London Transformed: John Nash e l'ibrido progettuale

Nella prima metà dell'Ottocento i ‘London Improvements' realizzano trasformazioni urbanistiche che testimoniano un nuovo atteggiamento rispetto alla città in Europa, all'indomani del trauma delle guerre napoleoniche, nel confronto col nuovo assestamento post-bellico. Questi progetti sono da attribuire alle abilità creative di John Nash, cui dobbiamo i pioneristici lavori di Regent's Park e Regent Street, che lo consacrano come ‘architect of the Picturesque'. Qui, il Pittoresco travalica la definizione di categoria estetica, si concretizza nell'espressione architettonica e trova scenografica applicazione nella progettazione urbanistica. In quale modo e in quale fase John Nash adotta il Pittoresco e, soprattutto, quali sono le ragioni di tale scelta?

“... NÃO SEI EXATAMENTE O QUE EU DEVO DIZER PARA FAZER COM QUE TENHA RELAÇÕES COMIGO...”: John Nash e as (in) Habilidades Sociais

O presente caso para ensino apoia-se no filme, lançado em 2001, “Uma Mente Brilhante” (A Beautiful Mind), o qual é dirigido por Ron Howard, e se baseia na história real do matemático John Forber Nash (1928-2015). Procura-se por meio do relato de duas cenas do filme, estimular os discentes a refletirem sobre os conceitos de competência e habilidade social e o papel central desses conceitos no desenvolvimento humano e nas relações interpessoais. O caso tem sua aplicação destinada às disciplinas da área de gestão de pessoas e administração que foquem competências comportamentais, e pretende auxiliar o profissional de educação no trabalho deste tema em sala de aula.

A New (Simplified) Derivation of Nash’s Bargaining Solution

According to the Nobelist John Nash, if a group of people wants to selects one of the alternatives in which all of them get a better deal than in a status quo situations, then they should select the alternative that maximizes the product of their utilities. In this paper, we provide a new (simplified) derivation of this result, a derivation which is not only simpler – it also does not require that the preference relation between different alternatives be linear.

John Nash in Ireland: Patronage and Legacy

ABSTRACTStudies on Irish architectural history following the Act of Union in 1801 have concentrated on public buildings. This article introduces an important new perspective to the subject by exploring John Nash (1752–1835) and his work in Ireland from 1803 to 1810. Nash is best known for the work he undertook for the prince regent, later King George IV. Relatively little is known of his other clients. However, patronage connections were singularly important to Nash and it was ultimately their high social and political profile that contributed to his career's upward trajectory. Nowhere are these connections more evident than in Ireland, where practically all of Nash's clients can be linked to his first known Irish patron, James Stewart (1741–1821) of Killymoon Castle in County Tyrone, and his wife Elizabeth née Molesworth (1751–1835). The timing of Nash's arrival in Ireland within a year of the Act of Union is also significant. Many of his Irish clients were new MPs at Westminster or representative peers elected to the House of Lords whose shared desire for personal aggrandisement found form in building works. In spite of Nash's often troubled relationships with his clients, his architectural output in Ireland was versatile and involved a variety of styles. As Nash's involvement with the prince regent grew, his supervisory role in Ireland passed to his pupils James and George Richard Pain, who in time established successful architectural practices of their own in the country. Few of Nash's Irish buildings have survived the test of time, but his legacy in Ireland is preserved in the works of the Pain brothers, whose design style remained remarkably faithful to their teaching master.