Architecture Essays

Scrap Tires as Seismic Isolation Material
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Abstract Nowadays, many techniques are invented to prevent structures from the damages caused by earthquakes but the most effective design is isolation technique. However, the technique ...

Are Neoclassical Buildings Fascist Architecture?
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Are Neoclassical buildings Fascist architecture, and should the political foundations of a building besmirch the aesthetics and style of the design? Architecture should arguably take res...

Borromini’s Past and its Impacts on San Giovanni In Laterano
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Throughout the semester we have delved into the finest moments in Francesco Borromini’s architectural career. We’ve seen masterpieces constructed, inspirations flourish, enemies made, all enc...

The Impacts of Deconstructivism towards the Future of New Zealand Architecture Designs
8th Feb 2020
Introduction:   x Abstract: The Impacts of Deconstructivism towards the Future of New Zealand Architecture Designs The importance of this report is to introduce deconstructivism...

Community Architecture in the Global North and South
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Community architecture is based around the idea of ‘self-build’. There are various definitions by a number of key figures linked with the movement but the essence is the importance of user in...

Contemporary Designed Landscapes: Chongae Canal Restoration Project
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Chongae Canal Restoration Project This essay will examine the Chongae Canal restoration project. A social, political and environmental project. What was a polluted waterway later covered...

Critical Regionalism in Singapore's Modernist Architecture
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Examine modernist architecture in Singapore through the framework of Critical Regionalism by Kenneth Frampton. Abstract In today’s age of globalisation, the rest...

Relationship Between Human and Nature and Design Strategies
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Theory and Research for Design Research Text Introduction How long have you been disconnected from nature? What is the last time you walk within trees, barefoot outside...

Adaptive Redesign for Jose Marti Park
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Due to climate change, global natural disasters are becoming more frequent and intense, sea levels rise, extreme weather and floods occur frequently, and become natural disasters, causing massive...

How Does the Architect Manage Risks in Projects by Using Contracts?
8th Feb 2020
Introduction: INTRODUCTION Architects should never underestimate the importance of risk management in their professional practices. In fact, contract is the single most effective tactic to help archit...

How Can BREEAM Help to Achieve a High Quality Sustainable Urban Design in Public Transport?
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: How can BREEAM help to achieve high qualitysustainable urban design in PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM A case of Dhaka, Bangladesh   Table of contents Int...

Role of Culture in Promoting Architectural Identity
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Culture is“the complex of distinctive attainments, beliefs, traditions [which establish] the background of [a] racial, religious, or social group” (Kenney, 1994). “Architecture is...

Van Doesburgh’s Open Plan House:Analysis of Elementarist Architecture
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: De Stijl – Van Doesburg’s Open-plan House A study about Van Doesburgh’s open plan house and the analysis of Elementarist architecture.  ...

Critical Regionalism, Interplay and Formalism
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Critical regionalism, interplay and formalism This essay discusses the inherently rich means of describing and thinking about architecture seen in Gadamer’s notion of interplay and Fr...

Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland “The last battle of the colonized against the colonizer will often be the fight of the colonized against each other.” Franz Fanon...

Relationship Between Architecture and the Human Experience
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: ARCHITECTURE AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE. “Architecture and site should have an experimental connection, a metaphysical link, a poetic link” and “…if we consider the order (the idea) t...

Methods for Assessing Building Sustainability
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Taking a BREEAM scheme and its comparable schemes from other environmental assessment methodologies, please describe their differences and advantages and disadvantages CONTENTS ...

Cullen’s Theory of Conformity in Urban Planning
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Theoretical Concept: Cullen’s Conformity Place: Ferry Road, Grangetown     Cullen’s theory of conformity tackles the reality of the way cities a...

Living with Buildings - Wellcome Collection
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Living with Buildings – Wellcome Collection   The Wellcome Building located in London, England. Source: WilkinsonEyre The impact of buildings on our physica...

Acoustics and Critical Listening: Studio Design
23rd Sep 2019
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Simple but fascinating build idea of a small house.
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Simple but fascinating build idea of a small house. This essay will be analysing the function, aesthetics, form of construction and the use of materials of the Moore House designed by C...

Poli House: Deconstructivism vs Minimalism
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: ­­­­  Deconstructivism vs Minimalism  Poli House – CASAPOLI The Poli House is a modern cubical residence located on the Coliumo pen...

Urban Architecture in Rio de Janeiro
23rd Sep 2019
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Perception of Human Spaces
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Perception of Human Spaces Can perception of public spaces be altered by their surrounding physical and metaphysical environments? Introduction and Narrative “The mo...

Sound and Sensory Spaces in British Neolithic Burial Monuments
23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: CC2: Illustrated Essay Explore how sound has been used to create ‘sensory spaces’ in British Neo  lithic burial monuments Explore how sound has bee...