relationship that is simultaneously individual and multiple. This reciprocity is especially evident in the selected context of Arcadia, Florida where cultural identity is altered through a particular event, such as a drastic physical alteration (hurricane), instigating mutation in one or both landscapes, forcing a restructuring of the whole and an acknowledgment of not only absence of the lost, but also presence of the new identities.
by Katice L. Helinski.
M.Arch.
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Neokorides, Peter Alexander. "Thinking through making : the rural building workshop." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19080.
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This thesis is about the link between thinking and making, and how designing and physically building or prototyping what is designed (or parts there of) aids in the generation of ideas, and has a potential for architectural education. The ideas that have transpired through the course of the year from building models and doing research for my theory and technology papers has led me in the direction of developing components and techniques for construction made from easily sourced tools and materials - ones from local industry and the landscape - that give rise to a tectonic expression as well as allows for an adaptable type of architecture. The methodology informing the design has therefore developed from the bottom up through the use of these components, as well as from the top down by means of a structural concept. The first part of the paper looks at the theory of making which deals with aspects of making in current society that I find relevant to this thesis. Part two and three of this paper is comprised of reciprocal components. Part two deals with the theory of structure and how my findings have helped guide the process of making, and have led to an appropriate structural system for my concept of a 'growing' or adaptable building. The third part of this paper describes the models I have built this year to illustrate the concept of 'techne', or the process of creation that is guided by the thing made, in order to demonstrate the qualities that materials possess, as well as how the act of making can be a design generator. It also describes how the initial stage of building models has led to the exploration of structural systems and components, and how models relating to the programme and site have been able to start informing the form of a building. The fourth and final part of this paper looks at the programme, site, and materiality of the 'Rural Building Workshop'.
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Mans, Jacob w. "Recycling the Family Farm: exploring implement architecture." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276955639.
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Carlson, Dianna Marie. "Expectations of land value in rural and suburban regions." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33196.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 45).
Timberland has become a new and emerging asset class among investors. Institutional investors have committed large amounts of capital through the private equity market. Timber real estate investment trusts (REITs) have also allowed smaller individual investors to participate in the ownership in timberland. Given that land supply is fixed, the demand for land is expected to increase as baby boomers near retirement. Owners of timberland are faced with making strategic decisions as to whether timberland remains the highest and best use. Given these facts, this thesis examines over 300 predominately rural counties where timberland is harvested and attempts to create a model to identify where land has the highest value as an urban use, and secondly, where this urban land value is expected to experience the most appreciation. Using house prices as a proxy for land value, models for both house price and house price appreciation were developed. The results indicated that two variables were significant factors in forecasting appreciation: 1) the percentage of developed land within a county and 2) the percentage of seasonal units. As a result, urban counties with a lower percentage of seasonal units appreciated less, whereas rural counties with a higher percentage of seasonal units appreciated more. The results are significant in that it shows how there is an option growth effect for rural land beyond the urban edge which can potentially yield higher appreciation rates for speculative landowners.
by Dianna Marie Carlson.
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Sun, Qiuying. "Integrating dynamic rural clusters into multimodal town through endogenous development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106423.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2016.Subtitle on page 3 reads: Village investigation and design in Anhui Province Pages 221-222 are blank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Cities in China have a longstanding reputation of monotonous and hegemonic speculative urbanization. In the recent decade, real estate development transformed a large amount of arable land into urban periphery. This lead to the gross amount of farmland in China to reach near security levels for national reservation. Since then, the existing mode of land finance in cities can hardly maintain the speed of rapid economic development. In 2006, the central government of China reoriented investment by shifting the priority in infrastructure investment to the countryside. Many villages are rich in natural and historical resources, as well as sources of a large amount of potential labor supply and consumption demand. Therefore, the complementary development between rural and urban construction will trigger the next wave of national economic growth in China. The binary structures of rural and urban development have sustained since the establishment of hukou system in 1958. This mode of segmentation channeled rural wealth to cities. Recently, the land quota bidding system between cities and villages triggered the combination of fragmented villages into towns. However, similar to urban development, many new towns were established with monotonous and tedious settings by utilitarian developers using similar design methodologies with the mode of urban development. The existing movement of townization segregated the original modes of rural life. The thesis aims to establish a language tailored for rural design in China by constructing a multimodal town through endogenous development. Different from city planning, village planning considers dynamic movement processes, small scale property rights, and complex environmental contexts. Different layouts of farmstead, field and infrastructure are always a compromise on either the efficiency of production or efficiency of infrastructure. The fundamental questions are how to integrate the population, how to obtain the investment for construction, and how to eliminate the binary structure of architecture and landscape in a rural environment.
by Qiuying Sun.
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Akbar, Haji Ebrahim Zargar. "Reconstruction of war-damaged rural areas of Khuzestan, Iran." Thesis, University of York, 1989. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4266/.
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Benincasa, Vladimir. "Fazendas paulistas: arquitetura rural no ciclo cafeeiro." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18142/tde-14032008-151048/.
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Analisa a arquitetura rural do atual Estado de São Paulo durante o ciclo cafeeiro entre 1800 e a década de 1940, período marcado por grandes transformações na história brasileira. O enfoque é dado ao núcleo rural da fazenda cafeeira, investigando questões como: critérios para a escolha do sítio a ser implantado; o agenciamento e as inter-relações entre as edificações; a arquitetura e o uso dos diversos edifícios que o compõem; além de suas mudanças no tempo e no espaço. O estudo se vale de levantamentos inéditos (métrico e fotográfico), da leitura de estudos correlatos, entrevistas, coleta de dados em arquivos, bibliotecas entre outros, produzindo um amplo conjunto de informações a respeito de fazendas da região paulista.The present thesis examines Sao Paulo\'s rural architecture during the coffee export cycle, nearly from 1800 to 1940, a period marked by large changes in brazilian history. The focal point is the rural nucleus of the coffee plantation analyzed by a chain of research questions. Such as, criteria for the choice of the site to be deployed, the organization and hierarchical arrange of the buildings, its architectural shape and use manners, taking into account the gradual changes that took place within the chosen time span. The investigation makes use of inedited photographical data and in site metrics survey, in addition to the review of parallel studies, interviews, data collection on archives and libraries in a way to produce a wide range of information about farms within the current borders of Sao Paulo state.
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Qian, Jie M. Arch Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Old canal new water architecture : rethinking water heritage tourism in rural environment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103435.
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Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2016.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131).
In the context of growing cultural tourism, water heritage becomes a unique topic for its inherently multi-scale cultural, social and environmental aspects; and its potential to become a "living heritage" by incorporating local participation in a comprehensive development. This is nowhere clearer than in China, where rapid development in urban and rural area and large scale state sponsored water infrastructure project creates the tension between heritage conservation, local economy and environment protection. Currently, there're very few examples how architecture and landscape design can address this tension and potential. The thesis develops a twofold argument for an interdisciplinary water problem: From the hydro-social and geo-political perspective, the thesis continues to investigate the question raised by Karl August Wittfogel and his successors: how can a centralized state use water infrastructure as an apparatus for coordination and political control and how the folk develop their own social norm and cultural custom in adaption to the state project? From the architectural and cultural-geographic perspective, it embraces the indeterminacy and duality of water metaphorically and materially, following Charles Moore's trajectory. The thesis seeks to establish a mutual benefit relationship between the state and the folk by integrating cultural tourism in a water infrastructural development; And to develop a new water architecture which express the essence of temporality in materiality and stimulate the "living heritage" through community engagement.
by Jie Qian.
M. Arch.
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Heiman, John. "A study of historic rural America." Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32711.
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John W. Keller
Similar to their urban counterparts, rural communities consider preservation of a site based on their most vital economic features. With the growing minority and non-white cultures becoming more predominant in American society, so too has the culture and significance of historic events changed. More emphasis is now on the surrounding environment of those landmarks historically preserved rather than just the landmarks themselves. And in turn with the environment, more grants and awards are passed down to those sites and locations that provide more options to limiting excess space and energy while utilizing them to the fullest potential. Some conflicts still occur in relation to preserving historical integrity with development, but the total consensus is that historic preservation provides economic benefit more than loss.
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Baiche, Bousmaha. "Contemporary rural housing built with improved earth-based materials in Algeria." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334407.
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Piza, João Fernando Blasi de Toledo. "Nos sertões de Botucatu: arquitetura e território das sesmarias pioneiras às grandes instalações cafeeiras 1830-1930." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16133/tde-07032016-195405/.
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O presente estudo aborda a arquitetura produzida nos Sertões de Botucatu, território situado a oeste do rio Sorocaba e do Caminho do Sul ou de Viamão, entre os rios Tietê e Itararé, incluindo terras dos antigos municípios de Piracicaba, Pirapora do Curuçá (Tietê), Tatuí, Itapetininga, Botucatu e Faxina (Itapeva), procurando explorar as técnicas construtivas, os programas, os partidos e os equipamentos domésticos e produtivos. Para tanto, foram realizadas leituras de estudos correlatos, pesquisas em arquivos no interior e na capital paulista, levantamentos de campo, incluindo entrevistas, fotos e levantamentos métrico-arquitetônicos, trazendo à luz um amplo leque de informações sobre a arquitetura, o processo de ocupação do território, o cotidiano e a transformação do artesanato da região botucatuense no século XIX.This study deals with the architecture produced in the \"Sertões\"* of Botucatu, the territory situated west of Sorocaba River and of Viamão Way ( South Way ), between the Tietê and Itararé rivers, including lands of the ancient municipalities of Piracicaba, Pirapora do Curuçá (Tietê), Tatuí, Itapetininga, Botucatu and Faxina (Itapeva), seeking to explore the constructive techniques, programs, architecture conception and domestic and productive equipments. In order to do so, readings of correlative studies and arquival researches in the cities involved and in the state capital were made; also field data collection, including interviews, photos and metric-architectural surveys, bringing to light a wide range of information about the architecture, the process of territory occupation, the daily life and the transformation of the craftwork of the region of Botucatu in the nineteenth century. *Brazilian expression for \"backwoods\" or \"backland \"
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Caldas, João Vieira 1953. "A casa rural dos arredores de Lisboa no século XVIII." Master's thesis, Instituições portuguesas -- UNL-Universidade Nova de Lisboa -- FCSH-Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas -- -Departamento de História da Arte, 1987. http://dited.bn.pt:80/29785.
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Azambuja, Sónia Maria Loução Martins Talhé. "A Quinta da Boa Viagem na rota dos descobrimentos-relatório do trabalho de fim de curso de Arquitectura Paisagística." Instituições portuguesas -- UTL-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa -- -Instituto Superior de Agronomia -- -Secção Autónoma de Arquitectura Paisagista, 1999. http://dited.bn.pt:80/30048.
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Rossman, Breanna Faye. "Entrepreneurial Tech-Ed. : using technology to fuel income generation education in rural Ghana/." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87149.
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Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-132).
This thesis investigates how decentralization of development occurs through merging small-scale technology hubs into the rural West African fabric by integrating with the secondary school system. This model redefines the structure of education in Ghana by establishing a programmatic fusion to create a relationship between education and entrepreneurialism. Encouraging a decentralized approach to regional development through a system of satellite tech hubs linked to secondary school campuses, the design formulates an architectural strategy that creates a platform for funding Ghanaian education. By re-envisioning the senior secondary school as a technology and innovation research campus, the thesis becomes a site for testing new programmatic relationships within an educational environment. This includes the combination of programs such as classrooms with testing labs, a technology center that accommodates vocational training for students and community members, and an income-generating agricultural production system, in order to create a self-sustaining, entrepreneurial education system and technology-centered secondary school. This 'tech-ed' design prototype will act as an advocate for reform through designing the liaison between the trending multi-billion dollar tech hubs and the destitute educational system of Sub-Saharan Africa.
by Breanna Faye Rossman.
M. Arch.
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Lee, Yok-shiu F. "Rural nonfarm activities in China : growth and effects of township enterprises, 1978-1987." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14764.
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Akhavan, Bahram. "L'habitat rural et son architecture traditionnelle et moderne dans quelques regions iraniennes." Caen, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987CAEN1021.
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Cette etude propose une analyse globale et detaillee (au niveau de l'architecture) de la facon dont les paysans iraniens ont traditionnellement construit leurs habitations dans leur environnement : essentiellement en fonction du cadre physique, mais aussi de leurs structures et de leurs activites. Apres une vue d'ensemble de l'iran et des grandes lignes et classifications de son habitat rural trois regions, retenues sur la base des conditions climatiques, sont etudiees l'une apres l'autre : - le guilan, representant les regions temperees et humides; - le yazd, representant les regions desertiques, chaudes et seches; - l'azerbaidjan oriental, representant les regions froides et montagneuses. L'accent est egalement mis sur les difficultes rencontrees en cours de recherche. Une comparaison schematique de l'architecture rurale dans les trois regions est ensuite etablie. Enfin, a partir des constatations qui se sont degagees, des propositions concretes pour le developpement des villages iraniens sont faitesThis study is a detailed and global analysis of architectural trends and patterns in rural areas of iran. These trends and patterns vary essentially according to the physical environment, but also affected by socio-cultural, demographic and economic structures. After a general geographical overview of iran and of the main features of its rural settlements, three regions chosen on a climatic basis are successively analysed : - guilan, representative of the humid temperate zone; - yazd, representative of hot, arid or desert regions; - eastern azerbaidjan, representative of cold and mountainous regions. The study brings out the difficulties encountered during the field research phase of this work and then establishes a schematic comparison of rural architectural characteristics in the three selected regions. Finally, on the basis of the issues raised and remarks brought out in the work, concrete proposals for the development of rural settlements in iran are put forward
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Rodrigues, Mariana Pereira Horta. "Patrimônio rural do municipio de Casa Branca: 1830 - 1900." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16133/tde-04082010-212340/.
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A arquitetura rural paulista do século XIX é tratada a partir de dez exemplares de casas sedes e construções relacionadas ao beneficiamento do café em fazendas localizadas no Município de Casa Branca, no Nordeste do Estado de São Paulo, região conhecida como Sertão do Rio Pardo. O estudo apresenta reflexões a respeito das influências culturais paulistas e mineiras, principalmente, e considerações estéticas em relação ao neoclassicismo e ao ecletismo. A metodologia está fundamentada no trabalho de campo, na revisão bibliográfica e na pesquisa de documentos primários e fontes orais. Discute-se a arquitetura oitocentista paulista e as peculiaridades locais reveladas nas propriedades rurais consideradas como corpus da pesquisa, fundadas entre 1830 e 1900, que tiveram a sua história vinculada à cultura cafeeira em algum momento de sua conformação. Cada uma dessas dez fazendas é apresentada isoladamente, com descrição do conjunto arquitetônico e dos materiais e técnicas construtivas empregados, com destaque para a análise das características do partido arquitetônico das casas sedes. Desde as propriedades rurais fundadas por migrantes mineiros, como as fazendas pecuaristas, até aquelas fundadas como fazendas de café por famílias paulistas abastadas, todas apresentam características arquitetônicas bastante interessantes e revelam, em conjunto, a diversidade tipológica da arquitetura rural desse interior paulista.The architecture of country scenes of the nineteenth century is treated from ten copies of head houses and buildings related to the processing of coffee farms located in the City of Casa Branca, in the northeast of São Paulo, a region known as the Hinterland of Rio Pardo. The study presents reflections on the cultural influences of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, mainly, and aesthetic considerations in relation to neo-classicism and eclecticism. The methodology is based on fieldwork, the literature review and research of primary documents and oral sources. It discusses the architecture of nineteenth-century Sao Paulo and local peculiarities revealed in the farms considered as a corpus of research, founded between 1830 and 1900, which had its history linked to the coffee culture at some point in their conformation. Each of the ten farms is presented separately, with description of the architectural and materials and construction techniques employed, with emphasis on examining the characteristics of the architectural layout of the houses headquarters. Since the farms founded by migrant miners, ranchers and farms, till those founded as coffee plantations by rich families from São Paulo, all have very interesting architectural features and show together, the type diversity of the rural architecture of São Paulo.
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Stehura, Adam C. "Rural Networks in Appalachian Ohio: an Elegy to the Ground." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1416230855.
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Canudo, Filipa Vitorino. "Arquitetura rural do baixo Alentejo." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18454.
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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura, com a especialização em Arquitetura apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre.O trabalho apresentado como parte dos requisitos finais do curso de Mestrado, pretende analisar o estudo das transformações da paisagem alentejana a várias escalas e a problemática da arquitetura vernácula em relação aos montes da região dos “Barros de Beja”. O ponto de partida foi um processo de levantamento de 12 montes a nível histórico e tipológico, complementado pela investigação teórica. Cada monte é um caso único, a nível de complexidade, dimensão e até função, no entanto são apresentadas semelhanças tipológicas que indiciam uma arquitetura tradicional alentejana. É a partir do reconhecimento da problemática inerente à região em estudo, que posteriormente é apresentada uma estratégia de dinamização e intervenção de forma a revitalizar estes marcos da paisagem alentejana com vista á preservação e salvaguardar do património vernáculo. Preservando uma memória do passado, é demonstrada com base nas exigências e necessidades atuais do território, a importância das técnicas e materiais de construção tradicional em comunhão com a paisagem envolvente para um desenvolvimento sustentável da região a nível cultural, económico, social e ambiental.
ABSTRACT: The work presented as part of the final requirements of the Master course aims to analyze the study of the transformations of the Alentejo landscape at various scales and the problem of vernacular architecture in relation to the “montes” of the Beja region. The starting point was a process of graphing 12 “montes” at a historical and typological level, complemented by theoretical research. Each “monte” is a unique case, in terms of complexity, size and even function, however, there are some typological similarities that result in a traditional Alentejo architecture. It is from the recognition of the problematic inherent to the region under study that a strategy of dynamization and intervention is presented later in order to revitalize these landmarks of the Alentejo landscape with a view to preserving and safeguarding the vernacular heritage. Preserving a memory of the past, it is demonstrated based on the current needs of the territory, the importance of traditional construction techniques and materials in communion with the surrounding landscape for a sustainable development of the region in cultural, economic, social and environmental.
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Keiany, Mohsen. "Architecture, craft and religious symbolism in rural areas of Baluchistan in Pakistan." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.518231.
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Wiederhold, Charles E. T. "Media Theory and Architecture in Rural Places: Dispatch from the Internet Swamp." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522340261779448.
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Vujanovich, Kara L. "The Application and Effects of Architecture and Development Strategies in Rural Romania." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522418556855324.
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Hernandez, Hernando Calma. "A Respite from the Harvest." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51144.
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In the United States, migrant farm workers are often the lowest paid workers in a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, and are also often provided substandard housing which lacks the space and basic necessities to live in dignity and hope. After a few years of hard labor and sacrifices, some of these farm workers, called seasonal or resettled farm workers, decide to lay down roots in rural communities around the country where they obtain more stable, year-round work and thus need more permanent homes to raise families and be part of their communities. This thesis documents the research and conceptualization of farm worker housing, a community center and a chapel for these farm workers.
The idea of space, not only as a physical entity but also as a place for events, interactions, and as an enabler of community and progress are the specific areas of study that will drive my research and process. My belief is that Architecture's ultimate goal is that it should be relevant to our daily lives, our dreams and aspirations, that it become a stage for our hopes and dreams, a space to enhance our lives, to serve but not get in the way, to uplift and to recharge our minds, our bodies and most importantly, our souls. I kept these thoughts in mind as I embarked on a journey filled with hope, frustrations, discovery and clarity.
This study is of an Architecture that is not only responsive to the land and the environment, but also to the lives, work, community and culture of its inhabitants; that a place farm workers can call home will emerge and help elevate the living conditions and nurture the continuing narrative of farm workers in America.Master of Architecture
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KELLY, BRANDON JAMES. "DETAILS OF THE EXISTING INFORMING THE DESIGN OF THE NEW: A CRITICAL APPROACH TO THE ADAPTIVE-REUSE OF WATERSMEET FARM, SOUTH CAROLINA, CREATING A HISTORICAL NATURE RETREAT CENTER." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1115181925.
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Ahmed, K. Iftekhar. "Up to the waist in mud! : the assessment and application of earth-derivative architecture in rural Bangladesh." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62899.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991.Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-258).
This thesis is about architecture that uses earth as the prime· building material in the context of rural Bangladesh. In extreme environmental conditions of annual floods, rain and atmospheric humidity, the use of earth, the most readily available building material, faces serious constraints. Yet examples of earthen architecture abound there. Other parts of the world endowed with similar climatic and socio-economic conditions also yield interesting examples of such architecture. The advent of imported, industrial building products has disrupted the long-standing indigenous building traditions. New social, cultural, economic and environmental conditions necessitate the upgrading of local building techniques. In recent years, much work and research has been conducted to develop improved techniques of building with earth. Not all the improvised methods can be applied in the context of rural Bangladesh, yet some do indicate potentials for application. Methods of evaluating such applicable techniques, and of formulating design guidelines and principles for using them in rural Bangladesh form the main subject matter of the thesis.
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Parikh, Tapan S. "Designing an architecture for delivering mobile information services to the rural developing world /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6965.
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Taha, Elhag Elsiddig. "Sustainability in the rural built environment : vernacular architecture of the Gezira Area/Sudan." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/683.
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The Gezira area of the Sudan saw the construction of one of the major agricultural schemes in Africa in the beginning of the twentieth century (1925). The construction of this scheme led to a development of two different rural models of settlement: the colonial model established by the British Governors at the time and the traditional vernacular model built organically by the local people; the farmers who are the main stakeholder of the scheme. Through time the local settlements have been subjected to changes in many aspects of housing design and quality. In the Sudan, the need to reorganize the organic villages is a critical issue, but government planning initiatives failed to pay attention to the simple planning issues of the organic settlements within their planning processes. The recognition of the simplicity and humbleness of the rural traditional villages may be itself a merit to those settlements that adapted themselves to changing conditions of many factors such as changing environment, changing socio-cultural behaviour and changing spatial arrangements and persist in competing with the planned organized agricultural scheme, which has exerted influential limitations on their development. These architectural changes - in settlement patterns, structure, and in the external appearance of the local houses - indicate the complexity of their causes. We are trying to understand the changes that the relationships of spaces and society have conveyed. The basic focus will be on the relationship between the socio-cultural factors and the built environment at three levels of development: regional settlement, local settlement and dwelling. To achieve this aim a systematic approach is used to investigate the relationship of socio-cultural behaviour with the built environment as it has evolved in the Gezira area of the Sudan. The analytical approach includes aspects of history and sociocultural factors that could expose the complex relationships between the settlement patterns, houses and their users. A second important feature of this research is its comparative character. The comparative characters of the planned settlement of the agricultural scheme, the organic settlement and the new extension of the organic village may explain the socio-cultural relationships. The research, also, contributes to explain the impact of built environment infrastructures and the planning interventions processes carried out by the Government to organise the organic vernacular settlements on the Gezira settlements. The research explores a wide range of literature and information resources to address these issues and draw a conceptual framework. The Gezira area is taken as a case study as it is characterised by different types of settlements that have emerged within the fabric of a developed agricultural scheme. Data collected for a case study of two space domains representing two types of settlements is used to consolidate the information used in the research. The thesis provides evidence that, working empirically; people are well able to navigate themselves to shape resources nearer to the realisation of their values. Evidence that at least tells us there are many ways in which to make a home meaningful, sustainable and far from rural deprivation. These ways could be reflected within the traditional vernacular architecture.
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Browne, Simon. "Propagation studies and modulation techniques for a distributed architecture rural radio-telephone system." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1993. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/102599/.
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The work described in this thesis forms part of the development of a novel digital distributed radio network. In particular, the areas of radio propagation and modulation are considered. Field measurements of radio channel characteristics made in Sierra Leone are described. The results are presented, together with a description of the implementation of the measuring equipment. Both transmission loss and channel impulse responses were measured. Measured loss values are compared with theoretical values calculated using standard routines. The measurements were made at a frequency of 53 MHz. The implementation of a spectrally efficient modulation scheme using a power efficient transmitter is detailed. Transmitter linearization schemes are described. Consideration is also given to filtering techniques applicable to look-up table based transmission. An overall transmitter has been produced, operating at 53 MHz, and the results are given.
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Shah, Vijay K. "A DIVERSE BAND-AWARE DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS ARCHITECTURE FOR CONNECTIVITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cs_etds/82.
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Ubiquitous connectivity plays an important role in improving the quality of life in terms of economic development, health and well being, social justice and equity, as well as in providing new educational opportunities. However, rural communities which account for 46% of the world's population lacks access to proper connectivity to avail such societal benefits, creating a huge "digital divide" between the urban and rural areas. A primary reason is that the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) providers have less incentives to invest in rural areas due to lack of promising revenue returns. Existing research and industrial attempts in providing connectivity to rural communities suffer from severe drawbacks, such as expensive wireless spectrum licenses and infrastructures, under- and over-provisioning of spectrum resources while handling heterogeneous traffic, lack of novel wireless technologies tailored to the unique challenges and requirements of rural communities (e.g., agricultural fields).
Leveraging the recent advances in Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) technologies like wide band spectrum analyzers and spectrum access systems, and multi-radio access technologies (multi-RAT), this dissertation proposes a novel Diverse Band-aware DSA (d-DSA) network architecture, that addresses the drawbacks of existing standard and DSA wireless solutions, and extends ubiquitous connectivity to rural communities; a step forward in the direction of the societal and economic improvements in rural communities, and hence, narrowing the "digital divide" between the rural and urban societies. According to this paradigm, a certain wireless device is equipped with software defined radios (SDRs) that are capable of accessing multiple (un)licensed spectrum bands, such as, TV, LTE, GSM, CBRS, ISM, and possibly futuristic mmWaves. In order to fully exploit the potential of the d-DSA paradigm, while meeting heterogeneous traffic demands that may be generated in rural communities, we design efficient routing strategies and optimization techniques, which are based on a variety of tools such as graph modeling, integer linear programming, dynamic programming, and heuristic design. Our results on realistic traces in a large variety of rural scenarios show that the proposed techniques are able to meet the heterogeneous traffic requirements of rural applications, while ensuring energy efficiency and robustness of the architecture for providing connectivity to rural communities.
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Martinho, da Silva Isabel. "Historic anthropogenic factors shaping the rural landscape of Portugal's Interior Alentejo." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289759.
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European rural landscapes are currently going through a process of degradation. In some regions, degradation arises via the intensification and industrialization of agricultural practices. On others, it results from the extensification of farming or even from its abandonment. This process, which leads to environmental and cultural loss, has been raising concerns about the preservation of European rural landscapes. But, while some conservation measures have already been enacted, the preservation of European rural landscapes faces several problems. One of the main difficulties results from the lack of knowledge about the process of landscape change, as this knowledge is fundamental to control landscape evolution. Within this context, this work brings some knowledge about the evolution of rural landscapes in Interior Alentejo, a region located in southern Portugal. Interior Alentejo is currently going through a process of landscape degradation via the extensification and abandonment of farming practices. The main rural landscapes identified in the region are: forest, montado, permanent crop landscapes, and open fields. Under permanent crop landscapes are classified orchards, olive groves, vineyards, mixed farming areas and tree coplanted fields. This dissertation describes the historic evolution of Interior Alentejo rural landscape from pre-history to present times. This study reveals the emergence of each landscape type and their main changes throughout history. At the same time, it allows the identification of the main anthropogenic factors of landscape change, and corresponding rules of action. To evaluate the effect of the interaction between anthropogenic factors and the main ecological factor varying in the region (soil fertility), the landscape evolution in counties with low and high soil fertility has been studied separately. Cultural heritage, political stability, the market, policies, social structure, population density, and technology have been the main anthropogenic factors of landscape change in Interior Alentejo. Knowledge about their rules of action, i.e., about their effect on the landscape, might be used to predict landscape changes and to control the process of landscape evolution.
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Pinto, João Miguel Melão. "Afirmação e revitalização do turismo na Beira Interior." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12412.
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Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Arquitectura, apresentada na Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Arquitectura.O turismo, enquanto fenómeno, é entendido como um factor de desenvolvimento económico em zonas afectadas pelo despovoamento, nomeadamente zonas rurais, onde os impactos da crise económica actual têm uma incidência intensificada. O trabalho realizado procura entender a relação e a importância da arquitectura na criação de um novo produto turístico neste tipo de regiões. Para este estudo tornaram-se fundamentais o estudo das práticas contemporâneas do turismo, nomeadamente do turismo em espaço rural, em paralelo com a abordagem dos conceitos de identidade do lugar, genius loci e regionalismo no conceito de arquitectura do turismo. Como caso de estudo, foi escolhida a aldeia de Coriscada no concelho de Mêda, Guarda, sendo o objectivo principal a implantação de uma novo oferta turística. Além de toda a pesquisa bibliográfica, foram realizadas análises e estudos sobre a morfologia e valores deste povoado que resultaram numa base conceptual sólida para o projecto de intervenção. O novo produto turístico, e por consequência o projecto, divide-se em três componentes programáticos: Solar Menezes, um pequeno equipamento hoteleiro instalado numa antiga casa apalaçada; Casas na Aldeia, um conjunto de casas representativas da arquitectura popular da região reabilitadas para um programa de turismo de aldeia; e Edifício Interface, uma construção de raiz onde se instala um museu, um restaurante e um café. Estes incluem as três vertentes base de um produto turístico: alojamento, restauração e actividades. O projecto procura respeitar e potenciar a ruralidade do lugar, conferindo-lhe ao mesmo tempo a marca da contemporaneidade. Deste modo, os conceitos da arquitectura popular da região são reinterpretados e aplicados à luz da modernidade.
ABSTRACT: The tourism phenomenon is understood as a factor of economic development in areas affected by depopulation, particularly in rural areas where the impacts of the current economic crisis have intensified incidence. The work seeks to understand the relationship and the importance of architecture in creating a new tourism product in such regions. For this study became pivotal study of contemporary practices of tourism particularly tourism in rural areas, in parallel with the approach of the concepts like identity of place, genius loci and regionalism in the architectural. As a case study we chose the village of Coriscada (Mêda,Guarda) and the main objective is the implementation of a new tourist offer. Besides all the literature, analyzes and studies on the morphology and values of this place, resulted in a solid conceptual basis for the design of intervention performed. The new tourism product and therefore the project is divided into three programmatic components: Solar Menezes, a small hotel equipment housed in an old palatial house; Casas na Aldeia, a set of houses representative of popular architecture; and the Interface building, a construction of the root where it installs a museum, a restaurant and a coffee. These include the three basic aspects of a tourist product: accommodation, catering and activities. The project seeks to respect and enhance the rurality of the place, giving it the same time the brand of contemporaneity. The concepts of vernacular architecture of the region are reinterpreted and applied in the light of modernity.
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Long, M. "The post-war planning office : Coventry's Department of Architecture and Planning 1957-1966." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372528.
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Lindström, Johanna. "Our Valuable Nature : Making the forest a common concern to guide rural development in Norrland." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160148.
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In Norrland, forests make up the biggest area of land, where different activities and actors exist in the same locations. Conflicts arise when different actors and agendas clash, making it hard to have a sustainable co-existence in the forest. Through forest research and other initiatives, new methods and strategies are being explored to make co-existence possible. Currently there is a gap between the research and its end user, as well as a dislocation of research facilities where most are located along the coast instead of the inland and the forest. Can architecture be a tool to raise awareness about nature and forests, making it a common concern? The proposal is to create a forest research center in the forest in the inland, where actors work and activities take place. The building combines the different users, creating a space where researchers and forest owners can share knowledge and experiences, and work towards a sustainable management without conflicts. Through the program of the building, the public get access to knowledge and become involved in the politics and management of the forest. The design explores and exposes the possibilities of wood, where incremental design showcases the impact of nature.I Norrland utgörs den största andelen land av skog, där olika aktiviteter och aktörer verkar i samma områden. När aktörer med olika agendor ska samsas på samma plats uppstår ofta konflikter som leder till en ohållbar miljö. Genom att ha en överblick över alla aktiviteter utforskar svensk skogsforskning och andra initiativ nya metoder och strategier som kan möjliggöra en hållbar samexistens i skogen. Än finns dock ett glapp mellan forskare, skogsägare och andra aktörer, som inte förbättras av att forskningsanläggningarna är belägna längs kusten istället för inlandet och skogen. Kan arkitektur vara ett verktyg för att öka allmänhetens medvetenheten och intresse för naturen och skogen? Mitt förslag är ett center för skogsforskning i Västerbottens inland, där aktörerna arbetar och bedriver sina verksamheter. Byggnaden kombinerar de olika användarna och skapar en plats där forskare och skogsägare kan utbyta kunskap och erfarenheter, och samarbeta för en hållbar skogshållning som minimerar konflikter. Genom byggnadens program får allmänheten tillgång till kunskap om skogspolitik och skötsel, vilket kan leda till starkare engagemang och medvetenhet. Designen utforskar och visar trä som byggnadsmaterial, där uppbyggnaden över tid förstärker naturens påverkan.
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Droomer, Mieke. "Cultivating a landscape of learning: a rural educational and community node in the Breërivier Valley." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18707.
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This thesis confronts the spatiality of farm worker communities in the Breërivier, in an attempt to find a programmatic intervention that will create collective community space. It thus turns to its context, the landscape and the farming that embraces the site as a generator of form and language. In essential, the thesis is hoping to find a new critical "vernacular" that responds to the ruralscape.
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Wolfram, Mélanie. "La christianisation du monde rural dans le sud de la Lusitanie : Archéologie – Architecture – Épigraphie." Thesis, Paris 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA040280.
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Ce travail est une synthèse de tous les éléments concrets permettant de confirmer la christianisation du Sud de la Lusitanie entre le IVe et le début du VIIIe siècle. Les sources documentaires étant déjà connues, nous avons donc choisi d’étudier et de réunir les données archéologiques, les éléments architecturaux et les inscriptions comme faisant partie d’une seule et même histoire, celle de la lente installation de la religion chrétienne. La première partie est un catalogue (inédit) et son commentaire, de tous les lieux à présence paléochrétienne découverts jusqu’à nos jours dans l’actuel Alentejo, mettant l’accent sur l’analyse du matériel inédit de trois sites essentiels : le matériel des fouilles portugaises des nécropoles et de la basilique de Torre de Palma (Monforte), le matériel architectural de la nécropole paléochrétienne de Silveirona (Estremoz), le relevé intégral du baptistère de Vila Verde de Ficalho (Serpa). La seconde partie se concentre sur l’étude stylistique des motifs décoratifs des éléments architecturaux de cette période, découvrant ainsi les spécificités régionales au sein de la grande école de la capitale Augusta Emerita ainsi que de la Péninsule Ibérique, tandis que la troisième partie s’intéresse à l’étude de l’épigraphie funéraire. Nous terminons enfin sur le questionnement même de la « christianisation » : jusqu’à quel point pouvons-nous appréhender, à travers la culture matérielle, une question aussi délicate comme l’adhésion à cette foi nouvelleThis thesis is a synthesis of all the concrete elements which confirm the Christianisation of South Lusitania between the 4th and the beginning of the 8th century. Given that the documentary sources are already known, we have chosen to study and to gather all the archaeological data, the architectural elements and the paleochristian inscriptions as being part of the same history, that of the slow adoption of the Christian religion.The first part presents the first ever synthesis of all the places with Christian presence which have so far been discovered in the current area of Alentejo. The emphasis is on the analysis of unpublished material of three essential sites: the elements of Portuguese excavations of the necropolis and basilica of Torre de Palma (Monforte), the architectural equipment of the necropolis of Silveirona (Estremoz) and the complete record of the baptistery of Vila Verde de Ficalho (Serpa). The second part focuses on the stylistic study of the decorative motives of Christian churches and uncovers the various regional styles within the great architectural school of the capital Augusta Emerita and of the Iberian Peninsula. The third part concentrates on the study of funerary epigraphy. Finally, the questioning of 'Christianisation' itself is explored. In particular, to what extent it is possible to understand, via the material culture, such a delicate question as the following of a new faith
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Dean, Susannah. "Subsistence and Social Behavior: Evolving Strategies in the Rural New England Landscape." W&M ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626202.
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D'AMORE, Andrea. "Conoscere per conservare e valorizzare. Le masserie quale elemento di sviluppo per il territorio delle Madonie." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10447/395490.
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Hale, Jennifer F. "Inventorying Landscape Assets in Rural Utah Communities: A Sociocultural Approach." DigitalCommons@USU, 2007. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3427.
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A community's physical environment embodies distinct natural and built elements, which hold meanings and values that are formed through daily social interactions within that environment. Such elements, however, are not often recognized until they are dramatically changed or lost. As amenity-rich rural areas of the Intermountain West steadily attract new residents, consciously identifying these elements prior to rapid growth is critical to their preservation.
Research suggests that strong social capital has the potential to encourage the identification of a place's visual assets prior to such change. A documentary research approach was used to understand why citizens do not actively participate in community planning and to identify possible solutions from the public participation movement. A framework was built to evaluate existing participation methods and identify specific approaches and practices which could be employed by "citizen planners" to effectively engage citizenry in identifying the visual, landscape assets while strengthening social relationships.
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Parkinson, Jason G. "Assessing the Impacts of LAEP Extension at USU: Development of a Model Framework." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7664.
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Over several decades, USU’s Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (LAEP) Department and Extension specialists have engaged Utah’s rural communities through several design-based outreach activities. These activities are intended to benefit both community partners interested in learning how design can positively impact the community in tangible ways, and students, who are given the opportunity to engage with real-world projects. This study documents, evaluates, and assesses outcomes of community engagement projects undertaken by LAEP Extension to better understand the program’s impact over time and come up with approaches that will enhance the impact of future community engagement projects.
This research develops a framework of indicators for assessing the impact of the selected LAEP Extension projects. Selection criteria ensures representation of an extensive array of project typologies and settings undertaken by LAEP Extension. Selected projects’ impact will be thoroughly assessed through detailed physical site examination of selected projects, administration of surveys/questionnaires/interviews with knowledgeable individuals for each project, evaluation of relevant economic data, and analysis of projects’ relationships to other local factors.
Expected results include the assessment of issues related to preserving records of Extension projects, recommendations for establishing a model framework for assessing future projects’ impact, and structuring processes of documentation and evaluation for advancing research in landscape architecture, community engagement, and service-learning. It is also expected that this project will illuminate the way each project connects with Extension design engagement, subsequent project funding, and practitioner involvement.
Targeted outcomes include a greater understanding of the impact of design on communities’ physical, economic, and social conditions; an increased capacity among community partners to apply design to issues that they identify in their communities; and greater collaboration between USU LAEP and Extension. Outcomes also include developing a model framework that can be used to assess, evaluate, and document the various impacts of university design engagement activities at both USU and other land grant-based design programs by evaluating past design Extension projects and future design engagement activities.
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Samalenge, Jimmy. "Developing SOA wrappers for communication purposes in rural areas." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/320.
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The introduction of Web Services as a platform upon which applications can communicate has contributed a great deal towards the expansion of World Wide Web technologies. The Internet and computing technologies have been some of the factors that have contributed to the socio-economic improvement of urban and industrial areas. This research focuses on the application of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services technologies in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) contexts. SOA is a style used to design distributed systems, and Web Services are some of the common realizations of the SOA. Web Services allow the exchange of data between two or more machines in a simple and standardized manner over the network. This has resulted in the augmentation of ways in which individuals in a society and in the world communicate. This research aims to develop a SOA-based system with services that are implemented as Web Services. The system is intended to support communication activities of Dwesa community members. The communication methods identified as the most commonly used in the Dwesa community are Short Message Services (SMSs) and voice calls. In this research we have identified further methods (i.e. Multimedia Message Service, Electronic mail and Instant Messaging) to augment communication activities in Dwesa. The developed system, therefore, exposes SMS Web Service, MMS Web Service, Email Web Service and IM Web Service that are consumed in machine-to-machine, machine-to-person and person-to-person types of communication. We have also implemented a one-stop communication shop, through a web portal which provides interfaces to the different communication modules. Elaborate functional and usability testing have also been undertaken to establish the viability and end-user acceptance of the system respectively. This research has provided the initial validation of the effectiveness of the SOA-based system in ICT4D contexts
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Senan, Ziad Badawi. "Political impacts on the built environment : colonisation and development of place identity : the case of the rural West Bank (Palestine)." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/971.
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Throughout history a sense of identity has been considered an essential human need in the search for significant existence. Each environment contains distinctive physical objects of historical, cultural, religious, social and economic significance, which give each place its uniqueness. Personal or group identity is expressed in part, therefore, through the identity of the built environment. This study attempts to understand and interpret the expression of identity in the built environment in a country under colonial rule through an examination of the Palestinian villages in the West Bank, which has been under Israeli occupation since 1967. The main aim of the study is to identify the physical features that represent the Palestinian identity and the changes that have taken place in the built environment in the present century. In order to understand the complexity of the issue, the study examines the factors which have influenced the development of the built environment. Special attention has been given to the impact of the Israeli occupation. The research approach has been both qualitative and quantitative, and ranges from the general to the specific, and from macro-level to micro-level. The methods used to collect information include: personal observations, semi-structured interviews, repertory grid technique, experiments with students and examination of proverbs, folk songs, poetry and art. For in-depth investigation, a case study village was chosen, namely Arraba in the northern part of the West Bank. The study starts by comparing the traditional and the contemporary quarters and identifies the features that represent the identity of the Palestinian village. Then, it examines the development of the village house from the traditional to the contemporary. The study reveals that the traditional house has a clear identity, while the identity of the contemporary house is ambiguous. In addition, this research uses the repertory grid technique to identify the features of the exterior of the house and of the interior of the guest room that reflect the Palestinian identity. Findings reveal that people perceive certain constructs as Palestinian according to their meanings, characteristics and the surrounding context. The study concludes by noting the emerging awareness among Palestinians of identity in contemporary house-building practice in the West Bank, because of a threatened loss of identity as a result of the dramatic changes that are occuring in the built environment. It also provides feedback about the existing identity of the region in order to translate the insights gained into practical solutions.
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Chan, King-lok. "A neglected heritage typology in the New Territories the Western-Chinese eclectic style rural buildings of the early 20th century /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42188982.
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Marras, Francesco. "Gestione dell’acqua e gestione della terra : nuovi approcci di progetto per il paesaggio rurale della Sardegna." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU20025/document.
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Ce travail de recherche est résultat d’une collaboration active entre les deux écoles d’architecture de Toulouse et le DICAAR de Cagliari qui explore la relation entre le paysage rural et le projet d’architecture. La choix d’une thèse qui se focalise sur le cas d’étude “local” se détache de la dimension de l’individu particulier, encarré comme cas typique de la Méditerranée, espace de condensation de nouvelles dynamiques agricoles liées au déplacement d’intérêt de la ville au village, avec les changements climatiques et ses influences sur l’architecture et les cultures constructives locales. La Sardaigne est un cas de recherche intéressant, soit pour la variété de son territoire, soit pour les changements climatiques qui voient une radicalisation progressive des conditions de l’intermittence de l’eau. La lecture des principes traditionnels de gestion de l’eau devient la base pour définir les instructions du projet qui doit comprendre la prévention des risques et la production de nouveaux espaces pour la campagne grâce à des techniques de gestion de l’eau. Les cas choisis sont situés sur les quatre rivières les plus importantes de la Sardaigne, qui ont été soumis à des phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes. Les projets sont basés sur la notion de temps, en particulier de la réversibilité de l’intervention, et de la définition de dispositifs légers. Dans la dernière section on résume une matrice des bonnes pratiques et des lignes directrices pour la gestion de l’eau et la gestion des terres qui est basée sur l’identification et l’analyse des questions critiques, le projet d’action qui utilise les technologies et la définition des espaces de qualité. Le projet doit se baser sur un concept de développement durable qui regarde une architecture qui se auto-soutiens, un projet de paysage qui peut produire par soi-même les ressources nécessairesThis research is the result of an active collaboration between the two schools of architecture of Toulouse and the DICAAR of Cagliari, which explores the relationship between the rural landscape and the project. The research deals with architecture design in weak contexts, exploring the possibilities offered by water techniques in rural areas. The field survey is Sardinia, characterized by a difficult relationship with water, caused by intermittence that generates problems like drought and flooding. It is necessary to understand the rules of water and land management in order to develop a new operational line on the territory. Reflecting on traditional techniques in terms of standards intends to understand the primary management rules to be applied in the contemporary project, the construction details of the scale, but also on thescale of the urban network and territory, useful for the identification, prevention and management of risks. Reading the principles of management becomes the basis for defining project instructions which must include risk prevention and the production of new areas for the campaign through water management techniques. Selected case studies are located on the four most important rivers of Sardinia, which have historically been subjected to extreme weather events. The projects are based on the notion of time, in particular the reversibility of the intervention, with the construction of an abacus of good practices and new architectures based on the identification and analysis of critical issues, the action project that usestechnologies and the definition of quality spaces. The matrix reflects on a series of projects that addressed the relationship between technology and landscape in complex climatic conditions. The project must be based on a concept of sustainable development that looks at a self-supporting architecture, a landscape project that can produce by itself the resources
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Ferreira, Natália Fauvrelle. "Quintas do Douro-as arquitecturas do vinho do Porto." Master's thesis, Instituições portuguesas -- UP-Universidade do Porto -- -Faculdade de Letras, 1999. http://dited.bn.pt:80/29223.
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Chan, Chun-ho, and 陳雋浩. "Permascape: is landscape infrastructure a solution to the rapid transformation in rural-urban landscape ofmegacities?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47541544.
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Lynch, James Alan. "Mystery in the landscape : procedures for assessing and mapping mystery in a rural landscape." Virtual Press, 1987. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/543780.
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Over the last two decades, researchers in landscape perception research have responded to the problem of preserving landscape scenery by examining issues of landscape management, planning and design in a number of countries. One of the underlying problems encountered over this period of time has been a lack of landscape perception theories essential to development of an integrated approach to assessing and mapping scenic value. The "Information Processing Model" proposed by Kaplan and Kaplan (1982) has received a considerable amount of attention in application of a theoretical model for landscape assessment. It describes concepts related to cognitive processes which provide an objective, analytical basis for understanding observers' preference for landscape scenery. In a Pioneering research effort, Brown and Itami (1982) used this theory as a basis for assessing and mapping scenic quality.However, the one component not successfully incorporated into the model has been mystery. Research has continued to reveal the underlying structure of the mystery attribute. This study looks at validating a refined definition of the mystery component of the Kaplan Model and develops a quantitative procedure based upon physical landscape characteristics and inherent landscape composition classes for predicting and mapping this mystery attribute, in the rural Indiana landscape. This study utilizes MultiDimensional Scaling to test the mystery component of the Kaplans' model and to confirm the dimensions of the mystery model as proposed by Gimblett and Fitzgibbon (1987). Ninety color slides of rural landscape scenery were presented to 26 respondents who rated each photograph on a five point scale for mystery. The selecticn of the mappable variables used to describe the four variables of mystery and landscape composition classes were based on the relationships of the mystery variables to the prediction of mystery in the study. The predictive model developed in this study incorporates land form and land use measures and each were assessed and combined to derive composite ratings of mystery. These groups were normalized and weighted in relationship to each other in order to derive composite values of mystery which then were mapped. The results of this research strongly theoretical model yet has the capability to be spatially illustrate a clearer understanding of the variables contributing to the perception of mystery and reveals a comprehensive procedure for assessing and mapping mystery. Finally, this research strongly supports the Kaplan and Kaplan (1982) conceptual model as a reliable, comprehensive mapped and utilized by researchers and practioners in the overall quest for determining scenic quality for landscape preservation and management practices.Department of Landscape Architecture