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Research; BOSS Study Trip Japan '09: Architecture, Urbanism, Real Estate & Housing and Technology in Japan
No full textJapan is a land of many faces as we discovered: from seasonal changes, and thereby heavy rainfall, high humidity, tropical cyclones; to a stunning 127,300,000 inhabitants; or what about the only 10% buildable surface of the continent; seismic activity; fast going technological developments like electronic gadgets, robots, and supersonic trains without even a second delay (in contrast of the Dutch situation)... Even in its names Nihon, Nippen, Nippon, Japon or Japan, one gets fascinated by the typical culture and curious about the roots of it. Protected by the ocean, culture was kept pure for many centuries. Strong and straightforward, ‘the old way of doing things’ is still embedded in the modern life of Japan. Although the western civilization has made its entrance by ways of KFC’s, McD’s, music, lifestyle and beauty, Japan kept its very own interpretation of approaching things. Hierarchy still is of significant influence, and socially we can learn from its generousness and kindness. Enough reasons for BOSS to decide to make a two weeks study trip to this fascinating country! Despite of this relatively short period and thereby busy schedule, a wide range of interesting information from various sources made this trip exiting, and informative. The following pages represent a reflection of the trip: a research that is done by the participating students from the faculty of Architecture at the University of Technology Delft . As a student society from this faculty, BOSS – Building Organization Student Society – each year organizes trips to likewise interesting countries. It stimulates students and broadens their theoretical context with a practical touch. As study trip committee, we are proud to present this publication and would like to wish you a pleasant reading. At last, a great appreciation is made to our supporting professors Hans Wamelink and Rob Geraedts and the input of the students. Moreover, without the help of contacts in Japan and The Netherlands and support of sponsors we would not have been able to experience an interesting country like Japan at all. Thank you all for supporting BOSS!Real Estate & HousingArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Flexible Workspace and Authoritarian Surveillance: The case of the TU Delft faculty of Architecture
No full textAfter The Great Fire in the spring of 2008, the Faculty of Architecture of the TU Delft (Bouwkunde) has equipped its new, temporary lodgings with flexible workspaces for students, teachers and researchers. Together with organisational changes, this spatial solution involves an acute change in what was before a university department based on principles of academic freedom and liberal institutions. Protest was waved aside. This combined intervention involves a ‘revolution from above’, transforming of an ‘old-fashioned’ faculty into an authoritarian organisation.Real Estate & HousingArchitectur
Overcoming Barriers to Innovation in the Building Industry
No full textWe live in an era of accelerated innovation. All around us we are immersed in a sea of new technologies and products that were very recently confined to comic books and science fiction tv-series. Yet in this storm of innovation the building industry seems to stand out for it's committed old fashioned-ness.Management in the Built EnvironmentArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Stelling 2: Design & Construction Management
No full textManagement in the Built EnvironmentArchitecture and The Built Environmen
New Insights into the Workings of the Ocean Obtained Using Optical Sensors on Autonomous Floats
No full textThis talk will introduce optical sensors, the use of optical sensors to study upper ocean biogeochemistry, and the history of those measurements. Sensors deployed on a profiling float have provided a challenge to the traditional view of the NA bloom initiation. Dr. Boss will discuss how we can explain these measurements using an alternative theory and will conclude with a description of several new national and international initiatives to instrument profiling floats with optical sensors
BOSS Study tour 2002, Mexico
No full textThis report presents the experiences of students and staff during a study tour through Mexico City. This tour took place from June 28 till July 14, 2002, and has been organized by the Building Organization Student Society (BOSS). BOSS is the student’s organization of the Department of Real Estate and Project management of the Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology. The aim of the study tour was to extend the education program with research abroad. The tour focused on six themes: Mexican architecture, urban (re)development, ground politics, infrastructure & logistics in building construction, investment, and actors and interactions. After a chapter with facts and figures, all themes are briefly discussed. The report ends with some concluding remarks.Report with findings from a study tourReal Estate Managemen
Innovation: A necessary luxury
No full textInnovate, innovate, innovate, it has become the mantra of any modern company. But how much stands of these ambitions after the business case is completed. And what does it take to truly innovate as a company. Patrick van der Duin sheds light on the subject from a corporate as well as an academic perspective to make recommendations for understanding and implementing innovationValues Technology and InnovationTechnology, Policy and Managemen
BOSS Studytour 2002. Mexico City
No full textThis report presents the experiences of students and staff during a study tour through Mexico City. This tour took place from June 28 till July 14, 2002, and has been organized by the Building Organization Student Society (BOSS). BOSS is the student’s organization of the Department of Real Estate and Project management of the Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology. The aim of the study tour was to extend the education program with research abroad. The tour focused on six themes: Mexican architecture, urban (re)development, ground politics, infrastructure & logistics in building construction, investment, and actors and interactions. After a chapter with facts and figures, all themes are briefly discussed. The report ends with some concluding remarks
Stellar velocity dispersions and emission line properties of SDSS-III/BOSS galaxies
No full textInternational audienceWe perform a spectroscopic analysis of 492 450 galaxy spectra from the first two years of observations of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) III/Baryonic Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) collaboration. This data set has been released in the ninth SDSS data release, the first public data release of BOSS spectra. We show that the typical signal-to-noise ratio of BOSS spectra, despite being low, is sufficient to measure stellar velocity dispersion and emission line fluxes for individual objects. We show that the typical velocity dispersion of a BOSS galaxy is similar to 240 km s(-1). The typical error in the velocity dispersion measurement is 14 per cent, and 93 per cent of BOSS galaxies have velocity dispersions with an accuracy of better than 30 per cent. The distribution in velocity dispersion is redshift independent between redshifts 0.15 and 0.7, which reflects the survey design targeting massive galaxies with an approximately uniform mass distribution in this redshift interval. We show that emission lines can be measured on BOSS spectra. However, the majority of BOSS galaxies lack detectable emission lines, as is to be expected because of the target selection design towards massive galaxies. We analyse the emission line properties and present diagnostic diagrams using the emission lines [O II], H beta, [OIII], H alpha and [N II] (detected in about 4 per cent of the galaxies) to separate star-forming objects and active galactic nuclei (AGN). We show that the emission line properties are strongly redshift dependent and that there is a clear correlation between observed frame colours and emission line properties. Within in the low-z sample (LOWZ) around 0.15 \textless z \textless 0.3, half of the emission line galaxies have low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER)-like emission line ratios, followed by Seyfert-AGN-dominated spectra, and only a small fraction of a few per cent are purely star-forming galaxies. AGN and LINER-like objects, instead, are less prevalent in the high-z sample (CMASS) around 0.4 \textless z \textless 0.7, where more than half of the emission line objects are star forming. This is a pure selection effect caused by the non-detection of weak H beta emission lines in the BOSS spectra. Finally, we show that star-forming, AGN and emission line free galaxies are well separated in the g - r versus r - i target selection diagram
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