scholarly journals Paradoxical relationships between Less and More in architectural Form

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-207
Author(s):  
Ahmed Ahmed ◽  
◽  
Abdullah Tayib
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Deep Structure ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Rhetorical Figures ◽  
Initial Hypothesis ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Primary Variable

Nowadays, almost all forms that surround us, in our building's environment and even on papers became similar to each other. The problems with the form are related to the inability of creating it from scratch because the process of creating form today is a process of displacement of a previous formal perception towards a new formal one, or by the aid of computer, and that leads to creating the monotony in forms due to their similarities. What is predominantly accepted as logical may not necessarily be true. The idea that is generally accepted by all architects is that the role of the architect is to build by adding, it sounds illogical to expect architects to focus on the question of builds by subtracting. Our initial hypothesis assumed that the paradoxical soul of “less and more” in architectural form is revealed in the rhetorical figures, where the subtraction strategy is alternative of the addition strategy. For that, the concept of form in architecture in this research has been deconstructed to its primary elements: Type „deep structure‟ and style „surface structure‟. In addition, the research clarified and set up the primary variable represented by the subtraction, and secondary variables (Fragmentation and segmentation, Transparency, Geometrical rigor, Distortion of scale, Identical repetition, Erosion) which help of creating rhetorical forms, in another word, it makes us get 'More' from 'Less'. As a conclusion, the distinctive thing that the research revealed about the strategies of architectural form besides the subtraction strategy and the concept of rhetorical numbers, is the concept of the conceptual golden subtraction, where the research detected it in Islamic architectural design and interpreted and connected it with the disconnected letters of the holy Quran, Al-Jarjani theory of subtraction, and the design language of the architect Sinan.

Building Integrated Photovoltaic Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 1092-1093 ◽  
pp. 555-562
Author(s):  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Tian Qi Yu
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Technical Level ◽  
Energy Materials ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Solar Energy Materials ◽  
Concrete Application ◽  
Building Integrated Photovoltaic ◽  
Photovoltaic Technology

This paper mainly introduces the advantage of the building integrated photovoltaic technology, characteristics of the main solar materials. Through understanding the barrier and the advantages of solar materials existing in the architectural design, the role of solar energy materials can be played better in building. This paper also introduces the form of the concrete application of building integrated photovoltaic in different building sites, explains the design of building integrated photovoltaic not only take part in the technical level, more involved in architectural form and space.

BINARY FORMULA “HOME-CITY” AS METAVALUE OF ARCITECTURAL OBJECT AND A BINATY OPPOSITIONS MATRIX OF COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Sergey A. MALAKHOV
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Gradual Transition ◽  
Compositional Techniques ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
Interconnected System ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The City

Based on the research of humanitarian specifics of architectural form and architectural objects, three aspects are defined, from the position of which the CM system is adjusted the concept of the architectural object as megaobject (interconnected system of object and the physical environment) and how metaobject (conditioning facility, cultural space). The first aspect - the role of the binary opposition, meaning that in the architectural form of the object and system identification, or in a non-obvious, presented meanings that oppose each other, but do not displace each other. The second aspect - the presence of external environment (URBO landscape and cultural space). The presence of the environment, the environment has a formal aesthetic and ethical justification. As a result, the environment may become a challenge no less important than the object. The third aspect - the fundamental metavalue of architectural object, the method adopted in the composite as a basis. It relates to the interaction between the city and the house - two metavaluesi, covering almost all the layers and subsystems which appear in the process of interaction between the author and architectural form. This fundamental aspect is defined in the article as a universal binary formula House-City. The binary formula House- City determines the methodological structure and content of the genesis of the CM process carried out in phases as a gradual transition from the experience of abstract form to the project.

Vessel Traffic Services (VTS): Are We Ready For The New Millenium?

1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Long Beach ◽  
Traffic Surveillance ◽  
Traffic Efficiency ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Real Time Information ◽  
First Time

In 1948, the port of Liverpool was probably the pioneer of European VTS, when they set up a radar station, in order to facilitate the boarding of pilots from the cutter. In 1951, Long Beach in California established a radar and VHF to facilitate port operations. Le Havre established another system and so, gradually, other ports followed. At this time commercial radar was comparatively new, and made it possible for the first time, under almost all weather conditions, to observe vessel traffic from the shore. In combination with VHF radio, a traffic surveillance system was achieved and real- time information exchange between the shore and ships became possible. Nevertheless, it was not until 1985 that the role of VTS in connection with navigation safety, traffic efficiency and environmental protection gained international recognition. This recognition is contained in an IMO resolution, which constitutes the VTS guidelines.

scholarly journals The promise of performative: Relational, genetic and scripted models in architectural design

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Djordje Stojanovic
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Feedback Information

This paper investigates the role of performative models within the context of architectural design. Understanding the performances of the built environment can be postulated in rather different manners. It is commonly expected that the built environment complies with the diverse and changing requirements of its users. It is equally required that buildings are economically constructed, easily maintained, energy efficient, safe and aesthetically pleasing. Yet, such expectations are complex and consist of a great number of intertwined effects that are not easy to synchronize during architectural design process. Although they can be precisely evaluated and quantitatively expressed, the values specifying the performances, such as temperature, humidity and intensity of light or sound, in traditionally established course of architectural design are usually only considered throughout the post-rationalization or correction of the architectural design. The research presented in this paper explores design mechanisms, for direct and formative incorporation of feedback information into the very conception of architectural form.

scholarly journals Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of ovarian and endometrial carcinoma

2011 ◽  
Vol 152 (47) ◽  
pp. 1887-1893
Author(s):  
Sándor Valent ◽  
Orsolya Oláh ◽  
Levente Sára ◽  
Attila Pajor ◽  
Zoltán Langmár
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Carcinoma ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Transvaginal Ultrasound ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Transvaginal Sonography ◽  
Gynecological Diseases ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Crucial Part

Transvaginal sonography has become a crucial part of the routine gynecologic examination. It offers now a great help in the diagnosis of almost all gynecological diseases. Transvaginal ultrasound means the first step in the diagnosis of the first two most common gynecological malignancies, and in many cases we are able to set up a diagnosis of its own. The purpose of this article is to emphasize the significant role of transvaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of these two dieseases mentioned above, with summarizing the latest developments regarding the capabilities of sonography (Doppler-technique, three-dimensional ultrasonograpy). Orv. Hetil., 2011, 152, 1887–1893.

Michael Kelly, Hilary Footitt, Myriam Salama-Carr (eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Languages and Conflict

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ľubomír Zvada
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Speakers Of Other Languages ◽  
War And Conflict ◽  
Almost All

This Handbook maps the contours of an exciting and burgeoning interdisciplinary field concerned with the role of language and languages in situations of conflict. It explores conceptual approaches, sources of information that are available, and the institutions and actors that mediate language encounters. It examines case studies of the role that languages have played in specific conflicts, from colonial times through to the Middle East and Africa today. The contributors provide vibrant evidence to challenge the monolingual assumptions that have affected traditional views of war and conflict. They show that languages are woven into every aspect of the making of war and peace, and demonstrate how language shapes public policy and military strategy, setting frameworks and expectations. The Handbook's 22 chapters powerfully illustrate how the encounter between languages is integral to almost all conflicts, to every phase of military operations and to the lived experiences of those on the ground, who meet, work and fight with speakers of other languages. This comprehensive work will appeal to scholars from across the disciplines of linguistics, translation studies, history, and international relations; and provide fresh insights for a broad range of practitioners interested in understanding the role and implications of foreign languages in war.

The role of Record of Rights (Khatian) in determining title or possession: An overview

IIUC Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Kalim Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Supportive Evidence ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
Religious Systems

Human beings are deeply related to land. Human beings take birth on land, live on land, die on land and mixes with land ultimately. As stated in the holy Quran: ‘We (Allah) created you (human beings) from the soil, we shall make you return to the soil and We shall call you back again from the soil’ (20:55). Human life is surrounded by soil i.e. land. So, land is a highly completed issue of human life involving economic, social, political, cultural and often religious systems. Land administration is thus a critical element and often a pre-condition for peaceful society and sustainable development. In administrating land, Khatian or record of rights plays a vital role to determine the rights and interests of the respective parties as supportive evidence. In this article, discussion is mainly made on the fact that Khatian or record of rights is not a document of title solely but it may be an evidence of title as well as possession. IIUC Studies Vol.15(0) December 2018: 33-46

A reconnaissance of tropical resources during Revolutionary years: the role of the Paris Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
MADELEINE LY-TIO-FANE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Joseph Ii

SUMMARY The recent extensive literature on exploration and the resulting scientific advances has failed to highlight the contribution of Austrian enterprise to the study of natural history. The leading role of Joseph II among the neutral powers which assumed the carrying trade of the belligerents during the American War of Independence, furthered the development of collections for the Schönbrunn Park and Gardens which had been set up on scientific principles by his parents. On the conclusion of peace, Joseph entrusted to Professor Maerter a world-encompassing mission in the course of which the Chief Gardener Franz Boos and his assistant Georg Scholl travelled to South Africa to collect plants and animals. Boos pursued the mission to Isle de France and Bourbon (Mauritius and Reunion), conveyed by the then unknown Nicolas Baudin. He worked at the Jardin du Roi, Pamplemousses, with Nicolas Cere, or at Palma with Joseph Francois Charpentier de Cossigny. The linkage of Austrian and French horticultural expertise created a situation fraught with opportunities which were to lead Baudin to the forefront of exploration and scientific research as the century closed in the upheaval of the Revolutionary Wars.

ON EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF THERMAL AND WIND FACTORS FOR A PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE WORLD OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION SYSTEM

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-91
Author(s):  
V. G. Neiman
Keyword(s):  
Physical Model ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Circulation System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

The main content of the work consists of certain systematization and addition of longexisting, but eventually deformed and partly lost qualitative ideas about the role of thermal and wind factors that determine the physical mechanism of the World Ocean’s General Circulation System (OGCS). It is noted that the conceptual foundations of the theory of the OGCS in one form or another are contained in the works of many well-known hydrophysicists of the last century, but the aggregate, logically coherent description of the key factors determining the physical model of the OGCS in the public literature is not so easy to find. An attempt is made to clarify and concretize some general ideas about the two key blocks that form the basis of an adequate physical model of the system of oceanic water masses motion in a climatic scale. Attention is drawn to the fact that when analyzing the OGCS it is necessary to take into account not only immediate but also indirect effects of thermal and wind factors on the ocean surface. In conclusion, it is noted that, in the end, by the uneven flow of heat to the surface of the ocean can be explained the nature of both external and almost all internal factors, in one way or another contributing to the excitation of the general, or climatic, ocean circulation.

Methyl mercury in the dutch rhine delta

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 213-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Pieters ◽  
Victor Geuke
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Methyl Mercury ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Benthic Organisms ◽  
Considerable Decrease ◽  
Continuous Sedimentation ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All

Samples of yellow eel from various locations in the Dutch Rhine area have been analyzed for trend monitoring of mercury since 1977. In the western Rhine delta mercury levels in eels have hardly changed since the seventies, whereas in the eastern part of the Dutch Rhine area a considerable decrease of mercury concentrations in eel has occurred. Because of continuous sedimentation of contaminated suspended matter transported from upstream regions, accumulation rates and concentrations of mercury in eel in the western Rhine delta remained at a relatively high level. Analyses of methyl mercury in biota have been performed to elucidate the role of methyl mercury in the mercury contamination of the Dutch Rhine ecosystem. Low percentages of methyl mercury were observed in zooplankton (3 to 35%). In benthic organisms (mussels) percentages of methyl mercury ranged from 30 to 57%, while in fish species and liver of aquatic top predator birds almost all the mercury was present in the form of methyl mercury (> 80%). During the period 1970-1990 mercury concentrations of suspended matter in the eastern Rhine delta have drastically decreased. These concentrations seemed to be highly correlated with mercury concentrations of eel (R = 0.84). The consequences of this relation are discussed.

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