may be known as heliotherapeutic architecture‚ emerged in concert with the sanatorium movement in late-19th century Europe‚ prompted by the idea that sunlight and fresh air contributed to a ‘cure’ for tuberculosis. Les Frênes (Leysin‚ Switzerland‚ 1911) was probably the first large purpose-built heliotherapy clinic to be constructed. It featured south-facing rooms with terraces and large windows. (These early sanatoriums are sometimes called the ‘Davos-type’‚ as that city was another center of activity
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building/ group of buildings/ group of buildings/ landscape/ garden 1.1 Data for identification current name: Sanatorium Joseph Lemaire former/original/variant name: number(s) and name(s) of street(s): Waversebaan town: Overijse - Tombeek province/state: Vlaams-Brabant post code: 3090 block: country: Belgium national topographical grid reference: current typology: Health centres - sanatorium former/original/variant typology: comments on typology: lot: 1.2 Status of protection protected
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Alvar Aalto [pic] Life of Alvar Aalto Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was born on February 3rd‚ 1898 and passed away May 11th‚ 1976. He was a brilliant Finnish architect and designer. Most of his work was a combination of architecture‚ furniture and glassware. Alvar Aalto was born in Kuortane‚ Finland. He returned to Jyvaskyla where he opened his first architecture office in 1923. He then later moved his office to Turku in 1927 and teamed up with another architect Erik Bryggman.
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Alvar Aalto The figurehead of modernism and leader of bringing architecture back to the human scale that once was‚ Alvar Aalto is now an architectural inspiration to us all. Aalto did not use his architecture as a learning tool but more as a gesture toward the emotional and physical needs of man. His architecture was meant to enrich the lives of those it served. Aalto focused on context in site in relation to the human body. Forms‚ light and shadow were inspired by the Finnish forests Aalto grew
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Speculating the Limits of Theory by Malini Foobalan As a second year architecture student‚ I find myself speculating about things that I never thought I would. The question to myself in fact‚ is why I care questioning‚ and what is it that has made me come up with such questions. Is it the influence of people around me‚ my developing critical thinking or‚ is it an arbitrary questioning that a typical architecture student would engage in? One of my favorite questions is
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A Research on Arts&Crafts Movement and Bauhaus 1. Introduction Arts and Crafts Movement and Bauhaus are two major movements in design history. In this paper‚ the author aims at making an overview of the two movements including the historical‚ cultural and social context and revealing the philosophy behind each movement. In order to obtain an in-depth understanding‚ the author chooses William Morris from the Arts and Crafts Movement and Walter Gropius from Bauhaus and their significant artworks
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woodwind family. There are many types of saxophones in its so called “family” including the Eb Alto Saxophone and the Bb Tenor Saxophone. These two instruments play a crucial role in any director’s band and can ultimately affect the way the band sounds. Of the specific two‚ there are many similarities including the fingering for the notes‚ and the differences being the size of each instrument and pitch. Eb Alto Saxophone; the instrument as well as its family have all the same fingerings for each type
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Analysis of the Theory of Intelligent Design In the contemporary world‚ especially United States‚ people argue about the topics to be educating the young generations and people face with problems on controversial specific topics such as Creationism and Intelligent Design. Creationism is the argument of supernatural God like entity created the physical universe and Intelligent Design‚ is differ from Creationism‚ means that it is a scientific based upon the argument of nature cannot create too complex
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Darshane Hines Biology 211 Dr. Peters What other regions of the country have had attempts to include Intelligent Design into their science curricula? Where have ID proponents been successful in incorporating this viewpoint into public science classes? The theory of intelligent design argues that some features of the universe are best explained as the products of an intelligent cause‚ not an undirected process such as natural selection. Due to its controversial nature it is not widely taught
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