Chow Man Cheong. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2000-2001, design report." / Subtitle from p. [1]. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 40). / Chapter 1. --- Prolog --- p.P.3 / Chapter 2. --- Goals --- p.P.12 / Chapter 3. --- Precedents Study --- p.P.13 / Chapter 4. --- Concept --- p.P.16 / Chapter 5. --- Site --- p.P.18 / Chapter 6. --- Program --- p.P.21 / Chapter 7. --- Users --- p.P.22 / Chapter 8. --- Project Development --- p.P.22 / Chapter 9. --- Final Presentation --- p.P.34 / Chapter 10. --- References --- p.P.40

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

M. Tech. Architecture Professional / This thesis presents the argument that the concept of urban farming can help resolve the problem of the displacement of agriculture in distant locations from consumers, which either results in the escalation of food costs or the loss of the farmer's profit, which inevitably results in less food producers. The market place addresses the lack of formalised trading space, providing job opportunities for an increasing urban population, along a busy pedestrian route. The thesis concludes through the illustration of a design project from the resulting research, on a triangular city block on the periphery of Central Pretoria.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 529-547). / Also available by subscription via World Wide Web / xxvi, 547 leaves, bound in 2 v. ill., maps, plans 29 cm

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 22, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Sydney College of the Arts. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Aboutissement d'un mouvement réformateur initié depuis le milieu du XVIIIe siècle, l'avènement de la prison pour peine après la Révolution française, entraîne une redéfinition de l'architecture carcérale, dès lors érigée en programme architectural autonome. A travers l'exemple des prisons successivement aménagées et édifiées à Paris et dans le département de la Seine au XIXe siècle, qu'il s'agisse de bâtiments réaffectés ou de constructions ex nihilo, la présente étude s'intéresse à l'évolution des formes au regard des ajustements opérés sur la période en matière de politique pénale et de régime d'enfermement. Placés sous les yeux des décideurs, visités sans relâche, les établissements pénitentiaires de la capitale représentent en effet un formidable laboratoire d'expérimentations préalables à une généralisation à l'échelle nationale. L'analyse est centrée sur le travail de l'architecte constructeur de prison et s'articule, après une présentation détaillée du cadre administratif et des procédures, autour des contraintes fortes et multiples, parfois contradictoires, du programme. Puisque la prison, ville dans la ville, entreprend de reproduire derrière des murs tous les aspects de la vie quotidienne d'un grand nombre d'individus, il s'agit de voir comment l'architecture pénitentiaire met en jeu et tente de plier à ses contraintes propres presque l'ensemble des typologies architecturales communes, du logement à l'atelier, de l'hôpital à l'église, de l'école à la caserne, représentant un véritable défi pour l'architecte. Au-delà de la simple étude de cas, cette thèse se veut ainsi un matériau pour une future histoire générale de l'architecture pénitentiaire en France / In the wake of a reformatory drive initiated back in the middle of the 18th century, prisons erected after the French Revolution are the results of a redefinition of prison architecture, henceforth a fully fledged architectural programme in its own right. Taking as an example the prisons successively fitted our or built in Paris and in the Seine department in the 19th century, wether reset or built from scratch, the present study deals with the history of designs as a result of the development of penal policies during that period and with regard to confinement regulations. Under the vigilant gaze of decison markers, and regularly inspected, the penitentiary institutions in the capital city represent an outstanding laboratory for experimenting the measures to be later implemented nationwide. This analysis concentrates on the work of the architect responsible for building prisons ; it starts out with a detailed presentation of the administrative framework and procedures centered around the strong and sometimes contradictory requirements of the programme. Since a prison a town within the town, undertakes to reproduce behind its walls all the aspects of the daily life of a large number of individuals, the challenge for prison architecture and architects consists in using and trying to fit to its own constraint practically all common architectural typologies, from lodgins to workshop, from hospitals to church, from school to barracks. Beyond a simple case study, the present thesis is designed to inform a future general history of prison architecture in France

The importance of public place in the United States of America as an environment for communication, the transmission of cultural values and for the enhancement of society and community, using a comprehensive notion of entertainment as a catalyst.creative projectThis project intends to develop a catalogue of design implications for the design of a public place that successfully serves the community enhancement and the cultural transmission. This catalogue of design implications will be the result of the extensive research on the American culture, on the elements of cultural expression with emphasis on the use of entertainment as a catalyst, on the elements of urban history and the urban environment as well as on the social and commercial success of public place.contextThe context of this research is the number of issues American urban environments are facing. Most of the problems in their combination are the source of numerous urban issues. Some of the key issues that have developed on this basis are e.g. the loss of human scale or e.g. the need for a collective vision, community and cultural identity. These issues are strongly interrelated with another.issueThese are some of the deficiencies that lead to the key issue of this project: the loss of community manifested by urban isolation and fragmentation and problems relating to the humane environments and settings. Nevertheless community and cultural enhancement can help to create a greater awareness for the prerequisites for a healthy living environment. Community and cultural enhancement help to stimulate greater self-sufficiency helping to address the previously mentioned issues at their sources. The premise is that community is an essential ingredient in cohesive urban and suburban neighborhoods and is part of the positive image of a well designed and maintained city fabric.positionThe focus of this work is the community, the public place and the cultural expression with emphasis on entertainment. In the same order they represent the issue, the place and the catalyst. This work claims that entertainment can be used to design an environment enhancing community and communication. The assumption related with entertainment is that social interaction and collective well being are essential parts of community structure and therefore activities related to entertainment help to foster a collective vision.methodThe first step to prove this position is to identify the issues concerning urban settlements in the United States of America. The urban context has to be defined. The second step is to define the cultural context and to analyze the notion of entertainment as a means of cultural expression and its potential to serve as a catalyst. The third step is to identify the elements of social and commercial success of a public environment using at least two models defining those elements. Each of the three steps concludes in a set of architectural values and design elements. The fourth step is to deduce a catalogue of design implications from the information collected. This last step proposes the practical application of this research. The anticipated results of this project should be regarded as a suggestion for the practical application of this research based on the observation of and reflections on the research results, hopefully resulting in the identification of additional questions for further research. / Department of Architecture

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Architecture (Professional), Johannesburg 2017 / This thesis studies the place and nature of the concept of play in society through the exploration of objects and spaces that stimulate, encourage or deter the notion of play. Nominated spaces that will ideally contribute to the study of play are reviewed, focusing in particular on areas within the local context of Johannesburg where a notion of play takes or could inherently take place. But in order to draw an understanding and a cognitive inspiration, toys are reviewed as objects of play. Toys are studied with the intention of identifying the role it encompasses and the integrity of the notion of play, with a focus on local toy design and manufacture in relation to the international market. / XL2018