Essays about: "Gated communities"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Gated communities.
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1. Safety in Urban Spaces using Urban Planning: a Comparative Study in Bogotá, Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Many cities around the world are facing the same challenges when it comes to the ability for women to move around and feel safe in public spaces. For women, using public spaces entails fear of sexual violence and of being attacked, which forces them to always be vigilant and reduces their quality of life. READ MORE
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2. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE
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3. Building Community with Bamboo: ”Six volcanoes” multifunctional public space in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Inspired by regional Austronesian vernacular architecture, volcanic forms in the northern island of Luzon in the Philippines, and the natural geometry of the Fibonacci spiral, “Six volcanoes” is a multifunctional public space in the municipality of Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, located a stone’s throw southeast of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños campus, in the peri-urban community of Barangay (village) Tuntungin Putho. The 3500 sqm. READ MORE
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4. INCLUSIVENESS, From Gated to Connect Communities
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : .... READ MORE
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5. Open The Gates: New Cairo City, Egypt
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : This thesis project explores the relationship between social and spatial factors on many different levels: relation between two kinds of people living standards; buildings and the land; indoors and outdoors spaces; public and private. So coexistence, communication, and interaction are my keywords to translate all my ideas in a project. READ MORE