One of the most striking dimensions of population change in Canada is the marked increase of elderly persons in proportion to the total population. This phenomenon, particularly pronounced in British Columbia (B.C.), reflects in large measure the attractiveness of regions within B.C, where climatic conditions are probably the most moderate in Canada. This large concentration of the elderly creates a significant housing problem because the elderly, on the whole, have lower incomes than other housing consumers and are thus at a disadvantage in securing adequate accommodation. An attempt is made to evolve an approach to the problem of housing the needy elderly which will be generally applicable in Canada and particularly applicable in B.C. It is contended that there is need for an administrative system designed to coordinate the diverse public and private organizations that are involved, or potentially involved, in providing housing and complementary services for the needy elderly. Coordination is required at several levels including coordination of planning and welfare agencies, coordination of efforts of municipalities in housing programs designed to serve residents of several municipalities, and coordination of private housing and service agencies with complementary public housing and service agencies. As a basis for investigation it is hypothesized that: In British Columbia, the Provincial Government ought to be responsible for establishing the objectives, policies and administrative framework necessary to encourage joint participation of federal, provincial and local governments and private enterprises in implementation of a comprehensive housing program for the elderly. The hypothesis stresses the importance of objectives and policies as a necessary basis of a housing program. While Provincial responsibility is emphasized, the ideal situation would entail joint Federal - Provincial participation in the definition of housing objectives and policies because of their joint participation in financing of these programs. Accordingly, it is proposed that the overall administrative framework use the "Urban Development Board", an administrative device designed to foster effective and coordinated joint Federal - Provincial action. The Provincial Government is alone constitutionally capable of establishing the necessary administrative machinery to implement housing programs at the local level. The key issue is whether to entrust the program to a dominant Provincial mechanism or to a strongly empowered local agency. Emphasis is placed on the human ecology of the problem. The problem of housing the elderly is expected to be pronounced in regions with climatic amenity, and particularly in urban areas of those regions. In addition, the requirements of an administrative system to implement a housing program are developed and a range of alternative administrative devices analyzed in light of these criteria. The analysis suggested that the local housing authority approach could produce a coordinated housing program at the local level of Government. The Provincial Government would make housing a mandatory function of local government, at the same time providing the necessary powers and financial resources for local housing authorities. The Provincial government would coordinate the programs of all local housing authorities and administer a system of grants-in-aid to these authorities in proportion to the need and in relation to Provincially established priorities. Because of the strength of voluntary philanthropic housing effort in B. C., it is suggested that the local housing authority be closely affiliated for coordination purposes with a proposed Housing Council to be comprised of representatives of those private organizations providing housing and collateral services. The case-study method is used to determine the utility of the recommended administrative system within the context of a specific area. The focus of the case study is on the administrative arrangements for housing the elderly at the local level. Proposed changes in Federal - Provincial relations on housing problems are not examined because a case study cannot identify the influence of non-existent administrative systems. The study serves to illustrate the potential role of a local housing authority although the mechanics of implementing the approach are not detailed. The hypothesis fails to assert explicitly that the Federal and Provincial Governments should jointly participate in formulating objectives and policies and that a housing program for the elderly should not be conceived independently of an overall housing program. Subject to these limitations, the hypothesis is considered valid. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

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The objectives of this thesis are as follow: First, to present a historical survey of the development and influence of art and architecture in man’s spiritual and cultural growth. Second, to trace the origin of the house and its evolution as expressed by difference in peoples and surroundings. Third, to study the furniture of the different eras and determine its characteristics as reflections of the taste, habits, and living standards of its time. Fourth, to apply the principles and requirements of our time in the design of a house, that will be a historical expression of its own age and thus fulfill its purpose of a home of today. Fifth, to present a detailed design of the residence. / M.S.

This thesis develops a transitional approach for moving the design and construction installation of the mechanical systems of the single family dwelling from its custom construction to industrialized products and construction. The approach is referred to as the MECHCORE Approach. Research of the past attempts to industrialize mechanical systems showed that the primary reasons for failures were high production and product coats, lack of flexibility, and demands for changes too rapid for the housing industry to bear. A review of physical, technical, economic, and business factors of the industry shows that there is a need for industrialized mechanical systems that the industry can take steps toward this end if the steps are transitional enough to cushion the shock of change. The objectives industrialized mechanical systems must reach for to succeed are formulated from research data and used to guide the MECHCORE Approach. Examins.tion of conventional house framing revealed no real attempt to coordinate it with the physical requirements of medical systems. Ways are suggested to alleviate the problem. A study of distribution and intensity of mechanical systems in the home indicate that there is a great potential for integrating components and coordinating their installation. This can be capitalized on by dividing mechanical components into three functional areas (core, transport, and service) and dealing with them in terms of these areas. This thesis organizes the home’s mechanical system on this three element basis and proposees component integration and levels of rationalization that evolve to industrialize systems. / Master of Architecture

I wish to state here and now that it is not in the purpose of this thesis to conclude that one style or approach in residence design is superior to another. The question of style is philosophical and deeply interrelated with the workings of the human mind in all its abstractions. Even if there existed some set of basic criteria by which we could properly evaluate the modern house in relation to its neo-colonial neighbor, then what? Idealism? Idealism in architecture is as extramundane as idealism in social systems. Sentiment is as essential to architecture as it is to literature, music or art. The danger lies in sentimentality or sentiment carried to the extreme, which should be avoided, as exemplified by period design. A reaction against this sentimentality, along with developments of new materials and processes, gave rise to the completely diametric approach to architecture called modern. There are those who offer the argument that theory always runs ahead of practice, that today's departures are tomorrow's commonplaces. This is true in some cases but not always, for numerous blind alleys have been entered and run to a dead end as in the case of the "Art Nouveaux" in Europe around 1880. Today we have everything in architecture: modern, variations of traditional styles, "modern" houses with traditional plans, and traditional houses of modern plans. It has truthfully been said that that in a time of change there can be no unanimity. Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that architecture is a reflection of its time, and the one outstanding characteristic of the present is change and, with it, uncertainty. The advocates of advanced ideas should not become impatient and exasperated with the slowness of public acceptance, for the inertia of the masses is against change. Out of these conditions should develop an architecture which combines old forms with new. They offer the possibility of an indigenous, workable, and completely livable architecture for America. It is the purpose of this document to compare analytically a house design based on traditional designs, drawing admittedly from the past but without the constraints of "period” design, and a house design based on the newer theory that tradition should be consciously avoided to free the architecture completely from the restrictions of past styles. The conclusion will not be a choice, but an understanding of each with regard to living needs of today and tomorrow. / Master of Science

The Hillside Fourplex, a structurally innovative housing unit which won a HUD competition “Building Value Into Housing”, was conducted in Blacksburg, VA, in 1982. The purpose of this study was to evaluate public acceptance of the unit as evidenced at open house sessions, to evaluate user satisfaction as evidence of livability, and to make recommendations for design changes before replication. An 80 item questionnaire, with a five point acceptable/non-acceptable range, was used to assess public acceptance. User satisfaction was assessed with a self-administered questionnaire containing sections related to residents’ opinions of exterior characteristics, interior characteristics, innovative features, and design decisions. The questionnaire, a modification of the one used to assess public acceptance (with the addition of a five point not important/important and a five point dissatisfied/satisfied range), was administered to student residents–as a pre-test (before occupancy), as an initial post-test (after 4 weeks occupancy), and as a second post-test (after 20 weeks occupancy). A matrix was created to combine responses to unimportant-important and dissatisfied-satisfied ratings. Descriptive and statistical analysis indicated a general acceptance of and satisfaction with the fourplex; however, problems were noted with the heating systems and audile privacy. / M.S.

No / Swiss National Science Foundation

published_or_final_version / Real Estate and Construction / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

by Shrinath Tandur. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-125). / Chapter 1.0 --- BACKGROUND --- p.13 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Site --- p.19 / Chapter 1.2 --- Low-rise housing for Low and Middle Income groups (LIG & MIG) --- p.20 / Chapter 1.3 --- Use of space with respect to time --- p.28 / Chapter 1.4 --- Adapting for comfort --- p.31 / Chapter 1.5 --- The roof as a sleeping area --- p.32 / Chapter 2.0 --- OBJECTIVE --- p.34 / Chapter 3.0 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.35 / Chapter 3.1 --- DEROB - an overview --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2 --- Modelling the climate --- p.42 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- The climate of --- p.42 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Modelling the climate --- p.44 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Special weather files --- p.50 / Chapter 3.3 --- Fanger's Comfort Equation --- p.54 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- The Predicted Mean Vote --- p.56 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- The Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied --- p.58 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Range of values --- p.60 / Chapter 3.4 --- Modelling the housing unit on DEROB --- p.64 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Standard building materials --- p.64 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Modelling building materials --- p.65 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Development of a method --- p.66 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- The simplified cube --- p.69 / Chapter 4.0 --- The -DEROB exercises --- p.72 / Chapter 4.1 --- A study of variations air changes rates & times --- p.72 / Chapter 4.2 --- The damping effect of the earth's mass --- p.76 / Chapter 4.3 --- The effect of orientation --- p.79 / Chapter 4.4 --- The effect of external wall mass --- p.82 / Chapter 4.5 --- The effect of colour upon external wall mass --- p.84 / Chapter 4.6 --- The effect of shadowing upon a building --- p.87 / Chapter 4.7 --- The influence of internal wall mass --- p.91 / Chapter 4.8 --- The effect of the roof --- p.94 / Chapter 4.9 --- An analysis of parapet walls --- p.97 / Chapter 4.10 --- The effect of openings and shading --- p.103 / Chapter 5.0 --- A SUMMARY OF RESULTS --- p.106 / Chapter 5.0.1 --- A summary brief --- p.109 / Chapter 5.1 --- Preliminary Design Guidelines --- p.110 / Chapter 5.2 --- A validation of results using a model of a complete housing unit --- p.118 / Chapter 5.3 --- Afterword --- p.121 / Chapter 6.0 --- BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.122 / Chapter 7.0 --- APPENDICES --- p.126 / Chapter 7.1 --- Appendix A： Activity Chart --- p.126 / Chapter 7.2 --- Appendix B： Clo values --- p.127 / Chapter 7.3 --- Appendix C： Sundials for latitudes 12°. 14° & 16° N --- p.129 / Chapter 7.4 --- Appendix D; A shortlist of digital simulation models --- p.131 / Chapter 7.5 --- Appendix E: Weather Data for Chitradurga District --- p.133 / Chapter 7.6 --- Appendix F: HUDCO' s classification of income groups --- p.143

Tse Alisa. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1998-99, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Design Report / Introduction / Chapter 1. --- Project Vision / Chapter 2. --- Project Nature / Background / Chapter 3. --- Site / Chapter 4. --- Client / Chapter 5. --- End-users / Project Brief / Chapter 6. --- Project Brief / Design Process / Chapter 7. --- Schedule of Work / Chapter 8. --- Process / Final Design / Chapter 9. --- Final Product / Conclusion / Chapter 10. --- Conclusion / Gain & Pain / Programming / Project Analysis / Chapter 11. --- Site Analysis / Chapter 12. --- Site Appraisal / Chapter 13. --- Client Profile / Chapter 14. --- End-Users Profile / Appendix / Chapter i. --- interviews / Chapter - --- "with LDC, the Client" / Chapter - --- with Wanchai District Board / Chapter - --- with urban renewal team of St. James / Chapter - --- with 'old wanchai' / Chapter ii. --- Precedent Studies / Chapter iii. --- Newspaper Cutting / Chapter iv. --- Schedule of Accommodation / Chapter v. --- Cost Estimation / Biblography