scholarly journals What could be considered a successful city of tomorrow

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 345-346
Author(s):  
Vassilis Sgoutas
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Industrial Architecture ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Restoration Work ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Region Ii

The author, an architect, is currently President of the International Union of Architects (UIA) and has played an active part in the variousactivities of the Union as a member of the UIA Council between 1985 and 1990, then Vice President for Region II from 1990 to 1993 and Secretary General from 1993 to 1999. Born in Athens (Greece), Vassilis Sgoutas graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1957 and has his own practice in Athens. Projects carried out both in Greece and the Middle East include public buildings, industrial architecture, commercial buildings, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, restoration work and landscape architecture. He has won numerous awards in competitions including 2 of 30 ex-aequo prizes awarded by the Greek Ministry of Public Works for the best buildings of the period 1973-1983 and the Ministry of Environment ex-aequo award for innovative housing. He was President of the Greek Section of the UIA from 1981 to 1993 and has been a representative Council Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) since 1984. He is actively involved in matters related to the environment and the disabled. He was a member of the EEC Helios Committee for the Handicapped (1989-1993); member of the Experts Committee for the "European Manual for an Accessible Built Environment" (1990) and the "European Concept for Access" (1995). He is a Board member of the Athens Forest Association and the Greek Spastics Society and a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is an edited and revised version of an address by the author in his capacity as President of UIA to the annual General Assembly of the WSE following the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Aksesibilitas Pariwisata Bagi Difabel di Kota Surakarta (Studi Evaluasi Peraturan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum Nomor 30 Tahun 2006 Tentang Pedoman Teknis Fasilitas Dan Aksesibilitas Pada Bangunan Gedung Dan Lingkungan)

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Rina Herlina Haryanti ◽  
Candra Sari
Keyword(s):  
Public Works ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Interactive Analysis ◽  
Valid Data ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
The City ◽  
Guide Lines

<p>This study aims to look at the complete facilities and their accessibility in existing tourist sites in the city of Surakarta namely Taman Balekambang, Taman Satwa Taru Jurug and Taman Hiburan Rakyat (THR) Sriwedari. Completeness of facilities and existing facilities at tourist sites is assessed based on the Minister of Public Works No. 30 Year 2006 on Technical Guidelines and Accessibility Facility On Building and Environment. This study assessed whether tourism in Surakarta was accessible or not and viewed based principles of accessibility. The method used is descriptive qualitative research with data collection technique using observation, interviews and documents. To obtain valid data, this study using triangulation of data sources. While data analysis techniques using interactive analysis techniques.</p><p>Facilities were seen and assessed based on the Public Works Ministerial Regulation No. 30 Year 2006 on Technical Guidelines and Accessibility Facility Building and Environment On the basis of the size of the room, pedestrian paths, guide lines, parking areas, ramps, and traffic signs and markings. The results showed that the state of the facilities and existing facilities at tourist sites namely Taman Balekambang, Taman Satwa Taru Jurug and Taman Hiburan Rakyat (THR) Sriwedari yet complete and in accordance with policy. Incompleteness of this facility shows that tourist sites are not accessible for the disabled. It makes the accessibility of tourism in Surakarta not materialized.</p>

Una storia utile. Il Palazzo del Podestŕ di Mantova

TERRITORIO ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 56-77
Author(s):  
Juri Badalini ◽  
Luca Valisi ◽  
Davide del Curto ◽  
Marco Cofani ◽  
Verena Frignani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Final Design ◽  
Restoration Work ◽  
The Veil ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Diagnostic Investigations

- The ancient municipal palaces of mediaeval origin define the structure and image of the city centre of Mantua where they deserve better treatment after being progressively abandoned during the course of the 20th Century. The city administration, in co-operation with the conservation authority, started a programme in 2006 for the integrated restoration of more than 200 interiors in the Palace of Podestŕ and it gave the university the task of organising a project to acquire information on these buildings and help identify potential new uses. The paper presents a summary of the studies on the palace, surveys, diagnostic investigations and historical and archive research started more than a decade ago by the late Arturo Sandrini, designed to document and restore this complex which is a true and genuine repository of historical and archaeological information in the heart of the city. Behind the veil of the façades, recomposed after 1461 by Giovan Antonio d'Arezzo and repaired during restoration work in the last century, lies a dense stratification of continuous modifications, at times stately and at times humble, a background against which the still valuable mediaeval fragments stand out. The results include the identification of the many construction and distributive details, the fruit of difficult construction work over many centuries, and the characterisation of the conservation and restoration constraints which the final design will have to work with in a delicate balance between the requirements of conservation and those of public use.

Engines for Supersonic Air Liners

1960 ◽  
Vol 64 (597) ◽  
pp. 507-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Jamison ◽  
R. J. Lane
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Gas Dynamics ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Vice President ◽  
The South ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Chief Engineer ◽  
Aero Engines ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University

The 1,158th lecture to be given before the Society, “Engines for Supersonic Air Liners” by Dr. R. R. Jamison, B.Sc., F.R.Ae.S., A.R.I.C. and Mr. R. J. Lane, Diploma of Graduate Studies (Birmingham), G.I.Mech.E., of Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., was given on 24th March 1960, at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, London, S.W.I. The Chair was taken by Air Commodore F. R. Banks, C.B., O.B.E., C.G.I.A., F.R.Ae.S., Hon.F.I.A.S., M.I.Mech.E., M.Inst.Pet., Vice-President of the Society.Introducing the lecturers, Air Commodore Banks said that after receiving his education at the South African College and the University of Cape Town, Dr. Jamison joined Rolls-Royce in 1937 and had remained with that Company until 1950, when he joined Bristol Aero-Engines Ltd.–now Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. He was Assistant Chief Engineer and Head of the Ram-jet Department and since 1950 had been working on ram-jet development. He and his team were regarded as the specialists in this country–and probably in Europe– on controllable ram-jets. Mr. Lane, joint author with Dr. Jamison of the lecture, had graduated from the University of Birmingham and had served his apprenticeship at the Royal Ordnance Factory before joining Bristols. He was now working on ram-jet dynamics and gas-dynamics of ram-jets with Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.

scholarly journals University City of Coimbra, ‘tabula rasa’ as a Project Methodology

2018 ◽  
pp. 112-124
Author(s):  
Joana Capela de Campos ◽  
Vítor Murtinho
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Master Plans ◽  
Urban Intervention ◽  
Blank Slate ◽  
University City ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Portugal and its image experienced a re-foundation process in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century promoted for ideological propaganda, which expressed itself as a profound regulation of urban intervention, lead by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications. Simultaneously, the University of Coimbra, a national symbol and an overseas cultural exchange platform, had to follow that change for modernization, which represented the national capacity of entrepreneurship and evidenced the nation’s strength and power on the international political stage and also its global influence. The upper part of Coimbra, the Alta, suffered a significant transformation due to a process occurring from 1934 to 1975, manifesting it by turning into a mono-functional citadel. These transformations started in the 40’s, when several demolitions, determined in the master plan, marked the beginning of the works. The aim of this paper is to highlight the project’s purposes that were used throughout the process of transformations from that period of that part of the Alta in the University City of Coimbra (UCC), taking into account the role that public space assumed in the new urban spatial organization. Through analyses of the master plans of the University City works, it is possible to verify the connection and fusion between the university citadel and the city, that is, between the university space and its urban context. While, in Europe, tabula rasa was a consequence of the destruction caused by war, in Portugal it was a project methodology to achieve the necessary space for construction. That was quite evident in this case, where the “blank slate”, so precious for the creative process of the Modern Movement, was made possible due to an assumption of power by the state.

scholarly journals The Meanings of Timbuktu

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-134
Author(s):  
Muhammed Haron
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Manuscript Tradition ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
Arts And Culture ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Thabo Mbeki

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki took a proactive stand in recognizingthe significance and importance of Timbuktu’s rich AfricanMuslim scholarly legacy after he visited the city during his official visit toMali in November 2001. As a consequence of this trip, he initiated the SouthAfrica-Mali Timbuktu project, which was subsequently declared a special“South African President” project. Apart from deepening the relationsbetween these two nation-states, one extremely important outcome was theSouth African Department of Arts and Culture-supported conference held inCape Town in August 2005. The book under review, which consists of thepapers presented, was produced by Shamil Jeppie (advisor to SouthAfrica’s inter-ministerial committee, which is also responsible for this specialproject, and a historian based at the University of Cape Town) andSouleymane Bachir Diagne (professor of philosophy, Northwestern University[Illinois]).This invaluable text makes African scholarship proud and has injectednew life into Timbuktu and its manuscript tradition. The mere fact that it wasaesthetically produced and accompanied by appropriate eye-catching illustrationsis evidence that the editors took pride in compiling and editing materialthat would, upon first glance, attract the public eye. That said, the book itself is divided into five distinct sections consisting of twenty-four chapters,including the editors’ two introductory chapters ...

Strategic Planning Information Systems Enterprise Architecture Planning Method Case Study of Semarang City Public Works Department

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-122
Author(s):  
Agustinus Fritz Wijaya ◽  
Mahendra Wahyu Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Application Architecture ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
The City

Semarang City Public Works Department is a state-owned enterprise that works in the area of public services in the city of Semarang. Most of the technological conditions in the Public Works Department are still in manual data management, which is hampering business processes from going well. Therefore this research was conducted to design an Information System at the Semarang City Public Works Department using the Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) method which includes a SWOT analysis and Value Chain analysis. The existing framework in the Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) method can help align the data architecture and application architecture to get the expected results, which is achieving the business objectives of the City of Semarang Public Works Department so that business functions can run by the desired business processes. This research resulted in several proposals for the development of Information Systems and Information Technology in organizations including the development of several applications in the next 5 years.

Transgender Narrative in Public Service Announcement

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 254
Author(s):  
Anna Puji Lestari ◽  
Yuliyanto Budi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
City Government ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Public Service Announcement ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Feminine Style ◽  
New City ◽  
The City

After changing its city branding several times, Semarang now has a new city branding, namely "Semarang Variety of Culture." However, the city branding reaped contra from academics and cultural figures because Semarang was considered not sufficient yet in terms of representing its cultural diversity. Responding to this, the Semarang City Government and the Semarang City Public Works Department created a public service advertisement on CCTV socialization for flood control in the city of Semarang with a transgender figure as the ad star. This research was qualitative research designed with Seymour Chatman's Narrative Analysis. The research found a commodification and objectification of transgender people who imitated the feminine style of women in the advertisement. In other words, the public service announcement of Semarang CCTV socialization lowered the femininity, which is synonymous with women.The public service advertisement also violated the moral codes adopted by the majority of the Indonesian people.

Humanist Engagements

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howell A. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Educational Provision ◽  
The Third ◽  
Social Composition ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Law Faculty ◽  
Editorial Work ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Bodin arrived in Toulouse c.1550, a brief account of the economy, social composition, and governmental institutions of which opens the chapter. There follow comments on its cultural life and identification of its leading citizenry, with remarks on the treatment of alleged religious dissidents by the city itself, and especially on discordant intellectual influences at work in the University, most notably the Law Faculty and the modes of teaching there. The chapter’s second part reviews Bodin’s translation and edition of the Greek poem Cynegetica by Oppian ‘of Cilicia’, assessing the quality of his editorial work, the extent to which allegations of plagiarism levelled against him were valid, and the nature and merits of his translation. The third section recounts contemporary wrangling over educational provision in Toulouse and examines the Oratio in which Bodin argued the case for humanist-style educational provision by means of a reconstituted college there.

Double Thoughts

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Dean
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Paul De Man ◽  
Literature And Philosophy ◽  
De Man ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University

Coetzee’s interest in destabilizing the boundaries of literature and philosophy is most evident in later fictions such as Elizabeth Costello. But as Andrew Dean argues in this chapter, this interest in moving across boundaries in fact originates much earlier, in Coetzee’s quarrel with the institutions and procedures of literary criticism. Coetzee used the occasion of his inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Cape Town (Truth and Autobiography) to criticize the assumption that literary criticism can reveal truths about literature to which literary texts are themselves blind. Influenced in part by such figures as Jacques Derrida and Paul de Man, Coetzee posed a series of challenging questions about the desires at stake in the enterprise of literary criticism. Developing these thoughts, Dean explores the way in which Coetzee’s earlier fiction, including such texts as Foe (1986), is energized by its quarrelsome relationship with literary criticism and theory, especially postcolonial theory.

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