Even though a large variety of innovative façade technologies has been developed to refine the control of solar radiation and increase the amount of useful natural illumination, their effective implementation in ...
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(纸本)9781905254347
Even though a large variety of innovative façade technologies has been developed to refine the control of solar radiation and increase the amount of useful natural illumination, their effective implementation in buildings is still uncommon. Increasing the awareness of designers to their existence and facilitating an understanding of their potential thus appears as a priority. An important step in that direction is to make the search and selection process more intuitive. This paper proposes a way to address this issue with a new database format. It focuses on the generation of visual strategies to express technical aspects and performance data with a more intuitive and architecturally based language, adapted to a designer's needs and respectful of a realistic design process. The project takes shape as a freely accessible online database of light-interacting technologies for envelopes, available at ***, that provides an efficient meeting space for professionals in the field.
In this paper I present the Sonic Blocks. A Tangible User Interface (TUI) for collaborative exploration of digital music with children. Based on the notion of exploratory Tangible User Interfaces this paper gives an a...
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(纸本)0980306345
In this paper I present the Sonic Blocks. A Tangible User Interface (TUI) for collaborative exploration of digital music with children. Based on the notion of exploratory Tangible User Interfaces this paper gives an account of the design, development and initial observations of the Sonic Blocks in use. The findings gathered from these observations reveal that TUIs through their physical engagement can enable unique approaches to thinking and cognition that contrast significantly to the visual model of interaction offered by the Graphical user Interface (GUI).
CHI Participants are increasingly creating work in multiple formats and media. Much of this work is well suited to the kind of efficient and effective graphic and text presentation found in what has traditionally been...
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CHI Participants are increasingly creating work in multiple formats and media. Much of this work is well suited to the kind of efficient and effective graphic and text presentation found in what has traditionally been called within design communities as a portfolio. Building on the theme of this year's conference we would like to provide an opportunity to engage the "dots" in ***. We propose a portfolio development session designed to present the notion of 'portfolio' as it relates to all fields within CHI.
This research investigates the acoustical characteristics of mosques of the classical Ottoman period and the contemporary period. Kocatepe Mosque, the major mosque in Ankara, Turkey, as a case from the contemporary er...
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Reclamation specialists are interested in scientifically based tools to assist in the evaluation of the post-mining surface mining environment. In this investigation, we compared twenty photographic pairs taken 25 yea...
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(纸本)9781605605487
Reclamation specialists are interested in scientifically based tools to assist in the evaluation of the post-mining surface mining environment. In this investigation, we compared twenty photographic pairs taken 25 years apart (1980 to 2005) to assess the changes in visual quality on a sand and gravel post-mining site developed for housing. To compare the photographs, we employed an equation that explains 67 percent of respondent preference, with an overall p-value for the equation ≤0.0001 and a p-value
This study examines the contribution of double skin envelope (DSE) to potential energy savings caused by natural ventilation in office buildings. DSE was applied to east and west-facing fa ade in an actual building th...
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This study examines the contribution of double skin envelope (DSE) to potential energy savings caused by natural ventilation in office buildings. DSE was applied to east and west-facing fa ade in an actual building that had 3 floors. Field measurements were performed for DSE in winter. Result implies that the DSE at west-facing fa ade effectively achieved energy savings when natural ventilation was supplied from cavity to indoor space. The DSE facing east direction was not recommended to achieve better energy saving by natural ventilation due to the comparatively less amount of solar irradiance. Multiple linear regression models were developed to predict the temperature variation in cavities so that effective control logics will be discussed in future study.
The aim of this study is to find out effects of speech intelligibility on visual short-term memory performance by testing 34 interiorarchitecture students in three different sound environments. Those sound environmen...
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(纸本)9781605603858
The aim of this study is to find out effects of speech intelligibility on visual short-term memory performance by testing 34 interiorarchitecture students in three different sound environments. Those sound environments were composed of real office sounds and a speech sample that are mixed to achieve varying STI levels of 'continuous noise', 'masked speech' and 'speech' sound environments [2]. Test procedure had three steps: first questionnaire, computer based short-term memory test and second questionnaire. Results show that there is no significant difference of visual short-term memory performance between varying sound environments, however subjective results derived from questionnaires show that students were distracted most by 'speech' sound environment.
Public restrooms are among the few remaining sex-segregated spaces in the American landscape, tangible relics of gender discrimination. This article describes how public restrooms have historically discriminated by cl...
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Public restrooms are among the few remaining sex-segregated spaces in the American landscape, tangible relics of gender discrimination. This article describes how public restrooms have historically discriminated by class, race, physical ability, sexual orientation, as well as gender. It examines how public restrooms pose special health and safety problems for women, men, children, elderly, persons with disabilities, and caregivers. It chronicles potty parity legislation, examining impacts of and backlash from recent laws. It presents new developments signaling a growing international movement and a quiet restroom revolution: the newly formed World Toilet Organization, American Restroom Association, increased family and unisex restrooms, and technological inventions such as automatic self-cleaning public toilets. It proposes innovative solutions about how twenty-first-century public restrooms can make cities more livable;offers roles for planners, designers, and civic officials, and suggests new research directions. Sources include an extensive literature review of relevant legal research, scholarly publications, and media coverage.
This study examines the effects of indirect training provided by apparel design and product development courses on spatial visualization skills. Spatial visualization skills are measured by using the Apparel Spatial V...
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