Architectural Styles and Movements: From Antiquity to Modernity
Key Quotes on Architecture
- Le Corbusier: “The masterly, correct, and magnificent play of volumes brought together in light.”
- Mies van der Rohe: “Architecture is the will of an epoch translated to space.”
- Pablo Campos: “Architecture is the composition of spaces in space.”
- Art: “The intellectualization of sensations through expression.”
Public Library Stockholm and Architectural Precedents
Public Library Stockholm (1920-27) by Erik Gunnar Asplund (1895-1940) introduces Modern Architecture in Scandinavia.
Read MoreMastering V-Ray Render Options in SketchUp
V-Ray for SketchUp: Mastering Render Options
Opening V-Ray for SketchUp – Render Options
The V-Ray for SketchUp Options controls all rendering parameters. You can open these Render Options from the Plugins menu above or click directly on the V-Ray Options icon.
Saving and Loading Option Settings
There are many Options settings in V-Ray for SketchUp. Users can save the current settings or save different files according to different scenes, different render quality settings, or different render engines.
Read MoreCybersecurity Threats: Cyberwarfare, Espionage, and Crime
Cyberweapons
- Cyberweapons are non-kinetic weapons that are still able to inflict damage.
- Example: The North Korean attack on Sony because of *The Interview*.
- Russian cyberwarriors shut down Georgian government websites before their kinetic attack when they moved into South Ossetia and began a brief war with Georgia.
- They also targeted communications and financial systems.
- Russian cyberwarriors shut down Georgian government websites before their kinetic attack when they moved into South Ossetia and began a brief war with Georgia.
- Example: The North Korean attack on Sony because of *The Interview*.
- Nonlethal forms of attack include:
- Shutting down government websites, disabling servers, making private emails public, and disrupting
Aviation Safety: ATC, Airports, and Operational Hazards
Topic 9 “Medium” Factors: ATC and Airports
The Aircraft Operating Environment
- Aircraft have their own “machine factors” relating to safety, but aircraft also operate in two key manmade environments:
- Airspace under air traffic control (ATC)
- Airports
- ATC and airports each present a set of hazards and safety aids for flight.
ATC and Navaid Safety Enhancements
- Most ATC/Navaid enhancements are “broad-in-purpose:”
- Flight efficiency
- Capacity enhancement
- Cost reduction
- Safety
- “Legacy” navaids and airspace