Design concepts in architecture: the porosity paradigm Sotirios D. Kotsopoulos 129 Franklin Street‚ # 203‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02139‚ USA; e-mail: skots@alum.mit.edu Abstract: Presented is a paradigm of how a design concept can be converted into a system of production rules to generate designs. The rules are expressed by the means of shape grammar formalism. The paradigm demonstrates how porosity a concept transferred from biology‚ medicine and organic chemistry was implemented by architect
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4.1 Chapter 4 Process design 4.1 Slack‚ Chambers and Johnston‚ Operations Management‚ 6th Edition‚ © Nigel Slack‚ Stuart Chambers‚ and Robert Johnston 2010 4.2 Key operations questions In Chapter 4 – Process design – Slack et al. identify the following key questions: • What is process design? • What objectives should process design have? • How does volume and variety affect process design? • How are processes designed in detail? 4.2 Slack‚ Chambers and Johnston‚ Operations
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JOB DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES OF JOB DESIGN JOB A job can be defined as the set of tasks and responsibilities of a worker. These tasks and responsibilities‚ along with performance expectations‚ work conditions (time and place of work)‚ general skills‚ and possibly methods to be used‚ are normally contained in a written job description. There is no set formula for designing jobs that will best fit a production system. Also‚ a job is also reffered to an activity‚ often regular‚ and often performed
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Research Project Introduction The focus of my Research Project was to investigate interior designer through the process of designing my client’s‚ Diane and John Brinkworth’s‚ rumpus room. I chose this topic because I would like to become an interior designer‚ thus this project enabled me to gain insight into how an interior designer works‚ as well as the rewards and struggles they face. The key areas I examined included: establishing a design concept‚ colour schemes including the psychology of
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Instructor’s Manual CHAPTER 5 Illustration 5.1 The strategy clock It is important that students get a grasp of the basis of competitive strategy‚ and the strategy clock helps them to do this. However‚ they should not assume that these strategies are static. The questions here help them understand how the basis of competitive strategy may change over time. • Route 1 on the strategy clock may provide an opportunity for entry because large players may have vacated that space in the market as
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centred design Introduction Nowadays‚ User Centered Design has been embedded in many design works. This essay seeks to explore the nature of this approach. This essay is split in to four sections. The first section is to provide a definition for User Centered Design while the second section will explain the benefits of using this approach with examples. I will then move on to discuss the limitations of User Centered Design and a conclusion will come afterwards. What is User Centred Design? User
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Getting Started With Our Design Staff Pembrooke Community College maintains an academic staff of three interior designers and three interior decorators. In order to provide real-life professional experience for students‚ Pembrooke Community College design instructors make themselves available for design consultations on an hourly or per-project basis. This award-winning team is available to help you conceive‚ plan‚ and create an interior that will give you lasting pleasure. Interior Designers Interior
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CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Training is an essential part of any organization’s human management and skills development strategy. In the past‚ training was often regarded as an unnecessary luxury by many organizations‚ but the implementation of the Skills Development Act and Skills Development Levies Act‚ Employment Equity Act‚ Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment and the National Qualifications Framework by the South African government has slowly but surely started to change this
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------------------------------------------------- 41. Corporate Strategy and Project Management: the relationship between them and implications for the management of an international project. Introduction This paper draws attention to the detached relationship between the corporate strategy and project management. Solutions offered by various researchers to align both of them are discussed and examine how they could be proposed for the management of international project‚ in particularly for the construction industry
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Experimental Complex Design By: Yolanda M Harper Instructor Marciea McMillian-Robinson Course Research Methods Date July 30‚ 2012 Experimental Complex Design An experiment involving an investigation of the effects of two or more independent variables‚ simultaneously‚ is referred to as a Complex Design. Two independent variables (IV)‚ and one dependable variable (DV)‚ constitutes the simplex complex design. The independent variable however‚ consists of two levels or conditions. The combination
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