The traffic study shows that vehicle traffic is relatively consistent throughout the day with slightly higher volumes in the morning and evening peak periods. Traffic enters relatively equally from all directions during mid-day periods.
The document provides information about a potential site for a new library for the Boston Architectural College located at 0 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The site is 373 feet along Boylston Street, 140 feet along Massachusetts Avenue, and 400 feet abutting the old Green Line entrance. Photographs and diagrams show the location and surroundings. Lynch's theories of paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks are discussed in relation to optimally siting the new library. Topography of the site is shown with two foot contour lines.
Projet d'école d'ingénieur consistant à réaliser une bibliothèque distribuée à partir d'algorithmes distribués classiques et certains mécanismes d'élection ou de gestion de concurrence
Louis Kahn was a renowned 20th century American architect known for his monumental and monolithic building designs. Some of his most famous works included the Yale University Art Gallery, Salk Institute, and National Assembly Building in Bangladesh. Kahn was heavily influenced by ancient ruins and used simple materials like brick and concrete in his designs. He was also deeply interested in how natural light could illuminate interior spaces. Some of Kahn's key architectural elements were the use of slits to bring in natural light, understanding what a space needed, highlighting monumentality, and surprising interior spaces.
Louis Kahn was an influential 20th century architect known for his monumental and monolithic style. Some of his most notable works include the Yale Art Gallery featuring elegant concrete and texture juxtapositions, the Salk Institute composed of three clustered programs around courtyards, and the National Assembly Building in Bangladesh which combined modern architecture with Bengali vernacular. Kahn's works were inspired by ancient ruins and aimed to uncover archetypal social patterns through primary geometric forms and central meaningful spaces.
The traffic study shows that vehicle traffic is relatively consistent throughout the day with slightly higher volumes in the morning and evening peak periods. Traffic enters relatively equally from all directions during mid-day periods.
The document provides information about a potential site for a new library for the Boston Architectural College located at 0 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The site is 373 feet along Boylston Street, 140 feet along Massachusetts Avenue, and 400 feet abutting the old Green Line entrance. Photographs and diagrams show the location and surroundings. Lynch's theories of paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks are discussed in relation to optimally siting the new library. Topography of the site is shown with two foot contour lines.
Projet d'école d'ingénieur consistant à réaliser une bibliothèque distribuée à partir d'algorithmes distribués classiques et certains mécanismes d'élection ou de gestion de concurrence
Louis Kahn was a renowned 20th century American architect known for his monumental and monolithic building designs. Some of his most famous works included the Yale University Art Gallery, Salk Institute, and National Assembly Building in Bangladesh. Kahn was heavily influenced by ancient ruins and used simple materials like brick and concrete in his designs. He was also deeply interested in how natural light could illuminate interior spaces. Some of Kahn's key architectural elements were the use of slits to bring in natural light, understanding what a space needed, highlighting monumentality, and surprising interior spaces.
Louis Kahn was an influential 20th century architect known for his monumental and monolithic style. Some of his most notable works include the Yale Art Gallery featuring elegant concrete and texture juxtapositions, the Salk Institute composed of three clustered programs around courtyards, and the National Assembly Building in Bangladesh which combined modern architecture with Bengali vernacular. Kahn's works were inspired by ancient ruins and aimed to uncover archetypal social patterns through primary geometric forms and central meaningful spaces.
Les bibliothèques et les métiers : Essai de rétroprospectiveDominique Lahary
Intervention à une matinée de conférence pour le personnel des bibliothèques de la Ville de Paris « Couteau suisse et/ou millefeuille de métiers :
Le bibliothécaire 2015 revisité », 18 décembre 2015
Louis Kahn was commissioned in 1963 to design the National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His initial design included the Assembly Building itself with a legislative chamber, prayer hall, and offices, as well as dormitories and hostels. Kahn's design process began with sketches of a large square structure with corner towers for the Assembly Building. He later reconsidered making the prayer hall a more significant part of the design, given its purpose. Overall, Kahn's National Assembly Building design aimed to thoughtfully incorporate Bengali vernacular architecture traditions into a modern structure for this important civic building.
The Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition (TWRC) is a nonprofit founded in 1979 that operates the first wildlife emergency center in Houston. The TWRC evaluates and treats about 5,000 animals per year, including nearly 2,000 baby birds each spring and summer. Run by over 400 members and volunteers, the TWRC operates on-site and off-site rehabilitation and education programs from its location near I-10W and Beltway 8 in Houston.
El evento presenta monólogos y sonetos de Shakespeare acompañados musicalmente, incluyendo una interpretación de Lady Macbeth por Irene Bianchi y música isabelina por Daniel Vidal, con artistas invitados Irene Bianchi y Daniel Vidal.
Reflexology is an alternative medicine involving the application of pressure to the feet and hands with specific thumb, finger, and hand techniques without the use of oil or lotion. Practitioners believe this works on specific points on the feet and hands that are thought to correspond to different parts of the body. It is used for a wide range of health conditions from stress to hormonal imbalance to digestive problems.
Theory is a conceptual framework that simplifies reality to help us understand it. A theory contains key concepts, premises, definitional statements, propositions, hypotheses, and variables that have undergone scientific processes. Different theories explain different domains of reality and include hierarchy of motivation theory, social learning theory, and the theory of relativity. The units of a theory are analogous to parts of the human body that serve different functions in representing and explaining reality.
The Hotel Elysée is a luxury boutique hotel located in midtown Manhattan on 54th Street between Madison and Park Avenues. It is within walking distance of many top New York attractions such as Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and 5th Avenue shopping. The hotel has 103 rooms including suites and offers amenities like continental breakfast, evening wine and snacks, and access to a nearby gym.
This document provides an introduction to symbolic logic, including simple and compound statements, logical connectives such as NOT, AND and OR, and truth tables. It defines statements, connectives, negation, conjunction, disjunction and uses truth tables to evaluate logical statements. Examples are provided to illustrate logical concepts like negation, conjunction, disjunction and logically equivalent statements using truth tables.
This document provides an extensive site analysis for a proposed new library building for the Boston Architectural College (BAC) to be located at 0 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The analysis includes details on the site location and surroundings, existing conditions, traffic and pedestrian patterns, climate and shadows, zoning and codes, precedents, and goals for the new building. Key factors that will influence the building design include the site's location above an highway, fitting within the surrounding grid pattern, balancing natural light with shadows, and conforming to local business zoning.
The document provides information about a potential site for a new library for the Boston Architectural College located at 0 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The site is 373 feet along Boylston Street, 140 feet along Massachusetts Avenue, and 400 feet abutting the old Green Line entrance. Photographs and diagrams show the location and surroundings. Lynch's theories of paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks are discussed in relation to optimally siting the new library. Topography of the site is shown with two foot contour lines.
The document provides information about a proposed new library for the Boston Architectural College (BAC) to be located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street in Boston. It includes an existing site analysis with photographs, diagrams of the site location and context, and preliminary programming information. The site is elevated above the Massachusetts Pike and has frontage on both Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street. Lynch analysis diagrams explore the paths, edges, districts, nodes and landmarks of the area in relation to the proposed library site.
The document summarizes a student's process for designing a dormitory for their university. The student had to first choose the best site from four potential locations on campus. They then developed an intention for the design by comparing earning a degree to climbing a hill step-by-step. With the site and intention determined, the student sketched different options for laying out the dormitory on the site until selecting the best plan.
Les bibliothèques et les métiers : Essai de rétroprospectiveDominique Lahary
Intervention à une matinée de conférence pour le personnel des bibliothèques de la Ville de Paris « Couteau suisse et/ou millefeuille de métiers :
Le bibliothécaire 2015 revisité », 18 décembre 2015
Louis Kahn was commissioned in 1963 to design the National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His initial design included the Assembly Building itself with a legislative chamber, prayer hall, and offices, as well as dormitories and hostels. Kahn's design process began with sketches of a large square structure with corner towers for the Assembly Building. He later reconsidered making the prayer hall a more significant part of the design, given its purpose. Overall, Kahn's National Assembly Building design aimed to thoughtfully incorporate Bengali vernacular architecture traditions into a modern structure for this important civic building.
The Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition (TWRC) is a nonprofit founded in 1979 that operates the first wildlife emergency center in Houston. The TWRC evaluates and treats about 5,000 animals per year, including nearly 2,000 baby birds each spring and summer. Run by over 400 members and volunteers, the TWRC operates on-site and off-site rehabilitation and education programs from its location near I-10W and Beltway 8 in Houston.
El evento presenta monólogos y sonetos de Shakespeare acompañados musicalmente, incluyendo una interpretación de Lady Macbeth por Irene Bianchi y música isabelina por Daniel Vidal, con artistas invitados Irene Bianchi y Daniel Vidal.
Reflexology is an alternative medicine involving the application of pressure to the feet and hands with specific thumb, finger, and hand techniques without the use of oil or lotion. Practitioners believe this works on specific points on the feet and hands that are thought to correspond to different parts of the body. It is used for a wide range of health conditions from stress to hormonal imbalance to digestive problems.
Theory is a conceptual framework that simplifies reality to help us understand it. A theory contains key concepts, premises, definitional statements, propositions, hypotheses, and variables that have undergone scientific processes. Different theories explain different domains of reality and include hierarchy of motivation theory, social learning theory, and the theory of relativity. The units of a theory are analogous to parts of the human body that serve different functions in representing and explaining reality.
The Hotel Elysée is a luxury boutique hotel located in midtown Manhattan on 54th Street between Madison and Park Avenues. It is within walking distance of many top New York attractions such as Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and 5th Avenue shopping. The hotel has 103 rooms including suites and offers amenities like continental breakfast, evening wine and snacks, and access to a nearby gym.
This document provides an introduction to symbolic logic, including simple and compound statements, logical connectives such as NOT, AND and OR, and truth tables. It defines statements, connectives, negation, conjunction, disjunction and uses truth tables to evaluate logical statements. Examples are provided to illustrate logical concepts like negation, conjunction, disjunction and logically equivalent statements using truth tables.
This document provides an extensive site analysis for a proposed new library building for the Boston Architectural College (BAC) to be located at 0 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The analysis includes details on the site location and surroundings, existing conditions, traffic and pedestrian patterns, climate and shadows, zoning and codes, precedents, and goals for the new building. Key factors that will influence the building design include the site's location above an highway, fitting within the surrounding grid pattern, balancing natural light with shadows, and conforming to local business zoning.
The document provides information about a potential site for a new library for the Boston Architectural College located at 0 Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The site is 373 feet along Boylston Street, 140 feet along Massachusetts Avenue, and 400 feet abutting the old Green Line entrance. Photographs and diagrams show the location and surroundings. Lynch's theories of paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks are discussed in relation to optimally siting the new library. Topography of the site is shown with two foot contour lines.
The document provides information about a proposed new library for the Boston Architectural College (BAC) to be located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street in Boston. It includes an existing site analysis with photographs, diagrams of the site location and context, and preliminary programming information. The site is elevated above the Massachusetts Pike and has frontage on both Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street. Lynch analysis diagrams explore the paths, edges, districts, nodes and landmarks of the area in relation to the proposed library site.
The document summarizes a student's process for designing a dormitory for their university. The student had to first choose the best site from four potential locations on campus. They then developed an intention for the design by comparing earning a degree to climbing a hill step-by-step. With the site and intention determined, the student sketched different options for laying out the dormitory on the site until selecting the best plan.
The document discusses the relationships between art, music, and architecture programs at a school. It describes how the three areas influence each other and shares an idea for a new building with three wings - one for each program area. The building site plan centers the architecture wing around an existing pond, the art wing around the main entrance for displaying student work, and the music wing around an auditorium stage space.
The document describes an assignment where the author was asked to design a house for an imaginary client named the Murphys. The author created profiles for the Murphys and designed the house through iterative revisions with feedback from their supervisor acting as the client. Key aspects of the design include four separate buildings connected by a courtyard, with designs focused on accessibility and functionality for the client.
The document summarizes a student's thesis project to redesign a bridge between Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The current bridge is in need of repairs but lacks funding. The student proposes adding mixed-use spaces like shops, galleries, dining, offices, and housing to the bridge to generate income for repairs and maintenance. The design separates vehicular traffic from other uses like walking, biking, and skateboarding for safety. It includes a central food court gathering space and outdoor areas for community events. The goal is to bring the two communities together while making the bridge self-sufficient.