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    understood from the perspective of what architecture really is‚ criteria for architectural project success and what failure connotes. What architecture means Architecture is defined in various ways by architects and non-architects alike depending on their focus or area of emphasis. You must be familiar with the definition offered in the ARCON law which attempts to capture different ramifications of the profession. By Le Corbusier’s definition‚ "Architecture is the masterly‚ correct‚ and magnificent

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    Tadao Ando

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    Tadao Ando GA Architecture 12 VOL.2 1988-1993 This book talks about Tadao Ando’s projects in a chronological order‚ the publication mainly works with photographs and overview drawings‚ but they have a lack of detail drawings and some landscape sketches. His designs have this very specific style that is unique in a different sense than his western colleagues‚ his raw usage of concrete in the 90is a very clear architectural language that was only beginning to develop with other practices. He has

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    Thesis Manual Revised 2014

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    Thesis (ARCH 522/DESIGN 052) INTRODUCTION The Thesis Courses at the Far Eastern University (FEU) Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts (IARFA) are the culmination of the institute‟s Bachelor of Science curriculum program. Thesis is a two-part progressive course series‚ beginning with Arch 511 (Pre-Thesis‚ taken in the first semester after successful completion of all lower B.S. Architecture courses)‚ the research development stage where the project„s feasibility is thoroughly studied resulting to

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    Why Roman Concrete

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    Roman Arch played in history. Both architectural elements would greatly impact the whole of the Roman Empire. Concrete; Since 25 B.C.‚ when Vitruvius wrote about the distinct types of aggregate for use in structural mortar in his “Ten Books of Architecture‚” Roman “pozzolana” or concrete quickly became the binding agent in Roman life. The advent of concrete could not be overstated‚ it touched every life in the Roman Empire. From the shape and safety of their homes‚ to the roads they traveled‚ to

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    The Town-Country Magnet

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    Different ideas had transformed the city that we are living today. We often don’t recognize how much effort and concepts are being put into creating a city. There are many contributors that helped developed different concept to improve cities layout and structure. In this paper‚ I will discuss the authors’ ideas in the three articles which includes “Author’s Introduction” and “The Town-Country Magnet”‚ “A Contemporary City” from the City of Tomorrow and its Planning and “Broadacre City: A New Community

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    The Minoan Civilization

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    History Of Architecture Building: Palace Of Minos. Dates: 1700-1400 BC. Time period : Bronze Age. Location: Knossos‚Crete. Civilization :The Minoans. In the heart of the Mediterranean Sea‚ South of Greece‚ lays the island of Crete refuge of the lost civilization of the minions.The island is first refereed as "Kaptara" at the Syrian city of Mani dating from 18 000 BC; Also known as "Keftiu” from the fresco of the Tomb of Rekhmire in the valley of the kings in Egypt. The island’s length is 260 km

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    there are similarities and differences pertaining to the specific regional context. A. Architectural Style The architectural style People’s Park Complex is influence by Japanese Metabolism movement and Brutalism architecture. Similarly‚ Unite d’ Habitation Le Corbusier was Brutalism architecture and

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    occupants can have deeper‚ more meaningful moments – feeling the bouquet of their surroundings in all of its dimensions. When a child experiences a building‚ and as his body moves‚ sees‚ smells‚ touches‚ hears and even tastes within a space – the architecture comes to life and they immediately become involved in an array of overlapping processes that all contribute to their experience — architectural psychology focuses on such connections and can be applied to all building types. II. HYPOTHESIS Young

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    Building Skins

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    materials. Even though there has been radical change in building skin from the past‚ I believe it is important to have an appreciation of traditional architecture when thinking about building envelope. For example‚ Shigeru Ban‚ in his Japanese Pavilion‚ proposed a building skin constructed entirely from paper in keeping with traditional Japanese architecture. Many times by looking in the past we can find a way to further develop traditional applications. Werner talks about how roof and façade have

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    Parametric Design

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    PARAMETRIC DESIGN – A NEW PARADIGM IN ARCHITECTURE K. KAVI SUMI‚ email: kavisumi@rocketmail.com‚ kavisumi06@gmail.com ABSTRACT Contemporary avant-garde architecture is addressing the demand for an increased level of expressed complexity by means of retooling its method on the basis of parametric design. The ground of parametric design is the generation of geometry from the definition of a family of initial parameters and the design of formal relations they keep with each other. The benefit

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