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Towards Sustainable Architecture: Energy Storing Bricks and Photovoltaic Systems for Self-Sufficient Residential Housing

This paper addresses the urgent global challenge of climate change by proposing a novel approach to residential architecture that combines passive design with active energy systems. Current studies show that buildings contribute 30% of the global energy consumption and is expected to increase with worldwide rising energy demands including in Indonesia. Studies have shown the abundance of solar exposure in Indonesia. This calls for the maximisation of photovoltaic system an electricity generation system that produces the least amount of CO2. The existing public preference of bricks as residential building materials for its structural integrity and passive design qualities highlights the potential of implementing energy storing bricks technology findings from Washington University. This paper presents a concept that combines photovoltaic (PV) systems with energy-storing bricks to create a self-sufficient home that can produce and store its own electricity. Our goal is to optimize both passive and active design approaches in order to maintain or enhance the standard of living that exists today while simultaneously move toward a sustainable future at the same time. Further empirical research is required to confirm the viability and efficiency of this innovative architectural approach.

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The Degree of Audience Understanding Reception: The Potential of Digital Piracy Audio and Visual in TikTok

Social media platforms are increasingly being used to digitally disseminate clips video, audio, or animation. Some account-generated profit or fame from remaking or editing content on the video-sharing social media platform TikTok. This article consequently situates remaking video for profit purposes as digital piracy a victimless crime and therefore still challenges entertainment industries. Little is known about the drivers of these cognitive processes, the current study investigated audience reception of content preferences (movies and series) to explain piracy attitudes and behaviour. This study addresses digital platforms and interactive audiences concerning Stuart Hall’s ‘Encoding/Decoding’ model. Thereby, this study provides a conceptual research design pathways for further analysis of audience’s attitudes toward digital piracy conditions. Results of in-depth interviews with 7 subjects showed that attitudes toward digital piracy mediate or negotiate reading. The audience is fostered by desire and preference to see content, above fear of copyright law effects or economic damage to the entertainment industry. In a call to rethink the notion of digital communication, this article offers a different perspective on the gaps and links between reception studies and current digital media. Suggests ways that social media could lead to a deeper and more complex understanding of audience reception perspective meaning.

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Sustainable Modern Environment Responses on Bawean Architecture

The continuous search for sustainable architectural practices in the vernacular model paves the way for alternative approaches to modern diversity. In particular, the growing demand for habitation leads to loss of local identity architecture. This phenomenon or dilemma of “cultural aridity” occurred in many areas of Indonesia with settlements linked to history. The purpose of this article is to explore Bawean architectural identity located in the north-java island. With a focus on an examination of the original design of Bawean architecture into modern development design. Through, mapping and inventory of identity, assess the perspectives of the occupants of houses and those who are involved in the construction to get a better understanding of public knowledge, experience, and responses. The results show that the concept of Bawean architecture, mainly granaries is applied to modern architectural design with the advantage of wind flow to maintain storage humidity. However, a better understanding of this adaptation needs more investigation with the future study of an energy simulation analysis to develop a strategy for energy-efficient buildings. This article contributes to the emerging literature on developing granary design toward sustainably minimizing the environmental impacts of household electricity utilization.

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Development of Mutualism Settlement Along the Railway Towards a Sustainable City

The existence and development contribution of a village influences a sustainable city. Sidorukun Village is in the Gresik sub-district, Gresik district is dominated by settlements and industrial areas. In the middle of the village there is Indro Station as a Local Train (Railway) station. Since the 1980s, this train line has stopped operating and will be active again in 2016 for containers and in 2021 as a passenger train line. The shift in the function of this station has an impact on the local environment, especially the settlements around the station. On the other hand, the condition of the village was not ready for empowerment to welcome the bustling station activities. Among them, business facilities for parking and small trade that have not been well organized, and there is no passenger waiting area. This study aims to determine the basic, supporting and settlement aspects of settlements adjoining the station socially and economically in a sustainable aspect. So that there are proposals for settlement concept designs that support station activities through the role of active cooperation between the community and parties involved in the development of sustainable cities. Literature studies and field observations are used to find solutions to this problem. In addition, field observations in case studies were carried out through a SWOT analysis. The result is a sustainable settlement concept with community participation, which is integrated through station support facilities managed by the surrounding community such as stalls, minibus stops for waiting, and parking lots through sustainable optimization of commercial land productivity.

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