A presente dissertação propõe-se a discutir a influência da linguagem neoclássica na formação da paisagem urbana das cidades valeparaibanas a partir do estabelecimento de uma elite ligada à cultura do café nessa região. Seu recorte cronológico abrange o período entre 1830 e 1890, enquanto espacialmente tem seu foco direcionado na cidade de Lorena, São Paulo, de modo a cobrir as transformações aí ocorridas desde a chegada do café até o esgotamento dessa cultura. A segunda metade do séc. XIX coloca-se como um momento importante para o seu processo de urbanização, pois companhando as transformações urbanas, surgiram e consolidaram-se exemplos paisagísticos próprios da sociedade do café: ruas arborizadas com renques de palmeiras, a demonstrar a proximidade com a Corte, a sinalizar os novos “modos afrancesados". Discute ainda, por um lado, as origens do jardim paisagista inglês implantado no Brasil nesse período, cujo expoente é Glaziou e, por outro, as razões para a adoção da palmeira imperial (Roystonea oleracea) como símbolo de nobreza e sua ligação com a linguagem neoclássica, sendo utilizada com o propósito de qualificar os logradouros públicos a fim de equipará-los aos novos edifícios que substituíam aqueles da tradição colonial. / This essay proposes to discuss the influence of neoclassical language in the urban landscape formation of the cities in the Paraiba's Valley started with the settlement there of an elite, connected with coffee growing. Its chronological focus concerns the period between 1830 and 1890, while its spatial focus is oriented to Lorena city, estate of São Paulo, covering the transformations that occurred there, since the beginning of coffee growing until its exhaustion by the 1890s, corresponding, not by chance, with the end of the Second Empire. The second half of XIX century is seen as a fundamental moment for the urbanization process, because following the urban transformations, specifics landscapes examples of the coffee society appeared and consolidated: streets with rows of palm trees, trying to demonstrate a proximity with the Court, signalizing the new 'Frenchified manners.’ Also, the essay discusses the origins of the British landscape garden implanted in Brazil at that time, where Glaziou was the leading exponent, and the reasons why the Royal Palm Tree (Roystonea oleracea) was adopted as a symbol of nobility and its connections with the neoclassical language, being used with the aim of characterize public areas, to make them equal to the new buildings that were taking place of those within the colonial tradition.

The research presented in this thesis is intended to reveal the layers of social and cultural meaning invested in a building conventionally regarded as a work of abstract aesthetic modernism, and one which has been evaluated, within the framework of a national heritage preservation policy, as an architectural landmark of the post-war era of urban reconstruction. By combining the research methods of architectural history (archival) and of anthropology (ethnographic) I have located and interpreted the architecture of the Brunswick within a larger social story that demonstrates how the lived experience of a particular environment exists in parallel with the more objective official discourse that invests a work of architecture or art with cultural significance. The thesis traces the architectural inception and complex evolution of the building, its critical reception, and the proposals for redevelopment that culminated in a major refurbishment and transformation of the shopping precinct in 2006. It goes on to present an ethnographic account of the Brunswick as a social, as much as an architectural space, and an anthropological interpretation of the relationship between identity and place in terms of the specific qualities of the built environment. It shows that the material environment becomes real and vivid to people as an embodiment of the social dimensions of their lives, and that the boundaries between ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ – the private space of the home, and the layered sequence of public spaces extending through the building to the city beyond - are not objectively fixed, but subjectively perceived and negotiated in different ways. Although the Brunswick exerts considerable power as a unique architectural image, its boundaries do not define an integrated social space, nor a unified experience of the place as a living environment. Nevertheless, repeated interaction and sensory experience make it a tangible architectural framework for everyday and domestic life which evidently shapes the view from the inside looking out. The research aims to make a significant contribution to knowledge at a meeting-point between anthropology and architecture, which might help to inform future understanding of the interaction between people and the built habitat in modern urban societies.

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published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

Crisis of water pollution in Yangtze River Delta Nowadays, more and more incidents that is regarding the pollution of blue-green algae are reported to the public by media, and the water pollution becomes worse and worse, even in some area which has large amount of population, there is happening with the shortage of water because of the poor water quality. Exploring the culprit, the undue development of industrialization is one of the important factor. Especially in Yangtze River Delta, what the most serious water pollution causer is the textile industry, in the meantime, it is one of the pillar industry in Yangtze River Delta. However how to balance the environmental aspect with the textile industry would be the challenge for us as well as local government. So in this thesis, taking Hangzhou as an example to really figure out the way of integration environment, textile industry and inhabitant in rural area, mainly constructing water treatment system after biochemical treatment in textile mills for degradation of toxic substance involve in waste water, and try to reutilize on-site component such as abandoned channel, fishponds, farmland and demolished poor textile mills, transforming them into components of water treatment system, phytoremediation are introduced to help treatment system, providing an opportunity to integrate these three parts, and improving life quality of textile industrial gathering zone in Hangzhou. / published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

As the world's energy demand increases, it is generally known that conventional energy systems will not sustain future civilizations without repercussions to human and environmental health. Transitioning from current energy systems to those with renewable sources will be challenging and will potentially alter landscape aesthetics. However, the design of renewable technology can minimize adverse effects and can even improve the quality of living in addition to producing electricity. Wind turbines located so that landscape quality is preserved, electricity generators embedded in play equipment, or the use of solar panels to shelter people are examples of how renewable technology has been aesthetically used to improve the quality of life. To test these new ideas, this research thesis searched for examples of how landscape architects can use aesthetics to integrate renewable energy into three types of locations: regions, urban areas, and university campuses. In chapter one, analyses of methods from the Western Renewable Energy Zones (WREZ) initiative in the United States and the South Limburg project in the Netherlands reveal examples of how landscape architects can use aesthetics in visual impact studies and scenarios, which help integrate renewable energy into regions. In chapter two, an analysis of urban renewable energy projects resulted in a series of strategies for using aesthetics and amenities that landscape architects can apply to urban projects which utilize renewable technology. Chapter three presents results from a study of a design for the Ball State University campus in Muncie, Indiana, which produced a method for how landscape architects can use renewable energy products as aesthetic and unique sources of energy generation for a campus community. The subject of renewable energy is developing in the field of landscape architecture, and this research asserts that the use of aesthetics and amenities is a viable method for integrating renewable technology into landscapes. Using readily available products or customizing technology to fit the needs of a project are two options for designers who work with renewable energy to provide aesthetics and amenities. The consideration of both regional and urban scales is important to developing reliable renewable energy systems and a better quality of life. / Renewable energy, aesthetics and landscape architecture -- Aesthetics in regional renewable energy planning -- Strategies for aesthetic applications of renewable energy -- Design method for using renewable energy products -- Conclusions on using aesthetics in renewable energy design. / Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only / Department of Landscape Architecture

Emerging trends in the re-inhabitation of central cities and government funding of numerous financial incentives have succeeded in making brownfield redevelopment a far more lucrative opportunity for developers over the past decade. However, the redevelopment process itself remains virtually unchanged, maintaining a narrow focus on environmental remediation, site engineering, and short-term market demand. Land use, instead of design, drives the entire process. This approach fails to sustain development and recognize larger redevelopment opportunities based on local and regional context. Despite an increasing amount of public money used to fund incentives, development continues to overlook potential positive externalities presumably to avert risk and increase feasibility. The purpose of this thesis is to re-examine brownfield redevelopment from the perspective of urban design in order to define ways in which design might offer solutions to these shortcomings and play a more critical role in future redevelopments. Using case studies of past redevelopments of former auto plant sites, Landscape Urbanism in brownfield redevelopment, and design proposals for auto plant sites from the GM and Ford closings of 2005-2006, the thesis investigates three primary questions. First, what is the conventional brownfield redevelopment process, to what extent has urban design been involved, and what are the major issues and lessons that can be learned? Secondly, what examples of brownfield redevelopment have integrated urban design to addresses these issues and what are the specific principles that inform design? Finally, how can urban design strategies, based on principles of Landscape Urbanism, lead the redevelopment of brownfield sites?

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Na pesquisa apresentada neste trabalho buscaremos apontar os diferentes aspectos possíveis da dinâmica espacial que se estabelece na paisagem, entre o rural e o urbano. De que maneira podemos identificar os elementos geográficos da paisagem que tensionam as interfaces entre a área urbana e a área rural? Tomando como objeto de estudo a BR 4481, através do trabalho de campo, da cartografia e do referencial teórico, e utilizando a paisagem como categoria de análise, apontaremos os possíveis aspectos que revelam a relação entre rural e urbano presente na paisagem, identificando os elementos que se apresentam no espaço geográfico onde a estrada foi implantada. Para compreender estas dinâmicas nos valeremos de teorias sobre percepção, espaço social, ruralidades e urbanidades, identidade através da paisagem, gestão e planejamento dos espaços urbano e rural. Os aspectos da paisagem destes espaços, seus conflitos, suas contradições e a própria construção do urbano no Brasil serão analisados tomando como base o processo histórico, desde o surgimento das regiões metropolitanas brasileiras e suas implicações na ocupação do espaço, até os dias de hoje. Com base nesse cabedal teórico, buscaremos uma compreensão da relação entre rural e urbano no Brasil, para que possa, então, determinar as diferenças entre Unidades de Paisagem Urbana e Unidades de Paisagem Rural. O aporte teórico será o subsídio para encontrar, através da metodologia proposta, a identificação das diferentes Unidades de Paisagem presentes na área a ser pesquisada. Na identificação das Unidades de Paisagem serão consideradas a forma, a função, a estrutura e a dinâmica da paisagem. / In the research presented in this paper, the different possible aspects of the spatial dynamics that are established in the landscape, between the rural and the urban will be pointed out. How could the geographical elements of the landscape that stress the interfaces between the urban area and the rural area be identified? Taking as object of study the BR 4482, through field work, mapping and theoretical framework, and using the landscape as category analysis, the possible aspects that reveal the relationship between the rural and urban present in the landscape will be pointed out, identifying the elements present in the geographical area where the road was implanted. To understand these dynamics, theories about perception, social space, ruralities and urbanities, identity through the landscape, urban and rural planning and management will be used. These areas landscape aspects, their conflicts, their contradictions and the urban construction in Brazil will be analyzed based on the historical process, from the emergence of the Brazilian metropolitan regions and their implications on the area occupation, up to the present. Based on this theoretical background, an understanding of the relationship between rural and urban in Brazil is searched, so that it can determine the differences between Urban Landscape Units and Rural Landscape Units. The theoretical contribution will be the subsidy to find, through the proposed methodology, the identification of the different Landscape Units present in the researched area. In order to identify the Landscape Units, shape, function, structure and landscape dynamics will be considered.