Welcome to CityPlace. Thirty-five hectares of formerly unoccupied rail-lands in downtown Toronto are currently undergoing a transformation into an instant neighbourhood. Eventually, CityPlace will be the home to over 15,000 people within 23 buildings, sequestered by the Gardiner Expressway on its southern border and by the still functioning rail-lines on its northern border, it is truly an island of suburban stacked living which is at once surrounded and yet at a distance from downtown Toronto. In CityPlace we are witnessing what the Belgian philosopher Lieven De Cauter describes as the rise of the capsular civilization. Impossible to ignore, condominiums have become the dominant form of new housing in the city of Toronto; a process that has been driven by demographics, political imperative and most of all by the pursuit of profits in the high-stakes game of real-estate development. But lost in this torrent of development is a genuine dialogue about the city we are building. This thesis explores the current state of condo development in downtown Toronto; from the myriad of political, economic and physical factors that have led to Toronto’s vernacular condo typology to the marketing onslaught that targets the base consumerist hyper-individual within all of us and aims to hide the fact that these buildings are more similar than distinct. From the optimistic aims of a city council which seeks to achieve civic benefits from increased density, to the cynical de urbanizing and social polarization that the type typically brings into the downtown. The thesis explores the promise of downtown condominium living and the hybridisation of programme that accompanies the rising real estate values of the downtown core. Programmatic promiscuity and complexity are exploited to bring different user-types from the outside city into the tower. With its unique vertical properties and inherent density, the residential high-rise tower presents new opportunities for urban collective spaces. From introvert to extrovert, the new condo becomes a catalyst for urbanity in the instant neighbourhood of CityPlace.

Submitted by Irene Nascimento (irene.kessia@ufpe.br) on 2016-07-21T17:43:16Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) distinçãosocialdissertação.pdf: 79432351 bytes, checksum: 48552eacac2823f31ec79f1677313104 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-21T17:43:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) distinçãosocialdissertação.pdf: 79432351 bytes, checksum: 48552eacac2823f31ec79f1677313104 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-24 / FACEPE / O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar o morar nos condomínios fechados não como uma simples resposta a crescente violência urbana, fortalezas defensivas contra os perigos e ameaças à espreita nas ruas, mas como uma forma de distinção e status. Assim, o enfoque volta-se ao entendimento dessa tipologia urbana como a transfiguração de um tipo de habitação em objeto de consumo, atravessada pela publicidade e permeada de conotações com diferentes significados e hierarquias, de prestígio e de moda, parte de uma lógica da diferenciação característica da sociedade de consumo sobre a qual discorreu Jean Baudrillard. A partir dessa referência teórica optou-se, como procedimento metodológico, privilegiar a análise de conteúdo proposta por Bardin dos anúncios imobiliários dos residenciais AlphaVille-SP, de modo a mostrar como esses anúncios tornaram os condomínios uma moradia extremamente atraente, dialogando com valores caros à sociedade contemporânea. / The objective of this project research is to analyze the living in gated communities not as a simple response to the growing urban violence, defensive fortresses against the dangers and threats lurking on the streets, but as a way of distinction and status. Thus, the focus turns to the understanding of this urban typology as the transfiguration of housing in a consumer object, crossed by advertising and fraught with connotations with different meanings and hierarchies of prestige and fashion, part of a logic of differentiation feature of the consumer society on which Jean Baudrillard argued about. From this theoretical framework was chosen, as methodological procedure, to privilege the analysis of content proposed by Bardin of the real estate ads of AlphaVille-SP residentials, in order to show how these ads made condominiums a very attractive housing, interacting with important values to the contemporary society.

This thesis analyzes the information and legal protection provided to the Canadian condominium purchaser. A comparison is made as to the effectiveness of relevant legislation in Canadian jurisdictions and where deficiencies are perceived the thesis makes proposals for reform. / Law, Peter A. Allard School of / Graduate

This study investigated the effects of a process of metaphor creation on the meaningful understanding of a significant past experience - that of owning and living in a condominium that had been damaged because of excessive rain and poor building practises and/or materials. This natural disaster has affected the Lower Mainland of British Columbia predominantly, and the media have called it "The Leaky Condo Crisis." Theory states that metaphors can be helpful in changing how people feel toward, think about, and deal with their experiences. In this way metaphors can help people toward a more meaningful understanding of those experiences. In order to explore these ideas, a structured intervention was developed and called the MetaForm. It involves the creation of metaphors for an experience in order to explore the similarities and differences between the metaphor and the experience to derive meaning from or add meaning to the experience. To this end, each of four co-researchers was interviewed twice. The Intervention Interview introduced the MetaForm. The participants related their condominium stories, then they created metaphors for various parts of those stories. These parts were named after the elements of drama: setting, mood, props, cast, plot and theme. When a coresearcher suggested a metaphor, it was elaborated into a full story or drama by that coresearcher and myself. The Inquiry Interview explored the MetaForm for evidence of meaningful understanding. Participants reported that the MetaForm intervention helped them, to varying degrees and in different ways, to develop a more meaningful understanding of their experiences of owning and living in water-damaged condominiums. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate

Detta arbete är skrivet på Kungliga tekniska högskolan i Stockholm inom kandidatprogrammet Fastighetsutveckling med fastighetsförmedling. Ägarlägenheter introducerades som upplåtelseform i Sverige 2009 med syftet att bland annatöka mångfalden av boendeformer samt ge ökad frihet för de boende. En ägarlägenhet är en tredimensionell fastighet som har till syfte att inrymma en bostadslägenhet även om en ägarlägenhet juridiskt sett går att likna vid ett småhus. Sedan 2009 har endast drygt 2000 ägarlägenheter uppförts i Sverige. Syftet med detta arbete har varit att få en förståelse för hur ägarlägenheter fungerar rentpraktiskt för att på så sätt kunna bidra med ökad förståelse för varför upplåtelseformen inte utnyttjas till större grad. Resultatet i rapporten grundar sig på dels en enkätundersökning, dels intervjuer med styrelsemedlemmar i fyra olika samfällighetsföreningar för ägarlägenheter. Resultatet visar att trivselnivån är generellt sett hög bland de boende och att det trivs väl medupplåtelseformen. Majoriteten kan skulle vid en framtida flytt välja ägarlägenhet igen. En faktor som många boende lyfter fram som positivt med ägarlägenheter är möjligheten attkunna hyra ut sitt boende. En annan faktor som många lyfter fram är friheten att inte behövaha styrelsens godkännande vid beslut som tas om boendet. Samtidigt som möjligheten att kunna hyra ut sitt boende är mycket uppskattad är det även den frågan som skapar mest bekymmer. Flera menar att hyresgästerna inte tar samma ansvar som övriga boende när det kommer till tex skötsel av gemensamma utrymmen. Sammanfattningsvis är upplåtelseformen mycket uppskattad av de som deltagit i vår enkätundersökning och i våra intervjuer, även om det finns ett par förbättringsområden som skulle öka den generella trivselnivån. / This bachelor thesis is written at Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm under the bachelor program Real Estate Development and Agency. Condominiums introduced as a tenure in Sweden 2009 with the purpose of increase diversity of tenures and enhance the freedom of the residents. A condominium is a three-dimensional property with the purpose of housing a residential apartment even if a condominium legally comparable to a detached house. Since 2009 approximately 2000 condominiums have been built. Our intent with this thesis has been to gain an understanding regarding how condominiums function purely practical so to be able to contribute with a increased omprehension concerning wherefore the tenure has not been used to a greater extent. The results of the report is based on partly surveys, partly interviews with board members in four different community associations for condominiums. The result display that the level of comfort is generally high among the residents and that it isa appreciated form of tenure. The majority would in a future move chose condominium again.One factor many of the residents highlights as positive with condominiums is the possibility to be able to rent out their accommodation. Another factor highly regarded is the freedom tonot need the approval of a board when deciding on the accommodations. Simultaneously the opportunity to rent out the condominium is very appreciated it is in the issue which creates the most concern. Several believe that tenants do not take the same responsibility as other residents when it comes to, for example, management of common space. In conclusion, the tenure is greatly appreciated of the participators in our survey and interviews, although there are a few areas of improvement which would increase the overall level of comfort among the residents.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-04T11:45:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Joao_Carlos_Farber.pdf: 1293283 bytes, checksum: 52c6a4a68e497ea380669a62bd2588bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-08-15 / The discussions about the joint ownership are not recent, thus the conflicts concerning the ownership right have been well-known since the beginning of mankind. With the passing of time, an amazing growing in the construction of buildings has been noticed, and consequently it has required the proper legal and administrative treatment. The incredible growing of the organizations engaged in the construction of buildings has demanded some transformations which have gone beyond the necessity of creating legal systems, but they have also motivated the reformulation of the condominium association administrative models and what was considered an easy task for the condominium association management has become a planned and organized administrative process, requiring more and more highly qualified professional workers to manage those associations. As a result, the accounting system has become an important tool for managing the condominium associations and it was also noticed that it can surely contribute for the soundness of the financial controls, the reliability of the data presented and the patrimonial protection of the unit owners. The main objective of this work is to closely study the quality of the economic-financial data presented by the condominium associations, emphasizing one of the segments of the Accounting Sciences that needs to be better investigated and disclosed in Brazil, that is, the Accounting System for the Condominium Associations. For this reason. this work investigates the methods adopted by the residential condominium associations in order to disclose their economic-financial data, taking into account an empiric research which was aimed at the condominium associations managers and its objective was to appraise the quality and satisfaction level of those managers regarding the economic-financial data presented and disclosed to the condominium association community. The purpose is to demonstrate the main aspects connected with the disclosure of those data, emphasizing the importance of adopting the Accounting principles and patterns as a tool for improving the financial-administrative controls and the management of those associations. Another goal of this work is to demonstrate to the managers of the residential condominium associations, the importance of the Accounting Sciences as a tool for increasing the quality of the financial-administrative controls of those organizations. / As discuss??es em torno do dom??nio comum n??o s??o recentes, os conflitos referentes ao direito de propriedade t??m sido conhecidos desde o in??cio da exist??ncia do homem. Com o passar dos tempos notou-se um incr??vel crescimento na constru????o de edif??cios, exigindo-se tratamentos legais e administrativos apropriados. O crescimento exponencial dessas institui????es desencadeou transforma????es que foram al??m da necessidade de evolu????o das mat??rias jur??dicas e levaram ?? reformula????o dos modelos de administra????o condominial, que passou de uma simples atribui????o do s??ndico para um processo de administra????o planejado e organizado, requerendo, cada vez mais, profissionais qualificados ?? frente da administra????o dessas institui????es. Neste cen??rio, a Contabilidade tornou-se um importante instrumento para a administra????o condominial e pode contribuir, com seus fundamentos, princ??pios, padr??es, crit??rios e procedimentos, para a maior solidez dos controles, confiabilidade das informa????es e prote????o do patrim??nio dos cond??minos. O objetivo geral deste trabalho ?? o de pesquisar a qualidade das informa????es econ??mico-financeiras produzidas pelas entidades condominiais e enfatizar um segmento das Ci??ncias Cont??beis a ser mais bem explorado e difundido no Brasil, ou seja, a Contabilidade de condom??nios. Para tanto, este trabalho estuda os crit??rios adotados pelos condom??nios residenciais para divulga????o de suas informa????es econ??mico-financeiras e contempla uma pesquisa emp??rica efetuada junto a s??ndicos dessas institui????es, que tem por objetivo avaliar a qualidade e o n??vel de satisfa????o quanto ??s informa????es econ??mico-financeiras produzidas e divulgadas ?? coletividade condominial. T??m-se o prop??sito de demonstrar os principais aspectos correlatos ?? evidencia????o dessas informa????es e salientar a import??ncia da ado????o dos princ??pios e padr??es da Contabilidade como instrumento para a melhoria do controle e gest??o daquelas entidades. Tamb??m h?? a pretens??o de conscientizar os administradores de condom??nios residenciais quanto ?? import??ncia da Contabilidade como ferramenta para o adequado processo de gest??o e de controle dessas organiza????es. Por fim, sugere-se a ado????o das ferramentas cont??beis nos processos gerenciais decis??rios e de controle dos condom??nios residenciais.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-02-16T12:26:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Paula Goyos Browne.pdf: 1022443 bytes, checksum: 1971f4babcf0667fd18919603e8090fb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-16T12:26:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Paula Goyos Browne.pdf: 1022443 bytes, checksum: 1971f4babcf0667fd18919603e8090fb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-09 / The present work deals with the division of urban areas under the condominium regime of lots, appreciating them from the perspective of Urban Law. Firstly, we find that lots condominiums are a form of urban expansion that is not appreciated by the law of land subdivision, Law 6.766/ 79 and, neither, by the condominiums law in buildings, Law 4.591/ 64. It is a hybrid modality that involves both public and private interests, and affects both private law and public law. This is private law with regard to the right to property, and its developments, regulated in particular by civil law. Nevertheless, it is an institute of public law, since it impacts on the urban space that is studied mainly by the urban law, but also by other branches of law such as administrative law and environmental law. The characteristics of the condominiums and the modalities of urban land subdivision were studied, highlighting the similarities and differences of these developments and pointing out that the condominiums of lots do not fit into any modality and require their own regulation. We emphasize the importance of the role played by municipalities in the regulation of urban space and the normative function of the State Courts of Justice, so that the implementation of lots condominiums is carried out in a controlled manner, with requirements and approvals that attenuate the impacts of Segregation in the right to the city. It was necessary to analyze other modalities of closed residential projects to differentiate and understand the legal discipline of lots condominiums. Finally, we have seen that the validity and application of constitutional and legal provisions permit the regularity of the condominiums of lots, in accordance with the established municipal norms, with the regulation of the General Office of Justice and with the premises of Urban Law / O presente trabalho trata da divisão de glebas urbanas sob o regime de condomínio de lotes, apreciando-os na perspectiva do Direito Urbanístico. Em primeiro lugar verificamos que os condomínios de lotes são uma forma de expansão urbana que não é apreciada pela lei de parcelamento do solo, Lei 6.766/79 e, tampouco, pela lei de condomínios em edificações, a Lei 4.591/64. É modalidade híbrida que envolve interesses públicos e privados, sendo afeta tanto ao Direito Privado como ao Direito Público. Trata-se de direito privado no que tange ao direito de propriedade, e seus desdobramentos, regulado em especial pelo direito civil. Não obstante, é instituto de direito público, já que impacta no espaço urbano que é estudado principalmente pelo do direito urbanístico, mas também por outros ramos do direito como o direito administrativo e o direito ambiental. Foram estudadas as características dos condomínios e as modalidades de parcelamento do solo urbano, destacando as semelhanças e diferenças destes empreendimentos e apontando que os condomínios de lotes não se enquadram em nenhuma modalidade e exige regulamentação própria. Destacamos a relevância do papel cumprido pelos municípios na regulamentação do espaço urbano e a função normativa da Corregedoria Geral de Justiça dos estados, a fim de que à implantação dos condomínios de lotes seja realizada de forma controlada, com requisitos e aprovações que atenuem os impactos da segregação no direito à cidade. Foi necessária a análise de outras modalidades de empreendimentos residenciais fechados para diferenciarmos e compreendermos a disciplina jurídica dos condomínios de lotes. Finalmente, vimos que a vigência e aplicação dos dispositivos constitucionais e legais permitem a regularidade dos condomínios de lotes, desde que em consonância com as normas municipais estabelecidas, com a regulamentação da Corregedoria Geral de Justiça e com as premissas do Direito Urbanístico

Thesis (LLD (Private Law))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / The objective of this study is to examine the significance of introducing and strengthening apartment ownership in China. The research aims to explore and scrutinize various apartment ownership options from selected jurisdictions in order to provide a framework for similar legislation in China. Hence, the research seeks to provide a legislative framework for a uniform condominium statute by closely examining the South African Sectional Titles Act and the American Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act. This comparative study will help to establish a uniform condominium statute suitable to the Chinese national character and compatible with the pace of the country’s economic development. The thesis is organized into seven chapters. The first chapter explains the research topic, theoretical basis of the thesis, and research methodology. Moreover, in this chapter the historical background and status quo of Chinese condominium institution are also illustrated. Following this introduction, Chapter Two explores the theoretical structure of condominium ownership. It depicts the legislative innovation arising from its sui generis features and explains the objects of condominium ownership on the basis of its unique definition. In Chapter Three, a wide spectrum of provisions is identified pertaining to the creation of condominium in China with reference to South African and American acts. Specifically, it observes the requirements for land intended for subdivision and the buildings that comprise a condominium project. It is highlighted that a condominium’s constitutive document is unregulated in China. Moreover, the characteristic Chinese land registration procedure is also presented. Chapter Four demonstrates the significance of the participation quota and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of different participation quota calculating methods. Chapter Five emphasizes that inherent in the condominium living is the interdependence of interests among unit owners. Consequently, this chapter focuses on condominium owners’ use and enjoyment of their apartments and the common property. Chapter Six elaborates on condominium management. This chapter examines the management body, the general meeting, the executive council and the managing agent. It concludes that having a well-structured management body is essential since a condominium community cannot function efficiently without a management association to represent all of the owners and to handle day-to-day operations. The last chapter concludes that China needs to enact a uniform condominium to protect private interests within the condominium context.

Thesis (LLM )-University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / 150 leaves printed on single pages, preliminary pages i-xi and numbered pages 1-138. Includes bibliography. / Digitized at 600 dpi grayscale to pdf format (OCR), using a Bizhub 250 Konica Minolta Scanner. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of sectional ownership has been unknown in the Botswana common law because of the maxim superficies solo cedit, which does not recognize separate ownership of apartments in a building. The law must always serve the felt and real needs of the times, and in order to give effect to those needs, the Botswana Sectional Titles Act was enacted in 1999. It is based on the South African Sectional Titles Act of 1986, as amended, which repealed the 1971 Act. In this thesis, a comparative analysis of the South African and Botswana sectional titles law is made to determine whether and, if so, how the existing position in the South African sectional titles law could aid interpretation and application of the sectional titles legislation of Botswana, specifically pertaining to aspects of establishment of sectional title schemes. The main focus is on the legislative provisions of both jurisdictions. However, South African case law is also considered. Landownership and sectional titles is discussed, to determine whether sectional ownership is genuine ownership. This entails a discussion on the publicity principle, which in the case of land is normally achieved by means of registration in the Deeds Registries. The thesis analyses the Botswana and South African statutes on the requirements and procedures involved in the establishment of sectional title schemes to bring to light any shortcomings that may exist in either of the two statutes. An understanding of the shortcomings of the South African statute is relevant to the interpretation and application of the Botswana statute. An examination of the procedural aspects of establishment of a sectional title scheme, as well as the roles of the parties involved in the establishment thereof is undertaken, so as to identify consequences that may ensue if they fail to comply with the requirements of either of the statutes. Consequently, a comparative analysis on the effect of registration of the sectional plan and opening of the sectional title register is made. Although it is not suggested that the Botswana Act should be completely similar to the South African Act, as Botswana may have its own peculiar circumstances, suggestions as to the amendment of the Botswana statute are made. Amendments would make the Botswana Act even more flexible, and would open up the possibilities of development to achieve greater access to land. Further more improvements to the Act will have to be made, some before its implementation, and some after a period of application of the Act, as real practical problems become apparent. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die konsep van deeltitel was tot dusver in Botswana se gemenereg onbekend weens die maxim superficies solo cedit, wat nie aparte eienaarskap van woonstelle in 'n gebou erken nie. Die wet moet altyd die werklike behoeftes van die tyd dien, en om te voldoen aan daardie behoeftes is die Botswana Wet op Deeltitels in 1999 uitgevaardig. Dit is gebaseer op die Suid-Afrikaanse Wet op Deeltitels van 1986, soos gewysig, wat die 1971 Wet herroep het. In hierdie tesis word 'n vergelykende studie gedoen van die Suid-Afrikaanse Wet op Deeltitels en die gelyknamige Wet in Botswana om te bepaal of, en indien wel, hoe die bestaande posisie in die Suid-Afrikaanse Wet op Deeltitels kan help met die interpretasie en toepassing van die deeltitel wetgewing van Botswana, veral waar dit gaan oor die vestiging van deeltitelskemas. Die tesis fokus op die wetgewende bepalings in albei lande, maar konsentreer op probleemareas in die nuwe Deeltitel wet van Botswana. Grondeienaarskap en deeltitels word bespreek om te bepaal of deeltiteleienaarskap werklike eienaarskap is. Dit behels 'n bespreking van die publisiteitsbeginsel, waaraan gewoonlik, in die geval van grond, voldoen word deur registrasie in die Akteregister. Die tesis ontleed die Suid-Afrikaanse statuut en die statuut van Botswana wat gaan oor die vereistes en prosedures betrokke by die vestiging van deeltitelskemas en enige tekortkominge wat bestaan in enige van die twee statute. Dit is belangrik om die tekortkominge van die Suid-Afrikaanse statuut te begryp, as die statuut van Botswana geinterpreteer en toegepas moet word. Die prosedures wat gevolg word in die vestiging van 'n deeltitelskema, asook die rolle van die verskillende partye betrokke, word bespreek sodat die gevolge as daar nie aan die vereistes van die statuut voldoen word nie, identifiseer kan word. Gevolglik word 'n vergelykende ontleding gedoen van die effek van registrasie van die deeltitelplan en die opening van die deeltitelregister. Die slothoofstuk bevat aanbevelings vir verdere navorsing. Alhoewel daar nie voorgestel word dat die wet in Botswana identies aan die Suid-Afrikaanse wet moet wees nie, (Botswana het te make met ander omstandighede) word voorstelle aan die hand gedoen vir die wysiging van die wet in Botswana. Hierdie wysigings sal die wet meer buigsaam maak en daar sal meer moontlikhede wees vir ontwikkeling wat groter toegang tot grond sal bewerkstellig. Verder sal daar verbeterings aan die wet aangebring moet word nadat dit eers in werking getree het en die werklike probleme kop uitsteek.