Integrating Robotic Fabrication in the Design Process

Does the application of robotic technologies in Southeast Asian cities, where the residential high-rise is pre-eminent, provide a unique opportunity to introduce bespoke design elements and liberate the high-rise from serial production and standardisation? Michael Budig, Jason Lim and Raffael Petrovic of the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) at the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC) introduce the research project ‘Design of Robotic Fabricated High Rises’ (2012-13) led by Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, exploring high-rise typologies and architectural scenarios for future vertical cities.     

广西城镇河道岸线空间控制利用规划的探讨

分析了广西城镇河道岸线空间利用中存在的问题,探讨了城镇岸线空间规划的模式和原则,针对城镇河道岸线空间控制利用规划的误区,提出可持续发展、保护生态等针对性的处理措施和建议.     

Equity and the City: The Case of the East Perth Redevelopment

This article examines the Commonwealth Government's urban planning initiative, the Building Better Cities Program, as it was implemented in the East Perth redevelopment. It analyses the disparity between one of the Program's key objectives, improved social justice, and the outcomes evident in East Perth. The nature of Commonwealth-State relations is examined to reveal that the tensions inherent in a federal polity are a cause of the redevelopment failing to achieve the objective of improved social justice outcomes.     

‘Working Well, Together’: Arts-Based Research and the Cultural Future of Small Cities

This article offers a research update on a 3-year programme initiated by the Kamloops Art Gallery and the University College of the Cariboo in Kamloops, British Columbia. The programme is supported by a ‘Community–University Research Alliance’ grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the collaboration focuses on the cultural future of small cities – on how cultural and arts organisations work together (or fail to work together) in a small city setting. If not by definition, then certainly by default, ‘culture’ is associated with big city life: big cities are equated commonly with ‘big culture’; small cities with something less. The Cultural Future of Small Cities research group seeks to provide a more nuanced view of what constitutes culture in a small Canadian city. In particular, the researchers are exploring notions of social capital and community asset building: in this context, ‘visual and verbal representation’, ‘home’, ‘community’ and the need to define a local ‘sense of place’ have emerged as important themes. As the Small Cities programme begins its second year, a unique but key aspect has become the artist-as-researcher. Correspondence and offprint requests to: L. Dubinsky, Kamloops Art Gallery, 101–465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9 Canada. Tel.: 250-828-3543; Email: ldubinsky@museums.ca     

重大节事与城市的可持续发展

该文由2008北京奥运会主办中存在的一些现象谈起，通过对1984年奥尔良世博会、1976年加拿大蒙特利尔奥运会、1972年德国慕尼黑奥运会和1996年亚特兰大奥运会的比较剖析，揭示了重大节事在承办过程中和承办之后对城市产生的巨大影响，并通过对1987年承办第六届全国运动会的广州天河体育中心十几年来发展状况的反思，阐明若能从城市可持续发展的角度制定相关的经营策略和发展模式，就能使重大节事成为城市发展历史中重要而紧扣的一环，重大节事为城市带来的硬件和软件两方面的积累若能产生良好互动和结合，将对城市产生深远的影响。     

一种边折叠三角网格简化算法

针对目前自动网格简化算法在大规模简化时往往丢失模型重要几何特征的问题，该文提出了一种改进的边折叠三角网格简化算法。在Garland算法基础上引入三角形重要度概念，并加入到误差测度中，使得二次误差测度不仅能够度量距离偏差，而且能够反映模型局部表面几何变化。实验结果表明新的算法在保持二次误差测度快速特点的同时，使得简化模型在较低分辨率下能够保持更多的重要几何特征，有效地降低了视觉失真。     

提高毛泽东思想、邓小平理论和三个代表重要思想概论教学实效性的措施

要提高毛泽东思想、邓小平理论和"三个代表"重要思想概论课教学的实效性,专题讲授建构授课内容是基础;不断提高教师的综合素质是关键;互动式教学是保障;改进考试方法是重要途径;加强社会实践是提高教学实效性的重要环节。     

35kV无人值守变电站设计要点

从电气主接线，变压器选择，配电装置布置，继电保护配置，通讯通道，补偿器设置和电缆敷设等方面，介绍35kV无人值守变电站设计要点。     

加快宁波市社区商业发展的思路和建议

社区商业是中心城区商业发展的重要内容,发展社区商业是强化城市服务功能,适应城市建设新形势 的客观要求。本文在分析宁波市社区商业发展现状的基础上,提出了加快发展的总体目标、主要内容和推进措施。