Slums are one of the threats to Cultural Heritage Areas (KCB) which consist of traditional houses, especially those with living museum status such as KCB Kotagede in Yogyakarta. One of the main causes of slums is the inability of the owner (heir) to provide funds to preserve the building, which requires large costs. Assistance from the government or other parties, which is often incidental, is not a sustainable solution. For this reason, efforts are needed to optimize the potential of KCB so that it can generate sustainable conservation costs. One effort is to adapt traditional houses into homestays that offer cultural experiences for tourists. The study was carried out in 4 (four) residential buildings which were selected using purposive sampling. The study method begins with identifying initial plans of traditional houses and identifying plans for developing adapted designs. Next, using the Form - Function - Meaning structural approach, an analysis was carried out to what extent the architectural meaning of a traditional house was maintained in its adaptation into a homestay. This study reveals that the adaptation of a traditional house into a homestay can be done while maintaining its architectural meaning.
Architecture, Architectural engineering. Structural engineering of buildings
Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Maria Stella Lux, Natalia Pardo Delgado
Green infrastructure and nature-based solutions are crucial for the sustainable transformation of cities into more resilient and inclusive places. However, the planning and design of these interventions must be tailored to different urban environments and socioeconomic contexts. Despite being one of the most urbanised global areas, the Latin American and Caribbean region still needs to be more researched. In this regard, this contribution provides an analytical and design framework for integrating nature-based solutions in dense urban contexts for microclimate mitigation and improved usability. It is constructed by considering the morphological, historical, climatic, and administrative peculiarities of Latin America, and it has been applied and tested in the case study of Bogotá (Colombia). The result is a matrix for constructing design strategies based on three key attributes of outdoor spaces and four design components.
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Received: 18/03/2024; Revised: 22/04/2024; Accepted: 02/05/2024
The main goal of the article is to study the transformation of the style of banking and consular institutions in Manchuria in comparison with its Japanese counterparts. The first part of the work provides an introduction and indicates the relevance of the topic. The author of the architectural style of tatsuno is the architect Kingo Tatsuno. The article carries out an analysis of his creative path and identifies his main buildings, which later formed into a separate style. The continuity of tatsuno to the German Renaissance is shown, the main elements of the style are revealed. Most of the Japanese buildings were concentrated in the southeast of the region, in the cities of Dalian, Yingkou, Shenyang, Tieling and Changchun. Five banks and four tatsuno-style consulates have been identified. The work shows a detailed architectural analysis with the identification of classical and non-traditional elements within the style. The conclusion section summarizes the data obtained and shows the Russian influence on some Japanese buildings.
ZOTOV VITALY V. / ЗОТОВ В.В., KONSON GRIGORY R. / КОНСОН Г.Р., VOLODENKOV SERGEY V. / ВОЛОДЕНКОВ С.В.
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In a turbulent society, the identification of perceptions of the future is a crucial component for decision-making. As digital transformation deepens, the image of the digital future, encompassing expectations, assumptions, and perceptions about individual, societal, and state development in the era of digitalization across various aspects of life and production, assumes a paramount role in this process. Its dissemination in media space plays a pivotal role in shaping citizens’ future outlook and can significantly influence their perception of the world and subsequent actions. This study aims to explore the relationship between the formation of the digital future image in media space and its representation within the public consciousness. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the saturation of digital society markers in media space and the public’s level of knowledge about digital technologies. Additionally, they assessed the tone of media texts containing digital future markers and examined their reception among the population. Furthermore, the key stakeholders of digital transformation and agents of influence in the presentation of the digital future were identified, along with the primary recipients and mediators of the prosocial image of the digital future. The study also investigated the media tools employed to disseminate the digital future image. Based on their findings, the authors present an overarching conclusion emphasizing the necessity of developing a vision of the digital future as an integral part of state policy to support the digital development of Russian society.
При турбулентности общества выявление представлений о будущем является важным компонентом для принятия решений. С углублением цифровой трансформации ведущую роль в этом процессе начинает играть образ цифрового будущего, который представляет собой комплекс ожиданий, предположений и представлений о развитии человека, общества и государства в условиях цифровизации различных сфер жизнедеятельности и производства. Его трансляция в медиапространстве начинает играть ключевую роль в формировании представлений граждан о будущем и может оказывать значительное влияние на их восприятие мира и их действия. Цель данной работы заключается в раскрытии взаимосвязи между формированием образа цифрового будущего в медиапространстве и его репрезентацией в общественном сознании. В рамках исследования авторы сопоставили насыщенность медиапространства маркерами цифрового общества с уровнем знания населения о цифровых технологиях; оценили тональность медиатекстов, содержащих маркеры цифрового будущего, и их восприятие населением; выявили основные заинтересованные стороны цифровой трансформации и агентов влияния на процесс презентации цифрового будущего, а также ключевых реципиентов и медиаторов репрезентации просоциального образа цифрового будущего; определили медийные инструменты трансляции образа цифрового будущего. Авторы приходят к обобщающему выводу о необходимости разработки ви́дения цифрового будущего в рамках проводимой государственной политики по поддержки цифрового развития российского общества.
El presente artículo desarrolla conceptos relacionados con la función que cumplen los espacios verdes en la salud y las influencias históricas de propuestas higienistas en edificios hospitalarios. En este marco, el trabajo se ocupa de la relación benéfica entre el ser humano, el hábitat construido y la naturaleza, cuando esta última comienza a ser protagonista desde el diseño de paisaje y las nuevas concepciones sobre la función de los espacios verdes y su aporte en la salud. Se exponen dos casos de estudio en los cuales la teoría desarrollada en la tesis doctoral del autor puede aplicarse en la práctica proyectual para el diseño de espacios verdes de hospitales en aporte a la sustentabilidad del hábitat.
Architecture, Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
The research proposal reports the outcomes of a research track concerning the automation of the architectural census of technological elements in urban environments, aiming at the development of a monitoring and management system for the built heritage. The proposal is focused on a set of specific elements (water tanks) stacked on the coverings of the historical centre of Bethlehem and leverages close-range photogrammetric acquisitions to train Deep Learning models. The model lifecycle management, from training to prediction and deployment, as well as the storage of both image data and metadata, is performed through the scalability of a Cloud enterprise architecture. Periodical scheduled monitoring enables comparisons across different periods, allowing the detection of modifications, removals, and additions, therefore identifying the insurgence of potential criticalities. The goal of the project is the definition of a protocol to automate the identification of recurrent elements and monitor their evolution through time.
This study investigated the effect of media and information literacy (MIL) on the ability to identify fake news, disinformation and misinformation, and sharing intentions. The experimental approach was selected to study both the control group and experimental group made up of a total of 187 respondents. Comparative analysis of the two groups revealed that although more respondents in the experimental group were able to identify the inauthenticity of information presented to them, some of the respondents in the control group were also able to do the same, even though they did not receive MIL training. Conversely, some respondents in the experimental group, even though they were trained in MIL, could not determine the inauthenticity of information, possibly because the one-off training given to them did not allow them to assimilate all the information in one sitting. Nonetheless, the results of the bivariate correlation computation showed that MIL trained respondents were more likely to determine authenticity or otherwise of information and less likely to share inaccurate stories. This means that when MIL increases, sharing of fake news decreases. This is yet another evidence that MIL enables information consumers to make informed judgments about quality information. It is recommended that MIL is incorporated into mainstream educational modules and consistently revised to reflect the demands of the times. MIL programs must also consider how to effectively reach those without formal education. Actors within the information, communications, and media ecology must contribute to their quota in making information consumers more discerning with the right MIL sensitisation.
The aim of this essay is to demonstrate how, starting from a continuous reconfiguration of ecological patterns, Homo sapiens has performed a transaction of the architectures that allow him to relate to his own conspecifics and to constantly changing contexts. This transaction, which has been realised in particular by the refinement of his artefacts and by a new understanding of these, creates, in fact, new ontological levels that are destined, in turn, to following transformations. More precisely, the interaction between individual and environment has produced, throughout the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a “creative bond” that has remodelled the very concept of living in (and reacting in) the world. The creative evolution that accompanies the history of the modern man is one of the most powerful and versatile types of “grammar”, which paves the way for new task-scapes, redefines boundaries and ways of interaction between “body” and “environment” but, above all, makes the creation of increasingly more user-friendly communicative niches possible today, creating symbolic flows that are increasingly less infused in biological matrices. In other words, the interactional loop between individual and environment creates the cognitive equivalent (Clarck, 2004) of Dawkins’ Extended Phenotype (1982) that, along with a spatial constraint of the physical world, provokes an expansion in the relationship among agents, culture and social networks at the same time.
The purpose of this study is to compare the social appearance anxiety levels of university students studying in different fields. Social appearance anxiety scales which were filled in by 481 students were assessed in the study. T-test and one way ANOVA were used for statistical analysis, while LSD tests were used to find out differences.Social appearance anxiety scale scores were found to be higher in male students when compared with female students. No statistically significant difference was found between social appearance anxiety scale scores in terms of genders (p>0.05). In terms of field of education, social appearance anxiety scale scores of students receiving sport education were found to be lower than the scores of students receiving art and music education and the highest social appearance anxiety scale scores were found in students in the department of educational sciences. Statistically significant difference was found between social appearance anxiety scale scores in terms of field of education (p<0.001).As a conclusion, it was found that sport education caused a higher decrease in social appearance anxiety when compared with fine arts education, while fine arts education caused a decrease in social appearance anxiety when compared with students who received neither sport nor fine arts education. In terms of social appearance contribution, it is thought that art and music education have similar effects to those of sport. Giving sport education to students who are not receiving sport education or making them do sport and giving those interested in sport a chance to be interested in art can be a factor in decreasing social appearance anxiety.
Abderrahmane Khechekhouche, Nabil Elsharif, Imad Kermerchou
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The distillation of water has become a necessity to reduce the demand for drinking water and many of the poor regions in the world do not have the means to have this technique therefore they use solar distillation, which is a simple economic and environmental technique . This technique suffers from low productivity, which is why researchers are trying to improve solar stills. In this work we show the choice of prototype distillers and we also show the technique of the study followed by researchers in this field.
The view of Catanzaro, the old capital of Calabria Ultra and now the regional capital, contained in Voyage offers a starting point of analysis to explain historical structure and urban transformations. The drawing documents the portion of the city depicted, although its designer, Claude-Louis Châtelet, wanted to narrate the picturesque location. Comparison with the previous and subsequent iconography allows us to quickly view the changes suffered by the city and, above all, the change of its image and its identity.
In the present article I use the terminology introduced by Svetlana Boym of restorative nostalgia and reflective nostalgia regarding works of contemporary fine art. Restorative nostalgia implies an effort to revive the past – but without acknowledging that the desired and idealized past never existed, therefore it cannot be restored, either. I illustrate the application of this concept through the “new-academic” direction in today’s contemporary Hungarian fine arts. The reflective nostalgia is aware of the idealizing momentum of the desired past, it reflects critically upon its own desires, and it highlights possibilities in the past regarding the present – often playfully or with irony. I illustrate the latter through the works of the Chinese Ai Wei Wei and the Romanian Mircea Cantor. I argue that reflective nostalgia is not a fruitless burial into the past, but a resource for processing the passing of time in a creative manner.