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The ephemeral as the essence of town: the sense of creating the image of contemporary space while emphasizing the importance of the temporary
No full textSustainability is a keyword used not less in the last few years. Anyways the word itself has many meanings, for this research its value is the initiation of the investigation. New structures and ideas on how to build and structure space have been considered in the past decades and our times as well. All this in an attempt to meet new demands and answer evolving needs of society, given that to be the need for a better existence. Existence overall in this regard status and aesthetics aswell. These imposition of continuous newly presented demands in society and the fast response of architects has brought the main question to this investigation. How are permanent structures impacting space and what is happening to the buildings after new demands are set. So, the main axis to this thesis is arguing the power that ephemeral architecture has in space and its suitable forms of existence yet nonexistence. In this investigation it is intended to find out if ephemeral structures are actually a great source of creating space and image yet due to their timeframe their timely transformation compounds it with sustainability. In contemporary architecture we don't need to search anyway for permanence to build a monument, also the maximum of ephemeral expression expressed by a building mainly made of steam, can be a monument. Contemporary times require fast and smart solutions to emerge. Therefore, having more spaces everyday which already provide identity, cautious and well thought interventions should take place. However, no situation should leave contemporary needs unmet, therefore relevant interventions should be taken accordingly. Works of Mehrotra, Jacobs, Lynch, Barragan, and so on are brought into this investigation to have a deeper understanding on how we perceive architecture and yet how does it work as a symbol for space either being permanent or ephemeral. These perspectives will only enrich what this research implies, a broad and fuzzy concept for the ephemeral in essence. However, traces of all these are found on the works that have been conducted in the contemporary times, more specifically, the work which have been conceptualized through the idea of the ephemeral. Works that intend to allow the surrounding and the building to cooperate without suppression, yet, through their existence impose association with its volume. In this research other works besides architecture will be discussed which will define the punctual identity of space. Certain works most certainly impact the overall image of these spaces, furthermore, the ephemeral essence is what leaves room for an alternation. Urban identity is alternated and new atmospheres are provided, which once more are of ephemeral essence
Is the past just a dream? The National Art Gallery
No full textSpace
Is the past a dream?
— B17 architects
The design for the exhibition “Is the past a dream?“ is based
on shaping a homogeneous space, meanwhile conducting this
concept by having in consideration that the building of the
Kosovo National Gallery is listed for heritage preservation.
Therefor space is morphologically conceived to allow integration
within structure and artist`s work, as result of experiencing
the exhibition as total. And thus this project offers an
open exposure so that the connection between audience and
artist Majlinda Kelmendis work is reflected. The interventions
at the gallery start with eliminating the corners of main walls
therefor eliminating shadow, this also helps to highlight space
height by conveying direct light to the side walls and using
existing light fixtures. This is also a response to adapt space
for exhibiting the new art works with unusual dimensions.
Interventions on the gallery floor have been conducted by
covering the existing floor with a layer of white non glossy
sheet, the combination of these vertical and horizontal surfaces
blurs borders between wall and floor.
While walking through the gallery you experience the
purity of whiteness and the interference of two black surfaces
and a red surface which is a closing one of the project, is
the past a dream? By Majlinda Kelmendi. The homogeneous
space, turns the gallery into an intriguing path in which the
visitor connect with the works
AM House
No full textThis individual housing project is designed for an outer skirt neighborhood of Prishtina. The designing process started at the beginning of 2018 where as the construction was completed during the beginning of 2019. The main concept of this project is rational use of space for an individual housing consisting of the; Basement, Base Floor, First Floor, and utilization of roof space. It's characteristics consist of zenital lightning of the roof, by creating an Carlo Scapra like of cut and allowing the light inside
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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