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On the epistemological significance of aesthetic values in architectural theory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This dissertation examines the epistemological significance of "truth," "rationality," and the "aesthetic" first in the nineteenth-century definitions of the nature of Gothic and, then in more recent twentieth-century ...
Synthetic movies derived from multi-dimensional image sensors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
Monumentality and its shadows : a quest for modern Greek architectural discourse in nineteenth-century Athens (1834-1862)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The dissertation traces the sources of modern Greek architectural discourse in the first period of the modern Greek State following Independence and under the monarchy of Bavarian King Othon I (1834-1862). Its intent is ...
Tactile, spatial interfaces for computer-aided design : superimposing physical media and computation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Computer-aided design (CAD) systems have become invaluable in three-dimensional creative design fields such as architecture and landscape architecture. However, these digital tools have not replaced the use of physical ...
Control of parts : parts making in the building industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990)
The thesis advances a diagramming tool called PAct. Each diagram is a model of a "value adding" enterprise, representing materials processing, parts manipulation and assembly, and the agents involved. Its purpose is to ...
Audioptimization : global-based acoustic design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Acoustic design is a difficult problem, because the human perception of sound depends on such things as decibel level, direction of propagation, and attenuation over time, none of which are tangible or visible. The advent ...
Categorical organization and machine perception of oscillatory motion patterns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Many animal behaviors consist of using special patterns of motion for communication, with certain types of movements appearing widely across animal species. Oscillatory motions in particular are quite prevalent, where many ...
Designing aesthetically pleasing freeform surfaces in a computer environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Statement: If computational tools are to be employed in the aesthetic design of freeform surfaces, these tools must better reflect the ways in which creative designers conceive of and develop such shapes. In this thesis, ...
A projective approach to computer-aided drawing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
I present a novel drawing system for composing and rendering perspective scenes. The proposed approach uses a projective two-dimensional representation for primitives rather than a conventional three-dimensional description. ...
Estimating material and energy intensities of urban areas
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The objective of this thesis is to develop methods to estimate, analyze and visualize the resource intensity of urban areas. Understanding the resource consumption of the built environment is particularly relevant in cities ...