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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"building site"”.
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Natural forces and the craft of building : site reconnaissance.
Thesis. 1975. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Well-Tempered Building: Michelangelo's full-scale template drawings at San Lorenzo
… the present migration toward prescriptive building procedures through a micro-historical reading of Michelangelo's use of architectural template drawings. Examining the artist's ten surviving paper templates (called "modani") from the facade of San Lorenzo (1516-1520), the Medici Chapel …
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The Role of Discipline in Classroom Management
… and disciplinary referrals procured at each building site. This study also attempted to contribute to a new perspective on disciplinary practices and raise the consciousness of school staff so that they may more effectively meet student needs.
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Media menagerie
The Media Arts Building for a small Hawaiian college was designed following the guidelines set forth in the Hawaii Loa College International Design Competition. The central issue of this design problem concerned the dualism of the South Pacific cultures with the high-technology characteristic of …
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Accident causation model for building construction sites
Construction safety at Malaysian building and construction project sites is of utmost importance due to the nature of the construction industry. Workplace safety is a care consideration for all types of organizations or stakeholders. However, statistics shows that safety at project sites is not …
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Noise Characerization For Proposed UCF Phyiscal Science Building Sites.
… processes. Therefore preconstruction site surveys are needed to develop strategies for mitigating noise. Vibration and low frequency electromagnetic fields are particularly detrimental for sensitive instruments, and they are also difficult to mitigate. However a large part of these …
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Light in Architecture: Smithsonian Museum of Photography
… without compromising conservation standards. The building will house exhibits of film and photography, including theatres, dark rooms, prints, and projections as well as all the necessary program to support the building including a cafeteria, restrooms, a gift shop, as well as indoor and outdoor …
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The Wall-Mill : the design of a flexible machine for the in-situ architectural machining of surfaces
… the machine shop where it was created to the building site where the panel will be installed. Additionally, the non-modularity of molds requires that a new one be created for a different design. It would be much simpler and efficient if the mold is replaced with a portable apparatus that can …
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Connections : the structural details of an art gallery
… describes the physical means by which the building transforms concept into reality. These connections link between user and building; site and building; program and building; art and public. This study uses as a starting point a previous design project where advances technology allowed and …
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Canon Camera Museum
… the first-ever camera museum by using unique building forms and structural elements, as well as water and light features. Additionally, throughout this thesis project, I would like to celebrate the Canon franchise with all the camera enthusiasts and express my personal appreciation to Canon …
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Grind, Mash, Distill
… never comes a point at which we can declare any building "finished", and never touch it again; if we were to do this it would signal a sad sort of death and the end of the building's use, because it is by a continual process of revision that they fulfill our ever-changing needs and tastes. …
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Democratic Play : crowd-sourcing through games for architectural design
… process of designing an architectural space. The site for the design project of this experimental methodology is a courtyard on MIT campus. The games are initially prepared by the architect through sampling various objects, materials, lighting, and figures from different media such as …
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Energy Use and Environmental Impact of New Residential Buildings
… use and environmental impact of residential buildings. Seven authentic buildings built in the 1990s in Sweden are investigated. They are analysed according to energy use and environmental impact during their life cycle: manufacture of building materials, transport of building materials and …
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Women studying and working in engineering : case studies from UCT and civil engineering in the Western Cape
… of an wiwelcome atmosphere for women on the building site, came strongly to the fore. Also, some women encowitered serious incidents of sexual harassment and gender discrimination on the building site and even in the office environment. The existence of women's engineering organizations were …
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A theater and amphitheater for chamber music on a mountain meadow
… amphitheater for chamber music, upon a beautiful site-- a mountain meadow. The site, context and program which serve as a starting point for the new design are based on a real site and context: that of an existing center for chamber music, situated high in the mountains, housed in the buildings of …
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"The case for peace-building as sport's next great legacy: A literature review, assessment, and suggestions for applying the ""slow child"" in the emergent field of Sport for Development and Peace"
… a lasting legacy for sport as a meaningful peace-building site.
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Within the Wrought-Iron Fence: the Hidden Heritage of McCormick Theological Seminary, 1864-1975
… a Presbyterian Seminary. The first major building site in this area, and the first institution, it was truly the cornerstone of our neighborhood. It continued as an important part of this Lincoln Park neighborhood for more than a hundred years.</p> <p>We see physical evidence of …
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Accommodating the Picturesque: The Country Houses of James Wyatt, John Nash and John Soane, 1793–1815
… the specific qualities and challenges of a building site in light of those concurrent theoretical and aesthetic concerns. Relying primarily on detailed examination of surviving architectural drawings, related archival materials and extant houses, the analysis is divided into three main …
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Parkification of Disturbed Landscapes: Uncovering the Process of Transforming Post-Industrial Sites into Urban Parks at Ruseifa, Jordan
… decision to transform three post-industrial sites simultaneously within Ruseifa city into urban public parks, namely the Pepsi Pond site, the Phosphate Ore Hills site, and the Phosphate Old Mines and Administration Building site. These transformative processes, known as "Parkification," not …
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Understanding site offices challenges to communicate and exchange information using technology in UK : main contractor perspective
… that the correct information is available on site at the point of application. The global shift from paper-based documents and drawings to electronic-based files has tended to overload project teams with information. Currently, the work of site operatives still depends on the timely ability to …
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