scholarly journals WOODEN STRUCTURES IN KENGO KUMA FACADES

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikola Cekić
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Visual Approach ◽  
The University ◽  
Continuous Use ◽  
Wooden Structures

Kengo Kuma (born 1954 in Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese architect and professor at the University of Tokyo. Realized a large number of urbarchitectonic structures worldwide, especially in the second decade of this century, emphasizing use of wooden materials in the facades. The examples of buildings in this paper demonstrate an extraordinary lucidity and opting of the designer for continuous use of the natural, environment-friendly material whose texture of wooden elements provides effective esthetic-composition and artisanal-artistic, attractive archisculptural results. The pronounced use of many times repeated timber elements created elegant latticework gigantic, harmonic façade network with new hand-made forms, without using bolts, nails or glue to join them. By using the easily available resource - wooden material, the famous architect’s end goal is „effacing” of the already seen architecture, i.e. façade of the new non-standardized and non-stereotypical structures of organically, imaginatively well integrated into the natural environment. Facades created by moving multiplied wooden elements, in a varied rhythm, along the vertical and horizontal lines, evoke a spatial narration, subtle visual sensations, whereby materiality and close rapport with the building tradition is of primary importance. In the paper, the attention is focused on the advanced ecourbarchitecture of “building with wooden material” using the contemporary computer technologies, with new designing artistic and visual approach to the culture of walls in the exterior.

scholarly journals Does a National Park Enhance the Environment-Friendliness of Tourists as an Ecotourism Destination?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8321
Author(s):  
Eunseong Jeong ◽  
Taesoo Lee ◽  
Alan Dixon Brown ◽  
Sara Choi ◽  
Minyoung Son
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
National Park ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
The Relationship

Governments have designated national parks to protect the natural environment against ecosystem destruction and improve individuals’ emotional and recreational life. National parks enhance environment-friendly awareness by conducting ecotourism activities and individuals with environment-friendly awareness are inclined to continue to visit national parks as ecotourism destinations. The New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) is a widely used measure of environmental concern, suitable for measuring the environment-friendly attitude and revisit intention of visitors of national parks. Therefore, the study carried out structural equation modeling (SEM) to investigate the relationship between the NEP, national park conservation consciousness and environment-friendly behavioral intention. Based on the results, an implication is presented to induce national parks to cultivate individual environment-friendly awareness and for visitors to pursue sustainable, environment-friendly tourism behavior. The findings indicate that national parks are to expand educational programs and facilities for eco-tourists visiting national parks to maintain a balanced relationship between themselves and nature and have a strong environmental awareness to preserve the natural environment.

“A Better Crop of Boys and Girls”: The School Gardening Movement, 1890–1920

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Progressive Education ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
School Gardens ◽  
Laboratory School ◽  
Normal Schools ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
School Gardening ◽  
The University

In the 1890s progressive educators like John Dewey proposed expansive ideas about integrating school and society. Working to make the boundaries between classroom learning and pupils' natural environment more permeable, for example, Dewey urged teachers to connect intellectual and practical elements within their curricula. Highly visible and widespread examples of this integrative goal were the school gardens that flourished from the 1890s well into the twentieth century. Evidence of their presence is recorded in newspapers, national magazines, and annual school reports whose illustrations typically portrayed well-dressed children cultivating large gardens next to impressive urban school buildings. Whether in large cities or country settings, school gardens were expressions of modern and progressive education of the sort encouraged by Dewey. Gardens were encouraged in theory and in practice not only at the laboratory school affiliated with the University of Chicago but also in normal schools across the country (Figure 1).

Vectors and Differential Equations

2013 ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Douglas Butler
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Engineering Mathematics ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Visual Approach ◽  
The University ◽  
2D And 3D

This chapter is inspired by a session the author gave at the 10th EMAC Conference (Engineering, Mathematics, and Applications) at the University of Technology, Sydney, in December 2011. The audience was university teachers, but the software, Autograph, was designed for use in High Schools. The author was able to show how a simple, pedagogically focused interface could be used to create a highly visual approach to the teaching of two favourite topics: Vectors (in 2D and 3D) and Differential Equations (1st and 2nd Order).

»La Sapienza«

Architectura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-213
Author(s):  
Christine Beese
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Planning Program ◽  
Fascist Regime ◽  
Post War ◽  
The University ◽  
Continuous Use ◽  
Artistic Quality

AbstractThe following article will point out the way in which the roman Città Universitaria (1932 –1935) played a crucial role for the historiography of architecture in Italy. While the debate of the 1930ies was marked by negotiations of a genuine fascist art, essence and appropriate form, important historians and critics of the post-war era were engaged in establishing the master narrative of an ethical and progressive modernity in contrast to a retrograde and reprehensible traditionalism. The endeavor to take the Universities architecture and artwork in for a particular concept of artistic quality exerts a significant influence on todays estimation as well as handling of the building complex. By focusing on the issue of a ›true‹ modernity, architectural historians tend to lose sight of the planning program of the entire building complex, the political content of its spatial organization. Regarding its capacity of embodying ideologies, universities in contrast to government buildings are often underestimated as less telling. The article shows that at least the fascist regime used the university building complex as an important political instrument for performatively actualizing its educational policy, a policy which was indissolubly connected to the idea of forming the fascist ›uomo nuovo‹. Considering its continuous use for educational purposes the author suggests taking account of this aspect when valuing the actual qualities of the Città Universitaria.

scholarly journals Competitiveness of ALS inhibitors resistant and susceptible biotypes of Greater Beggarticks (Bidens subalternans)

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.P. Lamego ◽  
R.A. Vidal ◽  
N.R. Burgos
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Ability ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Replacement Series ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Temperature Conditions ◽  
Als Inhibitors ◽  
The University ◽  
Continuous Use

The continuous use of ALS-inhibiting herbicides has led to the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds worldwide. Greater beggarticks is one of the most troublesome weeds found in the soybean production system in Brazil. Recently, a greater beggarticks biotype that is resistant (R) to ALS inhibitors due to Trp574Leu mutation in the ALS gene was identified. Also, the adaptive traits between susceptible (S) and R to ALS inhibitors biotypes of greater beggarticks were compared. Specifically, we aimed to: (1) evaluate and compare the relative growth rates (RGR) between the biotypes; (2) analyze the seed germination characteristics of R and S biotypes under different temperature conditions; and (3) evaluate their competitive ability in a replacement series study. The experiments were conducted at the University of Arkansas, USA, in 2007 and at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Brazil, in 2008. Plant proportions for replacement series studies were respectively 100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75 and 0:100, with a total population of 150 plants m-2. There was no difference in RGR between R and S biotypes. The R-biotype germination rate was lower than that of the S biotype. However, at low temperature conditions (15 ºC), the reverse was observed. In general, there is no difference in the competitive ability between R and S greater beggarticks biotypes.

scholarly journals Lubricant-free deep drawing using CO2 and N2 as volatile media injected through laser-drilled microholes

2018 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 14007
Author(s):  
Ehsan Zahedi ◽  
Christoph Woerz ◽  
Gerd Reichardt ◽  
Georg Umlauf ◽  
Mathias Liewald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Drawing ◽  
Friction And Wear ◽  
Oil Lubrication ◽  
Liquid Carbon ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Mineral Oils ◽  
Tribological System ◽  
The University ◽  
Intermediate Medium ◽  
Conventional Oil

Most metal forming processes use lubricants based on mineral oils as an intermediate medium to reduce friction and wear. To avoid the well-known drawbacks of oil lubrication, a novel and environment friendly lubrication system for deep-drawing processes was demonstrated at the University of Stuttgart. Liquid carbon dioxide and gaseous nitrogen are being used as volatile lubrication during the deep-drawing process, locally injected at high pressure through laser-drilled microholes. This new tribological system provides a significantly enlarged working range and at least 15% larger drawing depths compared to conventional oil lubrication.

The social responsibility of the scientist

1971 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
R. A. Morton
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Biological Research ◽  
National Committee ◽  
Royal Institute ◽  
Natural Environment Research Council ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

Professor Morton was Johnston Professor of Biochemistry in the University of Liverpool, 1994–66. He served on the Council of the Royal Society, 1959–61, and on the Council of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1955–61. He was the first Chairman of the British National Committee for Chemical Education and of the Food Additives and Contaminants Committee. He has also served on many committees dealing with vitamins, bread and flour, nutrition and biological research generally. In recent years he has been active on committees of the Natural Environment Research Council.This lecture was given to a varied audience of staff and students at the University College of Aberystwyth on 25th February 1970. The Executive Editor is pleased to be able to publish this interesting and thought-provoking discourse on a problem of ever-growing importance.

scholarly journals CAMPUS 2 DA UNOESTE EM PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE – SP: REPENSANDO SEUS PERCURSOS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (Especial 2) ◽  
pp. 748-753
Author(s):  
Samara Peruzzo Gusman ◽  
Yeda Ruiz Maria
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Green Mass ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The University

The University Campus of the Paulista University, in the municipality of Presidente Prudente - SP, was studied in order to increase the appropriation of the walk and the bicycle within the structure, respecting the existing green mass to promote the harmony between the built and the natural environment, thus benefiting its user. The entire constructed structure that composes the campus was studied in its functional aspects to understand the dynamics of the displacements made by the different types of users of the place. It was therefore perceived the unfavorable organization of Campus 2 for people who do not do any displacement by car there. Based on the results of the analysis of the site in the light of Sustainable Mobility and Green Infrastructure, we seek guidelines for adequacy for the issues raised.

scholarly journals WOODEN STRUCTURES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.T. Ugrekhelidze ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Timber Structures ◽  
Earthquake Design ◽  
Structural Engineers ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Wooden Structures ◽  
Damage Avoidance

The NMIT Arts & Media Building in Nelson, New Zealand is the first in a new generation of multi-storey timber structures. It employs a number of innovative timber technologies including an advanced damage avoidance earthquake design that is a world first for a timber building. Aurecon structural engineers are the first to use this revolutionary Pres-Lam technology developed at the University of Canterbury

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