Bamboo is regarded as the most versatile woody plant worldwide. It accompanied humans from prehistoric times and contributed much to the socio-cultural and technological development of many small-scale and large-scale societies in Asia, the Americas, and Africa. Moreover, bamboo…
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Kant’s essay ‘Project for Perpetual Peace’, written in 1795, was seminal in the relationship it constructed between the individual, national governance and international relations. Peace became a rallying cry after the Napoleonic wars and for a century, societies for peace sprou…
A arquitetura orgânica nasce da ideia de um desenvolvimento natural, integrado a uma dinâmica complexa de partes organizadas em um todo harmônico, em que a criação arquitetônica dialoga com o entorno de forma simbiótica, como um organismo único. A chave central desta investigaçã…
The traditional houses of Damascus date from the 18th and 19th centuries but fragments and written accounts reveal that such interiors existed in the 17th century as well. What distinguishes these houses from other Islamic examples are not their spaces, courtyards and materials,…
When developing restoration decisions for conservation of historic houses, determination of daylight performance of the spaces is important for new usage proposals. Among the rooms located around sofa in Anatolian historical houses, main room is the most spectacular space. It sh…
Since 1955, Arlington House has been a memorial to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, despite his beliefs in slavery and white supremacy. For almost a century, scholarship on Lee has been comprised of more positive interpretations, yet historians have recently begun to challenge…
S.H.A.M (the Syrian House of Architectural Memory) is an acronym to the word ash- Shām, or Sham which means the Levant, in general, and Damascus, in particular in the local spoken tongue.
O estouro da bolha imobiliária nos EUA que culminou na crise financeira de 2008-09 reacendeu o interesse no estudo das vulnerabilidades que resultam de elevados níveis de alavancagem financeira. Para estudar a relação entre a alavancagem e os preços dos ativos, esta dissertação …
The objective of this thesis is to create a Performable Case Study (PCS) and an accompanying teaching guide regarding bioethical issues linked to the social determinants of health. This case study is written in a dialogic form and, as is the primary purpose of a PCS, is intended…