Interface between houses and streets: Understanding the spacial organisation of English speculative estates, 1880-2018

This thesis examines the spatial relationship between houses and streets in housing estates in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne between the 1880s and 2018. Urban form can be perceived as a bi-polar system of continuous open spaces of streets and discontinuous enclosed spaces of buildings. These two significantly different elements can be seen as fundamental parts of the spatial organisation of every city. Their distinction and interdependence is most visible on the interface between the two, as the interface not only divides but also forms and defines the spaces on both of its sides. The aim of this work is to examine how the interface between the architectural and urban form affects the structure and use of both. To achieve this two configurational approaches are combined in GIS: space syntax for the urban scale and graph representation for the architectural scale. In order to allow for comparison between the three urban elements: streets, houses and interfaces, the typologies of each were developed based on their topological characteristics. This work concludes with four main contributions to the body of knowledge. Firstly, it is observed that there is a fundamental mismatch between the architectural and urban scale in English housing estates. This is manifested as an increase over time in the number of important streets lined with passive interfaces, and in the number of houses that interface with the street network in an atypical manner. This highlights the importance of studying the way urban elements interact in order to assure that the full potential of both elements is met. Secondly, the mismatch between those scales progressively worsened over time. Thirdly, this thesis contributes an original dataset on the interfaces between houses and streets. Finally, an original methodological framework is proposed that allows for integration of the architectural and urban analyses in GIS

Between territories: Incremental changes to the domestic spatial interface between private and public domains

[EN] In this paper we investigate incremental changes to the relationship between private and public territory on the micro-morphological scale of the residential building-street interface. The building-street interface lies on the edge between two distinctively different spatial domains, the house and the street, and provides a buffer which may be adjusted to aid the transition from private to public territory. The structure of the space impacts both domains: it provides a fit transition from the private dwelling to the public territory, creates a space for probabilistic encounters between inhabitants and strangers, and maintains the liveability of the public street. The aim of this paper is threefold: Firstly, we recognise morphological differences in the structure of the interfaces and the way the transition from private to public territory was envisioned and designed in different societal periods. Secondly, we study incremental changes to the interface, representing individual adjustments to the private-public boundary, in order to recognize common types of adaptations to the existing structure of the interface. The history of changes to each individual building and building-street interface was traced by analysing planning applications and enforcements publicly provided by the city council. Lastly, we compare the capacity of each building-street interface to accommodate incremental change to the public-private transition. We argue that studying the incremental change of the interface and the capacity of each interface to accommodate micro-scale transformations aids in the understanding of the complex social relationship between an individual and a collective in the urban environment.Wir-Konas, A.; Seo, K. (2018). Between territories: Incremental changes to the domestic spatial interface between private and public domains. En 24th ISUF International Conference. Book of Papers. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 403-411. https://doi.org/10.4995/ISUF2017.2017.6061OCS40341

Bollywood Dance in Wien

In dieser Arbeit wird das globale Phänomen Bollywood Dance in seiner lokalen Ausprägung und Rezeption in Wiener Bollywood Tanzkursen aus dem Blickwinkel der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie empirisch und theoretisch erforscht, wobei Interviews mit Tanzlehrerinnen und Tanzschülerinnen, beobachtende Teilnahme sowie ein Fragebogen das empirische Datenmaterial der Feldforschung liefern. Die theoretische Basis bilden die Konzepte der Hybridisierung, Glokalisierung und der Medienaneignung bzw. Adaptation. Bollywoods detachable attractions, die Song&Dance Sequenzen der Bollywood Filme, stellen Zonen der Hybridität dar, aus denen sich Bollywood Dance Ende der 1980er Jahre als globaler populärer und eigenständiger Tanzstil entwickelte. In einem aktiven und kreativen Aneignungsprozess werden von den Tanzlehrerinnen global verbreitete Bilder und Tanzschritte aus den Song&Dance Sequenzen mit lokalen Vorlieben, Vorstellungen und Wünschen sowie ihren eigenen Tanzkenntnissen vermischt. Dabei entstehen neue, hybride Formen u.a. die Choreografien für die Tanzstunden in Wien und der persönliche, individuelle „Bolly-Tanzstil“ jeder Lehrerin. Die lokalen Interessen von den Tanzschülerinnen in Wien lassen sich mit „Kitsch-Bollywood“ umschreiben. Sie beziehen sich auf „klassische“ Song&Dance Sequenzen in bunten Saris und indischen Tanzstilen mit einem damit verbundenen „exotischen“ Flair der „Bolly-Welt“. Die sich daraus ergebende Grundstimmung für den Bollywood Tanz, das „Bolly-Feeling“, bildet einen wichtigen Teil des Tanz-Erlebens in Wien und wird von den Tanzschülerinnen mit Lebensfreude assoziiert, sowie als energetisierend und mitreißend beschrieben. Bollywood Tanzen in Wien kann somit nicht ohne den Hintergrund der translokalen Bolly-Kultur betrachtet werden.This thesis discusses the global phenomenon Bollywood dance in its local representation and reception in Bollywood dance classes in Vienna from a cultural- and socialanthropological perspective. The data for this study was retrieved through interviews with teachers of Bollywood dance classes and students, participatory observation as well as a questionaire. Theoretical concepts such as hybridisation, glocalisation and mediareception build the foundation for this analysis. Bollywood’s detachable attractions, the song&dance sequences, represent zones of hybridity, out of which emerged Bollywood dance as a global popular and independent dance style at the end of the 1980’s. Teachers mix in an active and creative process globally distributed images and dance moves from song&dance sequences with local preferences, notions and desires, as well as their own dance experience. New, hybrid forms like choreografies for the dance classes in Vienna and the teacher’s personal, individual bolly-dancestyle emerge in this process. The local interests of dance students in vienna can be described as “kitsch-bollywood”. It focusses on classical song&dance sequences in colourful saris and Indian dance styles with an exotic touch of the bolly-world. The prevailing mood of bollywood dance, a “bolly-feeling”, is an important part of the experience of bollywood dance and is associated with joy and excitement. A discussion of Bollywood dancing in Vienna can therefore only be done by including the translocal bolly-culture

Code generation and analysis for the functional verification of micro processors

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Frontages and setbacks: a comparison of English and North American suburban houses

This paper is interested in the physical form of frontage and in the elements of urban form that may influence it. Studying its morphology involves looking at all the scales to provide a comprehensive image of how it is taking shape. This work presents a survey of different type of suburban houses to show alternative models of frontage with a focus on North American models and their British counterparts. It then questions the meaning and value of transition space at the scale of a neighbourhood, highlighting the role of main thoroughfares and back alleys creating a hierarchy in the street frontages. It finally explores how the building and the plot respond to the street hierarchy by use of yards, room layout and architectural features

Incorporating sprouted chickpea flour in pasta increases brachial artery flow-mediated dilation

Purpose Consumption of alternative flours, such as sprouted chickpea flour, has shown increased popularity in recent years. Foods rich in antioxidants have been shown to influence brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD), a non-invasive test of a crucial layer of the artery called the endothelium. Partially replacing the semolina flour in pasta with sprouted chickpea flour (SCF) may acutely affect endothelial function post-digestion. We sought to determine if FMD was higher, lower, or the same post-digestion of pasta made with 60% semolina flour and 40% SCF (SCF40) vs. post-digestion of pasta made with 100% semolina flour (SEM100, i.e., control). Methods Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) analysis was performed on the same flour samples. Healthy participants underwent a screening visit and two randomized controlled meal data collection visits (SCF40 and SEM100). At each data collection visit, participants consumed 255 g of pasta with butter. FMD was assessed 2–3 h after pasta consumption. Results TEAC results showed that SCF40 (2.031 ± 0.096 mmol trolox/100 g sample) had significantly greater antioxidant capacity than SEM100 (1.736 ± 0.046 mmol trolox/100 g sample; p = 0.02). Twenty-two healthy participants (5 men and 17 women; 26 ± 2 years, 66.6 ± 2.3 kg, BMI = 24 ± 1 kg/m2, SBP = 114 ± 3 mmHg, DBP = 75 ± 2 mmHg, HR = 74 ± 3 BPM) were studied. FMD in the SCF40 condition (10.3% ± 1.2%) was greater than the SEM100 condition (7.9% ± 0.8%, p = 0.02). Conclusion These data suggest that partial substitution with sprouted chickpea flour in place of semolina flour in pasta acutely improves post-digestion FMD, which may be beneficial for cardiovascular health (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03801486)

Research for a Better Tomorrow: Communicating with and engaging non expert audiences

This is a book of abstracts from Northumbria University's Faculty of Engineering and Environment's Postgraduate Research Conference, held on 21st June 2018