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The study of urban form in the Netherlands
No full textThe study of urban form in the Netherlands has been heavily influenced by the Modern Movement and characterized by strong disciplinary specialization. On the one hand there is the distinction between art and engineering and on the other the search for instrumental universal rationality. This helps to explain the increasing interest, initially within academe, in the first English and German translations of some outstanding works of Italian researchers, who were at the time already acting as leaders in new perspectives in the fields of urban form and architecture. In keeping with the Dutch practical attitude, these investigations contributed to urban developments of the post-industrial era, beginning at the end of the 1970s. Today much of the study of urban form entails investigation of how global trends affect local systems and how local systems can be improved by analysing best practices. In that respect the Netherlands has been able to establish a leading role in contemporary architecture that is widely recognized within EuropeArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Sleeping Beauty: Heritage & Architecture
No full textReworked edition of the author´s Inaugural Address (June 2016).Heritage & Desig
Groundscrapers: Vitalizing the Tradition of the Urban Low Rise, Mixed Hybrid Building
No full textThe fact that hybrid buildings can be interpreted as extremely condensed urban blocks, increasing the city’s density and contributing to its public realm, forms one of the key interests of this research. According to its European interpretation, the “ground scraper” is not only public because of the character of its plinth facing the street, but also due to its interior space, partly accessible to public. As such it potentially extends the city’s public domain, horizontally and vertically, into the building’s interior and links the public domain inside and outside. Basically it acts as a city within the city.ArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Multiwavelength astrophysics of the blazar OJ 287 and the project MOMO
No full textFull list of the authors: Komossa, S.; Kraus, A.; Grupe, D.; Parker, M. L.; Gonzalez, A.; Gallo, L. C.; Gurwell, M. A.; Laine, S.; Yao, S.; Chandra, S.; Dey, L.; Gómez, J. L.; Hada, K.; Haggard, D.; Hollett, A. R.; Jermak, H.; Jorstad, S.; Krichbaum, T. P.; Markoff, S.; McCall, C.; Neilsen, J.; Nowak, M.We are carrying out the densest and longest multiyear, multiwavelength monitoring project of OJ 287 ever done. The project MOMO (Multiwavelength Observations and Modeling of OJ 287) covers wavelengths from the radio to the high-energy regime. A few selected observations are simultaneous with those of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). MOMO aims at understanding disk-jet physics and at testing predictions of the binary black hole scenario of OJ 287. Here, we present a discussion of extreme outburst and minima states in context, and then focus on the recent flux and spectral evolution between 2021 and May 2022, including an ongoing bright radio flare. Further, we show that there is no evidence for precursor flare activity in our optical–UV–X-ray light curves that would be associated with any secondary supermassive black hole (SMBH) disk impact and that was predicted to start as thermal flare on December 23, 2021. © 2023 The Authors. Astronomische Nachrichten published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.S. Komossa would like to thank the Swift and XMM-Newton teams for carrying out our observations of OJ 287 and for very useful discussions on the observational set-ups. S. Komossa also thanks Ski Antonucci, Mauri Valtonen, and Staszek Zola for enlightening discussions on OJ 287, and our referee for their very useful comments. This research has made use of the XRT Data Analysis Software (XRTDAS) developed under the responsibility of the ASI Science Data Center (SSDC), Italy. This work is partly based on data obtained with the 100-m telescope of the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie at Effelsberg. The Submillimeter Array near the summit of Maunakea is a joint project between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics and is funded by the Smithsonian Institution and the Academia Sinica. The authors recognize and acknowledge the very significant cultural role and reverence that the summit of Maunakea has always had within the indigenous Hawaiian community. We are most fortunate to have the opportunity to conduct observations from this mountain. This work made use of data supplied by the UK Swift Science Data Centre at the University of Leicester (Evans et al. 2007). This work has made use of public Fermi-LAT data (Kocevski et al. 2021). This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL
The Counter Fortress, Reflection of a 70's philosophy
No full textThe project concerns the densification of a intensely transformed St. Jacobsplaats, located at the the tail-end of the Binnenrotte in Rotterdam. The project embraces infrastructural scars and turns them into qualities. Bringin back symbioses on the site. Through creating a public mediator. The project reflects on its structuralistic context by making a counterreaction. Integrating the spatial qualities and solving issues for negative aspects of the structuralistic architecture. The project gives an impulse to the whole quarter. Adding more diverse program to the neigbourhood.Public Realm RotterdamArchitectureArchitectur
The Counter Fortress, Reflection on 70's philosophy
No full textInfrastructural transformation brought remarkable spatial quality to the Laurens Quarter. Binnenrotte square emerged as a permanent urban void. But, its potential overlooked and yet unveiled. All public buildings, main traffic access, and new development are concentrated near Blaak station. Recent transformation around the square were done in a naïve way. Although open air market occupies only 30% of a week, there is no sufficient floating population willing to use the square on remaining 70% of time. Fluctuation of people, inconstant use, and low efficiency are problematic in this area. During research, we noticed the site is merely abandoned as an enclave although it is located on the nodal position. We introduced continuation to form an anchor to fix the imbalance in the area. Continuation and two anchors strategy is not only bring balance to the area, but also form the characteristic of Laurens Quarter according to the design we are going to propose after the research.Public Realm RotterdamArchitectureArchitectur
States of co-existence and border projects in port cities: Genoa and Rotterdam compared
No full textIn port cities there is a tendency to dislocate production activities in favour of logistic-productive dynamics. In addition, the transition from an industrial area model to a ‘logistics hinterland’ formula shifts attention to a territorial scale, focusing on spaces at the border between the port and city areas. Today, port–city borders are commonly perceived as barriers but they could be dynamic development thresholds. Existing port cities exhibit different states of coexistence at their port–city borders: sometimes they are forced situations originating from poor management, but they can also provide opportunities for mutual interaction and synergy. This paper compares port– city borders in Genoa and Rotterdam using interviews, relevant literature and mapping. Conclusions are drawn concerning the possibilities and potential for future port–city borders
Coolsingel Rotterdam
No full textResearch Booklet MSC3 Studio Public Realm Rotterdam 2011-2012.Public RealmPublic BuildingArchitectur
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