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Restoration Review of the First Baptist Church in Urbana, Illinois (1838-)

  • kim, jin-ho
    • Journal of Urban Science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.59-62
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the history and significance of the building and its site of First Baptist Church in Urbana, Illinois. Before the full-scale restoration work is initiated, historical confirmation of the building is necessary. Therefore, this paper examined the historical significance of the church through the in-depth literature review and examined the interior and exterior conditions thoroughly. Ultimately, this paper can contribute to make up the restoration work list and to determine the priority of them.

Workshop Method Adaptation of SI Theory for Applying Closed Schools (SI(Skeleton/Infill)이론을 적용한 폐교활용의 워크숍 방법론)

  • Yi, Yong Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2011
  • Despite the high historical and topological values, closed schools are rarely reutilized. The reason can be likely explained by integrity of the building structure and unawareness of the operation and maintenance for closed schools. The purpose of this study is finding a possibility of reusing closed schools by deploying SI (Skeleton and Infill) theory. SI theory is separating the "skeleton" like structure from "infill" such as interior furnishings to extend building life without complete demolishing of the building. It will allow satisfying various local community demands by alternating infill without demolishing of historical and topological value of the building. The experimental test was undertaken with closed school for this study. The local community's demands or opinions were reflected to develop a strategy for deploying infill system especially movable storage furniture to closed school. The study finds possibilities that SI theory can assist local community to 1) construct potential demand for utilizing closed school and 2) suggest strategy for operating and maintaining closed school.

A Study on the Historical Comparative of Smoke Control for Fire Safety Law and Building Law (국내의 연기제어 관련 소방법과 건축법의 변천과정에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hye-Won;Jin, Seung-Hyun;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.97-98
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    • 2017
  • These days the buildings are getting higher, bigger, and in a deep. According to that, it was the Large-Scale casuality by smoke from Daeyeongak Hotel fire in 1971 to Uijeongbu apartment fire in 2015, and the law of smoke control has consistently changed. but the analysis for improving the law isn't working. Therefore on this study, it conducts the analysis of historical comparative about smoke control and it will present the basic data for improving the law of smoke control and in-depth analysis.

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Practical seismic assessment of unreinforced masonry historical buildings

  • Pardalopoulos, Stylianos I.;Pantazopoulou, Stavroula J.;Ignatakis, Christos E.
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.195-215
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    • 2016
  • Rehabilitation of historical unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings is a priority in many parts of the world, since those buildings are a living part of history and a testament of human achievement of the era of their construction. Many of these buildings are still operational; comprising brittle materials with no reinforcements, with spatially distributed mass and stiffness, they are not encompassed by current seismic assessment procedures that have been developed for other structural types. To facilitate the difficult task of selecting a proper rehabilitation strategy - often restricted by international treaties for non-invasiveness and reversibility of the intervention - and given the practical requirements for the buildings' intended reuse, this paper presents a practical procedure for assessment of seismic demands of URM buildings - mainly historical constructions that lack a well-defined diaphragm action. A key ingredient of the method is approximation of the spatial shape of lateral translation, ${\Phi}$, that the building assumes when subjected to a uniform field of lateral acceleration. Using ${\Phi}$ as a 3-D shape function, the dynamic response of the system is evaluated, using the concepts of SDOF approximation of continuous systems. This enables determination of the envelope of the developed deformations and the tendency for deformation and damage localization throughout the examined building for a given design earthquake scenario. Deformation demands are specified in terms of relative drift ratios referring to the in-plane and the out-of-plane seismic response of the building's structural elements. Drift ratio demands are compared with drift capacities associated with predefined performance limits. The accuracy of the introduced procedure is evaluated through (a) comparison of the response profiles with those obtained from detailed time-history dynamic analysis using a suite of ten strong ground motion records, five of which with near-field characteristics, and (b) evaluation of the performance assessment results with observations reported in reconnaissance reports of the field performance of two neoclassical torsionally-sensitive historical buildings, located in Thessaloniki, Greece, which survived a major earthquake in the past.

The Study on the Construction Criteria and Dujabee Technique of the Construction of the Cheomseongdae (첨성대축조 규준방식과 드잡이기술에 대한 기술사적 접근 연구)

  • Kim, Derk Moon
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.92-103
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    • 2012
  • The Cheomsungdae was built in the Silla dynasty during the reign of queen Seondeok. It has a round cylindrical structure with a flowing curved fa ade. The identity of the Cheomsungdae has not been revealed since there is not much historical evidence or documents about the building. This study is trying to investigate the building technique and method from the technical point of view of the past when it was constructed. There have been much work and studies done for the Cheomsungdae, but not much were focusing on the technical aspects of the building. In addition there are many questions and doubts about the hypothesis of the building technique of Cheomsungdae since there aren't any remaining documents or historical evidence supporting it. Among many questions, we think that the discussion on falsework technique is not considering traditional construction method of the Dujabee (a traditional construction technique using various tools and equipment for the stability of the building) technique. Therefore, it is hard to identify them as reliable historical facts. As the result of the study, we want to provide the basic data on the construction techniques of Korean traditional architecture and broaden the study scope of technical history by narrowing the errors. The study could be summarized into three points. 1. The historical architecture Cheomseongdae was constructed by using traditional crane techniques such as a Noklo (pulley ladder). Cheomseongdae was re-evaluated as a high level technology for the history of architecture. 2. The benchmark method on Cheomseongdae construction has been applied with a precise scientific method based on the geometrical principals using the central axis. 3. In terms of the history of Korean traditional architecture technology, as there aren't many studies done we proposed various basic data for the traditional crane techniques and criteria of Korean traditional architecture technology. We could expect various and active studies for the technical approach of the history of architecture.

A Study on the Construction Cost Estimating System based on Historical Data in Apartment Housing (실적공사비 산정시스템에 관한 연구 - 공동주택을 중심으로 -)

  • Jun, Seok-Han;Choi, In-Sung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.5 no.1 s.15
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    • pp.111-121
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    • 2005
  • This study purposed to derive a model to estimate appropriate construction costs for the application of the estimation system based on historical construction data. For this purpose, it analyzed data ($1999\sim2004$) on the construction costs of reinforced concrete apartments (Long-Lamina-type apartments), which have been highly standardized and have a lot of relevant objective data using statistical analysis techniques and developed an estimation model.

A Study on the Presumption for Attenuation Relation by MT. O-dae earthquake data in Korea (오대산 지진자료에 의한 거리감쇠식 추정에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Ki-Hyuk;Hwang, Wan-Seon;Yu, Hye-Ran
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.33-36
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    • 2008
  • In Korean Building Code 2005(KBC-2005), the Seismic Zone Factor is regulated by separating the seismic zone into two part. This seismic zone factor is not matched to regional seismic characteristics of our country because the factor is based on International Building Code 2000 (IBC-2000) of USA. This study inquiry for having a sufficient grasp of the seismic characteristics of south Korea region and appling for the seismic cope plan. We have collected and analyzed earthquake record happened in domestic region. There are two kinds of earthquake record. One is Historical earthquake data, another is Instrumental earthquake data. I used Instrumental earthquake record data which reliance is higher than historical earthquake data for proposing attenuation formulas by analyzing a correlation the epicenter and the distance.

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Enhancing the digitization of cultural heritage: State-of-Practice

  • Nguyen, Thu Anh;Trinh, Anh Hoang;Pham, Truong-An
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.1075-1084
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    • 2022
  • The use of Hi-Tech in cultural heritage preservation and the promotion of cultural heritage values in general, particularly artifacts, opens new opportunities for attracting tourists while also posing a challenge due to the need to reward high-quality excursions to visitors historical and cultural values. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Hi-Tech in new building management have been widely adopted in the construction industry; however, Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) is an exciting challenge in 3D modeling and building management. For those reasons, the Scan-to-HBIM approach involves generating an HBIM model for existing buildings from the point cloud data collected by Terrestrial 3D Laser Scanner integrated with Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), contributes to spatial historic sites simulation for virtual experiences. Therefore, this study aims to (1) generate the application of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality to Historic Building Information Modeling - based workflows in a case study which is a monument in the city; (2) evaluate the application of these technologies to improve awareness of visitors related to the promotion of historical values by surveying the experience before and after using this application. The findings shed light on the barriers that prevent users from utilizing technologies and problem-solving solutions. According to the survey results, after experiencing virtual tours through applications and video explanations, participant's perception of the case study improved. When combined with emerging Hi-Tech and immersive interactive games, the Historic Building Information Modeling helps increase information transmission to improve visitor awareness and promote heritage values.

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A Study on the Change Factors by Activities for Estimating Historical Cost on Apartment Housing Projects (공동주택 실적공사비 산정시 공종별 변동요인에 관한 연구)

  • You, Yong-Hwan;Lee, Kyoo-Hyun;Kim, Chong-Woen;Choi, In-Seung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.117-126
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    • 2004
  • Construction industry is faced with the problems such as the quickly changeable circumstance and increasing construction companies due to regulation mollification of company registration. In order to overcome these problems, new estimation system based on historical estimation cost is ready to introduce by government step by step. But the time of transition for estimation system causes another problems such as chaos addition to simultaneity of a standard of estimation system and new estimation system, lack of related regulation, accumulation of historical extensive cost data, and adjustment methodology when historical estimation data is applied to next projects. The purpose of this study is to suggest the change factors by activities for estimating historical cost for apartment housing projects. New estimation system is based on historical construction data. For application of this system, the standard adjustment methodology system is necessary. and extensive cost data should be accumulated under an unified construction work classification system. Therefore in this study, according to the construction work classification system, every apartment housing project was classified to 16 work classifications, and 7 major composed items which occupy more than 85% of construction costs are analyzed by detailed activities and by average ratio and maximum ratio each of them. In the result of the study, furniture work, foundation work and masonry work are the works which have big gap of costs between average ration and maximum ratio. In addition to suggestion of change factor by work species, 5 qualified construction specialists are interviewed and change factors in 7 major works are analyzed.

The Evolution and Structural Characteristics of Scaffolding Constructions in Macao Area from Historical Documents and Visual Materials (문헌 및 도상(圖像) 사료를 통해 본 마카오 '붕식(棚式)' 건축의 연원(淵源)과 구조 형식)

  • Hong, Shu-ying;Han, Dong-Soo
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.7-20
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    • 2023
  • The construction method of scaffolding structures is different from Mortise and Tenon and bucket arch structure of traditional large woodwork. It forms an independent construction system-fixing nodes with knots, a large number of diagonal braces are used to fix shelves and the structures mostly contain X-shape and triangular shape details. Simple ones include stalls, sheds, rain sheds, altars, lamp racks etc. But the scaffolding with larger scale and more complicated structure are modeled on archways, theatres and other buildings which are used in commercial and festival activities. At present, Macao, Hong Kong, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shanxi and other places in China have retained the custom of using scaffolding structures in important festival activities, but their uses, techniques and building types are slightly different from place to place. Due to building and demolishing at any time, the construction and service cycle is short. As a result, there are almost no physical objects left. We can only deduce the use and technical characteristics of ancient scaffolding skills through the colorful building styles that have been preserved with folk activities in various parts of China, the craftsmanship handed down from generation to generation by the scaffolding guild and artisans, and the description of cultural and historical materials and the mutual corroboration of visual materials.