Art Of Building Research Articles

Review: Creating Pátzcuaro, Creating Mexico: Art, Tourism, and Nation Building under Lázaro Cárdenas, by Jennifer Jolly

Review: Creating Pátzcuaro, Creating Mexico: Art, Tourism, and Nation Building under Lázaro Cárdenas, by Jennifer Jolly

Numerical investigations on the thermal performance of adaptive ETFE foil cushions

It has become increasingly popular among designers and engineers to use ETFE pneumatic foil constructions as an alternative to glass in state of the art building envelopes, due to the low weight, high transparency, mechanical resistance and self-cleaning features of ETFE. However, it is still unclear how the thermal performance of the ETFE cushions can be assessed comprehensively and what are the effects on building thermal performance. This study investigated the thermal performance of a developed prototype ETFE cushion through both experimental measurement and numerical simulation. The numerical model has been validated by results from experimental tests using a large climatic chamber. The thermal resistance of the developed ETFE cushion at various environmental conditions (different indoor and outdoor temperature conditions) and also different inclination angles were studied. Empirical correlations generated based on simulations could be used for future building energy simulation.

Investigation of Background Gamma Radiation from Ceilings in Students’ Hostels and Offices at the University of Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria

Environmental radiation study forms a major aspect of radiation monitoring all over the world and Gamma radiation is the prime concern for radiation protection. Measurements of gamma radiation level were made using RADEYE PRD at selected Asbestos ceiling and non-asbestos (Gypsum) ceiling rooms in Block B and C of the Boys’ Hostels and New Faculty of Art Building respectively. Annual dose rate from each selected location was then estimated and the results show that gamma radiations from rooms with asbestos ceilings are generally higher than those from rooms with non-asbestos ceilings. The higher radiation around the asbestos ceiling is attributed to likely presence of primordial radionuclides of elements like 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K in the soil where the asbestos was mined. The highest annual effective dose rate due to gamma radiation in rooms with asbestos ceilings is estimated to be 0.91 mSv per year. This is considered to be very low and insignificant to cause any serious radiological problem to the students living in the Hostel. However, the only possible health risks from asbestos ceilings rooms might be due to the toxicity of the chemical constituents of asbestos rather than radiological risks from natural gamma radiation. The outcome of this research can be used in the compilation of background radiation map and radioelement mapping of Maiduguri which will be an integral part of the national background radiation and radioelement mapping of Nigeria. Keywords: gamma, radiation, carcinogenic, asbestos, radionuclides DOI : 10.7176/APTA/75-02

AB100. 17. Patient experience in a surgical assessment unit following a closed loop audit using a Kaizen Lean system

Background: The acute surgical assessment unit (ASAU) in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has provided a solution to overcrowding and long waiting times since centralization of emergency services to UHL. Recognizing the importance of its evolving role, the ASAU in UHL has recently undergone a major revamp to ease the pressure in the overcrowded emergency department (ED). This included a new purpose built state of art building and equipment, improved staffing levels and use of a Kaizen Lean system to identify key area of delays and inefficiency with subsequent implementation of suggestions derived after Kaizen Lean. The aim of this study was to analyse patient satisfaction response rates with the ASAU prior to and following Kaizen Lean implementation and change to a new custom made building.

Graves, R. & Hyland, T. (Eds.). (2017). Writing assignments across university disciplines. Bloomington, IN: Trafford.

For the last three years, I have been part of a team of multi-disciplinary faculty that holds a weeklong workshop each semester for approximately twenty teachers. These teachers, migrating to our cozy space in the library from all corners of campus, have applied—they get paid a modest sum, which is not nothing—to attend our workshop in the hopes of improving their ability to integrate writing assignments into their courses. The workshops are part of a larger initiative, Improving Disciplinary Writing, which was borne out of a needs assessment from our regional assessment body. It is designed to bring together faculty, through workshops and grants, to think collectively about how writing gets taught and ought to be taught differently across and within disciplines. And what we see time and time again is that although each group of twenty teachers is new each semester, and although the ranks consistently vary from adjunct (sessional) to full professor, and although some work in musty chemistry buildings and some in obscure art buildings and some in sleek see-through engineering buildings, the disembodied echoes of frustrations and complaints and discovery and hope and solace from groups past get re-vocalized by groups present. As facilitators, we are not flustered by this fact; rather, we find our own solace in the connection and camaraderie through shared experience happening across disciplines and spaces on campus.

Drawing Glasgow School of Art: the graphics of reconstruction

The Glasgow School of Art has a long history of the cultivation of the art of drawing. Many types of drawing have been taught and practiced within the institution since its establishment in 1845. Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art building, completed between 1897 and 1909, can be seen as one great outcome of that design-through-tradition. The building not only sheltered and thus enabled a further cultivation of the art of drawing, but became itself a model for the practices of that drawing tradition. There is a strong body of work, much of it by teachers and students of the Mackintosh School of Architecture, which has focussed on the building and explored through drawing the architectonic features and significance of the structure. This work has been useful as a teaching and critical aid but also as a contribution to the art and discipline of architecture. In the wake of the first 2014 fire, which destroyed part of the building, this body of work suddenly became of use as a design tool rather than simply an exploratory or critical tool, as the institution sought to reproduce exactly what had been lost. The most recent 2018 fire wreaked a destruction much more comprehensive across the whole building. Accordingly, we are forced to completely review the relationship of that drawing heritage to the building. That is to say, the building largely no longer exists, and the drawings take on a life of their own in a way not previously attached to them. The school may, however, be rebuilt, recreated ‘as was’ at some point in the future, potentially instigating yet another type of relationship between the existing drawing work and a new ‘Mackintosh’ building.

Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy: experience of a university group practice in a developing country

Introduction: In developed countries, efforts to improve outcome and minimize costs prompted the performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as an outpatient procedure. In the Philippines and in most developing countries, most laparoscopic cholecystectomies are still performed on admitted patients who are discharged one or more days after the surgery. No local experience has been published in the Philippines demonstrating the safety and feasibility of outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods: This study is a retrospective study investigating the outcome of outpatient performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the University of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital Faculty Medical Arts Building (UP-PGH FMAB), an ambulatory surgical facility within UP-PGH. The patients were admitted to the ambulatory facility on the day of surgery, underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia and discharged on the same day. Results: From June 2012 to June 2016, 122 patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the UP-PGH FMAB. There were 80 women (85%) and 42 men (15%) with a mean age of 46 years. The mean operating time was 58 minutes. The unplanned admission rate was 2.4% (two patients), one for conversion to open and two for unrelieved postoperative nausea and vomiting. Conclusion: Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe and technically feasible even in developing countries. It has potential for much economical and social benefit when employed judiciously. Prospective, randomized trials must be conducted in the local setting to refine technique, standardize patient selection and address system deficiencies to allow safe performance of outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Philippines.

The interactivity of the landscape space and interiors in the architecture of the Latvian education and art buildings of the 20th/21st century

The interactivity of the landscape space and interiors in the architecture of the Latvian education and art buildings of the 20th/21st century

Nudging waste diversion at Western State Colorado University: application of behavioral insights

PurposeThis paper aims to test a nudge, or intervention, designed through behavioral insights at a university campus to discover cost-effective means for increasing recycling participation and methods for estimating waste removal cost savings.Design/methodology/approachA series of studies were conducted demonstrating the effectiveness of behaviorally based recycling interventions. Study locations included an academic building, a performing arts/studio arts building, a sports complex and a campus library. All locations already had robust and visible recycling programs in operation. Following an observation period, modifications were made to the locations of waste and recycling containers. Waste auditing procedures were used to quantify existing waste diversion rates, and changes to those rates following changes in choice architecture.FindingsWaste diversion rates improved and significant reductions in the proportion of recyclable materials in the trash were observed at all four study locations. Results indicate that the nudge of changing choice architecture can enhance recycling programs that are already recognized as successful. This paper also explains methods for estimating waste removal, which are important as it enables calculations of cost savings from such interventions. Finally, targeting plastic bottles to increase return on investment is recommended.Practical implicationsOther colleges and universities can apply these methods to improve existing recycling programs and realize cost savings.Originality valueThis is the first study to investigate the use of a nudge on waste management issues on a university campus. An easy-to-replicate method, which allows measuring realized cost savings, is explained.

Understanding the indoor soundscape of study areas in terms of users’ satisfaction, coping methods and perceptual dimensions

The soundscape approach is not concerned with the sound level of an acoustic environment, but how it relates to human perception, how it is conceived by the individual and how it should be measured and managed. Even though it reached wide popularity in the last 15 years, it still lacks standardization. Perceptual dimensions of the indoor soundscape have major contributions to the experience of place. Identifying the relations between the sound and build environment can provide valuable information for the decision-makers to promote sensation, satisfaction and positive emotions. This research focuses on the sound environments of 4 open study areas within the Bilkent University Campus. These spaces have been favored by many students due to their ability to combine learning and social identity, in an informal but also an academic environment. This informality also resulted in with the lack of controlled sound environment which can be found in the silent study zone of the library. For this reason, this article examines the soundscape of the open study areas in terms of sound sources, users' reactions, coping methods and perceptual dimensions. Research settings are located at the dormitories, the Fine Arts Building, the library, and the Faculty of Science Building. In order to explore users' response to the sound environment, a questionnaire survey and in-situ measurement of sound levels (LAeq) have been conducted with 120 students. The questionnaire survey consisted of two main parts which were concerned with identifying sound source, satisfaction, loudness and exploring the perceptual dimensions of the indoor soundscape through semantic differential scales. Results showed no difference between participants' satisfaction with the soundscape regardless of the sound levels. Perceptual dimensions of the indoor soundscape are analyzed with factor analysis which extracted three factors, sensation, activity/communication, and functionality.

La importancia cultural como guía: el plan de restauración y gestión del Arts Building and Cloister

<p>El Arts Building and Cloister (1963-1967) as una arquitectura poco común que aúna tradiciones constructivas de influencia japonesa y pensilvana con una ingeniería innovadora en forma de una cubierta en paraboloide hiperbólico. El edificio diseñado por el arquitecto y ebanista japonés-americano George Nakashima es uno entre una docena de residencias, talleres y almacenes construidos en su propiedad de New Hope, Pensilvania. La compleja y cambiante relación entre la importancia histórica del lugar y la actividad ebanista motivó la elaboración de un plan de conservación y gestión que pueda velar por su protección y mantenimiento a largo plazo. Este artículo resume el diseño del edificio, su evolución, y los principales desafíos de la conservación de un lugar que está conformado tanto por sus edificios como por su importancia inmaterial como centro de paz y conocimiento a través del arte y la artesanía.</p>

PUSAT SENI PERTUNJUKAN DENGAN PENDEKATAN EKO KULTURAL DI SURAKARTA

<p><em>Along the time, the performing art is not just a mere entertainment but also as a necessity for the modern man. Surakarta is the city with the development of the cultural and artistic performance's development,starting from kethoprak, wayang and keroncong that develops and be born in this city. the problem of the design is to create a character from Eco-Cultural element of Javanese culture and environment friendly, to the performing arts building. The problem of the design is how to achieve a performance art in accordance with the changing times which does not leave the local cultural elements. the design method used is the method of approach in order to create a container Eco Cultural arts activities that are capable of adapting to the changing times but still consider the local culture and environment friendly. Result obtained in the form of design cultured Center for the Performing Arts and as an application of enviromentally friendly Eco Cultural character. Building Performing Arts Center is expected as container performing arts activities in Surakarta.</em></p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><em><strong>Keyword : </strong>Eco Cultural, Perfomance Art<br /></em></p><pre style="margin-left: 28.35pt; text-align: justify;"> </pre>

Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Experience of a university group practice in a developing country

Aims: In developed countries, efforts to improve outcome and minimize costs prompted the performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as an outpatient procedure. In the Philippines and in most developing countries, most laparoscopic cholecystectomies are still performed on admitted patients who are discharged one or more days after the surgery. No local experience has been published in the Philippines demonstrating the safety and feasibility of outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Materials and Methods: This study is a retrospective study investigating the outcome of outpatient performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the University of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital Faculty Medical Arts Building (UP-PGH FMAB), an ambulatory surgical facility within UP-PGH. The patients were admitted to the ambulatory facility on the day of surgery, underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia and discharged on the same day. Results: From June 2012 to June 2016, 122 patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the UP-PGH Faculty medical arts building. There were 80 women (85%) and 42 men (15%) with a mean age of 46 years. The mean operating time was 58 minutes. The unplanned admission rate was 2.4% (two patients), one for conversion to open and two for unrelieved postoperative nausea and vomiting. Conclusion: Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe and technically feasible even in developing countries. It has potential for much economical and social benefit when employed judiciously. Prospective, randomized trials must be conducted in the local setting to refine technique, standardize patient selection and address system deficiencies to allow safe performance of outpatient laparoscopy in the Philippines.

Towards Socialist Architecture: Architectural Exhibitions at the Zachęta in the Years 1950–1955

Exhibitions of contemporary designs accompanied by their public criticism and assessment by a commission were meant to be a tool in implementing Socrealism in Polish architecture – a process which had been announced in 1949. The First National Exposition of Architectural Design (OPA, 22 January – 28 February 1951), housed in the Zachęta – National Gallery of Art building in Warsaw, was one of the most widely advertised events of this kind. Its discussion exposes the peculiar atmosphere of these events, the strategies of persuasion and instruction as employed by the organisers in relation to ideological and aesthetic issues, and the reactions of the architects participating in the debates, who generally tried to avoid the aggressive tone of the polemic. In addition, the primacy of technocratic economics, which was later to become one of the key elements of policies concerning the construction industry in the People’s Republic of Poland, was fi rst revealed at the OPA, if only still in the background. The exhibition at the Zachęta, treated as a production meeting in progress, was to be a preparatory stage for a sweeping exhibition that would present an all-inclusive vision of both historical and contemporary Polish architecture. Such an event accorded with the universal schemata of rituals of social life structured in keeping in line with Stalinism, but the path to the First General Exhibition of Architecture in the People’s Republic of Poland (PWA, 8 March – 22 April 1953) turned out not to be easy. Problems concerning its fi nancing and venue, as well as the lack of political support, resulted in its opening, in the Zachęta building, soon after Stalin’s death. In general, the exhibition’s arrangement followed regional divisions, i.e. both the historical and contemporary material were arranged according to region. An analysis of this plan reveals that it was profoundly ill-suited to the realities of producing architecture in the state-owned design offi ces when the emphasis on typicality was increasing. The initial stage of the critique of Socrealism is also inseparably linked with the PWA; the essay appraising the exhibited designs as delivered at the First National Council of Architects in April 1953 must be considered the fi rst text of this kind. Both the OPA and the PWA are, above all, reminders of the practice of institutional coercion and of the ideological approach to history that were typical of Stalinism. At the same time, however, it should not be forgotten that the exhibition of 1953 resulted in the publication of a series of valuable publications concerning history and art, while the Regional Architectural Shows, instituted in order to select designs to be exhibited at the PWA, evolved into recurring events which in some centres are still organised today.

Electric Spring, Huddersfield, 22–26 February 2017.

In the heart of the University of Huddersfield's Creative Arts Building sits the unassuming Phipps Hall, which has given itself over to five days of total electronic sound immersion. The University has grown accustomed to attracting pioneering artists in contemporary music over the last four decades, both to its in-house research centre CeReNeM, and to the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival every November. The relatively younger Electric Spring Festival takes place every February and is now able to stand alongside its older sibling, offering the public an impressive and diverse programme of composers and artists specialising in electronic sound manipulation. This year was no exception. Running from 22 to 26 February, there was something to suit everyone, from improvised live-coded dance music to classic musique concrète masterpieces. From its conception in 1995, the aim of the festival has been to offer breadth and surprise to its audience.

Art by Design

The University of Iowa’s Visual Arts Building opened last fall on a campus that is still recovering from flooding in 2008 that caused nearly $800 million in damage. The structure houses the university’s studio arts education program and is a physical manifestation of the theories that will be taught within its walls. Boasting offset floor plates and perimeter cutouts, the building itself is a piece of art composed of both volumes and voids.

Transposing the Tradition: Providing Embedded Reference Service to Music Students

ABSTRACTThis article describes a project designed to improve reference service to music students at a large metropolitan university. When faced with student and faculty complaints that the library and its resources were located too far away from the building where music study takes place, the Performing Arts Librarian took services and research assistance directly into the arts building. Focus is given to the design, implementation, and evaluation of the project.

Microbial Masterpieces: Bacterial community profiling in the Hastings College art buildings

Several large initiatives such as the Human Microbiome Project (NIH), the Earth Microbiome Project and Microbiology of the Built Environement (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) as well as many smaller scale projects are exploring the composition and dynamics of bacterial communities to better understand how microbes impact our world from ecology to human health. The advent of high‐throughput sequencing techniques allows sequencing of the variable regions of the 16S rRNA gene from many samples. The 16S rRNA sequence is useful for differentiating between bacteria due to the fact that the gene is present in all bacteria, but contains variable regions. These 16S sequences can be used to identify the diversity and composition of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) to characterize the bacterial community. Here we profile the bacterial communities found in the recently used Art building and the newly constructed Jackson Dinsdale Art Center on the Hastings College campus. Both Art buildings include different types of rooms such as faculty offices, a glass blowing studio and a painting studio. From the collected samples, DNA was extracted and PCR was used to amplify and isolate the 16S rRNA v4 sequence. These samples were then sent for high throughput sequencing for further analysis. This is an ongoing study; initial samples were collected shortly after construction finished and we plan to continue monitoring the bacterial community profiles in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center periodically now that the facility is in use. The results will contribute to our overall understanding of the microbiology of the built environment in general and specifically at Hastings College.Support or Funding InformationThis work was supported by the Student Development Fund and the Excelsior Scholar program at Hastings College.

Connecting the Last Mile: Demand Response in Smart Buildings

Demand response (DR) operates on the last mile in the smart grid that connects the building energy system with utility grid. It enables a building to actively participate in the whole grid energy system. With DR, a building may make a profit by optimizing its energy consumption while helping to achieve the overall targets of energy efficiency and emission reduction for the whole energy system. The recent US Supreme Court ruling on FERC Order 745 has reaffirmed the critical role and functions of demand response. It is expected that demand response will soon become a basic function of smart buildings. In this paper, we summarize the background of demand response, investigate promising automation technology such as OpenADR for demand response applications in smart buildings, and present an OpenADR Interface prototype demonstration for building energy management systems. We demonstrate the realization and benefits of OpenADR integration with state of art building energy management systems, which connects the last mile between the smart grids with the smart buildings.

Verne at Lyon's Fete des Lumieres: New Media, Old Dystopia

Verne at Lyon's Fete des Lumieres:New Media, Old Dystopia Ana Oancea The city of Lyon has hosted the Fête des Lumières starting on December 8 every year since 1852, with the exception of 2015, when it was cancelled due to the Paris terror attacks of the previous month. The festival commemorates the spontaneous lighting of candles across the city to celebrate the longawaited inauguration of a statue of the Virgin Mary on the Fourvière hill. In 1852, the inauguration had been postponed from September 8 to the Day of the Immaculate Conception, because the high levels of the Saône river threatened the procession.1 Though the Lyonnais still adorn their windows with small candles, the city now also organizes electric light shows orchestrated to music to decorate a variety of sites, which has become a major tourist event.2 In addition to abstract installations, some also reflect on the past and its relation to the present, as for example in 2016's illumination of the Cathédrale de St. Jean façade. It sought to digitally recreate the building in various materials of significance to Lyon, ranging from the original stone to paper, silk and metaphorically, light. Installations can also reflect on issues of current significance, as did Joseph Couturier's illumination of the Hôtel de Ville and the Musée des Beaux Arts buildings in the Place des Terreaux, entitled "Sans Dessus Dessous," after the Jules Verne novel.3 Billed as describing climate change, the official website of the Fête des Lumières promised the show would sweep spectators away: [End Page 497] à la découverte d'un voyage imaginaire sur les traces d'un dérèglement climatique conté, alliant lumière et projections. Un savant fou, responsable du climat et des océans, vous entraîne à la poursuite d'une chouette ayant déréglé la machinerie . . . Ensemble, vous parcourez le monde, du centre de la Terre au pôle Nord, pour constater l'étendue des dégâts. Une féérie d'effets confronte la terre, l'eau et l'air, pour en saisir toute la complémentarité et l'interdépendance . . .4 A great success thanks to its appealing, detailed visuals, the performance attracted an estimated 720 000 spectators over 3 evenings.5 However, it is my contention that the mass appeal conceals a dissonance between the show's cheery cartoon aesthetics and its dark Vernian framing realized through the title, the use of Verne's image for the main character, and an ominous motto drawn from his work: "Ce ne sont pas de nouveaux continents qu'il faut à la Terre, mais de nouveaux hommes" (Vingt mille lieues 141). Likewise, given the subject, the playfully rendered mad scientist protagonist appears at odds with the seriousness of the devastation wrought on the environment through rampant industrialization. In addition to the "cuteness" of this fictional Earth, it is one devoid of population:6 the scientist and his owl appear alone in the world they are rendering urban and industrial, and the motivation behind their work is not revealed. I argue that Couturier's streamlining of expected narrative content allows a clear message of human-caused climate change to emerge, while the Vernian frame is used to comment on its history, motivation, and consequences. Verne's novel is a dystopian tale of climate change brought on as a side-effect of the greedy pursuit of capitalistic desires. Human viciousness, greed, and lack of regard for the suffering of others or the destruction of the environment are among its key themes. Referencing Verne without faithfully adapting his novel allows Couturier to maintain a lighthearted tone for the show, with the evident gap between it and its motto prompting the audience to investigate the 19th century source. More traditional adaptations, as for example from novel to film, would entail transferring elements such as plot, characters, or themes into another medium, but in the case of new media, Moore has shown that "adaptation" gains the sense of an acknowledged reworking of a source without concern for fidelity on the part of the media producer. As Henry Jenkins suggests, this type of...