It’s a story that stands behind the picture of First Sergeant Brad Kasal taken by Lucien Read in Fallujah, Iraq on November 13, 2004. The book is about Brad Kasal’s journey through life. He grew up in Afton, Iowa. In I984 he left his hometown to boot camp at MCRD, San Diego, where he was meritoriously promoted to PFC by graduation. After completion of SOI he started out as a Dragon gunner at his first duty station, Camp Pendleton, CA. He participated in Operation Desert Storm, and he was assigned to special duty as a recruiter in Minnesota. By March, 2003, when operation Iraqi Freedom started, he was 1st Sgt of Kilo Co. 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.…
I felt that this reading was very interesting and refreshing. Looking into a culture that conforms to nature instead of destroying it is somewhat of a foreign idea, yet makes perfect sense. The Inka practice of grafting structures formed to the land allowed them to "become one" with their natural surroundings. Keeping in mind the Inka beliefs, it is quite easy to see and understand why this type of building system was important to the people. The ending results were not stagnant perfectly dimensioned buildings, but instead organic structures that seemed to flow with the surrounding land.…
workshops, tutorials and site visits, is to introduce students to a series of thematic issues, theoretical positions, and values implicit in architectural works. Drawing upon local, national and international built and un-built projects this unit will explore distinctive architectural themes and ideas dealing with the issues of form, space, experience, and perception.…
Woodehouse, Lawrence and Moffett, Marian. “a history of WESTERN ARCHITECTURE”. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1989. 79, 81.…
References: Asquith, Lindsay and Vellinga, Marcel, eds. Vernacular Architecture in the Twenty-First Century - Theory, Education, and Practice. London: Taylor and Francis, 2006. Dincyurek, Ozgur and Turker, Ozlem Olgac. “Learning from Traditional Built Environment of Cyprus: Re-Interpretation of the Contextual Values.” Journal of Building and Environment 42/9 (2007): 3384-3392. Dincyurek, Ozgur, Mallick Fuad H.and Numan, Ibrahim. “Cultural and Environmental Values in the Arcaded Mesaorian Houses of Cyprus.” Journal of Building and Environment 38 (2003): 1463-1473. Dincyurek, Ozgur. “The Rural Vernacular Architecture of Cyprus (Northern)”. Diss. Eastern Mediterranean University, 2002. Hill, Sir George. A History of Cyprus, vol. I,II,III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1949. Numan, Ibrahim and Dincyurek, Ozgur. “Thoughts on the Origins of Cyprus Vernacular Domestic Architecture.” Proceedings of 3rd International Seminar on Vernacular Settlement, Indonesia: Petra Christian University, 2006, I.111-121. Oktay, Makbule. “Learning from Karpas Vernacular: Conceptualization of the Karpas Vernacular Architecture.” Diss. Eastern Mediterranean University, 2006. Oliver, Paul. Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2006. Pulhan, Hifsiye and Numan, Ibrahim, “The Transitional Space in the Traditional Urban…
crisis across the globe. Many articles were written on ‘energyindependent house’ and ‘a zero energy house’. These articles…
The first impression of designing constructions and places in the field of landscape architecture seems to create a particular space where people can display their activities efficiently. This creating job is not only to influence on human activities as performing our daily lives, but also to impact on society, politics, economy, and culture as a whole, which are associated with the track of human civilization. Thus, the significance of landscape architecture should be focused on how to fulfill human and society¡¯s needs as well as to maintain the beauty of nature.…
Jeremy Bentham was born in London in 1748. The son of a lawyer and a scholar, Bentham attended Queen 's College, Oxford at the age of twelve and went on to Lincoln 's Inn at the age of fifteen. Bentham did not enjoy making public speeches and therefore left Lincoln Inn to concentrate on his writing. His father gave Bentham £90 annually from which Bentham was able to produced a series of books on philosophy, economics and politics.…
Attempt all questions: 1. By collecting the information from the relevant and authenticated sources, make a report on the following: a)Sustainable development b)Conservation c) Schemes for slum area improvement d)Traffic control systems in India in comparison with foreign country. e)Road transport and Rail transport schemes for city transport and compare them. f) Parking problems 2. You are entrusted with evaluating a building as a “Complete System”. How would you do this effectively. You may hold interviews of builders/owners of shops and office premises and other customers regarding achievements and problems. Carry out a critical study of the Architectural pattern of a) 19th Century b) 20th Century c) Early 21st Century Based on your study, project your opinions and suggestions for further development. You will agree that all about urban planning and landscape is equally true for rural design and landscape. However, the scale is different, cost of the land is less, size of the plot is bigger and with the closeness of nature, achievement is comparatively easy. What is important is the approach.…
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Architecture’s great commitment is to find the correct relation between safety and comfort, the latter being the correct relation between temperature, humidity, lighting and ventilation.The very definition of the bioclimatic experience excludes the possibility of any kind of universal model.The bioclimatic concept is, above all, a commitment between climate, place, culture, local traditional materials and the architectonic programme itself. The synthesis of this is an always individualised ‘inhabitable wrapping’.Nature provides us with climatic conditions (variation in air temperature, incident solar radiation, wind systems, air direction, speed and humidity), which can be passively harnessed through purely architectonic devices.The essential principle of bioclimatism is that of building with the climate. A personalised study of your case gives us the beginnings of the architectonic design.…
Architecture should not be understood only in terms of “representation” or “expression” of a given society (of their social strictures, relations of power and so on). On the contrary, architecture makes a “difference” within the social sphere.The initial conviction is that architecture not only reflects or reproduces what almost “exists”. Rather, it gives a society a symbolic form in which it “institutes” itself as a certain “society”. And it creates spaces for everyday living, coexists with human body, enables his affects, movements, views, actions and interactions. In its creative architecture a society has a chance to see itself in a way that is partially new. Particularly in case of modern architecture, architecture pushes social things rather that is only an “expression” of them. So, the aim of that work is to say that architecture is not merely an expression, a mirror, a symbol of a given society or given social structures: it is their “medium”. It has a social activity or positivity.…
Imagination is a powerful skill, an fascinating ability evolving from our originalities and perspectives. Architecture attracts me. I was always wondering how the combinations of Science and Technology contributed to the arts of building and this thought has inspired me to know more about it. With the inspiration, I am strongly interested in Architecture because it allowing me to engage both creatively and scientifically with the artistic and functional aspects of design. Art has always been my true passion, and every forms of art has captivated me since I was a small child. All the buildings has its own value and representativeness. According to Winston Churchill, buildings can shape and represent different culture in a place. In my mind,…
The research paper offers a comprehensive study of the Doctrine of Precedent and also the application of Doctrine of Precedent in the legal system of India. The paper also gives a brief overview of the short comings and advantages of Doctrine of Precedent.…
In the initial stage of the 5 year long ‘B.Arch’ course I took, I learnt that unless you put a function to your creation - it’s not architecture. And gradually, along with the aesthetical side to architecture, I have also understood the more logical side. Through my work experience as an Intern and Junior Architect of almost a year, I gained knowledge about practices like Vastu Shastra – an ancient Science of architecture which is a part of the ‘Vedas’, pertains to the physical, psychological and spiritual order of the built environment, in consonance with the cosmic energies.…