Modern Areas of Light and Colour Application in Architecture

2021 ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
George N. Cherkasov ◽  
Darya D. Popova
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Lighting Design ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Communicative Function ◽  
International Exhibitions ◽  
Specific Project

The paper examines modern trends and techniques for the use of light and colour in architecture. The variety of existing approaches and technical capabilities in the light-colour organization of various types of spaces is systematized and presented in four areas: umbra (lat., illusion), spectrum (lat., spectrum), nuntius (lat., message), affectio (lat., mood). Each of those directions is characterized and illustrated with examples of actual and educational projects. The experience of Russia, Europe, and America since the mid-1980s is highlighted (the main examples are after 2000). Among the projects under consideration, there are objects demonstrated at international exhibitions (Expo 2015 in Milan, 58th Biennale of Contemporary Art in Venice 2019), large cultural centres (Louvre and the Musical Seine complex in Paris, Zaryadye Concert Hall in Moscow), virtual installations by the American bureau «Diller + Scofidio» for a number of public buildings, a competition project for the reconstruction of the Sukharev tower in Moscow, and diploma projects for the renovation of industrial territories - the former «Znamya Truda» plant in Moscow and the central part of the Moscow region town of Pavlovsky Posad. Simultaneously with the allocation of these four areas, a conclusion is made about the impossibility of their isolated existence. We are talking about the priority or emphasis of one of the directions (approaches) in a specific project, depending on environmental factors and the architect’s intention. A review of world experience allows us to conclude that lighting design and its artistic use turn space into an event, fill it with special dynamics and expressiveness, implement the communicative function of architecture, sharpening the emotionality of perception.

scholarly journals Diseases and Pests of Ash-Leaved Maple (Acer negundo L.) in Moscow region

2018 ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
O.I. Yasinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Acer Negundo ◽  
Adventitious Species ◽  
Resistance To Diseases

In the megapolis, native and adventitious species of woody plants are exposed to the most powerful adverse environmental factors that reduce resistance to diseases and pests. The investigation objective was to identify diseases and pests of a dangerous invasive species Acer negundo L. and to estimate their effect on invasion activity of this species. A. negundo leaves are affected by Рhyllosticta negundinis (Sacc. et Speg.), Sawadaia bicornis (Wallr. ex. Fr.) Miyabe and are occasionally damaged by a timber pest such as Rhopalopus clavipes F. A set of unfavorable environmental factors cause noninfectious toxicosis of A. negundo leaves. Meanwhile, all these diseases and pests do not cause considerable harm to A negundo and do not substantially reduce its invasion activity.

scholarly journals Robust Optimization of Power Consumption for Public Buildings Considering Forecasting Uncertainty of Environmental Factors

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingshu Xiao ◽  
Jun Xie ◽  
Xingying Chen ◽  
Kun Yu ◽  
Zhenyu Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Electricity Cost ◽  
Lighting Systems ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems ◽  
Additional Constraints

In recent years, with the advancement of urban construction in China, the optimization of power consumption in public buildings has been focused on. The optimization of power consumption in public buildings is based on the prediction of natural illuminance, outdoor air temperature and flow of people in public building. Therefore, it is worthwhile to study how to formulate a power consumption strategy with consideration of forecasting uncertainty of environmental factors. The robust-index method is proposed to deal with the problem of forecasting uncertainty. Firstly, this paper establishes power consumption models for lighting systems, air-conditioning systems, and elevator systems in public buildings. Secondly, the robust indexes for each system and the synthetic robust index are established. Thirdly, the objective function is formulated to reduce the total electricity cost with the robust indexes applied as additional constraints to the optimization problem, therefore the obtained power consumption schedules are able to reach the expected robust level. Finally, simulation results show attributes of the proposed method.

scholarly journals Performance Art After The 1990s

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-87
Author(s):  
Liviu Nedelcu
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Performance Art ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Art Museums ◽  
The Body ◽  
International Exhibitions ◽  
History Of

AbstractPerformance art has become over-represented in contemporary art museums, at art fairs, at major international exhibitions. In this context, I have proposed a brief overview of the history of performance in North America and Europe, to identify conceptual variations or continuities in post-1989 performing arts practices. What kind of queries caused the resort to the body? Which of the criticisms are still current and which new issues are formulated in the present geopolitical framework or in particular socio-political contexts? In order to answer these questions, I’ve selected a number of national and international male/ female artists whose practices illustrate the main directions in today’s performance art.

Peasant, Revolutionary, Celebrity

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-84
Author(s):  
Chrisoula Lionis
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Oslo Accords ◽  
International Exhibitions ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Profile ◽  
Palestinian Nationalism ◽  
New Generation

In the last decade, the international profile of Palestinian art has grown at an unprecedented rate. In the context of international exhibitions, the work of contemporary Palestinian artists is consistently framed as inherently political and is almost always discussed in terms of the conflict with Israel. This article examines the ways that a new generation of Palestinian artists have used their work to problematize the iconography of Palestinian nationalism developed by previous generations and the international framing of their work as inherently political. It considers the role of art in the development and dissemination of Palestinian nationalist iconography and maps the history of popular iconography to show the Nakba, the battle of Karameh and the Oslo Accords as events that each transformed Palestinian popular iconography. Examining the work of artists Khaled Hourani, Emily Jacir, Larissa Sansour and Monther Jawabreh, in this article I argue that contemporary art plays a significant role in subverting the trend of reducing the Palestinian experience to one of victimhood and loss.

scholarly journals The influence of harmful environmental factors on the dermatological health of the population

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 342-346
Author(s):  
Irina Yu. Zhadan ◽  
Irina V. Yatsyna ◽  
Evgeniya K. Krasavina ◽  
Yaroslav V. Beshlyy
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Similar Distribution ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
Common Skin ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
State Of The Environment

Introduction. A significant level of dermatological morbidity requires consideration of the influence of external environmental factors on the development and progression of skin pathology. Purpose: to assess the structure of dermatological morbidity of the population exposed to harmful environmental factors, with the definition of priority for the children’s population. Objectives were to assess the structure of dermatological morbidity of the population exposed to harmful environmental factors, with the priority for the children’s population of the Mytishchi district of the Moscow Region. Material and methods: statistical data on the morbidity of the children’s population of the Mytishchi district of the Moscow Region and the dermatological department of the Institute of General and Occupational Pathology of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Human Wellbeing. Data on pollution by harmful environmental factors of the district, social and hygienic monitoring data in the Mytishchi district on pollution by harmful environmental factors, using mathematical statistics methods (correlation dependence, Student’s coefficient). Results. Residents of the Mytishchi district are exposed to adverse environmental factors, the children’s population is most susceptible to their influence. The greatest influence belongs to the pollution of atmospheric air and water. The most common skin pathology in children includes atopic dermatitis and eczema. Statistics of inpatient dermatological care for 2017-2019 in the profile department of the Institute of General and Occupational Pathology of the F.F. Erisman data indicate a similar distribution of skin pathology in the adult population. Conclusions. The obtained data require in-depth preventive examinations in organized children’s groups at regional enterprises to detect early forms of diseases and comprehensive hygienic preventive measures to improve the state of the environment in the Mytishchi district of the Moscow Region.

Writing from the other side: Critical reflections on the calligraphy of Zhang Qiang

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
Feng Jie
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
Chinese Calligraphy ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Chinese Contemporary Art ◽  
Tate Modern ◽  
Specific Project ◽  
Critical Reflections

This article presents the specific case of a contemporary practitioner of Chinese calligraphy, Zhang Qiang, who is a notable figure within the current Avant-Garde movement. After outlining aspects of his practice, which has been controversial along gender grounds, the article turns to his specific project of ‘bi-directional’ calligraphy. It is argued this work opens up a more rewarding way into his work as an enquiry into writing, which bears connections with Derrida’s deconstructionist account of writing and trace. However, in a brief exchange at Tate Modern, Zhang offers a form of ‘writing lesson’, which both helps takes us towards the decontructionist account of general writing, yet equally reveals a reliance upon the cultural category of ‘Chinese calligraphy’, which takes us away again – arguably symptomatic of a wider struggle for Chinese contemporary art to gain recognition in the West.

scholarly journals Experience of using stimulating feeding for honey bees "BiHit" in the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Frolova ◽  
A.I. Albulov ◽  
E.I. Kovaleva ◽  
A.K. Eliseev ◽  
A.V. Grin
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Bacillus Subtilis ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Immune Defense ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Vital Activity ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Bee Colonies

Unfavorable environmental factors: pesticides, chemicals, poor nutrition of bee colonies lead to a decrease in the bee's immune defense. Currently, there is a continuous search for biologically active substances that stimulate the vital activity of bees and increase the egg-laying of queens. Analysis of scientific sources data has shown high efficiency for stimulating the viability and increasing the productivity of bees of such biologically active additives as chitosan and its derivatives, probiotic strains of bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus Lichineformis, as well as sources of vital amino acids. The experience accumulated to date in the use of chitosan and its derivatives in veterinary medicine makes it possible to classify chitosan as an effective adaptogen with multifunctional properties capable of providing the body's resistance to numerous adverse environmental factors and pathogens of various diseases. Due to the excess positive charge, chitosan acquires the properties of a highly active anionite. It binds and firmly holds ions of various heavy metals, radioactive isotopes, toxic elements with their subsequent removal from the body of animals, including bees. Chitosan and its derivatives have high antibacterial, sorption, fungicidal, antiviral activity, being a natural biocompatible product that is biodegradable to CO2 and H2O and does not pollute the environment. To stimulate the vital activity of bees and increase the egg-laying of queens, stimulating protein supplements are needed to cover the lack of vital amino acids, probiotic preparations that improve the microbiocenosis of the intestines of bees, sugar syrup. Earlier, at the preliminary stage of research, we developed a recipe for stimulating feeding for bees "BiChit", which includes low molecular weight chitosan, chitosan succinate, dry bacterial mass of Bacillus subtilis VKM B-2716D and Bacillus licheniformis VKM B-2717D, lactose-free edible glucose hydrolyzate, lactose-free whey. In this work, the influence of the multifunctional stimulating feeding "BiHit" on the economically useful traits of bee colonies based on private apiaries in the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea has been studied. Studies have shown a positive effect of feeding on family strength, brood and honey production.

An Evaluation of the Effects of London Sinfonietta Education Projects on their Participants

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
Julia Winterson
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Education Projects

The effects of London Sinfonietta education projects on their participants are identified and analysed, through questionnaire and interview, and then measured against London Sinfonietta policy itself. To a great extent the aims of the policy are being met: the work is found to be an enjoyable and valuable experience leading towards an understanding of contemporary art music. Some problems identified concern the integration of the teachers, appropriate training for the players and composers, and the elitism of the concert hall. The fieldwork was undertaken with the kind co-operation of the London Sinfonietta education team and the schools involved.

Athenian Agora

Classics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Camp
Keyword(s):  
Office Buildings ◽  
Civic Life ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Public Office ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Ancient Athens ◽  
Business Politics ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Courts

A large open square, surrounded on all four sides by public buildings, the Agora of Athens was in all respects the center of town. From the beginning the square was used for a variety of activities: marketplace, elections, dramatic performances, athletic contests, religious processions, and military drill. The excavation of buildings, monuments, and small objects has illustrated the important role it played in all aspects of civic life. The senate chamber (bouleuterion), public office buildings (Royal Stoa, South Stoa I), and archives (metroon) have all been excavated. The law courts are represented by the discovery of bronze ballots and a water clock used to time speeches. The use of the area as a marketplace is suggested by the numerous shops and workrooms where potters, cobblers, bronzeworkers, and sculptors made and sold their wares. Long stoas, or colonnades, provided shaded walkways for those wishing to meet friends to discuss business, politics, or philosophy, and statues and commemorative monuments reminded citizens of former triumphs. A library and concert hall met cultural needs, and numerous shrines and temples received regular worship in the area. Thus administrative, political, judicial, commercial, social, cultural, and religious activities all found a place here together in the heart of ancient Athens from the 6th century bce until the 6th century ce.

scholarly journals Illuminance Calculations for Stage Lighting Concept as a Tool to Improve It

2020 ◽  
pp. paper64-1-paper64-12
Author(s):  
Maksim Nasennikov
Keyword(s):  
3D Modeling ◽  
Lighting Design ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Modeling Software ◽  
Stage Lighting

The article covers lighting design in terms of its impact on a human. After making an analysis of scientific sources on this topic, the project has been implementing with the use of 3D modeling software. The model of the concert hall of NUST “MISIS” was created, then several concepts of stage lighting were developed. We made an analysis of one concept using lighting engineering calculations. This allowed us to find out how safe developed variant of stage lighting is.

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