Browsing Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research Books by Title
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Case Studies of Child Play Areas and Child Support Facilities
(1978-08-01)Results of a post-occupancy evaluation of child care centers and outdoor play environments. This report covers 50 children's environments around the U.S. and Canada, and is based on the results of facility inventories, ... -
Dementia Day Care Design: Solutions from an Interprofessional Student Practicum: A Report of Research
(2001-01-01)This monograph presents discrete design interventions developed by architecture, interior design and landscape architecture students in an inter-professional practicum. Students developed an understanding of the context ... -
Density Measures and Their Relation to Urban Form
(1988-06-01)The relationship between density and urban form is explored using four dwelling types: Single family detached housing, row housing, low-rise garden apartments and high-rise apartments. Ninety-nine typical site layouts of ... -
Design Guidelines for Montessori Schools
(1987-01-01)The purpose of this thesis is to provide architects, designers, and teachers with design guidelines they must be aware of when designing for the child's environment necessary to enhance the Montessori method of teaching. ... -
Designing a Better Day: Annotated Bibliography of Adult Day Care Literature, 1990-1998
(1999-01-01)This monograph contains 56 annotated bibliographies of literature published since 1990 on Adult Day Care facilities. The annotations are organized into five components - organization, staff, family, client, and physical ... -
Designing a Better Day: Adult Day Centers: Comparative Case Studies
(2001-01-01)The Adult Day Center (ADC) is emerging as a new and important social institution and place type in the continuum of care environments. Nine case studies representing the range of ADC's currently operating in the United ... -
Domus I and Dymaxion: Two Concept Designs for Lunar Habitats
(1993-06-01)Two concept designs for lunar habitats are explored and developed in this monograph based on human factors/environment-behavior considerations. Attention is given to initial operating configuration design requirements, ... -
Early Childhood Physical Environment Observation Schedules and Rating Scales: Preliminary Scales for the Measurement of the Physical Environment of Child Care Centers and Related Environments
(1994-01-01)This packet of schedules, scales, and procedures is intended for the systematic assessment of the quality of the physical environment of child care centers and related early childhood environments. Already in use in several ... -
Educational Facilities for the Twenty-First Century: Research Analysis and Design Patterns
(1994-01-01)This handbook examines the relationship between school buildings and educational performance. Following the introductory chapter, Chapter 2 presents findings from empirical studies that have examined the building/performance ... -
Educational Facilities: The Impact and Role of the Physical Environment of the School on Teaching, Learning and Educational Outcomes
(1994-01-01)The quality of the educational environment is rapidly diminishing due to the plethora of social and economic problems plaguing urban communities. Due to this crisis, the physical infrastructure of school systems is being ... -
Environments for People with Dementia: Annotated Bibliography, Vol. II
(1993-01-01)This monograph reviews current literature published since 1986 about people with dementia, therapeutic goals for this population, and the social, organizational, and physical environments in which they live. This volume ... -
Form/Space and the Language of Architecture
(1974-01-01)An analysis of the perception and meaning of architecture and urban design from a Gestalt point of view. The report looks at meanings associated with architecture and relates these to a visual grammar that can be used to ... -
Genesis II: Advanced Lunar Outpost
(1991-06-01)Sponsored by NASA/Universities Space Research Association, this study investigated advanced lunar habitats for 11 astronauts and mission specialists for durations of 20 months. Design recommendations are based on environmental ... -
Genesis Lunar Outpost: Criteria and Design
(1990-06-01)This study, the third in the space architecture series, focuses on the design of an early stage lunar outpost. The driving assumptions of the scenario are that the base would serve as a research facility and technology ... -
Genesis Lunar Outpost: Program/Requirements Document for an Early Stage Lunar Outpost
(1989-12-01)Second document in a series from the Space Architecture Design Group. Developed under the first year of a three-year grant from NASA, the program covers humans factors, environment-behavior, structural, construction ... -
Green Preservation: Rehabilitating Buildings
(1996-05-01)The thesis analyzes the incorporation of historic preservation with environmental practices in the rehabilitation of buildings. Case studies are presented which demonstrate the differences between a project that is designed ... -
Growth Management and Environmental Quality
(1994-01-01)Poorly managed growth creates major problems such as inefficient transportation patterns, excessive infrastructure costs and reduced productivity in the workplace. The Growth Management Institute worked with graduate ... -
Housing Needs in Milwaukee: A Summary of a Survey of Milwaukee Non-Profit Organizations Assessing Housing Needs, Development Efforts and Collaborative Possibilities
(1998-01-01)In the last few years there have been several dramatic changes at the state and city level regarding housing and welfare policy. This report documents the results of a survey of 90 non-profit organizations involved in ... -
Hybrid Housing: A Contemporary Building Type for Multiple Residential & Business Use
(1991-12-01)This report documents 100 cases of a re-emerging building type: Hybrid housing or residential structures intentionally designed to contain both residential and business space, and in which residents occupy and manage both ... -
Impact of Design Interventions in Nursing Home on Residents with Dementia, Their Families, and the Staff
(2001-01-01)The purpose of this study was to determine whether certain design interventions in a nursing home affected resident with dementia outcomes, family involvement and interaction, and staff perceptions of care delivery. The ...