Essays on Panes

[City and State]

Introduction

Structures such as large buildings can create its own unique internal environment that can significantly impact the comfort and health of its occupants. After many years of investigating and studying building infrastructures, engineers and designers have increased their understanding and knowledge on the environmental conditions that exists within the building in relation to its physical properties. For the same reason, a solid background in building physics is an integral part of a building’s design, particularly in this modern era wherein green buildings are the rising trend. Most modern buildings integrate building physics prior to construction ...

Trans-World Flight Center, John F. Kennedy Airport (1956-1962)

Opened in 1962, the Trans World Flight Center of the John F. Kennedy Airport is one of the finest structures belonging to the Organic Modern Period that emerged in the mid-20th century.1 What makes this style truly remarkable was the fact that it is based on neo-futuristic designs as well as embodying strict adherence to geometrical proportions, the creation of functional space for the passengers, aircraft, employees, and maintaining harmonious interaction of the structure in its environment.2 The structure was designed by Eero Saarinen, a notable architect and one of the prolific figures that proposed designing the concept of ...

The broken window theory was advanced by two social scientists, George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson, in the year 1982. They postulated that “crime experienced in various cities is as a result of some social disorder that existed in the cities” (Harcourt, Bernard and Jens 272). They explained the theory by giving an example of a house with it window panes broken. If such window panes were not repaired for some time, there is likelihood that more window panes would be broken down by vandals. The breakage will continue gradually, and a point comes when the house is ...

INTRODUCTION

My research will examine techniques that optimize financial, environmental, quality, and energy aspects of contemporary architecture. The work of Norman Foster and Partners will be considered in detail. This award-winning firm has many high-profile projects concerned with energy efficacy. I will examine Foster designed buildings in order to better understand strategies for maximizing savings and encasing ecological conservation through passive solar design.

Principles of Passive Solar Building Design

Passive Heating is designed with Solar Geometry; solar geometry uses the natural path of the sun across the sky in both the summer and the winter to reduce the need for cooling by air conditioning, the provide ...

The XX century is one of those centuries, which was filled with various events: cultural, political and social ones. It was a time full of emotions: from the tears to the laughter. It was a time of rebel, a time of a freedom to be born again. It was a time of changes. Such character of the century has put its influence on the culture, especially art: the paintings, the photographs, the poetry, etc. Exactly the poetry, as an irreplaceable element of the world’s culture, is showing the emotional side of XX century’s people. It is a ...