Community building

Balinese architecture is a vernacular style of architecture wherein designers use local materials to help construct buildings, structures, and houses, as well as reflecting local tradition. It is a centuries-old style of design that’s heavily influenced by Bali’s Hindu traditions, as well as ancient Javanese elements. For the materials that are required for Balinese homes and buildings mostly will be thatch roofing, coconut wood, teak wood, stone, bamboo and bricks. Balinese architecture has…

As my community profile, I will be doing an ethnographic study of downtown Cincinnati. The agency that I am doing my internship is at Hamilton County Job and Family Services. The agency is based in the heart of Downtown Cincinnati. I thought this would be a good community to research demographics and compositions because, it’s the neighborhood that the agency workers are in the most. What is a community? A community is an area where a group people lives in the same place. This is could be a…

Myron Andersen. His vision was to have a lumber yard in rural Nebraska that would carry a variety of selection in building materials readily available for contractors in the area. Its first location was only a 2,000 square feet of retail/office space, 8,000 square feet made up the delivery yard and only four hires. The office was opened on 30th avenue originally named “Payless Building Center. In 1985, the business relocated to 2nd avenue, where it currently resides, and became known as…

reflected in numerous historical buildings. From downtown Maryville to the Administration Building at Northwest Missouri State University the history is clearly visible. Associate Provost of Undergraduate Studies Michael Steiner said a large portion of the Northwest campus is historical but said the oldest building and most significant building on campus is the Administration Building “The Administration Building is the first and most historical so obviously the oldest building on campus,”…

designs, Wright stands within the limits of a static building face, a century old definition of facade: solid, symmetrical, and set to right angles from the axis of approach. Transitioning to the Robie House, the dramatics of deceit were brought into the mix as there was no apparent front door or façade for the street on the axis which Wright designed. Being that the interior possesses hardly any solid walls, it seems to the passerby that the building is assembled out of large blocks, roofs…

Andersson, a PhD Fellow at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Both targeted homes were managed by a municipal real estate company for care facilities and all the interior renovations done were limited only to the communal spaces of the two building. The overall aim of the intervention project was to attribute the interior settings with subsidiary quality, which would benefit elderly individuals with functional impairment to find their own way from their respective…

January 17th, 1994. For many people in this country, it was just a day to commemorate a federal holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day . However, to the communities of southern California, it was a day that would change their lives forever. The Northridge earthquake, although given the name of Northridge, was centered in the San Fernando Valley. The earthquake, which happened at 4:31 a.m, had a magnitude of 6.7 and it was felt in places such as Baja California and Las Vegas. This earthquake made…

and introduced abstract art. This interest guided me to researching online and realizing Cubism spread beyond art to influence design and architectural styles. Consequently, I began to take notice of the small details of the forms and shapes of buildings I used to obliviously pass every day on the street and at this point, I knew I found my passion and therefore, I decided to explore architecture in depth at university.…

temperate San Francisco, the heat stunned me; it was a blistering ninety five degrees. The second surprise were the living conditions and environment. I was surrounded by dirt, run down houses, and unpaved streets. After meeting the family, we started building the foundation for the house. On my break, I would go hang out with the kids and play soccer with them. However, the language barrier…

Here at The Robinson’s Community Outreach Center (RCOC) like to think of our marketing plan as a systematic method to reach our target audience. Our target audience would be communities within the Phoenix Metropolitan area that struggle with low incomes, at-risk youth, and underprivileged populations that are in need of assistance to reduce their day to day challenges. The Robinson’s center is determined to create a system that possess reliable resources to our clients, so they are aware that…