History of World Architecture Final Exam Paper 1) Architecture’s role in creating an urban vision varies from creating feature buildings to providing background consistency while aspiring to implement an overall concept for a city. Discuss how architecture operates in both ways using specific examples‚ along with their associated urban strategies‚ in three of the following cases: * Paris under Baron Haussmann’s direction * Michelangelo’s Campidoglio * Antonio Sant’Elia’s Citta Nuova
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around us becomes computerized and automated. Wants of people had greatly changed and become more complicated than before. For example‚ in the past‚ the only man‟s need was to have a simple building to shelter him and protect his family from the environment. But today‚ the man‟s want is to have a complicated structural building supported with air conditioning systems‚ lighting systems‚ and electromechanical systems. And all of these systems are accompanied with some problems that can be summarized
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“genetics” began to be used shortly before Galton’s death. The field of genetics studies biological differences. Human behavioral genetics is a fairly new branch of genetics. This branch concentrates on the influences of both genetics and the environment on the variations in behavior among individuals. Human behavior geneticists often have a difficult task before them. It is exceedingly difficult to define behaviors and study them ethically. For example‚ if one studies intelligence‚ is he studying
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UNDERWATER ARCHITECTURE Himanshu P. Patil B. K. P. S. College Of Architecture‚ Pune. Fourth Year B.Arch UNDERWATER ARCHITECTURE Himanshu P. Patil Fourth Year B.Arch ABSTRACT: To live below the water is very fascinating for the mankind. There are so many architects who had tried to build underwater structures but couldn’t succed‚ because the construction part is the most difficult part
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RAPPEL A L’ORDRE: THE CASE FOR THE TECTONIC Kenneth Frampton Kenneth Frampton’s ‘Rappel a L’Ordre: The Case for the Tectonic’ identifies the issues in relation to the tectonic form‚ his intention is to make architecture step apart of just being part of a scenographic interpretation. The word tectonic is addressed from its different origins but overall referring to carpentry and its evolution into an aspect of poetry and art of construction. Tectonic objects are seen in two different forms;
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BUILD ENVIRONMENT The term built environment refers to the human-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity‚ ranging in scale from buildings and parks or green space to neighborhoods and cities that can often include their supporting infrastructure‚ such as water supply‚ or energy networks. The built environment is a material‚ spatial and cultural product of human labor that combines physical elements and energy in forms for living‚ working and playing. It has been defined as
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Personal Narrative your name PSY/230 10/14/11 theacher Axia College of University of Phoenix The purpose and meaning of life‚ is to live it in the most meaningful way a person can. I work hard on this daily‚ and try to show the younger generation that life can be so beautiful in a lot of positive ways if you lead it the way you want it. My personal narrative will be away to express myself like I have not done before by using theories in my readings. I am a thirty-year-old man who is very energetic
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Personal Reflections Amanda F. PSY/400 January 20‚ 2014 Nicoletta Nance Personal Reflections The concept of self in the social world has been the subject of psychology studies for decades. Self-concept is defined as “a person’s answers to the question‚ “Who am I?” (Myers‚ 2010). Several factors‚ both internal and external‚ create each individual’s sense of self. Self-concept‚ self-esteem‚ self-knowledge‚ and social self all help create the sense of self. Self-schemas are an important
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As some critics contended‚ postmodernism represents a break with the modernist notion that architecture should be technologically rational‚ austere and functional‚ discuss the ways in which one postmodern architect has developed strategies which overcome these tendencies. Juxtaposition is seen between the characteristics of early 20th century modern architecture and the artistic endeavours of postmodernism that followed. To represent the ‘Less is More’ (R.Venturi‚ 1966‚ pg16) notion the modernist
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Enterprise Architecture Article – 10 By: George Brundage February 12‚ 2011 This article includes my thoughts about the business architecture‚ Cloud Computing‚ Business Process Management (BPM)‚ and Business Rules. This article consists of a conversation between the CIO and Enterprise Architect. It is a product of my imagination. ____________________ CIO: I don’t want you to use the word “consolidation.” Instead‚ use the word “integration.” I am worried that someone will think that we are
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