Thesis (M.S.)--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-145).

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 352-362).

Through the design of a municipal complex for Chowan County, North Carolina, the intention is to examine what it means to design with a sense of place that is an extension of the region's past. Regionalism has been trivialized to be as simplistic as the practice of attaching community-accepted stylistic embellishment to any new building. This is unfortunately done without historic examination of place. All too often the desire is for a historic connection through iconographic application. This usually results in a farce that mocks and devalues the past and present. This is an honest examination of past building and community nuances for translation and inclusion in the development of a new municipal complex, to be built using contemporary construction methods. / Master of Architecture

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 13, 2007). Includes bibliographical references.

The People¡¦s Republic of China has been growing into a financially dominant country in company with its open-door policy and active role in the international affairs in Eastern Asia. They regard regional cooperation as one of the important external tactics and gradually develop themselves into the centre of ¡§trans-regional cooperation¡¨ in Eastern Asia that rapidly transforms the international outlook. Thus what are their foreign policies? When we believe that a stabilized environment contributes to a fine international space for survival, how will the interactions between ASEAN and China further influence the integration of Eastern Asia in the future? This thesis takes the approaches of ¡§neo-regionalism¡¨ to examine the relation of the post cold-war China and ASEAN and to speculate the future development By means of analyzing the specific documents regarding their multi-dimensional cooperation, I would like to observe the mutual development in order to understand how they effect the international outlook in Eastern Asia. My study discovers that the multi-layered interactions in diplomacy, politics, economy and security between China and the ASEAN country members that construct regional economic cooperation help an integrated regional identity in Eastern Asia. Finally, Eastern Asia¡¦s future order would walk towards a framework of multilateral security.

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Master of Science / Department of Architecture / Gary J. Coates / The connection and relationship between nature and architecture is one which triggers the evaluation of many criticisms and questions as well as solutions. There is a new approach to design that was introduced several years ago called biophilic design, which requires contemporary designers to look at the natural processes found in nature for inspiration. In this study Bengal architecture, both vernacular and modern is described as a unique example of biomimicry and phenomenological design that could work as a solution for some other countries as well. Bengal architecture is the architecture of Wind, Water, and Clay. For this research, the focus is on the modern and traditional architecture of Bangladesh, a country with a rich cultural background. Before 1947, Bangladesh was a part of the British Empire, and in 1971, Bangladesh got independence from Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War. Throughout history, Bangladesh has seen many transformations with respect to its architecture. The predominant history of Bangladesh culture has been shaped by Hinduism, Buddhism and at last by the introduction of Islam. All of these influences have shaped its cultural and traditional behavior and unfolded a different type of architectural style which is at root both native and vernacular. In Bangladesh, architecture is basic to human survival, and it is the reflection of the people’s habits, climate, culture, and tradition, and perhaps this is the only real example of Deltaic Architecture in the world. In this thesis, Bengal architecture is analyzed through Professor Gary Coates’ "Deep Beauty" framework. This report introduces Bengal architecture to the world from the very early stages to modern days through some case studies of exemplary buildings. In order to provide better architectural solutions for the future, it is essential that we look back at examples that have passed the test of time and search for the inherent qualities of traditional regional architecture. With this purpose, the report focuses on some traditional and Modern buildings: a critical analysis of the indigenous deltaic architecture of Bangladesh is presented in order to learn how it meets the criteria of Deep Beauty, for the creation of a sustainable architecture that works technologically, culturally and humanly. Three modern buildings from Bangladesh have been selected which have a profound link with the Deltaic Architecture: the National Assembly Building by American architect Louis Kahn, the Faculty of Fine Arts Building by Bangladeshi architect Muzharul Islam, and the METI Handmade School by German architects Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag. All the case studies have been critically analyzed through “Kelbaugh’s five points of a Critical Regionalism” as well as the “Deep Beauty” Framework. The results from these analyses demonstrate the inherent power and the enduring relevance of regional architecture which is deeply beautiful and inherently sustainable. [Key Words: Deltaic Architecture, “Deep Beauty” framework, Critical Regionalism, Sustainability, Contextual, Modernism, The Delta]

Why do some states develop deeper regionalism while others do not? Comparing European and Asian regionalism, this study provides an alternative explanation of different types of regionalism and the national variations in regionalization since the mid 1980s. It defines regionalism as a strategy pursued by a state that desires to enhance its governability of the national economy when market authority outgrows state authority. The rise of regionalism in the neoliberal world economic order changes the balance between the state’s public power and the state’s market governability, consequently resulting in a political convergence toward a majoritarian political system based on individualism and delegative democracy. However, regionalism is realized in very distinctive patterns across different regions as the different historical paths of regional capitalism shape the state-society relationship and the state’s capability of governing the national economy. European welfare states developed a deeper regionalism because they sought to impose a neoliberal economic transformation on their societies by shifting their economic priority of equality and economic policy making based on social concertation toward efficiency and the formation of an encompassing distributional coalition. In contrast, Asian developmental states prefer preserving national autonomy to relying on a formal regional institution to constrain states’ national authority because they are more capable of implementing the neoliberal economic transformation in terms of market governability and the formation of encompassing distributional coalitions.

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