Designing a Bluetooth Speaker: A Collaboration with Orlo AB

This report details the collaborative project between the Author, Zenit Design AB which is performed on behalf of the bluetooth speaker manufacturer, Orlo AB. The Project is divided in two parts, where the first aims to identify a new market where Orlo’s technical expertise will benefit the user in a unique way and the secondary part is about designing a speaker for the said market. Several potential markets are identified through analysis and among all candidates, Hotel Rooms are chosen as the definite field of work. Hotels in Lund and Malmö are visited to learn more about the needs of hotels and their guests. The findings from these visits are used as foundation in a brainstorming session that results in wide range of potential concepts. These concepts are visualized and evaluated through sketches and quick mock-ups. Ultimately, it’s decided to proceed with a wall mounted speaker concept. The Design phase is set up by Orlo providing the necessary technical specifications requirements and combining these with thoughts on how to protect the speaker from being stolen and preventing mis-usage and disturbance amongst the guests. Competitor speakers are then studied from an aesthetic point of view, with the intention to learn what has already been done and not. Finally, several inspiration boards are used to frame the different visual aspects of the project, such as how to work with forms, materials and color e.g. The Actual design phase is initiated by experimenting with different forms with the set volume of one liter. One of these shapes are chosen for further work and developed through several stages to the final design. Parallel to the overall design process, smaller topics such as in-depth thoughts on wood and coating processes, working with meshes, branding the product and incorporating visual feedback through lighting are discussed too. Lastly, the concept is finalized through the development of the inner components such as the orifice and manifolds

Observations and experiments in architecture and corporeality

Tese de Doutoramento em Arquitetura, com a especialização em Teoria e Prática do Projeto, apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Doutor.N/

A cidade Coreografada. Um espaço de coesão social na colina de Santana

Tese de Mestrado em Arquitectura

Led across the Danube: interactions between Rome and the Danubian-Pontic peoples in the first two centuries AD

This thesis explores perceptions of the Danubian-Pontic regions in the first two centuries AD and how Rome interacted with the communities of the regions. These areas cannot be assigned simply to an east versus west dicotomy. In Roman texts, the notions of kingship held by the different inhabitants in these regions are displayed differently, with varying degrees of centralised rule or tribes. Thus, the regions lend themselves to study comparisons between how the Roman State viewed and presented different communities, and how it interacted with them, from waging wars to friendly interactions depending on time and circumstance. Therefore, comparisons can also be made between how diplomacy and the military were used in dealing with these communities, and how this affected Rome’s presentation of them, and these people’s reactions to Rome. It investigates how different types of evidence could affect how the peoples of the region were presented. An examination of ‘geographical literature’ demonstrates how past ideas about peoples could remain, even as contact increased. However, this was often due to the agenda of individual authors and literary topoi. Consideration of how monumental artwork was experienced shows that the messages which the audiences took away about the world were not universal. Military interactions changed how the peoples on the edges of the world were presented. It will be examined how people from the Danubian-Pontic regions would interact with new surroundings to form new identities when removed from their homeland. Diplomatic contacts and how the Roman state would use the language and practices of amicitia when dealing with the peoples of this region will also be investigated. It will also ask how important Rome was to the communities of the Danubian-Pontic regions, how they reacted to the neighbouring empire, and how integrated these communities could become into the Roman world

Conceptual design of a low pressure cold gas dynamic spray (LPCGDS) system

Low Pressure Cold Gas Dynamic Spray (LPCGDS) is a coating process that utilises kinetic energy instead of thermal energy to deposit powder particles (1-50 μm) to substrates at low temperatures (<400 oC) without going through melting. The deposited coatings provide improved wear and corrosion protection to underlying surfaces while maintaining the original phase structure of the particles and minimising oxide formation and residual stresses associated with conventional thermal spray processes such as flame, arc and plasma spraying. Bonding occurs when particles impact velocities on the substrates exceed a certain critical velocity. This critical velocity depends on the propellant gas and particles characteristics, and the spray system components (gas supply, gas heater, powder feeder and the supersonic nozzle) design. Consequently, design optimisation of these parameters is a key to improve the coating quality and reduce the spraying costs. This study develops an effective and efficient conceptual design of a LPCGDS system. Requirements for both the overall LPCGDS system and its individual components or subsystems are established. Components variants that include off-the-shelf, customised and innovative solutions are generated. An evaluation of these variants is then carried out to determine components that best performs LPCGDS functions. Subsequently, an optimal spray system that meets the specifications of the LPCGDS system is assembled from these best components. Finally, a complete spray set-up that includes the spraying chamber, a gas and particle recovery system, the data acquisition and control system and, coating quality measurement equipment is established

História da Filosofia II

Livro didático de História da Filosofia II preparado para o curso EAD Licenciatura em Filosofia da UFSC.Livro didático de História da Filosofia II, destinado o curso de Licenciatura em Filosofia EAD/UFSC, correspondendo ao período medieval