3.4.3 Journal: Transformations Journal Geometry Sem 2 (S2667506) Brian Galvan Points possible: 20 Date: ____________ Scenario: Miniature Golf Transformations Instructions: View the video found on page 1 of this journal activity. Using the information provided in the video‚ answer the questions below. Show your work for all calculations The Students’ Conjectures: The students have instructions about moving buildings on a miniature golf course. They disagree about the transformation involved
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Windows XP vs. Mac OS X Architecture Kurt Luchtman POS420 Irene Giouvanos May 29th 2006 When looking at the interface of the Mac OS X Operating System and the Microsoft Windows XP operating system many similarities can be seen. The most obvious is the use of blue in the interface. In the core of the systems they both have a micro kernel which addresses thread management‚ space management and other communications at the system level and is more resistant to attacks from a virus. Mac OS X
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GAME DESIGN AS NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE By Henry Jenkins The relationship between games and story remains a divisive question among game fans‚ designers‚ and scholars alike. At a recent academic Games Studies conference‚ for example‚ a blood feud threatened to erupt between the self-proclaimed Ludologists‚ who wanted to see the focus shift onto the mechanics of game play‚ and the Narratologists‚ who were interested in studying games alongside other storytelling media.(1) Consider some recent statements
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Crucial Words as Context for Architecture The following words are to be viewed as characters in a collective narrative whose story will unfold through the working of architectural research and projections. Like any play or novel‚ some characters are more central‚ and some only flirt with the driving theme‚ but all are crucial to the progression of the plot‚ to the progression of intention. * Construction -> Constructive Deconstruction (definitely not deconstructivism a
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Architecture between East and West: The Emergent Practices of Arbeitsgruppe 4 in Cold War Austria The Third Man immortalized post-war Vienna‚ creating the architectural images most closely associated Austria’s geopolitical position at the time. Physical destruction served as a constant reminder of Austria’s immediate past and its bleak outlook for the future. The decay also served as a material manifestation of the guilt and repression associated with Austria’s role in the war (Figs. 1-2).[1]
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Description The phrase “parti pris” (also known as "esquisse" or "maquette") is the basic scheme or concept for an architectural design from which an architectural project will be developed. It is the functional arrangement and underlying organisational idea of a building’s plan or its elevation. The phrase is often referred to as the “big idea” and is the chief organizing thought or decision behind an architect’s design presented in the form of a basic diagram and / or a simple statement. A
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Abstract Software architecture plays an important role in the achievement of particular qualities we want to see in our software under development. On the other hand specific software demands some distinct qualities in software architecture. Now question arises how software architecture becomes the base to achieve the certain qualities and how qualities influence the architecture. Architecture provides the base for the development of the core product so by inspecting the architecture we can predict
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one sees around them is designed and built with much thought and care. They are all designed and built by what we call architecture. According to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary architecture is "the art or science of building; specifically: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones‚ a method or style of building". Architecture is a science according to Merriam-Webster because it is "a department of
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Roman Numerals advancing the knowledge of mathematics‚ more organized cities through grid plans‚ and strong roman structures from roman concrete‚ are three artifacts that are some of the most historically significant developments in the civilization of ancient Rome. Roman Numerals‚ symbols that represent numbers‚ originated around 8th century B.C. to 2nd Century AD‚ to help record numbers in coins‚ art and stones. They are one of the most significantly important artifacts not only for Rome but the
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his Five Points on Architecture. Mies van der Rohe‚ too‚ was prompted by World War I. “The defeat and collapse of the German military-industrial imperium at the end of the First World War reduced the country to a state of economic and political turmoil and Mies‚ along with many other architects who had fought in the war‚ sought to create an architecture that was more organic that permitted by the autocratic canons of the Schinkel tradition.” Mies created an organic architecture through one of Corbusier’s
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