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Design for Change and Circularity – Accommodating Circular Material & Product Flows in Construction
No full textAbstractCircular building concepts, as proposed within e.g. Circular Economy and Cradle-to-Cradle frameworks, imply radical changes for the construction sector. Cradle-to-Cradle® in particular has put forward the idea of buildings as material banks, radically altering the way material flows need to be managed. The notion of material banks (temporary storage of materials that comprise the building assemblies) sheds new light on the value of building materials and products, and how to maintain and restore this. The basics are straightforward: high quality, pure material use and anticipated material regeneration routes. The implications for the supply and value chain, however, are significant, and research in this direction has only recently taken off. To smoothen the path to implementation, circular building principles may be combined with Design-for-Adaptability (DfA) guidelines, as developed over the last decades. DfA guidelines are rooted in enhanced resilience of the built environment on the one hand, and the associated constructive implications on the other. Synergy between the concepts of circularity and adaptability, with regard to the Dutch context, is at the heart of this paper. The main research question is: what are prerequisites for an effective performance of materials, products, services and buildings in the case circularity is a leading ambition? The research is structured around four interdisciplinary expert workshops in which knowledge and experiences were shared, discussed, tested and redefined, leading to a set of preconditions for circular building material and product flows. A key finding is that circularity-values emerge at the intersection of specific intrinsic properties (material and product characteristics) and relational properties (building design and use characteristics), whilst combining multiple parameters. In separation, neither intrinsic nor relational properties have decisive significance with regard to circularity; it is on the crossing where fulfillment is created. This paper finishes by discussing the findings from the perspectives of lifespan, monitoring, ownership, and standardization
Recording of interview with Bob Buford
No full textBuford lives in Dallas, TX and is a cable-TV pioneer, social entrepreneur, author, and venture philanthropist. He co-founded Leadership Network in 1984, became founding chairman in 1988 of what was initially called The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and popularized the concept of Halftime through several books he authored. Buford was introduced to Nouwen through Malcolm Street of Elderly Care Inc (Fortworth, TX).1 audio cassette (ca. 1 hr. 9 mins.)The interview is transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy. ; Title based on contents of the item. ; Reference copies of the audio cassettes are available (located with original). ; Located in audio cassettes box 10. ; Digitized January 27, 2011.For more information please contact Special Collections, the University of St. Michael's College.Item consists of one audio cassette (SR2005 09 23 12) of an interview with Bob Buford conducted by Joe Vorsterman at the Leadership Network Offices (Dallas, TX) on November 30, 2004. Buford recounts experiences with Nouwen at the Foundation Conference (Toronto, ON) and The Gathering (Mexico) and through his subsequent work 'Mornings with Henri Nouwen'. Themes present in Buford's interview include 'Half Time', 'Finishing Well', Thomas Merton, Peter Drucker, Nouwen's contradictions and Nouwen as tortured
Restructuring material thinking : Material and Data in Architecture and Urban Scales
No full textDigital data is becoming increasingly important in relation to building materials and materials in architecture and urban planning. In six chapters, the four experts Michael Hensel, Bob Geldermans, Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel, and Milica Vujovic cover the spectrum from data and materials to the question of availability and industrial production, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things with scientifically sound contributions. They show how it is possible to find tailor-made solutions to urgent questions such as building material interactions, ageing processes, circularity, urban mining, and global needs with advancing digitalization.
Digital tools for the optimization of installed material
Ageing, combination, circularity, and urban mining
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Securing Healthy Circular Material Flows In The Built Environment: The Case Of Indoor Partitioning
Get PDFDeparting from two problem statements, one concerning circularity in the built environment and one concerning flexibility in the built environment, this dissertation sets out to answer two main research questions: – In an Open Building division of support and infill, to what extent can the infill contribute to sustainable circular material & product flows? – Which qualitative and quantitative criteria and preconditions are central to integrating the notions of user health & well-being, circularity, and flexibility in infill configurations? In view on these research questions, this dissertation revolves around multiple topics and disciplines, addressing material properties, material flows, product design, and user benefits, relating to a specific building component: non-bearing partitioning. The research follows a mixed-method approach, primarily qualitatively driven and supported by quantitative data and tools. Literature studies, workshops and expert consultations are applied throughout the trajectory to derive, test and adjust criteria, guidelines and design concepts. The dissertation is structured around four research chapters (each set-up as a separate academic article), preceded by a general introduction and background sketch, and followed by an overarching evaluation of the findings.A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment No 6 (2020)Climate Design and Sustainabilit
Letter from Bob H. Suzuki, President, CSU Pomona, June 13, 1993
No full textA letter from President Bob H. Suzuki thanking guests of a garden reception and asking for their support to fund Michi Nishiura and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair in Multicultural Studies.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Relational Enrichment: Bob Lepine
No full textBob Lepine, Little Rock, AR, radio host and author, speaks to the student body on the subject of love and 1 Corinthians 13 as it relates to relationships with others
Bob Miller's Light Walk
No full textArtist Bob Miller's "Light Walk" at the Exploratorium is always an eye-opening experience for students and teachers alike. His unique discoveries will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images. The author includes activities such as doing your own lightwalk, building a pinhole viewer, building a pinhole camera, and slide projector activities. The author also provides an additional bibliography that is accompanied by reading materials. External links to related internet resources are also provided
Accelerating circular city development
No full textAbstract only. - In Circular Cities, resources that drive human activities are by definition regenerative rather than linear or degenerative: be it energy, water, materials, nutrients or air. Meaning the focus shifts from gradual destruction of resource-value – “take, make, waste” – to value-creation through models based on cascades and cycles. In order to establish such regenerative resource flows that retain or increase value in cities’ subsystems there is dire need for new concepts as well as rigorous and critical testing of existing ones: both at an academic and practical level. This relates for example to aligning & connecting flows, exploring shared value models, implementing smart sensing technologies, identifying negative external effects etc. The impact on how cities are conceived, materialized and operationalized in a circular framework can hardly be overstated. Some impacts can be imagined, based on current knowledge, but others can at best be anticipated. This is due to cities being complex, adaptive systems in which “an increasing number of independent variables begin interacting in interdependent and unpredictable ways” [Sanders 2008]. The implications of a circular agenda are thus significant, and we only just begin to fathom the magnitude. Moreover, there is a proliferation of different interpretations concerning the meaning of ‘circular’. Some interpretations are essentially linear processes made more efficient, whereas other interpretations may seem ‘too holistic to succeed’. Accommodating circular processes in all their diversity means that potential contradictions in the actions we take need careful consideration. The abovementioned notions resonate in the Circular City research program through three, strongly interrelated subthemes: 1) materials & buildings, 2) nutrients recovery, and 3) urban energy systems. Each subtheme has its own research priorities, informed by the interplay between society, science and business, rooted in the definition that circular cities understand, establish, monitor and control circular economy principles in an urban context, whilst realizing the vision of a resilient, future-proof city. An important focus within the 1st theme is on materials that are temporarily stored in built constructions for diverging periods of time. Including the question how to streamline supply, demand and conversion processes of those materials, components and buildings on different time- and scale levels. The 2nd theme concerns nutrient recovery from (waste) water streams. At stake are methods and systems to better reutilize nutrients, materials and energy in water flows, as well as the integration of wastewater treatment systems on various scales in urban regions. The 3rd theme centres on the transition to renewable energy sources and its spatial and infrastructural implications, dealing with increased variability in consumption, storage and production, and concerning multiple energy products and services. This theme accentuates innovation in systems engineering & integration, energy storage, and ICT, adopting a citizen perspective
Jere Nash Interview with Bob Montgomery
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with state senator Bob Montgomery in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Mississippi Senate; Medicaid bill; Brad Dye; Mississippi Highway program and legislation; gambling legislation; tobacco litigation; tort reform; and Montgomery\u27s reelection campaign following reapportionment
Bob Browne, former CEO of the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company
No full textBob Browne is the former CEO of the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company and soon to be author of a new book, The Sys-Tao Way, that outlines his application of the Deming Philosophy.
Bob gives a brief history of the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company, his introduction to the Deming Philosophy and experiences incorporating many of the teachings into his organization. Bob states how the Four Pillars are the key to understanding Deming with a special focus on the theory of knowledge and working relationships.
He describes the difficulty of letting go of his own established paradigms while incorporating the the teachings of W. Edwards Deming - it required constancy of purpose and faith that this was a better way. Bob also shares thoughts on where a CEO or change agent starts and he discusses organizational change and adoption of these ideashttps://digitalcommons.butler.edu/deming_podcast/1006/thumbnail.jp
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