Essays about: "ancient buildings"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words ancient buildings.

  1. 1. Friezes, Triangulations, and Trees

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH; Lunds universitet/Matematik (naturvetenskapliga fakulteten); Lunds universitet/Matematikcentrum

    Author : Yijia Zeng; [2023]
    Keywords : Frieze pattern; polygon triangulation; binary tree; Catalan numbers; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, we focus on these three classes of objects: frieze patterns, polygon triangulations, and planar binary rooted trees. After proving that these objects are in pairwise bijective correspondence with each other, we introduce Catalan numbers through Dyck paths and prove that all these objects are Catalan objects. READ MORE

  3. 2. Lärdomar från den forntida ökenstaden Petras dagvattenhanteringssystem

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Emelie Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : dagvattenhanteringssystem; rörsystem; dagvatten; torka; översvämning; Nabaté; wadi; vattenhanteringsstrategi;

    Abstract : Enligt SMHI kommer Sverige att utsättas för mer extrema perioder av torka och mer frekventa översvämningar på grund av högre, i genomsnitt, årliga temperaturer. Svenska dagvattensystem är redan idag känsliga för dessa väderfenomen (SMHI,2021). READ MORE

  4. 3. How history can beremembered & reusedin urban planning

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Alma Segerholm; [2021]
    Keywords : Architecture; history; Liljeholmen;

    Abstract : This project is a research of finding out a method; how to get to know a site and what to be remembered and acknowledged.Stockholm is becoming denser, like many other cities. The lack of housing is urgent. READ MORE

  5. 4. From Text to Space and Vice Versa : The Travel Accounts of Sir William Gell and Edward Dodwell in Phocis and Boeotia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Zafeirios Avgeris; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital Humanities; Spatial Humanities; Grand Tour; British Travel Literature; Sir William Gell; Edward Dodwell.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines and compares two travel accounts in the regions of Phocis and Boeotia in Greece, as they appear in the book of Sir William Gell “The Itinerary of Greece: With a Commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an Account of the Monuments of Antiquity at Present Existing in that Country (1819) and on the two volumed book of Edward Dodwell A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece: During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806, Volume 1 & 11 (1819). More specifically, the thesis explores the extent of the area that these travelers managed to cover during their routes, the places with historical and archaeological interest that they mentioned at least, their moves among the various chronotopes, and the use of their predecessors’ texts for on their routes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Shear stiffness of cross laminated timber diaphragms - A study of the influence of connection and member stiffness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Byggnadsmekanik; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för byggvetenskaper

    Author : Gustaf Olausson; [2021]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Since ancient times, buildings have been constructed with the use of timber and during the modern era, new types of timber products have been developed. Today, more constructions, especially residential buildings are being built with timber as the main load-bearing material. READ MORE