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Professional Practice 2_Assignment 02 Pro Bono According to Owen. C, it has recognized pro bono work as a responsibility for legal profession to be undertaken as a main part to facilitate the legal practices. Mandatorily, firms are required to commit at least five percent of the value of the total hours within the contract to pro bono work by Victorian Government (Owen, C, 2012). Should architectural profession follow the similar rules? What are the benefits and challenge for architectural…

Introduction: Service-learning is a unique way of engaging faculty and students with community partners in structured opportunities to meet educational objectives while addressing community needs .As stated by Bringle and Hatcher, 1995,” service-learning is defined as a “course-based, credit bearing educational experience in which students (a) participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs, and (b) reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain…

he prompt describes the most critical aspect of community: “part.” Communities develop in hierarchies, with those who hold power at the top, and those who follow the voice of the leader. However, to exist within a community, one must understand that the necessity of the community comes before individual drives. Community, inherently, carries the connotation of partnership, communication, comradery, altruism, and trust. I have stayed a part of my minority community through small bodegas that…

The washington arch The washington arch. many people a day come the catch a glimpse of the this towering artifact. It celebrates George washington's inauguration as president in 1789.You can see it on Fifth Avenue The Washington Arch is about 77 feet tall. its pillars are about 30 feet tall, and the opening is about 47 feet high. On the front are 13 big stars and 42 little stars that reads a “W”. It is made of white Tuckahoe marble.It was built in Paris in 1806 modelled by Sanford weight on…

Romans are very busy working on building a new aqueduct to help transport water to different places through and out of Rome using canals. INTERVIEWER: Why did you decide to build aqueducts? AUGUSTUS: We Romans wanted to build aqueducts to transport…

or monumental constructions. Like many roman constructions like the coliseum, the arch of Constantine doesn’t go unnoticed for its use of repurposed material. The use of spolia has many advantages that were very meaningful in the time of the Roman Empire. Recycling older material is a lot more cost effective than producing, or extracting new material. Not only is it cost effective, it also reduced labor and construction time. The use of spolia can be of a different meaning as well, like a piece…

Space is arguably one of the most important and powerful elements of architecture. Before architecture was the building and making of buildings, now in more recent times architecture is also considered the study and interpretation of space. In terms of architecture space is not empty. It has the potential to become a place where people interact and go about their daily lives. Space utilizes many modifying elements for an architectural reason to enhance the experience of occupying a certain space…

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…

Valeria Avila Guerrero October 30, 2017 Mech 194 Dr. Hight Error in Conceptual Design Case Study: Paconius and the Pedestal for Apollo This case study is based in the ancient world during the time of the temple of Apollo, where large stone pedestals were transported for construction and structural purposes. According to Henry Petroski in Design Paradigms, Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering, these stones were large and heavy which presented a challenge when transporting over…

Inca’s structure, and tools The Inca’s tools and buildings were mainly made of stone, and a little bit of wood in their buildings,but what is fascinating about them is how they built their houses. Stone tools were important to their life because wood tools couldn’t break stone, and their structures were made of stone (limestone or/and granite). Since the stone buildings were important( Machu Picchu or the city on the Andes mountains were also important), to the Incas way of life so it would be…