The structure of the literature review is arranged in order to state the value of the old Urban fabric and how did it get formed throughout the history in the first paragraph. Whilst‚ the second paragraph will analyze the introduction of modernity elements in urbanization and urbanism during the french colonial period‚ The value of monuments‚ axis and streets network‚ squares‚ recreational areas and building typologies will be discuss through the second paragraph. The third paragraph will correlate
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Brutalist architecture is like an overbearing‚ person of authority. It’s oppressive‚ totalitarian style is a “no nonsense” attempt to bring wealth‚ efficiency and strong community living to areas. Although the initial intension was good‚ many structures are much too large and do not harmonize well with the area. Massive amounts of concrete were used to construct these unpolished fortresses‚ which is bad for the environment. This style of architecture was popular in the 1960’s and 1970’s and used
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UA 200 Urban Studies Professor Crisler 31 October 2013 CHAPTERS 7 & 8 Short Essay (10 points each). 1. Discuss the Central Place Theory. Who is the credited for being the author? The Central Place Theory is the idea that the city is the place where the mix of people and ideas makes the creation of new things easy. The city by its own natural promotes interaction and fusion. Furthermore‚ as one approaches the city‚ the level of human activity becomes more intense. Walter Christaller is credited
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LES MIZ SHOES Case Study I. PROBLEM The capacity of Les Miz Shoes to exist as a corporate entity II. ANALYSIS 1. Management Ownership is not open for others outside the family‚ thus limiting the managing power to one person. 2. Exportation Mr. Ducot’s attempt to establish market in Europe was unsuccessful. 3. Strategy Mr. Ducot wanted an expansion of the company. He will use earnings from merchandising of Les Miz shoes in Philippines. 4. Local Sales Sales of Les Miz Shoes are low. It
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Rakhshaan Qazi-‐ Modern Architecture‚ Essay two Four of the leading architects of the modernist period were Adolf Loos‚ Frank Lloyd Wright‚ Ludwig Mies Van der Rode‚ and Louis Kahn. These architects drew significantly from each other and explored similar ideas in their establishing of a new standard
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The Starchitect of Post-Modern Architecture Architecture was the first style to push beyond modernist values and shift to post-modern values. Modern architecture followed a uniform style that appears in the de Stijl movement; which preferred order‚ horizontal/vertical lines‚ simplicity‚ sameness‚ universal form‚ and purism; meanwhile‚ the Bauhaus movement used industrial materials and simple geometric forms. The international style or what can be termed as present-day architecture followed the modernist
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In 1784 to 1785 Napoleon attended the Ecole Militaire in Paris. That was the place where he received his military training. He studied to be an artillery man and an officer. He finished his training and joined the French army when he was 16 years old! Soon after that his father died and he was left with the responsibility of taking care of the huge Bonaparte family. Napoleon was stationed in Paris in 1792. After the French monarchy was overthrown on August 10‚ 1792‚ Napoleon decided to make his
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The Post Modernism period just came after the Modern period but it is not clear or impossible to be said when it came. In other words the modern Period was the time when the world was recovered from World War 2‚ which started globalization. The Post Modernism is a concept that arrived an era of academic study about in the mid-1980s. There is a variety of concepts‚ architecture‚ music‚ literature‚ fashion‚ art‚ film etc. In the 1980’s the political climate changed. During that time Post Modernism
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Paris 36 starts with confession by the protagonist Pigoil(Gérard Jugnot) to a police officer‚ accused of murder. It turns to a flashback to the year 1936 depicting the unstable district in a Paris faubourg‚ suffered from depression and the rising pool of involuntary unemployment. Pigoil has lost his lifetime job in a liquidated musical hall and his wife runs off with another man. More miserably‚ Pigoil cannot keep the custody of his beloved son- JoJo(Maxence Perrin) because of his financial inability
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rederick smith The Golden Ratio March 31 2011 1. The introduction: Hello my name is Frederick Smith‚ I will be speaking you about a fascinating thing that is in everything‚ it’s a part of you‚ it created you & its not just in you‚ its all around you. Its also in all plants and in all animals. Take for example an octopus has eight tentacles hence the name “octo’~pus‚ each one of its tentacles has the exact number of suckers on it and each tentacle is the same length pretty amazing right...
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