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Towards perceptual intelligence : statistical modeling of human individual and interactive behaviors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis presents a computational framework for the automatic recognition and prediction of different kinds of human behaviors from video cameras and other sensors, via perceptually intelligent systems that automatically ...
The Rab' in Cairo : a window on Mamluk architecture and urbanism
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
This dissertation is a reassessment of Mamluk architecture and urbanism in Cairo, based on a detailed study of one of the more important elements in its urban fabric, the rab' or apartment building. This building type is ...
William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
William Robert Ware (1832- 1915) planned and directed the first collegiate program in architectural education i n the United States. He was educated in the liberal arts and civil engineering at Harvard University and ...
Nature normative : the Design Methods Movement, 1944-1967
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
In the mythic construct of the West, nature, for a considerable era, has served as a seminal broker in basal underpinning discourse. This is despite nature's commutative, convertible and contradictory disclosures. As the ...
The aviator's (re)vision of the world : an aesthetics of ascension in Norman Bel Geddes's Futurama
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This dissertation considers a new ontology of vision brought on by the advent of human flight. It focuses on the project that best reflects this new vision: the Futurama, an exhibit designed by the American industrial ...
Constructing design concepts : a computational approach to the synthesis of architectural form
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Architects use concepts about space to solve problems and to form designs. A design concept is the manifestation of the basic instability of our mental performance: it is a makeshift that provides general direction for ...
bitCar : design concept for a collapsible stackable city car
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Problems associated with the massive adoption of automobiles have become the center of a world-wide debate. While new technologies will eventually discover a sustainable solution to the environmental concerns (pollution, ...
A study of illegal housing of Lisbon built in 1974 to 1984 : from description to computation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
A morphological description of illegal housing built by homeowners in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon between 1974 and 1984 is presented. This description is based on a parametric set grammar that attempts to formulate ...
The reception and study of Renaissance architecture in Great Britain, 1890-1914
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The writing of Renaissance architectural history in the period 1890-1914 in Great Britain changed dramatically. Despite modernism's tenet of rejecting history from design, Renaissance architectural history in Great Britain ...