Localising urbanism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Alexandra Ione Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Deleuze And Guattari ◽  
Bodily Movement ◽  
Landscape Urbanism ◽  
Abstract Version ◽  
Alternative Version ◽  
Abstract Notion ◽  
Over Time

<p>This research began as a personal dissatisfaction with how the notion of indeterminacy very commonly gets used in contemporary landscape architectural design discourse and practice, most strongly associated with but not limited to what gets termed ‘landscape urbanism’. The dominant use of this notion is associated with design preoccupations such as change over time, bodily movement, the inability to predict, allowing for change and ecological growth or succession - and uses of representation related to these ideas. Peter Connolly has termed this conception the ‘abstract’ notion of indeterminacy. This notion was inspired by the writings of Deleuze and Guattari, however Connolly’s examination of the literature, and my field studies and design investigations point to an alternative version, a ‘concrete’ notion of indeterminacy¹ as being more relevant to designers. The abstract version will only ever be indirectly relevant to the human involvement in landscape. The ‘concrete’ is affectual and intensive and is directly relevant to human spatiality and life. Instead of change in space or over time, the concrete version is, in contrast, about the liveliness and shiftiness of affect (the shiftiness of affects / affordances, / propensities / capabilities…)—the shiftiness of powers. This research attempts to move beyond the attractive ambiguity and confusion associated with the abstract version and engage with the concrete ‘indeterminacy-of-affect’ by focusing on a very restricted realm of small urban spaces, which might be considered incidental spaces, in Wellington city. Through this intentionally limited attempt to directly engage with concrete indeterminacy there emerged, a way to engage with a type of localness associated with these spaces. This process has involved the development of aesthetic and representational techniques and it is suggested that this work is not just relevant to the question of indeterminacy and the local, but is very relevant to the newly emergent interest by landscape architects in design aesthetics².</p>

scholarly journals Localising urbanism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Alexandra Ione Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Deleuze And Guattari ◽  
Bodily Movement ◽  
Landscape Urbanism ◽  
Abstract Version ◽  
Alternative Version ◽  
Abstract Notion ◽  
Over Time

<p>This research began as a personal dissatisfaction with how the notion of indeterminacy very commonly gets used in contemporary landscape architectural design discourse and practice, most strongly associated with but not limited to what gets termed ‘landscape urbanism’. The dominant use of this notion is associated with design preoccupations such as change over time, bodily movement, the inability to predict, allowing for change and ecological growth or succession - and uses of representation related to these ideas. Peter Connolly has termed this conception the ‘abstract’ notion of indeterminacy. This notion was inspired by the writings of Deleuze and Guattari, however Connolly’s examination of the literature, and my field studies and design investigations point to an alternative version, a ‘concrete’ notion of indeterminacy¹ as being more relevant to designers. The abstract version will only ever be indirectly relevant to the human involvement in landscape. The ‘concrete’ is affectual and intensive and is directly relevant to human spatiality and life. Instead of change in space or over time, the concrete version is, in contrast, about the liveliness and shiftiness of affect (the shiftiness of affects / affordances, / propensities / capabilities…)—the shiftiness of powers. This research attempts to move beyond the attractive ambiguity and confusion associated with the abstract version and engage with the concrete ‘indeterminacy-of-affect’ by focusing on a very restricted realm of small urban spaces, which might be considered incidental spaces, in Wellington city. Through this intentionally limited attempt to directly engage with concrete indeterminacy there emerged, a way to engage with a type of localness associated with these spaces. This process has involved the development of aesthetic and representational techniques and it is suggested that this work is not just relevant to the question of indeterminacy and the local, but is very relevant to the newly emergent interest by landscape architects in design aesthetics².</p>

scholarly journals Breathing Artifacts of Urban BioClimatic Layers for Post-Anthropocene Urban Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11307
Author(s):  
Marie Davidová
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Visual Complexity ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Qualitative Synthesis ◽  
Hard Data ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Climate Comfort

This article seeks the qualitative synthesis of schools of thought from extreme climate regions that could support urban biodiversity and climate change adaptation through architectural design. It proposes that climate comfort and biodiversity are closely related. This article suggests a possible systemic urban metabolism within a built environment that can support a transition to post-Anthropocene, where humans and other species live together in synergy. This article exemplifies and seeks systemic relations and reflections of gathered field studies documentation of case studies of breathing walls, envelopes, and screens generating bioclimatic layers in the cultural landscape, selected for their penetrability and performance. The samples from diverse study journeys that were codesigned through vernacular cultures and the author’s research by design speculations on the responsive screen ‘Ray’ are investigated and speculated upon through gigamapping (visual complexity mapping). This gigamapping is not to present any hard data model but to relate, inform and speculate on the investigated field that is grounded in research by design on cross-species coliving. This is approached through possible architectures and architectural and urban design parasites, transitioning towards synergetic landscapes of our envisioned colived and cocreated futures.

Tracing objects of a lost room in suburbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-625
Author(s):  
Gul Kacmaz Erk ◽  
Tevfik Balcioglu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Everyday Objects ◽  
Moving Images ◽  
Design Perspective ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeBringing product design and architectural design together, this article looks into the extraordinary use of everyday objects in urban and suburban spaces in The Lost Room mini-television series (2006). The study questions the accepted meanings of products and spaces in relation to their physicality, perception and use. Through multi-layered analysis of the relationship between objects, (architectural and suburban/urban) spaces and their users, the article opens up a discussion about the purpose, meaning and influence of designed products and places.Design/methodology/approachIn this context, this qualitative research makes use of moving images (as representations of products and spaces) to propose a critique of contemporary design via (sub-)urban design practices.FindingsUsing irony and metaphor to question the habit of object possession, accumulation and fetishism, the series challenges blind loyalty to contemporary beliefs. The Lost Room is not concerned with new forms or new designs. Instead, it forces the audience to consider the meaning of both objects and spaces in relation to one another. By transforming our understanding of space, the series also reveals humans' spatial limitations. The Lost Room is a unique small screen “product” in which people's relationship to the designed world is interrogated by having mass-produced objects and the built environment constantly in the foreground.Originality/valueFilm analysis from a design perspective is not new; however, this is the first time The Lost Room is brought to the attention of architects and designers via scholarly work. Film theorists and cinemagoers may also benefit from the unique design perspective outlined in the article.

Forty Years of BIRGing: New Perspectives on Cialdini’s Seminal Studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Jensen ◽  
Brian A. Turner ◽  
Jeffrey James ◽  
Chad McEvoy ◽  
Chad Seifried ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Time Study ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
Person Plural ◽  
Sport Consumer Behavior ◽  
Football Field ◽  
First Person Plural ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Over Time

Published 4 decades ago, “Basking in Reflected Glory: Three (Football) Field Studies” (Cialdini et al., 1976) is the most influential study of sport consumer behavior. This article features re-creations of Studies 1 and 2, exactly 40 years after the original publication. The results of Study 1 were reproduced, with participants more than twice as likely to wear school-affiliated apparel after wins and 55% less likely after losses. The study also extends the BIRGing literature in its investigation of the influence of gender and the effect’s salience over time. Study 2’s results were not reproduced. However, study participants were significantly more likely to use first-person plural pronouns, providing further empirical evidence of BIRGing behaviors. This article makes a novel contribution to the sport consumer behavior literature by advancing the study of one of the field’s most foundational theories and serving as an impetus for future investigations of BIRGing motivations.

scholarly journals Does Islamic Microfinance indeed base on Sharia-compliant? The Shreds of Evidence Report in Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatera, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-188
Author(s):  
Misbahul Munir ◽  
Resa Arifatul Arifah ◽  
Kharisma Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Islamic Microfinance ◽  
Islamic Values ◽  
Over Time

The development of Islamic economics and finance in Indonesia in the last few decades has experienced significant developments. It can be seen in the increasing number of sharia businesses in various sectors. From financial institutions, both bank and non-bank financial institutions, Islamic capital markets, sharia bonds (Sukuk) to tourism development managed in a sharia manner. Over time, this rapid development must also be balanced with compliance with sharia values. This study aims to assess Islamic microfinance institutions (BMT) in implementing sharia principles in their products. The product studied in this study is Murabahah. This research uses a qualitative approach with field studies. The results of this study, the BMT studied in this study in general, have implemented sharia values. The implication of this research is to strengthen the compliance of Islamic financial institutions in implementing Islamic values. This research can also be used as a reference by related parties, especially in developing Islamic financial institutions.

scholarly journals Assessing Nutritional Changes in a Vegetable Over Time: Issues and Considerations

HortScience ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark W. Farnham ◽  
Michael A. Grusak
Keyword(s):  
Field Tests ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Mineral Concentrations ◽  
New Crop ◽  
Over Time ◽  
New Cultivars ◽  
Vegetable Quality

For many decades plant breeders have worked to improve vegetable crops for numerous economically important traits, like host plant resistance to disease, yield, and vegetable quality. Most improvements have been made with little knowledge as to how, or if, nutritional or phytonutrient concentrations might also be indirectly altered in the process. There have been some reports suggesting that concentrations of nutrients in vegetables have been reduced over time, possibly related to introductions of new cultivars. However, for most vegetables, current evidence indicating changes in nutrient concentrations, and specifically mineral concentrations, is circumstantial at best. To effectively test whether changes may have occurred over time as new cultivars replace older ones, appropriate field studies must be conducted wherein harvested produce from “old” vs. “new” crop cultivars is analyzed by appropriate methods and compared directly. Numerous considerations and issues such as 1) the set of cultivars to be used in field tests; 2) how nutritional concentration will be expressed; and 3) the evolution, history, and consumption changes of the crop under study must be addressed in making such direct comparisons and interpreting results.

scholarly journals The impact of accounting disturbances on organizational micro-practices in the schools' sector in England

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Green ◽  
Laurence Ferry
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Behavioural Responses ◽  
Creative Transformation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

PurposeThis paper considers the nature and effect of accounting disturbances on organizational micro-practices in three secondary schools in England. A close application of a developed model of Habermasian colonization provides a framing for both the ways in which accounting is implicated in organizational change and the effect of accounting disturbances on organizational micro-practices.Design/methodology/approachQualitative field studies at three secondary schools were used to gather empirical detail in the form of interview data and documentary evidence. A total of 24 semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers and bursars.FindingsAccounting disturbances that were constitutive-transactional in nature had the greatest influence on organizational micro-practices. Behavioural responses to accounting disturbances can be organizationally ambiguous, subtle and subject to change over time.Research limitations/implicationsMore field studies are needed, and there is scope to develop a longitudinal perspective to better understand the impact of accounting disturbances over time.Originality/valueBy framing the processes of accounting change using a developed model of Habermasian colonization, contributions are provided by illuminating aspects of both the processes of accounting colonization and the impact of accounting on organizational micro-practices. The findings also add to prior appreciations of reciprocal colonization, creative transformation of accounting disturbances and how accounting can be enabling.

scholarly journals The Role of Local Materials in Creating A Meaningful Visual Experiences in Urban Public Facilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 06014
Author(s):  
Triandriani Mustikawati ◽  
Maria M.C Sengke ◽  
Paramita Atmodiwirjo ◽  
Yandi Andri Yatmo
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Local Material ◽  
Different Types ◽  
3D Software ◽  
Local Materials

This paper discusses visibility potential of local material products that are used as part of architectural spaces. Knowing the visibility potential of local materials is essential to create visual clarity that supports the ease of spatial orientation and navigation and provides a meaningful visual experience in urban public facilities. This study aims at finding the property quality of objects from local materials that contribute to the visibility potential. Field studies were conducted to identify different types of products from local materials and their characteristics associated with the quality of space experience. The visibility analysis using 3D software program then was carried out by simulating the placement of objects as elements of space in a particular spatial configuration. The result reveals several patterns of possible placement of objects from local materials that have the best potential to enhance visibility. These patterns can add to the alternative vocabulary in architectural design.

Mediterranean re-Urban Planning

2015 ◽  
Vol 737 ◽  
pp. 903-908
Author(s):  
Emanuela Nan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
New Models ◽  
Strategy Planning ◽  
New Space ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

Starting in '90s, town planning changes from ordinary to strategy planning. The ever-increasing speed of change of the boundary conditions and the increased exponentially the variables involved continues to highlight the need for more targeted approaches and clear horizons, New planning works subdividing independent shares and spaces over time and, at the same time, defining specific projects flexible to re-adjustment and re-definition. All system of territories (networks of urban spaces and not) until now ignored, considered marginal or waste, re-discovered as potential engines of new models and horizons of development and the city (or metropolis) in key sustainable.The urban-territorial contexts Mediterranean, given their special nature and condition emerge as reference in the development of new space and systematic way.

Diversity in Conviviality: Beirut's Temporary Public Spaces

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Christine Mady
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Land Economics ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Rent Theory ◽  
Over Time

Amidst the debates on the death or resurgence of public spaces emerges a significant question: how could public spaces that function at different urban scales and cater for diverse collective needs be provided? This article explores the roles and potentials of temporary public spaces in meeting diverse challenges related to the supply and use of urban open spaces. Positioning temporary public spaces within the literature on non-conventional public spaces is conducted with the purpose of identifying those spaces' characteristics. The proposed definition of temporary public spaces is based on their dynamic status of use-rights. Moreover, a conceptual framework based on urban land economics and bid rent theory is used to explain how such spaces transform under the exchange of temporary use-rights to activate vacant urban lots for public activities. This conceptual framework is applied in the case of a grass root approach to the supply of temporary public spaces. The context is Beirut, a city that has lost its public spaces due to wars and is trying to reintroduce them through different supply mechanisms. The examples illustrate how homogeneous urban spaces are identified over time and converted into heterogeneous and lively temporary public spaces. These contribute towards conviviality in a highly fragmented and multi-cultural society and animate everyday urban life.

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