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Araji, Mohamad Tarek. "Visual Comfort in Transitional Spaces." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/190396.
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The study emphasizes changing light conditions in architectural spaces as a major factor on human eye adaptation, which represents a potential case for a visual shock. This visual shock is experienced when occupants encounter a sudden field of light whose intensity is above or below the limit of human eye adaptable range. To examine this condition, a new methodology is developed and outlined. It identifies the visual shock within transitional spaces and allows architects to investigate strategies that influence visual comfort. The physiological field of vision analysis is used to first critique, then to adjust, and finally to interpret scenes within transitional spaces. The methodology begins by using a 180° angle fish-eye lens camera to capture 3-D photographs along a selected pedestrian pathway. The photographs are overlaid by a “field of view” diagram to deduct areas obstructed by human facial features (eyebrows, cheeks, and nose). Area weighted percentages of the net view profile is then calculated using an overlay hemispherical radial grid. These percentages represent the cut-off vision (0%), the one-eye vision (12.5%), the peripheral vision (25%), and the central vision (50%). Image metamorphosis is done by the aid of the Adobe Photoshop software to restrict the image to four monochromatic contrasts of shade. Parallel to photographs, actual light intensity readings are collected and calibrated to each assigned contrast on the images. To illustrate the methodology, a case of a person experiencing an extreme discomfort by walking in the direction of a blinding sunlight source has been chosen and investigated. 3-D Computer modeling is then adopted to investigate the different architectural daylight solutions as suggested by the modified design and predicts a visual comfort. This method provides a successful tool for investigating light in transitional spaces as well as contributes to enhancing pedestrian awareness of their surrounding environment and clarity of visual information.
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Ludwig, Thomas John. "In Transition: Creating Early Successional Avian Habitat in Transitional Urban Spaces." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397740935.
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Vargas, Palma Gloria Angelica. "Short-term thermal history in transitional lobby spaces." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12166/.
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The dramatic concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is provoking extreme temperatures, where 2°C increase represents a potential risk for humanity. Air conditioning (AC) demands up to 70% of total energy use in buildings, and is extending into moderate climates where it is not necessary. Thermal comfort research has demonstrated that extended exposure to AC environments can significantly modify people’s thermal tolerance and thermal preferences, reducing their ability of adaptation. There is limited research exploring people’s thermal comfort in short-term and dynamic contexts, which alter people’s long-term thermal history. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate people’s short-term thermal history and thermal comfort perception in a real situation in a moderate climate, exploring a dynamic and transient condition repeated in their daily routines. The lobby area where people move from the outdoor to the indoor environment is used as the case study, in order to evaluate how use of the lobby can modify people’s thermal perception. One year of fieldwork research (2013-2014) was conducted in three typical lobby units in Higher Educational Institutions in Sheffield, UK. Thermal comfort surveys and simultaneous climatic measurements were used in this study, involving 1,749 international participants. Findings revealed a seasonal thermal adaptation affecting people’s short-term thermal perception and very rapid changes in people’s thermal comfort perception and preferences when moving from one space to another. Participants’ short-term thermal history was strongly altered by three new identified thermal patterns (flat, sudden and irregular) and a range of temperature differences. The evaluation of 46 thermal patterns revealed a number of considerations that can help to understand people’s thermal perception in the short-term, and which can help to improve people’s thermal adaptation in the long-term. This research contributes with new parameters that support the implementation of energy related strategies, building design guidelines and international standards.
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Diebäcker, Tarek, and Meike Sigrid Wernecke. "Moments of Transition. Transitional Spaces as Agents for Social Change in Favour of Youths." Thesis, KTH, Stadsbyggnad, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297397.
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This design thesis is situated in Stockholm’s northernmost suburbs of the Järva area. The area was mainly developed during the era of the Million Homes Programme (1965-1974) and is today commonly considered as one of the city’s socially most challenged areas. The idea of Moments of Transitions addresses possible transitions in three aspects: generational, social and spatial. The key protagonists of this project are local youths who – by growing up and into their urban environments – have a strong stake in the future of the Järva area. As of today, they are a social group with limited influence on decision-making processes and whose needs are rarely taken into account in urban development projects. Challenging the status quo, this thesis aims to present potentials for social change in the favour of youths. This project first presents an analysis of the historic development of Järva, ongoing planning projects and local contexts. Subsequently, a framework for Moments of Transition is established and developed in three instances. Each of those centers around one decisive theme for local youths: re_mediation, motion and imaginations. Together, they shall help in building a suburb where youths want to continue to live in.
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Avantaggiato, Marta. "Mixed-mode ventilation design and thermal comfort in transitional spaces." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3424559.
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Transitional spaces are pivotal in non-residential architecture. Depending on the building typology, the proportion of such areas may vary between 10% up to 40% of the total volume. Because of their features transitional spaces are independent dynamic spaces with various physical conditions and behaviour which may that have different thermal comfort requirements. Being integral part of the non-residential architecture, their HVAC design and controls follow however guidelines intended for indoor space. No current comfort guidelines that are specific for this peculiar building zones exists. Nevertheless, if designed with appropriate energy saving strategies as mixed-mode ventilation solution and flexible controls of HVAC, these peculiar building spaces can help achieve more energy efficient buildings.
With the aim of a deeper understanding of these peculiar building zones, this PhD dissertation focuses on three aspects related to transitional spaces: mixed-mode ventilation design, thermal comfort and actual thermal performance.
Information about 17 non-residential building, which integrate a transitional space in their architecture and mixed-mode ventilation strategy, were analysed and collected in a small databased. Within the building typologies considered, shopping centres resulted to be a very interesting one for the implementation of mixed-mode ventilation strategies. From the analysis of recent examples of shopping centres conversion from fully mechanical into mixed-mode operation, a design procedure was proposed.
The conversion from fully mechanical into mixed-mode operation is further encouraged by the findings related to thermal comfort in shopping centers common areas. Within the studies about thermal comfort in transitional spaces, an investigation of human response within shopping centres common areas was missing. With the scope of understanding actual comfortable ranges in these spaces, around 700 customers were interviewed about their state of comfort while measuring environmental parameters. For this scope a specific questionnaire and a Mobile Environmental Monitoring cart (MEMO) were developed. The measurements were performed in spring and summer 2016 in three different Italian shopping centres, fully-mechanical operated. The results show a wider range of indoor thermal comfort conditions than in typical indoor spaces. The necessity of a tailor-made model to assess thermal comfort in transitional spaces is also disclosed. The model could correlate indoor comfort temperatures with outdoor temperatures on the basis of the direct observation of users’ thermal sensation. In order to expand the database of evidence and the creation of such model, further field studies are required, gathering together a conspicuous number of data which cover all the seasons.
These findings unlock important energy use implication. If shopping centre HVAC systems are operated in a more flexible way and natural ventilation potentialities are exploited, the final goal of achieving more energy efficient buildings without sacrificing users’ comfort seems closer.
With the objective of verifying the level of comfort provided by a mixed-mode solution in a transitional space, the thermal comfort and airflow performance of an atrium located in a warm temperate climate were investigated. The measurements campaign lasted over four-weeks in summer 2017. The thermal comfort evaluation of the atrium users’ was performed under different operational modes. The results showed that users’ state of comfort was independent from the way the atrium was conditioned. Specific to this case, the result opens possibilities for the use of just natural ventilation to provide comfortable conditions in summer. This would reflect in a consistent reduction of the operation costs for cooling.
In the perspective of the reduction of building energy consumption without compromising thermal comfort, the results of this thesis confirm and booster the interest towards mixed-mode operated building. The potentialities of transitional spaces expressed in the thesis need to be taken into account in non-residential building design.
The nature of the results for shopping centers transitional spaces can be extended to all those non-residential buildings that have transitional spaces with similar features.L’architettura degli edifici non residenziali comprende per la maggiore degli spazi di transizione la cui destinazione d’uso non è quella prevalente cui l’edificio è destinato. La porzione di tali spazi varia dal 10% al 40% del volume totale dell’edificio a seconda della tipologia di edificio non residenziale. Molte volte l’utilizzo delle aree comuni (spazi di transizione) è indipendente rispetto al resto dell’edificio. Le condizioni di dinamicità che li caratterizzano potrebbero comportare diversi standard di comfort rispetto al resto dell’edificio ma essendone parte integrante, il modo e il grado di comfort garantito è lo stesso che per le zone prettamente indoor. Al momento infatti non esistono delle linee guida per il condizionamento specifico di queste zone. Tuttavia, se fossero progettate con adeguate strategie per il risparmio energetico, come ad esempio la ventilazione ibrida, o ad esempio ci fosse un controllo più flessibile dell’impianto di ventilazione e condizionamento, queste zone offrirebbero un grosso potenziale per l’ottenimento di edifici più efficienti. L’obiettivo di questo lavoro di dottorato è quello di approfondire la conoscenza di questi spazi in relazione a tre aree che sono: il design di soluzioni di ventilazione ibrida, il comfort termico e le reali prestazioni di soluzioni di ventilazione ibrida. Al fine di studiare diverse soluzioni di ventilazione ibrida per edifici non residenziali che integrano uno spazio di transizione nella loro architettura, le informazioni tecniche relative a 17 edifici non-residenziali sono state raccolte in un piccolo database. Tra le tipologie di edifici non-residenziali considerate, i centri commerciali sono risultati esserne di grande interesse per l’implementazione. Analizzando recenti esempi di conversione di centri commerciali da funzionamento totalmente attivo a soluzioni ibride, è stato possibile ricavare una procedura di design per il retrofit in tale direzione. L’utilizzo di soluzioni ibride di ventilazione negli spazi di transizione dei centri commerciali è ulteriormente incoraggiato dai risultati relativi al comfort termico in tali spazi. Da un’analisi della letteratura relativa agli studi di comfort negli spazi di transizione ne è risultata la mancanza di uno studio relativo ai centri commerciali. Con lo scopo quindi di colmare questa mancanza è stato condotto uno studio in tali zone intervistando più di 700 clienti in relazione al loro stato di comfort e misurandone al contempo i parametri ambientali sperimentati. Ai fini dello studio è stato infatti sviluppato uno specifico questionario e un carrellino per il monitoraggio ambientale (MEMO). Le misure sono state condotte nella primavera e nell’estate del 2016 in tre differenti centri commerciali locati in Italia. I risultati dimostrano come per questi spazi, i range di comfort siano più ampi rispetto ai tipici spazi indoor. E’ inoltre emersa la necessità di un modello specifico per la caratterizzazione del comfort termico in questi spazi. Il modello, attraverso l’osservazione diretta della sensazione termica degli utenti, potrebbe correlare le temperature comfort interne con le temperature esterne. Tuttavia al fine della creazione di tale modello sono necessari altri studi in modo da collezionare un cospicuo numero di dati che ricoprano tutte le stagioni. Questi risultati aprono a importanti implicazioni dal punto di vista energetico. Se gli impianti di ventilazione e condizionamento dei centri commerciali fossero gestiti in maniera più flessibile e le potenzialità della ventilazione naturale fossero sfruttate, l’obiettivo finale di avere edifici energeticamente efficienti senza inficiare sul comfort termico degli utenti sembrerebbe più vicino. Con l’obiettivo di verificare il livello di comfort che una soluzione di ventilazione ibrida può garantire sono state studiate le prestazioni termiche di un atrio locato in un clima caldo-temperato. Le misure sono state effettuate per un periodo di quattro settimane in estate e il comfort termico degli utenti è stato valutato sotto differenti strategie di condizionamento estivo. Lo stato di comfort degli utenti si è dimostrato indipendente dal modo in cui l’atrio veniva condizionato. In relazione a questo caso, tale risultato apre possibilità al solo utilizzo della ventilazione naturale per garantire condizioni di comfort in estate. Questa soluzione permetterebbe un consistente taglio dei costi di raffrescamento. Nella prospettiva di riduzione dei consumi energetici degli edifici senza comprometterne il comfort interno, i risultati di questo lavoro di tesi confermano e sostengono l’interesse verso edifici con sistemi di ventilazione ibrida. In tal senso, le potenzialità degli spazi di transizione espresse in questo lavoro, devono essere prese in considerazione nella progettazione degli edifici non-residenziali. I risultati relativi ai centri commerciali possono essere estesi a tutti gli edifici residenziali che hanno degli spazi di transizione con caratteristiche simili.
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Lascoutx, Ruiz Alfredo. "A Politico-Ecological Approach of Transitional Spaces In Social Ecological Systems." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/41987.
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As spatial properties that systems theoretically have, Socio-Ecological Systems are characterized by dynamism and mobility, therefore, are subject to changes in the space they occupy in the biosphere. In land ecosystems, these changes are understood as processes of evolution over time, or the result of extreme natural events, or transformation of the natural space induced by human activities.
These spatial changes produce effects on the land surface and groundwater of ecosystems colonized or penetrated by elements, individuals or populations belonging to other ecosystems. These are the so-called Transitional Spaces between ecosystems.
Throughout the continuous geographical space, these spatial transitions affect human and not human ecosystems in different ways. Given their ambiguous characteristics and their indefinite temporal location between urban, rural or natural spaces, transition spaces deserve to be investigated in order to know their properties and functions within the cartography that represents complex socio-ecological systems.
The research is conducted from a particular perspective of Political Ecology. For this I proceed to develop an epistemological exercise on the political ecology syntagma in order to approach its concept and object of study as a hybrid discipline between social sciences and natural sciences. Interdisciplinarity as a practice, a dialectic vision regarding anthropocentrism, environmental perception as a method for an ontology of human ecology, The ecosystem as a unit of spatial analysis. These would be some of the characteristics of my ecological-political perspective.
But what does transitional space mean for political ecology and what does it add to its theory? The question led me to seek the integral concept of ecosystem and to support myself in the General Systems Theory to analyze the notions of boundary and external environment as part of the classic concept of system. At that point, the notion of transitional spaces emerges implicit when recognizing the dynamic spatiality of other existing systems.
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Since the research is not linear but interdisciplinary and convergent, a brief anthology of geographic and socio-spatial political thought is presented in order to connect the issue of transitional spaces with the point of view of the social sciences. Various socio-geographical, deterministic, anthropocentric, Darwinian, Marxist, modernist theories give an overview of the issues related to space and nature. With the emergence of the spatial turn, new concerns for political sociology, geography and environmental sciences are explained by the phenomenon of urban growth at the global level.
In the same way, I introduce the topic of ecological spaces, specifically the concept of Ecotone, the space of transition between diverse natural ecosystems. The use of the notion of ecotone is based precisely on the perspective of the concept of political ecology developed previously.
This, in turn, will allow me to introduce the FLACAM methodology into the research, which among its components has the virtue of identifying and analyzing the spatial phenomenon of physical and social Interfaces, that is, spaces of transition within human ecosystems. Several graphics and charts show the potential properties and functions of different kind of existing interfaces and ecotones. My proposal converges in using these concepts as planning tools for transitional spaces identified as Rurban Regions and metropolitan areas.
A final reflection on the need for spatial research on global urban expansion and the theoretical and pragmatic advantages of the concept of intermediate cities closes the main body of the investigation.
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Kwon, Choul Woong. "Transitional spaces : the role of sheltered semi-outdoor spaces as microclimatic modifiers for school buildings in the UK." Thesis, Open University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.552794.
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This research project was undertaken to achieve a better understanding of the microclimatic characteristics of the outdoor and indoor environments of school buildings in the UK through the mediation of transitional spaces. Improvements in thermal comfort outdoors around buildings and reductions in energy demand for indoor spaces are two possible contributions of transitional outdoor spaces located adjacent to classrooms or other indoor spaces. The effects of these two functions must be considered jointly so that improved performance in one does not compromise performance of the other. The underlying hypothesis is that the transitional outdoor space can affect environmental conditions in ways that can enhance both the outdoor thermal comfort of occupants and their appreciation of the space and have the potential to reduce the energy demand (e.g. for lighting and space heating) of the building. Moreover, while interest in outdoor pedagogy has been growing in schools, outdoor spaces are rarely equipped to provide for such activity. The microclimate of the transitional outdoor space as an architecturally potential space is therefore central to the ways in which teachers and students can be encouraged to use the space frequently as an extended classroom without adversely affecting the indoor environment. The project focuses on the architectural elements of the transitional outdoor space and aims to reveal its environmental impact on both the outdoor and indoor spaces, and to propose design considerations. Transitional spaces are considered mainly as taking the form of a canopy. Understanding the dynamic environmental processes impinging on these spaces will assist in designing spaces that can support functional use throughout the year. Fieldwork conducted at Effra Nursery School, London focused on the environmental performance of an outdoor canopy and play area adjacent to the classroom. Based on the results of the fieldwork and using well established computer models, simulations were performed to identify the influence of different parameters: that of having a canopy; the effect of the transmissivity of the canopy material (three transparencies 0%, 50%, 90% were considered), the operability of the canopy, orientation (four orientations N,E,S,W were considered), and location (three cities: London, Manchester, Glasgow). The combined effects of canopy transparency and orientation were shown to be critical design considerations in affecting comfort conditions in both indoor and outdoor spaces. The exception was when the canopy was not fixed but operable. It was found that outdoor comfort conditions in the transitional outdoor space can be enhanced by 13.8% by choosing a canopy of 0% transparency compared with a reference case without a canopy, while it could be enhanced by 27.8% using a movable type of canopy in the case of a south facing classroom in London. Daylight and heating energy demand, however, can worsen by 40% and 50% respectively with a fixed canopy, while they could improve by between 23% and 45% using the movable canopy. The fixed canopy with a higher transparency can help to increase outdoor thermal comfort in Glasgow, while one with a lower transparency shows better performance if facinq south in London. The work clearly demonstrates that the architectural design of the transitional space plays an important part in the resulting environmental conditions indoors and outdoors. Using established simulation tools in new ways this research project has quantified the combined effects of external canopies on occupant thermal comfort and on classroom energy demand for space heating and lighting. These have been documented for different canopy characteristics and different UK locations thus providing design guidelines for the provision of such transitional space in school buildings.
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Cadima, Paula San Payo. "Transitional spaces : the potential of semi-outdoor spaces as a means for environmental control with special reference to Portugal." Thesis, Open University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326600.
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Baldwin, Adam David. "The motel in the heart of every man : the transitional spaces of Don DeLillo." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2015. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/54444/.
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This work illustrates the spatial nature of Don DeLillo's writing. Through a reading of his work a network of societal spaces repeatedly occur and are utilised as locations within which to raise questions of the relationship between identity and mass society. The spaces that predominate produce the topography of his work. A network begins to develop, a series of nodal points joined by a connective tissue of pathways through which the discussion of society and identity pass. By focusing on both the nodal points themselves and the pathways that connect them the roles of motion, control and a potential counter-narrative appear. The individual spaces that DeLillo chooses as locations in his novels are relevant. Their placing in society, their means of construction and the materials of which they are constituted all illustrate the form of society which created them. In turn these spaces are observed to shape the characters that pass through them, in the process further expanding the network of societal associations. The particular spatial forms that DeLillo focuses on reflect a transitional impulse, a desire for motion and speed rooted in anti-historicism. The suburb, the motel, and the highway are all born of the period which followed the Second World War which had a profound sociological, psychological and technological impact on society. The need to face the future, reject the past and repress the traumatic experiences of war led an experience of space and society which is transitional. The spaces are selected for their association with anxiety, trauma, nostalgia and consumption. The duality of these spaces epitomises the complexities of modern social identity. Due to the reflexive nature of transitionality cultural shifts impact upon its form, altering the way in which it appears and functions. The alleyway influences the development of the highway, the motel influences the development of the suburb, and the railway station affects the airport. The airport is an example of the manner in which technological advance change the appearance of these spaces but the themes and issues that are explored in them reflect consistent interests. Similarly, moments of great social import such as the Kennedy assassination and the attacks of 9/11 leave traces on these transitional spaces.
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吴煜 and Yu Wu. "Development zones: the making of new industrial spaces in transitional China : a case of Suzhou." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40687491.
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Youssef, Omar. "Development of a Human-centered Climatic Design Methodology for Transitional Spaces in Hot-arid Regions." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10792744.
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The anthropogenic influences on our climate system has caused an unprecedented increase of carbon emissions amongst other greenhouse gases into our atmosphere resulting in energy imbalances and observed positive feedbacks. The American Southwest is witnessing major urban transformation as its cities are becoming centers for urban growth. Without adopting climatic design, this continued sprawl will greatly compromise the natural environment and, human health and wellbeing. Intensive urbanization has the greatest risk for increasing the carbon footprint, environmental pollution, urban heat island phenomenon, and infrastructure overextension. Increasing ground surface temperatures; the outdoor environment is observing record breaking temperature highs, while the artificial indoor set points stay the same to counter that effect.
Buildings placed in areas of excessive heat and glaring sun are in need of a comprehensive approach to address their environments. With the advancements in technology, trends have shown that architects and designers are shifting towards engineering solutions to artificially control their environments to a static state. While spaces steer away from passive designs, their operation demand high energy consumption and their occupants are deprived of a sense of nature.
Climatic design is a key ingredient to the success of an optimized environment, or to its failure. Human Health is one component that is most challenged and could be most responsive to that environment and its built parameters. The important role that these components play are greater when immersed in hot-arid regions where resources are scarce, and the built environment finds itself in a hostile environment where it struggles to survive, relying heavily on the consumption of fossil fuels.
The goal of this research is to develop a methodology in which the human physiological responses are centered in the role of design. Through examination of this phenomenon and recommendations based on the findings, developers will be informed of the importance of human-centered climatic design. Data driven to optimize both human health and the environmental footprint. Utilization of this method will not only decrease the contribution of the built environment but will also decrease the chronic exposure of humans to these high contrasts and pave the way to cautious practices optimizing health of the environment. The long-term goal is to develop indices based on human-centered climatic design to inform our design decisions and represent a flagship to a sustainable way of living. The objective of this research is to validate the dialogue between climatic design and human physiological comfort. The hypothesis is that a specific list of elements in man-made built environment trigger responses in both the atmosphere and humans. The rationale behind this methodology is based on the role of architecture as a primary instrument that could cause imbalances in both the climate and the human body.
To accomplish our objective and test our central hypothesis the authors outlined three broad environments; (climate, architecture, and human) to further investigate the relationship centered around the human body and its multisensory experience. Results of this study will allow the identification of an articulate common solution focused on transitional spaces.
The contribution of knowledge in this research is outlined in three sequential publications. The first adopts a comprehensive approach that redefines space and the elements in three environments that have an impact on it. The second leads with the previous developed relationship (from paper 1) to develop a human physiological comfort index applicable within a broader architecture foundation, and the third utilizes this index to demonstrate techniques developed in this research to measure climatic and human attributes objectively, and non-obtrusively. At the final stage these disciplines will be overlaid to create architecture unity in a sequence of variables which this document will follow. The conclusion outlines a series of concepts that represent human-centered climatic design applications.
This dissertation graphically articulates the interactive network of dialogue between humans and space to serve as a balanced approach to architectural design. The genesis of this investigation is supported by the development of a protocol that utilizes interdisciplinary research methodology that couples theoretical and empirical based discoveries to inform the fundamentals of the built environment, standards, and operations optimizing occupant health and wellbeing in extreme environments. By combining spatial design with health parameters, architects will be able to make decisions that will reduce energy consumption, decrease the impact on climate change; ultimately protect the natural world and optimally support future life. The actions taken in response to this study will not only decrease the direct impact of large temperature differences that trigger human stress responses, but will also reduce the emission of anthropogenic greenhouse gases.
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Wu, Yu. "Development zones the making of new industrial spaces in transitional China : a case of Suzhou /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40687491.
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le, Brasseur Richard. "Transitional landscapes : examining landscape fragmentation within peri urban green spaces and its impacts upon human wellbeing." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31257.
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Transitional land uses produced through urbanisation continue to change the landscape and fragment ecological structures including green spaces across Europe (Nilsson et al., 2013). Green spaces offer significant benefits to humans, contributing to wellbeing and life satisfaction (Taylor, 2002). The understanding of how these unique green spaces spaces function and provide benefits to humans, and how landscape change in peri-urban contexts affects their performance, is important. The scope of this research is to contribute to an understanding of landscape fragmentation within some of Europe's polycentric urban regions, their peri-urban green spaces, and the associated impacts upon human quality of life. Two urban regional case studies, Paisley near Glasgow, Scotland, and Vantaa, near Helsinki, Finland were analysed and compared. The results indicate that humans interacting with more physically or ecologically fragmented peri-urban green spaces have higher self-reported life satisfaction levels. Though no statistically significant characteristics were apparent between life satisfaction and fragmented green space characteristics, this research was able to identify those specific structural attributes and physical characteristics of interstitial peri-urban green spaces within a polycentric region in a fragmented state that contribute to the physical, social, and psychological aspects of human wellbeing. The statistically significant eco-spatial characteristics of polycentric peri-urban interstitial green spaces that are reported to impact human wellbeing are the size, proximity, maintenance and management, and the level of greenness within its vegetation composition and setting. Overall, a spatially diverse, fragmented, peri-urban landscape whose green spaces are extensively sized, naturalistically shaped with horizontal vegetation and normal sized edges, most often parks or woodlands or forests which are integrated and physically connected to another green space which is moderately clean and somewhat safe as well as being located close to or adjacent to a heavy-trafficked road provide the most human wellbeing benefits.
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Junior, Albano Soares Martins. "Montadesmontaremonta: significação dos sistemas de montagem." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16134/tde-04032010-160503/.
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Nossa preocupação surgiu da necessidade de analisarmos a ordem, (dentro do domínio do icônico), que se estabelece nos sistemas de montagem de feiras e exposições, seus paradigmas e sintagmas, através do ponto de vista perceptivo, informacional, gerador de protótipos e experimentações. Por tratar-se de um ambiente inerentemente efêmero e transitório, as montagens realizadas em eventos tendem a proporcionar ambientes renovados. Em síntese, provocam menor impacto porque os prazos de sua existência são limitados. Removidos dos lugares que ocuparam devolvem-lhes suas condições originais. Logo, é esse o caminho para chegarmos aos usos justapostos e complexos, onde, sociedades cada vez mais industrializadas, exigem a necessidade da ocupação de espaços possibilitando diversas funções, com atividades sazonais e ou eventuais, organizam espaços cada vez mais informatizados, distintos de caráter essencialmente mecânicos e com a qualidade de fazer preservar espaços montados para atividades transitórias, os espaços como complexos portadores de informações e transformados intencionalmente em veículos informacionais.In the iconic domain, this thesis focuses in analyzing the order that emerges in the erection systems of fairs and exhibits, their syntagmas and corresponding paradigms, under the perspective of perception, information and production, which generates experimentations, models and prototypes. Because the assemblies of several fairs and exhibits are inherently short-term and transitional spaces, they tend to constitute renewed environments. In short, these spaces cause less environmental impact because of their short existence. Once removed, the place they were set returns to its former condition. As demanded by increasingly industrialized societies, this leads to juxtaposed and complex uses, a more diversified occupation of spaces that permit various functions, with eventual and/or regular activities. In this sense, more and more computerized spaces emerge, different from the essentially mechanic ones, and able to carry short-term transitional activities; spaces as complex carriers of information and intentionally transformed into informational vehicles.
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Gurevitz, Rachel. "The transitional spaces of middle childhood : an enquiry into children's everyday lives as contribution to new environmental education strategies." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287324.
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Ramaswamy, Deepa. "Thresholds and Transitions: Inbetween the public and private realm." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35836.
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My thesis is an attempt to examine and study the in-between spaces between buildings.With my design as a vehicle, taking an entire block of Blacksburg, I have tried to explore the idea by which one could offer a transitional moment between buildings. The in-between spaces provide an opportunity to intervene and choreograph a space which re-engages the dweller through repetitive distractions. The design combines residential spaces with commercial establishments creating a mixed use condition in a city block which in its density, constantly alternates between the public and private realms. The resultant spaces between the buildings are spaces which are a combination of the planned and the improvised, in a constant state of flux forming the "passing place".
The spaces could create subtle interconnections which can be exploited and temporal experiences could be defined through architectural interpretation of transitional spaces.Mixing uses is one approach in architecture that assists in making lively thresholds.
I project the idea of a deliberate hetrogeneity in architecture, where opposing objects are placed together as a part of a strategy to create complex and compelling buildings and their in-between spaces.Master of Architecture
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David, Priscilla Laceda Duarte [UNESP]. "Avaliação da qualidade térmica de espaços de transição do tipo linear externo." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/138005.
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Essa pesquisa investiga as relações entre a qualidade térmica dos espaços de transição com os seus atributos físicos e condições térmicas do entorno imediato, a partir de levantamentos microclimáticos em oito espaços de transição do tipo linear externo e nos espaços internos e externos a eles associados, em condições de tempo quente. Os espaços escolhidos estão inseridos em um ambiente universitário na cidade de Bauru-SP e, por estarem localizados em edifícios de salas de aula, constituem em importantes ambientes de convívio de estudantes. Para verificar a influência dos atributos projetuais, foram definidos parâmetros de avaliação (intensidade da radiação solar incidente, obstrução do entorno, relação altura (H) e largura (W) e desempenho térmico da cobertura) e indicadores para cada um desses quatro parâmetros (de peso 0,25), distribuídos em um escala semântica variando de 0-péssimo, 0,25-ruim, 0,50-regular, 0,75-bom e 1-ótimo. Assim, foi criada uma metodologia para avaliar a qualidade térmica dos espaços de transição do tipo linear externo, que foi aplicada aos espaços estudados, para identificar quais parâmetros contribuem positiva ou negativamente para a qualidade térmica de cada. Essa metodologia permite elencar os melhores indicadores para uma avaliação positiva para os espaços de transição e os que devem ser evitados. No entanto, a qualidade microclimática dos ambientes externos adjacentes aos de transição são decisivos para uma ótima avaliação térmica. Os resultados evidenciam que a qualidade térmica dos espaços de transição é influenciada por alguns atributos projetuais e também pelas características de obstrução do entorno, além da qualidade microclimática do entorno imediato. A pesquisa também comprovou o papel amenizador microclimático e das condições de conforto térmico, calculados por meio do índice PET e, assim, reforçou resultados obtidos em estudos abordados na revisão bibliográfica. Espera-se que essa pesquisa possa contribuir para subsidiar intervenções projetuais nos espaços avaliados; contribuir para o projeto de novos espaços de transição, além de incentivar o desenvolvimento de estudos similares em outros contextos climáticos e em diferentes condições de tempo.
This research investigates the relationship between the thermal quality of transitional spaces and their physical attributes, and the thermal conditions of their immediate surroundings. The study was based on microclimatic data monitoring conducted in warm weather conditions in eight linear, external transitional spaces, and in the internal and external spaces associated with them. The spaces selected are located at a university setting in the city of Bauru-SP; and because they are within classroom buildings, these spaces represent important environments for student interaction. In order to verify the influence of project attributes, evaluation parameters (solar radiation intensity, obstruction of surroundings, height (H) and width (W), and thermal performance of the roof), and indicators for each of these four parameters were set and distributed in a semantic scale that varied from 0-very bad, 0.25-bad, 0.50average, 0.75-good, to 1-very good. This way, a methodology was created to evaluate the thermal quality of linear external transitional spaces, and applied to the spaces studied to identify which parameters contribute positively or negatively to the thermal quality of each one. This methodology allows for the classification of the best indicators, as well as the ones that should be avoided, for a positive evaluation of the transitional spaces. The results reveal that the thermal quality of transitional spaces is influenced not only by some project attributes but also by obstruction of surroundings characteristics, and by the microclimatic quality of the immediate surroundings. This research also proved the mitigating roles of microclimatic and thermal comfort conditions, which were calculated using the PET index, thereby reinforcing the results obtained in studies addressed in the bibliographic review. It is expected that this research will contribute to subsidizing project interventions in the spaces evaluated, and projects of new transitional spaces, in addition to promoting the development of similar studies in other climatic contexts, and in different weather conditions.
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Jitkhajornwanich, Kitchai. "Expectation and experience of thermal comfort in transitional spaces : a field study of thermal environments in hot-humid climate of Bangkok." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310790.
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Luna, Ronald Wilfredo. "Transforming espacios culturales into cultural spaces how the Salvadoran community is establishing Evangelical Protestant Churches as transitional institutions in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8917.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Geography. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Sanches, Nádia Catarina Flor Rodrigues. "Soluções Residênciais para a terceira idade. Intervenção na área do hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/7186.
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Gomes, Vívian Accioly. "O papel das galerias no conforto térmico nos espaços de uso público da avenida Guararapes no Recife - PE." Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2011. http://repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/723.
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Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de AlagoasAs galerias configuram espaços de transição entre o exterior e interior do edifício capazes de promover uma adaptação gradual entre os diferentes ambientes térmicos e favorecer a sensação de conforto térmico dos usuários dos espaços externos. Em cidades de clima tropical quente-úmido, como o Recife, isso dependerá, entre outros fatores, do desempenho das galerias no bloqueio da radiação solar incidente sobre o passeio de pedestres. O objetivo deste trabalho é discutir o papel das galerias no conforto térmico nos espaços de uso público da Avenida Guararapes, no Recife. Para isto, foram realizadas simulações computacionais no programa Ecotect 2010 a fim de avaliar o sombreamento produzido pelas galerias do conjunto arquitetônico da Avenida Guararapes no passeio de pedestres e o sombreamento do passeio de pedestres por uma galeria com a mesma secção transversal das galerias da Guararapes, em dezesseis orientações. As avaliações foram baseadas na análise do desempenho das galerias no que diz respeito ao sombreamento dos passeios de pedestres localizados na cidade do Recife (latitude 8°7 S). O desempenho das galerias da Avenida Guararapes foi avaliado em cinco horas do dia (8, 10, 12, 14 e 16h) e três períodos do ano (solstícios de verão e inverno e equinócios). Os resultados demonstraram a relevância da orientação e da disposição das galerias no conjunto, assim como, da sua configuração e dimensionamento, na eficácia do sombreamento do passeio. Nas horas do dia onde o sombreamento foi considerado mais necessário, 10, 12 e 14h, as galerias apresentaram-se mais eficazes, especialmente às 12h, quando as alturas solares no Recife estão mais próximas a 90°.
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Jiang, Zhongyu. "Transition Space." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-223409.
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The project is the expansion of the Stockholm public library. Engaging in study from the misconstrued translations of images, a "transition space" next to the old library. There are four aspects of interpretation for the word "transition" in my project: path, shape, type and memory. During the year in studio 5, imagine reality, I delves into the issue of integrate forms through the misinterpretation of images. The spaces were created by making use of technologies to transform 2d images to 3d volumes, and were developed to respond to site context and the program requirements, primarily through a series of strategic Boolean operations. It is irrational and accidental, but provides more possibilities for architecture design.
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Dillehay, Tom D. "Transitional Paiján Architecture and Space." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113447.
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The low frequency and often unique topographic setting of small circular stone ring structures of the late Paiján phase (ca. 11,200-9800 cal BP) necessitate a reconsideration of their nature and meaning at sites in several north coast valleys of Perú. It was previosly thought that they were exclusively domestic in function; however, it is now hypothesized that some may be multifunctional, including ritual activities.La baja frecuencia y, a menudo, el único entorno topográfico en el que se encuentran muchas pequeñas estructuras de planta circular demarcadas con alineamientos de piedra de la fase Paiján Tardío (c. 11.200-9800 cal AP) hacen necesaria una reconsideraciónde su naturaleza y significado en los sitios correspondientes en varios valles de la costa norte del Perú. Con anterioridad se pensaba que estas estructuras eran exclusivamente domésticas respecto de su función; sin embargo, en la actualidad se pueden plantear hipótesis acerca de que algunas de ellas pudieron haber tenido un carácter multifuncional, lo que incluyó actividades rituales.
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Alonso, Montolío Carlos. "El pas i el canvi : la percepció ambiental durant la circulació a l’Arquitectura." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/369305.
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This work is an approach to the dynamic perception of architecture. lt seeks to provide parameters to help finding a way to analyze and graphically represent the architectural features that give a special and spatial quality to space perceived during movement.
The approach is made from the "passing-through spaces" in architecture. These kinds of spaces can be considered as paradigmatic movement places and therefore, places where the dynamic perception has an essential reason for being.
In the first part, the transient itineraries are analyzed by themselves, abstracting them from the architectural spaces where they occur. They are classified in an abstract way, without built references . So three distinct types of itineraries are described and characterized with their fundamental characteristics.
In the second part change is analyzed, mainly from an energy point of view. That is the adaptation of the senses to different stimuli and stimuli variations in time and space. The reactions of the different human senses to environmental changes and
their temporal adaptability are essential to understand users' final perception of the architectural environment. This analysis leads to the selection of the most important stimuli during people's movement, which will be those that provide the maximum amount of information needed to carry out the abstract itineraries described above.
In the third part, the most important stimuli to provide information about the space are selected. They are vision, for providing directional information, and sound, for providing spatial information. The vision is selected for analyzing it's potential in a case study. The Sert's house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is chosen for different reasons . On one hand, because JL Sert shows
an interest in movement and itineraries in architecture, as it can be seen in several of his projects' drawings , where the user's movement is frequently plotted. On the other hand, because it is a residential house. So the itinerary is not one of the fundamental concepts on which the project is based, as it happens on some other works of Sert as the Maeght Foundation and the Miró Foundation, both of them itinerary buildings with the exhibition as its function.
This work concludes by specifying some of the visual patterns that are considered important in building design while taking into account the dynamic perception and also with sorne design recommendations.
lt is proposed to advance, in the future, with the representation of these parameters and others not dealt with in here, with advanced graphic means that can help the designer to take them into consideration from the outset of the project.Aquest treball és una aproximació a la percepció dinàmica de l’arquitectura i busca aportar paràmetres per ajudar a trobar una manera d’analitzar i representar de manera gràfica les característiques arquitectòniques que donen una qualitat especial i espacial a l’espai percebut en moviment. L’aproximació es fa des dels espais de pas a l’arquitectura ja que poden ser considerats paradigmàtics com a llocs a on el moviment, i per tant la percepció dinàmica, té una raó de ser fonamental. En una primera part s’analitza el pas per sí mateix, abstraient-lo de l’espai arquitectònic on es produeix, per arribar a classificar-lo d’una manera abstracta i sense referents construïts. Així es consideren només els recorreguts i s’arriba a una descripció i caracterització de tres tipus de recorreguts ben diferenciats, amb les seves característiques fonamentals. En una segona part s’analitza el canvi, l’adaptació dels sentits als diferents estímuls i les seves variacions, en el temps i l’espai, des d’un punt de vista principalment energètic. Les reaccions dels diferents sentits als canvis i la seva capacitat d’adaptació temporal són fonamentals per entendre la percepció final de l’ambient per part dels usuaris. Aquesta anàlisi condueix a la selecció dels estímuls més importants durant el moviment, que seran els que aporten la major informació necessària per a dur a terme els recorreguts abstractes plantejats anteriorment. A la tercera part, una vegada seleccionats els estímuls més significatius per donar informació sobre l’espai, que seran la visió per la informació direccional i el so per la informació espacial, es selecciona el primer i s’analitzen les seves possibilitats en un cas d’estudi. Es tria la casa Sert a Cambridge, Massachussets, per diferents raons. Per una banda perquè J. Ll. Sert demostra un interès en el moviment i el recorregut a l’arquitectura i això es pot constatar en els seus dibuixos a on representa gràficament els recorreguts en varis dels seus projectes. Per altra banda per tractar-se d’un habitatge unifamiliar, a on el recorregut no és un dels conceptes fonamentals en el que es basa el projecte, com pot ser en altres obres de Sert com la Fundació Maeght o la Fundació Miró, edificis recorregut per la seva funció expositiva. El treball conclou especificant algunes de les pautes visuals que es consideren importants a l’hora de projectar un edifici tenint en compte la percepció dinàmica i recomanacions de disseny. Es proposa avançar, en el futur en la representació d’aquests paràmetres i d’altres que no s’han tractat aquí, amb mitjans gràfics avançats, que puguin ajudar al dissenyador a tenir-los en consideració des del principi del projecte.
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Spina, Danton Christopher. "Confused Spaces: Theatricality as a device for defining different types of public space." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1136.
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Confused Spaces has come to the conclusion that theatricality can be a device for defining different types of public space. This book aims to define theatricality in architectural terms by taking principles from the disciplines of theater and urban design. It limits the scope of the definition to a specific set of elements of theatricality that include spectacle, transition, flexibility, and compactability. After attempting to define why these elements of theatricality are valid architectural concepts, the text then pushes to understand the experience that these elements can create. Through the use of historical and contemporary references, an argument for theatricality can already be found to exist but simply has not been clearly defined. The best methods of studying the design concepts are initially discussed. It is believed that in addition to a thorough case study of an existing structure which practices theatricality, the best way to explain the concepts of the idea as well as analyze them would be through several design attempts. Architectural competitions become the venue for experimentation. Three competition entries are submitted that attempt to implement theatricality. One more competition is created and results in an exhibition of the entries as well as an installation which can be studied and analyzed in a physical space. By using principles distilled from all the preceding research and design analysis, a theoretical large-scale design is explored. The design combines significant site data with all the design principles defended in the text up to this point. The design becomes the most complete visual representation of the core concept for theatricality. In conclusion, it is determined that the principles of theatricality clearly have a significant impact on the public and the pedestrian experience. It is encouraged for the concept to be used as a design device for creating pedestrian-friendly spaces in the future.
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Van, der Merwe Marika. "Agora : transition through information to memory." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242008-135147.
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Wang, Fang. "Quantum phase transitions and fluctuations in space charge doped one unit-cell Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021SORUS436.
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La transition supraconducteur-isolant en deux dimensions est une transition de phase quantique continue à la température du zéro absolu provoquée par des paramètres externes tels que le désordre, le champ magnétique ou la concentration de porteurs. De telles transitions ont été induites dans une variété de supraconducteurs bidimensionnels en ajustant différents paramètres externes et étudiées avec une analyse de renormalisation de taille finie. Il y a cependant assez peu d'uniformité dans les résultats car à la fois les systèmes supraconducteurs et les paramètres externes sont divers. Dans cette thèse, nous avons d'abord fabriqué des échantillons BSCCO-2212 d'épaisseur d'une cellule unité et de grande qualité avec la technique de collage anodique, une méthode originale d'exfoliation développée dans notre laboratoire pour préparer des cristaux 2D de haute qualité à partir de matériaux lamellaires massifs. Ensuite, nous avons provoqué la transition supraconducteur-isolant dans les échantillons fabriqués de Bi2.1Sr1.9CaCu2O8+x monocouche par dopage par charge d'espace, qui est une technique efficace de dopage électrostatique à effet de champ. Nous avons déterminé les paramètres critiques associés et développé un moyen fiable d'estimer le dopage dans la région non supraconductrice, un problème crucial et central dans ces matériaux. L'analyse par renormalisation de taille finie donne un dopage critique de 0,057 trous/Cu, une résistance critique de ~ 6.85 kOhm et un produit d'exposant critiques νz ~ 1,57. Ces résultats, ainsi que des travaux antérieurs sur d'autres matériaux, fournissent une image cohérente de la transition supraconducteur-isolant et de sa nature bosonique dans le régime sous-dopé de la supraconductivité émergente dans les supraconducteurs à haute température critique. Ensuite, dans la dernière partie de cette thèse, nous avons également étudié les effets de l'inhomogénéité et des fluctuations sur la transition supraconductrice à l'échelle mésoscopique et nanoscopique à la fois avec des simulations et des mesures de transport. L'utilisation d'un échantillon ultra-mince facilite également l'analyse sur deux fronts. Tout d'abord, en deux dimensions, les phénomènes de fluctuation liés à la transition supraconductrice sont exacerbés, facilitant l'analyse des changements de largeurs. Deuxièmement, les aspects liés à la percolation et au clustering peuvent être facilement simulés et comparés à des modèles analytiques. En particulier, les effets des fluctuations sur le côté surdopé et sous-dopé du diagramme de phase d'une monocouche de BSCCO-2212 sont discutés. Nous avons découvert que le régime de fluctuation dans la partie sous-dopée du diagramme de phase est fondamentalement différent de celui dans la partie où p > 0,19. Nous avons discuté du comportement possible des paires de Cooper liées à nos résultats expérimentaux, ainsi que d'une des théories pouvant l'expliquer (transition BEC-BCS)The superconductor-insulator transition in two dimensions is a continuous quantum phase transition at absolute zero temperature driven by external parameters like disorder, magnetic field, or carrier concentration. Such transitions have been induced in a variety of two dimensional superconductors by tuning different external parameters and studied with a finite-size scaling analysis. There is however not much uniformity in the findings as both the superconducting systems and the tuning parameters are diverse. In this thesis, we first fabricated high quality of one unit-cell BSCCO-2212 samples with anodic bonding technique, an original method of exfoliation developed in our laboratory for preparing high quality 2D crystals from layered bulk materials. Then we revealed the superconductor-insulator transition in the fabricated one unit-cell Bi2.1Sr1.9CaCu2O8+x by space charge doping, which in an effective field effect electrostatic doping technique. We determined the related critical parameters and develop a reliable way to estimate doping in the non-superconducting region, a crucial and central problem in these materials. Finite-size scaling analysis yields a critical doping of 0.057 holes/Cu, a critical resistance of ~ 6.85 kΩ and a scaling exponent product νz ~ 1.57. These results, together with earlier work in other materials, provide a coherent picture of the superconductor-insulator transition and its bosonic nature in the underdoped regime of emerging superconductivity in high critical temperature superconductors. Then in the latter part of this thesis, we also investigated the effects of inhomogeneity and fluctuations on superconducting transition on mesoscopic and nanoscopic scale both with simulation and with simulations and with analysis of transport measurements. The use of an ultra-thin sample also facilitates analysis on two fronts. Firstly, in two dimensions fluctuation phenomena related to the superconducting transition are exacerbated, making the analysis of changes in widths easier. Secondly aspects related to percolation and clustering can be easily simulated and compared with analytical models. Especially, the effects of fluctuations on the overdoped and underdoped side of the phase diagram of one unit-cell BSCCO-2212 are discussed. We discovered that the fluctuation regime in the underdoped part of the phase diagram is fundamentally different from that in the part where p > 0.19. We discussed the possible behaviour of cooper pairs related to our experimental results, as well as one existing theoretical explanation (BEC-BCStransition)
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Beillard, Hernan. "Transitional areas between public and private space." FIU Digital Commons, 2005. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1502.
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This study analyzes transitional areas between public and private space in order to develop a design that might improve social interaction in the city. Architectural elements in specific pedestrian friendly spaces within the Miami area were identified and analyzed as social spaces in terms developed by Ali Mandanipour.
Proximity, visual permeability, intersection, layering, and monumentality are design strategies used in many projects to enhance individual encounters. These strategies typically apply to transitional areas and serve as the direct physical links perceived by individuals moving between public and private areas. This project explores the different approaches to transitional areas in the design of an art gallery and surrounding artists' studios on Lincoln Road.
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Ali, Sarosh. "Transitional Design: Connecting Space, People, and Architecture." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1305893388.
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Bowen, Sarah. "Landscape as transitional space in film practice." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2015. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/3781ef60-cbd2-4606-bcd8-e96d5c32630d.
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Kristovich, Donna. "Late adolescents' use of music as transitional space." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 2001. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/kristovich_2001.pdf.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 2001.A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-260)
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Lugo, De Jesus Mayte Nilda. "Architecture as a Transition Space." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35790.
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Architecture as an act of social intervention is the concept of this project. Careful consideration of context and surrounding as well as community needs are the forces behind the creation of a building that is both a place of transition and interaction; a place that both philosophically and programmatically intends to enhance the life of the town's population by promoting social and civic togetherness. Through the architectural concept of flexibility it is my intention to make a center that would not only house several permanent activities at once, but will also be able to host as many types of temporary activities as the community can imagine. The building intervening as a social unifier provides both the local and the university communities a place to interact and play together. The chosen site is ideal for this project, since its location is considered as a bridge between downtown and the university campus, thus making it easier to generate an activity space where both could meet throughout the year. The proposed building design reflects this "bridge" condition of the site by turning itself into an urban icon of different qualities; the building that becomes a plaza, the plaza that becomes a building.Master of Architecture
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Worth, Nancy Margaret. "Transition spaces : intersections of youth, visual impairment and identity." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522916.
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Olckers, Heinrich. "Entopia : creating an urban transition space." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29933.
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This study is aimed at identifying ways in which architecture can facilitate social cohesion and desegregation. The preindustrial vernacular, which has failed to adapt from apartheid ideologies, has been proposed to include social integration as opposed to the creation of segregated environments. This is achieved through the design of an urban waiting room and gateway at the threshold between Pretoria Station and the inner city of Pretoria. The investigation can be summarised as creating entopia, which translates to achievable space, focus on architecture of the every day, cater to real world needs of city users and address problems unique to place and setting - which in the context of Pretoria, includes the promotion of social integration. Copyright 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Heinrich, O 2011, Entopia : creating an urban transition space, MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11292011-162950 / > C12/4/38/gmDissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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MCGAHAN, MICHELLE LEE. "ARCHITECTURE AS TRANSITION: CREATING SACRED SPACE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1082677289.
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McGahan, Michelle L. "Architecture as transition creating sacred space /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=ucin1082677289.
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Charles, Noah S. "Multifractal Methods for Anderson Transitions." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1595519105865006.
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Mackenzie, Helen Elizabeth. "Students' experiences of academic play within transitional space in higher education." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13449/.
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This thesis argues that Donald Winnicott's theory of transitional space and play casts new light upon the ontological dimensions of students' experiences of transition within Higher Education. Winnicott enables the illumination of the different ways that students might react, cope and personally develop when faced with similarity, difference and change, demonstrating this can have powerful influences upon the facilitation and hindrance of individuals’ transitions. The qualitative case study, conducted at a Russell Group University, involves an in depth exploration of eight second-year undergraduate Biological Science students' transitional journeys during their study of one module. The students' study included designing their own experiments, working with others, presenting orally, analysing their data and individually writing a scientific report, as part of a creative group project. I argue throughout this thesis that this module invited learners to engage in adult, transitional academic play spaces. Here, learners had the freedom to risk putting him or herself into relation with sameness, uncertainty, difficulty, challenge and change. The study reports that the potential and enjoyment of transition, as Winnicott proposed, might be only fully realised when the conditions are 'good enough' in the mind of the learner. This involves achieving a delicate balance between firstly, the provision of a teaching and learning environment that provides the freedom and opportunities to engage with transition and secondly, the capacities of students to engage with change which might include, toughness, resilience and a will to learn. In the light of the empirical findings it is argued that students' transitional journeys are both idiosyncratic and complex and students emerge in different ways. It is found that at this stage in their degree study all students required the sensitive support of teaching staff in order to have the confidence to engage within transitional space.
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Sedin, John. "Coworking spaces - A qualitative study of an office industry in transition." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-192169.
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Hope, Peter. "Phase transitions in one dimensional random fields." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.257435.
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Daniele, Cappelletti. "Between external and internal space : an urban transition." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72623.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012.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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The aim of this dissertation is to explore the evolution of both architecture and urban space, in terms of mutual relationship between solids and voids, with particular attention to two transitional moments of ancient and modern history: the Hellenistic and Baroque periods. This study is the result of the consideration that in certain periods, at least in western history, there is a clear predominance of either interior or exterior space in relation to architecture. If on one hand external space seems to predominate in Greek and modern architecture, interior space is prevalent between the Roman and the Renaissance periods. The hypothesis is that both the Hellenistic and Baroque periods represent intermediate phases in the historical transition between interior and exterior space and that this transition is manifested, through the transformations of the urban fabric, in the enclosed civic spaces of forums and squares. The methodological approach can be more easily described defining what this analysis is not meant to be: this examination is neither intended to be an urban theory nor a historical study. The intention is to interrelate theory and history, remaining distant from the necessary abstraction of urban design theory and, at the same time, avoiding the indispensable specificity and attention to details required by architecture history.
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Hou, Guoying. "An investigation of thermal comfort and the use of indoor transitional space." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2016. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/104068/.
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Indoor transitional space plays an important role in the modern building. The thermal environment in indoor transitional spaces can significantly influence users’ thermal perceptions and therefore potentially their use of such spaces. Improving thermal conditions in indoor transitional spaces may encourage people to spend more time in these spaces, and improve the energy performance in indoor transitional spaces and their potential contribution in minimizing cooling and heating loads of the adjacent building. This thesis investigates thermal conditions in indoor transitional spaces, thermal comfort and the relationship between these and people’s use of space. Three case studies were carefully selected in different kinds of buildings in Cardiff, UK to represent a variety of users in similar climatic contexts. The field surveys were carried out during winter and summer and research methods were used: interviews with a structured questionnaire, thermal environment monitoring and observations of human activity. The results show that a solely physiological approach is insufficient to evaluate the thermal comfort in indoor transitional spaces. The results from the occupant comfort survey established the adaptability of users to a wider range of thermal conditions. Environmental variables such as operative temperature could have a great impact on the use of the indoor transitional spaces, and may determine the number of people and activities in them. The study also shows that participants in indoor transitional spaces have a higher thermal tolerance and can accept lower temperature than in other types of spaces, which creates a potential for saving energy.
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Smith, Douglas. "Public Spaces, Parks and Democratic Transition: A Case Study of Republican China." Thesis, Griffith University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366151.
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This thesis has two related objectives. First, it proposes a general critique of the way in which liberal theorists have understood the democratisation process—particularly in their search for its nascent forms in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican China. In this sense, it is a work of political philosophy and aims to counter poorly formulated criticisms of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This is not to condone everything the CCP does, but rather to highlight the frequent misperceptions of key concepts employed by their international interlocutors—especially freedom, democracy and government. The core of the argument rests on Dankwart Rustow’s three stage “matrix” which suggests that those factors that bring a democracy into being are not necessarily the same as those that sustain it. The argument, here, is that certain types of government have a role to play in the democratisation process. This problematises the generally-accepted view that the role of government (any government) is to remove itself from this process altogether. This is evidenced by the long standing liberal “truth” of the necessity of the public/private divide.
Second, the thesis outlines a history of the first indigenous Chinese public park—Zhongyuan Gongyuan (Central Park). In this sense, the thesis is also a work of history. The park, itself, is significant because, unlike the west, there has not been a history of formalised public spaces in Chinese history—like the agora, forum or piazzas. The establishment of the park, therefore, highlights a considerable, albeit geographically localised, watershed in the objectives of Chinese government. Previous governments kept their gaze towards heaven; early Republican governments reversed the direction, and looked towards the people. The newly established municipal authorities clearly saw the health, morality and conduct of the masses as the raison d’être of the park; the aim was new citizens who would contribute to the political modernity and capitalism that would make China strong. To build a new China required a dramatic rethinking of what the citizen would look like, and the earlier intellectual reconfigurations—especially those of Liang Qichao’s xin min—found their material expression, at least partially, in the ways in which the patrons consumed these new public spaces like Zhongyuan Gongyuan. The story of the park, then, provides a case study that demonstrates that government, at least in Republican China, did play a role in the creation of some of the basic elements of democracy—for example, civil society, modern citizenship and the public sphere.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
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Van, der Westhuizen Lourette. "The waiting place : creating social gathering space." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23325.
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This dissertation takes the opportunity to explore an existing building in need of change owing to changing environments. The proposed project is situated within the city context of Pretoria and aims to address the unavoidable nature of architecture, which involves the degradation of buildings over time. The main focus of this study is the concept of waiting, where the city dweller has to endure spending time in everyday surroundings in a built environment. The study attempts to understand the deeper psychological meaning of waiting better in order to provide places that are sympathetic to the waiting person. The aim of this dissertation is to justify the importance of the waiting place and to investigate waiting places in everyday environments, in order to determine physical factors that influence the experience of people while waiting. These factors inform decisions to provide improved facilities within an informal transport system, while generating new functions in response to the behaviour of people in a transit environment. The principles of waiting are exploited to create an environment where the building acts as generator for new infill parts to serve the user. The project envisages a fresh approach to reunite the waiting place and architecture to create a social gathering space. The project’s main goal is to consider the waiting space as one that serves as a transition place for travellers, providing the commuter with the opportunity to orientate and recover from tiring daily activities. The proposed project addresses the needs of the city dweller by means of a renewed building intervention. The changing context required a site related function that serves the user and acts as a support system in the city, facilitating future growth.Dissertation (MInt(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Ramli, Noura. "The verb in transitional Libyan Arabic : morphomes, the stem space and principal parts." Thesis, University of Essex, 2016. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/17846/.
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Should we analyse Arabic morphology in terms of a morpheme-based approach or in terms of a stem-based approach? This is the question which has figured prominently in morphological debate in recent years, especially in Semitic linguistics with ablaut-rich inflectional systems. This study provides a novel synchronic account to Transitional Libyan Arabic morphology, using a stem-based approach that assesses the morphomicity (Maiden, 2009, p.45) of stem alternations in the verb inflectional paradigm. This work focuses on the role of stem alternations in defining inflectional paradigmatic complexity in relation to implicative relations and inflection classes within the stem-space and principal parts morphological approaches. Following Bonami and Boyé’s (2002) approach to stem alternations in French, we define an inheritance hierarchy for TLA morphomic verb stems and show how this effectively identifies a set of inflection classes in the absence of affixal allomorphy. Within Stump and Finkel (2013) principal parts model, TLA inflection class membership can be determined by principal parts as indexed stems and/or as substems. The scale of the complexity of TLA inflectional system is also measured using the Principal-Parts Analyzer (PPA) computational tool. TLA conjugations reveal a synchronic morphomic patterning which shows sensitivity to extramorphological factors. The TLA semi-autonomous morphology is reflected by stem referencing features that provide the base for stem indexing possibilities which in turn can define TLA inflectional classes in the absence of the affix allomorphy. The results of principal parts analysis reveal that verb inflectional complexity of TLA as a Semitic language is as morphologically complex as concatenative stem based systems, posing serious empirical problems for any justifications for a unique distinctive non-concatenative morpheme-based account.
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Crespo, Uribe Carolina. "Sculpting the emotional (magic) space." Thesis, Konstfack, Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-5861.
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I create spaces, that are presented as sets (scenographies), by working with storytelling, colour, geometry and transitions. By exploring tangible and abstract elements, I compose different atmospheres. Atmosphere is the central aesthetic category in my work, and creating an emotional experience through space is my intention. The spaces are inspired by a magic realist novel. I transpose the text into images, to then sculpt spaces with geometry, colour and light. I write new stories and descriptions about these spaces as I imagine the atmospheres to be experienced. Transitions are fundamental to my project: the transition of Latin-American references within magic realism and emotional architecture, to my own context at this moment in Sweden; the transition from text to space (and vice versa); and the transitions between spaces in my composition. These are my apparatuses in sculpting the emotional and magic space.The full thesis contains copyrighted material which has been removed in the published version.
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Taylor, David Preston Landini Gregory. "Structure and transition towards an accretivist theory of time /." Iowa City : University of Iowa, 2009. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/443.
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Xie, Xun, and 谢洵. "Urban transition: redevelopment of Guangzhou East Railway Station frontage space." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47152795.
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Mosier, Lisa G. (Lisa Gayle). "The Morisco House in Granada : domestic space in cultural transition." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33027.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).
This paper examines issues of cultural, religious, and personal identity as reflected in domestic space, with the premise that expressions of the built environment evolve from concepts of self. These themes are particularly apparent in the case of residential architecture of the Moriscos, a cultural group of former Muslims forcibly converted to Christianity in 15th and 16th century Spain following the Reconquest. The Morisco houses of Granada from 1500-1570 reveal architectural forms resulting from acculturation as well as desires to protect identities and traditions in the midst of threat of cultural extinction. The architectural elements of these residences may be read as subversive attempts by a subordinated cultural group to conceal meaning from the dominant Christian population.
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Johnes, Jonathan R. "Human movement the transition of people through space and time /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2008. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/378.
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