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    A Visual Text: History of Architecture Catalogue for Hypertext
    Rodriguez-Camilloni, Humberto L.; Gorin, Abbye A. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Center for Theory and History of Architecture, 1988)
    "This visual text consists of three models designed as a teaching-learning tool for the history and theory of architecture courses currently offered by the Center for Theory and History of Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech."--Pref. of catalog. The book is contained in the zip file, which uncompressed is a directory of HTML files, viewable in a web browser. The videos are in 5 chapters as follows: Chapter I: History of Architecture (2:42:18) Chapter II: History and Theory of Urban Form (25:39) Chapter III: South American Pre-Columbian Architecture (26:59) Chapter IV: "Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc, Architect Extraordinaire" (17:39) [Chapter V]: PreHispanic Architecture/North Coast Peru (9:56) [filmed by Abraham Guillen under the direction of Richard P. Schaedel, Lima, Peru, 1954]
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    Making design work: Sustainability, Product Design and Social Equity
    Walker, Stuart; Dorsa, Edward A. (Kluwer, 2001)
    This paper discusses the relationship between the product designer, sustainability and the creation of good quality work within the manufacturing sector. When the principles of sustainability are applied to the nature of employment it points to a new direction for design and product production where ethics, environmental issues and social wellbeing become far more important criteria for ‘success’ than is currently the norm. Awareness of the relationship between ‘work’ and sustainability is not generally being addressed, but needs to become a part of a comprehensive approach to sustainability in design school curricula.
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    Solar Decathlon 2002: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2002)
    A team of architecture, engineering, and industrial design students created a 2002 Solar Decathlon house that successfully combined the three disciplines.
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    Research Topic: Building Integrated Photovoltaic Roof Membrane
    Marks, Ross (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2004)
    This research is focused on the development of an integrated roof membrane and photovoltaic solar panel system. The goal is to have a final product that can be installed as a typcal low-slope roof membrane, yet function as a solar array.
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    Roof Integrated Photovoltaic Panels United Solar Ovonic & Acrylife
    Marks, Ross (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2004)
    The purpose of this thesis is to design a system for integrating United Solar photovoltaic panels to an Acrylife polyvinyl chloride membrane to be used on low-sloped roofs. There are several issues that have to be examined when combining the two products. Attaching the panels to the roof becomes an issue due to the nature of PVC. Simple adhesives will not maintain adequate bonding for the desired product life of twenty years. The method used to attach the photovoltaic panels to roof becomes an issue if an adhesive cannot be developed to last the desired lifetime. Next is the issue of the electrical connection of the photovoltaic panel. What that connection is, and how it is made will play a critical role in the versatility of the system. Wiring also becomes an issue when looking at the scale of implantation on the roof. How the wire runs will be organized and what that system will be. The final issue is organizing all the solutions into one viable solution, which is code compliant and financially feasible.
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    Diagrammatic Practices: The Office of Frederick L. Ackerman and "Architectural Graphic Standards"
    Emmons, Paul F. (University of California Press, 2005-03)
    The office of Frederick Ackerman (1878-1950) was the source of the first modern architectural handbook, Architectural Graphic Standards (1932), which was intended as a radical manifesto. Basing his practice on the economic critique of "conspicuous consumption" by Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), Ackerman was a leader of the technocratic movement. Ackerman directed his employees to develop factual architectural data. The authors of Graphic Standards, Charles Ramsey (1884-1963) and Harold Sleeper (1893-1960), worked at Ackerman's firm, and it was for Ackerman's projects that the first versions of the handbook's plates were drawn. Graphic Standards reflected Ackerman's technocratic approach to architecture, whereby he isolated functional facts from appearance, which was understood as self-expression. In its use of diagrams, Graphic Standards reflected the view that such schematic representations were the transparent rendering of facts. Yet, as seen in some of the plates of Graphic Standards, even the most reductive diagrams inevitably include expressive elements. Through many editions, Graphic Standards has been widely hailed as the "bible" of architectural practice, and it is paradoxical that Ackerman's radical practice became the basis of today's normative commercial practices. The attempt to separate functional fact from aesthetic self-expression was an impossible project, but Ackerman's efforts to achieve a modern architecture that was derived from the nature of its use and construction to replace the design of novelties remain a significant achievement.
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    A New Regional Environmental Learning Center, Franklin County, Virginia
    (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2005-09-23)
    This is a design project for a proposed Regional Environmental Learning Center in Franklin County, VA.
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    No compromise: The integration of technology and aesthetics
    Dunay, Robert J.; Wheeler, Joseph; Schubert, Robert P. (Informa, 2006-11-01)
    Solar technology is burdened with a stigma that contradicts a sense of proportion and beauty in building. Arbitrarily attached to new or existing construction, the technology is often associated with a small clique of individuals disenfranchised from the mainstream. This project is designed to challenge these perceptions and reestablish the ideals of solar energy by integrating architecture and technology. It pushes existing paradigms by proposing architectural form that celebrates solar power while obtaining a high level of system integration. As each technical decision was measured against its contribution to spatial effect, the project attained a simultaneous sense of the sustainable and the beautiful.
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    Chicago City Hall
    Grant, Elizabeth J. (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    An architectural case study of Chicago City Hall in Chicago, IL.
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    The Union of Learning, Environmental Science and Architecture
    (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    This design project envisions a space that supports learning about architecture and environmental science.
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    Woodward Academy
    Grant, Elizabeth J. (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    An architectural case study of Woodward Academy in Atlanta, GA.
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    Montgomery Park Business Center
    Grant, Elizabeth J. (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    An architectural case study of the Montgomery Park Business Center in Baltimore, MD.
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    Ford Dearborn Truck Assembly
    Grant, Elizabeth J. (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    An architectural case study of the Ford Dearborn Truck Assembly Plant in Dearborn, MI.
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    Shenandoah Valley Discover Museum
    (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    A design project for the proposed Shenandoah Valley Discover Museum.
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    Life Expression Chiropractic Center
    Grant, Elizabeth J. (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    An architectural case study of the Life Expression Chiropractic Center in Hazleton, PA.
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    A Prototype for a Manufactured Vocational Technology Classroom
    (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    A collaborative design project for a proposed vocational technology classroom. The project team included the Center for High Performance Learning Environments, GE Modular Space Division and Montgomery County Schools.
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    Toronto Mountain Equipment Cooperative
    Grant, Elizabeth J. (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
    An architectural case study of Toronto Mountain Equipment Cooperative in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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    Research Topic: Architectural Decision Framework for Integrating Technology in the Classroom Environment
    Elmasry, Sarah K. (Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007-09)
    The primary goal of this research is to define different state-of-the-art instructional technologies, how they map and address different pedagogical models and instructional goals, and how they might influence architectural systems in an integrated scheme.
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    A Decision-Making Framework for Vegetated Roofing System Selection
    Grant, Elizabeth J.; Jones, James R. (2008-04-01)
    Design frequently involves making tradeoffs to obtain the “optimal” solution to a design problem, often using intuition or past experience as a guide. Since vegetated roofing is a relatively complex and comparatively new technology to many practitioners, a rational, explicit method to help organize and rank the tradeoffs made during the design process is needed. This research comprises the creation of a framework diagramming the decision process involved in the selection of vegetated roofing systems. Through literature review, case studies and interviews with experts, the available knowledge is captured and organized to determine the critical parameters affecting design decisions. Six important evaluative categories are identified and parameters within these categories are addressed in the context of a decision support system for green roof designers. A summation of the total importance of the advantages represented by each alternative is used to determine the most feasible green roof system for a particular project. The framework is demonstrated and compared with green roof designers’ decisionmaking processes and conclusions are drawn regarding its effectiveness.
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    Vibration Analysis and Design of a Structure Subjected to Human Walking Excitations
    Setareh, M.; Lovelace, M. (Hindawi, 2010-01-01)
    Annoying building floor vibrations have become a serious serviceability issue. This is mainly due to decrease in the system mass resulting from the use of higher strength materials; use of computer-assisted design and the Load and Resistance Factor Design Method to optimize the structure based on the strength requirements; fewer partitions and more innovative designs by architects achieving long, column free spans resulting in a reduction in the natural frequency and damping. This paper provides details of the vibration analysis and design of a novel office building. Three-dimensional computer models of the structure were created and various modifications were made to the original structure, designed based on static loads, to reduce the possible excessive floor vibrations when subjected to walking excitations. Tuned mass dampers were also designed as a back-up vibration control system. A series of dynamic tests were conducted on the building floor to identify the dynamic properties of the structure and these were then used to update the original computer model. Finally, various forcing functions representing human walks and the updated computer model of the structure were used to evaluate the accuracy of the walking excitation force models to predict the structural response. Conclusions are made on the validity of each forcing function studied here.