Nomadic Norwegian Architecture: An Historical and Contemporary Study of Prefabricated Norwegian Whaling Settlements in the Southern Hemisphere

<p>The early 1900’s saw a Norwegian Whaler’s base formed on Stewart Island where they shipped prefabricated buildings from Norway to create a settlement. The majority of these kitset buildings are still standing and apparently have had little modification from their original form. These buildings have no documentation of their materials, suitability of site or analysis of their current condition in this foreign environment. Initial research found one book by J.P.C Watt from the 1980’s which researches the Ross Sea whalers with little focus on the architecture or design. The book documents the movements of the buildings from their original service as a whaling station in the early 1900’s. This is an interesting ensemble of nomadic buildings, foreign to New Zealand, being moved around consistently and yet still remaining in the country today. Through the investigation of materiality, tectonics and individual building elements the research demonstrates how the buildings reacted to their nomadic inhabitants and also how the materials allowed for a sense of personal belonging to occur. This research aims to explore the materiality of Norwegian portable architecture and the material’s present conditions. It establishes that the nomadic/temporal nature of the Norwegian kitset buildings were not adapted to fit the New Zealand context and documents these buildings for future reference. The first step is literature research and design exploration of Norwegian kitset materials, tectonics and components. In the second step, analysis of case studies is conducted. Findings have been judged upon functionality, and therefore the design is a result of the site context and research.</p>

Nomadic Norwegian Architecture: An Historical and Contemporary Study of Prefabricated Norwegian Whaling Settlements in the Southern Hemisphere

<p>The early 1900’s saw a Norwegian Whaler’s base formed on Stewart Island where they shipped prefabricated buildings from Norway to create a settlement. The majority of these kitset buildings are still standing and apparently have had little modification from their original form. These buildings have no documentation of their materials, suitability of site or analysis of their current condition in this foreign environment. Initial research found one book by J.P.C Watt from the 1980’s which researches the Ross Sea whalers with little focus on the architecture or design. The book documents the movements of the buildings from their original service as a whaling station in the early 1900’s. This is an interesting ensemble of nomadic buildings, foreign to New Zealand, being moved around consistently and yet still remaining in the country today. Through the investigation of materiality, tectonics and individual building elements the research demonstrates how the buildings reacted to their nomadic inhabitants and also how the materials allowed for a sense of personal belonging to occur. This research aims to explore the materiality of Norwegian portable architecture and the material’s present conditions. It establishes that the nomadic/temporal nature of the Norwegian kitset buildings were not adapted to fit the New Zealand context and documents these buildings for future reference. The first step is literature research and design exploration of Norwegian kitset materials, tectonics and components. In the second step, analysis of case studies is conducted. Findings have been judged upon functionality, and therefore the design is a result of the site context and research.</p>

TIPOLOGI TENDA SEBAGAI STUDI ARSITEKTUR PORTABEL

Architecture trends are continuously searching for a new design alternative. If architecture is dominated by a permanent structure in the last decades, the latest trend suggests temporal, ephemeral, and informal architecture to emerge as the other alternative. While the world becomes complex, these other spatial forms are in demand, resulting in various installations, pop-up stores, container architecture, and portable, temporal architecture constructed throughout the cityscape. Its portability, elasticity, and fluidity have offered different human activity transformations compared to permanent architecture. Tent, one of the most popular portable architecture, has been used for myriad human activities, although fewer researches are found regarding the typology of the tent, which is considered beneficial to understand its transformation. The qualitative interpretive method is used to understand the typology of the contemporary tent. The diagram is utilized as a tool to investigate its form, structure, and physical appearance. The research steps are drawing a diagram, pattern extraction, and pattern interpretation. The phases are elimination of tent’s elaboration and decoration, pattern structure extraction, pattern illustration. The result is tent typology diagram. The novelty is tent basic pattern extraction. Keywords: Architecture; Portable; Tend; Type; Typology. AbstrakLatar belakang penelitian adalah fenomena tren arsitektur dunia yang mulai mempertanyakan alternatif lain keruangan. Permasalahannya pada dekade terakhir arsitektur dunia didominasi oleh pemahaman ruang permanen pada makna arsitektur yang seolah bersifat absolut, padahal belakangan konsep-konsep keruangan temporal, ephemeral dan informal semakin dibutuhkan untuk mengisi stagnansi arsitektur permanen. Kebutuhan ruang portabel meningkat; hal ini terbukti dari tingginya permintaan akan: instalasi, paviliun, pop-up store, kontainer dan jenis keruangan lain yang lebih ringan, cair dan mudah dimodifikasi. Tenda adalah salah satu alternatif keruangan temporal yang telah berkembang sejak dulu kala, keunggulannya sebagai arsitektur portabel masih relevan di saat ini. Meski demikian, belum banyak perkembangan dan penelitian tenda yang berfokus pada tipe dan struktur untuk gaya hidup masa depan, sementara dominasi pengembangan tenda adalah untuk kebutuhan berkemah atau liburan saja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi tipologi tenda sebagai arsitektur portabel Metode penelitian adalah tipologi arsitektur untuk mengangkat kualitas arsitektur tenda. Diagram arsitektur digunakan untuk menghasilkan ilustrasi yang dapat diinterpretasikan dalam memahami pola struktur tenda, Langkah penelitian sebagai berikut: 1) menggambar diagram keruangan; 2) mengekstraksi pola; 3) menginterpretasi pola. Tahapan penelitian disusun sebagai berikut: 1) Mengeliminasi elaborasi dan dekorasi tenda, 2) Mengekstraksi struktur tenda, 3) Menggambar pola. Hasilnya adalah diagram arsitektur tipologi tenda. Kebaruannya adalah ekstraksi pola dasar tenda sebagai arsitektur portabel.

Face Detection with a portable architecture in Real Time

Nowadays, security is a top priority. In fact, biometrics uses cutting-edge technologies to identify terrorists and criminals. But the practice of distinguishing humans based on intrinsic physical or behavior traits goes back thousands of years. With the widespread use of computers in the late 20th century, new possibilities for digital biometrics emerged and new technologies were generously used. Among these, we remember high resolution security video cameras and drones. So, the aim of the present project is to study and explain the features of these technologies, especially the ones of the the Phantom 4 Pro+ aircraft and analyze its operating methods in order to identify human faces during live streaming of videos. For this purpose, it will be used Paul Viola and Michael Jones&rsquo; face detection algorithm, which includes Haar features and cascade classifiers to identify faces, eyes and ears of an individual.