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REVIEW: Land Use and Population Research. (2018) ‘Housing Outcomes in Established Melbourne 2005 -2016: Monitoring Land Use Planning Outcomes’ State of Victoria Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Melbourne. Not only does the article cover the planning shift in the Melbourne region from single separate dwellings into high-rise construction and then back again, it also identifies activity centres and areas that have been subject to growth within the construction industry. While this does not cover the reason for the growth corridor of Melbourne increasing whether it be local, domestic population increase, or due to migrant population increases, it does look at where population densities are increasing. Of note is the consideration of residential building approvals as opposed to other statistical data in order to discover the actual shift, or growth in the Melbourne housing market. Covering the sale value of high-rise construction and showing us that indeed fo...

NOTES: Land Use and Population Research. (2018) ‘Housing Outcomes in Established Melbourne 2005 -2016: Monotoring Land Use Planning Outcomes’ State of Victoria Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Melbourne. Introduction: - Housing development activity accross metropolitan melbourne - Compliments ABS - Profiles 12 years of housing o Increased residential construction o Throughout melbourne Context: - Total number of dwellings o Doubled o 27’000 – 58’000 o 2005-2017 - Detatched houses o Record high over 18’000 in 2017 - Middle and outer LGA o Stable 9000 pa Outer LGA:  Brimbank, frankston, greater dandenong, knox, maroondah, mornington penninsula, nillumbik, yarra ranges Middle LGA:  Banyule, Bayside, Boroondara, Darebin, Glen Eira, Hobsons Bay, Kingston, Manningham, Maribynong, Monash, Moonee Valley, Moreland, Whitehorse. Inner:  Melbourne, Port Philip, Stonnington, Yarra - Middle and outer: o Small scale developm...

REVIEW: A.H. Mahmoud, R.H. Omar., 2014. ‘Planting Design for Urban Parks: Space Syntax as Landscape Design Assesment Tool.’ Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt. Sciencedirect.com RESEARCH ARTICLE DELIVERS HYPOTHETICAL PARK LAYOUT IN CAIRO. Utilizing the ‘Depthmap’ Virtual Reality or Virtual Mapping tool to see where three major spacial layouts maybe effected by the use of, what the research nominates as ‘agents’. What agents are exactly we will never know but are lead to suppose that these are humans. As the research itself nominates that these are either potential user interactions or are potential vehicle interaction, though, no vehicle is expressed within the research. Whilt the research article identifies the history, the process, and the ideology behind the programming of spacial constructs to show potential spacial use, it does not support its research against or with any similar real life examples, as such; shows itself as being fundamentally flawed. The f...

NOTES: A.H. Mahmoud, R.H. Omar., 2014. ‘Planting Design for Urban Parks: Space Syntax as Landscape Design Assesment Tool.’ Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt. Sciencedirect.com ABSTRACT: Trees     Major factor     Design of spatial qualities     Outdoor spaces     Influence of spatial configuration     Tree planting     Visual fields     Urban park     Space syntax theory      Assume area can be considererd                     as a matrix of connected spaces     Quantitative properties of matrix     In form of syntactic          measurement Measurable with computer simulations Predicting social structure of proposed space Assesing design alternatives Significant value  Pedestrian movement level. INTRODUCTION: - Investigate freuency and range of ...

NOTES: Altan, H., Kang, J., Wang, X., 2014. ‘Parametric Study on the Performance of Green Residential Buildings in China’, University of Sheffield, UK, British University of Dubai, Uae, www.sciencedirect.com  Abstract: - Indoor environment on green buildings - Quantitative an qualitative improvement of residential building o In China  Hot summer  Cold winter  Scenarios of “energy efficiency” • Occupancy • Comfort • Energy efficiency o Subjective thermal comfort demand o Significant positive correlation with thermal performnce Introduction: - Chinese Urbanization: o Three dacades o Reform and opening o Ecenomic stimulus  Growth in rural areas  ‘green building’ - 12th five year plan: o Produce a comfortable building environment o Encourage   efficient use of energy o Utilize   energy conservation techniques o balance  prsonal occupant comfort  sustainable energy use  life cycle  health - ecological f...

REVIEW: Altan, H., Kang, J., Wang, X., 2014. ‘Parametric Study on the Performance of Green Residential Buildings in China’, University of Sheffield, UK, British University of Dubai, Uae, www.sciencedirect.com  The Article is finite in it’s approach to the consideration of how green buildings perform in China. It does outline the various climatic zones of the region, however it does not indicate a comprehensive array of buildings throughout these climatic conditions. Problematically, the research is unclear as to exactly how residents were moved to other buildings? And the numbers are given of almost 300 candidates reviewed. Though one would presume that the conditions of green building in China are far more wide reaching than this. The study is excellent in its considerations of the load capacity as influenced by portable devices that are to alter climate, and, the research comes to the conclusion that; human beings will attempt to alter their internal environments th...

Review: A Review on Traditional Architecture Houses in Buddhist Culture  Sarker, R, Cluri, S, ‘A Review on Traditional Architecture Houses in Buddhist Culture’, American Joural of Civil Engineering and Architecture, pp113-123, July 14, 2017. Sarker, R, Cluri, S, ‘A Review on Traditional Architecture Houses in Buddhist Culture’, American Joural of Civil Engineering and Architecture, pp113-123, July 14, 2017. I can’t fully state that this article fully accomplishes the task that it set itself to accomplish. There is no real appraisal of traditional Buddhist Architecture as the title may suggest. In fact as far as literature reviews go, this is a list of various articles (18 articles) with pictures, of various dwellings from the Asian region.  By no means does the review of articles that span the scope of Bhutan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, China, Nepal, and Myanmar do us a disservice by this, we are treated to a ‘further reading’ article that divulges summaries of full...