WHO uses the spaces? WHAT problem is the housing solving? WHERE has it been tried? WHEN? WHY is this useful for Toronto?

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Densifying the yellow belt:

Multifamily houses within existing buildings

350 words
WHO uses the spaces?
WHAT problem is the housing solving?
WHERE has it been tried?
WHEN?
WHY is this useful for Toronto?

Intro (150 words):
Densifying the city with affordable housing for lower middle class family dwellings consider the natural environment as well as urban environment, contributing to them both

Does the author discuss any limitation to this study or procedure (if so, explain)? To what population can the results of this research be generalized and applied?

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Article Summary Guide for URPN 360.500

Include the Following
1. A proper heading (Name, Date, Etc.);
2. Full citation for the article (APA Format);
3. The problem, question, or central focus of the article;
4. The main source of the data for the article – the sampling procedure (i.e., interviews, survey, existing literature, laboratory, or field research, etc.;
5. The key findings of the research;
6. The geographic location of the study and why this location is significant to this study/topic (City, State, Country, etc.);
7. Does the author discuss any limitation to this study or procedure (if so, explain)?;
8. Significance of this study;
9. To what population can the results of this research be generalized and applied?
10. List additional information or findings that you found interesting or surprising.

Explain the advantages of using data extraction (DXE) files in AutoCAD. Describe the advantages of using block libraries and how they can enhance templates. Assess how electronic transfer of information can aid productivity and provide example applications.

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AutoCAD

The report should highlight the advantages of using autocad blocks and the advantage of creating block libraries within templates, as well as the process of extracting attribute data to create a data spreadsheet and a validation of how the use of attribute data and it’s electronic transfer ( with examples) improves productivity. The report should include some print screens and include citation, references, etc.

Important points to include in the report:

– explain the advantages of using data extraction (DXE) files in AutoCAD;

– contrast the advantages and disadvantages of using CAD over manual drafting;

– identify the advantages of using blocks in a drawing;

– describe the advantages of using block libraries and how they can enhance templates;

– appraise the process for extracting drawing data to create a table;

– evaluate the advantages of using template files in AutoCAD;

– validate how using attributes can improve productivity;

– assess how electronic transfer of information can aid productivity and provide example applications.

Why green growth is important and how it can be defined in an urban context. Can compact city policies and densification lead to a sustainable urban environment.

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Planning for green qualities in the urban densification

Provision of urban green space in compact city environments and during densification processes is described as a major challenge. It identifies problems, challenges and strategies of urban green space planning during densification processes. The project explores the implications of urban densification, on a place-based study . ( greater Copenhagen, frederiksberg district- local aspects, observation, improved organisation of public transport, looking intro critical aspects).

The project will show the pros and cons of urban densification and the impacts on the urban environment, focussing on the local urban environment by examining the economic and environmental conditions and assessing the critical role of cities in advancing green growth.

Examining why green growth is important and how it can be defined in an urban context,

Focuses on policies and tools that enable the transition to green growth in cities.

The project concludes a proposal for a policy framework for an urban green growth agenda that is based on a set of hypotheses of desirable economic scenarios. The case study will be used to conclude whether compact city policies and densification can lead to a sustainable urban environment. National planning strategies to local planning strategies.

In the first 9 pages a need an I. Introduction ( around 2 pages) (start with global level, Europe /Scandinavia and Copenhagen) and

II. Theroritical framework -Literature review

– concepts and approaches

– theoretical explanations

Including 15 minutes city, superblocks concept- like in Barcelona)

 

What is the significance of the text to the period in which it was produced? If your text consists of fragments excerpted from a book or a larger piece, instead of point 2, describe the theme underlying each sub-part of the excerpt.

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Towards Critical Regionalism

The assignment is to read through the attached pdf and write a creative summary that would answer 4 questions in a form of an essay:

1) in what context was the text written

2)for which theoretical purposes was it written (i.e., what central idea or thesis was advanced)

3) what is the argument or reasoning to advance the central idea?

4) in your opinion, what is the significance of the text to the period in which it was produced? If your text consists of fragments excerpted from a book or a larger piece, instead of point 2, describe the theme underlying each sub-part of the excerpt.

Decide your own topic about Environmental Design, Policy, and Planning on Long Island in the NY State.

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Environmental Design, Policy, and Planning on Long Island

Decide your own topic about Environmental Design, Policy, and Planning on Long Island in the NY State.

Write a three-page formal analysis of this building that explains what style it is built in, why this style was selected by the architect, and what makes the building “architecturally significant.”

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Prominent and architecturally significant

Provide a photo of a building and background the assignment is “You will need to personally visit a prominent and architecturally significant pre– or early 1900’s building that is nearby and accessible for use as a case study. Take a photograph of the building. Write a three-page formal analysis of this building that explains what style it is built in, why this style was selected by the architect, and what makes the building “architecturally significant.”

How long does an interior design process take?

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How long does an interior design process take?

Describe some examples similar to those in the second PowerPoint that you have personally experienced.

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THIS ASSIGNMENT CONSISTS OF RESPONDING TO THESE QUESTIONS.

IN CASE OF OPINION OR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING UP IF YOU WANT:

QUESTIONS:

1. What documents are turned over to the Owner at project completion and why?

2.What categories of maintenance do you perform in your own home?

3.Could you see yourself as a Facilities Manager? Why or why not?

4.Compare and contrast Maintenance Management vs Facilities Management?

5.Describe some examples similar to those in the second PowerPoint that you have personally experienced.

6. Why should your QMS or Quality Plan be assessed?

7. What is the Quality Culture of where you work or have worked?

What is the main argument of your chosen question? What key aspects have you discovered through your interrogation of the question?

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Sustainable Architecture and Adaptive reuse of buildings

Sustainable Architecture (renewable energy in buildings and cities like heat, electricity, hot water), using recycled and environmentally friendly materials.

Giving awareness and inducing sustainability as a culture through architecture within the public. FOCUS ON WRITING ARCHITECTURALLY like mentioning technological aspects of architecture too with examples from buildings and architects.

How can the preservation of buildings through adaptive reuse and sustainable architecture benefit society and the planet while maintaining the importance of social well-being compared to the demolishment and reconstruction method used in the past?

– Introduction (Establish in brief the line of inquiry + main point(s) in response to the essay question you have chosen – WHAT; HOW; WHY.

Start by summarizing the key of your yr 1 manifesto. You must briefly mention: how you are departing from your earlier manifesto (from Year 1) and arriving at your new inquiry.

Here you should introduce your new field of interest, your research question, and your methodology. This should be articulated in the context of theories and histories of architecture and other relevant fields of research that influenced your direction and shaped your design ideas over the past years of your education.

Focus on framing the research question through key ideas, concepts, authors, practitioners and built/unbuilt examples which help set the theoretical framework where the discussion of the manifesto will be set.)

– Chapter headings (Arranged under three headings, discuss the line of inquiry and its relevant points in the Introduction – these should be arguments or views that frame, contextualize and more importantly critical views [opposing or supporting].

Many of these views can be found in bibliographies that accompany your chosen question. The main body of the argument should focus on addressing ways to answer the research question or shedding light onto a forgotten but now relevant problem related to architecture.

The final document should identify the key references from which the discussion in the manifesto will be drawn, and make clear the significance to the topic e.g. key philosophical, architectural, urban, social, economic, environmental theories and paradigms.

You must also illustrate your work with relevant examples [as buildings, architects, general facts or information]; all visuals need to have captions, and referred to within the body of the text; the images are not to be treated as a ‘decorative’ element.

Note there has to be a sense of flow in the discussion from sentences, paragraphs to sections within each chapter and from chapter to chapter. It is crucial that these ideas always link to the stated line of inquiry.)

– Conclusion (What is the main argument of your chosen question? What key aspects have you discovered through your interrogation of the question?)