DIGITAL WORKFLOWS FOR RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MUSEUM AFFANDI - A CASE STUDY IN CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES

The appropriate restoration of architectural heritage needs a careful and comprehensive documentation of the existing structures, which even elaborates, if the function of the building needs special attention, like in museums.<br><br> In a collaborative project between the Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia and two universities in Austria (TU Wien and the Danube University Krems) a restoration and adaptation concept of the Affandi Museum in Yogyakarta is currently in progress. It provides a perfect case study for the development of a workflow to combine data from a building survey, architectural research, indoor climate measurements and the documentation of artwork in a challenging environment, from hot and humid tropical climate to continuous threads by natural hazards like earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. The Affandi Museum houses the collection of Affandi, who is considered to be Indonesia's foremost Expressionist painter and partly designed and constructed the museum by himself. With the spirit of the artist still perceptible in the complex the Affandi Museum is an important part of the Indonesian cultural heritage. Thus its preservation takes special attention and adds to the complexity of the development of a monitoring and maintenance concept.<br><br> This paper describes the ongoing development of an approach to a workflow from the measurement and research of the objects, both architectural and artwork, to the semantically enriched BIM Model as the base for a sustainable monitoring tool for the Affandi Museum.

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The fate of volcanic ash: premature or delayed sedimentation?

Nature Communications ◽

10.1038/s41467-021-21568-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Eduardo Rossi ◽

Gholamhossein Bagheri ◽

Frances Beckett ◽

Costanza Bonadonna

Keyword(s):

Residence Time ◽

Volcanic Ash ◽

Volcanic Eruptions ◽

Theoretical Description ◽

Particle Sedimentation ◽

Weather Modeling ◽

Explosive Volcanic Eruptions ◽

Travel Distances ◽

Ash Dispersal

AbstractA large amount of volcanic ash produced during explosive volcanic eruptions has been found to sediment as aggregates of various types that typically reduce the associated residence time in the atmosphere (i.e., premature sedimentation). Nonetheless, speculations exist in the literature that aggregation has the potential to also delay particle sedimentation (rafting effect) even though it has been considered unlikely so far. Here, we present the first theoretical description of rafting that demonstrates how delayed sedimentation may not only occur but is probably more common than previously thought. The fate of volcanic ash is here quantified for all kind of observed aggregates. As an application to the case study of the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano (Iceland), we also show how rafting can theoretically increase the travel distances of particles between 138–710 μm. These findings have fundamental implications for hazard assessment of volcanic ash dispersal as well as for weather modeling.

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Shared strategic reflection process by a higher education institution: A case study

Management in Education ◽

10.1177/08920206211030984 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 089202062110309

Author(s):

María García-Feijoo ◽

Leire Alcaniz ◽

Almudena Eizaguirre

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Business Schools ◽

Education Institution ◽

Theory U ◽

Case Study Methodology ◽

Process Implementation ◽

Planning Models ◽

Challenging Environment ◽

The University

Business schools face social, economic, cultural, and technological changes that require constant rethinking not only of teaching and learning, but also of leadership and management. In contrast to traditional strategic planning models, this article proposes a new participatory approach for the university community, arriving at a common story and visualizing an exciting future for the school. Applying case study methodology, the paper describes a process of shared strategic reflection at a century-old European business school by following Otto Scharmer's Theory U. The process enabled achievement of shared definitions of vision, values, lines of progress, and strategic projects, and the study itself improved the participants’ perception of the process and its impact on a shared vision's generation. After process implementation, and as a general conclusion, Theory U contributed to promoting shared strategic reflection, with results that are very valuable in the highly uncertain, challenging environment in which business schools are immersed.

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Constructing Damage Indices Based on Publicly Available Spatial Data: Exemplified by Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions in Indonesia

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science ◽

10.1007/s13753-021-00348-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Emmanuel Skoufias ◽

Eric Strobl ◽

Thomas Tveit

Keyword(s):

Spatial Data ◽

Volcanic Ash ◽

Satellite Images ◽

Fragility Curves ◽

Volcanic Eruptions ◽

Damage Indices ◽

Damage Indicator ◽

Time Period ◽

Peak Ground Motion

AbstractThis article demonstrates the construction of earthquake and volcano damage indices using publicly available remote sensing sources and data on the physical characteristics of events. For earthquakes we use peak ground motion maps in conjunction with building type fragility curves to construct a local damage indicator. For volcanoes we employ volcanic ash data as a proxy for local damages. Both indices are then spatially aggregated by taking local economic exposure into account by assessing nightlight intensity derived from satellite images. We demonstrate the use of these indices with a case study of Indonesia, a country frequently exposed to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The results show that the indices capture the areas with the highest damage, and we provide overviews of the modeled aggregated damage for all provinces and districts in Indonesia for the time period 2004 to 2014. The indices were constructed using a combination of software programs—ArcGIS/Python, Matlab, and Stata. We also outline what potential freeware alternatives exist. Finally, for each index we highlight the assumptions and limitations that a potential practitioner needs to be aware of.

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Cooperation and tensions in multiethnic corporate societies using Teotihuacan, Central Mexico, as a case study

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.1419881112 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 112 (30) ◽

pp. 9210-9215 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Linda R. Manzanilla

Keyword(s):

Gulf Coast ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Volcanic Eruptions ◽

Cotton Cloth ◽

Central Mexico ◽

Economic Power ◽

Ruling Elite ◽

Strong Ties ◽

The Core

In this paper, I address the case of a corporate society in Central Mexico. After volcanic eruptions triggered population displacements in the southern Basin of Mexico during the first and fourth centuries A.D., Teotihuacan became a multiethnic settlement. Groups from different backgrounds settled primarily on the periphery of the metropolis; nevertheless, around the core, intermediate elites actively fostered the movement of sumptuary goods and the arrival of workers from diverse homelands for a range of specialized tasks. Some of these skilled craftsmen acquired status and perhaps economic power as a result of the dynamic competition among neighborhoods to display the most lavish sumptuary goods, as well as to manufacture specific symbols of identity that distinguished one neighborhood from another, such as elaborate garments and headdresses. Cotton attire worn by the Teotihuacan elite may have been one of the goods that granted economic importance to neighborhood centers such as Teopancazco, a compound that displayed strong ties to the Gulf Coast where cotton cloth was made. The ruling elite controlled raw materials that came from afar whereas the intermediate elite may have been more active in providing other sumptuary goods: pigments, cosmetics, slate, greenstone, travertine, and foreign pottery. The contrast between the corporate organization at the base and top of Teotihuacan society and the exclusionary organization of the neighborhoods headed by the highly competitive intermediate elite introduced tensions that set the stage for Teotihuacan’s collapse.

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Involving Services Users in Social Work Training on the Reality of Family Poverty: A Case Study of a Collaborative Project

Social Work Education ◽

10.1080/02615470701380261 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 27 (5) ◽

pp. 459-473 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Anna Gupta ◽

James Blewett

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Collaborative Project ◽

Social Work Training ◽

Work Training

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Developing an integrated framework for optimization of spatial requirements of construction equipment

Built Environment Project and Asset Management ◽

10.1108/bepam-07-2020-0126 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

S. Hemalattha ◽

R. Vidjeapriya

Keyword(s):

Construction Projects ◽

Indoor Environment ◽

Outdoor Environment ◽

Building Information Modelling ◽

Actual Structure ◽

Content Type ◽

Space Planning ◽

Existing Structures ◽

Building Information

PurposeThis study aims to develop a framework for optimizing the spatial requirements of the equipment in a construction site using a geographic information system (GIS).Design/methodology/approachAn ongoing construction project, an existing thermal powerplant in India, is considered to be the case study, and the corresponding construction activities were scheduled. The equipment spaces were defined for the scheduled activities in building information modelling (BIM), which was further imported to GIS to define the topology rules, validate and optimize the spatial requirements. The BIM simulates the indoor environment, which includes the actual structure being constructed, and the GIS helps in modelling the outdoor environment, which includes the existing structures, temporary facilitates, topography of the site, etc.; thus, this study incorporates the knowledge of BIM in a geospatial environment to obtain optimized equipment spaces for various activities.FindingsSpace in construction projects is to be considered as a resource as well as a constraint, which is to be modelled and planned according to the requirements. The integration of BIM and GIS for equipment space planning will enable precise identification of the errors in the equipment spaces defined and also result in fewer errors as possible. The integration has also eased the process of assigning the topology rules and validating the same, which otherwise is a tedious process.Originality/valueThe workspace for each activity will include the space of the equipment. But, in most of the previous works of workspace planning, only the labour space is considered, and the conflicts and congestions occurring due to the equipment were neglected. The planning of equipment spaces cannot be done based only on the indoor environment; it has to be carried out by considering the surroundings and topography of the site, which have not been researched extensively despite its importance.

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Survey for Knowledge and Communication of the Architectural Heritage: Case Study Rocca di Codiponte

Putting Tradition into Practice: Heritage, Place and Design - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-57937-5_42 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 402-411

Author(s):

Chiara Vernizzi

Keyword(s):

Architectural Heritage

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Affordances, remediation, and digital mourning: A comparative case study of two AIDS memorials

Memory Studies ◽

10.1177/1750698019894686 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 175069801989468

Author(s):

Spencer P Cherasia

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Collective Memory ◽

Comparative Case Study ◽

Digital Repository ◽

Collaborative Project ◽

Digital Platforms ◽

Cultural Importance ◽

Aids Memorial Quilt ◽

Names Project

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt is a collaborative project that memorializes individuals who have died of AIDS-related causes. Since its inception, it has become the world’s largest public folk art project. Scholars have noted the Quilt’s materiality, scope, and cultural importance to collective memory processes related to HIV/AIDS. More recently, discussions of collective memory in the digital public sphere have attracted attention from new media theorists and memory scholars alike. @theAIDSmemorial (TAM) is an Instagram account that serves as a digital repository for a new form of connective memory. By assessing two AIDS memorials as comparative cases, this research argues that TAM’s digital affordances of interactivity and reach are evident, although in assessing the digital remediation of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, the materiality, metaphoric origins, and scope of the Quilt cannot be rendered on digital platforms, representing a loss in affective engagement.

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