scholarly journals Cardboard as a construction material for temporary architecture: a case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Agata Jasiołek
Keyword(s):  
Building Material ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Building Process ◽  
The Future ◽  
Corrugated Cardboard ◽  
The Way

The topic of this article is cardboard as a construction material for temporary architecture: a case study of the Zbigniew Herbert Exhibition Pavilion. The Pavilion was designed and built by a group of 18 students at the course ProtoLAB at the Faculty of Architecture at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in July 2018. The project focused on constructing Pavilion components out of paper tubes and corrugated cardboard, which have been proven to be a promising building material. Wood-based materials also were used to strengthen the construction. The design of the Pavilion aimed to use the geometry of the components to minimize the amount of metal used to connect elements. The article focuses on the problems of paper’s strength, stability, connections, impregnation, and the way they have been solved during the building process. It also discusses the topic of the possibility of using the unimpregnated cardboard in outdoor constructions. The structure was then evaluated after 5 months of being used and exposed to diverse weather conditions. Damages in the Pavilion elements are mentioned in the paper and the probable reasons why they have appeared are explained. Conclusions from this article may be useful when designing similar objects in the future.

scholarly journals Reflections on Remote Teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Daniel Jones ◽  
John Meyer ◽  
John Meyer ◽  
Jingyu Huang ◽  
Jingyu Huang
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Joint Institute ◽  
Traditional Lecture ◽  
The Future ◽  
Travel Restrictions ◽  
The Way

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reconsider the way we teach our students. The inability of UK-based lecturers to deliver via traditional lecture-based courses in China (due to ongoing travel restrictions) has been an obstacle to overcome but also an opportunity to investigate innovative remote-teaching methods. Here we review a case study based on teaching three different year groups at the Jinan University - University of Birmingham Joint Institute during the early part of 2020. We reflect on how technology was used, draw conclusions and discuss potential opportunities for the future of remote-teaching.

scholarly journals Vietnam and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC): Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Hoa Thi Hai Vu
Keyword(s):  
Community Building ◽  
National Level ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Cultural Community ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
The Way

<p>Although there is a large literature on ASEAN regionalism, comparatively little attention has been devoted to Southeast Asia’s efforts to build a shared social and cultural community. This thesis examines how the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) is understood in ASEAN and explores challenges that stand in the way of the Community being realized by its 2015 deadline. The study reviews the origins and response to the ASCC at both the regional level, and at the national level through a case-study of Vietnam’s participation. It argues that although the ASCC is an important component of the ASEAN Community building process and member states have proclaimed their determination to realize the ASCC by 2015, the reality in ASEAN with its “unity in diversity” and “ASEAN Way” norms, means there are many obstacles in the way. Divergent national interests and priorities have led to different priorities in designing and implementing the ASCC Blueprint in the period 2009-2015. The thesis concludes by speculating about the likely scenario for ASCC implementation. It argues that in 2015, the most likely scenario for the ASCC is one in which a nascent ASCC will be formed but with only some of its components in place. ASEAN needs a longer journey to realize its aspiration of a shared socio-culture community.</p>

scholarly journals Building the Future on Lessons of Historic Reinforced Concrete

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 5925
Author(s):  
Maria Bostenaru Dan
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Artistic Expression ◽  
Art Nouveau ◽  
The Future ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

This contribution presents the way the construction material reinforced concrete was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century, from both the technical (Hennebique system) and the philosophical points of view. The philosophy underlying the use of this material is evident in the theories on finding a language of form corresponding to tectonics, and its dialogue with timber, formulated by certain notable practicing architects of the time across Europe. Not to be neglected are aspects relating to the conservation of material and to interventions carried out over time. In Modernist times, this meant a change from the artistic expression of Art Nouveau. Today, it means technical adaptation. The paper addresses thus sustainability of intervention versus conservation.

scholarly journals Re‐engineering the specification process

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Hvam ◽  
Ulrik Have
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Product Data ◽  
The Future ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Design And Methods ◽  
The Way

Notes that rapid IT development changes the way of handling product data in sales, design and methods engineering (the specification process), and raises the important question, how to engineer systems for managing product data in order to utilise the IT possibilities. Presents, as a result of a project and a case study, concepts and methods for analysing the specification process and setting up a vision for an improved process. The theory bases for the project are; systems theory as applied in Wickam Skinner’s “manufacturing task”, concepts and methods from business process re‐engineering, and product data technology. The task concept is used for developing the specification process, where the functional demands to the specification process are outlined during an analysis of the so‐called “specification task”. As the task concept is used for another domain new descriptional dimensions for describing the specification task will be presented. Based on an analysis of the specification task the specification process is re‐engineered and a vision for the future process to be is formulated, evaluated, and a plan for the implementation set up.

scholarly journals Vietnam and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC): Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Hoa Thi Hai Vu
Keyword(s):  
Community Building ◽  
National Level ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Cultural Community ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
The Way

<p>Although there is a large literature on ASEAN regionalism, comparatively little attention has been devoted to Southeast Asia’s efforts to build a shared social and cultural community. This thesis examines how the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) is understood in ASEAN and explores challenges that stand in the way of the Community being realized by its 2015 deadline. The study reviews the origins and response to the ASCC at both the regional level, and at the national level through a case-study of Vietnam’s participation. It argues that although the ASCC is an important component of the ASEAN Community building process and member states have proclaimed their determination to realize the ASCC by 2015, the reality in ASEAN with its “unity in diversity” and “ASEAN Way” norms, means there are many obstacles in the way. Divergent national interests and priorities have led to different priorities in designing and implementing the ASCC Blueprint in the period 2009-2015. The thesis concludes by speculating about the likely scenario for ASCC implementation. It argues that in 2015, the most likely scenario for the ASCC is one in which a nascent ASCC will be formed but with only some of its components in place. ASEAN needs a longer journey to realize its aspiration of a shared socio-culture community.</p>

scholarly journals Apocalypse now: Australian bushfires and the future of urban settlements

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Norman ◽  
Peter Newman ◽  
Will Steffen
Keyword(s):  
Rural Settlements ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Future ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Global Nature ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe apocalyptic Australian bushfires have challenged the way we plan settlements. What is the future for small urban settlements within fire-vulnerable forests and bushland? Could they create a new model for rural settlements with wider lessons for development in big cities? This paper draws together observations of the 2019/20 bushfire size, intensity and destructiveness and links the fires to the global nature of the climate crisis and an earlier case study that accurately predicted the fire impacts in southeast coastal Australia. The findings are set out in two scenarios suggesting that the fires can lead to a new model for climate resilient development that can flow into larger centres with multiple benefits.

Issues in Collaborative Research between Health Educators and Medical Scientists: A Case Study

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Brieger ◽  
Jayashree Ramakrishna ◽  
Petros Demissie
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Health Educators ◽  
Malaria Research ◽  
The Future ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

The inclusion of health education in medical research schemes, if it happens at all, is usually after major social, behavioral, and educational problems have surfaced that threaten the success or survival of the project. Lack of collaboration arises not only from a narrowly and inappropriately conceived role for health education but also from communications barriers inherent in differing professional orientations and methodologies. A case study on malaria research in a rural Nigerian community demonstrates that health educators need to take initiative in defining a role for themselves in biomedical research, even if the opportunity may seem to come too late. Any chance for interaction provides potential for learning and understanding that will pave the way for collaboration in the future.

scholarly journals ON THE WAY TO A NEW ROUND OF INTERESTS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-4
Author(s):  
Elena Vasilevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Chemical Ecology ◽  
Medicinal Chemistry ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Mathematical Chemistry ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

Movement along this path will fundamentally change many of the ideas about the possibilities of science and technology that have developed over the centuries and decades. The surge of research in the field of nanometer sizes, the emergence of new directions at the intersection of different sciences (medicinal chemistry, chemical bionics, chemical ecology, mathematical chemistry, chemistry of life) - these are the realities of today. The prospects for the use of new technologies in the future often resemble the plots of science fiction novels, but those whom we teach today will bring them to life.

scholarly journals Don't reinvent the wheel: resources to support the teaching of academic skills across the curriculum

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Howard ◽  
Michelle Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
The Future ◽  
The University ◽  
Online Portfolio ◽  
The Way ◽  
Implementation Of The Strategy

In 2010, the University of Leeds introduced an academic skills strategy with the ambition of embedding academic skills into the curriculum across all faculties for all students. This case study outlines one of the approaches taken by Leeds to support the implementation of the strategy. An online portfolio of teaching resources designed to encourage and support academic staff to embed skills teaching in the curriculum was developed. The case study describes the way in which the resource was designed and developed. Feedback received thus far and plans for the future are also discussed.

The way of the future

1973 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Rosati
Keyword(s):  
The Future ◽  
The Way
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