This document outlines a plan to redevelop the Anacostia area of Washington D.C. The plan has four main goals: create economic opportunities for local residents without displacing anyone; ensure the development pays for itself through land sales; implement practical solutions to issues like flooding and transportation while adding green spaces; and make D.C. a world-class city with a beautiful waterfront rivaling Paris. The plan calls for replacing highways with parks and boulevards, and connecting neighborhoods with frequent pedestrian bridges over the Anacostia River.
A chapter review of 'Beyond Suburbia: Rise of the Technoburb' from the book 'Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia' by Robert Fishman. This deals with evolution of suburbs in the late 20th century in the USA. This chapter is also available in the book 'The City Reader'.
Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.
Wrightt believed in designing in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture.
This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater (1935), which has been called the best all-time work of American architecture. As a founder of organic architecture, Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing three generations of architects worldwide through his works.
There is a train station and a few office and apartment buildings in Broadacre City. All important transport is done by automobile, and the pedestrian can exist safely only within the confines of the one-acre (0.40-hectare) plots where most of the population dwells.
Place Typology: section 4 "intro to urban design and placemaking"Placefocus
The Place Qualities we appreciate rely on planning and design outcomes at a whole continuum of scale from the building, street and the neighbourhood all the way through to the city and region. We call these ‘Place Typologies’.More information available at http://www.placefocus.com/Place-Typology/place-typology.html
You can buy a copy of our manual or enrol in an on-line course at http://placefocus.com/Shop/placefocus-shop.html
A chapter review of 'Beyond Suburbia: Rise of the Technoburb' from the book 'Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia' by Robert Fishman. This deals with evolution of suburbs in the late 20th century in the USA. This chapter is also available in the book 'The City Reader'.
Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.
Wrightt believed in designing in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture.
This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater (1935), which has been called the best all-time work of American architecture. As a founder of organic architecture, Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing three generations of architects worldwide through his works.
There is a train station and a few office and apartment buildings in Broadacre City. All important transport is done by automobile, and the pedestrian can exist safely only within the confines of the one-acre (0.40-hectare) plots where most of the population dwells.
Place Typology: section 4 "intro to urban design and placemaking"Placefocus
The Place Qualities we appreciate rely on planning and design outcomes at a whole continuum of scale from the building, street and the neighbourhood all the way through to the city and region. We call these ‘Place Typologies’.More information available at http://www.placefocus.com/Place-Typology/place-typology.html
You can buy a copy of our manual or enrol in an on-line course at http://placefocus.com/Shop/placefocus-shop.html
Planning Chicago: An Historical Perspective on our Present-Day ProblemsTom Tresser
Presented by Prof. Brad Hunt, Roosevelt University, at the CivicLab, February 24, 2014. The CivicLab is America's only co-working space dedicated to collaboration, education and innovation for civic engagement. http://www.civiclab.us.
Jacobs had no professional training in the field of city planning, nor did she hold the title of planner. Instead, she relied on her observations and common sense to show why certain places work, and what can be done to improve those that do not
This presentation is a compilation of selected topics on the history of urbanization, urban and regional planning theories, urban thinkers and their contributes, concepts, bases of land use, applicability to the Philippine setting, and a briefer of urban design elements.
The life of plazas and sitting spaces; Sun ,wind ,trees ,water, food, The street; The “undesirables”. Effective capacity. Indoor spaces. Concourse and mega-structures; Smaller cities and places.
This presentation completes the arc between the City Beautiful movement of early 20th century and the current emphasis on place-making using North Michigan Avenue as an example.
Place qualities - section 3 intro to urban design and placemakingPlacefocus
This PPT discusses the qualities of the places we like. Most of the cherished and highly valued places in Australia, as well as other parts of the world, share key characteristics or 'Place Qualities'. More information available at http://www.placefocus.com/Place-Qualities/place-qualities.html
You can buy a copy of our manual or enrol in an on-line course at http://placefocus.com/Shop/placefocus-shop.html
In this class, we talk about a few famous cases of modern urban planning, including Haussmann's Paris and Robert Moses's New York. Seaside Florida, the Smart Code and the New Urbanism are also discussed.
Planning Chicago: An Historical Perspective on our Present-Day ProblemsTom Tresser
Presented by Prof. Brad Hunt, Roosevelt University, at the CivicLab, February 24, 2014. The CivicLab is America's only co-working space dedicated to collaboration, education and innovation for civic engagement. http://www.civiclab.us.
Jacobs had no professional training in the field of city planning, nor did she hold the title of planner. Instead, she relied on her observations and common sense to show why certain places work, and what can be done to improve those that do not
This presentation is a compilation of selected topics on the history of urbanization, urban and regional planning theories, urban thinkers and their contributes, concepts, bases of land use, applicability to the Philippine setting, and a briefer of urban design elements.
The life of plazas and sitting spaces; Sun ,wind ,trees ,water, food, The street; The “undesirables”. Effective capacity. Indoor spaces. Concourse and mega-structures; Smaller cities and places.
This presentation completes the arc between the City Beautiful movement of early 20th century and the current emphasis on place-making using North Michigan Avenue as an example.
Place qualities - section 3 intro to urban design and placemakingPlacefocus
This PPT discusses the qualities of the places we like. Most of the cherished and highly valued places in Australia, as well as other parts of the world, share key characteristics or 'Place Qualities'. More information available at http://www.placefocus.com/Place-Qualities/place-qualities.html
You can buy a copy of our manual or enrol in an on-line course at http://placefocus.com/Shop/placefocus-shop.html
In this class, we talk about a few famous cases of modern urban planning, including Haussmann's Paris and Robert Moses's New York. Seaside Florida, the Smart Code and the New Urbanism are also discussed.
An Overview of the City Beautiful Movement - An architectural manifestation of the social response to failing urban life.
Contains details regarding the origin, key characteristics, architects and major cities involved, along with the following case studies :
- Mcmillan Plan
- Plan of Chicago and
- City of Minneapolis.
Lecture (second of three parts) for the 2018 UP Plano Board Exam Review Sessions; content credited to The City Reader (2016) and my Plan 201 learnings.
Thank you for your support of Murals & More: The Cedar Rapids Mural Trail during our recent Student Art Walk. Murals and More is truly a grassroots, citizen driven organization. We need the community's involvement to make the project a true success! Every individual who gets involved makes the project even more successful! Your volunteerism and support has and will continue to make a difference in the community.
Landscape Architecture works from undergraduate studios at ASU. Work ranging from scale of intimate, yet impactful site design to large, regional analysis of urban systems.
Panel discussion explores how cities can be designed and built to promote a culture of health and increase opportunities for active, social and healthy living. For more info, visit ceosforcitiesnationalmeeting.org.
Enhancing Community through ConnectivityDeni Ruggeri
Proposal for affordable farmworkers' housing in Castroville, CA
Compendium of student work,
LDA182 Advanced LA studio at Uc Davis, Fall 2019.
Instructor: Dr. Deni Ruggeri
Students: Tianyu Xing, Doris Zeng, Tony Rogers, Yitong Zhang, Byron Li
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
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ANACOSTIA PLAN
INSTALLATION
No-Man’s Land to All Man’s Land
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U R B A N L I F E / T H E L I F E O F A C I T Y
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• When unpenalized, people choose to use beautiful places over others.
Beautiful spaces are functional and economical.
• Beautiful spaces elicit statements of “it’s beautiful” regardless of their date of
construction. People often choose to maintain them for generations.
Beautiful spaces are fundamentally sustainable.
• People in beautiful places are often on their “best behavior”, generally seem less
prone to aggression and frequently less easy to victimize.
Beautiful spaces are calming, encourage respect and are safer,
THE PURPOSE OF URBANISM IS TO DESIGN
A LEGACY OF BEAUTIFUL PLACES
FOR PEOPLE
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• We take the 100 year perspective.
• The Federal District was formed around the persona of George Washington.
It is based on the stability of humanistic values.
• The L’enfant Plan is the urban DNA of the District of Columbia.
• The McMillan Commission’s interpretation of the L'enfant Plan and the Commission’s
own proposals provide a basis for the continued development of the City.
• Design in any scale must be sustainable and withstand the test of time.
It will be judged on Firmness, Commodity and Delight:
FIRMNESS = longevity and sustainability.
COMMODITY = functional flexibility, easy adaptation, regional appropriateness.
DELIGHT = timelessness and beauty.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
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ANACOSTIA SEINE
Width 1000 feet 500 feet
Bridge Frequency 1 mile ¼ mile
Pedestrian access 0 all
Freeways and RR mile wide no-man’s land under quays
SW and 295 Freeways divide the city with a mile NO-MAN’S LAND.
They carry together less traffic than the CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES
RIVERS COMPARED
RIVER QUAYS
“… the activity of the waterfront would really add to the interest of the parkway and give
a character to it possessed by no other in this country. In several European river cities,
notably Paris, Vienna and Budapest there are such combinations of a commercial quay
with a promenade at a higher level and they form in many cases the most popular and
delightful resorts for the people, but in no case we believe, are the conditions so
favorable as at Washington…”
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The 100 year perspective is a holistic, organic
approach that pays for itself with benefits
across the board. It retains and builds
memory into the urban fabric and heals
gaping social, economic and political wounds
with common heritage, meaning and utility.
THIS PLAN HAS 4 GOALS...
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DESIGN GOAL #4
MAKE DC A WORLD-CLASS CITY
i. Create a beautiful urban waterfront to vie with Paris.
ii. Replace blighted freeways with beautiful boulevards
and parks.
iii. Express a river gateway at the mouth of the Anacostia.
iv. Create a great aquatic urban space at Naval Basin.
v. Connect pedestrians and bicyclists to the entire city with
frequent bridges.
vi. Create center-city resources on a scale hitherto unimaginable.
vii. Create r a national legacy for the leaders of our time.
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DESIGN GOAL #3
DO THE PRACTICAL, LONG-TERM, SENSIBLE THING
i. Resolve storm water, freeway, and train issues and
ii. Protect the City from 1000 year floods,.
iii. Provide unobtrusive functional space for commercial
and private uses.
iv. Support a diverse array of landscape environments,
from river to city.
v. Maintain the high city-wide percentage of accessible
green spaces .
vi. Meet regional sustainability, smart growth, and
“green” goals.
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DESIGN GOAL #2
THE DEVELOPMENT PAYS FOR ITSELF
i. No payment of damages to residents.
ii. All land is reclaimed or Federal. Sale of land pays
for infrastructure.
iii. Small lots retain the urban and societal expression
of democracy,
iv. Do not enable oversized, inhuman projects, while
v. Creating an economic opportunity for developers,
the neighborhoods, the city, and the region.
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EXAMPLE: SOUTHWEST WATERFRONT
US NAVY MUSEUM
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DESIGN GOAL #!
AN ECONOMIC PLAN WITH GREAT SOCIAL BENEFITS
i. Create unprecedented opportunities for the residents of
Anacostia without resorting to welfare or social programs.
ii. No residents displaced and all residents receive property.
iii. Generate jobs and economic opportunity for locals.
iv. (Re-) establish high-level educational institutions.
v. Provide opportunities to learn useful skills and enter the
middle class.
vi. Retain in the urban fabric community memories linked to
the river and its settlements.
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i. accommodates and guides future functional development
consistent with DC’s L’Enfant “DNA” and McMillan Plan.
ii. creates innumerable places of timeless beauty and
character setting Washington as the national standard.
iii. librates decision-makers from ephemeral politics and
provides ample opportunity to build consensus.
THIS PLAN MAKES SENSE
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Stephanie Bothwell Larry Brady
Kalinda Brown Nir Buras
Michael Curtis Julia Garza
Alex Moll Virendra Rawat
Everett SchramPeter Seidel
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