As a consumer, I have a more favorable attitude towards a store that creates a community atmosphere. An environment that is comfortable, unique and filled with displays communicating product information, making items easy to find. Target is using socio-cultural environments, to impact its customer relationships, by specific advertising geared towards city life. According to smallbusiness.chron.com (2012), advertising is the area of business most closely in touch with socio-cultural changes. Advertising seeks to be hip and trendsetting and to do this, advertising agencies and departments cannot lose track of the pulse of the societies in which they engage in business (Richards, 2012).
Lambda Alpha International Lecture The lecture of Lambda Alpha was very interesting and I learned a lot from each of the presenters who talked about the certain areas of developing land and making use of limited space and property. Developing land is more complicated than expected. Not only does a developer have to deal with the government, but also deal with people, politicians, and time and place of the project development. What the three presenters touched most on was the mix use district. These districts are designed to minimize traffic outside of an area and keep it local and in one place so that people can get to commercial areas without having to go far and supposedly have an easier experience of shopping.
Comparison of Pacific Mall and the Shops of Don Mills Pacific Mall and the Shops of Don Mills are both very popular shopping centers within the Greater Toronto Area. While both of these are prime destinations for residents of the GTA for shopping, they are very similar to each other while remaining very different from each other. These similarities and differences can be shown through a variety of methods; among these are the place of these destinations, placelessness of these two malls, and the territory in which they reside. Further similarities and differences can be observed through their clientele, location, marketing, layout, and stores. A place is a location in space imbued with unique attributes that set it apart from other
These elements seem to live up to its “universal language” philosophy, which gives it a collectivist and anonymous feel to it due to the fact that the aforementioned elements are pretty much how basic and stripped-down the style can get while still being able to be applied in many forms of art. This aesthetic purity in form and color can also be linked with practicality – which is, one of the major focuses of a movement in architecture whose origin is itself linked with the De Stijl movement – Modernism. In 1924, The De Stijl movement spread out from painting, sculpture and graphic design into design of the built environment – architecture. Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld designed an architecturally-significant structure: a two-storey house in Utrecht, Netherlands known as the Rietveld Schröder house. Rietveld designed the iconic house in accordance with the absolutist philosophy of De Stijl.
There are several reasons why planners and developers focused on the Cramer Hill area for redevelopment. First of all, the area is near major transportation routes and centers, including the Ben Franklin Bridge, Interstate 95, Route 676, the Walter Rand Transportation Center, and the RiverLine. City planners know that residents and businesses want easy access in and out of an area for the greatest number of people. Secondly, Cramer Hill is a stable neighborhood with a lower percentage of crime and poverty than many other parts of the city. This is a desirable trait for redevelopment because it makes it more likely that efforts will be successful.
Grant believed in a balanced social structure that didn’t limit anyone to any particular fate. He believed that life was a competition and everyone should get the chance to reach their limits. Grant and Lee had individual beliefs that clashed with one another. Grant had a more modern outlook on life and Lee would rather live in accordance with the past. Catton points out that underneath the surface, both of them had similar characteristics.
This issue carries much argument though from one perspective the architect should be socially responsible for his actions in design and build, yet all faults should not be placed on architects. The issue should concern developers, corporations, and all other clients the architect has. In major part it is and should continue being the architect’s job to educate the client to produce a building that is responsible and addresses many of the issues Crawford argues for. Our perspective on social responsibility is altered from that of the rest of the world, maybe we need to somewhat detach ourselves from such perspectives we see know between architecture and society to produce the avant-garde in social responsibility. We should maybe follow in effect and take in to great consideration how American architects whom had just finished European educations in the late nineteenth
It implies that to truly live life, one must seek simplicity, harmony with nature, and to follow one’s own path. Thoreau strongly believes and advocates that those who live lives of luxury and in mainstream culture created by the Industrial Revolution aren’t really living. He believes this illusion of progress impedes man’s spiritual transcendence, true happiness, and understanding of the essential facts of life. Thoreau’s advice encourages one to rid of superfluous possessions and social activities so as to lead as simple and "bare bones" a life as possible. The advice explains that “life near the bone is sweetest.” The simple life (i.e.
Philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas, John Wisdom, William Paley and Arthur Brown support the argument and consider that order and regularity in the universe points towards a designer. An example of this argument may be a formal garden because this shows evidence of a gardener because of the lack of weeds and the regularity – the arrangement of flowers – show that there is order and regularity in the universe; for example natural laws and the rotation of the planets. These philosophers concluded that this did not
It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments. This definition excludes behaviours not related to environment, as well as behaviours related to the social and cultural environment, and genetics. A healthy city is one that is continually creating and improving those physical and social environments and expanding those community resources which enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and developing to their maximum potential. A Healthy City aims to: * to create a health-supportive environment, * to achieve a good quality of life, * to provide basic sanitation & hygiene needs, * to supplies access to health care. Being a Healthy City depends not on current health infrastructure, rather upon, a commitment to improve a city's environs and a willingness to forge the necessary connections in political, economic and social arenas.