GrassHopper: Using the image sampler

Technology

Technology is an essential part of our lives today and few can imagine living without. We achieved a lot with the help of technology, for example we have the possibility to travel, keep in touch with friends on the other side of the earth and cure many illnesses. It means more freedom and choices for people but at the same time we have to consider the social imbalance, weapons of mass destruction and natural resource depletion. Jane Godall asks for a reason: “We are the most intelligent species walking on earth, how it comes we destroy on what we depend?” What has achieved so far is irrevocable, but we can still determine where it goes in the future.

One of the most important things everybody has to deal with is to overcome the short-termism, which prevails in governments, companies and individuals. Additionally we know, that decisions one individual takes are not necessarily good for the society as a whole. This doesn’t make it easier.

I think it is important to bear in mind the mutual goal: to keep the planet with mankind and all its beautiful animals and plants alive. This implies to make technology as positive as possible for humanity and the environment in the long run. The technology we create now creates the future and it should be for the people and make things easier and not more complicated. So what kind of society will we be?

Technology shapes the future and it can help to make it compatible with nature. It can help us to develop clean energy, transport possibilities with less emissions and low-energy houses to save resources. Technology is not only about technology itself or more efficiency and discovering new methods and processes; we have to add the component of art which is about to make wise choices for the future of technology. We should not develop technology because of itself, but to develop it, because it adds value to society and simplifies human life. For this, it needs to be discussed with experts from many fields and we have to relate the technology to the organization and the culture in which it should operate. And remember: There are no side effects – they are part of the technology.

Landscape

A landscape includes the physical elements of geophysically defined landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions.

Combining both their physical origins and the cultural overlay of human presence, often created over millennia, landscapes reflect a living synthesis of people and place that is vital to local and national identity. The character of a landscape helps define the self-image of the people who inhabit it and a sense of place that differentiates one region from other regions. It is the dynamic backdrop to people’s lives. Landscape can be as varied as farmland, a landscape park, or wilderness.

While the classic conception of landscape presumes that nature is stable, permanent and harmonious, and the romantic vision distinguishes nature as a chaotic force; in contrast, current artistic practices seem to explore the reciprocal effects generated by the dynamic interaction between humans and matter. This issue revisits the notion of landscape as an artistic genre in the contemporary artistic context.

Landscape and Urban Planning is an international journal aimed at advancing conceptual, scientific, and applied understandings of landscape in order to promote sustainable solutions for landscape change.

Landscapes are visible and integrative social-ecological systems with variable spatial and temporal dimensions. They have expressive aesthetic, natural, and cultural qualities that are perceived and valued by people in multiple ways and invite actions resulting in landscape change.

Landscapes are increasingly urban in nature and ecologically and culturally sensitive to changes at local through global scales. Multiple disciplines and perspectives are required to understand landscapes and align social and ecological values to ensure the sustainability of landscapes.

The journal is based on the premise that landscape science linked to planningand design can provide mutually supportive outcomes for people and nature.

Landscape science brings landscape ecology and urban ecology together with other disciplines and cross-disciplinary fields to identify patterns and understand social-ecological processes influencing landscape change. Landscape planning brings landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, landscape and ecological engineering, and other practice-oriented fields to bear in processes for identifying problems and analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating desirable alternatives for landscape change. Landscape design brings plans, designs, management prescriptions, policies and other activities and form-giving products to bear in effecting landscape change. The implementation of landscape planning and design also generates new patterns of evidence and hypotheses for further research, providing an integral link with landscape science and encouraging transdisciplinary collaborations to build robust knowledge and problem solving capacity.

Landscape examples:

1-  Courtyard of Silence

2-  Yokohama International Passenger Terminal

3-  Millenium Park 

4-  BIG U  (New York City)

 5-  West Louisville Food Port 

Grasshoper

Informatika dhe risimi ne arkitekture.

Prej nje shekulli historia e artit ne Europe nuk eshte vetem nje seri veprimesh dhe reagimesh te vecanta por nje levizje e ndergjegjes kolektive.

Shoqerine industrial tashme e ka zvendesuar nje shoqeri e informacionit e cila ka ndryshyar cdo rregull. Shoqeria e informacionit ka gjithmone nevoje per toje , ne vecanti per te prodhuar te mira manifekture.

Peisazhi si paradiagrame kryesore ne krijimin e arkitektures eshte kthyer fale edhe frontit te mendimit mbi mbetjet, ne fjale themelore.

Nje nga kritikat qe I drejtohet shpesh kerkimit qe ben arkitektura e re eshte ajo e perdorimit te materialeve “reklamuese” dhe komunikuese qe rrjedhimisht duhet ti heqin vertetesine nderteses.

Nje fakt interesant eshte se kapercimi I diktakteve te koherences, organicitetit, uniaritetit, ne raste shume te arrira sjell nje sukses te madh pikerisht ne funksionalizim e shume permendur.

Dy jane substancat per te patur ne mendje si motor te risimit arkitektonik qe po jetojm.E para eshte vezhgimi I copezimikt te mesazhit metropolitan. Substanca e dyte rrotullohet rreth konceptit te pejsazhit

 Tema kryesore e ketij shterimi eshte qe risimi I arkitektures te cilen po e jetojme gjate viteve te fundit. Dhe ky afrimitet pikerisht I substancave te reja krijon edhe mundesi te reja ne arkitekture.

Subastanact e reja arrjne te shnderrojne zonat e braktisura ne ndjenje te re estetike qe parasheh dhe imagjinon nje qytet te ndryshem.

Bashkesia e ketyre substancave arrijne te sjellin nje dallim te dukshem ne qendren e vertete te kerkimit arkitektonik, domethene ne idene e hapesires.

Keto substance gjejne te informatika si arsye edhe instrumenin e tyre.

Tendencat ndaj substancave kishin te benin me thjeshtezimin dhe standartizimin e proceseve industriale. Ne keto substance gjenden tendenca ndaj modernes, drejt transformimit te krizave te botes ne vlera estetike dhe etike ne nje kohe kur arkuetktura mund ti kultivonte dhe manifestonte.

Ne baze te ketyre tendecave ne vendet e vancuara teknologjikisht ky eshte nje ndryshim strukturor. Ne zonat te cilat jane te ndertuara me nje densitet shume te larte mund te vendosen gjelberim, pajisje rekreative. Kjo do te tjote qe krijimi I pjeseve te reja te jene te integruara ku se bashku me gjelberimin te jene dhe aktivitete nga shoqeria e informacionit.

Një ndërtesë nuk është më e mirë vetëm nëse funksionon dhe është efikase, por duhet të japë dhe të thotë më shumë; madje edhe simbolet dhe tregimet kur janë të dobishme. Ideja e hapësirës së brendshme si motor i arkitekturës ka ndryshuar edhe eshte permiresuar. E cila ka ndikuar edhe ne hapesire publike e cila ka marre nje rol te rendesishem.

Ne jetojme ne nje kohe me ndryshime te shumta, po krijohet nje raport me i ngushte me ambientin. Arkitektura shihet si nje element lidhes mes peisazhit dhe teknologjise. Teknologjia po ndryshon menyren se si jetojme dhe qendrojme duke krijuar mundesi te reja per te ardhmen. 

Pra shtimi i tendecave ndaj ketyre substancave dhe perdorimi me i madh i teknologjise po e drejton boten ne nje te ardhme me komplekse

Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside

Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside

The Clyde Waterfront & Renfrew Riverside project aims to regenerate the Clyde Waterfront as an attractive riverside and urban area that supports existing and promotes new residential, industrial, commercial, business, retail and leisure opportunities.

The proposals include the construction of a new opening bridge across the River Clyde, which will accommodate vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists, and the construction of the Renfrew North Development Road to better link communities and businesses on both sides of the river.

This will increase the potential for business growth, for businesses on both sides of the river, as they gain access to increased numbers of customers and suppliers throughout Renfrewshire, Clydebank, Glasgow and the wider Glasgow City Region.
The masterplan makes provision for just over 67,600m² of mixed use space and offers a flexible framework designed to complete the transformation of Pacific Quay into an attractive place to work, live and play.

The regeneration of the waterfront as an attractive, vibrant and sustainable urban area by improving access to key development sites, providing new housing, business and employment opportunities. Improved access for communities north & south of the Clyde to key residential, employment, healthcare, education, leisure and retail sites for all modes of transport, including improved opportunities for leisure and active travel alongside and across the Clyde.  

Enhanced local environment through the use of high quality landscaping to encourage high quality development and regeneration. Optimised operation of the local road network, resulting in improved journey time reliability and safety. Significantly reduced traffic flow through Renfrew Town Centre, particularly Inchinnan Road. 

Opportunity for enhanced public transport on both sides of the river including enhanced reliability through Renfrew town centre. This investment in infrastructure will help to create a more attractive, vibrant and sustainable place to  One of the first projects in the world to follow the new standard to minimise greenhouse gas emissions—directly contributing to the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

The potential ‘quality of place’ of the area cannot be overstated. The river frontage has been neglected for many years but offers significant opportunities for creating an attractive, vibrant and sustainable environment for a wide variety of uses on both banks of the River Clyde. This project has the potential to radically improve the current socio-economic conditions in the local area and by doing so influence improvements across the City Region. 

The project evaluation and optioneering process considered existing businesses and possible future development in the area and wider afield. 

The completed design seeks to enhance economic conditions, employment potential, and access to health, leisure and education centres for residents within the local area. The additional economic growth generated by the project ranks first amongst all city deal projects.

The key benefits steel offers bridge developers lower construction costs compared with other materials helps to save money for municipal governments. This advanced manufacturing has been identified as a key priority for Scotland and is a sector with significant growth potencial.

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