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Christiansen, George J. "RETIREMENT COMMUNITY DESIGN." The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555363.
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Jones, Cilvia. "Hotel + Urban Community Interwoven." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1780.
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Infusion is a gallery hotel that seeks to promote and encourage interaction between the local people of the community and traveling guests. More than just a hotel for rest and relaxation, Infusion will display a public gallery making art the universal language for their guests and the locals.
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Afolayan, Samuel Sunday. "Decision support technique for sustainable community design, developing a sustainable community design evaluation methodology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ57500.pdf.
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Walton, Jessica. "Boomerang Studio: Community Design for Action." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4244.
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An arts education space, focusing on concepts of design thinking aimed at providing low income middle and high school teens of color the opportunity to learn about interior design, architecture and crafts. Ultimately, Boomerang Studio hopes to engage students in the world of design as a means of creating greater diversity within these disciplines.
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Reid, Iain. "Design for community & regeneration." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.517941.
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The design quality in the public realm can have a profound effect on the quality of life experienced within it. An environment in which people can feel safe and which helps to foster a sense of civic pride within communities can have a positive effect in terms of social cohesion and collective wellbeing. The research considers both the hard and soft issues within this context exploring both aspects of the physical built environment as well as the social element of communities. The role of designers and design thinking in the 21'1 century extends far beyond the traditional view of the creation of a manufactured object in terms of its form, function and material. Product Designers now operate in a wider labour market and their skills are utilised in service, interaction and experience design among others in a transdisciplinary mode of design and design thinking. There is an opportunity in regeneration for design thinking to assist in the design of urban environments which positively impact on quality of life and deliver sustainable outcomes for communities. This research investigates the case for design-led responses to regeneration and the issues which it aims to address drawing on primary data collected from a workshop, interviews and project all directed by the Author as well as case studies of UK and European cities. The thesis also deals with the identification of a correlation between quality of life and quality of environment, highlights the visual impact of the environment and considers retrospectively the impact of major events and flagship buildings. From this research thesis offers Design and Implementation Guidelines with regards to regeneration for the benefit of communities and concludes that design and design thinking can have a positive impact in this area by utilising the skill set of designers and the design process as a methodology. It is also suggested that cities must place greater importance on the health and social issues which affect communities with the context of regeneration and that the design process provides a platform from which to achieve the case specific outcomes which are required in order to provide lasting and viable solutions.
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Ford, Ramsey A. "Design and Empowerment: Learning from Community Organizing." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242854164.
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Li, Shengshu. "Community Design For China’s Urban Elderly." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397736298.
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Thomas, Katherine M. "WS 1207 Community Workshops." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1289.
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For my thesis, I have chosen to adapt the abandoned office/warehouse at 1207 North Boulevard for use as a community workshop for all of Richmond's urban neighborhoods. The community workshop's focus will be to provide open workshops, classes, a resource library and design consultation to low and middle income homeowners, affordable housing properties, and community parks. In addition, the center welcomes all of Richmond city residents to join and partake in 1207's resources in order to grow a multi-faceted community focused on improving the lives of all of Richmond City's residents. The center will function as a gathering space for all urban residents and will promote both the individual and the community through a Do It Yourself' approach to home design and care that will instill pride and self reliance to all members of the community.
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Fleischman, Kimberly Ann. "Sheep Hill Community Tree." VCU Scholars Compass, 2004. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1357.
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An urban community is a fusion of new and old that is constantly changing. We understand better the plight of a community through raising awareness of its unique history and visual character. Linking individual and community experiences offers an opportunity for dialogue, especially as long-time residents and their new neighbors learn about their different pasts and explore their common future. Community building happens from within, when many individuals sharing common values create positive change.
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Ruzicka, Matthew Robert. "Facilitating an online community among community college peer tutor trainees." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2895.
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The project presents a web-based component for a tutor training program at College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California. The application is designed to be responsive and adaptable to the tutor's needs. It also addresses the logistic and pedagogical problems that plague many community college tutor trainers and helps to mitigate this through an online instructional system that facilitates communication among the tutors so that learning can occur in a situated context.
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Droz, PennElys. "Biocultural Engineering Design for Indigenous Community Resilience." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/323449.
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Indigenous peoples worldwide are engaged in the process of rebuilding and re-empowering their communities. They are faced with challenges emerging from a history of physical, spiritual, emotional, and economic colonization, challenges including a degraded resource base, lack of infrastructure, and consistent pressure on their land tenure and ways of life. These communities, however, continue demonstrating profound resilience in the midst of these challenges; working to re-empower and provide for the contemporary needs of their people in a manner grounded in supporting bio-cultural integrity; the interconnected relationship of people and homeland. At the same time, in response to contemporary environmental degradation, the fields of resilience science, adaptive management, and ecological engineering have emerged, the recommendations of which bear remarkable similarity to Indigenous ontologies, epistemologies, and governance structures. The relationship between these fields and Indigenous epistemology, underscored by experience in the field, has led to the conceptualization of bio-cultural engineering design; design that emerges from the inter-relationship of people and ecology. The biocultural engineering design methodology identifies the unique cosmological relationships and cultural underpinnings of contemporary Indigenous communities, and applies this specific cultural lens to engineered design and architecture. The development of resilience principles within the fields of architecture and engineering have created avenues for biocultural design to be translatable into engineering and architectural design documents, allowing access to large scale financial support for community development. This method is explored herein through literature and analysis of practical application in several different Indigenous communities and nations. This method lends itself to future research on biocultural design processes as a source of technological and design innovation as Indigenous communities practice placing their values and cosmologies at the center of development decisions, as well as comprehensive start-to-finish documentation of the methodology applied to diverse engineered applications, including water systems, energy systems, and building construction.
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Ford, Ramsey. "Design and empowerment learning from community organizing /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1242854164.
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Thesis (Master of Design)--University of Cincinnati, 2009.Advisor: Mike Zender. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed July 27, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: design; design for social impact; social design;design and community empowerment; design and economic development; poverty and design. Includes bibliographical references.
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Press, B. Joseph 1966. "Building community : design in the organizational mind." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9511.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-127).
In the search for meaning, the architectural profession legitimately seeks culture to sanction its products. However, in business organizations, culture is complex and tacit- richer and deeper than any of its external manifestations, including architecture. To compensate for culture's incoherence, the profession assumes facile access to culture through existing artifacts and spatial usage. I contend this response limits the profession's ability to engage social complexity, imbue architecture with cultural relevancy, and establish competitive advantage. This dissertation aims to provide insights into architectural form and process in relation to organizational culture. Schon contends tacit frames revealed in design activity circumscribe organizational culture. Further, the institutional and cultural status of these frames requires engaging in a collaborative design process. 'Appearances of form' in design activity demonstrate the presence of frames and simultaneously enable speculating about their tacit nature. Similar to the construction of frames, the design of an evolving physical object reveals how prior knowledge is assembled to facilitate sense-making. Design in a social setting- characterized by negotiation, conflict, and agreement- sparks the frame restructuring required to coordinate disparate agendas through organizational learning. Designing within the 'collective memory' and supplemented by the theory of type, design can leverage its potential to enlighten and improve organizational culture. Beginning with what designers share, the practices of Louis Kahn demonstrate cultivating an 'archi-type'- form containing both cultural and architectural knowledge. To imbue each with 'good' form, the architects collaboratively creating organizational space to direct architectural form and redirect cultural action. By seeking shared understanding through form, architectural design stimulates organizational reflection, learning, and agreement. Implanting these virtues occurs by an architectural design process stimulating the emergence of culture though 'bricolage' - the synthesis of current and future concerns with an omnipresent past to guide daily interaction. As form emerges, the architect encourages an organization to reassess the frames circumscribing its cultural activity. Heightening the appreciation and awareness of culture instills communal practices of cooperation, respect, and learning. To achieve such acumen and influence, however, requires 'reframing' our professional agenda to reinvigorate the cultural significance of architecture and the design process.
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Manchester, Helen. "Learning through engagement in community media design." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.731707.
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Bentley, Kate J. "Modern Public Market to Revitalize a Small Community." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10125621.
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For thesis, I will explore the resurgence of public markets in a variety of settings by analyzing branding strategies and design features that mold tradition to contemporary tastes. Our contemporary culture has a love affair with food. Not only are chefs celebrities but our society is more conscientious of food preparation and origins. This emerging interest started a revolution in public markets. Public markets are not a “new” idea. They have been in existence for centuries. Beyond providing food for the local community, they are responsible for providing improved economic factors and more social opportunities than supermarket shopping. The new markets are considered food entertainment establishments. Many of them have bars, restaurants, and cooking classes added for a sophisticated shopping experience. Thankfully, our society has a had a shift in the way we spend our money and time. Food offers a way for people to connect with themselves as well as each other. Being a more sophisticated audience, design has become a crucial element in establishing a successful business. Sleek construction and nods to historic origins give an authentic vibe to markets while integrating modern conveniences like refrigeration. Branding and Packing also play a role. Consumers have so many options that marketing and image attract customers and illustrate the artisanal properties of markets today. By analyzing the history of public markets both foreign and domestic, I will illustrate how they have come full circle in their usefulness, contributing to local economies and societal changes.
For my proposed project, I would like to illustrate how to bring the modern public market into a suburban setting. Using all the attributes such as farm-to-table sourcing, con- struction, branding, and design I would like to represent the public market in an area with less population and analyze how it would affect the surrounding environment. For guidance on the process, I will analyze the following design and architecture firms, Edens, Jensen Architects, and AvroKO.
My research up until this point has included but is not limited to the following: Books, social media, online references, and site visits. Thankfully, I have at least one historical public market in close proximity, Eastern Market on Capitol Hill. The new trendy version of a public market is Union Market, located in NoMa neighborhood.
Originally, public markets were conceived out of necessity. Farmers needed a centralized means of selling and distribution of products and materials. Consumers did not have cars and modern supermarkets had yet to be invented. Thus, public markets came into existence and did much more for the community than provide a means to purchase food. They became a means to support the community by providing economic and social enrichment. Patrons and vendors created a sense of community. Good design fosters functionality and success of a market.
In conclusion, public markets have a positive effect on local economy, providing healthy food alternatives, employment opportunities and a sense of community pride.
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Andes, Glenda Gilmore. "Supportive Design Features in Kitchens and Bathrooms of Age-Restricted Retirement Community Homes." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27456.
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The number of older persons is increasing, both in actual number and as a percentage of the population. As an individual ages his or her body changes and the ability to deal with the demands of an environment usually decreases. A well designed, supportive environment may help older persons to utilize their homes more fully, more safely, and allow them to live independently in their homes longer. Use of kitchens and bathrooms may present the greatest challenge and the greatest safety hazard and in order to remain independent, an older person must be able to use these rooms fully and safely.
The purpose of this study was to determine what supportive feature are being included in the kitchens and bathrooms of homes being built for persons living in age-restricted retirement communities. A list of research and design recommendations based on empirical research was compiled and ordered into categories of supportive features for general, kitchen, and bathroom design for seniors. Design recommendations were provided for most elements in kitchens and bathrooms designed for senior citizens and point values were assigned to individual supportive features on the basis of safety and ease of use. Based on this evidence, two data collection tools were created to assess kitchens and bathroom of homes designed for senior living. Hypotheses were developed relating characteristics of the locations of the retirement communities, characteristics of the retirement communities, and characteristics of the individual homes to the percentage of possible points earned in kitchens and bathrooms of homes studied.
Age-restricted retirement communities were identified and contacted by telephone to determine if they met the criteria for inclusion in the study and permission to study the retirement communities was obtained from community representatives. Sixty homes in 23 communities from four states were surveyed using the data collection tools and photographed for this study.
Data were entered into a statistical computer program and a scoring system for evaluating and comparing kitchens, bathrooms of different types, and total homes was developed. Kitchens in the retirement community homes studied had 46% - 76% of the possible number of recommended supportive kitchen features. Bathrooms had 48% - 57%, bathtubs had 58%, and separate showers had 48% - 52% of the possible number of recommended supportive bathroom features. Kitchens in larger, more expensive retirement homes had higher Kitchen Percentage Scores and bathrooms in communities that were developed by not-for-profit communities had higher Bathroom Percentage Scores.
The kitchen and bathroom assessment tools created for this study are the result of compiling 40 years of research recommendations. These tools provide the means to compare kitchens and bathrooms of different homes, regardless of the configuration or combination of appliances and fixtures within the rooms. Scores of different rooms or houses can be compared using either the total score or the percentage score for number of supportive features. Comparisons can be made without consideration for the style, size, or degree of opulence in the homes. The assessment tools can be refined for use by members of different professions.Ph. D.
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Kasiulynas, Laurynas. "Bendrijos dizainas: Vidaus rinkos harmonizavimo tarnybos ir EB teismų praktika." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20140623_192559-27129.
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2001 m. gruodžio 12 d. Tarybos reglamentas dėl Bendrijos dizainų (EB) Nr. 6/2002 įvedė naują teisinį instrumentą – Bendrijos dizainą. Prieš tai esminiai dizaino teisės aspektai buvo suvienodinti 1998 m. spalio 13 d. Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos direktyva dėl teisinės dizaino apsaugos 98/71/EB. Šie teisės aktai numato du Bendrijos dizainui keliamus reikalavimus: naujumą bei individualias savybes. Abu kriterijai nėra vienareikšmiai, jų taikymas inter alia reikalauja atskleisti ir kitas Reglamente nedetalizuotas teisines sąvokas: informuoto vartotojo, dizainerio laisvės, bendro įspūdžio. Neaiškūs kriterijai lemia nevienodą tiek Vidaus rinkos harmonizavimo tarnybos, tiek EB teismų praktiką, kas savo ruožtu sąlygoja skirtingą dizaino apsaugos lygį Europos Sąjungos mastu. Šiai problemai išspręsti reikia nagrinėti tiek Tarnybos, tiek teismų praktiką ir nustatyti, kokių kriterijų aiškinimas skiriasi ar sutampa, bei kaip tokios sampratos atrodo doktrinos kontekste. Magistro darbe nagrinėjami dažniausiai pasitaikantys Bendrijos dizaino pripažinimo negaliojančiu pagrindai. Toks pasirinkimas nulemtas aplinkybės, kad negaliojimo pagrindai apibrėžia Bendrijos dizaino galiojimo ribas, nes Tarnyba atlieka tik formaliųjų reikalavimų (atitikimo dizaino apibrėžimui bei viešajai tvarkai ir geri moralei) ekspertizę. Pateikiami svarbiausi Tarnybos bei Bendrijos dizaino teismų sprendimai, susiję su aukščiau minėtų kriterijų vertinimu bei taikymu, komentuojamos juose išreikštos pozicijos bei... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs introduced a new legal instrument – the Community design. Before that, the essential legal aspects of design law were harmonized by Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs. Regulation provides protection for design which meets two conditions: novelty and individual character. Both criteria are ambiguous in their application, among other things it is required to disclosure other legal concepts which are not elaborated by Regulation: the informed user, the designer's freedom, the overall impression. Due to vague criterions the differences between the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market and the Community courts’ case law emerges, which in turn determines the unequal levels of protection of Community design throughout the European Union. This problem requires evaluation of both the Office and the courts’ case law in order to determine what requirements are treated different or the same, and moreover, how such concepts appear in context of the doctrine. Master thesis deal with the most common grounds for invalidity of the Community design. This choice is determined by the circumstance, that grounds for invalidity define the limits of validity of the design because the Office only carries out only the examination of formal requirements (compliance with the definition of design and public order and good morals). The... [to full text]
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Breslow, Jay. "The Community Creativity Collective: Introducing and Refining a Community-Based Model for Creative Curriculum Development." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19195.
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Calls for more creative teaching and learning in classrooms are often matched by increasingly stringent accountability measures. Negotiating the creativity/accountability paradox is difficult for teachers, who are often isolated as they interpret, design, and deliver curriculum in their classrooms. This dissertation introduces and refines a 7-stage process called the Community Creative Collective (3-C) designed to generate solutions to three problems that derive from this paradox. First, narrowing of curriculum inhibits the ability of teachers to generate creative teaching and learning. Second, factors, including time constraints and teacher training, limit teachers' ability to develop the creative habit. Third, inclusion of family and community members as co-creators of curriculum provides a potential source of creative curriculum development.
Three research questions guide the exploration of the process:
1. How does the 3-C process allow teachers and community members to collaboratively generate creative teaching and learning opportunities for their students?
2. What are the distinguishing features of this collaborative curricular process?
3. How does such a process impact teachers' interpretations of their role as interpreters, designers and deliverers of curriculum?
Using a Design Based approach, these questions investigate the process as it was implemented in a 5th-grade classroom. The first question uses a case study methodology to trace the development of the 3-C process as it was developed and implemented. Findings demonstrated that communication at multiple stages impacted the generation of creative ideas. The second question uses qualitative data from documents, interviews, audio and video recordings and observations to extrapolate some of the distinguishing feature of the process. Key features included the Ideational Speed Dating (ISD) process for idea-generation, the 3-C process as a peak flow experience and the impact of parent and community expertise to generate creative classroom content. The third question uses interviews with the participating teacher to examine the impact of the 3-C process on her interpretation of her role in the classroom. The process influenced her view on family and community involvement, providing space through which tensions can be resolved and creative engagement can flourish. Finally refinements for future iterations are discussed in addition to implications for future research.
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Brooks, Robert Allen. "Developing Inclusive Community Gathering Places Through Socially Driven Design Strategies." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78281.
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As cultural diversity continues to increase in U.S. urban centers, and indeed throughout the country, it becomes increasingly important to promote interaction between people of different backgrounds. Many forms of interaction, from simply seeing, to intimate conversation can increase our familiarity and acceptance of cultural differences. In addition, a greater understanding of these differences can lead to communities with a strong sense of togetherness and a vibrancy of local place. As a means of achieving this outcome, this thesis identifies ways in which urban park spaces can promote social interaction between different cultural groups and how these methods can then be used to develop a community
gathering place that is welcoming to all. This thesis has developed a unique Social Space Organizational Model based on literature review findings relative to multi-cultural urban park and social space development. The model serves as a foundational framework for the creation of a collection of social spaces that function to accommodate the diverse ways in which different cultural groups use urban park spaces, as well as to provide opportunities for shared experiences that encourage community gathering and interaction between groups.
Additionally, the model suggests an interconnectivity of various park spaces that promote a unified social experience throughout the park. Case studies of urban parks designed for use as social gathering places were analyzed against the model. Literature review findings on character qualities associated with social spaces as valued by multiple cultural groups were also explored in the case studies to identify design elements that encourage social interaction and foster positive experiences. Ultimately, these findings led to the creation of a neighborhood social gathering place that is welcoming to many different cultural groups and encouraging of community gathering and togetherness. The design engages multiple community groups by creating a park that is accomodative to a range of needs and uses as valued by different groups. Additionally, the design incorporates a diverse range of social opportunities and experiences that maintain flexibility in their ability to provide for individual as well as community based social experiences.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Sundaram, Smitha. "Design of a net-zero energy community: Waalwijk." Thesis, KTH, Kraft- och värmeteknologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-129529.
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Shearer, Christian Raymond. "Eden and human community studies in original design /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Catchpole, C. P. "Information systems design for the community health services." Thesis, Aston University, 1987. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/10620/.
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This system is concerned with the design and implementation of a community health information system which fulfils some of the local needs of fourteen nursing and para-medical professions in a district health authority, whilst satisfying the statutory requirements of the NHS Korner steering group for those professions. A national survey of community health computer applications, documented in the form of an applications register, shows the need for such a system. A series of general requirements for an informations systems design methodology are identified, together with specific requirements for this problem situation. A number of existing methodologies are reviewed, but none of these were appropriate for this application. Some existing approaches, tools and techniques are used to define a more suitable methodology. It is unreasonable to rely on one single general methodology for all types of application development. There is a need for pragmatism, adaptation and flexibility. In this research, participation in the development stages by those who will eventually use the system was thought desirable. This was achieved by forming a representative design group. Results would seem to show a highly favourable response from users to this participation which contributed to the overall success of the system implemented. A prototype was developed for the chiropody and school nursing staff groups of Darlington health authority, and evaluations show that a significant number of the problems and objectives of those groups have been successfully addressed; the value of community health information has been increased; and information has been successfully fed back to staff and better utilised.
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Price, Darren Anthony. "Community involvement in the design of social housing." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2003. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14747/.
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The literature shows that there is much value placed in community involvement in the design of new social housing schemes, but little in the way of conclusive proof that it is effective. It was decided to establish the built effect of this involvement - did it make a difference to the houses? The research incorporates both qualitative and quantitative elements. A questionnaire survey of all developing housing associations was used to establish the current situation and four case study developments were selected and investigated in detail. The case studies were similarly sized housing developments located in London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Sunderland The survey shows that housing associations are involving tenants in a variety of ways. The predominant picture is one of participation in the latter stages of the design process, in the selection of the fixtures and fittings. There is also significant use of post occupancy surveys with results feeding into the housing associations' design briefs. There are no significant regional differences in approach but the size of association does appear to affect the community involvement techniques adopted, as does the procurement of the development site. Larger landlords use more involvement techniques and do so earlier in the process. The four case study developments show similarities in the pattern of the community involvement. Two types of involvement were isolated, and these are termed generic and specific. The former being where representative tenants are used to develop design briefs that are used in the development of all schemes, and the latter where the community is involved in the design of its own built environment. Overall the effect of involvement on the houses produced is small, with other factors in the development process being more significant; yet the processes isolated are associated with some built changes and these are unlikely to have been made independently of tenants' views.
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McKevitz, Mark Joseph. "Redevelopment of the Marie Reed Community Learning Center a study in community-based design /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3299.
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Thesis (M. Arch.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Architecture. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Pagee, Nicholas. "Shining a Light on the Orkelljunga Preschool Community." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23188.
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This thesis contributed to the regional Health School project, specifically informing the community- building efforts of a preschool in Örkelljunga, Sweden as they seek ways to improve communication among immigrant families and teachers. Using a co-design process with stakeholders including a preschool teacher, architects redesigning the school, and a health sciences researcher, this research investigated how a welcoming atmosphere could be created to act as a social intervention in the redesigned school. Interactive ambient light installations are proposed as a way to create this welcoming atmosphere. Installation design was explored through the lenses of multicultural makeup; play behaviour; accessibility and lighting design. Concluding the design research process, which used methods of participatory design, experience prototyping (Buchenau and Fulton Suri, 2000), and live prototyping (Horst and Matthews, 2016), a set of design principles were distilled for stakeholders.
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Richardson, Erin. "An Affordable Living Community." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2138.
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Beginning with a former grocery store building, “An Affordable Living Community,” explores the possibilities of redesigning big box buildings. Here, the building is transformed into an affordable living community - a place for people to live, work, learn, and interact. The renovation creates a place for not only its residents, but also the surrounding neighborhoods. The building provides the challenges of breaking the generic, window-less facade, as well as bringing light into the building. This model would encourage the health, learning, and support of its community.
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Hardy, Christin. "Small Town Capital in Community." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5401.
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Rural towns often do not see community developments geared towards creating public spaces for multi-cultural experiences, the arts and recreation. Instead small towns are more exposed to commercial properties coming in and out the area. Introducing public spaces that offer various community activities and events will benefit people’s human and social capital. Human capital meaning skills and knowledge. Social capital meaning advantages and skills that come from interpersonal engagements (Anderson, 2004). Community centers designed for the unique needs of small towns can house programming to introduce new and rewarding opportunities for community engagement and personal development. Existing buildings within the community hold the potential to serve as community centers and adaptable interior spaces can add to a variety of programming options. The problem is the lack of community development geared towards creating public spaces for multi-cultural experiences, the arts and recreation. Small towns have limited exposure to diverse activities, events, skills sets and knowledge, along with limited spaces to support such. However older public building within small towns exist that are not being occupied or utilized to serve the community. People within small towns therefore are often restricted from acquiring a broad range of experiences and skills.
To address this problem, evaluation of the current community state is necessary. This will reveal what opportunities are present and which are missing in terms of community engagement. Interviews, focus groups, and surveys are methods to gain information from the inhabitants of small towns. A diverse selection of participations will allow information to be more reflective of a wide range of ages groups, racial groups, and economic gr2wwoups. I plan to reach out to local schools for the students and staff member for participants in interviews, focus groups and electronic surveys. Examination of unoccupied buildings in small towns will reveal what facilities are available to house a potential community center. From that also assess if the interior spaces could incorporate adaptable design systems. Altogether this research will support the importance of community art centers in rural areas that offer adaptive reuse of historical building. In addition expose how the design of these building and programming show seek to support the unique needs of small towns.
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Micklethwaite, Paul Hilton. "What is design? : an empirical investigation into conceptions of design in the community of design stakeholders." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2002. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/4673/.
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This thesis describes a project investigating conceptions of design in the community of design stakeholders. A 'democratization of design' is identified, in terms of a widened mode of design engagement. The origins of the project are located in the accompanying observation that 'design means different things to different people'. The project has three aims: (i) to establish the contemporary UK context for the social study of design; (ii) to expand upon the identified theme of the democratization of design; and (iii) to empirically investigate conceptions of design in the community of design stakeholders. The first two aims are fulfilled through a review and discussion of existing secondary sources. The third aim is fulfilled by primary research, in the form of an empirical interview study conducted with design stakeholder informants. The interview study embodies an interpretative phenomenological theoretical perspective, and employs qualitative research method. A theoretical sample of 31 interview informants was drawn from five design stakeholder groups: Business; Designers; Education; Promotion; Users. Conceptions of design within the collected interview data are investigated through a template analysis. An analysis of collected interview data is presented in the form of an holistic map or 'template' of the data organized by thematic discussion of 'design'. These empirical findings are presented and discussed narratively and graphically. A total of 41 interrelating 'conceptions of design' are identified. Empirical findings are synthesized with the response to aims (i) and (ii). This generates two main final research outcomes: firstly, a degree of informant scepticism and ambivalence is apparent towards the heightened political, cultural and economic profile for design; secondly, the democratization of design is seen as a worthy ideal, but one which is difficult to realize. In conclusion, a number of further implications of the project are also discussed.
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Findlay, Robert Allen. "Learning in community-based collaborative design studios : education for a reflective, responsive design practice." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363723.
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KANNEL, CHRISTOPHER M. "ARCHITECTURE FOR A COMMUNITY." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1084812225.
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Forrer, Dustin R. "School ground naturalization : augmenting the school, community, and environmental connection : community-responsive design principles for master planning and site design of contemporary school grounds." Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1259753.
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The deficiency of environmental understanding in conjunction with community and educational connections, isolates a problem. Few connections exist between the school, community, and the environment. Because of this, existing connections need to be enhanced and other connections need to be created. These linkages are essential to instilling ownership and stewardship of the land for the entire community. In addition, these linkages also provide vast opportunities for learning, observing, participating, and enjoying the environment.This creative project identifies and discusses the various issues that relate to the lack of connections between the school, the community, and the environment. From this analysis, three research questions evolved. To answer these questions, four case studies were reviewed and analyzed. The summary of these findings included the best features from each case study. These findings led to the formation of a model of design characteristics. The model was then applied to a site in central Indiana and led to the establishment of several design guidelines.These community-responsive guidelines are applicable to any site where connections between the school, community, and the environment are desired.Department of Landscape Architecture
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Ramey, Rachel A. "Designing School Community: Changing Inner-City Middle School Culture Through Interiors." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5474.
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While the knowledge of disrepair in inner-city schools is fairly common, the impact that school facilities are having on students and faculty is not as widely known. More recently, the closing of inner city schools has greatly increased across the United States; Reduction in public school enrollment from 2006-2013: Detroit -63%, Cleveland -32%, Indianapolis -27%, D.C. -23%, L.A. -23%,etc. (Journey For Justice Alliance,2014).
Due to budget cuts, threat of school closings from poor facility conditions, large class size, and pressure to raise test scores, inner city schools struggle to keep teachers (Journey For Justice Alliance,2014). Poor teacher retention along with a lack in care for educational facilities has created a toxic environment for inner-city students.
Although there are many reasons that inner-city schools suffer, negativity within school culture seems to be a common denominator within many of these problems. With larger population percentages of minority, economically disadvantaged and disabled students, difficulties arise in communicating student-to-student and teacher-to-student (Bellwether Education Partner, 2016). The question becomes, how does one design a space to provide comfort, safety and communication in order to foster healthy relationships?
This research will inform the design of a middle school that focuses on community and communication. The goal will be to design a school where flexibility and team work is made easier through furniture and layout solutions in order to foster growth and respect for students and teachers.
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Henden, Linda I. "Evaluating sustainability of community designs." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09042008-063049/.
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Jones, Jeannie. "Rose Herbert Community Center." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2139.
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The “Rose Herbert Community Center” is the culmination of a project questioning how a building can be restored to its original integrity when its initial function has become extinct. This thesis considers the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia and explores the options and implications of returning the building to a hub of interaction within the community. Concepts such as functionally malleable spaces, the transition from a very public environment to a more private area, and the creation of intentional interaction versus coexistence are explored.
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Chacón, Pérez Jonathan 1986. "Community platform management mechanisms to support integrated Learning Design." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/360849.
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This PhD Thesis contributes to the domain of Educational Technologies, and more specifically to the Learning Design (LD) research field, which focuses on supporting teachers in the creation of effective computer-supported learning activities considering the needs of their educational contexts. Research in LD has provided a myriad of tools and methods. Yet, existing tools lack collaboration support for communities of teachers engaged in learning (co-)design. Moreover, scope of tools is varied in terms of representations used, pedagogical approaches supported, and design phases targeted (from conceptualization to authoring and implementation). This diversity of tools contrasts with lack of articulation of their synergies to offer meaningful, manageable and integrated LD ecosystems for teachers and communities of teachers. This Thesis is framed in this problem area. Its guiding research question is: How can community platform management mechanisms support teachers in integrated learning design ecosystems? This question is addressed by more specific investigation towards addressing four specific research objectives. The first objective is explorative, focused on understanding needs for
management mechanisms in LD community platforms. The resulting contribution includes participation in building and evaluating LD community platforms (LdShake, Learning design Sharing and co-edition, and ILDE, Integrated Learning Design Environment) in the context of Spanish and European projects, and the identification of needs tackled in the following three research objectives.
The second objective deals with enabling flexible management of learning (co-)design processes that involve use of several LD tools. The associated contribution is a model and implementation for LD Workflows, which shape orchestrated uses of selected LD tools that can be applied to LD Projects. The third objective focuses on supporting management of multiple learning design versions in scenarios of reuse and co-design. The contribution is a model and visualization strategy based on a family tree metaphor. The fourth objective concerns the need for interoperability between co-(design) tools and platforms, and in particular focuses on design patterns as structured LD representations of
special interest because they collect repeatable good teaching practices. The contribution is a pattern ontology for computationally representing a pattern language (working case of design patterns in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning) and a derived model together with an architecture for interoperable management of patterns across LD tooling. Contributions have been implemented in LdShake and ILDE community platforms, showing feasibility, enabling proofof-concept in significant scenarios and user studies involving teachers.Las contribuciones de esta Tesis Doctoral se enmarcan en el ámbito de las Tecnologías Educativas, y más concretamente en el campo de investigación del Diseño de Aprendizaje (LD acrónimo en inglés). Este campo se centra en dar apoyo a los profesores en la creación de actividades educativas apoyadas por ordenador teniendo en consideración sus contextos educativos. La investigación en el campo de LD ha proporcionado gran cantidad de herramientas y métodos. Sin embargo, estas herramientas todavía carecen de mecanismos que posibiliten la colaboración en comunidades de profesores involucradas en el (co-)diseño de aprendizaje. Además, el alcance de las herramientas es muy variado en cuanto a las representaciones utilizadas, los enfoques pedagógicos utilizados, y fases de diseño a las que van dirigidas (desde la conceptualización, hasta la autoría y hasta la implementación). Esta diversidad de herramientas contrasta con la falta de articulación de sus sinergias para ofrecer ecosistemas LD significativos, manejables e integrados para profesores y comunidades de profesores. Esta problemática motiva la investigación realizada en esta Tesis. La pregunta de investigación que la guía es: ¿Cómo pueden apoyar los mecanismos de gestión de plataformas comunitarias dar soporte en ecosistemas de diseño de aprendizaje integrado? Esta cuestión se aborda en la investigación más concreta de cuatro objetivos específicos. El primer objetivo es exploratorio, se centra en la comprensión de las necesidades de mecanismos de gestión en plataformas para comunidades en LD. La contribución resultante incluye la participación en la implementación y evaluación de las plataformas para comunidades en LD (LdShake, acrónimo en inglés de Learning design Sharing and co-edition, e ILDE, acrónimo en inglés de Integrated Learning Design Environment) en el contexto de proyectos españoles y europeos, así como la identificación de las necesidades abordadas en los tres siguientes objetivos de la investigación. El segundo objetivo busca permitir una gestión flexible de los procesos de (co-)diseño de aprendizaje que implique el uso de varias herramientas de LD. La contribución asociada es un modelo e implementación de los flujos de trabajo de LD (LD Workflows en inglés). Los LD Workflows se definen para permitir la representación de las herramientas de LD seleccionadas que se pueden aplicar a proyectos de LD (LD Projects, en inglés). El tercer objetivo se centra en el apoyo a la gestión de múltiples versiones de diseño de aprendizaje en escenarios de reutilización y (co-)diseño. La contribución es un modelo y una visualización basada en una metáfora del árbol familiar (family tree, en inglés). El cuarto objetivo trata la necesidad de interoperabilidad entre herramientas de (co-)diseño y plataformas de LD, y en particular, se centra en los patrones de diseño como representaciones LD estructuradas de especial interés ya que recogen buenas prácticas docentes repetibles. La contribución es una ontología de patrones que representa computacionalmente un lenguaje de patrones (centrándose en los patrones de CSCL, del inglés:Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning) y un modelo derivado junto con una arquitectura para la gestión interoperable de patrones a través de herramientas de LD. Las contribuciones se han implementado en las plataformas de comunidades de LD LdShake e ILDE mostrando su viabilidad, ofreciendo la prueba de conceptos en escenarios significativos y estudios con profesores en entornos reales.
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Barber, Robert L. "Chief information officer : job and organization design in the community college /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3061931.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-195). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Parker, Andrea Grimes. "A cultural, community-based approach to health technology design." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41157.
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This research has examined how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can promote healthy eating habits amongst African Americans in low-income neighborhoods, a population that faces disproportionately high rates of diet-related health problems. In this dissertation, I describe the formative research I conducted to obtain system design guidelines and how I used those guidelines to develop two applications: EatWell and Community Mosaic. I also describe the results of the in-depth field studies I conducted to evaluate each application. Both EatWell and Community Mosaic incorporate the cultural construct of collectivism, a social orientation in which interdependence and communal responsibility are valued over individual goals and independence. As researchers have generally characterized the African American culture as collectivistic and argued for the value of designing collectivistic health interventions for this population, I examined the implications of taking such an approach to designing health promotion technologies. EatWell and Community Mosaic are collectivistic because they empower users to care for the health of their local community by helping others learn practical, locally-relevant healthy eating strategies.
I discuss the results of my formative fieldwork and system evaluations, which characterize the value, challenge and nuances of developing community-based health information sharing systems for specific cultural contexts. By focusing on health disparities issues and the community social unit, I extend previous health technology research within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). In particular, my results describe 1) a set of characteristics that help make shared material useful and engaging, 2) how accessing this information affects how people view the feasibility of eating well in their local context, 3) the way in which sharing information actually benefits the contributor by catalyzing personal behavior reflection, analysis and modification and 4) how sharing information and seeing that information's impact on others can help to build individuals' capacity to be a community health advocate. In addition, my work shows how examining cultural generalizations such as collectivism is not a straightforward process but one that requires careful investigation and appreciation for the way in which such generalizations are (or are not) manifested in the lives of individual people. I further contribute to HCI by presenting a set of important considerations that researchers should make when designing and evaluating community-based health systems. I conclude this dissertation by outlining directions for future HCI research that incorporates an understanding of the relationship between culture and health and that attempts to address health disparities in the developed world.
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Fried, Paul Raymond. "The advocacy design center : interpretive planning for community building /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1993. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11396076.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1993.Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Frank L. Smith, Jr. Dissertation Committee: Jonathan T. Hughes. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 251-266).
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DeSollar, Samuel Joseph. "A framework for community design : Worcester's Main South neighborhood." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65702.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-110).
Communities and the connections between them act as the foundation for the fabric of great cities. Suburbs were originally intended as a utopian alternative to crowded urban conditions. However, the current model of residential suburban development in the United States grows less affordable for many Americans, segregates private life to a realm exclusive of community and wastefully consumes material resources . While unchecked development diminishes the rural landscape, urban neighborhoods deteriorate, lacking the resources and amenities of new developments. The transformation of blighted urban neighborhoods into dense, mixed-use communities is a viable alternative to suburban sprawl. This thesis proposes to explore methods of configuring a community within an existing urban site: its streets, lots, and buildings; to conserve land and resources, make housing affordable for a wider range of incomes, and perpetuate a sense of individual identity and community vitality. The strategies explored will be developed into a series of guidelines or urban code for the site. Layout of streets, lots, buildings and open spaces will be determined for a small community. Guidelines will be established not only for housing within the project, but those services necessary to support a viable community: commercial centers, open space, and institutional facilities. These guidelines will allow development of the site at an architectural scale.
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Bai, Yunpiao. "Integrating GIS and BIM for community building energy design." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/60287.
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Increasing urbanization has caused a corresponding increase in energy consumption from the design, construction and operation of the built environment. To achieve energy-efficient design in urban communities, the design phase needs to adopt reliable energy modeling approaches. However, current urban modeling approaches often use abstract and low level information to describe buildings because of the difficulties of collecting and managing building data on the large scale required of such urban communities. This abstraction of building data creates large uncertainties in the modeling and simulation of energy scenarios at the community level. An additional consequence is a general separation between community energy design (with low level building information) and building energy design (with high level building information). An important part of the solution to this challenge relies on the integration of information systems at the scale of both urban communities and individual buildings, which are based on Geographic Information System (GIS) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) respectively. Since current technologies do not sufficiently address the interoperability between GIS and BIM, the existing conversion between GIS and BIM does not satisfy the data requirements for community energy design. This thesis investigates this challenge and presents an approach that uses Semantic Web technologies, including OWL (Web Ontology Language) and RDF (Resource Description Framework), to integrate GIS and BIM data. In this approach, we first develop relevant design scenarios for energy consumption in buildings of the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus. Based on the scenarios and required information for the energy simulation, we create a suitable ontology to transform the data into a Semantic Web model. Then we conduct relevant queries on the transformed data to provide the required information for energy simulation of a UBC campus neighborhood that contains richer and more detailed building information that is extracted from the campus building information models. Finally, we visualize the simulation results in a three-dimensional environment and discuss how it supports designers and decision makers engaged in community planning and design.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Rice-Woytowick, Pamela A. "Academic design/build programs as mechanisms for community development." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9208.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
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Academic design/build programs can serve as vehicles for community development. As design professionals working within the community context, architects hold the potential to create community betterment and build community assets through their work, although this focus does not appear to be central to the culture of American architecture. In particular, a review of architecture curricula in the United States reveals the lack of design/build opportunities for students. Design/build programs integrated in academic architectural programs have been in existence for just about two decades. As such, development of their pedagogy and organizational structure is emerging. It is timely to identify the common and distinguishing factors of established design/build efforts in architecture schools and to examine the role community development plays in each. Established academic design/build programs were identified for further study, enabling identification of commonalities within the structural frameworks of programs as well as contextual nuances; the identification of programs which purposely instigate community development; and the identification of the factors within those programs which act as mechanisms for community development. The result is a framework for organizing a community development initiative which is central to the architectural process and to design/build pedagogy.
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Warwick, Laura Elizabeth. "Can design effect transformational change in the voluntary community sector?" Thesis, Northumbria University, 2015. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/24459/.
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This qualitative, exploratory investigation provides insight into the relevance and applicability of adopting a Design for Service (DfS) approach to effect transformation in Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) contexts. Using Action Research and a case study structure, the DfS approach was introduced and applied within three VCS organisations in succession. In each organisation, data on the impact and perceived value of the approach to a range of stakeholders was captured during, immediately after, and in the year following the engagement. An inductive analysis process was then employed to build theory from the collated case study data. The research has established that the use of design at a systemic level of a VCS organisation can incite transformational change. It has shown that stakeholders' initial trust in the designer is more important than their trust in the DfS approach (methods and processes), which becomes crucial to increasing the influence of design in the organisation. Once the designer becomes a 'friend' to the organisation, they can operate at an embedded level as a 'critical friend', which allows them to challenge the status quo and create new organisational perspectives. Finally, it defines five organisational factors that are critical to using the DfS approach to effect transformational change in a VCS setting. The study has multiple contributions to knowledge, including: detailed evidence that design can be used to transform VCS organisations; a 'critical friend' model depicting how design can be used to effect transformation in such settings; and a prototype 'design-readiness' self-assessment tool for VCS organisations. This thesis represents the first doctoral length study into the application of the DfS approach in a VCS context, and provides both evidence and insight into its capacity to incite transformational change at a critical time for the sector.
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Normoyle, Catherine L. "Recontextualizing Neglected Space in Community." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/108.
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Neglected areas are everywhere. They are seen as foreclosed homes, commercial properties, rundown lots and even small spaces like broken signage and over-sized potholes. My investigation, Abandonment ex-plores how graphic design can be used to identify neglected areas and add meaning that challenges exist-ing perceptions of these areas. This becomes a way to suggest revitalization without actually redesigning a specific space. Abandonment matches carefully designed phrases, inspired by first hand research of community members, with neglected urban environments of Atlanta. The camouflaged environmental graphics, created by means of DOT signs, chalk drawings, and blackboards recontextualize environments to softly build curiosity, activate new thinking, and potentially spark reinvention. Perhaps if citizens ques-tion these neglected spaces, they may begin to imagine new purposes for these spaces and reclaim them? The investigation is thoroughly documented and will continue to mature over time. To follow the project online, visit urbanartatlanta.com.
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Haltrich, Natalie, Ella Lawton, and Geoffrey Stack. "Co-Creating Community with a Needs Based Design Approach to Urban Design and Planning." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2897.
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The development of the human built environment is an essential component to achieving and maintaining a sustainable society. Much has been done to develop tools, techniques and approaches for creating ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ neighbourhoods yet they rarely demonstrate the capacity to address the wider socio-ecological requirements for achieving success. This paper studies the current approaches to green design and planning, proposes a new approach called Needs Based Design (NBD), and identifies the gaps that exist between the two. Results indicate that NBD is based on a firm foundation, is widely applicable, and can support and spur regional sustainable development initiatives and positive behaviour change within communities. It fills three major gaps identified in current green design by utilising systems thinking and a shared language and framework, and focusing on the needs of individuals within communities. Concerns exist, however, about its reliance on broad community participation and ongoing education. In theory, NBD allows project teams to implement their work within the context of a strategic sustainable development perspective. Recommended now is practical application and testing.Both a Master's thesis and an introductory guide, as a supplement to the thesis, are included.
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Fackrell, Lara L. "Equestrian communities : design features and development process." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/792.
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Ramirez, Loaiza Juan S. "Caring Communities. Co-Designing a Community Initiative for Engagement in Substance Abuse Treatment." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1595846874756105.
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Lindner, Annelotte. "Localisation and Education : A tool for building futures." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-76709.
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Teachers, locals, a designer, communities, students, materials and co-design are the resources of this written report. These elements have tried to find a balance between each other during the process to stimulate the core of the project: a sustainable future in the local community of Älmhult. Starting of through of changing the global perspective of education to a more local sharing-learning experiences, the project made a turn to focus more on a problematic community namely that of Älmhult, Sweden. This local community has in the recent years changed dramatically because of growth in population and cultures. The community in which international and local do not mingle enough, has split. Instead of using these possibilities of learning from each other’s cultures and languages they have decided to live in mostly separate communities. Through the course of this project a network was built of people from both these communities to start building a stronger community in Älmhult. Education has been used as tool to stimulate this change, bringing the local community to the students. Teaching the students about strong communities they are the tool to develop this into the future. Thereby the student is the seed of change. The project has worked with co-design, using the tools to connect teachers and local initiators to create these meetings between student and local community. The research can be a learning tool to build communities, by using the knowledge of its inhabitants.
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Donald, Bridgett Faith. "Reflective Artmaking Coupled with Service-Learning| Making Community Visible." Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10645780.
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Practitioners have agreed that service-learning programs or curricula guide students into developing a more robust connection to the community in which they live as well as amongst other members of that community (Eyler, Giles, Stenson, & Gray, 2001). However, what isn’t known extensively is how these outcomes have been generated (Kiely, 2005a). Based upon Milne’s (2000) reflective artmaking, this arts-based ethnographic study introduces the terminology reflective artmaking service-learning, demonstrating how the coupled learning processes of reflective artmaking and service-learning respond to the call for research. The Capacities for Imaginative Learning (Holzer, 2009) facilitated my ethnographic analysis, providing specificity towards deconstructing the underlying mechanisms of processing and filtering. Conducted in Texas among Christian homeschool students, this study inquires, how does reflective artmaking coupled with service-learning help to make the underlying concept of “community” visible? This ethnographic study focuses on the educative (Dewey, 1938) value of an arts-infused program with Christian homeschooled youth (ages 11-17) in Texas. Significant findings include the ways in which experiential learning based on a constructivist epistemology and a focus on the self was a suitable, but yet limiting, theoretical framework. Suggestions include ways to use reflective artmaking coupled with service-learning to enhance the authenticity and applicability of projects and thus to enhance student interest and ownership. This study provides a broad set practitioners in educational programs and public, private, and home schools with practical, innovative, substantive, and customizable methods of incorporating arts-based reflection on civic engagement within their teaching practices.
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Collier, Maraiah Wenn. "Barangay my community, my family /." unrestricted, 2005. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03212005-202405/.
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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Georgia State University, 2005.Mark Burleson, Michael Murrell, committee co-chairs; Junco Sato Pollack, committee member. Electronic text (24 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 16, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-24).
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Barras, Abigail. "LIGHT IN COMMUNITY: a study in the adaptive reuse of sacred space." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5858.
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MOTIVATION American life is increasingly fragmented, leading to a sense of restlessness and disconnection. Much of that fragmentation can be traced to our pattern of architectural and sociological development, namely, the rise of the automobile suburbs in the 1950s and 60s and the abandonment of densely populated, human- scaled environments like that of the small town or city center (Oldenberg, 1999).
PROBLEM Large numbers of architecturally significant buildings have fallen into disrepair over the years following the “white flight” of the 1960s and 70s, during which significant segments of investment dollars left city centers and followed to the suburbs (Kunstler, 1994). Specifically, older church buildings have fallen victim to a dilemma of sociological change. Many of the congregations that inhabit historic church buildings do not have the vitality, vision, and sometimes funds to maintain their buildings. While there are many newer congregations that do have the vision and vitality to maintain an older building, they often do not have the funds to do so. As a result, an increasing number of community treasures, buildings built at a dense urban and human scale, are being lost to neglect and misuse.
METHODS In order to gain a clearer and more specific understanding of the issues involved in revitalizing and maintaining historic sacred spaces for the benefit of their communities, a course of study was undertaken which included readings of books and articles on urban revitalization such as “The Past and Future City” by Stephanie Meeks, those on third place like Ray Oldenberg’s classic, “The Great Good Place”, and some on the integration of the arts in community centers and shared space. Case studies of successful adaptive reuse projects of church and synagogue buildings, such as Maison de la Littérature in Quebec City and those undertaken by Partners for Sacred Places in Philadelphia, were investigated. Interviews were conducted with leaders from both older and newer urban congregations, and with directors of local community centers and for-profit businesses.
RESULTS According to studies completed by The National Trust, historic buildings help a city to maintain its urban vitality, and maintaining stock of old buildings must be an important component of any serious conversation about sustainability in the built environment (Meeks, 2016). At the same time, many historic and architecturally significant buildings which were constructed at a time when church attendance was a larger part of the American cultural experience are falling into disrepair because the congregations that inhabit them are often unable to generate the energy, vitality, and funding that is necessary to maintain them.
REFLECTIONS/CONCLUSIONS This project will explore the development of a community center for education and the performing arts in an historic church building. The program will include a small cafe, rentable studio space, a library/ reading room, a performance venue, and event space. Research will support development of a third place model, successful adaptive reuse of sacred space, and will explore options for cost-effective renovation of an historic space.