Community Architecture : Architecture And Architecture

In Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities, Benedict discusses that the latest wave of nations coming into existence was that of former colonies during the 20th century. The population of these colonies all went through similar stages of development as laid out in Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. As Fanon laid out, the colonized would absorb the dominate culture into themselves through their Intelligentsia, identify and extol themselves as a unique ethnic group, translate their precolonial culture through the lens of the dominate culture, initiate a struggle against that dominate culture, and galvanize the people into one modern nation. When looking at the nations that are regarded as having followed these steps and being part of

Interior design and architecture are essential, and often overlooked, aspects of everyday life. In modern society people rely on function, durability, and visual appeal when selecting designs for their homes, businesses, and places of leisure. The way that a space is designed influences such things as mood, which, in the case of a business, can impact the productivity of employees and either draw or repel customers. In residential design, the design becomes very personal and, to be considered a successful design, must properly reflect the home owner while at the same time offering some practicality that makes the space livable. An effective design, for any space, must solve some problem, be it function, flexibility, or some other criteria. Simply solving a problem would not please the customer, however, unless it offered some visual appeal. Creating function with style is the real job of any interior designer, and is essential in a content society.

Furthermore, the Town House (O) is a sustainable environmental design project illustrating the relationship between human well-being, the welfare of the future generations and the natural world, through regeneration, the

There is a movement among architects, city planners, designers and real estate developers that desire to return to a simpler way of living. A way of designing communities that at its essence captures the design traditions of years past while also avoiding some of the pitfalls of modern city development. A desire exists to avoid the prefabricated homes and endless urban sprawl of strip malls that have arisen all over the modern American landscape. Some see this as a return to classical traditions of city design that incorporates the rich architectural planning of traditional, small southern towns. For these people, the

Stakeholders are highly involved in this work. Our workgroups meet monthly in various locations throughout the community, which includes, but not limited to; the Woonsocket Public Harris Library, Landmark Medical Center, Community Care Alliance, NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley and Hamlet Middle School.

There are different ways to define ‘community.’ The most basic and literal definition is: a group of people. However, it can also branch out into different types, it can be specific and refer to a religious community or sometimes a sense of community. The Ma Tzu pilgrimage in Taiwan fulfills all of the above. Every year, four to five million Ma Tzu followers gather to participate in the old ritual. Perhaps the reason why the practice is so extensive--not only in terms of the amount of followers but also in its depiction of community--is because the belief system is very flexible. This flexibility allows the belief to conform in a way that best fits individual people but it is also able to stretch its influence to a large number of people and as a result, ties everyone together into a closely knit community.

As writer, interior designer, educator, and American architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said, “The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization” (BrainyQuote). The purpose of this paper will deal with the description of...

Architecture should be nurturing, responsive and alive, dynamically shifting spatial balances, organically expressive forms, subtly luminous colors and biologically healthy. To achieve such life-enhancing architecture, it has to address all the body senses simultaneously and fuse our image of self with experience of the world. By strengthening our sense of self and reality, architecture serves its all-important function of accommodation and

Well, the idea first began in 2014, I was living in Springfield Missouri and it was spring. I remember the morning very well is was around 10 am and I heard a yell, a yell that commanded my attention. So I went to see what it was and I saw my neighbor looking me dead in the eye and said he's in the tree... can you help me cut him out. I was confused and frozen with fear and he yelled at me again and this time asking if I had a knife. I remember thinking I could either help or just close the door and go on with my morning. In the second which felt like minutes, I ran to get a knife and hurried down to help. There is nothing that can prepare you to see a young kid hanging in a tree lifeless... and then having to help cut him out of it. This is the same kid who I saw many days dancing in his driveway and playing with his sister, he was only 13. That day I told God I will do anything to help prevent another kid from taking his own life.

Crisis in community is a regular phenomenon. The need for community organizing addressing community crises is, therefore, evident and perpetual. Bill Lee (2011) suggests that a pragmatic approach to community organizing intensifies community actions addressing community crises associated with the problem of inequality, environmental degradation and crises, and economic instabilities. This paper intends to explore the influences and effects of “Pragmatic of Community organization” on innovation and vice versa.

Over the last several years, a wide variety of health care organizations have been facing tremendous challenges. This is because they are using different models that will impact the underlying quality of care and the focus of staff members. To determine the most effective approach, there will be an emphasis on a number of areas to include: examining the community model, identifying three categories, comparing this with nursing practices, contrasting these ideas to Mihaela Colea views and discussing the importance of advocacy projects. Together, these different elements will provide specific insights that will highlight the best practices for a modern day health care environment.

In the novel, “Architecture” by Jonathan Glancey discusses the beginning of Architecture and how much Architecture has grown over the past years. In his book, he tries to inform and educate readers and other architects about the old and new styles that we are using today and how they were used during the 1880s. Glancey purpose was to apprise people about the different styles and techniques that are used around the world for architecture. Furthermore, he wants people to know how those different styles are being implemented to our buildings and our designs today. Glancey wants everyone to have more information about architecture, so they can formulate their own ideas and manufacture what they want to build. This book informs us about the different uses of materials that they use for architecture around the world such as plastic reinforced with glass to columns, floor plans, poche, brick, stone, wood, and much more.

with receiving further support from a designated support worker. It is imperative that the two tenants

Conceptual models are effective guides and tools used for nursing practice. They merge concepts and ideas providing a framework for how to think or demonstrate the elaborate connections between concepts, structures, or a system. They categorize existing interrelationships amid concepts into ways that can effectively direct actions and interventions. The objective of this paper is to define and examine the social ecology model and its application to the nursing process and community health problems.

I wouldn’t really say my community as a whole has an impact on me as a person but people in around me have had a huge impact on me for who I am today. The people who have the biggest impact on me is defiantly my family and friends, I have done so many things with them that made me the person who I am today.