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A procedure for the achievement of planning standards in existing neighborhoods 

Driver, Daniel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950)
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Communication as a criterion for defining regions 

Dimond, Francis M (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954)
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An urban living environment 

Demiene, William Lloyd (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957)
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Preservation and development of ethnic neighborhoods. 

Di Mambro, Antonio Guglielmo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977)
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A capital investment program for Gloucester, Mass. 

Edwards, Alf (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946)
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The travel of persons to downtown Boston 

Davidson, Robert G (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954)
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Straw insulation materials to address heating fuel requirements, thermal comfort, and natural resource depletion in developing regions 

Charlson, Joseph Arons (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
In modem society, major stresses are placed on the natural environment in an attempt to make the location comfortable for the human occupants. For many developing regions with cold winters such as northern Pakistan, new ...
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Implications of house images according to Gaston Bachelard : a house by the sea 

Bookwalter, Judith N. (Judith Newberg) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991)
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Explorations of computer-based design tools for urban design projects 

Knight, Joseph M. (Joseph McCarty) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)
This thesis is an investigation into issues involving computers, information, and automation in the designing of large-scale environments. It is an attempt to understand the issues at root in developing an "intelligent" ...
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Bill -n- (kris'tl) at OSB, Chicago 

Benson, Robert Anthony (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)
Can the individual be implicated in the mega-scale environment by mediating the barriers and marginal zones of the urban landscape? This investigation engages the megalopolis and its full grotesqueness in terms of scale ...
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AuthorShiber, Saba George. (2)Tabor, Alva (2)Abbo, Mayer S (1)Abeles, Peter (1)Abernathy, Ann (1)Abernathy, Bobbie L (1)Abramson, Nathan S. (Nathan Shalom) (1)Abu-Adas, Wael (1)Ackerman, Christopher B. (Christopher Brian) (1)Acoya, Andrew (1)... View MoreDepartmentDepartment of Architecture (1125)Department of Urban Studies and Planning (27)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (5)Department of Civil Engineering (2)DegreeM.Arch. (523)M.S. (259)M.Arch.A.S. (111)M.Arch (104)M.C.P. (97)M.S.V.S. (19)S.M. (19)M.ArchAS (11)In today's China, rapid modernization is taking place at the expense of the traditional Chinese culture. One witnesses changes in many aspects of the society. Western ideology like individualism and profit-oriented consciousness are shaping in the social environment. Left behind are the moral concepts that the traditional culture once held in esteem, such as collective consciousness, mutual respect and love among people, and family values. Regarding the physical environment, western models are copied mechanically, and traditional cityscapes are fading away. The country is losing its identity. The goal of this investigation is to generate a new model for Chinese cities. The model provides culturally and socially appropriate form, which are of distinct Chinese characteristics. Assuming that the design of the physical environment exerts influence on people's behavior, though not expecting it to dramatically change the world, the author believes that this model will facilitate the carrying-on of culture through the reembodiment of the spirit of the traditional Chinese society. The first half of the thesis focuses on the re-examination of Chinese philosophy and traces its imprints in traditional cities. While an attitude of humanism brought up cities for man, the unique notion of "virtue" nurtured an environment emphasizing both family life and social participation. The indigenous idea of YinYang embodied itself in the sense of balance and unity between the whole and parts, between regularity and flexibility, and between the built environment and nature. The following chapter presents a series of snapshots captured during the author's trip back to China. Although the information gathered is not complete, due to the brevity of the stay, what has been observed and recorded does sketch out a picture which allows one to have a general understanding of the current situation of the urban environment in China. Chapter IV includes demonstrations of the new model through the redesign of the Guangzhou New City Center, a counter-proposal to the original master plan of 1993. While the existing scheme is characterized by the dominance of throughways and super-sized blocks, the new proposal aims at creating a "City for People" of which the emphasis is placed on the re-establishment of the importance of the street as well as a better definition of open spaces. Based on the findings of the author's original study of block sizes and street pattern, it proves in design the feasibility of a compromise among making more streets, buildings addressing streets and fulfilling the low coverage ratio and high FAR that the program requires. Finally, Chapter V records for reference the process of the mathematical deduction and analyses from which the appropriate range of block sizes derive and then apply to the new model. (1)M.Arch.A.S.. (1)... View MoreSubject
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Urban Studies and Planning (25)Architectural design (18)Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans (10)Architecture. (9)Computer graphics (8)Architecture and climate (7)Architecture and energy conservation (6)City planning (5)Health facilities Design and construction (5)... View MoreDate Issued1990 - 1999 (336)1980 - 1989 (22)1970 - 1979 (352)1960 - 1969 (166)1950 - 1959 (197)1940 - 1949 (48)1930 - 1939 (3)1909 - 1909 (1)Has File(s)
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