Chess Honing Electronic Switching System (C.H.E.S.S. Board): A Case Study Of Successful Design And Implementation Of A Senior Design Project

Current architecture studios are missing an important phase in the education process, which is constructing the students’ conceptual ideas on a real physical scale. The design-build approach enables the students to test their ideas, theories, material selection, construction methods, environmental constraints, simulation results, level of space functionality and other important aspects when used by real target clients in an existing context. This paper aims to highlight the importance of using the design-build method through discussing a design project case study carried out by the Masters of Architecture design programme students at Beirut Arab University, who have built prototype units for refugees on a 1:1 scale.

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come_NET

10.1093/oso/9780198733249.003.0013 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Konstantin Aal ◽

Anne Weibert ◽

Kai Schubert ◽

Mary-Ann Sprenger ◽

Thomas Von Rekowski

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Design Process ◽

Participatory Design ◽

Controlled Environment ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Neighborhood Contexts ◽

Study Results ◽

Computer Club ◽

Close Cooperation

The case study presented in this chapter discusses the design and implementation of an online platform, “come_NET,” in the context of intercultural computer clubs in Germany. This tool was built in close cooperation with the children and adult computer club participants. It was designed to foster the sharing of ideas and experiences across distances, support collaboration, and make skills and expertise accessible to others in the local neighborhood contexts. In particular, the participatory-design process involving the children in the computer clubs fostered a profound understanding of the platform structure and functionalities. The study results show how younger children in particular were able to benefit, as the closed nature of the platform enabled them to gather experience as users of social media, but in a safe and controlled environment.

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Design and implementation of IoT based environment pollution monitoring system: A case study of Iraq

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/1105/1/012037 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1105 (1) ◽

pp. 012037

Author(s):

Taha E Al-jarakh ◽

Osama A Hussein ◽

Alaa K Al-azzawi ◽

Mahmood F Mosleh

Keyword(s):

Monitoring System ◽

Pollution Monitoring ◽

Environment Pollution ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

System A

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Determinants of urban sprawl in Latin America: evidence from Santiago de Chile

SN Social Sciences ◽

10.1007/s43545-021-00197-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (8) ◽

Author(s):

Cristian Silva ◽

Francisco Vergara-Perucich

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Urban Sprawl ◽

Capital City ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Policy Context ◽

Santiago De Chile ◽

City Regions ◽

Policy Frameworks ◽

Social And Environmental Impacts

AbstractUrban sprawl has been widely discussed in regard of its economic, political, social and environmental impacts. Consequently, several planning policies have been placed to stop—or at least restrain—sprawling development. However, most of these policies have not been successful at all as anti-sprawl policies partially address only a few determinants of a multifaceted phenomenon. This includes processes of extended suburbanisation, peri-urbanisation and transformation of fringe/belt areas of city-regions. Using as a case study the capital city of Chile—Santiago—thirteen determinants of urban sprawl are identified as interlinked at the point of defining Santiago's sprawling geography as a distinctive space that deserves planning and policy approaches in its own right. Unpacking these determinants and the policy context within which they operate is important to better inform the design and implementation of more comprehensive policy frameworks to manage urban sprawl and its impacts.

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