Выява дня: Рысавыя тэрасы, Гуансі-Чжуанскі аўтаномны раён, Кітай.

#Terraces #GuangxiZhuang #photography #ScenicViews #China #wikipedia

New silica terraces could grace Kawerau

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360738078/new-silica-terraces-could-grace-kawerau

#NZ #Stuff #GeoThermal #Terraces

Wing Wednesday 16th April 2025.

G-****, Shorts SD3-60, Manx Airlines, parked on Gate 40 at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s, as seen from the much mourned terraces on top of Terminal 1.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Gate40 #Terminal1 #Terraces #Shorts #SD360 #ManxAirlines #WingWednesday

RiverREM - Generating River Relative Elevation Model (REM) Visualisations
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https://github.com/OpenTopography/RiverREM <-- shared GitHub repository
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https://opentopography.github.io/RiverREM/ <-- shared documentation
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https://opentopography.org/blog/new-package-automates-river-relative-elevation-model-rem-generation <-- shared Open Topography blog post about RiverREM
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H/T Heidi Luchsinger / Open Topography
[this post should not be considered as an endorsement of this product aka caveat emptor]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #Python #LiDAR #RiverREM #visualisation #hydrology #water #river #rivervalley #floodplain #terraces #GitHub #opensource #opendata #DEM #REM #model #modeling #RiverRelativeModel #documentation #tutorial #learning #tool #elevation #raster #sinuosity #drainage

The Ecological Benefits Of More Room For Rivers
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00403-0 <-- shared technical article
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#spatial #spatiotemporal #morphology #meander #levee #understanding #oxbow #pointbar #river #water #hydrology #landform #geomorphology #geomorphometry #geology #fluvial #riverine #weather #climate #erosion #sediment #sedimentation #DEM #floodplain #terraces #ecsosystems #ecology #sustainable #climatechange #flood #floodrisk #risk #hazard #management #planning #monitoring #migration #engineering #unconfined #rive #channel #metaecosystem #connections #biodiversity #extremeweather

Linking Inca Terraces With Landslide Occurrence In The Ticsani Valley, Peru
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https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences14110315 <-- shared paper
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[takes me back to my engineering geology days in the Southern Hemisphere, including my thesis – with a healthy dose of spatial analysis and modeling – and all with a specific use; what is not to like?]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #landslides #massmovement #Inca #Andes #irrigation #terraces #Peru #SouthAmerica #confusionmatrix #logisticregression #geohazards #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #terracing #water #hydrology #surfaceflow #geomechanical #geotechnical #Ticsani #algorithm #processes #geostatistics #river #slope #agriculture #farming #soils #geology #risk #hazard #publicsafety #fem #model #modeling #rainfall #precipitation #permeability #groundwater #subsurfaceflow #instability #fluvial #erosion

Perched on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the Bahá’í Gardens in Haifa unfold like a stunning green staircase, with 19 terraces descending toward the Mediterranean Sea.

This UNESCO World Heritage site is a blend of natural beauty and spiritual tranquility, where vibrant flowers, manicured hedges, and flowing fountains create a sense of perfect harmony.

At the heart of the gardens stands the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb, shining as a symbol of hope and unity. As you walk through this breathtaking landscape, each terrace feels like a step closer to peace, offering visitors a serene space to reflect and connect with nature and spirit.

By day or night, the Bahá’í Gardens are a true gem of Haifa, representing a message of unity for all.

#haifa #israel #terraces #language #hebrew

“Learn this, as we pass through the portico: Fear nothing; there is nothing you can know! … This—what we seek is never what we find!”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/06/27/learn-this-as-we-pass-through-the-portico-fear-nothing-there-is-nothing-you-can-know-this-what-we-seek-is-never-what-we-find/

Shrine of the Bab and terrace

https://makertube.net/videos/watch/222f9175-9c80-40e5-a7c1-804233f98dcc

Two Thousand Years Of Garden Urbanism In The Upper Amazon
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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi6317 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #archeology #preHispanic #prehistoric #urban #LiDAR #UpanoValley #amazon #ecuador #Andes #fieldwork #earthobservation #buildings #roads #agriculture #drainage #terraces #roadnetwork #civilisation ##UpperAmazon #urbansystems #maya #agrarian

Moray ruins in Peru

YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/moray-ruins-in-peru-patricia-hofmeester.html

By https://buff.ly/3i3uCm2 #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #LoveArt #BuyArtNotCandy #photography #SpringIntoArt @PatriciaPhotos #Peru #Inca #ruins #Moray #Cuzco #circular #terraces

It's a wet and chilly day so I have been planning what to grown on our city terrace next year. I will order seeds after Christmas and start growing them in early January. I have a Jasmine and Clematis on order.
#FoodGrowing #ContainerGrowing #UrbanBalconies #Terraces

Luciano Basso raises concrete home around tree in southern Brazil

Luciano Basso has completed a concrete home in the forests of southern Brazil that is built around a mature Paraná pine tree.

The project was commissioned by a young couple, who wanted a home that would integrate harmoniously with the area's surrounding vegetation. The 240 square-metre home is located in Caxias do Sul, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

The home is built around a tall Paraná pine tree

The concrete home is perched on a steep site, which led local architect Luciano Basso to raise the project on pilotis to avoid disturbing the landscape. The tree appears to grow through the wooden slats of the terrace and is visible from the main living and dining area.

"Aiming at a minimum intervention in the topography, the main volume is supported by a pilotis that delicately touches the ground and adapts to the natural conformation of the terrain," said the architect.

Luciano Basso designed the dwelling to blend with its surroundings

"If it were possible for a huge crane to lift the house and land it somewhere else, the original terrain would remain practically intact, with no traces of the construction," he added.

The occupants park beneath the structure and enter the concrete home a lower level, which houses service areas.

A concrete staircase leads to an open concept kitchen, living and dining space

A concrete staircase with open treads leads up and into the open concept kitchen, living and dining space. The walls of the staircase extend up to separate areas on the main level, creating the kitchen and a guest bathroom.

"On the upper level, from the geometric union of four rectangles, a structurally open plan was designed, where the separation between the functions of living, working, and sleeping is given by the spatial condition generated by the server nucleus," said Basso.

The bedroom is separated from the other living spaces. Photo is by Andre Mortatti

The home's sole bedroom is separated from the other living areas by a slatted wood wall, which lets some light filter through.

Full-height, sliding glass walls open onto the terrace in the sitting and dining room. The terrace offers a generous living area peering into the surrounding treetops. To allow views from more angles, the architect cut an opening into the side of the terrace, which also forms a bench.

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"Without curtains or visual barriers between inside and outside, the dweller has permanent contact with nature," said the architect. "At the same time he lives in the house, he also lives in the forest."

The wood used for the terrace was repurposed from the construction process. It was first used to build the concrete formwork of the home, which the architect says reduced wasted materials.

Luciano Basso cut an opening into the side of the terrace, which also forms a bench. Photo is by Roberta Gewehr

Inside, the board-formed concrete is visible on nearly every surface. "It is in the structure, in the closings, in the stair steps, and even in the fixed furniture," said Luciano Basso.

The architect integrated lighting into the concrete ceilings and designed upturned beams to support the roof. This structural system allows the beams to be external to the home, which creates a flat, continuous plane on the interiors.

Other homes built using almost exclusively concrete include a residence in the mountains of Córdoba by Nanzer + Vitas that was meant to resemble ancient ruins and a holiday retreat near Monterrey by Práctica Arquitectura.

The photography is byManuel Sá unless otherwise stated.

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#all #residential #architecture #brazil #terraces #houses #brazilianhouses #concretehouses

Rafael Pardo creates towering Zoncuantla Apartments from pigmented concrete

Architect Rafael Pardo has completed a towering apartment block in Veracruz, Mexico, using concrete pigmented with minerals from the site.

The six-storey building on a steep slope in Coatepec, a municipality of Veracruz with rolling hills and mesophilic forest, contains four apartments.

Rafael Pardo designed a towering apartment block in Veracruz

With over 860 square meters to build on, Pardo decided to conserve more than 50 per cent of the land and build the apartments vertically on the site.

"There was a concern to have the smallest footprint possible in its land and leave more green area," he told Dezeen.

There are driveways at two different grades

Alongside the apartments, the project included the planting of 31 trees and roughly eight plants per square metre.

"The topography of the land led us to provide this structural solution, but also to have less impact on the land and for all the apartments to have views of the landscape," Parda continued.

"Rainwater also infiltrates more into the ground and helps us maintain the ecosystem of the forest area that surrounds us."

The concrete used in construction was pigmented with minerals from the site

The 470-square-metre block is wrapped in board-form concrete coloured with sediments from Veracruz.

"In the immediate area there are houses made of adobe, wood and some other houses painted in ochre colors, this lead me to use the concrete pigmented with earth from the site," said Pardo.

Floor-to-ceiling glazing was used for the living areas

With an entrance from the street, the complex is built to the gradient of the slope but still manages to tower above the landscape.

Each of the apartments has floor-to-ceiling windows looking out, and each apartment has a slightly different configuration.

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From the main entrance, one can directly access the second-floor apartment, which cantilevers out and forms a terrace for the apartment above. An additional cantilever at the side of the building further extends the living area of this apartment.

This apartment is the only one with only a single floor.

The upper-most apartment has a small mezzanine in the double-volume living area

Stairwells lead down to a two-storey apartment below and eventually to the ground floor apartment. These lower habitations have additional space built horizontally into the slope.

The ground floor apartment has access to a garden and an auxiliary covered parkade.

The stairwells are sculptural and minimally adorned. Skylights and windows with thin glazing make the structure seem open to the elements.

Simple materials were used for the interiors

Up from the entrance is another two-storey apartment – the highest – which has a double-volume interior with a mezzanine that serves as a lounge and viewing area.

The interiors are just as stark and earth-toned as the exterior with polished concrete flooring and dark wooden doors that serve as entrances from the stairwell.

The home was designed to fit in with the local architecture

Rafael Pardo has a practice based in the nearby town of Xalapa.

Other projects in Veracruz include a black-clad home designed by Lopez Gonzalez in Xalapa as well as a pitched-roof structure that revitalizes public space at Veracruz's port.

The photography is byOnnis Luque and Naser Nader.

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#all #residential #architecture #apartments #terraces #mexico #colouredconcrete