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First comprehensive architectural monograph by DEMOGO with images by Iwan Baan In their first comprehensive architectural monograph, the architects of DEMOGO explore the driving question of the importance of context for their architecture and invite designers and theorists to reflect with them on the relationship between contemporary spaces and complex contexts. Built and planned projects are presented in chronological order with specially produced drawings and models. The most remarkable buildings and contexts are captured through the eyes of renowned photographer Iwan Baan. The guest authors Petra Blaisse, Pippo Ciorra, Giovanni Corbellini, Sara Marini and Alberto Bertagna also shed light on central questions of DEMOGO's work and supplement the monograph with a variety of perspectives and personal reflections. First monograph by DEMOGO studio di architettura Contributions by Petra Blaisse, Pippo Ciorra, Giovanni Corbellini, Sara Marini, Alberto Bertagna. Bibliophile edition

Anonyme Architektur heute - und was wir von temporären Infrastrukturen lernen können Temporary Tecture ist eine Grundsatzerklärung zur Bedeutung temporärer Infrastrukturen in der Stadt: Sie gewährleisten nicht nur das Funktionieren zahlreicher Prozesse - vom Auf- und Abbau bis hin zu Orientierung und Schutz -, sondern prägen als überlagernde Schicht auch wesentlich das Stadtbild. Trotz ihrer Omnipräsenz fristen sie sowohl im fachlichen Diskurs als auch in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung nach wie vor ein Schattendasein. Dieses Buch eröffnet eine neue Perspektive auf das, was hier erstmals als zeitgenössische anonyme Architektur bezeichnet wird. Es zeigt, dass daraus sogar eine Architektursprache entsteht, von der Architekt:innen in Bezug auf Anpassungsfähigkeit, Nutzung lokaler Ressourcen, Kreislaufwirtschaft und konzeptionelle Radikalität lernen können. Temporäre Infrastrukturen neu betrachtet Bilderreiche und inspirierende Publikation Mit Beiträgen von Charlotte Maltere-Barthes, Jan De Vylder und Philip Ursprung

The Architectural Heritage of Postmodernism - Current State of Research on Architecture and Monument Preservation The architectural heritage of postmodernism bears witness to an era that was defined by the energy crises of the 1970s, the return to architecture as a means of communication and a conduit of meaning, neoliberalism in the construction sector, the end of grand narratives, and the spirit of optimism in the early 1990s. Focusing on the German-speaking world, this volume reveals how this heritage can be captured, preserved and further developed. It includes contributions from the conference of the same name, which took place in Weimar in March 2022 in collaboration with ETH Zurich. The authors shed light on the theoretical and practical challenges of dealing with an era that is subject to a wide range of qualitative perceptions and is - as its name suggests - still ongoing. Current state of research on postmodern architecture and its preservation New findings on the topic of building within existing structures Research reports in German with English summaries of each Also available as a set with the congress volume High-Tech Heritage 978-3-0356-2784-8

Learning from Einfach Bauen - the indispensable sequel! What is it like to live in one of the research houses? How has the concept of Einfach Bauen worked out in practice? This book presents an evaluation of long-term measurements in relation to three experimental buildings made of solid wood, masonry, and lightweight concrete in a monolithic construction form, and provides insights into how the designers' original ideas are reflected in actual use. The three buildings are compared in terms of environmental impact, costs, and comfort. Surveys of the residents and a photo series add to our understanding of the human experience. This transparent comparison is intended to contribute to the further development of the Einfach Bauen concept. Learning from Einfach Bauen / Building Simply (english edition) - the indispensable sequel! Measurement results from the usage phase and experiences of residents Specially commissioned photo series on how residents have adopted and adapted to the buildings

Lager als temporäre Massenunterkünfte wurden seit 1945 in der Architekturgeschichte lange ausgeblendet oder nur am Rande verhandelt. Antje Senarclens de Grancy betrachtet in ihrem Buch nun erstmals die Lager zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts im Kontext von Architektur und Städtebau der Moderne. Im Typus des Lagers verdichten, beschleunigen und radikalisieren sich wie unter einem Brennglas Entwicklungen der Moderne: Vorstellungen von Rationalisierung und Hygiene, von Normierung und Vorfertigung, von Stadtplanung und dem Umgang mit Individuen im Kriegs- und Katastrophenfall. Im Fokus stehen Flüchtlingslager im Ersten Weltkrieg als staatlich eingerichtete und von Architekten geplante Instant-Städte zur Internierung und Kontrolle. Zielgruppe des Buches sind Leser:innen mit Interesse an der Architekturmoderne, Rationalisierung, Hygiene, Vorfertigung und allgemeinem Interesse an der Geschichte des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und des Ersten Weltkriegs. Die Buchreihe Exploring Architecture macht Architekturwissenschaft zugänglich, stellt neueste Forschungsmethoden vor und deckt ein breites Spektrum an Epochen, Regionen und Themen ab. Eine neue Perspektive auf Wohn- und Städtebau der Moderne Architektur als Grundkonstante der globalen Lagergeschichte Bisher unveröffentlichtes Bildmaterial aus zentraleuropäischen Quellen zum Bauen in Kriegszeiten

Contrary to the view that postmodern architects regarded themselves as self-referential artists, this book draws on the buildings, projects and writings of Charles Willard Moore (1925-1993) to reveal the architect's socio-political aspirations. Moore, one of the founders of postmodernism, wanted to create places that would inform people about where and who they are. His designed spaces were intended to counteract the alienation created by a technocratic mass society. Moore's architecture was intended to create the conditions for political action in a public sphere that promotes a diversity of citizens' voices. Reese presents a reassessment of the work of Charles W. Moore, who dedicated himself to opposing a conformist mass society. On Charles W. Moore's interpretation of postmodern architecture Presentation of the various postmodern architectural approaches of Moore's era Scholarly reassessment of this architectural movement

Design hat sich längst als eigenständige Forschungskompetenz etabliert. Die Reihe New Experimental Research in Design (NERD) steht für einen öffentlichen Austausch, um die experimentelle Dimension der Designforschung zu reflektieren. Internationale Forscher*Innen zeigen ein reichhaltiges Spektrum an Ansätzen, die Anlass zu weiteren Debatten geben. In Zeiten vielfältiger Krisen bemüht sich die Autorenschaft dieses Bandes um taktische Antworten. Sie beschäftigen sich u. a. mit Experimenten zu more-than-human design, co-species production, kritischer algorithmischer Immersion, feministischer Auseinandersetzung mit dem "New Materialism". Von autoethnografischen Untersuchungen bis hin zu sozial engagierten Methoden hinterfragen sie nicht nur die zukünftige Rolle des Designs, sondern auch die der Designer*Innen.

This monograph introduces readers to locally conformally Kähler (LCK) geometry and provides an extensive overview of the most current results.  A rapidly developing area in complex geometry dealing with non-Kähler manifolds, LCK geometry has strong links to many other areas of mathematics, including algebraic geometry, topology, and complex analysis.  The authors emphasize these connections to create a unified and rigorous treatment of the subject suitable for both students and researchers.Part I builds the necessary foundations for those approaching LCK geometry for the first time with full, mostly self-contained proofs and also covers material often omitted from textbooks, such as contact and Sasakian geometry, orbifolds, Ehresmann connections, and foliation theory.  More advanced topics are then treated in Part II, including non-Kähler elliptic surfaces, cohomology of holomorphic vector bundles on Hopf manifolds, Kuranishi and Teichmüller spaces for LCK manifolds with potential, and harmonic forms on Sasakian and Vaisman manifolds.  Each chapter in Parts I and II begins with motivation and historic context for the topics explored and includes numerous exercises for further exploration of important topics.Part III surveys the current research on LCK geometry, describing advances on topics such as automorphism groups on LCK manifolds, twisted Hamiltonian actions and LCK reduction, Einstein-Weyl manifolds and the Futaki invariant, and LCK geometry on nilmanifolds and on solvmanifolds.  New proofs of many results are given using the methods developed earlier in the text.  The text then concludes with a chapter that gathers over 100 open problems, with context and remarks provided where possible, to inspire future research.

Corbusier entwarf und baute nicht nur Kirchen, er setzte sich auch intensiv mit Religion und Glauben auseinander und prägte durch sein Schaffen maßgeblich die Kirchenarchitektur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch erläutert Le Corbusiers Verhältnis zur Religion, stellt seine Entwürfe zu La Sainte-Baume, der Kapelle von Notre Dame du Haut de Ronchamp, dem Kloster La Tourette und der Kirche St. Pierre vor und untersucht seinen Einfluss auf die weitere Kirchenarchitektur des 20. Jahrhunderts in Europa. Dazu gehören die Jubilee Church von Richard Meier, die Ignatius Kapelle von Steven Holl, die Santa Maria Kirche von Álvaro Siza, Tadao Andos "Meditation Space" und die Kapelle der Versöhnung von Reitermann & Sassenroth.Für die zweite Auflage wurden Einleitung, Schlusskapitel und Bibliografie überarbeitet und ergänzt.

This monograph provides a comprehensive and self-contained treatment of continuum physics, illustrating a systematic approach to the constitutive equations for wide-ranging classes of materials. Derivations of results are detailed through careful proofs, and the contents have been developed to ensure a self-contained and consistent presentation.Part I reviews the kinematics of continuous bodies and illustrates the general setting of balance laws. Essential preliminaries to continuum physics ¿ such as reference and current configurations, transport relations, singular surfaces, objectivity, and objective time derivatives ¿ are covered in detail. A chapter on balance equations then develops the balance laws of mass, linear momentum, angular momentum, energy, and entropy, as well as the balance laws in electromagnetism.Part II is devoted to the general requirements on constitutive models, emphasizing the application of objectivity and consistency with the second law of thermodynamics. Common models of simple materials are then reviewed, and in this framework, detailed descriptions are given of solids (thermoelastic, elastic, and dissipative) and fluids (elastic, thermoelastic, viscous, and Newtonian).A wide of variety of constitutive models are investigated in Part III, which consists of separate chapters focused on several types of non-simple materials: materials with memory, aging and higher-order grade materials, mixtures, micropolar media, and porous materials. The interaction of the electromagnetic field with deformation is also examined within electroelasticity, magnetoelasticity, and plasma theory.Hysteretic effects and phase transitions are considered in Part IV. A new approach is established by treating entropy production as a constitutive function in itself, as is the case for entropy and entropy flux. This proves to be conceptually and practically advantageous in the modelling of nonlinear phenomena, such as those occurring in hysteretic continua (e.g., plasticity, electromagnetism, and the physics of shape memory alloys).Mathematical Modelling of Continuum Physics will be an important reference for mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and other scientists interested in research or applications of continuum mechanics.

Since 2019 Ghent Analysis & PDE Center (GAPC) has been organising international workshops, conferences, seminars, and other scientific events covering a wide range of pioneering topics in Analysis and PDEs. In the winter of 2023, the GAPC decided to collect and publish mathematical results presented by women mathematician hosted at the center. This collection, in the form short papers, presented in the current book offers a wide range of state of art in Analysis and PDEs and disseminates the scientific discoveries of GAPC's visitors and members to scientists outside of the center. The short papers published in current volume in the subseries Research Perspectives Ghent Analysis and PDE Center within the book series Trends in Mathematics are peer-reviewed written versions of the talks presented by women at GAPC events and are grouped accordingly. The current volume is strictly speaking in the realm of pure mathematics, but aims to be of interest not only to scientists in the field, butalso to anyone who has an interest to other applied sciences that Analysis and PDEs have applications to. The collection will also include the talks given at the two workshops "Women in Generalised Functions", organised in 2022 and 2023.

In an increasingly globally-connected world, the ability to predict, monitor, and contain pandemics is essential to ensure the health and well-being of all. This contributed volume investigates several mathematical techniques for the modeling and simulation of viral pandemics, with a special focus on COVID-19. Modeling a pandemic requires an interdisciplinary approach with other fields such as epidemiology, virology, immunology, and biology in general. Spatial dynamics and interactions are also important features to be considered, and a multiscale framework is needed at the societal level, the level of individuals, and the level of virus particles and the immune system. Chapters in this volume explore the latest research related to these items to demonstrate the utility of a variety of mathematical methods. Perspectives for the future are also offered

The principal aim of the volume is gathering all the contributions given by the speakers (mini courses) and some of the participants (short talks) of the summer school "Modern Problems in PDEs and Applications" held at the Ghent Analysis and PDE Center from 23 August to 2 September 2023. The school was devoted to the study of new techniques and approaches for solving partial differential equations, which can either be considered or arise from the physical point of view or the mathematical perspective. Both sides are extremely important since theories and methods can be developed independently, aiming to gather each other in a common objective. The aim of the summer school was to progress and advance in the problems considered. Note that real-world problems and their applications are classical study trends in physical or mathematical modelling. The summer school was organised in a friendly atmosphere and synergy, and it was an excellent opportunity to promote and encourage the development of the subject in the community.

The book captures a fascinating snapshot of the current state of results about the operator-norm convergent Trotter-Kato Product Formulæ on Hilbert and Banach spaces. It also includes results on the operator-norm convergent product formulæ for solution operators of the non-autonomous Cauchy problems as well as similar results on the unitary and Zeno product formulæ.After the Sophus Lie product formula for matrices was established in 1875, it was generalised to Hilbert and Banach spaces for convergence in the strong operator topology by H. Trotter (1959) and then in an extended form by T. Kato (1978). In 1993 Dzh. L. Rogava discovered that convergence of the Trotter product formula takes place in the operator-norm topology. The latter is the main subject of this book, which is dedicated essentially to the operator-norm convergent Trotter-Kato Product Formulæ on Hilbert and Banach spaces, but also to related results on the time-dependent, unitary and Zeno product formulæ. The book yields a detailed up-to-date introduction into the subject that will appeal to any reader with a basic knowledge of functional analysis and operator theory. It also provides references to the rich literature and historical remarks.

This volume guides early-career researchers through recent breakthroughs in mathematics and physics as related to general relativity. Chapters are based on courses and lectures given at the July 2019 Domoschool, International Alpine School in Mathematics and Physics, held in Domodossola, Italy, which was titled "Einstein Equations: Physical and Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity". Structured in two parts, the first features four courses from prominent experts on topics such as local energy in general relativity, geometry and analysis in black hole spacetimes, and antimatter gravity. The second part features a variety of papers based on talks given at the summer school, including topics like: Quantum ergosphereGeneral relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect modellingNumerical relativityLength-contraction in curved spacetimeClassicality from an inhomogeneous universeEinstein Equations: Local Energy, Self-Force, and Fields in General Relativity will be a valuable resource for students and researchers in mathematics and physicists interested in exploring how their disciplines connect to general relativity.

New fundamentals for designing future-oriented housing This book shows how architectural design can improve housing. It looks at 14 innovative multiunit dwelling projects through the lenses of current research on urban housing systems, driven by questions on social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Residential buildings designed for diverse cultural contexts are brought together and examined according to spatial antonyms: the individual and communal, the interior and exterior, and the determined and undetermined, to create a resource for future architectural practice. The book concentrates on design decisions and incorporates rich illustrations and conversations with architects and residents. It follows a series of talks curated by the Melbourne School of Design to extend the debate on the missing links between architectural practice and housing research. New fundamentals for designing future-oriented housing In-detail portraits of 14 impactful multi-unit dwelling projects by international architecture offices A rich set of illustrations created exclusively for this book

Cet ouvrage propose une contribution aux fondements de la théorie des espaces de Berkovich globaux. Cette approche récente à la géométrie analytique, qui mêle les théories classiques des espaces analytiques complexes et p-adiques, fournit un cadre géométrique naturel pour plusieurs théories arithmétiques, telle que la théorie d'Arakelov. Les auteurs suivent trois axes principaux, inexplorés au-delà de la dimension 1: catégorie, topologie et cohomologie. En particulier, ils introduisent une notion de domaine affinoïde surconvergent, pour lequel sont valables les analogues des théorèmes de Tate et de Kiehl.This monograph contributes to the foundations of the theory of global Berkovich spaces. This recent approach of analytic geometry, which blends the known theories of complex and p-adic analytic spaces, provides a natural geometric framework for several arithmetic theories, such as Arakelov geometry. The authors focus on three main themes which have yet to be investigated beyond dimension 1: category, topology, and cohomology. In particular, they introduce a notion of overconvergent affinoid domain where the analogues of Tate's and Kiehl's theorems hold.

This book collects papers related to the session ¿Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations¿ held at the 13th International ISAAC Congress in Ghent and provides an overview on recent trends and advances in the interplay between harmonic analysis and partial differential equations. The book can serve as useful source of information for mathematicians, scientists and engineers.The volume contains contributions of authors from a variety of countries on a wide range of active research areas covering different aspects of partial differential equations interacting with harmonic analysis and provides a state-of-the-art overview over ongoing research in the field. It shows original research in full detail allowing researchers as well as students to grasp new aspects and broaden their understanding of the area.

"Schönheit hat nichts mit Geld oder Finanzen zu tun, sondern mit Kreativität und Liebe", sagt Anna Heringer und trifft damit den Nerv der Zeit - das belegen volle Hörsäle, internationale Auszeichnungen, wie z.B. der Aga Kahn Award 2007 oder der OBEL Award 2020 sowie Ausstellungen im MoMA, im MAM Sao Paulo und bei der Biennale in Venedig oder die Einladung zum TED Talk 2017. In Form Follows Love erzählt Anna Heringer der Autorin Dominique Gauzin-Müller von ihrem Werdegang als Architektin, dem Studium, ihren Erfahrungen während eines Workshops von Martin Rauch, ihrer Praxis im Globalen Süden, bis hin zu ihren aktuellen Projekten im Globalen Norden. Sie teilt mit uns dabei die Erkenntnis, dass Lehm nicht nur ein umweltfreundlicher Werkstoff ist, sondern damit beim Bauen im besten Fall sogar gesellschaftlich heilsame Prozesse angestoßen werden können. Essenzieller Text der auf Lehmbau spezialisierten Architektin Anna Heringer Wie Architektur Umwelt und Gesellschaft positiv verändern kann Bauen mit lokalen Ressourcen zur Erhaltung des ökologischen Gleichgewichts Erhältlich in Deutsch, Französisch und Englisch

This book presents the analysis of viscous flows in thin tube structures, and develops a multi-scale method for modeling blood flow. For the reader's convenience, the authors introduce all necessary notions and theorems from functional analysis and the classical theory of the Navier-Stokes equations. The problems of all asymptotic methods used in the book are explained as well, such as the dimension reduction and the boundary layer method. Through several numerical experiments, readers will discover that the proposed methods are more flexible than the theoretically predicted conditions. Multiscale Analysis of Viscous Flows in Thin Tube Structures will be a valuable resource for a wide range of readers, including applied mathematicians, specialists in bio-engineering, and biophysicists.

This monograph meticulously examines the contributions of French mathematician Michel Chasles to 19th-century geometry. Through an in-depth analysis of Chasles' extensive body of work, the author examines six pivotal arguments which collectively reshape the foundations of geometry. Chasles introduces a novel form of polarity, termed "parabolic," to the graphic context, so expressing the metric properties by means of this specific polarity--a foundational argument. Beyond the celebrated "Chasles theorem," he extends his analysis to the movement of a rigid body, employing concepts derived from projective geometry. This approach is consistently applied across diverse domains. Chasles employs the same methodology to analyze systems of forces. The fourth argument examined by the author concerns the principle of virtual velocities, which can also be addressed through a geometric analysis. In the fifth chapter, Chasles' philosophy of duality is explained. It is grounded on theduality principles of projective geometry. Finally, the author presents Chasles' synthetic solution for the intricate problem of ellipsoid attraction--the sixth and concluding chapter. Throughout these explorations, Chasles engages in a dynamic scientific dialogue with leading physicists and mathematicians of his era, revealing diverse perspectives and nuances inherent in these discussions.Tailored for historians specializing in mathematics and geometry, this monograph also beckons philosophers of mathematics and science, offering profound insights into the philosophical, epistemological, and methodological dimensions of Chasles' groundbreaking contributions. Providing a comprehensive understanding of Chasles' distinctive perspective on 19th-century geometry, this work stands as a valuable resource for scholars and enthusiasts alike.

This monograph offers a self-contained introduction to the regularity theory for integro-differential elliptic equations, mostly developed in the 21st century. This class of equations finds relevance in fields such as analysis, probability theory, mathematical physics, and in several contexts in the applied sciences. The work gives a detailed presentation of all the necessary techniques, with a primary focus on the main ideas rather than on proving all the results in their greatest generality.The basic building blocks are presented first, with the study of the square root of the Laplacian, and weak solutions to linear equations. Subsequently, the theory of viscosity solutions to nonlinear equations is developed, and proofs are provided for the main known results in this context. The analysis finishes with the investigation of obstacle problems for integro-differential operators and establishes the regularity of solutions and free boundaries.A distinctive feature of this work lies in its presentation of nearly all covered material in a monographic format for the first time, and several proofs streamline, and often simplify, those in the original papers. Furthermore, various open problems are listed throughout the chapters.

The aim of this book is to introduce the reader to different topics of the theory of elliptic partial differential equations by avoiding technicalities and complicated refinements. Apart from the basic theory of equations in divergence form, it includes subjects as singular perturbations, homogenization, computations, asymptotic behavior of problems in cylinders, elliptic systems, nonlinear problems, regularity theory, Navier-Stokes systems, p-Laplace type operators, large solutions, and mountain pass techniques. Just a minimum on Sobolev spaces has been introduced and work on integration on the boundary has been carefully avoided to keep the reader attention focused on the beauty and variety of these issues. The chapters are relatively independent of each other and can be read or taught separately. Numerous results presented here are original, and have not been published elsewhere. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers specializing in partial differential equations.

This monograph presents a mathematically rigorous and accessible treatment of the interaction between information, decision, control, and probability in single-agent and multi-agent systems. The book provides a comprehensive and unified theory of information structures for stochastic control, stochastic teams, stochastic games, and networked control systems.Part I of the text is concerned with a general mathematical theory of information structures for stochastic teams, leading to systematic characterizations and classifications, geometric and topological properties, implications on existence, approximations and relaxations, their comparison, and regularity of optimal solutions in information. Information structures in stochastic games are then considered in Part II, and the dependence of equilibrium solutions and behavior on information is demonstrated. Part III studies information design through information theory in networked control systems - both linear and nonlinear - and discusses optimality and stability criteria. Finally, Part IV introduces information and signaling games under several solution concepts, with applications to prior mismatch, cost mismatch and privacy, reputation games and jamming. This text will be a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students interested in control theory, information theory, statistics, game theory, and applied mathematics. Readers should be familiar with the basics of linear systems theory, stochastic processes, and Markov chains.

The NLAGA's Biennial International Research Symposium (NLAGA-BIRS) is intended to gather African expertises in Nonlinear Analysis, Geometry and their Applications with their international partners in a four days conference where new mathematical results are presented and discussed. This book features the best papers presented during this Biennial. The different topics addressed are related to Partial Differential Equations, Differential inclusions, Geometrical Analysis of Optimal Shapes, Complex Analysis, Geometric Structures, Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic, Optimization, Optimal Control and Mathematical modeling. The main focus of the NLAGA project is to deepen and consolidate the development in West and Center Africa of Nonlinear Analysis, Geometry and their Applications, aimed at solving in particular real-world problems such as coastal erosion, urban network, pollution problems, and population dynamics.

This contributed volume presents recent advances as well as new directions in number theory and its applications. Algebraic and analytic number theory are the main focus with chapters showing how these areas are rapidly evolving. By gathering authors from over seven countries, readers will gain an international perspective on the current state of research as well as potential avenues to explore. Specific topics covered include: Algebraic Number TheoryElliptic curves and CryptographyHopf Galois theoryAnalytic and elementary number theory and applicationsNew Frontiers in Number Theory and Applications will appeal to researchers interested in gaining a global view of current research in number theory.