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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"community design"”.
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Process skill in community design
The proposition that the design process for the redevelopment of urban communities is improved as a result of one person's skill in process mechanics is examined. The proposition is sustained on the basis of observations and analyses made over a three year period in a community development …
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Building community : design in the organizational mind
… culture. Schon contends tacit frames revealed in design activity circumscribe organizational culture. Further, the institutional and cultural status of these frames requires engaging in a collaborative design process. 'Appearances of form' in design activity demonstrate the presence of frames and …
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Reframing Harlem River : Manhattan-Bronx waterfront community design
… the scale of the water's edge and the city. This design is to propose an idea to renovate Harlem waterfront area into interactive and livable place in the densely populated city. The first point is to accommodate a number of people with enough housing units, and then hopefully this area could be a …
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Impact of Professional Learning Community Design on Teacher Instruction
… study closely examined a professional learning community in an Arkansas middle school. The site was selected because the school was removed from the state's school improvement list after implementing professional learning communities. The purpose of the study was to determine how the design of a …
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A framework for community design : Worcester's Main South neighborhood
… segregates private life to a realm exclusive of community and wastefully consumes material resources . While unchecked development diminishes the rural landscape, urban neighborhoods deteriorate, lacking the resources and amenities of new developments. The transformation of blighted urban …
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Power to the people : a framework for enhancing environmental stewardship through community design
… are most commonly addressed through "green" design strategies that utilize largely technological solutions to increase the resource efficiency of the built environment. However, "green" design as currently comprised is insufficient; while it effectively reduces the amount of resources …
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Analyzing Physical Characteristics that Support Sense of Place and Context-Sensitive Community Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico
… The results are a set of contemporary community design guidelines for the Santa Fe, New Mexico region that address sense of place in the following categories: (a) Spatial Planning and Architecture: street design characteristics and their physical relationship to architecture; (b) …
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The changing social and political issues and their impact on the community design of the False Creek south development
… measures to secure a livable and socially mixed community. The implementation of False Creek south in the first two phases was achieved with the commitment of the TEAM City Council and with the blessings from the federal and provincial government. The result is an innovatively designed and …
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Learning from each other : citizen participatory community design in the United States and Japan, and the role of the architect
This thesis explored principles of community design for future development both in the US. and Japan by examining the organizational structures, levels of participation and processes of community designs. Three cases in the US. and two cases in Japan were chosen for case studies. The method of …
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How can live projects stimulate progress in education, research, and practice? The establishment of live project / designbuild / community design education as a global and rigorous field of activity and inquiry
… of an emerging global field of live project / designbuild / community design education. The publications are discussed in relation to each other in order to demonstrate how they form a coherent body of work. The published work can be broadly summarised as being concerned with the following …
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Evaluating sustainability of community designs
… and practical terms, as it applies to community design. It clarifies the meaning of "sustainable development" and discusses the philosophies of certain landscape design paradigms associated with postmodern environmental ethics and the concept of eco-development. Information from the …
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Drapers Meadows, a community designed and landscaped for living
… this thesis shows its main objective to be the design of Draper’s meadows, a community designed and landscaped for living, to provide housing for some members of the faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia. A review of literature dealing with community design from the …
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Open Space Planning; Utilizing Green Infrastructure to Preserve Community
… development guidelines prevent context sensitive community design, degrading our communities and consuming large amounts of natural and cultural resources. Significant progress has been made in reorganizing community planning towards sustainable development practices. However, these alternatives …
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Running a Maker Day Workshop to Explore Southview Residents’ Perspectives on Livable Communities in Calgary, Alberta using Design Thinking
… public by implementing alternative methods using design thinking. The research question: How might Southview change to suit the needs of the existing residents and community while also accommodating for a changing Calgary? guided this study. Participants reported feeling more comfortable sharing, …
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Influence of new urbanist design features on sense of community : the case of Cherry Hill Village in Canton, Michigan
This study explored the influence of New Urbanist design features on sense of community in the State of Michigan by employing Cherry Hill Village, a major New Urbanist development in Canton, Michigan, as its case study. Using a quantitative survey method, online surveys were utilized to procure …
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Useable space
… for improving the understanding and practice of design as a means of self-discovery, intersubjective dialogue and cultural development. Using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a laboratory and case study, a series of interventions and observations were conducted and recorded. Key …
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Media and milieux : exploring the foundations of learning community
… and rhetoric surrounding the term "learning community", this thesis elaborates conceptual foundations for the term. Drawing upon sociological and anthropological literature, the thesis presents community in structural-functional and psycho-social dimensions. In the relationship between these …
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The East Austin housing science center : towards a more environmentally accountable design approach
This thesis project focuses on the community design implications for a less resource intensive way of life in the US context. The quantifying of the input, output and cycling of resource flows (energy, materials, water, biomass) at the site scale should provide a better understanding of the …
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lndoor recreational walking in semi-public spaces : assessing demand and design standards
… and facilitation of walking for health and community benefits has recently become an important focus in the city planning and public health fields. Urban design guidelines have increasingly highlighted pedestrian transportation and recreation as important elements for community design. …
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In Defense of a "Third Place": How Reassembling the Boundaries of an Urban Military Installation can Maintain Security while Uniting the Community
… among their citizens, cities always define their community as against the outside world; a settlement with internal defense walls cannot be called a true community." Community Design and Culture of Cities, by Eduardo Lozano pg 5 Throughout the history of human civilization, no manmade structure …
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