scholarly journals Bacterial degradation of nine wooden foundation piles from Gothenburg historic city center and correlation to wood quality, environment, and time in service

2021 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 105288
Author(s):  
Charlotte G. Björdal ◽  
Johanna Elam
Keyword(s):  
Wood Quality ◽  
Bacterial Degradation ◽  
City Center ◽  
Historic City ◽  
Time In Service

Upside Down: Historic Tram Goes Underground – an Infrastructure Challenge on the Way to a Modern City

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oskar-H. Pekoll
Keyword(s):  
Tunnel Boring Machine ◽  
High Volume ◽  
City Center ◽  
Tunnel Boring ◽  
Traffic Routing ◽  
Jet Grouting ◽  
Track System ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Tunnel System ◽  
Historic City

<p>To deal with the high volume of traffic in the historic city center of Karlsruhe (Germany), the track system of the historic surface tram is moved underground.</p><p>First, seven underground stations are built, which are then connected by using a tunnel boring machine for excavation of the tracks. While the traffic continues on the surface, the new underground stations are being built in sections using the dig-and-cast construction method. Due to the high ground water level bore piles and diaphragm walls of reinforced concrete / concrete cut-off wall are used as excavation pit shoring. A grouted sealing blanket made using jet grouting processes serves as horizontal blanket.</p><p>The cover is made while the traffic continues overhead, to this end traffic routing of road and tram traffic is altered in several stages of construction. The subsequent removal of the soil is realized via this newly created tunnel system – this way no truck traffic has to pass through the city center.</p><p>The construction is a challenge to permit a limitation of the deformations in relation to the settlement of the immediately adjacent historic buildings and also in the logistics of the construction while keeping the traffic above ground running.</p>

scholarly journals Case study: use of Rapid Ethnographic research for participatory urban design

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
City Center ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Historic City ◽  
Ways Of Life

This article analyzed the use of rapid ethnographic methodologies to assess community concerns for urban design practices. Rapid Ethnographic Assessment Process (REAP) is a compilation of methodologies that produce ethnographic knowledge in a short time frame and is constantly used for public health and sustainability. The article is about a participatory case-study conducted in the historic city center of Santiago de Los Caballeros, in the Dominican Republic. REAP was used to understand its application for urbanism. The case-study revealed a spectrum of cultures from different groups within the study area, and how the project would impact their ways of life. It also depicted a gap between the pre-existing proposals and the aims and challenges of the community groups. If appropriately applied, REAP can produce valuable results, and help inform urban design practices while assuring that they are respectful to the populations they will influence.

REGENERATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OBJECTS IN THE STRUCTURE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN URBAN ESTATES OF THE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Lyudmila I. IVANOVA ◽  
Fedor V. KARASEV
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
City Center ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Center Density

The article views the classifi cation and features of the formation of objects of landscape architecture in the structure of households of the estate building of the XIX - beginning of the XX centuries on the example of the city of Samara taking into account the town-planning features: social affi liation, location relative to the historic city center, density, height, functional and planning type of buildings. Emphasis is placed on the preservation of objects of landscape architecture within the borders of the existing households, which form the basis of the planning of the neighborhoods of the historic city center. Considering the identifi ed classifi cation a technique for the preservation and development of landscape architecture objects in modern conditions is proposed.

METHODS OF PRESERVATION OF XIX-EARLY XX CENTURIES TOWN MANSIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Fedor V. KARASYOV
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Classification Methods ◽  
Regular Grid ◽  
City Center ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
Historic City ◽  
Center Density

The article deals with the classification and characteristics of the formation of the manor buildings system of XIX - early XX centuries taking into account urban development criteria: social status, location toward the historic city center, density, buildings height, functional and planning type of buildings. Revealed planning types of buildings should be considered as universal and characteristic for Russian cities whose architectural and planning structure is organized on the principle of dividing into zones on a regular grid. Emphasis is placed on the preservation of town mansions within the boundaries of existing houses forming the basis of quarters planning of the historic center. On the base of this classification methods for the preservation and development of town mansions in the present-day conditions taking into account their planning features are proposed.

scholarly journals TERRITORIAL EXPLORATION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATION ON HISTORIC URBAN LANDSCAPES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AREA OF EL EJIDO IN CUENCA, ECUADOR

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-M-1-2020 ◽  
pp. 505-512
Author(s):  
S. Auquilla ◽  
M. Siguencia
Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
City Center ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The Face ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City

Abstract. Cuenca in Ecuador is a growing city, weak in the face of the changes that the expansion phenomenon implies. The area of El Ejido was the first expansion area of the city with valuable samples of the arrival of modernity in the city. Nowadays, this sector is not exempted from the effects of urban growth and deserves to be managed through a proper management plan for its preservation. Degraded landscapes have been identified, modern heritage architecture shows clear symptoms of abandonment and low maintenance, causing the disappearance of historic buildings. Given these and other problems associated with urban development, Cuenca, like other cities, has taken the initiative of adopting the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) adopted by UNESCO in 2011, as a measure to safeguard urban heritage. In 2014, the implementation of this relatively new approach was first initiated in the pilot area of the Historic City Centre of Cuenca. This area was included in the World Heritage List in 1999 based on criteria II, IV, and V.However, aware of the significant heritage values embedded at El Ejido and its close urban and landscape link with the Historical City Center, the aim of this research is the implementation of the HUL’s approach in a specific area located in El Ejido. Due to the clear difference between this sector and the Historical City Center, it is necessary to assess the first methodology used and work on a methodology that can be extrapolated to this sector and further on to other sectors of the city. To obtain the methodology for this area, it is essential to carry out a territorial exploration in cities with similar characteristics to Cuenca that are implementing an approach based on the study of the Historical Urban Landscape Recommendation.

Does Housing Vintage Matter? Exploring the Historic City Center of Amsterdam

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndsey Rolheiser ◽  
Dorinth van Dijk ◽  
Alex van de Minne
Keyword(s):  
City Center ◽  
Historic City

scholarly journals Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal. World Heritage City: An invitation to Cultural Tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 434-459
Author(s):  
Susana Serpa Silva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Atlantic History ◽  
City Center ◽  
Nature Tourism ◽  
Azores Archipelago ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City

The city of Angra, whose name derives from the small cove that serves as its port, is the oldest one in the Azores Archipelago, Portugal. It is located on the southern coast of Terceira Island and has this category by letter of D. João III of 21st August 1534. From the beginning, the importance of its port for the Atlantic navigation and as a scale of the designated India’s Career led chronicler Gaspar Frutuoso, by the end of the 16th century, to call it the ‘Western Ocean Sea Scale’. Alongside a significant role in the Atlantic History, the city also played an active part in the History of Portugal. On January 1st, 1980 it was shaken by a violent earthquake. In the process of reconstruction, the strict orthogonal layout of the streets was maintained, and the richness of its buildings was preserved. Recognizing the value of the architectural complex of this historic city center and its site as very relevant to the History of European empires, in 1984 UNESCO classified Angra do Heroísmo as a World Heritage City. Given this classification, it intended, with this work, to contribute to the knowledge of the city, not only for its historical-heritage significance, but also as a destination for Cultural Tourism, which is desirable to develop, in the Azores, as a complement of Nature Tourism.

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