scholarly journals Read Between the Walls

2020 ◽  
pp. 258-273
Author(s):  
Rossina Shatarova

The spatial dimension of a school transforms an abstraction into a situated phenomenon. In doing so, the context intentionally or implicitly affects education. The potential impact the physical environment and the implied connotations it carries on one’s experience in and of it, is best argued by common sense. In the sense that architecture can be considered as a means to curate scenarios, anticipate and influence behaviour and even create a narrative, architecture is an agent in what composes the hidden school. In the case of educational spaces for architecture, the built environment is particularly influential as it is not only a representation of the idiosyncratic nature and program of an architecture school but also a reflection of its attitude towards the discipline and a statement about its aspirations and culture. Every aspect of an architecture school’s physical presence can be interpreted as a statement about its character and spirit, despite the fact that those analyses may be inconclusive hypotheticals. A school’s location and context can be related to both its self-awareness and its attitude towards the outside world.

2019 ◽  
pp. 168-173
Author(s):  
Rossina Shatarova

Architecture matters. The space where education takes place matters. The spatial dimension of a school transforms an abstraction into a situated phenomenon. In doing so, the context intentionally or implicitly affects education. The potential impact the physical environment and the implied connotations it carries on one’s experience in and of it, is best argued by common sense. Consider the following example. A wall is a boundary marker. Its function varies: to protect, to enclose, to constrain, to separate and differentiate between spaces, to redirect and flank. Erecting a wall, however, is an intentional design gesture, affiliated to the formation of a barrier, a division, a fortification and/or isolation. Those purposeful and associative properties of a wall are translated into one’s embodied experience of a physical wall.


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Thomas Wabel

Abstract The article explores changes in public self-awareness resulting from the reduction of social interaction in physical presence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Following the three dimensions of shared public space, social interaction in direct encounter, and shared meaning, the text argues that dwindling opportunities to experience social cohesion may become paradigmatic for more fundamental deficiencies in societal interaction. Seen in this light, church services in physical presence can help to maintain a sense for public life in physical presence, unmediated by digital tools.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-72
Author(s):  
Hadarah Rajab

Abstract Tasawuf and Sufism have succeeded in donating their contributions to Islam. Follow conquering the nations that have not been touched by Islamic teachings. Its influence is most likely to reach Bangka whose motives could have an impact on the Muslim Community of multicultural Pangkalpinang City, also known as the Malay Muslim community that has a common sense with the Sumatran Muslim community in general (Palembang, Bengkulu, Padang, Riau to Aceh). Malay Islamic societies are more dominant and can coexist with more Chinese societies after Christianity, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, attracting them because they can show the phenomenon of peaceful and mutual respectful peoples. Of course, this is important to be explored and can be used as a pilot icon for especially for conflict-laden areas. The initial data compiled by the researchers is that there is a positive indication that behind the harmony and peace of religion, especially for the ummah of Islam, it can be assumed that the general character of Pangkalpinang has its own characteristic, the influence of tarekat teachings, in general, can be expected to follow the attitudes and behavior of Muslim community in Bangka city , as well as the influence of Khalifah Naqsyabandiyah's teachings in particular is synonymous with the teachings of self-awareness and repentance from taking care of the religion and the beliefs of others. Their religious cultures are framed by the spiritual values of Sufism that are strong in their respective religions, as for the followers of Islam and the Islamic religion, they believe the supernatural powers that grow from the pure tasawuf of Islam which is then known as Sufism.   Abstrak Tasawuf dan sufisme telah berhasil menyumbangkan andilnya yang tidak sedikit terhadap perluasan Islam. Ikut menaklukkan bangsa-bangsa yang selama ini belum tersentuh ajaran Islam. Pengaruhnya tentu sangat mungkin sampai ke Bangka yang motifnya bisa berdampak pada Masyarakat Muslim Kota Pangkalpinang yang multikultural juga dikenal sebagai masyarakat Islam Melayu yang memiliki matarantai dengan masyarakat Islam Sumatra secara umum (Palembang, Bengkulu, Padang, Riau hingga Aceh). Masyarakat Islam Melayu lebih dominan dan dapat hidup berdampingan dengan masyarakat Cina yang lebih banyak setelah ummat Islam, demikian Kristen, Hindu dan Budha, menariknya karena dapat menunjukkan fenomena masyarakat yang hidup damai dan saling menghormati satu sama lain. Tentu hal ini penting dieksplorasi dan bisa dijadikan sebagai icon wilayah percontohan khususnya untuk wilayah yang sarat dengan konflik. Data awal yang dihimpun oleh penelitiyaitu ada indikasi positive bahwa dibalik keharmonisan dan kedamaian menjalankan agama khususnya bagi ummat Islam, dapat diasumsikan bahwa keberagamaan masyarakat Pangkalpinang memiliki ciri khas tersendiri, pengaruh ajaran tarekat secara umum dapat diduga ikut mewarnai sikap dan perilaku masyarakat muslim di kota Bangka, demikian juga pengaruh khususnya ajaran tarekat Naqsyabandiyah Khalidiyah memang identik dengan ajaran yang mengedepankan kesadaran diri sendiri dan pertobatan dari pada mengurus agama dan keyakinan orang lain. Kultur keberagamaan mereka terbingkai oleh nilai-nilai Spiritual Sufisme yang kental di masing-masing agama yang dijalankannya, demikian bagi penganut agama dan spiritual Islam Melayu, mereka meyakini kekuatan supranatural yang tumbuh dari tasawuf yang murni Islam yang kemudian dikenal dengan istilah sufisme.   Kata Kunci: Peran Sufisme Tarekat Naqsyabandiyah Khalidiyah Terhadap Perkembangan  Keagamaan Islam Melayu


Author(s):  
Peter Mason

Chapters 1 and 2 made brief reference to a number of potential geographical resources for tourism. Some of these resources are located within the physical environment, such as landscapes, and include coastal area, moorlands and mountains. Others are part of the human environment, including towns and cities and historic monuments – in summary this is usually known as the built environment. These physical resources and human resources are not necessarily located separately but are often found together. For example, a coastal tourism destination has a physical environment which may be made up of a beach, a shoreline, the sea and it could be backed by cliffs. This will be coupled with a human environment of, for example, hotels, restaurants and bars and possibly, a harbour or marina. This chapter considers the physical and human resources for tourism.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-186
Author(s):  
Rana Sagha Zadeh ◽  
Paul Eshelman

A built environment designed to be appropriate for palliative care can make a profound difference for people with life-limiting illnesses. The built environment affects a patient’s quality of life, the management of physical and psychological symptoms, and the quality of social interactions with loved ones and caregivers. This article is informed by the emerging trends in the research and practice in the disciplines of architecture, design, medicine, and nursing. The article is intended to provide a definition of palliative design and invite discussion of its potential impact on patients, families, and caregivers. Our goal is to initiate conversation about palliative design, foster sharing of experiences and feedback among building professionals, and discuss future paths for formal adoption into practice.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Alfredo Otero Ortega

Resumen: El estudio de la demografía poblacional y la dimensión espacial en un territorio interesan para el desarrollo económico, social, cultural, político y ambiental, para permitir el análisis de las relaciones geográficas y urbanas entre la población y el espacio construido y establecer relaciones conceptuales y metodológicas que faciliten la formulación de políticas públicas y estrategias que prospecten el desarrollo del territorio y dinamicen las herramientas que facilitan el encauzamiento de un nuevo orden territorial, en la región Caribe colombiana. ___Palabras Clave: Cabeceras urbanas, jerarquía, demografía, ciudad intermedia, dimensión espacial, región Caribe. ___Abstract: The study of population demography and spatial dimension in a territory interested to economic, social, cultural, political and environmental development, to allow analysis of geographical and urban relationships between people and the built environment and establish relationships conceptual and methodological to facilitate the formulation of public policies and strategies to prospect territorial development and revitalize the tools that facilitate the channeling of a new territorial order in the Colombian Caribbean region. ___Keywords: Urban headers, hierarchy, demography, intermediate city, spatial dimensión, Caribbean región. ___Recibido agosto 01 de 2014 / Aceptado septiembre 25 de 2014


Author(s):  
Jordanna Bailkin

This chapter surveys the diverse spaces that refugees inhabited in Britain, from military bases to stately homes to prisons. It traces the varied prehistories of the refugee camp, from detention camps in South Africa to plague and famine camps in India, and internment camps in Europe. Specific elements of camp architecture—from barbed wire to the Nissen hut—gave rise to unique physical and social experiences. The built environment of refugee camps was also deeply connected to narratives about British mobility and displacement. Shifting expectations about homes and homelessness for Britons shaped refugee housing. Refugee camps were a largely unseen, unrecognized element in crafting the physical environment in which Britons and others lived.


2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-39
Author(s):  
Thomas Widlok

Comparative ethnographic research suggests that the creation of co-presence is one of the main strategies for enabling sharing and for demanding a share. Conversely, avoiding or disabling co-presence is a key strategy for dealing with sharing demands. This contribution investigates how shaping the built environment is related to key features of sharing as a social practice. It is argued that sharing is characterized by a particular mutuality, temporality and sequentiality that distinguishes it from redistribution and reciprocal exchange and which, correspondingly, has specific implications for changes in the built environment. The emphasis will be on well-documented cases from the ethnography of hunter-gatherers but reference is also made to phenomena relating to land-use in large-scale societies, including digital platforms of the so-called sharing economy. The article compares the spatial dimension of sharing with that of storage and mobility, two other major strategies that humans have developed for dealing with the transience of resources.


2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Benjamin ◽  
Nancy Edwards ◽  
Wenda Caswell

In 2006, the authors conducted a multisite qualitative study in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to examine organizational and environmental factors that influence physical activity for long-term-care (LTC) residents. The article describes the results of interviews with 9 administrators from nonprofit and for-profit LTC facilities. A content analysis revealed that despite having positive views about the value of physical activity, the administrators encountered challenges related to funding, human resources, and the built (physical) environment. The intersection of staffing issues and challenges in the built environment created less than optimal conditions for physical activity programs. Findings suggest that until there are adequate human and financial resources, it will be difficult to implement evidence-informed physical activity programs for residents in LTC settings in Ontario. A review of provincial LTC standards for physical activity program requirements and the built environment is warranted.


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