Basics Landscape Architecture 01: Urban Design seeks to define and describe the role played by landscape architecture in urban design, an interdisciplinary practice that is concerned with defining the form of human settlements. It provides a brief history and definition of urban design and the roles of the various professions involved. Urban Design looks at the elements of urban form and the importance of contextual details, from the scale of the city and its region to the importance of materials. The text uses case studies to explore the philosophies and methodologies of urban design and to explain the importance of of urban design to landscape architecture and, in turn, the importance of landscape architecture to urban design.
This book explores concerns for spatial justice as streets, squares, and neighbourhoods are continuously made and remade through planning processes, political ambitions and everyday activities. By investigating three sites in London that have been the focus of masterplanning, Ed Wall exposes conflicts between planning offices and private developers who direct large urban change and community groups, market traders and residents whose public lives are inseparable from their neighbourhoods being reconfigured. The book uniquely brings sociological approaches to what are often considered architectural concerns, revealing challenges as London's public spaces are designed, regulated and lived. Through in-depth research, Ed Wall identifies how uncertainty caused by large-scale urban strategies, the realisation of visual priorities, and uneven relations between private interests, public organisations and daily lives determine the public realm of global cities. This work is intended for readers interested in how the urban spaces of their cities are continually produced in competing ways—from architecture and urban studies scholars to planners and politicians.
TESTING-GROUND is focused on research, experimentation, and design of landscapes, cities, and territories. It provides a platform for critiquing established theories and exploring emerging ideas across politics, ecology, and design. Each issue addresses challenges faced by our inhabited landscapes, calling on all who interact with our shared spaces to examine how theories and practices may be realised through new approaches and methods. Contributors to TESTING-GROUND have included: Eyal Weizman [Forensic Architecture], Daze Aghaji, Léopold Lambert [The Funambulist], Carmel Keren, Matthew Skjonsberg, Suzanne O'Connell [The Decorators], Thomas Mical, Jude Daniel Smith [Teach the Future], Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Tim Waterman, and Ed Wall. TESTING-GROUND issue 03, Youthhood, examines worlds through youthful eyes, makes evident young ambitions, and questions how we can better empower young people to design cities, landscapes, and a planet that works for them. The issue includes contributions from: Carmel Keren, Jude Daniel Smith, Claire Edwards, Kazeem Kuteyi, Emmanuel Adarkwah, Reza Nik, Dan Cui, Kristofer Cullum-Fernandez, Fida Sassi, Simeon Shtebunaev, Daze Aghaji, Averill Dimabuyu, Sarri Elfaitouri, Rebecca McDonald-Balfour, and Ed Wall.
An architect visited a construction site and asked the brick masons what they were building. "Mister," the first worker slopped mud onto a brick, "can't you see I'm building a wall?" Every worker, no matter the chore, told the architect they were laying brick or stacking a wall. One worker offered a different version of his labors. He stood upright, smiled and said, "Look. I'm building a cathedral." With our day-to-day toils of parenting and teaching, we might say, "Can't you see I'm busy with the kids?" When we develop the art of the long view we should discover that we are building humanity. We are part of a group striving to build a better world, task by task, day by day, year in year out, generation by generation. When we have a plan and a vision, we understand we are building cathedrals, not walls. The mundane becomes the magnificent. And that makes all the difference. Read Building Cathedrals Not Walls for a dose of parenting and teaching inspiration.
Dizzy diseases make people lurch, slide and tumble -- and they make people anxious. They may be part of Parkinsonism, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy (OPCA) or something else altogether. They're often hard to diagnose. This compelling account of life with a "dizzy disease" is an easy-to-read treasure of information and hope for victims and their families.
TESTING-GROUND is a design research journal focused on research, experimentation and design of landscapes, cities and territories. It provides a platform to critique established urban theories and a place to investigate emerging architectural, political and ecological concepts. The focus of each issue emerges from collaborative workshops which explore specific ideas and concerns. This first issue focuses on trajectories of change. TESTING-GROUND is published by the Advanced Landscape and Urbanism research group in the Department of Architecture and Landscape at the University of Greenwich, London. The Advanced Landscape and Urbanism research group is a platform for design and research of cities and landscape. The group encourages new approaches to research and design experimentation, which investigate the everyday and the extraordinary spaces, environments and lives of our cities.
As an experienced classroom teacher, Judy knows the impact of active learning. The activities in this book are extremely teacher friendly with little or no preparation necessary. The lessons are interactive so kids enjoy the up tempo nature of the activities. This is a book that I will use with my entire staff! Matt Fore, Principal Wall Elementary/Wall, TX (Exemplary Campus 3 years running!) I attended one of Mrs. Knight's workshops and it was fun and exciting. With her activities everyone is participating and learning at the same time! Hanna Flores, 5th Grade Student Austin Elementary School/San Angelo, TX Differentiated instruction is the key to the educational mind of at-risk students. The ideas presented in this book work well with ALL students, but especially for the at-risk students. It brings them into learning. Deborah Goforth At-Risk Coordinator/Central Freshman Center Author: Scars of Love, Tears of Hope Judy was literally my salvation during my first year of teaching. She has been and remains my primary source of information when I am seeking new and inspiring ideas for delivery of lessons. I am eager to get my autographed copy of her book, so that I can finally have all of her interactive learning strategies in black and white! Stacey Gallegos 5th Grade Teacher San Felipe-Del Rio CISD Mrs. Knight has used many of the activities included in her book in her lively, educational workshops. Teachers and students love her! She knows that an engaged student is an engaged mind. What a wonderful resource for educators to help facilitate active learning! Dedra Carter Educational Specialist Region XV Judy is a master at engaging all students with her powerful "hooks," drawing even themost reluctant learner "in" to the lesson. Watch your students' excitement with learning as well as their comprehension soar with the interactive strategies presented in this book! Tina Callahan, Instructional Specialist Holiman Elementary, SAISD, San Angelo, TX (Another Exemplary Campus 3 years running!)
A book detailing how a "Timber Reduced Energy Efficient Home" is designed and built to use timber more efficiently, to eliminate the destruction of large old trees, and to utilize building materials that consume less energy overall and are less harmful to the environment.
Using "landfill" tires and a revolutionary process, houses are being built that are both revolutionary and evolutionary. Find out how you can be more responsible when you build a home, improve a home, or add a garden. Learn about constructed wetlands, solar air conditioning, and xeriscape landscaping.
God is about to give the strength and courage to be healed at last. How thick is the wall you've built around your heart? Maybe your wall is only one-brick thick because of a hurt you experienced as a teenager. Or maybe your wall is concrete-slab thick because of the pain of a divorce or broken promise. Either way, you have decided not to trust-even God. This book speaks to the heart of your relationships and provides the tools to demolish the wall. Deep down you know that the wall you've built also keeps out the One who can restore you. Through true-life stories and God's Word you will learn: How to regain your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Steps to rebuild relationships. 5 keys to regaining trust. 3 barriers to completely trusting God. What went wrong and how to fix it. Choose to empower yourself by Learning How to Trust...Again!
How thick is the wall you've built around your heart? Maybe your wall is only one-brick thick because of a hurt you experienced as a teenager. Or maybe your wall is concrete-slab thick because of the pain of a divorce or broken promise. Either way, you have decided not to trust-even God. Learning How to Trust speaks to the heart of your relationships. This revised and expanded edition includes a new application guide to enhance group or individual study. Deep down you know that the wall you've built also keeps out the One who can restore you. Through true-life stories and God's Word you will learn: How to regain your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Steps to rebuild relationships. 5 keys to regaining trust. 3 barriers to completely trusting God. What went wrong and how to fix it. Choose to empower yourself by Learning How to Trust!
In an entertaining memoir, a journalist describes his and his wife's efforts to rebuild and restore a dilapidated Victorian home in a run-down neighborhood on Chicago's North Side, describing one family's private urban renewal project and the challenges they confronted along the way.
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