The Green Church

If "green” is an environmental concept applicable to the design and construction of buildings and landscapes, then we should not limit the scope of the concept solely to the natural environment. Rather, we should include key "environments” in which designers operate, including the socio-cultural, political, and natural environments. In this paper, I present a case study in"green” design that expands the scope of the concept and recognizes the interrelationship between these multiple environments. Using recent construction and renovation on the campus of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Berkeley as the case, I show how these environments are mutuallysupportive. Moreover, I argue that if designers simply consider the natural environment, theirlaudable goals may never be realized. In the first part of the paper, I provide a background on the project and its physical and socio-cultural setting. Second, I discuss how the different "environments” were addressed in the planning and design of the project. I then introduce specific"green” strategies that were employed in the design of the new and renovated buildings. These include considering renovation as the first imperative, thinking holistically about the entire campus,and applying a simplified approach to "greening” the buildings. I conclude by offering suggestionsfor future designers interested in reducing the environmental impact of their buildings.Keywords: Sustainability, Adaptive Reuse, Human Contex

Study of lunar reflective components of solar radio emission semiannual status report

Solar radio frequency reflection from lunar surface for scattering measuremen

Josep Gudiol i Ricart (1904-1985). Salvament de patrimoni artístic més enllà de Sixena

Davant la controvèrsia generada els últims mesos a l'entorn de l'arrencament de les pintures murals de la sala capitular del Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Sixena, cal posar en coneixement i valor l'activitat de salvaguarda del patrimoni portada a terme per Josep Gudiol i Ricart. La seva actuació va ser àmplia i diversa i va anar molt més enllà de les intervencions que es coneixen. Començar a definir i enumerar el corpus d'activitats en les quals va estar implicat permetrà posar les bases per poder realitzar una valoració integral i justa de la seva figura i activitat en pro del patrimoni artístic.The controversy lately arisen over the removal of the chapterhouse mural paintings from the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena make it necessary to explain and assess the salvaging actions undertaken by Josep Gudiol i Ricart in order to protect cultural heritage. He carried out a large number of very different actions, going far beyond the ones generally known. An initial attempt to define and itemise the whole corpus of activities he was involved in forms the basis for a balanced and comprehensive appraisal of the man and his work to support artistic heritage

Theoretical and experimental studies of sub-optimal second and third generation self-adaptive binary communication system Semiannual report, Jan. 1 - Jun. 30, 1966

Intersymbol interference in digital communication systems, phase lock loop studies, channel simulator studies, binary signal sets for channel models, and shift register sequence

El Castru (Vigaña, Balmonte de Miranda, Asturias): un pequeño poblado fortificado de las montañas occidentales cantábricas durante la Edad del Hierro

p. 211-237Este artículo presenta los datos arqueológicos recuperados en las excavaciones del poblado castreño de El Castru, en Vigaña (Balmonte de Miranda, Asturias) realizadas en 2012 y 2013. Dicho yacimiento constituye un buen ejemplo de los pequeños castros de la Edad del Hierro en las montañas del área occidental cantábrica. Por ello, el análisis de las informaciones obtenidas y su contextualización a escala regional ofrecen interesantes aportaciones al debate sobre las formas de poblamiento y subsistencia adoptadas por las comunidades del I milenio a.C. en el Noroeste ibérico.S

EINA360 2021

Aquesta publicació és un recull del treball realitzat pels estudiants i exestudiants d’EINA. Mitjançant una selecció de projectes, es mostra el rigor acadèmic i la capacitat d’anàlisi i experimentació que tenen els alumnes del Grau de Disseny i dels diferents Màsters i Postgraus d’EINA. Aquesta filosofia, que fomenta el potencial innovador del disseny i l’art, també es recull en la praxis professional que duen a terme els nostres alumni. Tots els projectes publicats són una síntesi de l’aprenentatge enriquidor, obert a diferents sistemes de pensament i llenguatges, amb què EINA treballa des de la seva fundació el 1967. Una metodologia en constant evolució a d’avançar-se a les necessitats i exigències de la nostra societat canviant, per poder donar resposta als nous reptes i fer realitat nous productes, nous serveis i noves experiències. En definitiva, aquesta publicació és el testimoni de la trajectòria de l’escola com a plataforma de cultura i coneixement de generacions de professionals del disseny i l’art que participen activament en el desenvolupament d’una societat més sostenible, ètica, reflexiva i compromesa.Esta publicación es una recopilación del trabajo realizado por los estudiantes y exestudiantes de EINA. Mediante una selección de proyectos se muestra el rigor académico y la capacidad de análisis y experimentación que tienen los alumnos del Grado de Diseño y de los diferentes Másters y Postgrados de EINA. Esta filosofía, que fomenta el potencial innovador del diseño y el arte, también se recoge en la praxis profesional que llevan a cabo nuestro alumni. Todos los proyectos publicados son una síntesis del aprendizaje enriquecedor, abierto a diferentes sistemas de pensamiento y lenguajes, con que EINA trabaja desde su fundación en 1967. Una metodología en constante evolución con el fin de adelantarse a las necesidades y exigencias de nuestra sociedad cambiante, para poder dar respuesta a los nuevos retos y hacer realidad nuevos productos, nuevos servicios y nuevas experiencias. En definitiva, esta publicación es el testimonio de la trayectoria de la escuela como plataforma de cultura y conocimiento de generaciones de profesionales del diseño y el arte que participan activamente en el desarrollo de una sociedad más sostenible, ética, reflexiva y comprometida.This publication is a collection of the work of EINA’s students past and present, a selection of projects from the Degree in Design and the various Masters’ and Postgraduate programmes, chosen for their academic rigor and analytic and experimental capacity. This foundation, which fosters the innovative potential of design and art, is also reflected in the professional practice of our alumni. All of the published projects are a synthesis of the enriching learning style, open to different systems of thought and language, which EINA has prioritized since its founding in 1967. It is a methodology in constant evolution, whose aim is to advance to meet the needs and demands of our changing society, so as to be able to respond to new challenges and make new products, new services and new experiences a reality. In short, this publication is witness to the trajectory of the school as the platform for knowledge and culture behind generations of art and design professionals who actively participate in the development of a more sustainable, ethical, thoughtful and committed society

The Boulevard Study: From Arterial to Asset -- Examining the Role of the Multi-Way Boulevard in Coordinated Transportation and Land Use Planning

Cities that were once considered the most-desired places to live or for businesses to locate are now seeking ways to unclog their increasingly congested roadways and regain their quality of life. U.S. Department of Transportation Strategic Plan Background Cities across the U.S. that are struggling with congestion resort to remedies that are increasingly difficult to implement. Adding capacity is a more challenging proposition given limited land availability, greater environmental constraints, and fiscal barriers. Replacing individual trips with transit has seen limited success and can typically only be justified at greater levels of density than many communities currently support. Multiway boulevards offer one possible but little studied alternative to congested arterials in metropolitan areas. These streets, which are common in Europe, have several lanes of faster moving through traffic in the middle separated by medians from parking and access lanes on the sides. With local traffic traveling in the slow moving access lanes, these streets support a wider array of land uses than typical arterials. Ground level retail uses can take advantage of on-street parking in the access lanes. Residential uses are attracted to the park-like quality of the landscaped boulevards. This study will investigate the transportation and land use potential of replacing the ubiquitous arterial with multiway boulevards. Objective. This is an applied research project that will examine the opportunities and constraints to converting an auto-oriented five-and six-lane arterial into a multiway boulevard with transit as a way of reducing congestion, improving pedestrian and automobile safety, and supporting more unified land uses. Hence, the study is well aligned with OTREC\u27s theme of integrating land use and transportation planning as well as U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) strategic objectives focused on improving safety, enhancing mobility, and minimizing transportation related environmental impacts. Method and Scope The project will use a case study approach and will focus on the Franklin Corridor in the Eugene-Springfield area. Through a series of public workshops, planning studios, and student research efforts, University of Oregon graduate and undergraduate students in architecture, landscape architecture, and planning, along with local professionals, and members of the general public will work together to analyze existing conditions, develop planning objectives, prepare conceptual diagrams for development of the corridor, examine alternative right-of-way sections, and calculate potential future development capacities in terms of densities and open space. The work effort will be focused on developing a conceptual analysis of existing and proposed conditions rather than on detailed traffic modeling and design. The study area will include Franklin Boulevard from the eastern edge of Glenwood to Eugene\u27s Ferry Street Bridge. The corridor is under intense development pressure. On the west end, Eugene\u27s new Federal Courthouse will be the anchor for a 50-acre redeveloped industrial district. In the middle are proposals for the 80-acre Walnut Station Mixed Use Area. On the east end are redevelopment concepts for a 43-acre portion of Glenwood. In this project, we will look beyond these individual projects and study the potential for the corridor as a whole

City Design Lecture Series: Linking Transportation and Land Use Planning

The objective of this multidisciplinary educational program was to host a lecture series that will inform area professionals, students, and the broader public about the need to consider transportation and land use strategies in concert that can jointly create more livable cities with enhanced safety, reduced congestion, greater mobility choices, and more housing variety. This lecture series meets the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium’s (OTREC) goal of encouraging “… multidisciplinary educational programs and experiential learning across disciplines in the transportation field.” The lecture series brought a variety of nationally known experts in the fields of transportation planning, urban design, and transit-oriented development. These lectures were free and open to the public. Attendance was required of University of Oregon students enrolled in urban design courses. Over 600 participants attended the lectures. In addition, the videotaped lectures are available from the University of Oregon’s website as podcasts

Yellow Perch Recruitment and Zooplankton Availability in Northern Wisconsin Lakes with Different Walleye Recruitment Histories

Some northern Wisconsin lakes that previously supported natural Walleye Sander vitreus recruitment have exhibited recruitment declines over the last few decades. Previous research conducted on thirteen lakes in northern Wisconsin suggested that a recruitment bottleneck was occurring at or before mid-July in lakes with declining Walleye recruitment. Recent research suggested that Walleye and Yellow Perch Perca flavescens recruitment are influenced by similar environmental factors, but current status and historical trends of Yellow Perch recruitment in Wisconsin are unknown. To better understand factors influencing both Walleye and Yellow Perch recruitment, the objectives of my study were to determine if: 1) differential trends in age-0 Yellow Perch abundance occurred between lakes with different Walleye recruitment histories (i.e., declining, sustained); 2) catch per effort (CPE) of larval Yellow Perch in ichthyoplankton tows or electrofishing CPE of age-0 perch in June-July predicted perch year-class strength as indexed by age-0 CPE in fall electrofishing; and 3) zooplankton densities and spatial and temporal trends in these densities differed among lakes with different Walleye recruitment histories. In 2021, I sampled three lakes with declining Walleye recruitment (D-NR) and three lakes with sustained Walleye recruitment (S-NR) to evaluate age-0 Yellow Perch CPE and zooplankton densities. In 2022, I expanded the study to include four additional lakes for a total of five D-NR and five S-NR lakes. I used ichthyoplankton nets in May to mid-June and hand-held anode electrofishing in late-June to October to collect age-0 Yellow Perch. In 2021, zooplankton samples were collected via vertical and horizontal tows concurrent with larval fish sampling. Additionally, vertical tows were continued through the last week of August on a subset of four lakes to assess temporal trends. In 2022, zooplankton sampling was limited to nighttime vertical tows concurrent with larval fish sampling. I used t-tests, repeated-measures analysis of variance, and mixed effects models to compare age-0 Yellow Perch CPE between D-NR and S-NR lakes at several points throughout their first year of life. I also regressed loge transformed age-0 Yellow Perch CPE against electrofishing sampling periods to compare mortality rates between lakes with different Walleye recruitment histories. Spearman’s rank correlations were used to determine if CPE of larval Yellow Perch and CPE of age-0 Yellow Perch in June-July were correlated with CPE of age-0 perch in October. Additionally, error matrices were used to evaluate whether strong or weak larval perch CPE and CPEs of age-0 perch in June-July accurately predicted strong or weak CPE of age-0 Yellow Perch. I used t-tests, generalized linear models, and repeated-measures ANOVA to compare zooplankton densities and total lengths between Walleye recruitment histories. Larval Yellow Perch CPE was similar between lakes with different Walleye recruitment histories within years, and similar between years for the six lakes sampled during both 2021 and 2022. Age-0 Yellow Perch electrofishing CPE was significantly higher in S-NR lakes than D-NR lakes in June-July 2021, but there were no significant differences in any other electrofishing sampling period. Age-0 Yellow Perch mortality rate estimates did not differ between recruitment histories in either year. Larval and age-0 June-July Yellow Perch CPEs were significantly positively correlated with age-0 October Yellow perch CPE (larval rs = 0.60, P = 0.01; post-larval rs = 0.73, P < 0.01). Both larval CPE and age-0 Yellow Perch CPE in June-July were 69% accurate in correctly predicting relative year-class strength of age-0 Yellow Perch in October. Mean zooplankton densities and total lengths of Daphnia spp., cyclopoid copepods, and calanoid copepods collected in nighttime vertical tows during May-June were similar in D-NR and S-NR lakes during both years. There were no significant interactions between Walleye recruitment history and depth for both day and night when comparing densities and total lengths for Daphnia spp. and both orders of copepods, but there were significant differences in density of Daphnia spp. during the day among depths, loge density of cyclopoid copepods between recruitment histories during the day, and calanoid copepod total length during the day among depths. For the four lakes where vertical zooplankton tow samples were conducted through the last week of August, there were no significant interactions between Walleye recruitment history and sampling period when explaining variation in loge transformed densities for Daphnia spp. and both orders of copepods and for total lengths of both orders of copepods, but there were significant differences in loge density of Daphnia spp. and cyclopoid total length between several sampling periods. There was a significant interaction between recruitment history and sampling period for Daphnia spp. total length, but there were no significant differences between lakes with different Walleye recruitment histories during an individual sampling period. My results suggest that lakes with declining Walleye recruitment are capable of producing age-0 Yellow Perch year classes that are similar to year classes observed in S-NR lakes. Although age-0 Yellow Perch CPE was only significantly different between sampling periods in June-July 2021, observed catch rates were higher in S-NR lakes in subsequent periods but also more variable. This trend did not continue in 2022, as some S-NR lakes sampled in 2021 showed decreased Yellow Perch recruitment in 2022 and some D-NR lakes had relatively high age-0 Yellow Perch CPE. Similarities in age-0 Yellow Perch CPE between lake types may be due to similar environmental conditions across northern Wisconsin. More research is necessary to better describe Yellow Perch recruitment trends, as perch recruitment is highly variable. While factors contributing to declines in Walleye recruitment remain unclear, this study provides additional evidence that a lack of zooplankton in larval Walleye diets is likely not due to low zooplankton densities, and that larval Yellow Perch may be a more preferred prey. Collectively, field-based research on Walleye recruitment declines in northern Wisconsin indicate that identifying the specific mechanisms resulting in Walleye recruitment declines in northern Wisconsin lakes may be difficult given the inherent variation in these systems. Additionally, identifying these mechanisms may not provide for direct management actions that can be implemented to increase Walleye recruitment. Consequently, efforts to identify lakes where management actions like changes to harvest regulations or stocking may be effective in maintaining Walleye fisheries within a Resist-Accept-Direct framework seems prudent