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    with its modern roots (Salmon, “Concrete Jungle”). The building itself is structured largely around a central courtyard space, which merges interior with exterior to create a closed off, separate space that is still open to the sky. Through…

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    The region in which the courtyards were established is in Los Lirios, Rancagua, Chile in 2006. This house, that appears to be a single structure making it look like two houses, serves to assimilate its design to the houses of tenant farmers in countryside of Chile. Since tenant farmers are quite common in Chile, Radic decided to familiarize the concept of his design to theirs. One can view this in the standing walnut trees that are left untouched and on the outside, which it is being blocked by…

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    Villa Anbar Case Study

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    Villa Anbar is a house designed by Nohad Al-turki and Peter Barber Architects. Villa Anbar is a fairly small residence and is executed under a tight budget, the villa is located in a middle-class area and it occupies a total area of 510-m2 and the plot size is 300-m2. The house is rectangular in shape and has a small courtyard in the centre with a single frontage on the west side street. The openings to the courtyard are small and appear to be scattered along the façade giving the villa an…

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    In the manor, Aalto brings out his knowledge about nature forest through the following ways of using materials: by using big glass windows to have an open view to the garden and by using the continuous pine-strip through the ceiling. There was various types of materials and textures were used for the floor. At the entrance he chose red slate tiles; Flooring materials at garden room and fireplace was natural stone. Alva Aalto brought the owner’s art passion to the house by creating an open…

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    Kansu. The climate of Loess Plateau is the continental climate, it has long, dry and cold winters; short and hot summers. They are more concern of the thermal comfort during winter rather than summer. The two types of Yao Dong that often seen in the region are those that lean against the hill and those that are built underground. The hillside Yao Dong is excavated vertically on the face of Loess hill; the underground Yao Dong also known as the sunken-courtyard cave dwelling is dug into the…

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    Katie’s parents emigrate from Austria, and Johnny’s family emigrate from Ireland to escape the devastation of the potato famine. As a result, Francie is born into a world where her family does not have enough money to even buy essential goods. When they have no food in the house, Katie plays a game called “North Pole” with Francie and Neeley, pretending they are trying to reach the North Pole and are awaiting provisions (Smith 246). Francie lives in a household where simple things like coffee or…

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    the big move from New York to Texas. The house we lived in was my childhood home and my husband and I shared it for fifteen years together. This was not going to be an easy task. Our first hurdle was preparing for this huge adventure. Secondly, we needed to drive both cars down. That meant that we would not have the other person to take over driving when our eyelids became as heavy as weights over our eyes. Finally, we would need to settle into this strange new world. My husband’s family…

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    Growing up in my childhood, I never really made a lot of friends. In my early years of education, I was very sociable, but to my dismay, people just didn’t seem the friendly type. I never really did feel safe in the school district. That being said, there was only one place that I would always go to relax and get the stress of my mind, and that would be my humble abode, my home. Because I walked to school on a regular basis, I always knew where to go, even during the renovations. I mean, I could…

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    This selection was written to describe the conditions of tenement houses, overcrowded slums that filled New York City during the late 1900’s. The first sentence of this selection states, “The first tenement New York knew bore the mark of Cain from its birth, though a generation passed before the writing was deciphered.” The author means that tenement houses were “cursed,” or were terrible creations from the very beginning, but this was ignored and not tended to for a long time. The owners of…

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    we arrived to Dayton it was dark. Unfortunately for us, the house were we going was not in the city but the outskirts. Once we showed up at the house, we were both pretty creped out. A really run down house in the woods, on top of a hill, no trespassing signs everywhere, and only one porch light on. It was the kind of light that is plugged in, but hanging by its wires swinging back and forth in the wind. The sunroom on the house was collapsed, only two walls were able to hold the ceiling up. One…

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