Timber-framed structures are of particular cultural significance. Their wide global and historical occurrence is proved by the oldest prehistory era recorded archaeological finds to its actual boom in contemporary residential architecture. From ancient times until today, reasons for their popularity low financial costs fast construction process, and, some regions, earthquake flood resistance. T...

Abstract The Batak Toba Traditional House, one of the main attractions Samosir Island, a volcanic island in center Lake Toba, is an example well-preserved cultural heritage. However, House has undergone transformation recent decades, influenced by technological advances, material availability, and modernization. authors aim to discover roof structure construction Houses Island’s four villages, ...

One of the Karo traditional cultures that incorporates elements ethnomathematics in its shape is "Siwaluh Jabu" roof design. In order to apply mathematical ideas discovered as a method for teaching mathematics schools, study's objective was investigate present Through observation, interviews, documentation, and an ethnographic approach, this study also used literature review descriptive qualita...

BACKGROUND Women's crisis houses have been developed in the UK as a less stigmatising and less institutional alternative to traditional psychiatric wards. AIMS To examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of women's crisis houses by first examining the feasibility of a pilot patient-preference randomised controlled trial (PP-RCT) design (ISRCTN20804014). METHOD We used a PP-RCT study...

In this paper, we will discuss how a virtual platform can be used in order to explore communication forms for stakeholders in the planning process of public knowledge institutions. The paper presents the Virtual Culture House, an attempt to stimulate the communication among stakeholders and users of a future culture house. The project is cooperation between Chalmers University of Technology and...