scholarly journals The impact of water in architectural thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
Gábor Heckenast ◽  
Marcel Ferencz ◽  
András Tibor Kertész
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Complex Design ◽  
The Future ◽  
Natural Element ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe focus of this research is the connection between architecture and water, how this natural element has formed the way of thinking. To give a complex answer, it is required to observe this complex topic from different aspects: time, space (with macro and micro space typology), meaning, technology, art and architectural design method, which all together can create a network of ideas. This outlined network could provide a theoretical basis for a new complex design method – from the building scale to the urban scale – for the upcoming challenges of built environment in connection with water in the future.

Futures Honed

Futures ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 118-134
Author(s):  
Barbara Adam
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Original Work ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
The Past ◽  
Writing Theory ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Verse Form ◽  
The Way

This chapter comprises an interview between Barbara Adam and the editors, and is followed by Adam’s ‘Honing Futures’, which is presented in four short verses of distilled theory. In the interview Adam reflects on thirty-five years of futures-thinking rooted in her deeply original work on time and temporality, and her innovative response to qualitative and linear definitions of time within the social sciences. The interview continues with a discussion of the way Adam’s thinking on futures intersects in her work with ideas of ethics and collective responsibility politics and concludes with a brief rationale for writing theory in verse form. In ‘Honing Futures’, a piece of futures theory verse form, Adam charts the movements and moments in considerations of the Not Yet and futurity’s active creation: from pluralized imaginings of the future, to an increasingly tangible and narrower anticipated future, to future-making as designing and reality-creating performance. Collectively, the verses identify the varied complex interdependencies of time, space, and matter with the past and future in all iterations of honing and making futures.

Architectural Design and Physical Activity: An Observational Study of Staircase and Elevator Use in Different Buildings

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 556-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Bassett ◽  
Ray Browning ◽  
Scott A. Conger ◽  
Dana L. Wolff ◽  
Jennifer I. Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Commercial Buildings ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
The Way

Background:The indoor built environment has the potential to influence levels of physical activity. However, the extent to which architectural design in commercial buildings can influence the percentage of people choosing to use the stairs versus elevators is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine if buildings with centrally located, accessible, and aesthetically pleasing staircases result in a greater percentage of people taking the stairs.Methods:Direct observations of stair and elevator use were conducted in 3 buildings on a university campus. One of the buildings had a bank of 4 centrally located elevators and a fire escape stairwell behind a steel door. The other 2 buildings had centrally located staircases and out-of-the-way elevators.Results:The percentage of people who ascended the stairs was 8.1% in the elevator-centric building, compared with 72.8% and 81.1% in the 2 stair-centric buildings (P < .001). In addition, the percentage of people who descended the stairs was 10.8% in the first building, compared with 89.5% and 93.7% in the stair-centric buildings (P < .001).Conclusions:The results of the current study suggest that if buildings are constructed with centrally located, accessible, and aesthetically pleasing staircases, a greater percentage of people will choose to take the stairs.

scholarly journals Genomic Biomarkers of Meningioma: A Focused Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (19) ◽  
pp. 10222
Author(s):  
Jacob A. Pawloski ◽  
Hassan A. Fadel ◽  
Yi-Wen Huang ◽  
Ian Y. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Targeted Therapies ◽  
Recurrence Risk ◽  
Tumor Location ◽  
Genetic Mutations ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
The Future ◽  
Genetic Landscape ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Meningiomas represent a phenotypically and genetically diverse group of tumors which often behave in ways that are not simply explained by their pathologic grade. The genetic landscape of meningiomas has become a target of investigation as tumor genomics have been found to impact tumor location, recurrence risk, and malignant potential. Additionally, targeted therapies are being developed that in the future may provide patients with personalized chemotherapy based on the genetic aberrations within their tumor. This review focuses on the most common genetic mutations found in meningiomas of all grades, with an emphasis on the impact on tumor location and clinically relevant tumor characteristics. NF-2 and the non-NF-2 family of genetic mutations are summarized in the context of low-grade and high-grade tumors, followed by a comprehensive discussion regarding the genetic and embryologic basis for meningioma location and phenotypic heterogeneity. Finally, targeted therapies based on tumor genomics currently in use and under investigation are reviewed and future avenues for research are suggested. The field of meningioma genomics has broad implications on the way meningiomas will be treated in the future, and is gradually shifting the way clinicians approach this diverse group of tumors.

scholarly journals Digitally Designed Airport Terminal Using Wind Performance Analysis

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Kabošová ◽  
Stanislav Kmeť ◽  
Dušan Katunský
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Conceptual Design Phase ◽  
Complex Design ◽  
Airport Terminal ◽  
And Performance

Over the past few decades, digital tools have become indispensable in the field of architecture. The complex design tasks that make up architectural design methods benefit from utilizing advanced simulation software and, consequently, design solutions have become more nature-adapted and site-specific. Computer simulations and performance-oriented design enable us to address global challenges, such as climate change, in the preliminary conceptual design phase. In this paper, an innovative architectural design method is introduced. This method consists of the following: (1) an analysis of the local microclimate, specifically the wind situation; (2) the parametric shape generation of the airport terminal incorporating wind as a form-finding factor; (3) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis; and (4) wind-performance studies of various shapes and designs. A combination of programs, such as Rhinoceros (Rhino), and open-source plug-ins, such as Grasshopper and Swift, along with the post-processing software Paraview, are utilized for the wind-performance evaluation of a case study airport terminal in Reykjavik, Iceland. The objective of this wind-performance evaluation is to enhance the local wind situation and, by employing the proposed architectural shape, to regulate the wind pattern to find the optimal wind flow around the designed building. By utilizing the aforementioned software, or other open-source software, the proposed method can be easily integrated into regular architectural practice.

scholarly journals Modelling ecological systems in a changing world

2012 ◽  
Vol 367 (1586) ◽  
pp. 181-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Ecological Modelling ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Future State ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

The world is changing at an unprecedented rate. In such a situation, we need to understand the nature of the change and to make predictions about the way in which it might affect systems of interest; often we may also wish to understand what might be done to mitigate the predicted effects. In ecology, we usually make such predictions (or forecasts) by making use of mathematical models that describe the system and projecting them into the future, under changed conditions. Approaches emphasizing the desirability of simple models with analytical tractability and those that use assumed causal relationships derived statistically from data currently dominate ecological modelling. Although such models are excellent at describing the way in which a system has behaved, they are poor at predicting its future state, especially in novel conditions. In order to address questions about the impact of environmental change, and to understand what, if any, action might be taken to ameliorate it, ecologists need to develop the ability to project models into novel, future conditions. This will require the development of models based on understanding the processes that result in a system behaving the way it does, rather than relying on a description of the system, as a whole, remaining valid indefinitely.

The Potential for Immersive Technology combined with Online Dating

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
David Evans Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Online Dating ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Immersive Technology ◽  
Made In ◽  
Immersive Technologies ◽  
The Way

Whilst online dating has been around for several years; immersive technologies are relatively new to this type of interaction. The first forays into immersive VR online dating have only just being made in the past year. To what degree this type of technology will change the way that we date is potentially quite different from the current way that online dates are conducted. The way the technology works could make virtual dates seem as real as a physical date. Understanding how immersive technology functions gives some insights into the future of online dating and also the impact on the digital economy.

A New Architectural Design Method based on Web3D Virtual Reality

2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 1944-1947
Author(s):  
Fang Bi ◽  
Bing Si Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
The Future

The incorporation of virtual reality-based technology into architectural design is one of the directions developing the future architectural design. It is inevitable to bring profound effects to architectural design. This subject puts emphasis on limitations and deficiencies of expression and display in architectural design. Virtual reality-based technology, especially based on Web3D, is available to improve solutions and make certain accomplishments.

scholarly journals PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION OF ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS BY STUDENTS ACQUIRING ART EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Bohdanova Yu. ◽  
◽  
Klymko Z. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Art Education ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Phenomenology Of Perception ◽  
The Future ◽  
National University ◽  
Good Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Major Project ◽  
The Way

The article deals with the impact of a phenomenology of perception in the depiction of objects in Ivan Levynsky’s works during a graphic plein air for students of the Institute of Architecture of Lviv Polytechnic National University, held in the summer of 2019. The main idea of ​​the event was to try to depict houses and their details not in a dry and academic manner, but emotionally, the way the author intuitively understands and feels an object. In the future such quick sensory-based tasks will be a good learning base for the first stage of a major project – it will be its rough sketch.

scholarly journals The development of the Eco-Architecture Concept For Environmentally Responsive In A Tropical Climate

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friyessi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Tropical Climate ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
The Impact

Global warming is the impact of environmental degradation is the increasing average temperature of the earth's surface, including the atmosphere and the ocean. Architecture is the study of the reflection of human settlements with its surroundings so that it has a tendency to adapt to the environment through a variety of approaches in architectural design method is oriented to the environmentally friendly development. Architectural Ecology concept is the concept of building that takes into account the environmental balance of natural and man-made with the main elements, the building and the environment Academically, awareness of architecture students need to be directed to the development process-based ecological both quality and quantity. A discussion of the concept of eco-architecture useful for studying the ecology-based architectural design methods, identify potential and constraints of the tropical climate in the design development strategies that can be systematised as a learning method in the design of sustainable development. Method of discussion by comparing the theoretical analysis method browse through relevant precedent studies to determine the potential and environmental constraints as well as perceptions of the application of the concept of eco Architecture. The results were obtained from the study of theory Architectural Ecology of Heinz Frick and study precedent through the works of Kenneth Yeang and compared with traditional architecture. Summary of the second groove will be used as the draft approaches design strategies in the process of planning and designing environmentally friendly and can be recommended and implemented as a design methodology in learning to achieve sustainable development with an emphasis on quality local development in harmony with nature.

scholarly journals Research on a Systematical Design Method for Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Li ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
Ping Cui ◽  
Biao Qiao ◽  
Siyang Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Performance Based Design ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Heat Sources ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Zero Energy Building ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Zero Energy Buildings

As a result of the impact of energy consumption, research on ultra-low energy, nearly zero-energy, and zero energy buildings has been conducted in China. However, the design of the nearly zero-energy building is flexible; the traditional architectural design method is not fully applicable to nearly zero-energy buildings. The paper proposed a performance-based design method based on overall energy consumption and progress for the nearly zero-energy building. The design process of the relevant cases was also analyzed. The factors of cold and heat sources, environment, and renewable energy were combined to make a comprehensive analysis to get the optimal scheme of the nearly zero-energy building in the case. In general, the performance-based design method has a certain guiding significance for the design of nearly zero-energy buildings and certainly promotes the expansion of the nearly zero-energy building industry in China.

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