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ARTICLE REVIEW

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  ARTICLE REVIEW: How to Prevent Noise Pollution in Construction The article is from Think Big blog, written by BigRentz. It is an instruction manual on reducing noise pollution during construction. The article introduces noise pollution as any type of sound that affects the health of humans and wild life. It continues with highlighting the need for practicing control by explaining how the rising sound levels in the urban setup can lead to loss of hearing, threatening biodiversity and negatively impact human well being. There are supposedly two types of noise controls, engineering ( isolating people from noise source ) and administrative ( changing how workers function ). The author gives 8 crucial ways to reduce noise pollution: eliminating noise during design; adding noise barriers; adding sound absorbing materials; chosing less noisy equipment; optimising current equipment; ensuring proper saw cutter practices; offering hearing protection for workers and scheduling work to contr...
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NEUROARCHITECTURE THE FUTURE OF DESIGNING HOLLISTIC SPACES

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 NEUROARCHITECTURE THE FUTURE OF DESIGNING HOLLISTIC SPACES Have you ever felt uneasy or, worse, trapped within a room or building? Perhaps it was a long, narrow corridor with no discernible exit, or maybe it was a dimly lit room with a low ceiling or an oppressive feel. Better yet, have you ever felt a surge of awe and wonder when looking at or walking through a building? If you’ve visited any ancient architecture, from Rome’s Pantheon to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, chances are you know the feeling well. What is neuroarchitecture? This movement stands at the crossroads of two very different disciplines: neuroscience and architecture. Using our growing knowledge of how our brains work, it aims to account for our responses to the built environment. What’s distinct about neuroarchitecture is that we’re now approaching a time when our understanding of brain function has progressed to the point where we can start to say sensible things about its relationship with architecture and design. Th...
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GHOST CITIES

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  GHOST CITIES LOST BETWEEN VACANCY AND UTOPIA Typically, "Ghost Cities” are those cities that have either never been occupied or have become abandoned. This term has little to do with being haunted by "ghosts" in the paranormal sense. Instead, these cities are "haunted" by their past or lack of purpose. In the city's “Ghostly” state, the once symbiotic relationship with human life is lost, giving these cities a strange sense of autonomy. This auratic independence helps these urban structures develop a relationship with nature on their own terms, finally isolated from man's desire to subdue. When we think of cities, we often think of a buzzing metropolis, streets with entrepreneurs and merchants trying to make their mark on the world. Perhaps, we think of all the individuals in street traffic or the subway making their way to the office. Regardless of what city you’re from, we don’t often imagine cities without the people who power them. Nevertheless, w...
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LIMINAL SPACES : THE EERIE HOLLOWNESS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE

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  LIMINAL SPACES THE EERIE HOLLOWNESS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE   Liminal spaces are those weird, atmospheric, and sometimes eerie places, that look like the gateway to another realm. Most people can agree that the majority of photos that are the shared above have that special quality of being a bit “off”…and that “off-ness” is indeed what makes a liminal space, “liminal”. The word “liminal” can be defined as being a “threshold” which is “barely perceptible”. A threshold could be the ghostly space before completing a rite of passage, or the ambiguous space in which we transition into another form. Liminal spaces are perhaps, the unknowable, or unspeakable spaces that seem to be ever-present in our dreams. These are places in which appear real but because of their strange aura, we know for sure that they are indeed fictitious. WHY LIMINALITY? The reason why we are fascinated with these images of vacant, abandoned, and eerie locations is that, for the most part, they represent ...
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WHY DO WE NOT SEE MORE FEMALE ARCHITECTS?

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  Why do we not see more female architects?   Nearly half of architecture students are women. Why are so few sticking with the industry after graduation?     I like to discuss how being a woman and being an architect are—at times—set up as diametrically opposed. How does how we perceive women (or how women are told to act) impact their potential careers as architects? How do existing patriarchal structures undermine women interested in engineering or more math-driven work? How can we work within a community and without a community to begin implementing solutions?   I was struck in particular by how many men versus women reported feeling strongly that their work made a difference; this perhaps connected to the finding that female architects felt recognized for working hard rather than for the work itself. Female and minority architects and designers earn lower salaries than their white male peers and are less likely to hold positions of leadership; ...
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