Victoria Plaza Revisited: Lessons for the Evaluation of Housing for the Elderly

This monograph is based upon a workshop sponsored by the Institute on Aging and Environment at the 1994 EDRA Conference. San Antonio is the home of the first public housing facility specifically designed for older persons and the authors took the opportunity to reflect on the substantive and methodological issues that can be learned from Victoria Plaza. Frances Carp, who conducted the original longitudinal study, presents reflections on the early fray into Post Occupancy Evaluation and the lessons applicable today. Min Kantrowitz and Gerald Weisman present their comments and conclusions.https://dc.uwm.edu/caupr_mono/1020/thumbnail.jp

University of New Mexico Board of Regents Minutes for October 29, 1991

Minutes from the 1991-10-29 Board of Regents Meetin

edra 29: Bibliography of Books on Display

edra 29 | People, Places, and Public Policy | St. Louis, MOhttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/edra-bibliographies/1022/thumbnail.jp

PENGALAMAN MAHASISWA DALAM PROSES BELAJAR-MENGAJAR DI DALAM RUANG: SEBUAH KAJIAN FENOMENOLOGIS

eaching-learning process is not a linear sequence of events but a dynamic phenomenon. In a higher educational institution such as the Department of Art, Institut Seni Indonesia (Indonesia Institute of the Arts) Yogyakarta, lecturers deliver knowledge to students and at the same time the students get interesting, often unthinkable. experience unrealized by them. This research deals with such an issue. Analyzed phenomenologically, the experience of the students attending theoretical and practical classes at this institution will reveal a lot of often unthinkable meanings.Keywords: phenomenology, experience, geometric space, lived space

Designing to Engage Users in Sustainable Buildings

This thesis is an investigation of how buildings can be designed to encourage pro-environmental behavior by engaging users in a sustainable built environment. By engaging users in sustainability building design can reestablish a cultural understanding of humanity’s interdependence with the natural environment. The basis for investigation is a brief analysis of how cultural perceptions of the natural environment have changed over time and an understanding of what motivates pro-environmental behavior. Understanding of the types of work done and spaces used by building occupants throughout a work day informs opportunities for user engagement in the production, consumption, recycling and monitoring of energy, water and waste. Insights revealed through this research culminate in a design proposal for an office building that integrates user engagement with sustainable building performance and puts us on a path toward cultural transition to sustainable behavior and symbiosis with the natural environment

A study of the preferences of the elderly in the design of ambulatory health care facilities

This research paper is a study of the preferences of the well elderly for the design of ambulatory health care facilities. The paper first explores the literature of health care needs and in particular the needs of the elderly segment of the population. Then the structural and physiological conditions of the elderly are discussed and linked to areas of design. A matrix is developed and used to construct a questionnaire that is used in structured interviews. Through a qualitative analysis of the interviews, the preferences of the sample group are determined. These preferences are compared to generally accepted rules of design to determine differences. Then the findings are translated into generalized guidelines that can be utilized for ambulatory healthcare facility design

University of New Mexico Board of Regents Minutes for August 11, 1998

Minutes from the August 11, 1998 Board of Regents Meetin

Encouraging VMT-reduction: community characteristics and planning process characteristics that increase VMT-reduction receptivity

An integral component of achieving successful initiation of VMT-reduction agendas is the development of best and innovative practices related to planning, particularly sustainability planning. Another essential component is the understanding on the part of the public and elected officials of which community characteristics should be in place for optimal VMT-reduction receptivity. In this report, I provide an overview of the literature on characteristics of good planning as well as an analysis of the community characteristics of four municipalities in the Southeastern United States as they relate to VMT-reduction receptivity. Findings indicate that there are gaps in the literature on what makes a good planning process as it relates to VMT-reduction receptivity, and in the interviewee's understanding of VMT-receptive community characteristics. Based on the findings, I recommend that both researchers and city staff and elected officials from the four analyzed cities focus more heavily on developing best and innovative practices around aggressive and targeted educational outreach and marketing campaigns. In addition, I recommend that the city staff and elected officials recognize the connection between a healthy economy and VMT-reduction receptivity. Finally, I recommend that the four cities increase their efforts around the development of a quality implementation and evaluation strategy, a flexible and politically astute staff, and a solid fact base, all of which are important contributors to a community's VMT-reduction receptivity.Master of City and Regional Plannin

Users' perception of selected design elements in a multi-family apartment building in Viskhapatnam, India

Department: Architecture

Putting Folklore To Use

Essays by thirteen folklorists explore applications in such areas as museums, aiding the homeless, environmental planning, art therapy, designing public spaces, organizing development, tourism, the public sector, aging, and creating an occupation\u27s image.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_folklore/1000/thumbnail.jp