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131	Hliněné povrchy v současné architektuře / Earthen surfaces in contemporary architecture Šmardová, Kateřina January 2012 (has links) The theme of this thesis are surfaces made of unburned earth and used in architecture. The thesis focuses mainly on detailed mapping and analysis of the present state. However, it does not omit the historical roots of earthen surfaces in the area of today`s Czech Republic. In these roots it looks for connections with contemporary practice. The thesis deduces conclusions from thorough evaluation of the present situation – it shows perspectives and possible drift of the future development of earthen surfaces. Both in the field of architecture and in areas broadening this field.
132	Sustainable Construction Practices of Intentional Communities: a Pilot Investigation in Loudoun County, Virginia and Frederick County, Maryland Shedd, Jason Lee 11 August 2012 (has links) This project investigated the sustainability of homes within three intentional communities. Semi-structured interview and photographic walkthroughs examined the variability of architectural and technological approaches toward sustainability. These include: passive solar design, green roofs, radiant flooring, composting toilets, ground assist heat pumps, solar water heaters, multiamily units and modular construction. It was hypothesized that variation in sustainable construction is related to socioeconomic status and that economics would be a constraint. This project investigated whether communities were transmitting their practices to wider society, if individuals were copying vernacular architecture and if architectural practices followed individual beliefs regarding sustainability. It was found that the Internet is the main method of conveying these practices; that variability was tied less to individual beliefs than to the communities’ institutional documents; and that copying vernacular architecture was for aesthetics not sustainability. Intentional communities are good models for sustainable development, but knowledge transmission is limited. Built Form Strawbale Architecture Vernacular Architecture Green Building Ecovillage Sustainability Co-housing Intentional Communities Maryland Virginia Radiant Flooring Multi-Family Units Duplex Modular Construction Formal Consensus Dynamic Self-Governance Sociocracy Green Technologies Solar Water Heater Composting Toile Photovoltaic PVs Geothermal Ground Assist Heat Pump
133	Ecology of a Myth: Landscape, Vernacular, and Settler Colonialism at the Sea Ranch Jennings, Michele Lee January 2022 (has links) No description available. Aesthetics American History American Studies Architecture Architectural Area Planning and Development Art History Design Environmental Studies History Landscape Architecture Native American Studies architecture architectural history modernism settler colonialism environmental conservation california california modernism bay regional tradition sea ranch northern california site specific architecture charles moore lawrence halprin condominium one MLTW vernacular architecture kashaya pomo
134	Learning from Andean vernacular architecture: a proposal for a tourist center in San Pedro de Casta, Marcahuasi Veliz, Bertha M. January 1986 (has links) The architectural intentions may best be described in the phrases: "symbolic meaning of the environment" - "the spirit of place" - and the need to assure the "historical continuity". The main points of the program are the following: 1.- to create a service unit corresponding to the needs of the overall development of the micro-region as regards to tourism, 2.- to favor contact between the tourists and the local population, 3.- to express this aim by means of an open type of structure, 4.- to offer a wide range of activities corresponding to the needs and desires of the occupants, 5.- not to destroy the natural and existing environment. / Master of Architecture LD5655.V855 1986.V454
135	Podještědská obec Hradčany v příběhu soudobých dějin / Municipality of Hradčany in Podještědí in the story of contemporary history Havelka, Jan January 2017 (has links) This master's thesis follows the author's previous bachelor thesis Village Hradčany in Podještědí at Contemporary History 1914 -1948. Using terminology and methods of regional history and microhistory it accents exploring contemporary history of whole commune and municipality Hradčany with all of its historical villages. It will deal comprehensively with cultural-historical and political-historical problems and phenomena of the of the second half of the 20th century, beginning with the communist rise of power in 1948 , continuing by demise of traditional rural economy in the fifties. But it will also mention the extinction of commune Hradčany itself and its connecting to the bigger commune of socialist type in seventies and developement of socialist rural society. Due to comparing the local archive sources with sources from other surrounding settlements the work should produce a synthetical historical source, which could be taken as a general picture of history of settlements in the region. The whole work is based primarily on archive and oral-history research, interviews with the oldest settlers, collection of photographic sources and written documents as memories.

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