Karl Wienand is a 25-year-old Italian/German theoretical physicist who received his MSc in Theoretical Physics from the University of Munich in Germany. He was born in Bologna, Italy and grew up in Ferrara, Italy. During his studies, he focused on evolutionary dynamics, stochastic processes, and the foundations of physics and complex systems. He currently resides in Munich, Germany and can be contacted by email or LinkedIn.
The document discusses research in technical aspects of architecture. It describes working with actors from other disciplines like engineers, seismologists, and sociologists using multi, inter, and transdisciplinary approaches. The author discusses their experience with mobility programs in Germany and Italy that allowed collaboration across disciplines. Research goals include developing measures to prevent earthquake loss and optimization of retrofitting methods using interdisciplinary frameworks.
Maria Bostenaru Dan has experienced extensive mobility in her career, including stays in Germany, Italy, Canada, and Romania. She completed Marie Curie fellowships in Germany, Italy, and Romania, researching historic reinforced concrete structures. These fellowships provided funding and opportunities to advance her research career internationally. While mobility has benefits like learning languages and cultures, reintegrating full-time in one's home country can be challenging without support. Marie Curie fellowships would benefit from ensuring opportunities for peer-reviewed publications and recognition of the experience gained.
This document discusses the history of women's roles in architecture and planning. It outlines several notable female architects from Eastern Europe, including Virginia Haret from Romania who designed residential buildings and infrastructure. It also discusses women patrons of architecture like Queen Mary of Romania who commissioned gardens and palaces. The document proposes further research on women as decision-makers, patrons, users, and professionals in the field of architecture and planning throughout Europe. It suggests comparing the experiences of women architects in Eastern and Western Europe as well as investigating spaces designed for women.
This document outlines a research proposal to develop scale-independent methods for seismic risk management through morphological and resilience planning approaches. The proposal involves: 1) Analyzing urban morphology and defining structural units at different scales; 2) Optimizing frame structures through "reordering" load-bearing elements; 3) Developing a vulnerability reduction method for grid-patterned urban systems. The research aims to exchange lessons between scales to inform resilient planning. It applies concepts from computational morphogenesis and evolutionary structural optimization. The proposal is timely given recent seismic events and advances in related fields.
This document discusses the use of textiles as surfaces in architecture and landscape architecture. It begins with an introduction and overview of textiles used as walls, facades, and supports for plant growth. It then examines specific applications of textiles on buildings and in landscapes, such as green walls, tapestries, living walls, and reintegrating industrial sites into cities. The document concludes that green walls can serve as ornament and their use has expanded from the 19th to 20th centuries. Weaving provides a basis for plant growth, as described by Deleuze. Textiles also have applicability for emergency housing.
Karl Wienand is a 25-year-old Italian/German theoretical physicist who received his MSc in Theoretical Physics from the University of Munich in Germany. He was born in Bologna, Italy and grew up in Ferrara, Italy. During his studies, he focused on evolutionary dynamics, stochastic processes, and the foundations of physics and complex systems. He currently resides in Munich, Germany and can be contacted by email or LinkedIn.
The document discusses research in technical aspects of architecture. It describes working with actors from other disciplines like engineers, seismologists, and sociologists using multi, inter, and transdisciplinary approaches. The author discusses their experience with mobility programs in Germany and Italy that allowed collaboration across disciplines. Research goals include developing measures to prevent earthquake loss and optimization of retrofitting methods using interdisciplinary frameworks.
Maria Bostenaru Dan has experienced extensive mobility in her career, including stays in Germany, Italy, Canada, and Romania. She completed Marie Curie fellowships in Germany, Italy, and Romania, researching historic reinforced concrete structures. These fellowships provided funding and opportunities to advance her research career internationally. While mobility has benefits like learning languages and cultures, reintegrating full-time in one's home country can be challenging without support. Marie Curie fellowships would benefit from ensuring opportunities for peer-reviewed publications and recognition of the experience gained.
This document discusses the history of women's roles in architecture and planning. It outlines several notable female architects from Eastern Europe, including Virginia Haret from Romania who designed residential buildings and infrastructure. It also discusses women patrons of architecture like Queen Mary of Romania who commissioned gardens and palaces. The document proposes further research on women as decision-makers, patrons, users, and professionals in the field of architecture and planning throughout Europe. It suggests comparing the experiences of women architects in Eastern and Western Europe as well as investigating spaces designed for women.
This document outlines a research proposal to develop scale-independent methods for seismic risk management through morphological and resilience planning approaches. The proposal involves: 1) Analyzing urban morphology and defining structural units at different scales; 2) Optimizing frame structures through "reordering" load-bearing elements; 3) Developing a vulnerability reduction method for grid-patterned urban systems. The research aims to exchange lessons between scales to inform resilient planning. It applies concepts from computational morphogenesis and evolutionary structural optimization. The proposal is timely given recent seismic events and advances in related fields.
This document discusses the use of textiles as surfaces in architecture and landscape architecture. It begins with an introduction and overview of textiles used as walls, facades, and supports for plant growth. It then examines specific applications of textiles on buildings and in landscapes, such as green walls, tapestries, living walls, and reintegrating industrial sites into cities. The document concludes that green walls can serve as ornament and their use has expanded from the 19th to 20th centuries. Weaving provides a basis for plant growth, as described by Deleuze. Textiles also have applicability for emergency housing.
This document outlines an integrated system for surveying buildings and evaluating seismic retrofit possibilities in Romania. It describes:
1) Different types of building structures and materials commonly found in the Romanian building stock.
2) A building survey process that identifies existing structural elements or other hints to determine the structural system based on 3 levels of available information.
3) How retrofit elements for different building types can be identified from the building survey, organized into a hierarchical system of units, and used to integrate design tasks, calculate costs, and assess structural performance and economic efficiency of retrofit options.
The document discusses the historical use of concrete in architecture and innovation in floor plans. It provides examples of early reinforced concrete designs by Auguste Perret and Adolf Loos's Raumplan concept. Rationalist architects like Giuseppe Terragni innovated in volumetry while maintaining conservative interiors. The Novecento movement innovated zoning concepts while keeping classical facades. These influenced designs for middle-class apartment blocks, differing from designs for peripheral housing estates.
The document discusses two traditional timber frame building types: the gaiola pombalina from Portugal and the Fachwerk from Germany. The gaiola pombalina used a 3D timber skeleton structure with thick masonry walls to rebuild Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake. The Fachwerk used an entirely timber structure with two types found in northern and southern Germany, characterized by different ornamentation styles. Both building types demonstrated earthquake resistance through their structural systems that distributed loads through a post and beam frame.
Maria Bostenaru Dan has an education in architecture and civil engineering. She received her doctorate studying earthquake engineering in Germany and Italy from 2001-2006. Her experience includes research projects focused on natural disasters, earthquake risk reduction, and urban planning related to disasters. Specifically, she has studied earthquake mitigation and preparedness planning for cities like Istanbul and Bucharest. Her current research examines interwar buildings in Bucharest's city center that are vulnerable to earthquakes due to irregular shapes and construction. She is creating a GIS database with field data to map these vulnerable structures and aid restoration efforts.
This document summarizes discussions from two parallel sessions at a conference on industry-academia partnerships. The first session discussed differences between universities in Europe and the US, and the need for European universities to change strategies to emphasize skills, risk-taking, and language abilities. The second session focused on overcoming mentality differences between industry and academia. Speakers recommended longer interdisciplinary training, especially at the PhD and post-doc levels, to improve employability across sectors. Key questions centered around defining roles for partners, supporting intersectoral mobility, and how funding bodies can incentivize changes.
This document discusses the concepts of the "flat" and the "knurled" in the context of city reconstruction following disasters. It explores these concepts through the philosophical work of Gilles Deleuze and examples of city rebuilding after earthquakes. Reconstruction can either flatten a city by imposing a new geometric order, or knurl a city by allowing organic regrowth, as seen in examples of Lisbon and London following earthquakes. Political forces often influenced reconstruction to flatten cities for control, rather than allow natural knurling.
NEDIMAH is a 4-year research networking program funded by the European Science Foundation to study digital methods in arts and humanities. It aims to create a map of digital research in Europe, develop an ontology of methods, and establish an online forum. The program involves researchers from 14 countries and is coordinated by a steering committee. It consists of 6 work groups and 2 cross-team groups studying topics like visualization, linked data, and digital collections. Activities include workshops, visits, grants, and publications.
This document summarizes a project that aims to assess the impact of seismic retrofitting on reinforced concrete apartment buildings constructed between 1920-1940. It provides background on the modernist architectural movement of this period and discusses characteristics of buildings constructed in Greece, Romania, Italy, and Portugal. It outlines the project's objectives and methodology, which includes developing tools and models to optimize retrofitting measures and disseminate results. Functional schemes and structural details of sample apartment buildings are presented for each country. Considerations for retrofitting historical building elements are also discussed.
This document outlines the CA'REDIVIVUS project, which aims to preserve historic reinforced concrete housing in Europe through a multidisciplinary approach. The project will develop recommendations for protecting early 20th century heritage buildings by studying typologies, seismic risks, and retrofitting methods. It will create an algorithm to optimize retrofitting, a decision model for stakeholders, and frameworks for integrated planning. The goals are to improve understanding of earthquake impacts, apply retrofitting techniques, and ensure the measures are comprehensible and supported by relevant groups. A variety of scientific methods like modeling, documentation, and comparative studies across countries will be used to achieve these objectives.
Architecture and urban planning (3 d) representationMaria Bostenaru
This document discusses the representation of architecture and urban planning in games and toys. It begins with an introduction on 3D viewing toys and board games that model construction management. It then reviews different types of games that feature architecture and urban planning, including playcards, toys, puzzle games, board games, role-playing games at the city scale, and computer games. Examples are provided for many of these categories. The document concludes by noting how games can be used for educational purposes and involve societal participation in urban planning decisions.
This document discusses the career of Maria Bostenaru Dan in teaching through research. It outlines her educational background and research experience in Germany, Italy, and Romania. As a student, she received teaching through participating in research projects involving building surveys. As a researcher, she advised student individual studies and diploma works within her projects. Her research has contributed to teaching at the university through involving students and integrating teaching experience with research.
Architectural Anthropology As An Omission In Architectural TheoryCarrie Romero
This document discusses architectural anthropology as an omission in architectural theory. It begins by providing context on how architectural theory has historically focused on history and criticism rather than research. It then outlines the early development of architectural anthropology in the 1960s by architects conducting fieldwork in Asia. These studies emphasized empirical methods and focused on describing built environments rather than criticism. The document argues that architectural anthropology emerged from a need for research practices in architectural theory beyond just history. It introduced ethnographic perspectives through fieldwork and helped supplement historical analysis.
This document provides an overview of the London Consortium graduate programme, including:
- The London Consortium combines the resources of the University of London and four leading cultural institutions to provide a rich academic and cultural experience for students.
- Students can expect high-quality academic instruction and opportunities to develop projects responding to the resources of the participating institutions.
- The handbook outlines the programme structure, contact information, faculty biographies and research interests, timetables, procedures and guidelines for submissions, supervision, and completion of degrees.
- The goal is for students to make the most creative use of the unique opportunities offered through the Consortium's collaboration across institutions.
"The Idea of Europe, an open dialogue"Montecarlo -
The document outlines a proposed transmedia project called "The Idea of Europe, an open dialogue" which would adapt George Steiner's lecture on the idea of Europe into multiple pieces including a book, play, documentaries, webseries, and interactive webdoc to engage the public in a discussion on European identity. The project is led by Montecarlo and actor Oscar Intente and aims to explore what ideas unite Europe and whether the idea of Europe remains valid through these various storytelling forms.
Felicity Nanda Jarosz is a trilingual research student specializing in the philosophy of literature and the sublime. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Sydney, where her thesis examines Immanuel Kant's theory of subjectivity realized through his works on the sublime, and how this compares to the subject under the sign of the sublime in European Romantic literature. Previously, Jarosz earned a Master's degree from Université de la Sorbonne Paris IV, where she wrote theses on representations of madness and the sublime in French, English, and Polish literature. She is fluent in English, Polish, and French, and speaks German at the B2 level.
Famous Polish Mathematicians Kinga Sekuła 2dmagdajanusz
Karol Borsuk was a prominent Polish topologist who created the theories of retracts and shape. He was a professor at the University of Warsaw and helped reactivate the mathematical center there after World War II. Borsuk introduced important concepts in algebraic topology like cohomotopy groups. He authored around 200 scientific publications.
Stefan Banach was one of the most outstanding Polish mathematicians, known for his self-study and work establishing modern functional analysis. He made seminal contributions to the theories of topological vector spaces and real numbers. Banach's most important work was the Theory of Linear Operations.
Alfred Tarski was a Polish-American logician considered one of the greatest of all time.
Willem Th.M. Frijhoff is a renowned Dutch historian who has had a distinguished academic career spanning over 50 years. He has held professorships at multiple universities in the Netherlands and has published extensively on the cultural history of the Low Countries, France, and colonial North America. His research focuses on topics like popular religion, education history, urban history, and cultural transfer between places in early modern Western Europe. He is recognized as one of the foremost experts on the history of the Dutch Golden Age and is still actively involved in research and editing scholarly works late in his career.
This document provides biographical information and notable works for 20 famous architects: Alvar Aalto, Antoni Gaudi, Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei, Jørn Utzon, Kenzo Tange, Le Corbusier, Louis Sullivan, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Michael Graves, Norman Foster, Oscar Niemeyer, Philip Johnson, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, Richard Meier, Robert Venturi, Santiago Calatrava, and Walter Gropius. It also includes notable quotes from some of these architects.
This document provides an autobiography of Chris M. Dorn'eich in 3 sentences:
He was born in 1940 in Germany and had a career in architecture, working in offices in Germany, Japan, Africa, and the Middle East while also extensively traveling around the world. During his travels he studied architecture, archaeology, languages, and history in over 30 countries across Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America. After living and working in several cities, he now resides in Berlin where he researches the history and explorations of the Ruzhi/Arsi people and Zhang Qian, one of the earliest recorded Chinese explorers to reach as far as Afghanistan.
This document outlines an integrated system for surveying buildings and evaluating seismic retrofit possibilities in Romania. It describes:
1) Different types of building structures and materials commonly found in the Romanian building stock.
2) A building survey process that identifies existing structural elements or other hints to determine the structural system based on 3 levels of available information.
3) How retrofit elements for different building types can be identified from the building survey, organized into a hierarchical system of units, and used to integrate design tasks, calculate costs, and assess structural performance and economic efficiency of retrofit options.
The document discusses the historical use of concrete in architecture and innovation in floor plans. It provides examples of early reinforced concrete designs by Auguste Perret and Adolf Loos's Raumplan concept. Rationalist architects like Giuseppe Terragni innovated in volumetry while maintaining conservative interiors. The Novecento movement innovated zoning concepts while keeping classical facades. These influenced designs for middle-class apartment blocks, differing from designs for peripheral housing estates.
The document discusses two traditional timber frame building types: the gaiola pombalina from Portugal and the Fachwerk from Germany. The gaiola pombalina used a 3D timber skeleton structure with thick masonry walls to rebuild Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake. The Fachwerk used an entirely timber structure with two types found in northern and southern Germany, characterized by different ornamentation styles. Both building types demonstrated earthquake resistance through their structural systems that distributed loads through a post and beam frame.
Maria Bostenaru Dan has an education in architecture and civil engineering. She received her doctorate studying earthquake engineering in Germany and Italy from 2001-2006. Her experience includes research projects focused on natural disasters, earthquake risk reduction, and urban planning related to disasters. Specifically, she has studied earthquake mitigation and preparedness planning for cities like Istanbul and Bucharest. Her current research examines interwar buildings in Bucharest's city center that are vulnerable to earthquakes due to irregular shapes and construction. She is creating a GIS database with field data to map these vulnerable structures and aid restoration efforts.
This document summarizes discussions from two parallel sessions at a conference on industry-academia partnerships. The first session discussed differences between universities in Europe and the US, and the need for European universities to change strategies to emphasize skills, risk-taking, and language abilities. The second session focused on overcoming mentality differences between industry and academia. Speakers recommended longer interdisciplinary training, especially at the PhD and post-doc levels, to improve employability across sectors. Key questions centered around defining roles for partners, supporting intersectoral mobility, and how funding bodies can incentivize changes.
This document discusses the concepts of the "flat" and the "knurled" in the context of city reconstruction following disasters. It explores these concepts through the philosophical work of Gilles Deleuze and examples of city rebuilding after earthquakes. Reconstruction can either flatten a city by imposing a new geometric order, or knurl a city by allowing organic regrowth, as seen in examples of Lisbon and London following earthquakes. Political forces often influenced reconstruction to flatten cities for control, rather than allow natural knurling.
NEDIMAH is a 4-year research networking program funded by the European Science Foundation to study digital methods in arts and humanities. It aims to create a map of digital research in Europe, develop an ontology of methods, and establish an online forum. The program involves researchers from 14 countries and is coordinated by a steering committee. It consists of 6 work groups and 2 cross-team groups studying topics like visualization, linked data, and digital collections. Activities include workshops, visits, grants, and publications.
This document summarizes a project that aims to assess the impact of seismic retrofitting on reinforced concrete apartment buildings constructed between 1920-1940. It provides background on the modernist architectural movement of this period and discusses characteristics of buildings constructed in Greece, Romania, Italy, and Portugal. It outlines the project's objectives and methodology, which includes developing tools and models to optimize retrofitting measures and disseminate results. Functional schemes and structural details of sample apartment buildings are presented for each country. Considerations for retrofitting historical building elements are also discussed.
This document outlines the CA'REDIVIVUS project, which aims to preserve historic reinforced concrete housing in Europe through a multidisciplinary approach. The project will develop recommendations for protecting early 20th century heritage buildings by studying typologies, seismic risks, and retrofitting methods. It will create an algorithm to optimize retrofitting, a decision model for stakeholders, and frameworks for integrated planning. The goals are to improve understanding of earthquake impacts, apply retrofitting techniques, and ensure the measures are comprehensible and supported by relevant groups. A variety of scientific methods like modeling, documentation, and comparative studies across countries will be used to achieve these objectives.
Architecture and urban planning (3 d) representationMaria Bostenaru
This document discusses the representation of architecture and urban planning in games and toys. It begins with an introduction on 3D viewing toys and board games that model construction management. It then reviews different types of games that feature architecture and urban planning, including playcards, toys, puzzle games, board games, role-playing games at the city scale, and computer games. Examples are provided for many of these categories. The document concludes by noting how games can be used for educational purposes and involve societal participation in urban planning decisions.
This document discusses the career of Maria Bostenaru Dan in teaching through research. It outlines her educational background and research experience in Germany, Italy, and Romania. As a student, she received teaching through participating in research projects involving building surveys. As a researcher, she advised student individual studies and diploma works within her projects. Her research has contributed to teaching at the university through involving students and integrating teaching experience with research.
Architectural Anthropology As An Omission In Architectural TheoryCarrie Romero
This document discusses architectural anthropology as an omission in architectural theory. It begins by providing context on how architectural theory has historically focused on history and criticism rather than research. It then outlines the early development of architectural anthropology in the 1960s by architects conducting fieldwork in Asia. These studies emphasized empirical methods and focused on describing built environments rather than criticism. The document argues that architectural anthropology emerged from a need for research practices in architectural theory beyond just history. It introduced ethnographic perspectives through fieldwork and helped supplement historical analysis.
This document provides an overview of the London Consortium graduate programme, including:
- The London Consortium combines the resources of the University of London and four leading cultural institutions to provide a rich academic and cultural experience for students.
- Students can expect high-quality academic instruction and opportunities to develop projects responding to the resources of the participating institutions.
- The handbook outlines the programme structure, contact information, faculty biographies and research interests, timetables, procedures and guidelines for submissions, supervision, and completion of degrees.
- The goal is for students to make the most creative use of the unique opportunities offered through the Consortium's collaboration across institutions.
"The Idea of Europe, an open dialogue"Montecarlo -
The document outlines a proposed transmedia project called "The Idea of Europe, an open dialogue" which would adapt George Steiner's lecture on the idea of Europe into multiple pieces including a book, play, documentaries, webseries, and interactive webdoc to engage the public in a discussion on European identity. The project is led by Montecarlo and actor Oscar Intente and aims to explore what ideas unite Europe and whether the idea of Europe remains valid through these various storytelling forms.
Felicity Nanda Jarosz is a trilingual research student specializing in the philosophy of literature and the sublime. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Sydney, where her thesis examines Immanuel Kant's theory of subjectivity realized through his works on the sublime, and how this compares to the subject under the sign of the sublime in European Romantic literature. Previously, Jarosz earned a Master's degree from Université de la Sorbonne Paris IV, where she wrote theses on representations of madness and the sublime in French, English, and Polish literature. She is fluent in English, Polish, and French, and speaks German at the B2 level.
Famous Polish Mathematicians Kinga Sekuła 2dmagdajanusz
Karol Borsuk was a prominent Polish topologist who created the theories of retracts and shape. He was a professor at the University of Warsaw and helped reactivate the mathematical center there after World War II. Borsuk introduced important concepts in algebraic topology like cohomotopy groups. He authored around 200 scientific publications.
Stefan Banach was one of the most outstanding Polish mathematicians, known for his self-study and work establishing modern functional analysis. He made seminal contributions to the theories of topological vector spaces and real numbers. Banach's most important work was the Theory of Linear Operations.
Alfred Tarski was a Polish-American logician considered one of the greatest of all time.
Willem Th.M. Frijhoff is a renowned Dutch historian who has had a distinguished academic career spanning over 50 years. He has held professorships at multiple universities in the Netherlands and has published extensively on the cultural history of the Low Countries, France, and colonial North America. His research focuses on topics like popular religion, education history, urban history, and cultural transfer between places in early modern Western Europe. He is recognized as one of the foremost experts on the history of the Dutch Golden Age and is still actively involved in research and editing scholarly works late in his career.
This document provides biographical information and notable works for 20 famous architects: Alvar Aalto, Antoni Gaudi, Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei, Jørn Utzon, Kenzo Tange, Le Corbusier, Louis Sullivan, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Michael Graves, Norman Foster, Oscar Niemeyer, Philip Johnson, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, Richard Meier, Robert Venturi, Santiago Calatrava, and Walter Gropius. It also includes notable quotes from some of these architects.
This document provides an autobiography of Chris M. Dorn'eich in 3 sentences:
He was born in 1940 in Germany and had a career in architecture, working in offices in Germany, Japan, Africa, and the Middle East while also extensively traveling around the world. During his travels he studied architecture, archaeology, languages, and history in over 30 countries across Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America. After living and working in several cities, he now resides in Berlin where he researches the history and explorations of the Ruzhi/Arsi people and Zhang Qian, one of the earliest recorded Chinese explorers to reach as far as Afghanistan.
Polly Kienle has extensive experience in museum education, consulting, and research. She currently teaches programs at the National Heritage Museum and is a consulting historian for the Lexington Historical Society. Her background includes coordinating international research projects, developing educational programming, and instructing university courses. Kienle holds a PhD in German and Eastern European history and has received several grants and awards for her work.
Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish neofuturistic architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter. He has offices in New York City, Doha, and Zürich.
Significant projects Athens Olympic Sports Complex
Auditorio de Tenerife
Alamillo bridge
Chords Bridge
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
Liège-Guillemins railway station
Museum of Tomorrow
This document outlines Oliviero Godi's curriculum vitae, including his education, scientific activities, didactic activities, publications, projects, competitions, work experience, and language skills. It details the courses he has taught at various universities, international workshops organized, thesis students supervised, and publications. The CV provides an overview of Godi's extensive experience and accomplishments in the fields of architecture, design, teaching, and research.
Paolo Portoghesi is an Italian architect known for his postmodern and contemporary works that blend classical and modern elements. Some key points:
- He helped launch postmodernism in Italy in the 1960s with works like the Strada Novissima that combined historical references.
- His designs often feature concentric circles and domes inspired by nature and the theme of "God is light." Materials like marble and travertine also reference classical styles.
- Notable works include the Strasbourg Mosque with its central dome and 16 smaller domes, and the Church of the Holy Family with its mesmerizing concentric circles representing the wholeness of God.
- Portoghesi
Kimmo Lehtonen has extensive experience in visual culture and photography. He has worked as the Director of the Centre for Creative Photography in Jyväskylä, Finland, where he curated exhibitions and planned cultural programs and publications. He has also worked as a lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä for over 20 years, where he managed interdisciplinary programs in areas such as digital culture. Lehtonen has an international network of contacts and has participated in conferences worldwide, presenting on topics related to photography, media, and culture. He has experience curating numerous exhibitions in Finland and abroad.
The 3Δ Digenis office is an architectural firm based in Athens, Greece founded by Sakis Digenis and Andreas Digenis. Sakis Digenis studied in Rome and helped establish the foundations of modern architecture in Greece. Andreas Digenis studied in Milan and began his career in Athens working with Sakis Digenis. Together they have designed many restoration and renovation projects across Greece including museums, theaters, and residences. The 3Δ Digenis office prioritizes professional activity, continuous research, and collaborations with other architects to develop high quality design.
Questioning the past to understand the presentAlanKirwan3
A comprehensive book 'Creating the House of European History' includes my chapter outlining the development of the learning and educational agenda of the institution.
The document provides information on several influential modern architects including Alvar Aalto, Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Santiago Calatrava, I.M. Pei, Louis Kahn, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and Daniel Libeskind. It summarizes their key designs and contributions to the development of modern architecture, highlighting their experimentation with materials and forms to create innovative buildings in harmony with their environments. Videos are also included that provide visual examples of some of their most notable works.
This document provides a summary of Henri Achten's academic and professional background. It outlines his educational qualifications including a MSc in Architecture from TU Eindhoven and a PhD from the same institution. It also details his work experience as an assistant and associate professor at TU Eindhoven and Czech Technical University Prague where he taught courses in design theory and computer-aided architectural design. Additionally, it lists his research interests and roles supervising PhD students and organizing conferences in the field of design computing.
Topic Maps is a semantic technology for the integration of heterogeneous data and the convenient deployment of domain specific and semantically enriched web portals. Topic Maps is already widely in productive usage in industry and administration. We demonstrate with six projects the current usage and the opportunities of Topic Maps in the eHumanities. The projects are CeDECA from University of Pavia, RAMLine from the London Royal Academy of Music, Pansori Retrieval System from the Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, Musica migrans from the University of Leipzig, Collection of the Finnish National Gallery, and Text and Semantic from Signum in Pisa.
Presentation at the Bucharest regional working group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences about the influence of church reform on Hungarian architecture
New concepts of mobility to foster career developmentMaria Bostenaru
This document summarizes a conference on new concepts of mobility to foster career development and gender balance in Europe. It discusses presentations on European policy and researcher mobility, the role of virtual mobility, and intersectoral mobility for women. Roundtable discussions addressed how different mobility concepts are handled, experiences of individual researchers, and examples of promising practices. Findings showed partnership issues around dual careers, cultural prejudices, and that virtual and intersectoral mobility can benefit women. Women researchers face opportunities and challenges from mobility patterns, and organizations should provide equal opportunities. Virtual mobility could be supported through internet access, short visits, and better recognition in evaluations.
The round table discussed the impact of natural and man-made hazards on urban areas. [1] Participants included architects, engineers, geologists and other experts. [2] Topics included assessment and mapping methods to evaluate hazard impact, visualization techniques using GIS and 3D modeling, and strategies to reduce disaster impact through urban planning and design. [3] The group discussed lessons from past events, approaches to protect historic areas, and ensuring community memory is preserved in reconstruction.
This document discusses gender issues in planning and designing with water. It covers two main topics: water as a hazard and water as heritage. For water as a hazard, it examines reconstruction after natural disasters and how gender impacts decision making. It also looks at climate change and how it affects women differently. For water as heritage, it analyzes waterfronts, architecture around water, and the historical role of women in planning related to water sites like spas. The document presents several case studies to illustrate these topics, such as reconstruction after floods in Romania and Hungary. It concludes by discussing goals like comparing gender approaches between Eastern and Western countries and how this topic is covered by EU programs.
This document summarizes the digital work done on a 19th century Hungarian manuscript. The manuscript was an autobiographical work by József Varga that described his life and the history of the town of Ferenczszállás between 1813-1894. It included poetry, songs from 1848, and drawings. The digital project involved scanning, transcribing, translating and connecting the manuscript to other historical sources to create an online corpus. It aimed to preserve this example of cultural heritage and immaterial history through digital publication and analysis.
The document discusses M-WiSET, a group that promotes mobility and gender equality for women scientists. It provides a history of M-WiSET, introduces its current coordinators, and outlines its activities such as organizing sessions at conferences, publishing a booklet of role models, and collaborating with other networks. M-WiSET members have achieved honors like the L'Oreal women in science prize. The group aims to empower women scientists through showcasing success stories and addressing issues like dual careers and discrimination.
The document discusses the early history and development of reinforced concrete. It describes how reinforced concrete helped reconcile tensions between timber and masonry construction by allowing for tensile strength. Some of the pioneers discussed include Auguste Perret, Erich Mendelsohn, Béla Lajta, and István Medgyaszay. The document also examines the spread of the Hennebique system of reinforced concrete across Europe and beyond. Examples of early reinforced concrete buildings from places like Italy, Romania, and Hungary are presented to show the technical aspects and applications of this new building material.
This document discusses the potential use of stereo 3D applications for heritage disaster management. It provides examples of historic 3D photography from the 19th century and describes how 3D models can now be superimposed on photographs for reconstruction purposes using augmented reality. Programming examples are given for an Adobe Director application that generates a 3D geometric model and particles. The document concludes stereo images are not fully utilized and augmented reality could help translate paper reconstructions into interactive computer applications.
This document summarizes the results of a study on the innovation in zoning and floor plans for middle-class apartment buildings in the first half of the 20th century. The study used a multidisciplinary approach, analyzing architectural plans from multiple European countries. It developed typologies of space-configuring elements and classified buildings based on their cultural value. The results included comparative diagrams, documentation of floor plans and facades, and an "ontology of apartment buildings" modeling the relationships between spaces. The research aims to draw lessons from the past to inform sustainable urban development today, addressing issues like earthquake impact and public space design.
This document discusses conceptual representations of past space and time through artistic installations and gardens. It focuses on primordial elements like water, fire, earth and air, and how they are personified and represented in creation myths. It then discusses how these mythical elements can be covered or rediscovered in scenography installations using sand or vegetation. Several examples of installations, gardens, and landscapes are provided that aim to recreate past spaces through these primordial elements in an artistic, conceptual way.
This document discusses the ambivalence of water and its impact on riverine urban areas as both a heritage and natural hazard. It summarizes that water can be seen as a heritage that cities are rediscovering through projects that bring them back to rivers. However, water can also present natural hazards like floods from too much water or desertification from too little water due to climate change. The document provides examples of these hazards and discusses different construction types needed in areas where water presents risks.
The document discusses economics and seismic retrofitting of buildings. It provides an overview of performance levels and costs of retrofitting buildings to different seismic standards. Building models are created and computational methods are described to analyze structural damage from earthquakes and compare costs of retrofitting versus repairing or rebuilding. Formulas are presented for calculating costs of different retrofitting and repair measures based on factors like labor costs, material prices and number of damaged elements. The modeling and analysis aim to provide information to help decision-making around seismic retrofitting of buildings.
This document discusses analyzing the spatial street network and urban traces around modernist boulevards in Bucharest through 3D modeling and other techniques. It explores determining study areas, analyzing building heights, street networks, urban blocks, and performing street syntax analysis. It also discusses generating 3D models and datascapes of buildings and urban traces, and using morphogenesis exercises and other methods to highlight cultural landmarks and the integration of boulevards into the urban landscape.
The document describes the Marie Curie Fellowship Association (MCFA), an international non-profit organization and alumni network of over 2,700 young scientists from across Europe. The MCFA aims to advance science, create an identity for Marie Curie fellows, encourage collaboration, and foster a sense of European identity among its members. It discusses the MCFA's interdisciplinary membership, activities supporting career development, science policy engagement, and alignment with the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for recruitment.
This document summarizes a presentation on using 3D modeling and virtual reality to represent the impact of the 1755 earthquake on Lisbon. The presentation discusses using platforms like Second Life, Google Earth, and a custom real-time application to visualize Lisbon before and after the earthquake through 3D models, historic images, and an interactive timeline. It proposes developing databases on rebuilt structures and applying concepts to modeling other earthquake-impacted cities like Bucharest.
The document discusses issues related to street networks and disaster management. It reviews previous approaches to assessing vulnerability and emergency response that considered the street. It proposes incorporating 3D modeling of street features to better understand vulnerability and inform emergency planning. Future work could develop 3D simulations using gaming engines to model disaster scenarios for training. Overall the document argues that the street must be comprehensively considered for reducing disaster risk and response.
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A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
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LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
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