91 research outputs found
Interview with Professor Mark Brodin about his book William P. Homans Jr.: A Life In Court
No full textBoston lawyer William P. Homans Jr. devoted his fifty-year career to the defense of the poor and downtrodden, the protection of our most basic civil liberties, and the abolition of the death penalty. Descendant of two of Boston\u27s oldest and most prominent families, and combat veteran of both the British and American Navies during World War II, Homans became unlikely guru to the 1960s generation of radical lawyers and antiwar activists. He was on the defense team in the 1968 conspiracy trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock and four other leading opponents of the Vietnam War accused of aiding and abetting resistance to the military draft, and represented Dr. Kenneth Edelin in the 1975 manslaughter prosecution arising out of a lawful abortion performed after Roe v. Wade. The narrative contrasts Bill Homans\u27 storied legal career with a troubled personal life in a balanced but unvarnished manner, testifying to the strength of the human spirit when committed to the pursuit of the common good. About the author: Mark S. Brodin is Professor of Law at Boston College Law School and the author of numerous books and law journal articles in the areas of civil and criminal procedure, evidence, litigation, and employment discrimination. A graduate of Columbia College (1969) and Columbia Law School (1972), he served as law clerk to United States District Judge Joseph L. Tauro and staff attorney with the Lawyers\u27 Committee for Civil Rights in Boston. He has also practiced for brief periods as a public defender in Boston and a prosecutor in Norfolk County
Culture complex, Westerpark, Amsterdam
No full textA design method of combining bottom-up and top-down ideas, realizing a culture complex building.Architectural EngineeringArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Reclaimed Houses
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A sustainable seaweed farm for sustainable food production in the Netherlands
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Efficiency - Facade PLUS - to form an urban Benchmark
No full textIntension In this graduation project I will make a redevelopment of the Q-Port building to a Hotel and Congress Centre: On the one hand, my project focuses on the refurbishment of an office façade into an energy producing façade. This renew has an ecological, social and economic importance. These three aspects reflect my sustainable approach. On the other hand, the establishment of a new use strategy for the Q-Port building in form of a Hotel and Congress Centre plays a key role. The Q-Port building is a bad example of urban planning when an important aspect of life – work – leads to mono-functional urban sectors. Instead of thinking in certain functional categories, I want to create spaces in the urban context in which we simply enjoy living – spaces with leeway for individuality – regardless of how large the building is. KEY Feature - “Grüne Lunge” Key feature of my design is the “Grüne Lunge”, an open public way and an energy generating technology as design element of the façade to unite the urban concept and the energy concept within the façade design. The redesign of the Q-Port building is linked to the historic urban planning strategy to be a green recreational area. Urban porosity is the key intention of the new hybrid Q-Port building with the aim of pedestrian oriented urban places. The transformed Q-Port building becomes localized a `social condenser´ for new communities: The “Grüne Lunge”, an open public space spirals upwards from the street and guides the people through the building. ReDesign The redesign is not only use related but also energy efficient with the design of an energy generating façade, which makes the building to an energy production. In the focus there is an active intelligent façade, the “Grüne Lunge”, in relation to the climate of a building and the possibility for the urban context: The façade is my fascination because it shows most dominant the architectural value of a building. It is the visible statement to the world and it gives a face to the building. Façades connect the inside space and the outside city rooms and have a high potential as multifunctional construction elements. The new task of the façade in my design is, that the “Grüne Lunge”, which is an open public way, is linked to the energy concept of the whole building and is main part of the ventilation concept. The “Grüne Lunge” is an open public way, which spirals upwards, and guaranties natural ventilation in the rooms. In the summer time it transports cold air from the north side of the building into the south part. The night cooling out of the building in the summer is done by the “Grüne Lunge”. In the winter time the air is transported from the south side of the building and is preheated in the buffer zone of the “Grüne Lunge” and flows over an air guide system in the suspended floors into the rooms. Moreover, the “Grüne Lunge” acts as an interspace and a connection point for the public and private activities within the building. Benchmark The perforated glass in the building envelope is only broken by the transparent envelope of the “Grüne Lunge”. The “Grüne Lunge” in the building`s envelope can be seen from the highway or the streets and by this people get interested in the new use strategy of the Q Port building. The new Q Port building should become a highlight building in the Brettenzone like a Benchmark for the city part Brettenzone. Therefore the installation of a media façade which offers surface for commercial activities is done in addition to the BIPV modules at the closed façade parts. This is the next step into a more sustainable future: The energy concept for the Q-Port building is able to generate energy within the façade and so unifies the energy demands of the future.Architectural Engineering and TechnologyArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Solar Material
No full textSolar material: Sun + Sand = Glass. Sintering silica constituents of desert sand together using the heat from concentrated solar radiation creates a glass-like material, the production of which is extremely sustainable. Research has been conducted into the material properties and subsequently on its potential as a (structural) building material. Finally an architectural design was conceived in which several different structural applications of the material are explored and tested.Architectural EngineeringArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Public Hammam, Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
No full textDesign of a public bathhouse for Aït Benhaddou. The bathhouse is heated by concentrated solar panels.Architectural EngineeringArchitectural Engineering and TechnologyArchitectur
Urban Nexus - Bridging the future of A12 zone
No full textTo create an urban nexus (bridging the gap of the A12 corridor) in the form of architectural design and building technology. A possible design solution for a reformative planning of the social, environmental and physical barrier transforming the perception and increasing the future possibilities of the new phase of Utrecht development. The aim is to integrate green public space in the city to provide citizens and visitors a place to coexist. It should be a space that should aim to be socially inclusive from the outset. The aspects of breathing envelope, a green cover which is beneficial for bio diversity, storm water attenuation, air cleansing and Noise mitigation are to be the basis of the Research.Architectural Engineering and TechnologyArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Building the future with FRP composites
No full textThis paper focuses on the state-of-the-art research that has been done on fibre-reinforced polymer composites that are used to design a rapidly constructed building with an all-in-one skin. The past few hundred years, buildings have only been made from a small selection of materials. Mankind’s search for new building materials has produced many innovative solutions in all fields of technology. Composites are already being used in civil engineering and aerospace technology as bridge decks and aeroplane parts, but have not yet been fully integrated in the field of architecture. These fields have shown that composite material – or more specifically, fibre-reinforced polymer – offers a great potential for applications in buildings, because of their favourable material properties compared to traditional building materials. Literature and a number of case studies prove that sandwich elements, which consist out of glass-fibre-reinforced polymer with a polyurethane core, can be load carrying and be used to waterproof and thermally insulate a building simultaneously as an all-in-one skin. Furthermore, sandwich elements can also be used to design a rapidly constructed building. Because there is a lot of research still to be done on fibre-reinforced composites and their applications to building sciences, there is even more potential for the future.Architectural EngineeringArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen
the Living Plant: A building that purifies air and water and at the same time grows food
No full textIn my graduation project I use plants to clean air and water and at the same time grow food. In this way I create a system that turns urban waste into food while at the same time providing a nice and green environment. The food that is grown in the system will be sold in the shop and restaurant that are part of it. I want to show with the project that plants offer a lot more services than just being green and that they can become an essential part of the urban system.Architectural EngineeringArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen
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