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Terra 2008
Earthen architecture constitutes one of the most diverse forms of cultural heritage and one of the most challenging to preserve. It dates from all periods and is found on all continents but is particularly prevalent in Africa, where it has been a building tradition for centuries. Sites range from ancestral cities in Mali to the palaces of Abomey in Benin, from monuments and mosques in Iran and Buddhist temples on the Silk Road to Spanish missions in California. This volume's sixty-four papers address such themes as earthen architecture in Mali, the conservation of living sites, local knowledge systems and intangible aspects, seismic and other natural forces, the conservation and management of archaeological sites, research advances, and training.
Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions
This volume contains the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC) that was held in Cusco, Peru in 2018. It disseminates recent advances in the areas related to the structural analysis of historical and archaeological constructions. The challenges faced in this field show that accuracy and robustness of results rely heavily on an interdisciplinary approach, where different areas of expertise from managers, practitioners, and scientists work together. Bearing this in mind, SAHC 2018 stimulated discussion on the new knowledge developed in the different disciplines involved in analysis, conservation, retrofit, and management of ex...
Sustainable Building with Earth
This book provides an insightful overview of the current state of earth building. The author approaches the subject from the perspective of the building material’s life cycle, featuring in-depth explanations of the cycle's individual steps: extraction and classification of construction soil; production of earth building materials and earthen structures; planning, construction and renovation of earth buildings; and demolition and recycling of earthen structures. This unique resource provides examples of sophisticated earth building projects and illustrates the diverse applications of earth as a building material. Compared to conventional mineral building materials, earth possesses particularly positive ecological qualities such as its energy balance and recyclability. Architects, engineers, students, manufacturers and distributors of building materials, building contractors, building biologists, public authorities and preservationists will benefit from this book’s ample coverage of restoring, optimizing and building with this material of the past, present and future.
TAU 30 ANOS: História do Departamento de Tecnologia do Design, da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo UFMG
Em 2023, o Departamento de Tecnologia do Design, da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo, da Escola de Arquitetura da UFMG, completou 30 anos. Uma história de atuação em ensino, pesquisa, extensão e atividades administrativas, construída pela dedicação de professores, servidores públicos e inúmeros estudantes. Este livro busca registrar esse percurso, trilhado sob uma abordagem multidisciplinar, acolhedora dos diversos olhares e perspectivas que envolvem a tecnologia aplicada à arquitetura, ao urbanismo, e ao design em suas variadas áreas profissionais. Para nós, muito mais que um registro, esta é uma comemoração!
TAU 30 ANOS
Em 2023, o Departamento de Tecnologia do Design, da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo, da Escola de Arquitetura da UFMG, completou 30 anos. Uma história de atuação em ensino, pesquisa, extensão e atividades administrativas, construída pela dedicação de professores, servidores públicos e inúmeros estudantes. Este livro busca registrar esse percurso, trilhado sob uma abordagem multidisciplinar, acolhedora dos diversos olhares e perspectivas que envolvem a tecnologia aplicada à arquitetura, ao urbanismo, e ao design em suas variadas áreas profissionais. Para nós, muito mais que um registro, esta é uma comemoração!
Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World
The first ever atlas of the world's day-to-day architecture. With sixty maps, this key reference title resources sustainable development and culturally appropriate development in the future.
Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture
The study of vernacular architecture explores the characteristics of domestic buildings in particular regions or localities, and the many social and cultural factors that have contributed to their evolution. In this book, vernacular architecture specialist Paul Oliver brings together a wealth of information that spans over two decades, and the whole globe. Some previously unpublished papers, as well as those only available in hard to find conference proceedings, are brought together in one volume to form a fascinating reference for students and professional architects, as well as all those involved with planning housing schemes in their home countries and overseas.
Suzan-Lori Parks in Person
This collection of interviews offers unprecedented insight into the plays and creative works of Suzan-Lori Parks, as well as being an important commentary on contemporary theater and playwriting, from jazz and opera to politics and cultural memory. Suzan-Lori Parks in Person contains 18 interviews, some previously untranscribed or specially undertaken for this book, plus commentaries on her work by major directors and critics, including Liz Diamond, Richard Foreman, Bonnie Metzgar and Beth Schachter. These contributions combine to honor the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in drama, and explore her ideas about theater, history, race, and gender. Material from a wide...
Biomarkers in Kidney Disease
In the past decade there has been a major sea change in the way disease is diagnosed and investigated due to the advent of high throughput technologies, such as microarrays, lab on a chip, proteomics, genomics, lipomics, metabolomics etc. These advances have enabled the discovery of new and novel markers of disease relating to autoimmune disorders, cancers, endocrine diseases, genetic disorders, sensory damage, intestinal diseases etc. In many instances these developments have gone hand in hand with the discovery of biomarkers elucidated via traditional or conventional methods, such as histopathology or clinical biochemistry. Together with microprocessor-based data analysis, advanced statist...
Vernacular and Earthen Architecture: Conservation and Sustainability
Vernacular architecture in general and earthen architecture in particular, with their rich variety of forms worldwide, are custodians of the material culture and identity of the peoples who built them. In addition, they are widely recognized as ancestral examples of sustainability in all their variants and interpretations, and the architecture of the present ought to learn from these when designing the sustainable architecture of the future. The conservation of these architectures – seemingly simple yet full of wisdom – is to be undertaken now given their intrinsic value and their status as genuine examples of sustainability to be learnt from and interpreted in contemporary architecture. Vernacular and earthen architecture: Conservation and Sustainability will be a valuable source of information for academics and professionals in the fields of Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, Construction and Building Engineering and Architecture.
