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A Research Programme By Jonathan Drane |
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Introduction Many civilizations have left remnants and edifices, and yet whilst pyramids adorned ancient times, and churches the middle ages, today the accommodation of 'the corporation' and its growth, appears to fuel the creation of what may become some of our most significant remnants as a species- the tall building. The topic is enhanced for me by a recurring image which replays in my mind of an archaeological dig several thousand years from now, which uncovers the tip of the largest tower in Dubai, and proceeds to decipher and guess the unimaginable forces that yielded physical remnants of this scale! A scale unseen and unmatched by the pyramids themselves! Background My area of interest had its genesis in the thesis topic I started during my Master of Business Administration, at MGSM, Sydney, Australia in 1990. Initially called 'The Relationship between Corporate Strategy and Spatial/ Physical Needs', the topic was renamed during my DBA programme, (in 2000) into the esoteric title 'Growth & The Outer Shell'. The reference to ‘growth’ is faithful to the original idea of corporate growth, but ‘The Outer Shell’ centred the focus on the manifestation of growth in physical form, through the edifices that are created as a remnant of our civilization. Any research on such a vast and conceptual topic needs to start somewhere, and so it was seen prudent to focus firstly on the physical remnant of the 'apparent cause; corporate growth', in the form of tall buildings, with a particular emphasis on tall office buildings seen as a 'prolific species'. 'Buildings In The Mist' was born from this idea, and evokes the chilling nature of our cityscape, with towers sitting quietly in the mist of their own creation. The first chapter in this study is titled 'Bamboo Buildings- The proliferation of office buildings in the cityscape', and is planned to be undertaken in a dissertation through a doctoral programme at MGSM. (See below) Central Research Focus To understand the relationship between corporate growth and the changing physical 'built face' of our cities. To determine if corporate growth is the defining catalyst (in this civilization) in creating the physical remnants of our cities, and for that matter the predominant pattern of physical remnant across the face of the planet. How different are the physical remnants of our civilization from those of past civilisations, and will they in time provide the obvious mark of a civilisation driven by the central idea of growth for the sake of growth? Do the physical remnants of our civilization have a pattern which forms the blueprint to understanding our type of civilization, as compared to past and future civilizations? Application & Objective The topic takes my thirty years of building and development of corporate towers and edifices into a new understanding of their significance as a hallmark or a relic of our ever growing civilization. |
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Jonathan Drane is an Australian non-fiction writer and poet.
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Author Talks Jonathan's Next Author Talk is at Wingecarribee Library Southern Highlands June 09 date to be confirmed |
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Award Received 17 Nov 07 The Way of a Thousand Arrows was awarded the Messenger Marketing Prize at the 9th Australian Publishers and Authors Book Show.
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Articles & Reviews North Shore Times featured Jonathan on 2 April 08
Article Hills News 3 June 2008
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Article on Proliferation of Tall Buildings by Jonathan Drane Bamboo Buildings 'Proliferation of tall office buildings in the cityscape' Introduction Cities appear to abound with office buildings which, if seen as a ‘species’, (of building) could be considered the dominant and most prolific compared to others ( like apartments, hotels, hospitals and malls). Given that office buildings are the reason why a great majority of the working population are required to move across the planet twice every day, causing significant economic and environmental impacts, their continued proliferation and domination is worthy of further questioning. This dominance appears to occur in many ways; including height, mass, m2 area, population, density and proliferation rates. Office buildings have grown considerably in average height as a species only in the last century, due to structural technology which allows for them to soar from their previous height of a few levels, to over a hundred levels. A building of this height can house the equivalent of a country town. One tower can now hover above a block of land that would normally be allocated to the local post office. As office buildings get higher, their average footprint ( the area of the tower as it intersects the earth) grows as well, to allow for structural integrity. Due to this and their great height, their mass is considerable compared to other species.
First published April 2009 on www.jondrane.net this article is copyright all rights reserved . |
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