Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 32).

The objective of the project was to develop a furniture set that consists of a multifunctional bed and a cabinet. A pre-study was performed to define the problem area and to set the requirements for the furniture. The pre-study included: studies and discussions at the associated company, literature review within the field, user survey, market search and ergonomics study. When the specification was set and clarified, the concept generation phase was started. Design methods were used to structure and support the design activity. In addition, principles of inclusive design were followed in order to end up with a design that would fit a larger part of the targeted customer group. The generated design concepts were assessed according to fulfilment of set requirements. One final concept was chosen for further development in the following detail design phase. This activity included specifying the design in detail, e.g. related to materials, colours and accessories. The collaboration with the company was essential during the whole project for getting inspiration, feedback and important inputs to the design activity. Hence, the company’s opinions were continuously considered along the design process. A prototype was made of the final design and tests were performed to assess the design and to get input for further development.

The purpose of this study was to explore the role a school council played in encouraging community involvement in a K to 12 school located within a bedroom community. This qualitative case study included data collected from 35 semi-structured individual interviews conducted with Sunshines School Community Council (SCC) members, teachers, and community members. Augmented data collection incorporated my attendance at three SCC meetings, 11 community and school visits, and the maintenance of a personal journal during the interview process. Data results were analyzed through Putnams concept of social capital theory.<p> During the time of this study, the impact that Sunshines SCC had on community involvement in school was evolving. The SCC was new to the school community; Sunshines SCC members displayed nascent levels of trust between themselves and with community members. The SCC predominantly focused its attention on fulfilling the provincially-mandated requirement of contributing to the schools Learning Improvement Plan. Since supporting the schools centralized goals consumed much of the SCCs time and attention, the association was less able to promote traditional forms of community involvement in school.<p> Most participants perceived traditional forms of community involvement in school to positively impact the social cohesion of the school community. Parents believed there were multiple benefits associated with traditional forms of community involvement in school, including improved parent-to-parent relationships, improved school-home relationships, additional support for school curricula, and improved student performance in school. Based on social capital theory, socialization during community events generates social capital between community members, which encourages further community involvement in school. The forging of bonding, bridging, and linking social capital, through a variety of traditional means, was a fundamental component needed to create, complement, and sustain community involvement in the school.<p> The majority of SCC participants perceived that the formal components of SCC policy were misaligned with their desire to promote traditional forms of community involvement. Most participants believed that bureaucratic aspects of the SCC policy (and similar organizations) negatively affect productivity. Social capital theory supported the idea that bureaucracy deters the establishment and utilization of trust and social capital.<p> Sunshine was a bedroom community and the socialization tendencies of the community appeared to negatively influence community involvement. Convenient access to urban amenities, the influx of new community members, and a generational shift of values and lifestyles appeared to deter the creation and utilization of personal and professional stocks of social capital within the community. In contrast, the impact of child-focused events and sporting activities appeared to unite community members and positively influence the creation and utilization of social capital within the community.<p> Implications arising from this study pinpoint the importance of fostering trusting relationships not only between SCCs members but between SCCs and their communities. In order to generate higher levels of trust, and thereby strengthen the potency of social capital, Sunshines SCC members need decentralized authority to self-create local goals. The procedure of annual SCC elections also needs reviewing as an annual influx of new members to the SCC negates the sustainability of high levels of trust. On a practical level, Sunshines SCC, the school administration, and the school division need to promote SCC communication with the school community.

The purpose of this study was to explore the role a school council played in encouraging community involvement in a K to 12 school located within a bedroom community. This qualitative case study included data collected from 35 semi-structured individual interviews conducted with Sunshines School Community Council (SCC) members, teachers, and community members. Augmented data collection incorporated my attendance at three SCC meetings, 11 community and school visits, and the maintenance of a personal journal during the interview process. Data results were analyzed through Putnams concept of social capital theory.<p> During the time of this study, the impact that Sunshines SCC had on community involvement in school was evolving. The SCC was new to the school community; Sunshines SCC members displayed nascent levels of trust between themselves and with community members. The SCC predominantly focused its attention on fulfilling the provincially-mandated requirement of contributing to the schools Learning Improvement Plan. Since supporting the schools centralized goals consumed much of the SCCs time and attention, the association was less able to promote traditional forms of community involvement in school.<p> Most participants perceived traditional forms of community involvement in school to positively impact the social cohesion of the school community. Parents believed there were multiple benefits associated with traditional forms of community involvement in school, including improved parent-to-parent relationships, improved school-home relationships, additional support for school curricula, and improved student performance in school. Based on social capital theory, socialization during community events generates social capital between community members, which encourages further community involvement in school. The forging of bonding, bridging, and linking social capital, through a variety of traditional means, was a fundamental component needed to create, complement, and sustain community involvement in the school.<p> The majority of SCC participants perceived that the formal components of SCC policy were misaligned with their desire to promote traditional forms of community involvement. Most participants believed that bureaucratic aspects of the SCC policy (and similar organizations) negatively affect productivity. Social capital theory supported the idea that bureaucracy deters the establishment and utilization of trust and social capital.<p> Sunshine was a bedroom community and the socialization tendencies of the community appeared to negatively influence community involvement. Convenient access to urban amenities, the influx of new community members, and a generational shift of values and lifestyles appeared to deter the creation and utilization of personal and professional stocks of social capital within the community. In contrast, the impact of child-focused events and sporting activities appeared to unite community members and positively influence the creation and utilization of social capital within the community.<p> Implications arising from this study pinpoint the importance of fostering trusting relationships not only between SCCs members but between SCCs and their communities. In order to generate higher levels of trust, and thereby strengthen the potency of social capital, Sunshines SCC members need decentralized authority to self-create local goals. The procedure of annual SCC elections also needs reviewing as an annual influx of new members to the SCC negates the sustainability of high levels of trust. On a practical level, Sunshines SCC, the school administration, and the school division need to promote SCC communication with the school community.

Through an ethnographic case study of one housing estate, this study explores the impact of the ‘Bedroom Tax’ on 31 social housing tenants. The research was motivated by three central questions: what impacts is the Bedroom Tax having on individuals and households? How is the policy rationalised? And, what impact is it having at the neighbourhood level? Previous research has shown the policy to be negatively impacting; financially, physically and psychologically. This study builds upon previous studies in highlighting how the increasing precariousness of social housing is producing housing insecurity, the consequences of which are having a detrimental impact on those affected. Moving beyond the impacts at the household level it addresses a gap in the literature by examining in greater depth the impacts the policy is having on localised relationships and builds upon previous studies in contributing knowledge to how the policy affects dependent children. The findings illustrate that mobility within the social sector is more complex than assumed and the push and pull factors that determine mobility are multidimensional incorporating structural and personal constraints. At the neighbourhood level, it offers insights into how a sense of being forcibly uprooted impacts on participants’ sense of security, self and belonging. It concludes by arguing that the Bedroom Tax policy is socially divisive, creating and building upon resentments about the allocation of social housing resources at the local level. It offers insights into how the policy is working to reconfigure ideas about the role and culture of social housing tenure, and its ability to provide a home for life. The consequences of promoting greater transience within the social rented sector and what that may do to undermine communities experiencing poverty is reflected upon in light of the findings of this study.

In this thesis, the design considerations of a healthy and stimulating bedroom environment for preschool period children are analyzed. In order to build up a multipurpose environment, the development of the preschool children, necessary items of furniture and the related design concepts are discussed. General design criteria are determined to constitute a guide for a children bedroom environment of preschool period. Under the light of these data, a research is conducted to analyze today&rsquo / s children furniture market in Turkey.

Most developmental theories propose reasons for behavior and changes in behavior due to influences from genetic and environmental factors. A behavioral change that occurs during development, from infancy to adulthood, is the increasing number of choices that are made. The purpose of this study was to investigate developmental theory as it relates to adolescent choice (influences, interactions, activity, preference, and acceptance) in the environment most readily controlled by adolescents, their bedrooms. Two hundred thirty-four eighth- and ninth-grade students responded to the Adolescent Development and Environments Research Survey. The survey assessed gender, grade, pubertal status, negative/positive passive and active genotype-environment effects, height and weight, and bedroom design and decoration influence, preference, activity, and acceptance (dislike-like). Results confirmed relations among gender and bedroom design preferences and activity. Girls' bedrooms contained a greater variety of items than did boys' bedrooms. Additionally, girls were overall more active in procuring items for their bedrooms than were boys. Grade differences (within gender) were identified for boys and girls for preferences, but not activity. Regarding pubertal status, Lo and Hi pubertal status girls differed in preferences, and the use of their own money to procure bedroom items. Lo and Hi pubertal status boys differed both in preferences and in bedroom location change. Perceived influences on adolescent bedroom design were associated with preferences for related items (e.g., the "Classes at school" influence category correlated positively with "Bookcase"). Regarding bedroom design acceptance, adolescents were less likely to like heir bedroom designs if they had ignored their parents' opinions about their bedroom design and instead furnished their bedrooms the way they wanted to. Girls who had no masculine items in their bedrooms were likely to have parents who gave the final word about bedroom design. Adolescents' friends influenced their frequency of bedroom design. With regard to obtaining bedroom items, girls and boys differed in the number and type of influences they reported. Previous studies of gender, age (grade), and pubertal status support these findings. Further, these findings support developmental theory suppositions as related to biosocial influences, negative/positive passive geneenvironment effects, and opportunity structures.

Die Festlegung einer Quote für den Anteil an Plätzen in Einzel- und Doppelzimmern in stationären Altenpflegeeinrichtungen wird im Zuge des Übergangs der Heimgesetzgebung auf die Bundesländer derzeit intensiv diskutiert. In den letzten Jahren ist der Anteil an Plätzen in Einzelzimmern in allen Bundesländern bereits ohne die Festlegung einer Zielgröße kontinuierlich angestiegen. In welchem Maß die Festschreibung eines erhöhten Einzelplatzanteils auch höhere bauliche Investitionskosten und ansteigende Betriebskosten verursacht, wird in den bisher vorliegenden Studien kontrovers diskutiert. In den hier vorgenommenen Untersuchungen im Auftrag des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, Familie und Frauen wird untersucht, welche flächen- und baukostenseitigen Kompensationspotenziale in den Raumprogrammen aktuell realisierter Bauvorhaben bestehen, die bei zukünftigen Neubauvorhaben zu einer Erhöhung des Einzelplatzanteils auf 85% herangezogen werden können. Dazu werden Modellrechnungen durchgeführt und anhand derer retrospektiv untersucht, ob geänderte Konzeptionen sowohl im betrieblichen Konzept als auch in der konkreten Raumprogrammierung sich flächen- und damit auch Kosten reduzierend hätten auswirken können und damit zukünftig eine Erhöhung des Einzelplatzanteils kompensiert werden könnte. Die Maßnahmen werden hinsichtlich ihrer Auswirkungen auf die Pflege und Versorgung diskutiert. Die Ergebnisse der Modellrechnungen zeigen, dass in den aktuellen baulichen Standards der Neubauten der letzten Jahre durchaus Variablen bestehen, die den unbestrittenen Zuwachs an Fläche und baulichen Investitionskosten bei der Realisierung eines erhöhten Einzelzimmeranteils von ca. 85% bei zukünftigen Neubauten kompensieren können. Entsprechende Ansatzmöglichkeiten werden im Bereich der Größe und Anzahl von Bädern in den Bewohnerzimmern sowie von Pflegebädern, in der Form der Speisenversorgung sowie der Größe von zentralen Funktionen, wie z.B. Cafeteria, Mehrzweck- und Therapiebereiche, gesehen. / As legislation on nursing home care in Germany is no longer a federal law, the former regulations are revised and newly legislated by the German federal states. In this context it is being intensely discussed if the percentage of single and shared bedrooms in nursing homes should be legally stipulated. Within the last years the percentage of single rooms increased continuously even without a compulsory quote. To what extent a higher share of single rooms causes higher costs in investment and operating is being controversially discussed in the existing studies. The following study was commissioned by the Bavarian State Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Family Affairs, Women and Health. Focus of this study was to identify elements within the room allocation plans of the homes which could be redesignated in futures programmes in order to achieve a percentage of 85% single rooms within the Nursing homes- without causing higher costs in investment. Model calculations showed that modifications of the conceptual designs can compensate the investment cost in new developments. Influencing factors are the size and number of resident’s bathrooms and therapeutic baths, the catering concept and the surface area of common rooms such as the cafeteria and multipurpose rooms.

Die Festlegung einer Quote für den Anteil an Plätzen in Einzel- und Doppelzimmern in stationären Altenpflegeeinrichtungen wird im Zuge des Übergangs der Heimgesetzgebung auf die Bundesländer derzeit intensiv diskutiert. In den letzten Jahren ist der Anteil an Plätzen in Einzelzimmern in allen Bundesländern bereits ohne die Festlegung einer Zielgröße kontinuierlich angestiegen. In welchem Maß die Festschreibung eines erhöhten Einzelplatzanteils auch höhere bauliche Investitionskosten und ansteigende Betriebskosten verursacht, wird in den bisher vorliegenden Studien kontrovers diskutiert. In den hier vorgenommenen Untersuchungen im Auftrag des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, Familie und Frauen wird untersucht, welche flächen- und baukostenseitigen Kompensationspotenziale in den Raumprogrammen aktuell realisierter Bauvorhaben bestehen, die bei zukünftigen Neubauvorhaben zu einer Erhöhung des Einzelplatzanteils auf 85% herangezogen werden können. Dazu werden Modellrechnungen durchgeführt und anhand derer retrospektiv untersucht, ob geänderte Konzeptionen sowohl im betrieblichen Konzept als auch in der konkreten Raumprogrammierung sich flächen- und damit auch Kosten reduzierend hätten auswirken können und damit zukünftig eine Erhöhung des Einzelplatzanteils kompensiert werden könnte. Die Maßnahmen werden hinsichtlich ihrer Auswirkungen auf die Pflege und Versorgung diskutiert. Die Ergebnisse der Modellrechnungen zeigen, dass in den aktuellen baulichen Standards der Neubauten der letzten Jahre durchaus Variablen bestehen, die den unbestrittenen Zuwachs an Fläche und baulichen Investitionskosten bei der Realisierung eines erhöhten Einzelzimmeranteils von ca. 85% bei zukünftigen Neubauten kompensieren können. Entsprechende Ansatzmöglichkeiten werden im Bereich der Größe und Anzahl von Bädern in den Bewohnerzimmern sowie von Pflegebädern, in der Form der Speisenversorgung sowie der Größe von zentralen Funktionen, wie z.B. Cafeteria, Mehrzweck- und Therapiebereiche, gesehen. / As legislation on nursing home care in Germany is no longer a federal law, the former regulations are revised and newly legislated by the German federal states. In this context it is being intensely discussed if the percentage of single and shared bedrooms in nursing homes should be legally stipulated. Within the last years the percentage of single rooms increased continuously even without a compulsory quote. To what extent a higher share of single rooms causes higher costs in investment and operating is being controversially discussed in the existing studies. The following study was commissioned by the Bavarian State Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Family Affairs, Women and Health. Focus of this study was to identify elements within the room allocation plans of the homes which could be redesignated in futures programmes in order to achieve a percentage of 85% single rooms within the Nursing homes- without causing higher costs in investment. Model calculations showed that modifications of the conceptual designs can compensate the investment cost in new developments. Influencing factors are the size and number of resident’s bathrooms and therapeutic baths, the catering concept and the surface area of common rooms such as the cafeteria and multipurpose rooms.

[pt] Considerando os quartos de adolescentes como espaços privilegiados para a compreensão de aspectos centrais da juventude contemporânea, essa pesquisa se volta para uma análise interpretativa de conteúdo, a partir do estudo de representações midiáticas desses espaços em um recorte que contempla matérias veiculadas sobre o assunto no site da Capricho entre 2013 e 2019 e vídeos de tour pelo quarto feitos pelos adolescentes e disponibilizados na plataforma Youtube, entre os anos de 2017 e 2019. Tal objeto permitiu um olhar privilegiado para discussões sobre a adolescência como categoria histórica e social, cujos ritos de passagem foram diluídos e ressignificados em tempos atuais. Tem-se ainda que esses quartos se transformam em importante reduto de consumo e de dinâmicas comunicacionais específicas que perpassam as constituições identitárias e as relações dos jovens com os ambientes digitais, incluindo-se aí o gerenciamento de uma presença midiática cuidadosamente elaborada. São questões centrais dessa pesquisa, ainda, a cultura material, analisada aqui no contexto da juventude, a partir da exibição e movimentação de objetos dentro dos quartos, assim como das narrativas elaboradas em torno destes. Reflete-se também sobre a construção da noção de uma privacidade juvenil como valor, daquilo que ainda é considerado de caráter estritamente íntimo, em contraposição ao que é exibido em ambiente midiático. A observação de experiências pessoais de um quarto e de uma cultura de quarto (do inglês, bedroom culture) aponta para aspectos essenciais de uma cultura juvenil que se dá essencialmente no espaço privado doméstico, mas que deve ser compreendida em suas relações com o espaço público e com outros tantos agentes da sociedade contemporânea. / [en] Considering the teen bedrooms perspective crucial to understand contemporary youth, this dissertation studies their media representations based on the interpretive content analysis of articles published on Capricho magazine s website between 2013 and 2019, as well as teen bedroom tour videos posted on YouTube between 2017 and 2019. This bedroom-centered analysis allowed for an input on the reality of teens as a historic and social group, whose rites of passage are being constantly reexamined. These bedrooms have become consumption strongholds in which specific communication dynamics take place, dynamics of identity and social media interactions, including carefully elaborated media presences. Herein, we analyze teen material culture from the exhibition and movement of objects inside the bedrooms, and from the teen narratives about them. We also reflect upon teen privacy as a value, and on what is considered strictly intimate as opposed to what is portrayed on social media. Personal bedroom experiences and the existence of a bedroom culture point to a teen culture that takes place essentially in the domestic private space, but that must be understood in regards to the public spaces and to other agents of contemporary society.