scholarly journals Analysis of the Window Views of the Nearby Façades

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 269
Author(s):  
Samo Drobne ◽  
Martina Zbašnik-Senegačnik ◽  
Živa Kristl ◽  
Ljudmila Koprivec ◽  
Alenka Fikfak
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Surface Characteristics ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Negative Response ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Visual Aesthetics

The view from the window is an important parameter of living comfort. Previous studies have defined several important characteristics of views, but there are very few studies that addressed window views in dense urban environments and their influence on the perceptual elements of the view. The scope of the study was to define the influence of design elements in window views that can trigger negative reactions from viewers. In our study the questionnaire survey was used as a method for obtaining the research data. A group of architecture students who participated as respondents selected different reactions to views and reasons for such responses. Only the window views that received poor responses were further investigated. The results were statistically analyzed according to the most frequent responses and the variability of responses. The homogeneity of the groups of responses as well as the groups of reasons was tested using the Fischer-Snedercor test. The analysis showed that the negative response to a window view depends not only on the short distance between the buildings, but also on the visual aesthetics, especially the composition quality, the surface characteristics and the maintenance of the observed building. The results show that interventions, especially natural elements such as vegetation, can increase the dynamics of the window view.

scholarly journals Educational Environment of the Modern School in the Aspects of Learning Factors, School Climate and Education Paradigms

Pedagogika ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-82
Author(s):  
Irena Kaffemanienė ◽  
Erika Masiliauskienė ◽  
Rita Melienė ◽  
Lina Miltenienė
Keyword(s):  
School Climate ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Modern School ◽  
Impact Interaction ◽  
Good School ◽  
Learning Factors ◽  
The Impact

The article deals with the research data on the current realia of educational environment in school perceived by pupils, their parents and teachers as well as their expectations related to educational environment of the Good school. On the ground of questionnaire survey data, pedagogical and psychological factors of learning and school climate as perceived by the respondents are analysed; characteristics of educational environment are revealed in the aspects of the impact, interaction and learning paradigms.

Do accountability and transparency promote community trust? Evidence from village government in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafiez Sofyani ◽  
Suryo Pratolo ◽  
Zakiah Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Community Trust ◽  
Village Government ◽  
Special Region

Purpose This study aims to examine the determinants of accountability and transparency of Indonesian village government(s), namely, the competence and organisational commitment of village government staff, and the consequences of accountability and transparency for village community trust. Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted in village governments in the province of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, covering four regencies: Sleman, Bantul, Kulon Progo and Gunung Kidul. A total of 128 village governments participated in this research. Data were collected by distributing a questionnaire survey, and a partial least squares technique was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings The study revealed that village government staff's competence and organisational commitment are positively associated with accountability. However, organisational commitment and accountability are not associated with transparency. In addition, it was discovered that transparency is positively associated with village community trust but accountability is not. Originality By testing the determinants and consequences of accountability and transparency following the ratification of the new village law regulating village government governance, this study is, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, pioneering research.

scholarly journals The Living Barrier: Residential architecture acting as a noise barrier near railway corridors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jonathan Lim
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Residential Architecture ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Noise Barrier ◽  
Acoustic Environments

<p>As urban regions increase in population and density, the need for quietness and spaces of relative calm becomes important to inhabitants’ physiological and psychological health and wellbeing. Noises, and the sounds that create them, are treated as a by-product of urban densification and the advancement of technology. This led to uncontrolled and incidental acoustic environments around notable points of urban densification. Each sound adds together in the acoustic environment to create a composition that is labelled collectively as noise. Those in the professions of planning and designing these urban environments have a responsibility to become the composers of the grand aural experience that is the worldly soundscape.  In response to this design problem, this portfolio explored how architecture can be designed to enable this sustainable densification of noisy urban environments. It proposed the incorporation of psychoacoustics and R. Murray Schafer’s soundscape philosophy (and ongoing related research) into acoustic design. By understanding the complex creation of the aural experience, this portfolio investigated whether the key to living healthily and sustainably in an inevitably sound-filled urban environment laid in the design of soundscape as a perceptual construct.  The investigation translated relevant literature into broad explorations of soundscape design elements at a variety of architectural scales. Using soundscape principles in a design process produced a strong architectural proposition that could solve both densification and acoustic problems. This had widespread and profound implications on architectural design practices. The portfolio therefore prompts further explorations into soundscape design for other architectural problems and applications.</p>

scholarly journals Assessment of Eco Tourist Potential of Recreational Places of Samarkand Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.N. Sadikova ◽  
J.R. Sadikov
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Local People ◽  
Recreation Areas ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
Time Of Year ◽  
Recreation Site

The article covers some research data on the potential for the development of eco-tourism in recreational suburban places of the Samarkand region, in particular: Mirankul, Tepa-kul, Agalyk, Nurbulok, Amankutan, Dobusiya, Yukori Chinor, Ming Archa, Kattakurgan reservoir, Zarafshan river and others. The electronic social questionnaire Survey 123 Online of software ArcGIS from Esri was created to survey the local population of Uzbekistan on specific answers from various age groups of society. The author collected an opinion of local people about: favorite of the types of active and passive rest of the population in places of countryside rest places of the Samarkand region; the characterization of each of the presented country vacation spots was made public; the most popular time of year for going on nature in the Samarkand region; positive and negative features of specific suburban recreation areas were identified, most popular of them were matched on the map of the Samarkand region. The opinion of people about the most polluted recreation site of the Samarkand region and on possible method of penalization for vandalism and damage to flora and fauna in Uzbekistan was also revealed. All these data were processed in Excel, the statistical program SPSS, based on these data, charts, graphs and maps were compiled.

The Concept of Atmospheres

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Diana Soeiro
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Future

Architects and urban planners currently face the challenge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) that quickly permeates urban environments. In an effort to understand this event as one that goes beyond technology use and technological innovation, the authors investigate how the concept of atmosphere is key to envisioning the future of smart cities. In order to clarify the understanding of the concept, this chapter presents an original alignment of three clusters of authors (Goethe and Wittgenstein, Böhme and Schmitz, and Bratton). The goal is to demonstrate that atmospheres and urban ambiances are fundamental urban design elements. They have the ability to positively shape technology use in cities as decisive elements to promote sustainable smart cities.

Air Conditioning the Arabian Peninsula

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gökçe Günel
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Al Ain ◽  
Significant Region ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Oil Company ◽  
Rental Basis

With much of the Arabian Peninsula characterized by hot and arid weather conditions during long summer seasons, residents are forced to rely on air conditioning to cool their surroundings. Before the construction of air conditioning infrastructures, many would leave the coast during the summer months to head to oases, such as Al Ain near Abu Dhabi, or live in tents in the desert to find relief from the heat. From the 1950s, European and American building practices shaped the region with little consideration of vernacular design elements or energy conservation. These building practices introduced air conditioning as a cooling method. For instance, the 1951 Report of Operations to the Saudi Arab Government by the Arabian American Oil Company explained how “automobiles, air conditioning units, sewing machines, washing machines, refrigerators, and many other modern conveniences are now readily available” in Al Hasa, a significant region for Aramco's operations on the east of Saudi Arabia. By 1952, workers residing in Aramco's camps could have air conditioning units installed in their rooms on a rental basis. Air conditioning technology reconfigured urban environments, altering the relationship between indoors and outdoors, and ultimately constituting what Jiat-Hwee Chang and Tim Winter term a “thermal modernity” that transforms how built forms are imagined and inhabited. The current widespread use of air conditioning in the region is therefore connected not only to high temperatures, but also to how air conditioning is singled out as the ultimate technical fix in confronting the climate. Other solutions to managing heat, such as improving insulation mechanisms for residences and office buildings, have been less pervasive.

CAIs for Measuring Benefits of Rural Infrastructure Investment in China

2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Shi Jie Jiang ◽  
Li Yin Shen ◽  
Yi Peng ◽  
Li Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Rural Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Business Practitioners ◽  
Investment In China ◽  
Selection Of

This paper identifies a set of critical assessment indicators (CAIs) that can evaluate the multifaceted benefits of rural infrastructure investment in China. Research data were collected from a questionnaire survey to three groups of experts including government officers, professionals and business practitioners who are working in China’s housing and urban-rural development sector. The Fuzzy Set theory is used for establishing the CAIs, which appreciates the fuzziness of data from the questionnaire survey and thus increases the adequacy in the selection of the CAIs. The CAIs can help the local governments to make better decisions in investing in rural infrastructure in China. These critical indicators can also be generalized to provide valuable references for the investigation of rural infrastructure investment in other developing countries.

scholarly journals Penataan Tata Hijau pada Perencanaan Kawasan Ekowisata Tano Ponggol, Kecamatan Pangururan, Kabupaten Samosir

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suci Yulisma ◽  
Dwira Nirfalini Aulia
Keyword(s):  
Research Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Green Management ◽  
Visual Aesthetics ◽  
Green Governance ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable ◽  
Green System ◽  
Planning Concept

Saat ini permasalahan di kawasan Tano Ponggol Kecamatan Pangururan, dimana kondisi dan kenberadaan tata hijau baik pada kawasan dan lingkungan masih kurang dan tidak tertata dengan baik sehingga dapat menurunkan estetika visual kawasan tersebut. Maka dari itu perlu adanya penataan tata hijau pada kawasan Tano Ponggol dimana kawasan ini juga akan direncanakan menjadi suatu kawasan ekowisata sehingga dalam mendukung kegiatan ekowisata, perencanaan tata hijau sangatlah penting baik sebagai visual kawasan maupun menambah nilai kawasan dan ekowisata, khususunya pada kawasan permukiman tradisional dan kawasan situs cagar. Dalam rencana penataan tata hijau metode yang digunakan yaitu menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif sumber data penelitian terdiri dari data skunder dan primer. Lokasi penelitian berada di Kecamatan panggururan, Kabupaten Somosir, tepatnya pada lokasi perkampungan adat Huta Naibaho dan Huta Nainggolan serta area sitis cagar budaya Sitanggang Bau. Metode analisa dilakukan yaitu dengan mengelompokan data yang diperoleh menurut potensi dan permasalahan yang akan dihungbungkan dengan teori-teori dan kebijakan sehingga diperoleh rumusan dalam perencanaan tata hijau untuk mendukung ekowisata Arahan penataan tata hijau yang ekologis berkelanjutan merupakan konsep perencanaan yang menyatukan kolaborasi antara bangunan dengan lingkungan (alam), dan diarahkan terciptanya rencana yang memiliki prinsip berkelanjutan serta menjadikan suasana berwisata yang unik dan menarik.   At present the problems in the Tano Ponggol area of Pangururan Subdistrict, where the conditions and the existence of a green system both in the area and the environment are still lacking and are not well organized to reduce the visual aesthetics of the area. Therefore, it is necessary to have a green arrangement in the Tano Ponggol area where the area will also be planned to become an ecotourism area so that in supporting ecotourism activities, green planning is essential both as a visual area and adding to environmental and ecotourism values, especially in traditional residential areas and reserve area. In the green governance structuring plan, the method used is using qualitative methods with a descriptive approach to the source of research data consisting of secondary and primary data. The research location was in the district of panggururan, Somosir Regency, precisely at the place of the traditional villages of Huta Naibaho and Huta Nainggolan and the sitis area of the cultural reserve of Sitanggang Bau. The method of analysis is done by grouping the data obtained according to the potential and problems that will be associated with theories and policies so that the formulation in green governance planning to support ecotourism is obtained. The direction of ecologically sustainable green management is a planning concept that unites collaboration between buildings and the environment (nature), and directed towards creating a plan that has a sustainable principle and makes the atmosphere of a unique and interesting tour.

Analysis and Application of Plane Visual Aesthetics Elements Design Based on Computer-Aided Technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 926-930 ◽  
pp. 1668-1671
Author(s):  
Xiao Ling Wang
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Golden Section ◽  
Composition Analysis ◽  
Computer Design ◽  
Support Design ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Visual Aesthetics ◽  
The Status ◽  
Analysis System

Order is the embodiment of graphic design. Good graphic design works consciously or unconsciously follow some law of order, such as symmetry and golden section. In the graphic design, these rules reflect the basic principle of design in geometry, using these basic principles can make the design works more visually harmony and symmetry and balance. Therefore, an important aspect to evaluate the works of graphic design is good or bad is investigated for the design elements of products between proportion and structure. In view of the current graphic design software can not design to users in the composition theory provides support for the status quo. This paper designs an analysis system aided graphic design of visual aesthetics based on computer design geometry, realizing the import, designing elements of graphic design work of interactive segmentation and obtaining proportion and composition analysis to determine the relationship. The basic functions of the system can be used for visual aesthetics evaluation design work, can also provide support design related geometrical aesthetic principle in graphic design user.

scholarly journals The Living Barrier: Residential architecture acting as a noise barrier near railway corridors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jonathan Lim
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Residential Architecture ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Noise Barrier ◽  
Acoustic Environments

<p>As urban regions increase in population and density, the need for quietness and spaces of relative calm becomes important to inhabitants’ physiological and psychological health and wellbeing. Noises, and the sounds that create them, are treated as a by-product of urban densification and the advancement of technology. This led to uncontrolled and incidental acoustic environments around notable points of urban densification. Each sound adds together in the acoustic environment to create a composition that is labelled collectively as noise. Those in the professions of planning and designing these urban environments have a responsibility to become the composers of the grand aural experience that is the worldly soundscape.  In response to this design problem, this portfolio explored how architecture can be designed to enable this sustainable densification of noisy urban environments. It proposed the incorporation of psychoacoustics and R. Murray Schafer’s soundscape philosophy (and ongoing related research) into acoustic design. By understanding the complex creation of the aural experience, this portfolio investigated whether the key to living healthily and sustainably in an inevitably sound-filled urban environment laid in the design of soundscape as a perceptual construct.  The investigation translated relevant literature into broad explorations of soundscape design elements at a variety of architectural scales. Using soundscape principles in a design process produced a strong architectural proposition that could solve both densification and acoustic problems. This had widespread and profound implications on architectural design practices. The portfolio therefore prompts further explorations into soundscape design for other architectural problems and applications.</p>

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