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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Public Building"”.
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Quality management in the public building construction process
The poor quality of public buildings in the Botswana construction industry has been surrounded by controversy and strongly held opinions. The work reported here attempts to indicate some salient issues affecting the quality management system, with particular reference to the construction phase. …
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Dudley Square : a public building as a catalyst for urban revitalization
… This thesis examines the location of a public institutional headquarters in Dudley Square as a catalyst for urban revitalization. The thesis proposes the design and development of a 450,000 square foot center to house municipal agencies; to provide office space; and to hold cultural …
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Emerging from stasis : a new typology for the public building in centro Havana/
This project proposes a new public institution for the most dense and deteriorated zone of Havana, Cuba. This new institution aims to capitalize on existing social networks which, consolidated and enhanced, might provide the social medium out of which a vibrant and active civic institution would …
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Modelling cost and time performance of public building projects in a terror impacted area of Nigeria
… factors on the production performance of public building projects in north eastern Nigeria and whether a predictive model could be devised in assessing this impact. The global poor performances of construction project cost and time, coupled with a dearth of studies into using machine …
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An investigation of contemporary public building design with particular reference to disabled peoples' design needs and designer awareness.
… Within this context it is suggested that building designers would be more able to serve the needs of people with disabilities if building design education incorporated a more holistic and user-responsive syllabus. The research project, designed to test the above proposition, falls into two …
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The way-finding journey within a large public building: a user centred study of the holistic way-finding experience across a range of visual ability
… the holistic experience of way-finding in buildings by people who have a range of visual ability. Previous research studies, spanning across a broad spectrum of disciplines, have focused on various characteristics of human way-finding (Arthur and Passini, 1992;Lynch, 1960;Downs and Stea, …
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Preserving the Past for the Present: Courthouse Preservation and Community Values in Thomas County, Georgia
… have chosen to build a multipurpose judicial building to relieve the pressures and needs for security and space while renovating the historic courthouse to serve as a depository of its historical document. Within the context of preservation, the Thomas County Courthouse serves as an example of …
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Architectural Project Design of "The Seat of the African Criminal Court": In French, Projet D'Etudes Architectural Du "Siege De La Cour Penal Interafricaine"
… explores the symbolic form of a significant public building through the architectural design of an international African Criminal Court in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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Community Workshop
Operating within a dense urban context, a public building recognizes the activities that are contained within its boundaries... further tying the place to a larger urban spatial sequence.
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A Library for Alexandria
A library is a building through which a town presents its public identity. The local library is not only a repository of information, but also of the town's unique cultural messages and values. The Thesis Search: How to make a building that emphasizes the architectonic qualities of Old Town? How to …
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Transitions -- Design a Courthouse
… not only provides an important and functional public building in the local architectural history, but also improves the urban situation and zoning separation of the town. The corner condition of the project is the focus point of the design, with the architectural interpretation of transition of …
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An Elementary School in Blacksburg. VA
… site that once held an inward looking, stalwart building now holds an elementary school that realizes its responsibilities as a public building in addition to its internal purpose. Its architecture is an exploration in creating and resolving the tension in materiality and form. Its formal moves …
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A new town hall for Norwich, Vermont
... the public building is not an abstract symbol, but partakes in daily life, which relates to what is timeless and common. The objective of this thesis was to design a new town hall for Norwich, Vermont. The design approach was based on the thought that one can successfully design a building for …
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Re-creating the context : the design of a community theater
Herein lies the design of an imaginary building in a very real neighborhood. The building is, among other things, a theater, café, childcare facility and guest house. The neighborhood is a 100 year old urban residential neighborhood, a comfortably-scaled place that is well-liked by its inhabitants. …
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Culture and commerce in China's Special Economic Zone : an experiment in design and development
… is proposed. The development takes the form of a public-private partnership that provides expatriates' housing, art-oriented retail and a public art gallery. Revenue from the private development, together with donation from a philanthropic foundation, funds the construction and operation of the …
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Citizenship by Design: Art and Identity in the Early Republic
… directly shape the character of its inhabitants. Buildings, landscapes, paintings, and sculptures were, for these artists, the means by which the moral and social precepts of democracy could be communicated most effectively to the public. Building on a long tradition of European aesthetic theory, …
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My own, private Washington
… identities, their spatial relationship to the public realm are beginning to blur. The expanding influence of private entities in public affairs necessitates and exploration of how public architecture is dealt with in responds to the needs of two distinctive user groups. In my proposed future …
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The Temple of Justice; A New Federal Courthouse for the City of Baltimore
… It would symbolize the transparency, power, and public worth of the American judicial system. It would be a modern temple to justice that would be worthy of the public\'s trust. The new courthouse was to be progressive, with sky gardens rising in the tower overlooking the Baltimore Convention …
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Reactive and interactive architectural form : a design exploration
… side heavily trafficked and fast moving. Major public buildings are interspersed along its edges. A lineal pedestrian parkway moves through the residential fabric. crosses the site and continues through Boston on the other side of Mass. Ave. The site is at a point of transition between singular …
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