Insula In Ancient Rome the buildings referred to as Insula were as common as the modern apartment building. In Roman architecture an insula is a Latin word that means island. An insula was a kind of apartment building that housed most of the urban citizen population of ancient Rome‚ this included class types of lower or middle-class status. The wealthy families lived in an apartment called a domus‚ they were large and made for single-family residences. These two kinds of housing were intermingled
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significance of the decorative details the church and its surroundings express. More commonly known as Saint Marks Basilica‚ it can be said that it is one of the most famous city churches in Europe and one of the most known examples of Byzantine architecture. The church’s lavish interior structural design‚ golden color mosaics‚ has earned the nickname Chiesa d’Oro (Church of gold). In this term paper I will also intend to interpret how the decorative details the church and its surroundings intent
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New Design in Historic Settings coNteNtS FOREWORD 1.0 IntRODuctIOn 2.0 nEW DEsIgn In HIstORIc sEttIngs 3.0 PRIncIPLEs FOR nEW DEsIgn In HIstORIc sEttIngs 4.0 mEtHOD 5.0 cAsE stuDIEs: An OVERVIEW 1 3 5 7 11 17 Acknowledgments We would like to express our thanks to Urban Initiatives‚ Malcolm Fraser Architects and Andrew Wright Heritage Consultants for their work in preparing the initial report for this publication. Images are Crown Copyright unless otherwise stated. Dates‚ where
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Comparison of French and Italian Gothic Architecture When we hear about Gothic architecture‚ we immediately imagine buildings of this style: Cologne Cathedral‚ Notre-Dame de Paris‚ Mont Saint-Michel and so on. They all seem to share a number of common features: they are tall‚ thin‚ produce ethereal impression and with all their form reach for the sky‚ thus tuning people to a solemn mood. It is less known‚ however‚ although completely logical‚ that Gothic style is not homogenous‚ and the Gothic
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Introduction Software architecture is defined as the structured process providing a solution that meets technical and operational requirements of a project while optimizing performance and security. Architecture provides a set of abstract patterns guiding the design of a software system. This provides for problem-solving and planning to a software solution. Once the purpose and specifications of the proposed software is determined the next step is to design a plan for the solution. Design Patterns
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G.H.RAISONI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Digdoh Hills‚ Hingna Road‚ Nagpur-16. Department of Computer Science & Engg. Question Bank Session 2011-12 Year/Branch/Sem/Sec : 3rd/CSE/ B Subject: Computer Architecture & Organization ____________________________________________________________ _______________ UNIT 1. 1. Explain the three major design levels in a
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the Romans capitalized on its usefulness by improving the design through flattening the arch and using concrete to construct them (Gascoigne). This allowed the Romans to use arches to create bigger‚ heavier structures. The use of arches in Roman architecture helped to distribute the weight of a structure better‚ so that buildings‚ like the Colosseum‚ would not collapse under their own weight. Arches were also key in the construction of bridges aqueducts. The use of arches helped to make these larger
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1. S-FABRIC ARCHITECTURE In this section‚ we present the basic concept of S-Fabric. First‚ we explain the basic terminologies. Then we introduce an example architecture of two interconnected data centers which apply S-Fabric. 1.1 Global topology As presented in Figure 1‚ S-Fabric defines following types of devices in the architecture: Host (H) A host can be a physical server‚ a virtual machine‚ or a container in S-Fabric network. A host connects to S-Fabric via a leaf switch. A host can be
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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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What is the renaissance architecture? The answer lays in its very name- the word is originally French‚ from term la rinascita “to be reborn”. If we want to describe this era‚ we could say‚ that renaissance is “a self-conscious break with the past and search for the new forms of expression”. And it’s fully true- renaissance is an entirely new turn in the History of Architecture‚ but at the same time it’s a return to and exalt of antique forms of roman art. It is said‚ that “Renaissance architects
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