scholarly journals Modern Details in Meaningful Architecture

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13691
Author(s):  
Ewelina Gawell ◽  
Konrad Grabowiecki

Architecture is the art of shaping space, system, and technology. A close relationship is established between the building and its user, as the facility provides shelter and communicates with the inhabitants by meanings encoded in the form. The reception of architecture occurs through an ideological narrative and the quality of construction and material solutions. Contemporary pro-environmental postulates exert an increasingly clear influence on how architecture is shaped, especially on its aesthetic and semantic solutions. In this context, the article refers to the interdependence between art and technology in shaping the architecture of meanings through detail. The work aims to expand qualitative research on shaping contemporary detail in the context of pro-environmental trends in architecture. The detail was selected based on its clear message—its meaning provides the leading feature of the structure, both in technical (engineering solutions) and semantic (narrative) terms. The article provides an attempt to answer the question of how a semantic detail should be shaped, with the account to contemporary concepts on sustainable development architecture. A synthetic-comparative methodology was adopted; specific groups of completed objects were analyzed in the context of the indicated topics. The conclusions from this part of the work constitute case study guidelines, which was conducted on the example of an original project.

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3120
Author(s):  
M. Isabel Sanchez-Hernandez ◽  
Juan José Maldonado-Briegas ◽  
Ramón Sanguino ◽  
Ascensión Barroso ◽  
M. Cristina Barriuso

Access to safe drinking water is essential to good health, a basic human right, and a component of effective policy for health protection. Improving the quality of local public water and waste services is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation). This study aims to know the degree of satisfaction of domestic users who receive services related to water and waste in municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Badajoz (Spain). We carry out this research because the perception of municipal services provided by the public administration is usually negative and deficient. The case study PROMEDIO, the consortium formula, is described as a successful partnership to improve the quality of local public water and waste services. For this purpose, a detailed analysis of the different aspects involved in the relationship between the users and the services provided is carried out. The consortium was found to increase citizens’ satisfaction with the services provided, given the close relationship between the municipality and the users.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Dür ◽  
Lars Keller

Dealing with the great challenges of the 21st century requires far reaching changes in the lifestyle and perceptions of humans to ensure an appropriate quality of life for all, now and in the future. To provide people with the necessary competencies, the UN initiated the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) program. The two-year research-education, cooperative project ‘AustrIndia-4QOL’ aims to contribute to the goals of ESD. It is based on a collaboration between students from schools in Austria and India on the topics of quality of life, sustainability and global justice. The purpose of this particular case study is to explore the effects of a weeklong face-to-face collaboration in the final part of the AustrIndia-4QOL project. Therefore, it is examined whether or not Austrian and Indian students’ concepts regarding the Sustainable Development Goals ‘Gender Equality’ and ‘Decent Work and Economic Growth’ change as a consequence of encountering differing perspectives. Short texts written by the students at the beginning and at the end of this collaboration, according to guiding questions, form the basis for a qualitative content analysis. The findings illustrate that the students’ awareness increased and their evaluation of topics related to the discussed sustainable development goals changed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4769 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vykydal ◽  
Martin Folta ◽  
Jaroslav Nenadál

Quality has become an increasingly important and critical success factor at higher education institutions, particularly universities. Numerous discussions have been held about education quality in the context of sustainable development. However, the quality of that education strongly depends on the overall quality of the management system which operates at schools. The principal aim of this article is to present the approaches to the quality management systems’ development and their assessment at universities, and share some lessons learned from this area of research. Some possibilities of the ISO 9001 standard’s implementation, as well as the application of excellence models as a response to community demands, will be discussed, especially in the context of the recently-introduced Act No. 111/1998 Coll on Higher Education Institutions, which requires quality assurance and quality evaluation. A case study from The VSB-Technical University of Ostrava shows approaches, results and effects of the quality management system implementation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Vázquez Maguirre ◽  
Luis Portales ◽  
Isabelle Velásquez Bellido

The aim of this article is to explore the mechanisms by which indigenous social enterprises contribute to a rural community’s sustainable development and improves the quality of life of its inhabitants. The work follows a qualitative methodology and uses the case study as a research technique. The research suggests that social enterprise uses four main mechanisms to promote rural sustainable development in the community where it operates: labor as a source of quality of life, gender equality, sustainable exploitation of the resources, and the equitable distribution of benefits between the economic, social and environmental dimensions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 1918-1927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruo Bing Fan ◽  
Xiao Ming Li

Xian Sanxuejie district is a typical historic district of the city. Presently this type of traditional districts is surrounded by many modern buildings due to the rapid urban expansion. The historic districts are facing problems of poor courtyard micro-climate conditions and low living level, which has become the bottleneck of historic districts sustainable development. This paper studies thermal environment, luminous environment, solar environment and wind environment from a new perspective using Ecotect building environment analyzing software. The author explores micro-climate improving method suitable for traditional courtyard in order to promote micro-climate quality of historic district and to improve the comfort of local residences. The purpose is to achieve sustainable development of historic districts.


Author(s):  
Anna Brdulak

To provide a good level of the quality of life of the city inhabitants, it is indispensable to follow sustainable development strategy, allowing to create social capital. This is important especially for local authorities, which should govern society by cooperating with them. Therefore, the main purpose of the article is to present implementation process and its conditions of the sustainable development strategy within the structures of local government units in Poland. Analysis is based on the authoress’ own qualitative research conducted in four voivodships in the Southern of Poland.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edoghogho Ogbeifun ◽  
Charles Mbohwa ◽  
Jan-Harm Christiaan Pretorius

Purpose All built facility begins to show signs of deterioration immediately after the facility is completed and put to use, thus necessitating routine maintenance. Increase in defects due to age, usage, and other factors, requires extensive maintenance activities known as renovation. The data used for a typical renovation plan can be collected using the condition assessment (CA) tool which depends on physical inspection of the defects or through a facility condition index which hinges on harnessing and analyzing the information in the operational history of the facility. The purpose of this paper is to examine the quality of a typical renovation plan using both tools. Design/methodology/approach The single case study of qualitative research was adopted. The data were collected through the principle of semi-structured questionnaire complemented with interviews and document analysis. The documents include periodic operational reports and a CA report used for planned renovation exercise of the Facilities Management (FM) Unit in a higher education institution in South Africa. Findings The findings revealed that although the FM Unit produces periodic reports, but there was no evidence of detailed analysis of the reports. Therefore, the programmed renovation exercises are based purely on the information from a CA. Research limitations/implications This research is a single site case study of qualitative research; the data collected are limited and not sufficient for generalization of the results. Furthermore, the lack of record of the analysis of the operational history in the periodic reports negatively affected the computation of facilities condition index (FCI). Thus it was not possible to demonstrate the strength of FCI over CA from empirical information. Originality/value The quality of a typical renovation plan is influenced by the tool used for data collection. Although the CA tool is commonly used, experience shows that the renovation exercise developed from such records is prone to many execution setbacks, such as frequent scope changes and the associated cost and time overruns. These setbacks can be minimized if the FCI is used as the tool for data collection.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Magpika Handayani

Abstract: Academic writing is one type of writing that should be mastered by students in Polytechnic of Tonggak Equator Pontianak. Academic writing is very important because it functions as a way to express an idea or another way of communication in doing research. Academic writing is essential to process in writing academic articles. Moreover, writing skills are an important part of communication. Academic writing is a specific ability of communication to put writers’ ideas on paper, to organize their knowledge, and then how to make sentences become a paragraph. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The writer collected the data by giving instructions to the students to write an academic article. The respondents are 60 students who are the representative of the students from class A to F in semester 5. This semester is chosen because they have academic writing subject. The result of the research shows that the most crucial problem in writing a sentence in academic context by students of Polytechnic Tonggak Equator Pontianak is in the sentence category. In this problem, students are not able to vary their sentences in their paragraphs that might cause the quality of their sentence is not proficient.Keyword: Sentence Feature, Academic Writing, Politeknik Tonggak Equator Students


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10448
Author(s):  
Rangson Chirakranont ◽  
Sirijit Sunanta

With Thailand as a context, this study explores the applications of Pine and Gilmore’s experience economy framework in two forms of craft beer tourism, namely brewpubs and festivals. A three-pronged qualitative research design is used wherein data was collected through observations, interviews (n = 26), and netnography (n = 203). The findings revealed that both forms of craft beer tourism implement four dimensions of the experience economy in different measures. Esthetic and escapist dimensions benefit from natural, scenic settings and a man-made environment. In addition, they advance the framework by proposing the dimension of entrepreneurship, which orchestrates the entertainment and education elements that enhance tourists’ experiences. The application of the experience economy framework is a useful strategic approach for craft beer tourism which can be applied in niche or special interest tourism, while also providing a significant influence on destination marketing and sustainable development.


Author(s):  
Yayat Sukayat ◽  
Hepi Hapsari ◽  
Pandi Pardian ◽  
Dika Supyandi

ABSTRAKKebutuhan gula pasir yang bersumber dari tanaman tebu (Sacharum oficinarum L) untuk konsumsi rumah tangga dan industri pada tingkat nasional menempati posisi kedua setelah beras. Ketidakmampuan produksi nasional memaksa pemerintah membuka kran impor gula pasir untuk memenuhi kekurangan. Namun tetap saja kurang, sehingga ada indikasi industri makanan/minuman menggunakan gula sintetis. Oleh karenanya, tumbuh keinginan masyarakat untuk mencari alternatif pemanis alami berkalori rendah. Salah satu sumber pemanis tersebut adalah tanaman stevia (Stevia rebudiana). Namun hingga saat ini, pengembangan stevia nasional terkendala oleh ketersediaan benih. Peneliti dan pemulia Unpad melakukan rekayasa genetika stevia melalui induksi mutasi sinar gama dalam rangka menjawab kebutuhan tersebut. Agar komoditas ini adaptif dan sesuai dengan kebutuhan pengguna, pemulia melibatkan masyarakat dalam pengembangannya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan keterlibatan/partisipasi pengguna dalam pengembangan benih stevia hasil rekayasa tim Unpad, mengkaji faktor-faktor yang ada hubungannya dengan partisipasi petani dalam pengembangan stevia, dan menelaah faktor-faktor yang menjadi pertimbangan dalam penggunaan benih stevia Unpad. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan teknik studi kasus. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa partisipasi petani dalam pengembangan benih stevia adalah dalam bentuk ide/gagasan, kontribusi fisik dan kontribusi finansial. Partisipasi tidak terlepas faktor dukungan koperasi yang berfungsi sebagai penampung hasil, kelompok sebagai tempat belajar, dan petani anggota sebagai pelaku yang menjaga kuantitas dan kualitas produksi. Penggunaan benih stevia Unpad dipertimbangkan jika secara teknis stevia yang dikembangkan berumur pendek, memiliki rendemen gula yang tinggi, adaptif terhadap lingkungan, serta memiliki cabang yang cukup banyak. Kata kunci: pemuliaan stevia, partisipasi petaniABSTRACTThe need for sugar sourced from sugar cane (Sacharum oficinarum L) for household and industrial consumption at the national level occupies the second position after rice. The inability of national production forced the government to import sugar in order to meet the shortage. Import has not solved the problem, even there is an indication that food/beverage industries used synthetic sugar. Hence, desire of the community to find alternative natural low-calorie sweeteners has been growing. One of the sources of sweetener is stevia (Stevia rebudiana). Unpad researchers and breeders genetically modified stevia through induction of gamma rays in order to answer these needs. In order for this commodity to be adaptive and in accordance with the needs of users, breeders involved the community in its development. The purposre of this study was to describe the involvement/participation of users in the development of stevia seeds engineered by Unpad team, to examine factors that have to do with farmer participation in the development of stevia, and to study the factors that are considered in the use of Unpad stevia seeds. This research is descriptive qualitative research with case study techniques. The results showed that farmers' participation in the development of stevia seeds was in the form of ideas, physical contributions and financial contributions. Participation cannot be separated from several factors, namely the cooperative support, which functions as a place of results, the farmer group as a place of learning, and member farmers as actors who maintain the quantity and quality of production. The use of Unpad stevia seeds is considered if technically, developed stevia is short-lived, has a high sugar yield, is adaptive to the environment, and has quite a lot of branches.Keywords: stevia breeding, farmer participation


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