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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Communal space"”.
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Building a community of our own: How can the built environment help? Neighborhood communal space and community participation in Chinese urban communities
… built environment, especially neighborhood communal space (e.g., open spaces, clubhouse), and community participation – defined as a local population’s voluntary participation in community political and social affairs in both formal and informal ways. In this dissertation I ask the …
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Storm warning: a theatre of atmospherics
… Antarctic Programme (SANAP); _a 'shifting' communal space for the research facility; and the theatre itself. The weather device is located at the end of the breakwater. It is a visual communicator that once again connects the people of Cape Town with the sea through its foreshadowing of the …
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How community is expressed in place : spatial manifestations of two parishes
… unveil the architectural language for community spaces implicit in these communities' created space and their perceptions and use of it. One parish realizes their conscious desire to intensify the sense of community not by being exclusive, but by accelerating activity within the parish and …
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Permanent Supportive Housing in Tampa, Florida: Facilitating Transition through Site, Program, & Design
… consists of a combination of leasable commercial space, supportive retail, permanent supportive housing, and ample communal space that provides for self-sufficiency at an organizational level, onsite employment opportunities, and social interaction. The intervention with the factory is a flexible …
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C.A.S.H. - communal affordable singles housing : a platform for proactive affordability in Hong Kong
… housing equation. They require much more space per person in comparison to those living in family housing, and the government is not willing to allocate a disproportionate amount of already limited public resources to house this demographic. Many young singles end up living in cramped …
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A Praxis of Transformative Care: Centering Historically Resilient Students at a PWI
… of resource visibility, financial resources, and communal space. Together, we designed departmental service change recommendations to move the institution from neutrality to proactive investment in student voice.</p> <p>This living praxis affirms transformative care requires active pedagogical …
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Using film screenings to explore the nature and impact of student interactions with the Observatory informal settlement
… by Khululekile Banzi, a resident of OIS, the communal space created during film screenings serves as a unique platform for both entertainment and education. UCT students, particularly those residing in Obz Square, engage with OIS residents amidst challenges posed by language barriers, …
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Pan climatic humans : shaping thermal habits in an unconditioned society
… and culture, influencing what we wear, what spaces we gather around, and how we go about our lives. Yet this relation is often oversimplified in the design of conditioned spaces, assuming occupants have unchanging thermal preferences and no desire to participate in the shaping of a building's …
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The significance of restorative justice on the rehabilitation, restoration, and healing of incarcerated persons sentenced to life imprisonment: A case study of Voorberg Medium B Correctional Centre in the Western Cape
… these is that RJ provides a vital narrative and communal space for incarcerated persons to confront the harm caused by their crimes, facilitating a journey towards authentic accountability and empathetic engagement with the perspective of the victim. Furthermore, the process fosters significant …
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Aqua House
… these two programs to coexist within the same space allows them to benefit from each other's presence and create a new building typology in the urban fabric of a city. This thesis idea led to the design of a building located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that embodies both of the programs of a …
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Plants, food and the repurposing of urban nature: the geographies of foraging and landscape in London
… plants growing wild in the multifarious spaces of the city. “Urban foraging”, as it has been termed and observed in other geographies, can be read as a reflection of various concerns. It may be an expression of hipster gentrification, a radical reclamation of communal space, a re-finding …
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Impact of design on social interaction within urban residential developments in Scotland.
… three areas: social interaction patterns, use of communal spaces and design qualities of the communal spaces within selected developments. Content analysis and GIS analytical maps have been used to analyse the data. The findings show that the access routes and service spaces of urban residential …