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The architectural implications of passive solar cooling systems in hot-arid climates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Residential architectural design should fulfill both the comfort and the social requirements of the occupants. Khartoum, the capital of the Sudan was chosen for this study because of two reasons; The first is its unusually ...
Real estate developers and child care centers : loss leader or competitive tool?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
A graphical query language supporting flexible database access
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
GRAF-ASQ (GRaphical And Fully Accessible Structure-based Queries) is a graphical query language designed to provide flexible, wide access to data via the use of n-tuples and Prolog concepts. It is also designed to provide ...
Community control and neighborhood development : anarchy pluralism, and supports as models for analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
This thesis explores the conditions of community control and neighborhood development. The existing theories of anarchy, pluralism and supports, as found in the literature, form the groundwork for the thesis argument. The ...
From toaster ovens to condos : the product development process applied to real estate
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Black housing in South Africa : realities, myths and options
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
This thesis is primarily based on three statements, the first a reality, the second a statement of policy and the third a declaration of intent. THE REALITY: In order to keep pace with the growth in population over the ...
Adaptive use in Boston : a developer's perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Community architecture : myth and reality
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
This thesis examines the origins and the claims of the community architecture movement. Community architecture, which has recently attracted considerable professional attention in the U.K., is a movement that argues for ...
Architecture as evocation of place : thoughts on an architectural "beginning" in Bangladesh
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
This thesis is a trajectory of a quest of trying to understand certain fundamental notions of architecture, triggered initially by the cultural conditions of Bangladesh: How does an architectural position really find ...
On the perception of pitch accents
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)