Physical-optical analysis of lightguide coupling setup and systematic design strategy (Conference Presentation)

Despite a strong tradition of harmony between the landscape and its settlements, Kathmandu's periphery now stands altered due to the contemporary challenges of modernisation. It has become the contested territory where rapid urbanisation and infrastructure projects conflict with the valley's last remaining resources. i.e., fertile soil, floodplains, water sources, forests and agricultural land. The periphery is essential in preserving the remaining agricultural landscape, which is the mainstay of the numerous traditional communities of Kathmandu. Both the occupants and the productive landscape are threatened due to haphazard urbanisation and future mobility projects, resulting in speculative and uncontrolled sprawl. A detailed investigation was conducted on a site 15km south of Kathmandu to address the city's landscape challenges. The chosen investigation frame presented the suitable conditions to study and test strategies posed by the research objectives. The research utilises landscape urbanism and cartography to reveal the landscape's latent capacities, identify the spatial qualities, stakeholders and typologies involved in the production and consumption of resources. The study identifies existing resource flows and their ability to generate future scenarios. Systematic design strategies were applied in resource recovery projects by optimising enterprising capacity building within communities after the earthquake. The research recognises the merit in existing practices, community networks, the ongoing post-earthquake rebuilding efforts in offering an alternative design strategy in which landscape becomes the carrying structure for the sustainable reorganisation of Kathmandu's periphery.

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Systematic design strategy for DPL-based ternary logic circuit

International Journal of Nanoparticles ◽

10.1504/ijnp.2020.105997 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1/2) ◽

pp. 3

Author(s):

Aloke Saha ◽

Narendra Deo Singh

Keyword(s):

Design Strategy ◽

Logic Circuit ◽

Systematic Design ◽

Ternary Logic

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A strategy for multiprofessional design of buildings

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering ◽

10.1139/l84-004 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 25-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Peter Manning

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Design Process ◽

Process Design ◽

Design Problem ◽

Mechanical Systems ◽

Building Design ◽

Design Strategy ◽

Design Teams ◽

Systematic Design ◽

Design Decisions

The conventional way by which buildings are designed is for the specialist members of design teams (structural, mechanical, electrical, and other engineers, acousticians, and others) to develop in detail the comprehensive concepts of generalists. Thus, architects first develop overall scheme designs, after which consultant engineers and others develop specific subdesigns for the structures, mechanical systems, lighting, and so on that will make that particular overall scheme work. There are some important objections to this kind of process, not the least the handicap that is thus placed upon the input of the engineering and other consultants. A "three-axis design strategy" by which, from the earliest stages of a design problem, solutions are built up from the best common compatible options of all the contributing consultants is described. Key words: building design, systematic design methods, design strategy, multiprofessional, integration, design process, design decisions.

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