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Robson, William M. "What can the site give to the building and the building to the site?" Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46176.
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This thesis explores the relationship between the "constructed" (built) environment and the natural environment. What defines such a relationship and can the relationship be formulated? Surely a successful union is much like a marriage whereby one part is better than either of the individual parts. This thesis is an exploration into that relationship. It explores the nature of the built environment through the construction in the natural environment. In addition, it explores the possibility of utilizing a set of guidelines to assist the designer in the creation of such a relationship.
The project type (Retreat Center) itself opens the door to possibilities by carving out the natural environment. It proposes that through careful design considerations a harmony can exist between man's built environs and the earth's natural environment.Master of Architecture
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Mahmoud, Khalid Mukhtar. "Building industry and organizational fitness : nature, measurement and development." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53316.
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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is well understood that the advancement in information technology and increasing globalization has led our business environment to become much more complex and uncertain. Similarly the appropriateness of a firm's strategy can be defined in terms of its fit, match or congruence with the environment or organizational contingencies facing the firm. Thus at the turn of the 21st century, the concepts of industry and organizational fitness playa significant and predominant role in ensuring survival. The study presumed that, although various models and tools related to measuring and building industry and organizational fitness have been contributed by various authors, there exists an absence of comprehensiveness and coherence between them. Thus it aimed at investigating and analyzing different contemporary strategic management approaches and tools, so as to describe the comprehensive nature of industry and organizational fitness and find all-inclusive areas of measuring and building organizational fitness. According to the analysis done it was found that a significant level of overlap components of industry fitness and bewilderment exists in differentiating the elements and and organizational fitness. Moreover, although no considerable disagreement and deviation was detected between the various contemporary approaches and tools related to measuring and building organizational fitness, there is a high degree of replication and disintegration between them. In addition to this most of the approaches have a partial coverage of the important factors that influence organizational fitness and attempt to deal with problems from limited perspectives. On the bases of the analysis and findings, recommendations are provided for improving the understanding of the concepts and the nature of industry and organizational fitness. Moreover, suggestions for integrating and cohering the various strategic management approaches and tools of measuring and building organizational fitness are given.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Dit is welbekend dat ons sake omgewing baie meer kompleks en onseker geraak het weens die vooruitgang in informasietegnologie en toenemende globalisasie. Die geskiktheid van 'n firma se strategie kan gemeet word aan hoever dit pas by die omgewing en die gebeurlikhede wat die firma mee moet deel. Aan die begin van die 21 ste eeu speel konsepte van industrie en van organisoriese fiksheid 'n oorheersende en betekenisvolle rol in die bepaling van oorlewing. Daar is gevind dat, alhoewel daar al baie geskryf is oor verskillende modelle en metodes om industrie en organisoriese fiksheid te meet en te bou, daar tog 'n gebrek is aan volledigheid en samehangendheid. Dus ondersoek en analiseer hierdie studie die eietydse benadering tot strategiese bestuur en die metodes wat gebruik word. Die doel is om die aard van industrie en die fiksheid van 'n organisasie omvattend te beskryf en om metodes te vind om dit te meet en uit te bou. Die analise toon dat daar 'n groot mate van verwarring en oorvleueling bestaan in die uitkenning van die elemente en komponente van die fiksheid van 'n industrie en 'n organisasie. Alhoewel daar nie groot verskille of afwykings tussen die eietydse benaderings en metodes is nie, is daar wel baie herhaling en disintegrasie. Die meeste benaderings dek ook net gedeeltelik die belangrike faktore wat 'n organisasie beïnvloed en benader die probleme vanaf beperkte perspektiewe. Op die basis van die analise en bevindings word aanbevelings gedoen sodat die konsepte en aard van die industrie en organisoriese fiksheid beter verstaan kan word. Ook is daar voorstelle vir die integrering van die verskillende strategiese bestuursbenaderings en die metodes vir die meet en opbou van organisoriese fiksheid.
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Garnyk, Liudmyla Petrivna, Igor Mikhailovich Posokhov, I. I. Snihurova, and Elina Dmytrivna Sheianova. "Game of stratagems: archetypal nature of success strategies building." Thesis, Посвіт, 2019. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/43366.
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The purpose of the research is to analyze contemporary versions of Chinese Stratagems texts and identify «instant character» of their elements that have semantically close interpretations in different cultures and civilizations, distanced from each other mentally, geographically and chronologically, that helps us to identify their archetypal nature. The research methodology is based on approaches, borrowed from James George Frazer’s works on social anthropology and Gilbert Durand’s instrument «Imaginer» that were joined within canvas of our research methodology with traditional methods of content and event comparative analysis. The scientific novelty of our article consists in an attempt to apply archetypal meta-theory and its instruments for creating concept of intellectual card game «Stratagems» that has passed probation during 2017 – 2019 in frameworks of seminars on economics, theory of international economic relations, management, psychology and applied linguistics in National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute». Conclusions. During all periods of human history, numerous issues close related with strategies of sustainable development on local, regional and global levels traditionally were dependent on evolution of spiritual-philosophic domain of mankind being. Contemporary wisdom (global intellectual capital) as balanced set of tactics (theory) and based on them behavioral patterns (praxis) we have defined as interpreted and reshaped eternal knowledge by different civilizations and cultures into variety of sources and forms like games, epic stories, sacral doctrines, legends, fables and folklore. The most interesting and controversial by nature among them are group of works on Chinese Stratagems and their application for different spheres of communication and socioeconomic interactions (policymaking, consumer’s behavior, diplomacy, constructing of quality management systems, administrative management and etc.). Today globalization, as socio-economic and geopolitical process, has faced all contemporary communities with dilemma of making right choice and appropriate strategy in frameworks of interpersonal or intercultural communication (business, bilateral talks, mediation of conflicts and etc.) and also in sphere of administrative management, international economic relations and quality assurance of decision-making process. Thus, our attention focused on mentioned above issues, has being attracted by works devoted to strategic decision-making, crisis management and philosophy of quality management.Мета дослідження – проаналізувати сучасні версії текстів Китайських Стратагем та вивчити «універсальний характер» їх елементів, що мають семантично наближені інтерпретації у різних культурах та цивілізаціях, розділених між собою ментально, географічно й у часі, що допоможе нам виявити їх архетипну природу. Методологія дослідження базується на підходах, запозичених у роботах з соціальної антропології Джеймса Джорджа Фрейзера та інструмент «Імаджинер» Жильбера Дюрана, які були поєднані у канві методології нашого дослідження з традиційними методами порівняльного аналізу змісту та подій. Наукова новизна нашої статті міститься у спробі залучити архетипну метатеорію та її інструменти для створення концепції інтелектуальної гри «Стратагеми», яка пройшла апробацію протягом 2017 – 2019 років у рамках семінарів з економіки, теорії міжнародних економічних відносин, менеджменту, психології та прикладної лінгвістики у Національному технічному університеті «Харківський політехнічний інститут». Висновки. Протягом усіх періодів історії людства численні питання, тісно пов’язані з стратегіями сталого розвитку на локальному, регіональному та глобальному рівнях, традиційно знаходилися в залежності від еволюції духовно-філософського простору людського буття. Сучасна мудрість (глобальний інтелектуальний капітал) як збалансований набір тактик (теорія) та похідних від них поведінкових патернів (практика), нами визначено як першознання, інтепретоване та видозмінене багатьма цивілізаціями і культурами у різноманітні джерела й форми, такі як: ігри, епічні історії, сакральні доктрини, легенди, байки та фольклор. Найбільш цікавими і суперечливими за своєю природою серед них є група робіт з Китайських Стратагем та їх застосування у різних сферах спілкування й соціоекономічних взаємодій (політика, психологія споживача, дипломатія, створення систем менеджменту якості, адміністра-тивний менеджмент тощо). Нині глобалізація як соціально-економічний та геополітичний процес поставила сучасні спільноти перед дилемою вибору правильної стратегії у рамках міжособистісної чи міжкультурної комунікації (бізнес, перемовини, розв’язання конфліктів тощо), а також у галузі адміністративного менеджменту та забезпечення якості процесу прийняття рішень. Тому наша увага, зосереджена на згаданих вище питаннях, була привернута до робіт, присвячених прийняттю стратегічних рішень, кризовому менеджменту та філософії менеджменту якості.
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Boza, Mery Gissela. "Diospi Suyana Building Hope in the Andes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83817.
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How to design with empathy?
"The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture."
Alvar Aalto
For me architecture has the power to enhance human's lives. Our beautiful world needs a fine and delicate touch to modify their nature and abstract their essences without changing its soul.
The focus of this thesis is to empathize with nature and use it as an instrument to heal the mind and provide comfort to the body. The empathy of architecture with the users and the environment is a key to provide healing. For that reason, the architecture tends to create more than a building; it also creates it's own spirit.
This project is a Cancer Treatment Center located in the Andes of Peru, which purpose is to response to the emotions and needs of the patients and staff. Cancer is a complex disease, which can make the patient feel lost in the world. The interplay with nature will create a healing environment and a spiritual retreat, which creates relief and connection with the universe. The building provides the users places to breath deeply, think and connect with each individual belief.
The design looks for a natural organic plan, which takes advantage of the light and the surroundings. The green design works as a placebo for the patients, which are passing through theses difficult stages. Following the new trends and trying to separate of the idea of a mega hospital, the center is small in scale, but it has a program, which provides care and treatment at the same time. The walls are strong and solid to show the support and protect the inhabitants, but they are also flexible to blend with the high mountains in the horizon. It also has a green oasis, which is the heart of the project that runs from the beginning to end and merged with the natural slope land.
The culture plays an important role in the planning of the design. Adjusting to the customs and beliefs, the building respects the vernacular architecture, and gets inspiration of traditional materials and construction methods that the Inca's empire used like adobe and stone.Master of Architecture
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Grutzius, Heather L. "The Nature of Building A Public Arts Complex in Washington, DC." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9656.
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"Construction is the art of making a meaningful whole out of many parts. Buildings are witnesses to the human ability to construct concrete things. I believe that the real core of all architectural work lies in the art of construction. At the point in time when concrete materials are assembled and erected, the architecture we have been looking for becomes part of the real world." -Peter Zumthor
The human experience of construction is the subject of this thesis. Through study of the materials, methods and tools of constructing, this work aims to reveal the nature of building through form, materials and detail.Master of Architecture
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Lancaster, James. "24 hr Building: A Study into the Cyclical Nature of Architecture." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35912.
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We live in a society dominated by time. It plays a part in nearly everything we do. Time tells us when to wake up, when to eat, when to be at work, when its time to sleep, and so on. Just as people are controlled by time, so are the buildings we use. Th ese buildings oft en times are very narrowly used. As a result, portions of our cities are full of activity during certain times of the day, while at other times become deserted. What happens to the building when it is not being used? Does the building go to sleep? Do buildings need to sleep? Is it possible to design a mixed-use building in our nations capitol that never sleeps? Th ese are just a few of the questions that began this journey to design 24 hours building and the cyclical nature of the people that inhabit them.Master of Architecture
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Preston, John C. "Connecting With Nature: Building a Spirit of Sustainability in Architectural Design." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/190378.
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Alarm about the state of the environment, particularly Global Climate Change with its many implications, has led to a new awareness and action toward creating a sustainable future. By the United Nations’ definition, a sustainable future is one that meets the needs of the present while protecting the environment and providing for the needs of the future. With this new awareness, technologies and design approaches that support the concept of sustainability have become popular. Less attention has been focused on the important potential experiential and aesthetic benefits that come from a stronger appreciation and relationship to nature. This wide-ranging study broadly analyzes the concept of sustainability as it applies to aspects of planning, landscape architecture and more specifically in regard to architectural design. The research of literature and projects of noted writers, designers and buildings associated with sustainability is used to find common attributes for creating a character, or spirit. The research examines the additional factors that create a character of sustainability in environments. Seven common key indicators important to the creation of sustainable character are derived from the research. This character happens when a holistic design approach is taken, and the interaction between humans, nature and the designed physical environment is emphasized as an integral part of the process. These factors may be used to analyze projects for their relationship to sustainability in aesthetic and experiential terms, as well as providing criteria for future designs.
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Lozano, Lopez Paula. "The Pedagogy of Emotions : Exploring Emotional Education in a Swedish Nature-Based Preschool: Building Affective Bonds with Nature." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-155645.
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Research has widely approached the benefits and potentials of nature contact and outdoor education on children’s emotional development. There is however little evidence on teachers’ approach and educational methods on emotional education in nature. This paper investigates the potentials of outdoor education for children’s development of emotional competences by exploring in which ways emotional education is included within the didactic methodologies in a Swedish “I Ur Och Skur” nature-based preschool. Through an ethnographic approach the author identified three main educational methods by which emotional education is included within the daily teaching in the outdoors: emotional expressiveness, direct sensory experience with nature and affective social interaction. This study contributes in two main ways: first, it shows how educators approach and include emotional learning in nature spaces as a mean to help children engage affectively with their social and natural world. Second, it highlights and illustrates the potentials of outdoor and emotional education in young children.
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Pollack, Scott R. (Scott Robert). "Building for a Nature-Oriented Spirituality : a gathering for the cross-quarters." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69279.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991.Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82).
This thesis is a proposal for a way of building for a Nature-Oriented Spirituality. It begins an exploration into what a community might look like for people who see the land and the seasons as the generators of life. This process requires that the link between belief and physical form be made explicit and what this implies about the places that we make and inhabit. The project is a Ritual Community, a home and gathering place for the EarthSpirit Community. EarthSpirit is a New England based organization of individuals and groups whose beliefs are based generally on pre-Judeo / Christian myths and traditions, especially those of northern Europe and the British Isles. It is a spiritual construct quite different than that of the society at large, with profound implications both for the social and built environment. Since the late Middle Ages the practice of these beliefs has been out of necessity secretive and underground. Therefore there is no modern and little historical built precedence from which to start. The development of an attitude about both the landscape and how to place buildings within it is the central issue of this thesis. Rather than being prescriptive, an attitude provides guidance in how to approach the design and building processes without requiring use of a specific "style" of constructional system. By attuning the attitude toward physical form with the general attitudes and beliefs of a community, the outcome of the building process should provide an appropriate environment for that communitie's life and activities. The basic Pagan and Wiccan beliefs are an understanding and abstraction of Nature and the cycles of the seasons. Building a community for Pagans and Witches implies that appropriate attitudes can be found in understanding how the landscape behaves and using that understanding as the basis for building. Since the community accepts the physical character of the Universe as real and important, it is that which we can experience in the world that should guide how we integrate ourselves into Nature. We too are part of nature, not outside of it, and so part of building is finding a balance between the willful act of changing the environment to support us and allowing the land to continue on with its own business of fertility, growth, decline and death. The narrative character of shared symbols and geometries also have a place in the making of the built environment, their purpose to tell a story, to provide specific associations with the beliefs of the community. Where the narrative character of the building is it's most important feature, such as in the Ritual Building, these will come into use directly. In general. however, it is what we learn from the landscape which will generate an appropriate building method.
by Scott R. Pollack.
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Muirhead, Stuart. "Nature and well-being : building social and emotional capital through environmental volunteering." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2011. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/5bc07240-734f-4b64-9390-67da018adcf7.
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This thesis explores the interaction between well-being and environmental volunteering. Focusing on five case study groups across Scotland, the emotional, social and physical well-being impacts of active environmental volunteer work are examined. Through an extensive ethnographic approach incorporating in-depth interviewing, participant observation and focus group work the thesis highlights the importance of studying the initial and continuing motivations for individuals to participate in environmental volunteering. This retains a particular focus on emotional and embodied volunteer experiences, exploring the importance of tasks and landscapes on the volunteering encounters. In considering the meaning of volunteering, the thesis also explores linkages of community and citizenship and how individuals frame and understand their volunteering, especially in relation to the environmental aspects of the work. This speaks directly to academic themes of embodiment, human-nature interactions, emotional geographies and social capital. The studentship was an ESRC-CASE funded project, with the CASE partner being Forestry Commission Scotland. The research takes place within a dynamic political context that encompasses current research and work on volunteering and natural environment encounters within Scotland and the UK as a whole. The thesis looks to inform ongoing policy relevant debates on environmental volunteering within both the Forestry Commission Scotland and the Scottish Government.
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Goffi, Federica. "The Sempiternal Nature of Architectural-Conservation and the Unfinished Building and Drawing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29312.
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Conservation is today often interpreted as the preservation of a still-shot, an understanding informed by the belief that by displaying photographic memory of the past, it is possible to gain access to it. Naturalistic representation is unequivocal and presents the onlooker with a single meaning. The dominance of the photorealistic image as model for memory, should be challenged by undermining the notion that architectural representation is a portrayal of likeness, restoring its full potential as an iconic representation of presence.
A micro-historical study of the Renaissance concept of restoration, focused on Tiberio Alfaranoâ s 1571 ichnography of St. Peterâ s Basilica in the Vatican, offers an alternative paradigm in order to inform, critically, contemporary theory and the practice of the renewal of mnemic buildings. The hybrid drawing (1571) extends beyond the opera of graphic architecture, realizing a real effigy.
Alfarano factured a track-drawing, providing memory traces on the drawing-site, which, acting like a veil, bear marks of the buildingâ s presence within time. The ichnography makes visible a â hallowed configurationâ , conceived as a substratum for the imagination of conservation. This defines a collective daydreaming strategy, from which multiple authors can imagine possible futures. Ambiguity and polysemy inform the drawing, generating an equivocal space where unforeseeable inventions occur by the process of future predictions by recollecting memories. This invites merging multiple stories.
Grasping the significance of Alfaranoâ s drawing, one begins to comprehend the mistaken belief in the primacy of photo rendering to access a building and conserve its essence. Any essence cannot be achieved through exact visual reconstruction, rather through a chiasmus of past and present form, expressing allegoric significance.
The retrospective and prospective character of the architectural-conservation process can be experienced through the intermediacy of hybrid-drawings directing the gaze simultaneously in two directions; a pre-existent condition engages in dialogue with future design. This is a condition absent from todayâ s practice, where measured drawings and design drawings are often kept separate. Seen this way, architectural drawings could rejoin these two temporal conditions, through metaphoric or literal transparency, and allow for a real transformation within continuity of identity.Ph. D.
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Xu, Tian Yang Kevin. "Building Ecotheology: Nature Veneration in Architecture and its Contributions to Environmental Stewardship." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592171201279149.
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Plotkowski, Robin. "Experience + evolution exploring nature as a constant in an evolving culture and building type /." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?e14.2895.
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Talbot, Lorraine. "The demutualisation of building societies : a contextual analysis of the changing nature of mutuality." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2002. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13431/.
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The contention of this thesis is that the demutualisation of building societies may be understood as resulting from the process of reconceptualisation that mutuality has undergone throughout its history. It is suggested that the history of mutuality is the history of the tendency towards its own destruction as building societies evolved from small local concerns into being some of the largest financial institutions in the national economy. Further to this, it is suggested that observation of the nature of mutuality at various historical moments provides insights into the nature of building societies per se. Furthermore, the nature of mutuality at any historical moment reflects the contextual forces that prevail upon it. In other words, mutuality provides an index to the political, social and economic forces at a particular moment in history and understanding mutuality in this way provides a framework in which to understand future developments in mutual building societies. In support of this hypothesis, this thesis demonstrates that mutuality in the context of early building societies denoted equality between members in respect of rights, responsibilities and benefits. Mutuality meant equality, responsibility and benefits and the concept described actual material relations. However, when building societies became widespread and highly capitalized, policy and legislation combined to construct a mutuality that created a manageable financial institution for the wealthier working classes and lower middle classes. Mutuality denoted the political imperative to encourage thrift and property ownership within a legislative framework and it was characterized by the separation of the borrower- member role from the lender-member role and the formal creation of a legal entity, the incorporated building society. By drawing upon distinct historical periods, this thesis contends that this hybrid commercial organization, the mutual building society, is to a great extent the creature of government policy, which is central to the construction or destruction of mutuality. This is patiicularly evident in the politics that informed the passage ofthe 1986 Building Societies Act, which provides for conversion or demutualisation. However, as this thesis demonstrates, mutuality reflects the internal character of building societies such as the relationship of the membership to the society, and external factors, such as the political and economic climate. Thus, the maintenance of mutuality will depend on the interplay between these factors.
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Visser, Michelle. "No child left without a tribe the nature of implementing classroom community building strategies /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1654501251&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Chalfont, Garuth Eliot. "Connection to nature at the building edge : towards a therapeutic architecture for dementia care environments." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2006. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1241/.
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Residential dementia care environments were investigated to discover a potential therapeutic role for architecture by facilitating a connection to nature for residents. A study of ‘place as process' included over two years of observational data highlighting multiple factors of the built and social environment that challenged or enabled sensory stimulation and nature-related activities. ‘Nature' was defined and SLANT was developed to quantitatively assess fourteen facilities for their potential to provide a ‘connection' to nature. The Edge Space Study facilitated sensory stimulation and social interaction and assisted the ability of people with dementia to express themselves creatively, including using nature symbolically, for ethical reasoning, introspection and personification. Because edge spaces supported social interaction while affording natural stimuli, these informal dialogues enabled manifestations of selfhood which contributed to well-being. People with dementia used nature as a tool to communicate. A discourse analysis method based on relationships was developed and demonstrated which contributes to research on selfhood in dementia. The Prosentia Hypothesis was proposed to test the key mechanisms of beneficial human-environment interactions involving people and nature within the context of relationship. Contributions also include the ‘triangle conversation' interview method and the concept of ‘time frame identity.' The edge space typology showed therapeutic potential by affording a person the tools and opportunity to explore emotional and spiritual issues. Such benefits are possible if care practice is routinely involved. Design guidance is proposed for edge spaces and for connection to nature in residential care homes, illustrated with examples from existing facilities. This thesis argues for an integration of architecture, landscape and care practice, a re-conceptualisation of the building edge as permeable and inclusive, advancing a new paradigm of integration and creativity over exclusion, separation and learned disability.
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Navidi, Parisa. "Inspiration By Nature: Biomimetic Research Informs Adaptable Building Skin System for Natural Ventilation and Daylight in Hot Dry Climate (Yazd, Iran)." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2014. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1158.
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Many plant species, including Barrel Cacti, have developed long-term evolutionary adaptable traits to survive in extreme climates. The most important trait of cacti in extreme hot dry climates is to reduce water evaporation and increase water storage. The exterior skin of a cactus plays an important role in preventing water evaporation through heat transmission.
On the other hand, there have been many passive design strategies applied to the space planning and building design of architecture in hot dry climates. The goal of these passive design strategies is to regulate the penetration of heat into building spaces while creating a strong ventilation system to help bring cool air inside the building.
In this paper, adaptations of the Barrel Cactus' exterior skin, along with architectural passive design strategies for hot dry climates (in this caseYazd, Iran) will be discussed and integrated with one another through the concept of Biomimicry. The goal is to design an exterior building skin that is attuned to the environmental conditions of a hot dry climate, based on the successful applicable behaviors demonstrated in the Barrel Cactus. Key architectural features such as natural ventilation and daylight will be informed by the evolutionary cacti adaptations and passive architectural strategies in the design of the building skin in order to increase the possibility of consistent comfort for users of an office building.
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Cogsdale, Carrie. "Building a Brighter Future Through Education: Student Housing for Single Parent Families." Scholar Commons, 2009. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3692.
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On the possibilities of a child the Center for Disease Control says, “Every Child
should have the opportunity to reach their full potential”. (CDC) Children who grow up
in low-income families are at risk of falling behind in education before they even enter
kindergarten. Single parents that struggle to provide food and shelter often lack the time
and the resources to provide the early education that their children need. A college
education could provide these parents and their children with a better quality of life.
University student housing could include built in childcare services, educational
assistance and peer support, for single parents working toward their degree. The
development of a child is as important as the education of the parent. The home should
provide its inhabitants with safety and promote learning and growth.
A focus will be place on the shared common spaces. Emphasis will be given to
the shared living rooms in order to promote an interaction between the individual
families. These shared spaces would be a medium for children from the different
families to play together along side spaces for their parents to study. The private family
spaces can be minimized to sleeping quarters, a kitchen and a small living space,
providing a place for intimate family interaction. The project will also include an inhouse
childcare center, for the children living in the facility. The childcare center
provides a safe learning environment for the children, while their parents are at school.
Garden’s and play spaces throughout the building should stimulate a child’s imagination
and encourage their curiosity.
Combining a safe learning and living environment, with access to nature will
provide both a sense of security of home and school, and the freedom of exploration.
“For healthy development, undistorted by fears and worries children need to feel valued
and protected. They need both challenge and an ambience of security”(Day, 34).
Investing in a child by showing them what they are capable of achieving with education
is not a gamble. A child’s potential is a thing that cannot be left to fall, unachieved. A
healthy society benefits from the education of all.
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Lee, Jianna Jiyeon. "Eco-Effective Regenerative High-rise Buildings in Benefit of Nature and the Growth of Resilience of a City." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592135919693388.
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Larsen, Matthew. "Material and Form." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31336.
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This thesis is the search for clarity in the relationship between essence and appearance, construction and form, necessity and possibility, object and subject. It is a reflection on the question of the nature of building.
I cannot tell you that something is beautiful. I can only explain why I do what I do, and how I do it. I have tried to limit the text to a minimum, because architecture is not about words. Text is added to clarify an idea.
The project is a bank made with brick in Old Town Alexandria.Master of Architecture
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Yi, Claire. "Re-Imagining Nature in Dense, High Rise Urban Environment: the Present and Future of Green Building Infrastructure in Singapore." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2020. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/217.
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From the futuristic Jewel at Changi Airport, the healing gardens at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun to School of the Arts at Orchard Road, greenery has sprouted in buildings vertically and horizontally in Singapore, painting a growing green canopy for the dense, high rise city. This paper combines both analyses from first-hand site visits and case studies from external scholar studies to examine the performance of existing Green Building Infrastructures (BGIs) within Singapore’s unique urban context. The study reveals that the success of BGIs is highly dependent on the programming (i.e. thermal comfort design, accessibility, amenity facilities etc.), as well as the function and users of the existing building. Designs and planning that take those factors into consideration while being in line with the city’s general development goals, such as storm water management and pervasive greenery, are likely to bring out the most benefits in BGIs. To demonstrate, this paper also proposed several policy and planning recommendations that included several sets of rudimentary yet relevant parameters. Future research is encouraged to explore more complex combinations of considerations, their incorporation in design and policy making process, as well as a scientific and systematic method to evaluate BGI performance that includes both objective environmental impacts and subjective user experience that might be achieved through smart city developments.
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Fourie, Kristel. "Building a culture of safety : the nature of communication between the Maquassi hills fire services and the community / Fourie, K." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7002.
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Citizens in many provinces in South Africa have increasingly become more vocal about their unhappiness concerning service delivery in many departments of Government; their needs are not being met. Their violence and anger are usually aimed at emergency planners and government institutions, such as the police services, emergency medical services and fire services, therefore adding to various other challenges and difficulties these institution experience in carrying out their responsibilities (News Today, 2008). These institutions are also directly involved in the Disaster Risk Reduction process and play a key role in building a culture of safety and prevention within their communities by distributing knowledge and teaching skills (Twigg, 2004). Twigg (2004) argues that providing communities with information is the only way in which the scale, frequency, and complexity of disasters can be addressed. This should be
done by following a multi–disciplinary approach that includes participatory development communication as a tool. The term participatory development communication refers to communication between parties where information transfer is de–emphasised and the process of dialogue between participants is favoured (Jacobson & Kolluri, 1999). This allows for solutions to problems to be identified in a collective fashion (Twigg, 2004; Jacobson & Kolluri, 1999). In
light of the above the Maquassi Hills Fire Service’s relationship with the community has a major
impact on the contribution the fire services make to building a culture of safety and also to what
extent the community works towards building a culture of safety –– and thereby reducing
disaster risk within the community. This study, consequently, aims to investigate the current
relationship between the Maquassi Hills Fire Services and the community they serve, as well as
the role of participatory development communication in this relationship. In order to do so this
study explore various guidelines and principles set out by the literature in terms of participatory
development communication and culture of safety to establish to what extent the Maquassi
Hills Fire Services adhere to these principles and guidelines in their day–to–day functioning. This
has been done by using a qualitative research design. Data collection methods appropriate to
the qualitative research design were used to collect the necessary data. These methods
included focus group discussions with members of the communities in the Maquassi Hills area
and semi–structured interviews with the staff and management of the Maquassi Hills Fire
Services. Guidelines and principles established in theory were used to describe and evaluate the
current situation between the Maquassi Hills Fire Services and the surrounding communities to
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whom they provide the service of fire fighting. The two main areas of theory addressed were
that of Participatory Development Communication and that of a culture of safety as it presents
in the Disaster Risk Reduction field. These were also the two main areas investigated in the
empirical phase of the study. From the research it was found that in terms of Participatory
Development Communication very little is being done by the fire services to establish dialogical
communication. Thus creating opportunities for communities to communicate with the fire
services by developing relevant communication channels is not being facilitated. However
communities are eager to establish such an interactive relationship with the fire services. The
data indicated that when the principles and guidelines for building a culture of safety are
considered there exist various positive aspects. If these aspects are utilised and facilitated in the
correct manner it may facilitate the process of building a culture of safety. It is therefore
recommended that the fire services should start interacting with the communities in the
Maquassi Hills area. Most of the issues experienced in the relationship between the fire services
and the communities can to some extent be ascribed to the fact that the fire services do not
reach out to the communities they serve. Interactions with the community should be based on
the principles of participatory development communication which will ensure that dialogue is
established and information is exchanged. Also very important in the Maquassi Hills area is
supplying the communities with relevant, regular, correct and coherent fire safety information
and skills. People in these communities need the necessary fire safety information to ensure
their safety in terms of fire. By allowing people in these communities to participate in planning
and implementing initiatives aimed at informing people, awareness campaigns and information
sessions will be suited to the specific areas. This will mean that communities receive
information relevant to their situation and circumstances and ultimately initiatives will be more
effective, allowing the opportunity for a good culture of safety with regard to fire to be built.Thesis (M. Development and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Fecheyr, Lippens Daphne. "Implementing Biomimicry Thinking from fundamental R&D to creating nature-aligned organizations." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1506510439362348.
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Charest, Suzanne. "Ecosystem-based design : addressing the loss of biodiversity and nature experience through architecture and ecology." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4653.
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This thesis is based on two observations. First, that conventional buildings cause two major losses that involve non-human nature – the loss of native biodiversity and the loss of non-human nature experience for the buildings’ human inhabitants – and that these losses both contribute to a perceived separation between humans and the rest of nature. Second, that there appears to be a growing interest in connecting buildings with nature but there is little agreement on what it actually means to ‘design with nature’. As such, the purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to describe the meaning of ‘designing with nature’ in current architectural practice and provide a working definition of nature-based design, and (2) to explore how this can be interpreted to encourage human connectedness with non-human nature, while addressing the two major losses mentioned above. It is thus an attempt to reframe the role of building as one that provides for all inhabitants of a site, both human and non. A framework was developed that captures and summarizes the dominant ways in which design draws on nature. The framework emphasizes the importance of using ecosystems not only as models, but foremost as context. The core concepts of the framework can thus be discussed from the perspective of buildings that act like an ecosystem and that interact with their ecosystem, and are described as: ecological sense of place, regenerative ability, ecosystem health, mutually beneficial relationships, context, appropriate management, functions, ecosystem principles, values, patterns, conditions, and adaptations. Although the concepts presented in the framework are themselves not new, the way in which they are organized does contribute a new perspective on the field of nature-based design. In addition to providing a graphic model that summarizes the essence of an evolving field, the research highlights the role of scale and place in linking building design, native biodiversity, nature experience and connectedness with nature. It thus acts as a backdrop on which to bring a discussion of ecological citizenship into the architectural dialogue.
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O'Driscoll, Aidan. "A longitudinal study of the nature and dynamics of marketing-related competence in the context of a company in the Irish building materials industry." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288824.
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Macoloo, Gervase Chris. "The commodification of urban self-help housing in Kenya : an analysis of the nature of the changing production and consumption of building materials in Mombasa." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292775.
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Fehr, Ben Steven. "The Multifaceted Nature of Consulting: My Experience as an Environmental Scientist at Amec Foster Wheeler." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1513799359516965.
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Bozhinovski, Konstantin. "Generative design of a nature-inspired geometry manipulated by an algorithm in a BIM-environment, applied in a façade system for a residential building in Bologna, Italy." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/21501/.
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In terms of technology, BIM is also part of the worldwide change Industry 4.0, which in essence is the trend toward automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies and processes. Generative design is an iterative process that involves a program that will generate a certain number of outputs that meet certain constraints, so that a designer is able to fine tune the feasible project by changing minimal and maximal values of an interval in which a variable of the program meets the set of constraints, in order to reduce or augment the number of outputs to choose from. The initial idea of this thesis work was to manipulate few of the most basic geometric elements in order to get a complex parametric shape inspired from the honeycomb as the natures perfectly generated the element. This preliminary idea, together with the ambition to use this transformation for a façade system in a structural building led us to a series of decisions to try and connect two “worlds”, in the sense that we have a CAD environment that lets us create the geometry and a BIM environment where everything is represented by a specific level of information. This geometry is given a specific set of rules that drive and manipulate each of the elements it contains in a certain fashion. This methodology, as well as the communication and the interaction between the software adopted and their programming environments, is what makes the generative design possible. This result from the Grasshopper algorithm is then being created in the CAD environment in Rhinoceros3D, which then can be opened through Rhino.Inside.Revit and give us a direct real-time preview in the BIM environment in Revit. Through a long series of testing and experimenting with the geometry, we get to a point where we have a functional algorithm that creates and manipulates the geometry, in order to foster many design opportunities for structural and architectural designers.
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Mitchell, Aaron C. "Camp Wood : experience the Flint Hills." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4155.
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Mokoena, Benjamin P. O. "Conflict and peace in Burundi : exploring the cause(s) and nature of the conflict and prospects for peace." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2394.
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Thesis (MMil (Security and Africa Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.The purpose of this study is to investigate the cause(s), the nature, and characteristics of the conflict in Burundi, and 10 explore the conditions for sustainable peace and prospects for peace. The study is intended as a descriptive analysis of conflict and peace in a case study of Burundi. Since independence in 1962, intermittent conflict has characterised the state of Burundi. There are various accounts of the conflict, of which a popular, but superficial, relates an 'ethnic' conflict between Hutus and Tutsis. Equally disparate, is the prescription of solutions, the most dominant of which is power sharing based on ethnic quotas. The conflict is played out in the context of a failing state with sharp structural weaknesses. In addition, Burundi is mired in the wider instabilities of the Great Lakes region and the communicable effects thereof. The study breaks away from the tendency to analyse only the current (since 1993) bout of conflict. It is proposed that the various incidences of conflict mark different phases in the life cycle of a single conflict. The study also breaks away from the tendency to view the conflict as only opposing Hutus and Tutsis. These two tendencies in analysis generate serious distortions and omissions and may account for the wrong conclusions regarding the conflict in Burundi. Another contribution of the study resides with the proposal of the necessary and sufficient conditions for peace in Burundi. The contention brought forward by this study is that exclusion would appear to be the strongest theoretical approach to understand and describe the conflict in Burundi. In this regard, one particular contentious issue has remained constant throughout all the incidences of conflict involving different groups. The central issue has been about the political economy of Burundi that has systematically denied social mobility for the 'other'. The Burundian state is a repository of political, economic and social security where the 'other', defined in ethnic, intra-ethnic, clanic, regional, elitist (and historically dynastic) terms, is excluded and subordinated. Exclusion (and the consequent inequalities and injustices) is a source of acute grievance and motivation for collective violence. The resultant conflict has manifested in a struggle for the control of the state. Inter alia, the conflict has been pemicious, genocidal, protracted and intractable. The notion of institutionalised power sharing, based on ethnic quotas, has been put forward by the actors in the peace process as the fundamental principle guiding the search for a solution to the conflict in Burundi. The study concludes that power sharing may be necessary, as a confidence building measure, however, power Sharing in itself is not a sufficient condition for sustainable peace, and may well in fulure prove to be Ihe weakest link in the peace process. Inter alia, the conditions in Burundi are not amenable to institutionalised power sharing as such, e.g. the presence of an overwhelming majority, and deep socio-economic inequality along ethnic lines. Further, the current power sharing structure in Burundi tilts the democratic framework in favour of Tutsi participation and security, awards the Tutsi with a de facto veto power, fixes the ethnic balance of power, and thus perpetuates conflict generating Tutsi domination of the political economy of Burundi. This study proposes the reconstruction of the state (state building) as a necessary precondition for peace. II is concluded that political representation, economic opportunity and social mobility, must transcend social categories in Burundi. The continuing instabilities in the Great Lakes region are also a point of concem. Thus, peace in Burundi is also contingent upon greater efforts to curb the communicable conflicts in this region.
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Muldoon-Smith, Kevin. "Taking stock : an investigation into the nature, scale and location of secondary commercial office vacancy in the UK and an appraisal of the various strategies and opportunities for its management and amelioration." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2016. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/32571/.
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There has been little comprehensive investigation of secondary office vacancy in the UK, nor its potential management or amelioration. In response, this thesis is a study of the nature, scale and location of this situation and an appraisal of the various strategies for its management and amelioration. There are three strands of research. An investigation into the nature, scale and location of secondary commercial office vacancy in the UK. An appraisal of potential management strategies and the development of policy recommendations in relation to the potential amelioration of this situation. An appraisal of the literature was conducted to develop an initial theoretical interpretation of secondary office vacancy. A multi attribute database of commercial office vacancy was then developed to evidence the stock of secondary office vacancy in the UK. Finally, a Delphi exercise was conducted to understand the underlying conditions of this phenomenon, its management and potential amelioration. Findings indicate that secondary office vacancy is ambiguous and colloquial. Vacant secondary office property exists in abundance while prime office property is in short supply. The institutions of the commercial office market over simplify and potentially disguise its manifestation. The incidence of secondary office vacancy is primarily caused by a structural change in the nature of demand. It can be held in reserve to support prime office supply, however, it can also overhang less buoyant locations. Consequently, the management strategies for secondary office vacancy are stratified, ranging from exploitation, to demand repositioning, to renewal and finally removal and redevelopment. Findings suggest that these management strategies should be predicated upon the demonstration of economic viability and mediated by the relative era of construction and underlying institutional characteristics. Finally, policy recommendations suggest that the amelioration of secondary office vacancy would be assisted by the promotion of more agile ways of working based on functional tolerance, and optionality.
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Wright, Brian Bradley. "A review of lessons learned to inform capacity-building for sustainable nature-based tourism development in the European Union funded ʺSupport to the Wild Coast Spatial Development Initiative Pilot Programmeʺ." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003628.
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This case-study establishes the influences of power-knowledge relationships on capacity-building for sustainability in the European Union Funded ‘Wild Coast Spatial Development Initiative Pilot Programme’ (EU Programme). It aims to capture the lessons learned for capacitybuilding to support nature-based tourism initiatives on the Wild Coast. The EU Programme aimed to achieve economic and social development of previously disadvantaged communities through nature-based tourism enterprises, and to develop capacity of local authorities and communities to support environmental management. The study discusses common trends in thematic categories emerging from the research data, and contextualises research findings in a broader development landscape. This study indicates that power-knowledge relations were reflected in the EU Programme’s development ideology by an exclusionary development approach, which lacked a participatory ethos. This exclusionary approach did not support an enabling environment for capacity-building. This development approach, guiding the programme conceptualization, design and implementation processes, resulted in a programme with unrealistic objectives, time-frames and resource allocations; a programme resisted by provincial and local government. The study provides a causal link between participation, programme relevance, programme ownership, commitment of stakeholders, effective management and capacity-building for sustainable programme implementation. The study argues that the underlying motivation for the exclusionary EU development ideology in the programme is driven by a risk management strategy. This approach allows the EU to hold power in the development process, whereas, an inclusionary participative development methodology would require a more in-depth negotiation with stakeholders, thereby requiring the EU to relinquish existing levels of power and control. This may increase the risk of an unexpected programme design outcome and associated exposure to financial risk. It may also have a significant financial effect on donor countries' consultancies and consultants currently driving the development industry. This study recommends an interactive-participative methodology for programme design and implementation, if an enabling environment for capacity-building is to be created. In addition, all programme stakeholders must share contractual accountability for programme outcomes. This requires a paradigm shift in the EU development ideology to an inclusionary methodology. However, this research suggests that the current EU development approach will not voluntarily change. I, therefore, argue that South Africa needs to develop a legislative framework that will guide donor-funded development programme methodology, to support an enabling environment for capacity-building.
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Ali, Syed Mahmud. "Nation-building and the nature of conflict in South Asia : a search for patterns in the use of force as a political instrument within and between the states of the region." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319383.
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Wilms, Carl E. "How Elementary School Teachers Teach Science: Using Nature of Science to Understand Elementary Teachers's Science Identities and Teaching Practices - A Case Study." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1406618458.
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O'Rourke, Eamonn Christopher. "Natural building in South Africa : assessing the niche-regime relationship through a 'latent niche' mediation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96704.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis I examine the natural building movement in South Africa in an attempt to determine the systemic influences that appear to confine it to a small market operating at the very edge of the mainstream building sector. I make use of the conceptual framework of the multi-level perspective to explore the interrelationships between natural building as a technological niche and the mainstream building sector as the dominant regime. I extend the concept of a technological niche by appending the term 'latent' to form the term 'latent technological niche', to describe a technology with sustainability credentials that fails to break into the mainstream market, despite achieving technological maturity and constant though minimal market share. The research objectives of this thesis are to: identify pathways for the natural building niche to move beyond its latent state; to determine how the translations of natural building practices to the building sector might occur; and how this might transform the building sector regime. I explore how action research involving knowledge sharing between multi-stakeholder, niche and regime actors might stimulate debate and subsequent action to overcome entry barriers; and serve as a catalyst to advance a latent technological niche beyond its confined market. I present an action research method, a 'latent technological mediation', of facilitated 1st and 2nd order social learning. This is used as a mechanism of tapping into the immediate knowledge of actors in the socio-technical regime. The purpose being to identify the external forces and internal processes of a latent technological niche. The status of a latent technological niche is assessed by comparing these processes in the context of external forces against seven processes, presented in this thesis. These seven processes are considered crucial for a technology to break into the mainstream market and are adapted from the internal processes of success, described in the literature on strategic niche management and the characteristics of a successful 'bounded socio-technical experiment' (BSTE) described in the conceptual work on BSTE's. The potential for natural building systems to enter the mainstream building sector, particularly in South Africa, is used as a case study to apply the latent technological mediation method. The findings of this research suggest that the mainstream building sector is undergoing a transition following the path of socio-techical transformation. The uncertainty introduced by the parallel system of informal settlement, which may drive transition along the more dramatic technological substitution or de-alignment and re-alignment transition pathways is briefly explored.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis ondersoek ek die natuurlike gebou beweging in Suid-Afrika in 'n poging om die sistemiese invloede te bepaal, wat neig om dit te beperk tot 'n klein mark teen die rand van die hoofstroom gebou sektor. Ek maak gebruik van die konseptuele raamwerk van die multi-vlak perspektief om die onderlinge verband tussen natuurlike geboue, as 'n tegnologiese nis, en die hoofstroom gebou sektor, as die dominante regime, te verken. Ek brei die konsep van 'n tegnologiese nis uit, deur die aanbring van die word 'latente' om die term 'latente tegnologiese nis' te vorm. 'n Latente tegnologie nis het volhoubaarheid potensiaal maar slaag nie daarin om in die hoofstroom mark in te breek nie, ten spyte van die bereiking van tegnologiese volwassenheid en 'n konstante maar minimale mark aandeel. Die navorsing doelwitte van hierdie tesis is om: roetes te identifiseer waarlangs die natuurlike gebou nis buite sy latente toestand kan beweeg; om te bepaal hoe die 'vertalings' van natuurlike gebou praktyke aan die gebou sektor kan voorkom; en hoe dit die gebou sektor regime kan verander. Ek bestudeer hoe aksie navorsing waarby kennis tussen verskeie belanghebbendes, nis en regime betrokkenes gedeel is, kan debatteer en die daaropvolgende aksie stimuleer inskrywing hindernisse te oorkom; en dien as 'n katalisator om 'n latente tegnologiese nis te bevorder buite sy beperkte mark. Ek bied 'n aksie-navorsing metode, 'n 'latente tegnologiese bemiddeling' van gefasiliteerde 1st en 2de order sosiale leerervaring aan. Dit dien as 'n meganisme van deling in die onmiddellike kennis van die spelers in die sosio-tegniese regime. Die doel is om die eksterne kragte en interne prosesse van 'n latente tegnologiese nis te identifiseer. Die status van 'n latente tegnologiese nis is beoordeel deur hierdie prosesse te vergelyk in die konteks van eksterne kragte teen sewe prosesse, wat in hierdie tesis aangebied is. Hierdie sewe prosesse word beskou as noodsaaklik vir 'n tegnologie om in die hoofstroom mark in te breek en is aangepas uit die interne prosesse van sukses, soos beskryf in die literatuur oor strategiese nis bestuur en die eienskappe van 'n suksesvolle 'begrensde sosio-tegniese eksperiment' (BSTE) beskryf in die konseptuele literatuur oor BSTE. Die potensiaal vir natuurlike gebou stelsels om die hoofstroom gebou sektor te betree, veral in Suid-Afrika, word gebruik as 'n gevallestudie om die latente tegnologiese bemiddeling metode toe te pas. Die bevindinge van die navorsing dui daarop dat die hoofstroom gebou sektor 'n verandering ondergaan op die pad van n sosio-tegniese transformasie. Die onsekerheid veroorsaak deur die parallelle informele nedersetting, wat 'n meer dramatiese tegnologiese substitusie, of ontsporing en herbelyning kan veroorsaak, word kortliks ondersoek.
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Cortas, Rachid. "Nouvelle approche expérimentale pour la maîtrise de la fissuration du béton jeune : influence de la nature et de la saturation des granulats." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209672.
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La fissuration d’éléments minces en béton dès le jeune âge correspond à une réalité observée sur des ouvrages en construction. Cette fissuration concerne des bétons courants de bâtiments, pour lesquels les matériaux de qualité optimale ne sont pas toujours disponibles, en particulier au niveau des granulats. Le but de cette thèse est de définir une approche expérimentale d’étude de ces phénomènes et de proposer des interprétations pour les sensibilités relatives à la fissuration en fonction de la nature des granulats et de leurs taux de saturation initiaux. La sensibilité des moyens de mesures existants conçus pour des bétons spéciaux (BAP et BHP) a d’abord dû êtrevérifiée. Un nouveau dispositif expérimental a été développé dans le but de mieux décrire l’évolution de la résistance et de la capacité de
déformation en traction du béton jeune. Les indicateurs globaux (macroscopiques) apparaissent plus sensibles que les indicateurs de la microstructure pour rendre compte des différences de comportement observées. L’évolution du module élastique, du retrait plastique et endogène corrélées à l’évolution de la capacité de déformation et de la résistance en traction permettent de mieux caractériser le risque
potentiel de fissuration par retrait empêché. La fin de prise correspond à une phase critique. L’influence de la saturation des granulats est
indirecte, et résulte des variations du rapport Eau d’ajout/Ciment, à rapport Eau efficace/Ciment constant. La nature des granulats intervient au niveau des évolutions relatives de la résistance en traction et du module élastique. La méthodologie peut être appliquée à l’étude d’autres types de bétons et d’autres paramètres de formulation.
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Spentzou, Eftychia. "Refurbishment of apartment buildings in the Mediterranean Region for natural ventilation : implications for building design." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/18592.
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With the emergence of climate change, the increasing figure of energy consumption for cooling in buildings expresses an urgent need for energy conscious design of new and existing buildings, and there is a significant opportunity for implementation of natural ventilation strategies. The high-energy consumption of the Greek domestic sector, the number of existing multi-storey apartment buildings, the small rate of building retrofitting in Greece and the warm, dry climate of Greece, indicate the potential to achieve significant energy reductions for cooling via natural ventilation. The aim of this research was to evaluate the energy saving potential of natural ventilation solutions for domestic buildings in the Mediterranean climate to deliver summer comfort, and to propose a low-energy refurbishment design guide. The natural ventilation efficiency of an urban multi-storey apartment building in Athens and the potential implementation of advanced natural ventilation strategies, were evaluated using modelling tools. This would provide the knowledge for future energy refurbishments. The building was a representative example of over 4 million buildings in Greece. Several ventilation strategies were implemented in a single apartment (51.4m2) and evaluated in order to enhance the existing single-sided ventilation strategy of the building, including: daytime and nighttime ventilation; cross ventilation strategies; use of a wind-catcher; lightweight dynamic façade with shading system; new internal openings; and passive downdraught evaporative cooling strategies. The ventilation performance of the strategies was investigated over the full cooling period using DTM simulations. Controlled natural ventilation strategies, in response to internal and external air properties, delivered: occupants comfort; ventilation rates increase; and reductions in air temperatures and in CO2 levels. Natural day and night ventilation contributed to significant temperature reductions (up to 7°C) relative to the base-case ventilation strategy. The proposed strategies marginally reduced the hours during the cooling period for which the CO2 levels exceeded the upper acceptable limit for comfort. The strategies also achieved air change rates above the minimum acceptable values for comfort were provided; and therefore occupants comfort was achieved. De-coupled internal-external steady state CFD airflow simulations were performed to predict wind pressures across the building openings, and to predict detailed ventilation rates for a number of climate scenarios. Using CFD it was possible to overcome the limitation of DTM and predict average pressures at the location of the openings, considering the location of the building within its surroundings (both external and internal flow simulations were performed), leading to accurate results. It was predicted that the ventilation performance of the wind catcher was significant relative to the simple single or cross-ventilation strategies. The downdraft evaporative cooling performed best at low ventilation rates providing up to 4°C further temperature reductions. Indoor comfort was provided during windless hours for specific strategies (buoyancy driven); this is significant considering that low wind speeds (below 1m/s) were predicted for 14% of the cooling period. The performance of the strategies varies considerably with regard to both wind speed and direction; these should be considered when retrofitting natural ventilation strategies in existing buildings. The proposed strategies delivered natural cooling and adequate ventilation rates, relative the base-case strategy. The combined wind catcher and dynamic façade strategy performed the best; this combined strategy would be recommended for the Mediterranean sub-climate, and for buildings comparable to the type studied. This should be combined with evaporative cooling strategies particularly during windless hours, and mechanical cooling only when these strategies do not provide sufficient performance. For both the CFD and DTM results, empirical relationships were established with statistical methods between indoor air properties and climate characteristics, which can be used to predict behaviours under conditions that have not been examined using simulations. This assists extrapolation of patterns in ventilation performance, to facilitate design guidance of the natural ventilation strategies for implementation in similar buildings. The established performance of the natural ventilation strategies in the case study building assisted the development of a prototype scenario for similar building designs with comparable climatic context. A low-energy refurbishment design guide for natural ventilation was proposed that provides guidelines and design recommendations. Retrofitting such natural ventilation strategies in existing apartment buildings in similar climates presents a significant opportunity to achieve significant energy consumption reductions.
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Ladipo, Oluwateniola Eniola. "Prioritizing Residential High-Performance Resilient Building Technologies for Immediate and Future Climate Induced Natural Disaster Risks." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71348.
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Climate change is exacerbating natural disasters, and extreme weather events increase with intensity and frequency. This requires an in-depth evaluation of locations across the various U.S. climates where natural hazards, vulnerabilities, and potentially damaging impacts will vary. At the local building level within the built environment, private residences are crucial shelter systems to protect against natural disasters, and are a central component in the greater effort of creating comprehensive disaster resilient environments. In light of recent disasters such as Superstorm Sandy, there is an increased awareness that residential buildings and communities need to become more resilient for the changing climates they are located in, or will face devastating consequences. There is a great potential for specific high-performance building technologies to play a vital role in achieving disaster resilience on a local scale. The application of these technologies can not only provide immediate protection and reduced risk for buildings and its occupants, but can additionally alleviate disaster recovery stressors to critical infrastructure and livelihoods by absorbing, adapting, and rapidly recovering from extreme weather events, all while simultaneously promoting sustainable building development. However, few have evaluated the link between residential high-performance building technologies and natural disaster resilience in regards to identifying and prioritizing viable technologies to assist decision-makers with effective implementation. This research developed a framework for a process that prioritizes residential building technologies that encompass both high-performance and resilience qualities that can be implemented for a variety of housing contexts to mitigate risks associated with climate induced natural hazards. Decision-makers can utilize this process to evaluate a residential building for natural disaster risks, and communicate strategies to improve building performance and resilience in response to such risks.Ph. D.
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Pavlíková, Iveta. "Urbanisticko architektonická studie městského nízkopodlažního bydlení." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377192.
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The theme of the thesis is to propose urban efficient comfortable living in a quiet natural environment between the original settlement of Líšná and the panel housing estate from the 1980s. The design of the new residential complex will be in line with the current trends and needs of healthy living.
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Vostalová, Helena. "Urbanisticko – architektonická studie konverze vojenského brownfieldu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377194.
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This is the transformation of the former military camp near Český Krumlov to the KRUMLOVIA training center, which should be a source of inspiration not only in the field of education but also a source of inspiration for the creation of a modern urban space with a significant social and ecological overlap.
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Zedka, Zdeněk. "Urbanisticko – architektonická studie konverze vojenského brownfieldu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377205.
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This is the transformation of the former military camp near Český Krumlov to the KRUMLOVIA training center, which should be a source of inspiration not only in the field of education but also a source of inspiration for the creation of a modern urban space with a significant social and ecological overlap.
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Poláková, Katarína. "Urbanisticko – architektonická studie konverze vojenského brownfieldu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377208.
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This is the transformation of the former military camp near Český Krumlov to the KRUMLOVIA training center, which should be a source of inspiration not only in the field of education but also a source of inspiration for the creation of a modern urban space with a significant social and ecological overlap.
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Tomcová, Barbora. "Urbanisticko – architektonická studie konverze vojenského brownfieldu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377237.
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This is the transformation of the former military camp near Český Krumlov to the KRUMLOVIA training center, which should be a source of inspiration not only in the field of education but also a source of inspiration for the creation of a modern urban space with a significant social and ecological overlap.
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Beránková, Tereza. "Urbanisticko – architektonická studie konverze vojenského brownfieldu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377248.
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This is the transformation of the former military camp near Český Krumlov to the KRUMLOVIA training center, which should be a source of inspiration not only in the field of education but also a source of inspiration for the creation of a modern urban space with a significant social and ecological overlap.
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Ugursal, Ahmet. "Integration Of Natural Ventilation To Office Building Typology In The Ankara Context: A Case Study." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1042720/index.pdf.
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Together with a global concern for the reduction and conservation of energy, the oil crisis of 1973 brought about a turning point in the design of buildings. Responses in this vein were mostly concentrated on the simplistic one of sealing the building against outdoor conditions. This approach towards energy consumption, associated with the introduction of air-conditioning systems, led to different problems such as Sick Building Syndrome. Lack of user satisfaction also appeared to be a common complaint in such sealed, air-conditioned buildings, leading to a marked drop in employee efficiency and, hence, return on capital investments.
In this study, Emek iShani, a sealed office building located in Ankara, whose curtain wall system was renovated in 2001, was investigated in terms of its natural ventilation potential under two sub-topics. With a survey conducted, user perception towards environmental conditions, and health problems they suffered were investigated. With a computer simulation, natural ventilation potential of the building in terms of energy consumption was examined.
It was resulted from the survey that building occupants have serious health problems. They are also not satisfied with the way the ventilation system functions and most of the occupants liked to have a window opening to outside in order to adjust the inner conditions. It was resulted from the computer simulation that integration of natural ventilation did not make any significant difference in the annual energy consumption of the building. On the other hand, cooling loads of the building were eliminated in summer months. As a result, introduction of natural ventilation appeared to be an appropriate tool for more user satisfaction and energy conservation.
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Chen, Shaw-Bing. "Natural ventilation generates building form." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65048.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1996.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 149-151).
Natural ventilation is an efficient design strategy for thermal comfort in hot and humid climates. The building forms can generate different pressures and temperatures to induce natural ventilation. This thesis develops a methodology that uses a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program. The purpose of the CFD program is to assist architects to design optimum building form for natural ventilation. The design of a cottage in Miami, Florida demonstrates the application of this methodology. The first phase of this methodology is to create an input file for the CFD program. The input file uses wind velocity, wind direction, and air temperature of the site to simulate the weather. Different weather conditions can be generated through modification of the first input file. The second phase of this methodology is to develop building forms. The CFD programs can simulate airflow in different building forms by changing the building geometry in the input files. The program calculates the airflow pattern, velocity, and temperature for different forms. The printouts of the simulations allow architects to understand the airflow behavior in spaces with different forms. This thesis also uses the CFD program to study variance between the proposed and the actual results of a design. As demonstrated in a sports museum in Washington, DC, this case study clearly displays a difference between the intentions of the architect and the results of CFD calculation. Some problems appear in developing CFD models. However, when the input files are correctly defined, and the calculations converge, very few computational problems appear in developing building forms. Therefore, architects can easily use the CFD programs to develop building form after the input files are correctly defined.
by Shaw-Bing Chen.
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Seifter, Mark J. "Building representations from natural language." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46468.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-38).
In this thesis, I describe a system I built that produces instantiated representations from descriptions embedded in natural language. For example, in the sentence 'The girl walked to the table', my system produces a description of movement along a path (the girl moves on a path to the table), instantiating a general purpose trajectory representation that models movement along a path. I demonstrate that descriptions found by my system enable the imagining of an entire inner world, transforming sentences into three-dimensional graphical descriptions of action. By building action descriptions from ordinary language, I illustrate the gains we can make by exploiting the connection between language and thought. I assert that a small set of simple representations should be able to provide powerful coverage of human expression through natural language. In particular, I examine the sorts of representations that are common in the Wall Street Journal from the Penn Treebank, providing a counterpoint for the many other sorts of analyses of the Penn Treebank in other work. Then, I turn to recognized experts in provoking our imaginations with words, using my system to examine the work of four great authors to uncover commonalities and differences in their styles from the perspective of the way they make representational choices in their work.
by Mark J. Seifter.
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Dlabaja, Adam. "Sídlo firmy Dlabaja a.s." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-391982.
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The project documentation, processed in the framework of the diploma thesis, solves the new building of the administrative building of the building company in the village Lukov u Moravských Budějovic. The building is made of traditional brick technology therm tl. 50 cm, without insulation, ceilings are reinforced concrete, flat roof, vegetation. Vegetation is also part of the facade of the building, which at the same time serves as a root cleaner. The philosophy of the whole design is to create a high-quality working environment for building company employees, a pleasant environment for customers and to best solve the environmental footprint of the building. The building is designed as a modern office building, with space for leisure activities of staff and their visits, taking into account the responsible approach to the development industrial site and the surrounding nature. The building efficiently manages potable, rain and wastewater, the envelope of the building, and the individual structures are designed to make the entire building as energy-consuming as possible, and do not pump irreparably by nature its natural resources in a larger quantity than necessary.
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Zhang, Meng. "Systems thinking in the construction of information systems theory: A set of methodological inquiries." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92275/1/Meng_Zhang_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis examines the nature of research methods and explores novel approaches to developing richer and more realistic theory concerned with information systems. The conceptual analysis offers a solid basis for flexibly configuring research methods and for systematically constructing complex theory. The frameworks provided can help researchers better deal with increasing complexities arising from the interaction between human and technological systems.
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Vitoontus, Soravit. "Risk assessment of building inventories exposed to large scale natural hazards." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43676.
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Earthquakes are among the most devastating and unpredictable of natural hazards that affect civil infrastructure and have the potential for causing numerous casualties and significant economic losses over large areas. Every region that has the potential for great earthquakes should have an integrated plan for a seismic design and risk mitigation for civil infrastructure. This plan should include methods for estimating the vulnerability of building inventories and for forecasting economic losses resulting from future events. This study describes a methodology to assess risk to distributed civil infrastructure due to large-scale natural hazards with large geographical footprints, such as earthquakes, hurricanes and floods, and provides a detailed analysis and assessment of building losses due to earthquake. The distinguishing feature of this research, in contrast to previous loss estimation methods incorporated in systems such as HAZUS-MH, is that it considers the correlation in stochastic demand on building inventories due to the hazard, as well as correlation in building response and damage due to common materials, construction technologies, codes and code enforcement. These sources of correlation have been neglected, for the most part, in previous research. The present study has revealed that the neglect of these sources of correlation leads to an underestimation of the estimates of variance in loss and in the probable maximum loss (PML) used as a basis for underwriting risks. The methodology is illustrated with a seismic risk assessment of building inventories representing different occupancy classes in Shelby County, TN, considering both scenario earthquakes and earthquakes specified probabilistically. It is shown that losses to building inventories estimated under the common assumption that the individual losses can be treated as statistically independent may underestimate the PML by a factor of range from 1.7 to 3.0, depending on which structural and nonstructural elements are included in the assessment. A sensitivity analysis reveals the statistics and sources of correlation that are most significant for loss estimation, and points the way forward for supporting data acquisition and synthesis.