Energy and Matter: The design of a nature centre, tunnel, and neutrino observatory

Neutrino physics proposes radical new conceptions of matter. Contemplating the extraordinary and mysterious nature of neutrinos in architectural terms, Energy and Matter considers the ideas and implications of this exciting field in three inter-linked design proposals—a nature centre, access tunnel, and neutrino observatory—that connect multiple disciplines in the natural sciences, engineering, and architectural theory. Located in the mountains above Modane, France, the nature centre is conceived as the outward expression of the neutrino observatory that is buried deep within the western Alps. Working from a position that acknowledges the significance of technical concerns, this thesis proposes an architecture that readily engages with technology, construction, and building systems, as well as the specialized instruments used to detect neutrinos, while exploring and evoking the equivalence and fluidity of energy and matter, form and forces. This hybrid approach expands the narrow functionalism that characterizes the design of modern observatories, and reasserts architecture’s role in the design of buildings for science, allowing these enormous collective projects to communicate their cultural significance as manifestations of our current understanding of the universe

The capture and integration of construction site data

The use of mobile computing on the construction site has been a well-researched area since the early 1990’s, however, there still remains a lack of computing on the construction site. Where computers are utilised on the site this tends to be by knowledge workers utilising a laptop or PC in the site office with electronic data collection being the exception rather than the norm. The problems associated with paper-based documentation on the construction site have long been recognised (Baldwin, et al, 1994; McCullough, 1993) yet there still seems to be reluctance to replace this with electronic alternatives. Many reasons exist for this such as; low profit margins, perceived high cost; perceived lack of available hardware and perceived inability of the workforce. However, the benefits that can be gained from the successful implementation of IT on the construction site and the ability to re-use construction site data to improve company performance, whilst difficult to cost, are clearly visible. This thesis represents the development and implementation of a data capture system for the management of the construction of rotary bored piles (SHERPA). Operated by the site workforce, SHERPA comprises a wireless network, site-based server and webbased data capture using tablet computers. This research intends to show that mobile computing technologies can be implemented on the construction site and substantial benefits can be gained for the company from the re-use and integration of the captured site data

The Urbanisation of the Sea:

The book tells the story of the sea-land continuum based on the case of the North Sea — one of the world’s most industrialised seas, in which the Netherlands plays a central role. The space of the North Sea is almost fully planned and has been loaded with the task of increased economic production from new and traditional maritime sectors. At the same time, it has been emptied of cultural signi ficance. Through diverse projects from academia, art, literature, and practice, from analysis to design, the book explores synergies for designing this new spatial realm. Port city expert Carola Hein, professor of the history of architecture & urban planning at Delft University of Technology, and Nancy Couling, associate professor at the Bergen School of Architecture and researcher of the urbanised sea, combine forces with interdisciplinary experts to guide the reader through this complex and fascinating topic

HISTORY URBANISM RESILIENCE VOLUME 05:

The 17th conference (2016, Delft) of the International Planning History Society (IPHS) and its proceedings place presentations from different continents and on varied topics side by side, providing insight into state-of-the art research in the field of planning history and offering a glimpse of new approaches, themes, papers and books to come. VOLUME 05: Historical Perspective

DL­R­magazine 162 – Shar­ing the sky

What's new this autumn? The DLRmagazine it certainly is. The cover article, 'Sharing the sky', explains the need for new regulations in a changing air transport system in which manned and unmanned aircraft share airspace. The article explains the measures that need to be taken to achieve this and showcases DLR's research in this area. And on the ground, road transport will become increasingly autonomous. Here, safety is a critical issue. As such, the article 'Safety first' presents the research and development issues that DLR is working on to ensure safe road transport. Next, in 'A tale of two Thomases', we met with two award-winning technical vocational trainers at DLR Stuttgart before the start of the new training year. They are well aware of the value of experience, pedagogical skill and state-of-the-art equipment. They convey a special message – work should also be enjoyable and fun. This issue also presents the seven new institutes and facilities currently being established by DLR. A double spread features an overview of where they are and what they are doing. Also new – the Virtual Product House in Bremen. In the ECOMAT research and development centre, DLR aeronautics researchers have found a home where they can work directly with partners from industry and regulatory authorities. Together, they want to make their vision come true – bringing new aircraft designs to certification virtually, without having to conduct numerous tests and flight trials. The autumn magazine also features news from planetary research and Earth observation, and the museum review introduces an unusual combination – 'Technological marvels in a place of worship'

Turning Landscape Into Colour

Through the practice of painting this research questions how geologically distinct earth colours that are constantly forming from coal mine water treatment waste in geographically varied landscapes across the UK can be used to re-view perceptions of colour, material, and connection with the contemporary landscape. If historical connections between colour and landscape have been expressed through the names of colours such as burnt sienna and, in the context of the UK, Oxford ochre, how can finding, naming and using new sources of earth colour re-establish links between colour and landscape? Over the course of several journeys across the UK, visiting 34 Mine Water Treatment Sites run by the Coal Authority, five previously un-used and un-named earth colours from different sites are selected and used here for the first time. What sets these new ochres apart is the quality of their colour and their formation processes inside the flooding cavities of former coal mines, inadvertently providing a sustainable source of earth colour at a time of increasingly scarce mineral resources that paradoxically point towards the causes of industrial pollution. The practice of making individual artworks reveal optical and material distinctions between the new colours while suggesting unexpected idiosyncratic connections between individual colours and the unique landscapes they belong to, further contributing to the discourse on contemporary landscape. This practice-led fine art research has inspired plans for the commercial production of a new paint made from these earth colours with AHRC collaborative partners Winsor & Newton. In addition, the informal partnership with the Coal Authority has laid foundations for a substantial collaboration that includes potentially naming and designating select Mine Water Treatment sites as new public artworks, with the possible formation of a pigment processing factory on one of these sites. These opportunities form the basis for further research

Dezambiguizacja angielskich czasowników open i send w ramach ujęcia zorientowanego obiektowo

Przedmiotem rozprawy doktorskiej jest dezambiguizacja dwóch angielskich czasowników kauzatywnych: open (otworzyć/otwierać) oraz send (wysłać/wysyłać) w ramach projektu polegającego na stworzeniu elektronicznych baz danych morfologicznych, syntaktycznych i leksykalnych, znajdujących zastosowanie w tworzeniu słowników elektronicznych typu modifie - modifieur języka ogólnego, jak również języków specjalistycznych. Do dezambiguizacji i analizy wybranych czasowników zastosowano model zorientowany obiektowo Wiesława Banysia, którego parametry umożliwiają opis każdej jednostki leksykalnej w sposób precyzyjny, kompletny i zgodny z wymogami tłumaczenia automatycznego. Pojęciem kluczowym przyjętej metody opisu leksykograficznego jest klasa obiektowa zawierająca elementy wyodrębnione na podstawie atrybutów i operatorów właściwych dla danej klasy, umożliwiających ukazanie polisemii predykatów i wyróżnienie ich poszczególnych użyć. Posługując się modelem zorientowanym obiektowo ustala się zestaw użyć analizowanych czasowników w korpusie, z uwzględnieniem słowników tradycyjnych, następnie grupuje się znalezione okurencje użyć w zbiory posiadające wspólne cechy syntaktyczne, semantyczne i leksykalne, przypisuje się poszczególnym zbiorom użyć tłumaczenia w języku docelowym, konklukzje analizy zapisuje się zarówno w formacie opisowym, jak i w formie tabel. Z prezentowanego w niniejszej rozprawie punktu widzenia wynika fakt, że jest tyle znaczeń danego słowa w języku źródłowym, ile jest jego tłumaczeń w języku docelowym

Halfway house re-forming a place of interchange

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Analysis of the maritime logistic system in Chile and the design of a parametric model to decision making

The internationalisation of investments and the globalisation of the markets have created a high level of competition among manufacturing and services companies which has transcended the competition among nations. In this environment, quality information and exact timing are the sole answers for generating comparative and competitive advantages with respect to other manufacturers and providers. Inspired by these challenges, Latin American countries have searched for ways to increase and diversify their exports in order to heighten their trade balance surpluses. This, in turn, helps them to overcome their debt problems and gain access to a better quality of life. With these criteria in mind, these countries have begun to join the economic aperture and globalisation processes. United by their common ethnic heritage, they are driven by the growing need to co-ordinate national and regional decisions in order to achieve a harmonic community development. The efficiency principle imposed by the present international trade scenario requires extreme attention to detail in the administration of production costs and in placing products on the market. Because a product's success is highly sensitive to cost and distribution methods, maritime transport and its associated systems require very specific management techniques. Those management techniques must take into account that as transport is a service it gives added value to the cargo. Thus, the management model, costs involved, planning processes, and area policies are topics of vital importance for achieving these nations' development objectives. The design of specific policies, both operational as well as for development (investments), should comply with certain minimum conditions. The resulting policies should satisfy integrally and harmoniously the requirements the State establishes in its general National Development Strategy. This strategy considers factors of monetary and trade uncertainty. States must be particularly careful to interpret changes, tendencies, circumstances and difficulties which emerge in the international markets they serve, correctly. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyse the existing maritime transport logistic system in Chile, beginning with the history of ports and economic development. Subsequently, this study will analyse all relevant information related to logistics and the lessons learnt during the process of modernization. For analytical purposes, the study establishes an evaluation area which has been represented by a "graph" built up from nodes and links.These symbolise the complex network of port systems, hinterlands, roads, railways and coastal shipping. Likewise, the links and nodes have direction, intensity and values that the study intends to describe and evaluate. Moreover, hinterlands are not as exclusive as they were before. Consequently, most of the port systems face a very competitive market in offering services for international hinterlands/foreland. Therefore, this thesis will conclude that at least some Latin American countries establish land bridges between them. There have been some studies about the land bridges, "inter-oceanic corridors" or "integration corridors" options in South America.The Pacific Ocean Basin and the APEC countries represent a huge market for those Atlantic countries which have products to export and import from that vast area of the globe. The existence of the main industrial site of South America running from the Atlantic side of South America to the Pacific Coast, which forms an "Industrial Banana", is the foundation of a massive demand to and from both coasts. The study evaluated the logistics system through different criteria, such as logistics, physical capacities, and economic, social, environmental and political considerations. Having established these criteria, the researcher can better evaluate the relevant parameters and variables to consider in the design of the parametric model.La internacionalizacion de las inversiones y la globalizacion de los mercados, han creado un alto nivel de competitividad entre los proveedores de manufactura o de servicios, lo que trasciende a la competitividad entre las naciones. En este escenario, la informacion de calidad y respuesta en tiempo real son la respuesta para generar ventajas comparativas y competitivas respecto de otros productores y proveedores. Inspirados en estos cambios, los paises Latinoamericanos han buscado formas como aumentar y diversificar sus exportaciones, con el proposito de incrementar sus balanzas comerciales. Esto les ayuda a sobrellevar sus problemas de deuda, accediendo a mejor calidad de vida. Con estos criterios en mente, los paises de la Region han accedido a los procesos de apertura economica y globalizacion de los mercados. Unidos por la herencia etnica comun, ven una creciente necesidad por la coordinacion de sus decisiones nacionales y regionales, de manera de alcanzar el desarrollo comun de manera harmonica. Los principios de eficiencia impuestos por el presente esquema de comercio internacional, requiren de una atencion especial en la gestion de los costos de produccion y en la colocacion de los productos en los mercados. Considerando que el exito del producto es sensible a su costo, los sistemas de distribucion y logistica requiren de tecnicas especificas de gestion. Por ello, los modelos de gestion, costos, procesos de planificacion y politicas sectoriales son de vital importancia para alcanzar los objetivos nacionales de desarrollo. El diseno de politicas sectoriales, tanto operacionales como de desarrollo (inversiones), deberian cumplir con los minimas condiciones para lograr su objetivo pais. Las politicas resultantes debieran satisfacer de manera integral y harmonica, los requirimientos que el Estado ha establecido en su Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo. Dicha estrategia debe incluir las incertidumbres monetarias y de commercio. Los Estados deben ser particularmente cuidadosos para interpretar correctamente los cambios, tendencias, circunstancias y dificultades que emergen de los mercados internacionales que ellos sirven. Por lo indicado anteriormente, el proposito de esta tesis es analizar el sistema de logistica maritima en Chile, comenzando con la historia de sus puertos y desarrollo economico, posteriormente el analisis de la informacion relevante a logistica y las lecciones aprendidas durante el proceso de modernizacion economica. Con propositos analiticos, el estudio determino una zona fisica de evaluacion que esta representada por la "teoria de grafos". Esta simboliza la compleja red de puertos, hinterlands, caminos, ferrovias y transporte maritimo costero. Los nodos y sus enlaces tienen direccion, intensidad y valores que el estudio pretende evaluar y dimensionar. Mas aun, en la actualidad el hinterland de los puertos ha dejado de ser exclusivo, consecuentemente, los sistemas portuarios enfrentan una agresiva competencia para ofertar servicios a sus hinterland/foreland, por lo cual algunos paises latinoamericanos construyeron "puentes terrestres" entre ellos, el estudio indica algunas opciones de "puentes terrestres", "corredores inter-oceanicos" o "corredores de integracion" identificados en America del Sur. La cuenca del Pacifico y los paises APEC representan un mercado enorme para los paises de la costa Atlantica. La existencia de la principal area industrial de Sudamerica se configura entre el Atlantico y Pacifico, forma lo que el autor denomina como la "Banana Industrial", lo que origina una enorme demanda en los dos sentidos. El estudio evalua los sistemas desde diferentes criterios, tales como: sus capacidades fisicas y logisticas, sus consideraciones economicas, politicas, sociales, y medio ambientales. Una vez establesidos los criterios, el investigador puede identificar y evaluar de mejor forma los parametros y variables a considerar en el diseno del "modelo parametrico".Postprint (published version