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The walls and ceiling of the concession stand at the Zoom Floom have been reduced almost entirely to their structural components ... and even those aren't doing too well.
National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Wales, UK
Sir Norman Foster designed the main glasshouse for the National Botanic Garden of Wales, which opened in 2000. The 95m greenhouse is the largest of its kind in the world, with 785 panels of glass. Steel structural ribs suspend panels of glass with a soft curvature similar to his Canary Wharf entrance. The bulb protrudes from the green grass like a futuristic mound. The relationship between man-made and natural takes a twist, on this site of man-made nature.
Set in rolling hills overlooking the Tywi Valley in Carmarthenshire, the Great Glasshouse forms the centrepiece of the 230-hectare National Botanic Garden of Wales. The largest single-span glasshouse in the world, containing more than a thousand Mediterranean plant species, it reinvents the glasshouse for the twenty-first century, offering a model for sustainable development.
Elliptical in plan the building swells from the ground like a glassy hillock, echoing the undulations of the surrounding landscape. The aluminium glazing system and its tubular-steel supporting structure are designed to minimise materials and maximise light transmission. The toroidal roof measures 99 by 55 metres, and rests on twenty-four arches, which spring from a concrete ring beam and rise to 15 metres at the apex of the dome. Because the roof curves in two directions, only the central arches rise perpendicular to the base, the outer arches leaning inwards at progressively steep angles. The building's concrete substructure is banked to the north to provide protection from cold northerly winds and is concealed by a covering of turf so that the three entrances appear to be cut discreetly into the hillside. Within this base are a public concourse, a café, educational spaces and service installations.
To optimise energy usage, conditions inside and outside are monitored by a computer-controlled system. This adjusts the supply of heat and opens glazing panels in the roof to achieve desired levels of temperature, humidity and air movement. The principal heat source is a biomass boiler, located in the park's Energy Centre, which burns timber trimmings. This method is remarkably clean when compared with fossil fuels, and because the plants absorb as much carbon dioxide during their lifetime as they release during combustion, the carbon cycle is broadly neutral. Rainwater collected from the roof supplies 'grey water' for irrigation and flushing lavatories while waste from the lavatories is treated in reed beds before release into a watercourse.
Facts + Figures
•Appointment: 1995
•Completion: 2000
•Area: 5,800m²
•Height: 14m
•Capacity: 40
•Client: National Botanic Garden of Wales
•Structural Engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates
•Quantity Surveyor: Symonds Ltd
•M+E Engineer: Max Fordham & Partners
•Additional Consultants: Gustafson Porter, Colvin and Moggridge
A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
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A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
Trinity Church (Bruck an der Leitha)
Bruck parish church
The Holy Trinity Church is the Roman Catholic parish church to the Holy Trinity in Bruck an der Leitha (Lower Austria).
First phase (1696-1702)
Second phase of construction (1738-40)
Last structural modifications (1782-83)
History
Since the old church of St. Martin before the gates of the "new" city in invasions of the enemy repeatedly was destroyed, for the ever growing population also long since became too small and the existing within the city walls monastery churches and chapels for worship (no longer) could be used, was in the mid-17th Century the decision taken to build a new parish church within the city gates. The siege by the Turks and the appearance of the plague thwarted these plans again and again. After the Ottoman army was defeated in 1683 successfully in the Battle of Vienna and the plague was considered extinct, the City Council in gratitude decided to build a dignified church on the main square newly. The church should be attached to the existing medieval tower. Served as the model the early Baroque Church of Gesù in Rome.
First phase (1696-1702)
Under architect Heinrich Hoffmann the nave was built parallel to the row of houses, which is why the city tower - now converted into a church tower - stands approximately 15 degrees rotated to the north. It was raised by the superstructure of the belfry and received a baroque spire.
Second phase of construction (1738-40)
The austere frontispiece was replaced by architect Johann Georg Windpässinger by the two-storey magnificent facade. The sculptural decoration was designed by Martin Vögerl (Marian column Hainburg an der Donau) and displays above the main portal (City Arms with the year 1740) the figure of St. John of Nepomuk with the representation of the Vltava River bridge at the base. Other figures in the basement are the portraits of the plague saints Sebastian with tree, Rochus with Pestbeule (bubo) at the knee and the Saint Florian with the bucket of water and the Holy Leopold. Upstairs - flanked by volutes crowned by vases from their ornamental vessels the flame of the sacrifice is licking - the representation of the Holy Archangel Michael, crashing Satan with a flaming sword into the abyss. In the tympanum a magnificent edged plate with the inscription: "QUIS UT DEUS" (Who is like God?)
Last structural changes (1782-83)
The spire was raised by the lantern of the death-knell and slightly modified in its shape (tower height: 53,35 m).
Pass away ringing:
The Schiedläuten (pass away ringing), (also: Scheideläuten, Scheidungsläuten, death ringing) means that when a case of death becomes known with the Schiedglocke (pass away bell) - in Switzerland/Austria also with the Zügenglocke (cf. "to be at one's last gasp" ) - is rung. This can be done either at the arrival of the news of the death, after the next Betläuten/Angelus or at another fixed time. In Austria there is also partly still the custom that in the event of death of a man the Schiedglocke rings three times, in the event of death of a woman two times and in the event of death of a child one time (Wikipedia).
Equipment
The interior is 42 meters long and 14 meters wide, the chapel niches on both sides each measure 3 meters. The single naved longhouse is spanned by a four-bay, slightly stuccoed lunette ton. Recessed pilasters, which are divided by double pilasters bear a sharp profiled beams to which join the barrel-vaulted galleries. The straight closing forms the retracted, two-bay choir.
The Baroque high altar from 1704 is a donation of Johann Jakob Stumpf, councillor and personal physician of Emperor Leopold I. Beautiful altarpiece depicting the Holy Trinity from the vicinity of Daniel Gran. Miraculous image of Our Lady of Sorrows (18th century) from the Spittelwaldkapelle (chapel). Statues of the apostles St. Paul (left) and St. Peter (right), of St. Barbara and St. Catherine with crown, sword and palm of victory in the entablature area.
Five side altars from the 2nd Quarter of the 18th century:
Corporis Christi or Corpus Christi altar with altarpiece of Saint Francis of Assisi from the mid-19th Century by the Viennese painter Leopold Schulz (School Professor Kuppelwieser).
Cross altar with an altarpiece Christ on the cross. Statues of Saint Jerome (left) and Augustine (right). Baptismal font from 1700, at the cover (second half of 18th century) the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan River by John the Baptist is shown.
Family altar with an altarpiece of the Holy Family: Mary and Joseph with the Infant Jesus, Elisabeth and Zacharias with the infant Saint John. Statues of St. Francis of Assisi (left) and Anthony of Padua (right), 1725 altar of Our Lady or Marie altar with oval image Mariahilf modeled after 16th Century. Baroque glass sarcophagus with relics of St. Theodorus martyr.
Plague altar with image of Saint Sebastian dying as a martyr (2nd half of 17th century), in front of it, lying Santa Rosalia with wreath of roses on her forehead. Statues of St. Rocco and St. Florian to 1730.
Baroque hanging pulpit, basket with relief of the Good Shepherd. Sounding board studded by group of evangelists, angels and tablets of commandments.
The in 1710 by Viennese organ architect Jakob Sippus built organ was enlarged in 1749 and has a statuette of King David at the closing. Currently, 300 wood and 996 tin pipes, the largest of five meters, the smallest one centimeter long.
The Great Bell (Vienna, 1752) shows a relief of the Madonna with Child, Peter, Paul and John of Nepomuk. With a diameter of 158 cm and a height of 150 cm, it sounds pitch h, with a weight of 2400 kg it is one of the largest bells in the province of Lower Austria .
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreifaltigkeitskirche_(Bruck_an_der_Leitha)
Structurally crinkled gyprock in the Permian of New Mexico, USA.
This is the famous (& former) State Line outcrop, along Rt. 180/Rt. 62 at the New Mexico-Texas border. The cut contains finely-laminated gyprock (rock gypsum), a finely crystalline-textured, chemical sedimentary rock composed of the mineral gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O - hydrous calcium sulfate). Gyprock is an evaporite, which forms by the evaporation of water (usually seawater) and the precipitation of dissolved minerals. The whitish layers are gypsum. The dark brown layers are calcite. Each gypsum-calcite couplet represents one year's worth of deposition. These layers could be called varves. The calcite-gypsum (or -anhydrite) couplets have been successfully correlated throughout the Delaware Basin. Spectacular crinkling, small-scale folding, and small-scale faulting are present at this site. The folds and faults formed as a result of early Cenozoic structural deformation, not gypsum-to-anhydrite (or vice-versa) transformations (see Anderson & Kirkland, 1987).
The crinkling seen above is thought to have inspired the decorations seen on some southwestern American Indian pottery (see photo elsewhere in this photo album).
This world-class outcrop was destroyed in the late 2000s by the highway department to convert the two-lane highway into a four-lane divided highway.
Stratigraphy: Castile Formation, upper Upper Permian
Locality: State Line outcrop, roadcut on either side of Rt. 180/Rt. 62, between Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park, immediately north of the Texas border, southern Eddy County, southeastern New Mexico, USA (32° 00' 34.2" North latitude, 104° 29' 55.0" West longitude)
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Reference cited:
Anderson, R.Y. & D.W. Kirkland. 1987. Banded Castile evaporites, Delaware Basin, New Mexico. Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Centennial Field Guide Volume 2: 455-458.
A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
There is not much of the interior left in the old Oak Knoll mortuary structure.When I was younger...err much younger...these ruins were extensive and easily seen from route 40.In this image you can get a sense of the inner construction,and why this structure is still around after 150 plus years...
From the book Structural Packaging by Josep Garrofé. Cut and cut-scored on my Craft ROBO from the book’s CD-ROM in less than 5 minutes.
A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 17, 2014) Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Anthony Trulson, from Colorado Springs, Colo., removes a panel from an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the "Fighting Black Lions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lorelei Vander Griend/Released)
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FORT NORFOLK, Va. – For years, Mother Nature’s fury has steadily eroded the structural integrity of the Fort Norfolk pier and wharf area, seriously degrading its operational effectiveness and jeopardizing its safe operation. Broken, crumbling and missing pilings; underneath pier foundation completely deteriorated; wharf top cap rotten away; mooring fasteners and piling bolts – gone! That was then. Today, new state-of-the-art structural upgrades expand the facility’s operation and extend its useful life for up to 15 years. The Fort Norfolk Bulkhead and Pier Repair project, under the design and construction management of Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began work in October 2011, and was completed ahead of schedule and more than $150,000 under budget. The Corps’ prime contractor, Team Henry Enterprises, LLC, based in Newport News, Va., is an 8A minority-owned small business. The project marked the first time Team Henry had performed work for Norfolk District, but their land work experience extended to other federal and state agencies. Completing the project ahead of schedule and below budget was no surprise to Steven Baum, Norfolk District’s project manager.
A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
Corian molded parts seamed over marine plywood structural frames.
Fabrication by Associated Fabrication.
Design by Pedestrian Studio + Inform Design.
The A93 had been earmarked for realignment since 1985 when a large landslip caused a substantial section of the road to fall into the gorge below, prompting the installation of a traffic light controlled Bailey Bridge. This provided a cheap, if not ideal solution prior to the landslip being properly repaired or bypassed. As far as temporary solutions go, the Bailey Bridge had a good run as the A93 through Craighall Gorge wasn't realigned till 2008. The traffic light Bailey Bridge was used by traffic until that time.
The road has now been closed for about five years and the signs of it's lack of maintenance are beginning to show. The forest is beginning to consume the road and a few cracks have started appearing through the tarmac at the edge of the former carriageway. It would have been a more severe version of this that first brought the road down in 1985. Just imagine trucks trying to fit down this now...
Fossil: Crinoid columnal - upper Kaibab limestone, 40 ft. below the canyon rim.
Though plant-like in appearance, crinoids, or sea lilies, were animals, sometimes described as seastars on a stick. They had structures like “roots” that could hold them in place, collect food, circulate fluid, and even act like feet in some species so they could walk across the sea floor.
They had a “stem” or column shaped body created by a series of discs stacked together with a central nerve running through. At the top of the body was a cup-like head with feeding structures radiating out from each. These feathery arms had some structural support and could be used in some species for crawling or swimming, though they were primarily used for filtering and capturing food from the water.
In the ancient seas these crinoids were so plentiful they formed "gardens" on the sea floor. Discs, individually or sometimes still stacked together, can be found in all the marine layers at Grand Canyon. These were the hardest parts of the animal and most readily preserved as fossils.
www.nps.gov/grca/naturescience/fossils.htm NPS/M.Quinn
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SAIFD AIR Program "Form & Structure" with Kenneth Snauwaert, AIFD.
October 23rd, 2011
(Photo Credit: Sandra Austoni)
Best in Show: "Double Beaumont" by Chris Oliver
A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
SAIFD AIR Program "Form & Structure" with Kenneth Snauwaert, AIFD.
October 23rd, 2011
(Photo Credit: Sandra Austoni)
A national juried exhibition with a focus on structure, both natural and human-made. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and more by 30 artists from across the country.
The work for this exhibition was chosen by our wonderful jurors, Peter Gabak and Joanna Poag. Join us for the opening reception, where $1,000 in cash awards will be announced!
Artists Included:
Deborah Beardslee (NY), Jackie Brown (ME), Christina Cassone (PA), Theresa Devine (AZ), Zach Dietl (NY), Julianne French (FL), Nate Hodge (NY), Ellie Honl (IN), Kristy Hughes (IN), Jim Jacobs (UT), Yasemin Kackar-Demirel (NY), Ella Kampelman (MN), Susan Kaye (NY), Namdoo Kim (NY), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Tom Kredo (NY), Yoonjee Kwak (NY), Pamela Markman (CA), Vanessa Michalak (MA), Nicole Mongelluzzo (NY), Kelly Nye (OH), Colleen O’Hara (NY), Chris Oliver (NY), Nancy Ridenour (NY), Ruth Simon McRae (GA), Jean Stephens (NY), Susan Stuart (NY), Tracy Wascom (MI), Doerte Weber (TX), Jere Williams (VA)
May 9–June 30, 2015
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–7p.m.
Round table on "Structural inequality and microcephaly: the social determination of an epidemic" / Mesa-redonda: "Desigualdade estrutural e microcefalia: a determinação social de uma epidemia".
A mesa-redonda foi um grande sucesso, com mais de 300 presentes e cobertura de diversos meios jornalísticos.
A mesa-redonda debateu alguns aspetos cruciais da epidemia de microcefalia que afeta amplas regiões do Brasil, particularmente no Nordeste do país. O evento sinalizou a necessidade de mudar o foco da discussão predominante, centrada nas soluções tecnocientíficas como a aplicação massiva de químicos (fumacê, larvicidas, etc.), a modificação genética do mosquito Aedes Aegypti, e inclusive uma campanha internacional para a extinção definitiva do mosquito. A proposta foi colocar a ênfase na análise das condições de desigualdade social estrutural que afetam a uma parcela expressiva da população brasileira, que se manifesta, por exemplo, no acesso extremamente inequitativo aos bens e serviços essenciais referentes às políticas urbanas, como os de saneamento básico. Nesta perspectiva, nem as causas principais da epidemia são meramente de caráter biológico-natural, nem tampouco a solução pode ser encontrada em intervenções exclusivamente tecnocientíficas, e muito menos em soluções centradas nos interesses de mercado. Os palestrantes argumentaram que as raízes do problema são de caráter socioeconômico e, fundamentalmente, político. Portanto, as soluções também deverão ter esse caráter, e devem se centrar na promoção de políticas baseadas nos princípios da igualdade social e da inclusão, orientadas a garantir a universalização do acesso às condições essenciais para a vida digna. Isto apresenta um desafio de enormes proporções dadas a condições atuais que confronta o país, que incluem a possibilidade de um forte retrocesso na qualidade das condições de vida dos setores populares e um incremento ainda maior das desigualdades sociais estruturais.
A mesa-redonda contou com a participação de pesquisadores nacionais e internacionais:
André Monteiro, Pesquisador, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães (CPqAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz-Pernambuco)
Idê Gurgel, Pesquisadora (Fiocruz-Pernambuco)
Paulo Rubem Santiago, Presidente, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (FUNDAJ)
Cidoval Morais de Sousa, Professor Adjunto, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB)
José Esteban Castro, Professor, Newcastle University, Coordenador da Rede WATERLAT-GOBACIT
O evento organizado por André Monteiro do Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães (CPqAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), e Hermelinda Rocha Ferreira, ambos da Rede WATERLAT-GOBACIT, através de suas Áreas Temáticas 3 (Ciclo Urbano da Água e Serviços Públicos Esenciais) e 5 (Água e Saúde). Contou também com o apoio da Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (FUNDAJ).