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11-1-2016
Structure Fire
105 Josephine Rd, Garner
Polenta Elementary School
Mobile Unit
Cleveland FD, Clayton FD, 50-210 FD, 50-210 EMS, Johnston Co Fire Marshal.
Turtle inflatable structure. A temporary, pop up structure ideal for concerts, gigs, performances, theaters, festivals and shows. It can also be used as a pop up shop, bar or catering space. #EvolutionDome #Venue #Stage #Festival #Alternative #Theater #CateringSpace #PopUpShop #PopUpBar #ShowSpace #Inflatable #Temporary #Structure #Awning
A close-up view of the Union Switch & Signal Model S-8 electro-mechanical interlocking machine. The electrical levers at center controlled the plant's signals and were connected to the mechanical levers (out of sight below) that operated switches, derails, and locks.
The original wasn't as saturated and lighter, this looks a bit more dramatic and cinematic. Taken in Blackpool at the Pleasure Beach, however didn't have enough money so couldn't actually go in! I took this on the road beside it.
"Building"
STRUCTURES is a series of generative art pieces the explores the constructions of our world by taking photographs of man-made and natural structures and placing them into a new structure. This process semi-randomly fragments and rearranges the photographs into a grid of my design. I'll often run the images through this process several times, using various grid structures along the way.
Programs used: Lightroom, Photoshop, Processing
new entries to the kramat of sayed mahmud, 'islam hill', constantia, cape town
south african architect gabriel fagan designed and assisted renovations to the old structure in 2013
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Sayed Mahmud was a spiritual and religious leader of the Malaccan Empire. He was one of the religious advisor captured with Sheikh Abdurahman Matebe Shah. He was also banished to Constantia in the Cape where the following inscription on his shrine on Islam Hill, Constantia appears:
On 24 January 1667, the ship Polsbroek Left Bataavia and arrived here on 13 May 1668 with three political prisoners in chains. Malays of the West Coast of Sumatra, Who were banished to the Cape until further orders on the understanding that they would eventually be taken that they were not left at large as they were likely to do injury to the Company. Two were sent to the Company’s forest and one to Robben Island.
The Shrine is situated some distance from the road on Islam Hill in Groot Constantia and has a beauty all of its own. The need to walk up the hill fills you with a desire to pay your respects to this noble saint is his majestic court.
(Muslim Directory)
Writings about this Kramat of Sayed Mahmud
Jaffer, Mansoor. 1996. Guide to the Kramats of the Western Cape. Cape Town: Cape Mazaar Kramat Society. pp 23.
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A Kramat is a shrine or mausoleum that has been built over the burial place of a Muslim who's particular piety and practice of the teachings of Islam is recognised by the community. I have been engaged in documenting these sites around Cape Town over several visits at different times over the last few years. They range widely from graves marked by an edge of stones to more elaborate tombs sheltered by buildings of various styles. They are cultural markers that speak of a culture was shaped by life at the Cape and that infuses Cape Town at large.
In my searches used the guide put out by the Cape Mazaar Society as a basic guide to locate some recognised sites. Even so some were not that easy to find.
In the context of the Muslims at the Cape, historically the kramats represented places of focus for the faithful and were/are often places of local pilgrimage. When the Dutch and the VOC (United East India Company aka Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) set up a refuelling station and a settlement at the Cape, Muslims from their territories in the East Indies and Batavia were with them from the start as soldiers, slaves and 'Vryswarten'; (freemen). As the settlement established itself as a colony the Cape became a useful place to banish political opponents from the heart of their eastern empire. Some exiles were of royal lineage and there were also scholars amongst them. One of the most well known of these exiles was Sheik Yusuf who was cordially received by Govenor van der Stel as befitted his rank (he and his entourage where eventually housed on an estate away from the main settlement so that he was less likely to have an influence over the local population), others were imprisoned for a time both in Cape Town and on Robben island. It is said that the first Koran in the Cape was first written out from memory by Sheik Yusuf after his arrival. There were several Islamic scholars in his retinue and these men encouraged something of an Islamic revival amoung the isolated community. Their influence over the enslaved “Malay” population who were already nominally Muslim was considerable and through the ministrations of other teachers to the underclasses the influence of Islam became quite marked. As political opponents to the governing powers the teachers became focus points for escaped slaves in the outlying areas.
Under the VOC it was forbidden to practice any other faith other than Christianity in public which meant that there was no provision for mosques or madrasas. The faith was maintained informally until the end of the C18th when plans were made for the first mosque and promises of land to be granted for a specific burial ground in the Bo Kaap were given in negotiations for support against an imminent British invasion. These promises were honoured by the British after their victory.
There is talk of a prophecy of a protective circle of Islam that would surround Cape Town. I cannot find the specifics of this prophecy but the 27 kramats of the “Auliyah” or friends of Allah, as these honoured individuals are known, do form a loose circle of saints. Some of the Auliyah are credited with miraculous powers in legends that speak of their life and works. Within the folk tradition some are believed to be able to intercede on behalf of supplicants (even though this more part of a mystical philosophy (keramat) and is not strictly accepted in mainstream contemporary Islamic teaching) and even today some visitors may offer special prayers at their grave sites in much the same way as Christians might direct prayer at the shrine of a particular saint.
What does the Instant structures Mod (ISM) by MaggiCraft?
official website: instant-structures-mod.com/
With the Instant Structures Mod (short: ISM) you can choose one of 365+ structures and place them with just a few click in your Minecraft world. The structures sizes range between a few 100 blocks and 3,000,000 blocks. Placing larger structures accordingly takes longer. Structures are divided in themes and are easily accessible through a wiki. The structures of the Instant Structures Mod (ISM) are quite detailed, published structures are listed in the sub-side Structures.
Furthermore you can scan (save) your own structures and place them as many times as you like. You can share your saved structures with your friends or even with the entire Minecraft community ISM is available for Minecraft Versions 1.7.10 and 1.8. To install ISM you need Minecraft Forge.
official website: instant-structures-mod.com/
Inflatable structure by Hans Walter Muller
for an architecture exhibition at Arc En Rêve / Bordeaux, July 2012
Studio Ad Hoc / HWM
“Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.”
Michel Foucault."
[Day 155/365]
This structure in Lancaster burned about three years ago. It is heavily graffitied, but still architecturally interesting.
An odd structure at Big Pit mining museum at Bleanavon.
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The amazing structure inside the Belfry (Halletoren) in Brugge. This medieval bell tower was originally built in 1240 but burnt down in 1280 before being rebuilt. The octagonal upper stage of the belfry was added between 1483 and 1487. On the right hand side you can see the stairwell, leading ever higher. The image is taken on the second floor.
Channel 4, Office
HDA : Hugh Dutton, Façade & Atrium
Client : DPJEV
Architect : Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Date : 1991-1993
See more at : www.hda-paris.com/
Title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: Lovers Lane Pool
Other title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Creator: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959
Creator role: Landscape Architect
Date: 1923 (constructed) 1930 (major modification)
Current location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Description of work: The Dumbarton Oaks Gardens were designed by the noted landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand, in cooperation with her clients Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, who purchased the property in 1920. The formal gardens occupy 10 acres. The major work was completed between 1921 and 1941, although changes, notably the addition of the Pebble Garden and redesign of the Ellipse, continued to be made by Mrs. Bliss, working with Ruth Havey. Endowments were established expressly for the purpose of maintaining the gardens and for supporting a program of research in landscape architecture.
Description of view: Lovers Lane Pool, bordered with Italianate cast-stone columns designed by Farrand.
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Culture: American
Materials/Techniques: Water
Masonry
Source: DeTuerk, James (copyright James DeTuerk)
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Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename: WB2007-0135 Dumbarton.jpg
Record ID: WB2007-0135
Sub collection: garden structures
gardens
Copyight holder: Copyright James DeTuerk
11-1-2016
Structure Fire
105 Josephine Rd, Garner
Polenta Elementary School
Mobile Unit
Cleveland FD, Clayton FD, 50-210 FD, 50-210 EMS, Johnston Co Fire Marshal.
For a talk I need a visualization of the term "hierarchy based networked organization".
Let me know, if somebody has a more appropriate idea.
Copyright: like recommendation of the flickr-visualization-group:
Free of charge for company internal presentations if you cite the author and the group.
Euro 5,-- for 1 slide at company-external presentations:
www.heisss.at/pay/copyright.htm
For details see the group recommendations at: