The Sustainable Waterfront

2011 ◽  
pp. 274-292
Author(s):  
Matthew Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Urban Ecology ◽  
Design Process ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Ecological Health ◽  
Waterfront Development ◽  
New Model ◽  
History Of

This chapter discusses how a methodology for the development of a sustainable waterfront might be shaped through an understanding and consideration of environmental remediation technologies. The chapter begins by considering the history of waterfront development in Europe and America and how this model has become codified into a generic real estate process. The author develops a critique of this model from an environmental perspective. The use of sustainability as an ideology to provide a framework for critique but also strategies and techniques for moving towards a new model of waterfront development are explored. The development of a possible hypothesis for the design of a sustainable waterfront is developed, followed by a speculative case study of a waterfront project that explores how the design hypotheses might be tested. The chapter concludes by speculating on the ways in which a study of urban ecology, in particular urban biodiversity, could enhance the finding of the case study towards the development of a waterfront design process that could contribute to the ecological health of the 21st century city.

The Sustainable Waterfront

2013 ◽  
pp. 1683-1700
Author(s):  
Matthew Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Urban Ecology ◽  
Design Process ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Ecological Health ◽  
Waterfront Development ◽  
New Model ◽  
History Of

This chapter discusses how a methodology for the development of a sustainable waterfront might be shaped through an understanding and consideration of environmental remediation technologies. The chapter begins by considering the history of waterfront development in Europe and America and how this model has become codified into a generic real estate process. The author develops a critique of this model from an environmental perspective. The use of sustainability as an ideology to provide a framework for critique but also strategies and techniques for moving towards a new model of waterfront development are explored. The development of a possible hypothesis for the design of a sustainable waterfront is developed, followed by a speculative case study of a waterfront project that explores how the design hypotheses might be tested. The chapter concludes by speculating on the ways in which a study of urban ecology, in particular urban biodiversity, could enhance the finding of the case study towards the development of a waterfront design process that could contribute to the ecological health of the 21st century city.

scholarly journals The History of Salpingoeca rosetta as a Model for Reconstructing Animal Origins

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Booth ◽  
Nicole King
Keyword(s):  
Genome Editing ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Multicellular Development ◽  
New Model ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Salpingoeca Rosetta ◽  
Instructive Case

Choanoflagellates, the closest living relatives of animals, have the potential to reveal the genetic and cell biological foundations of complex multicellular development in animals. Here we describe the history of research on the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. From its original isolation in 2000 to the establishment of CRISPR-mediated genome editing in 2020, S. rosetta provides an instructive case study in the establishment of a new model organism.

scholarly journals "Re-collecting" Caravan: an Architecturalisation of the New Zealand Cultural Relic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Shelly Clement
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Design Process ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Final Design ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Relic

<p><b>“Re-collecting” Caravan re-interprets caravaning as the basis of a 21st century New Zealand vernacular architecture. Two themes run through this thesis: the caravan as an article of nostalgia, and the caravan in architecture as marginal. The final design outcome is a new typology of holidaying vessels within New Zealand’s camping grounds. This thesis begins with the specific history of the caravan within New Zealand and the facts that surround the reality of caravaning in today’s society: the caravan has become a celebrated cultural relic of our recent past of which is now continually used as a symbol or icon of New Zealand. A fear for the loss of the caravan as a living holiday reality sparked a cultural nostalgia and the foundations for this research. To prevent the loss of the adored functional domestic vessel, the caravan was next analysed for its compositional and phenomenal attributes of which could later help inform an architectural response. It was the ‘retro’ aesthetic combined with the fact that ephemeral cultural artefacts (such as the caravan) do not typically ‘belong’ in the architectural realm that bought about the second theme. Kitsch as a by-product of a re-interpreted retro artefact is addressed before moving on to the design process and final design.</b></p> <p>Although orientated specifically toward the caravan, this thesis addresses the wider issues of celebrating and liberating the architectural influences of the margins. It deals with kitsch, lifestyles, nostalgia, miniature, popular culture, media, tourism, mobility, and iconism.</p>

scholarly journals Moradia popular, ocupações e propriedade no centro de São Paulo: a trajetória de uma família e de um edifício / Low income housing, squatting and property in downtown São Paulo: the trajectory of a family and a building

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-527
Author(s):  
Renato Cymbalista
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
The Real Estate Market ◽  
History Of ◽  
Migrant Family

ResumoO artigo tem como objetivo problematizar a diversidade interna dentro da categoria “ocupação urbana”, apontando para um universo pouco explorado de ocupações não protagonizadas pelos movimentos organizados de luta por moradia. O trabalho levanta a literatura existente sobre as diferentes formas de ocupação e trata de um estudo de caso, a história de um edifício que em 2020 existe como uma ocupação, mas que não se encaixa na categoria de ocupação organizada. Recupera a história do edifício e das tensões em torno da propriedade e da gestão, mobilizando também a história de uma família migrante de baixa renda que optou por morar sempre no centro de São Paulo, e passou por diversas situações de moradia em sua trajetória, incluindo uma passagem por esse edifício. Dessa narrativa emergem sujeitos sociais com papéis mais fluidos e menos pré-definidos, edifícios que mudam de caráter conforme a micropolítica vai se transformando, apresentando desafios específicos para o Estado, as políticas públicas e os marcos interpretativos. Uma situação que exige olharmos para as franjas do mercado imobiliário e da propriedade urbana.Palavras-Chave: Moradia, Habitação, São Paulo, Ocupações Urbanas, Cortiços. AbstractThe article aims to problematize internal diversity within the category "ocupação urbana" (urban squatting), pointing to a little explored universe of occupations not involved in organized movements of struggle for housing. The work analyses the existing literature on the different forms of occupation and deals with a case study, the history of a building that in 2020 exists as a squatted house that does not fit into the category of organized occupation. It retrieves the history of the building and the tensions surrounding property and management, also mobilizing the story of a low-income migrant family who chose to live always in downtown São Paulo, and went through several housing situations along their trajectory, including a passage through that building. From this narrative, social subjects emerge with more fluid and less predefined roles, buildings that change their character as micropolitics changes, presenting specific challenges for the State, public policies and interpretative frameworks. A situation that requires looking at the fringes of the real estate market and urban property.Keywords: Housing, São Paulo, Urban squatting, Tenement Houses

scholarly journals "Re-collecting" Caravan: an Architecturalisation of the New Zealand Cultural Relic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Shelly Clement
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Design Process ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Final Design ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Relic

<p><b>“Re-collecting” Caravan re-interprets caravaning as the basis of a 21st century New Zealand vernacular architecture. Two themes run through this thesis: the caravan as an article of nostalgia, and the caravan in architecture as marginal. The final design outcome is a new typology of holidaying vessels within New Zealand’s camping grounds. This thesis begins with the specific history of the caravan within New Zealand and the facts that surround the reality of caravaning in today’s society: the caravan has become a celebrated cultural relic of our recent past of which is now continually used as a symbol or icon of New Zealand. A fear for the loss of the caravan as a living holiday reality sparked a cultural nostalgia and the foundations for this research. To prevent the loss of the adored functional domestic vessel, the caravan was next analysed for its compositional and phenomenal attributes of which could later help inform an architectural response. It was the ‘retro’ aesthetic combined with the fact that ephemeral cultural artefacts (such as the caravan) do not typically ‘belong’ in the architectural realm that bought about the second theme. Kitsch as a by-product of a re-interpreted retro artefact is addressed before moving on to the design process and final design.</b></p> <p>Although orientated specifically toward the caravan, this thesis addresses the wider issues of celebrating and liberating the architectural influences of the margins. It deals with kitsch, lifestyles, nostalgia, miniature, popular culture, media, tourism, mobility, and iconism.</p>

Thorstein Veblen: A View from the 21st Century

2007 ◽  
pp. 73-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nureev
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Thorstein Veblen ◽  
History Of

The article provides a description of T. Veblen’s views, showing his place in the history of economic thought. The author analyzes the context of Veblen’s life and work and considers different aspects of his theoretical legacy. Special attention is paid to the discussion of Veblen’s role in the development of institutional economics. The author describes in detail the main trends in the development of institutionalism after Veblen.

Developing design literacy through brand-based artefacts

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina LELIS
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Basic Design ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Interaction Structure ◽  
Functional Prototype ◽  
High Willingness

The brand is a powerful representational and identification-led asset that can be used to engage staff in creative, sustainable and developmental activities. Being a brand the result of, foremost, a design exercise, it is fair to suppose that it can be a relevant resource for the advancement of design literacy within organisational contexts. The main objective of this paper was to test and validate an interaction structure for an informed co-design process on visual brand artefacts. To carry on the empirical study, a university was chosen as case study as these contexts are generally rich in employee diversity. A non-functional prototype was designed, and walkthroughs were performed in five focus groups held with staff. The latter evidenced a need/wish to engage with basic design principles and high willingness to participate in the creation of brand design artefacts, mostly with the purposeof increasing its consistent use and innovate in its representation possibilities, whilst augmenting the brand’s socially responsible values.

Causing a Stir

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilo POTOCNJAK-OXMAN
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Early Stages

Stir was a crowd-voted grants platform aimed at supporting creative youth in the early stages of an entrepreneurial journey. Developed through an in-depth, collaborative design process, between 2015 and 2018 it received close to two hundred projects and distributed over fifty grants to emerging creatives and became one of the most impactful programs aimed at increasing entrepreneurial activity in Canberra, Australia. The following case study will provide an overview of the methodology and process used by the design team in conceiving and developing this platform, highlighting how the community’s interests and competencies were embedded in the project itself. The case provides insights for people leading collaborative design processes, with specific emphasis on some of the characteristics on programs targeting creative youth

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