Essays on Rooftop

Introduction

The pollution in the highly urbanized areas allows the phenomenon called ‘greenhouse effect’ wherein the heat from the Sun is trapped on the land causing tremendous amounts of heat and leads to numerous issues such as the rise of temperature, drought, the melting of icebergs, and high evaporation of water. Unfortunately, the cities contribute to this effect, the use products containing CFC’s and the pollution of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to the destruction of the ozone layers. With the destruction of the atmospheric barrier, the excessive radiation from the sun cannot be prevented. In ...

Abstract

The Eden Hotel Apartment project is a new service apartment concept for central Dublin. Dublin and Ireland as a whole are experiencing a resurgence in economy; with this resurgence has come the desire and market demand for more service hotel options in the city. This document includes the concept proposal associated with this particular project as well as market analysis, partnership information, and financing information that is prescient for the market this project would enter into in the city of Dublin. Financially, designing and implementing a service apartment project is a large task, but the foundational basis for this ...

Solving Social Problems: Solar Energy in Rural India

The developing world grapples with the lack of access to electricity. Third world countries have poor electrical infrastructure which is still in the nascent stages of development. As a result, majority of people, especially those living in rural areas, have no access to electricity. The reach of the electrical grid in countries is limited to towns, and the poor who have access to electrical power supply suffer frequent and prolonged power blackouts. As a result, people in such countries result to unclean and unhealthy means of lighting, such as kerosene and diesel generators. The kerosene lamps cause respiratory problems ...

Elements of Design

Aesthetically, the film The Matrix gave a whole new appreciation of special effects to a new generation of movie goers. It introduced the effect of ‘bullet time’ for the first time – an effect which sees the live action being slowed down so that the character appears to be bending time to meet their needs, something which the characters are able to do whilst in the Matrix. The film’s design drew on classical science fiction, steam punk and dystopian ideas to produce a strongly modern film which, far from ordinary, drew on its design to enhance the audience’s experience and produce a ...