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Defining place : giving form to crossings in a small town waterfront community
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
How do you define a place? This thesis has been an exploration in giving form to the many forces which come together and give a place a particular character. It is about providing an alternative to the usual public place ...
Virtual workplaces : when metaphors breakdown
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Our model of work is shaped by the places we choose to work and the tools we choose to work with. As we introduce new technologies and build new environments our model is changing. Today's virtual workplaces are grounded ...
A variation of the New Urbanism : provision of a public realm for the City of Attleboro, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
Born as a reaction to the large suburban development patterns, the New Urbanism has played a role in bringing reconsideration to our built environments for more than a decade. Its ideals and visions can have feasibility ...
Kinetic wall : an exploration into dynamic structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
The existence and survival of an organism in any given environment is the ability to adapt and change to that environment. Living entities are far more adaptable to a changing environment than anything produced by human ...
Women in architecture : path and practice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
This project presents an exploration of the lives of three women in the field of architecture today. Through interview, discussion, and the use of electronic, digital media a history of each individual's history unfolds. ...
Context-sensitive multimedia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)
If you could see what I mean : descriptions of video in an anthropologist's video notebook
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)
The generalized holographic stereogram
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991)
Interactive agent generated architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)
The thesis explores architectural form generation through two behavior based artificial intelligence approaches: the communication of agents in an unpredictable simulation system, and the codification of information within ...
The kinetic paradox of objects : a working theory for designing architectural fabric
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)
If all architectural form could be simplistically grouped into only two categories, these might be "object" and "partial enclosure," where objects are in dialogue with the space around them while partial enclosures articulate ...