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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 ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Tactility holds a unique position in modem architectural discourse. Oftentimes, it has been evoked "as an alternative to two-dimensional vision. However, the notion of tactility sometimes denotes ambiguous and often ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)To accommodate the rapid modernization and urbanization between 1960s and 1980s, a large number of mid-rise apartments has been built in Taipei. Today, these poorly designed apartments represent about 40 percent of the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Urban designers and planners always try to tackle the urban issues from spatial, cultural and economical point of views; However, sometimes these issues were limited or, even more, created by current transportation system. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991)Access is a key issue in the design of railway stations. The evolution of the train station typology, has resulted in many types of stations based on the development of the stations' access. Since rail travel on a larger ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)The recent generation of tall buildings in Asia have been appropriated from the West with little adaptation. With no understanding of the forces that have generated this building form, Asia embraces the high-rise as an ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)The life of modern work is complex. What once entailed simple activities encapsulated within simple and hierarchically designed spaces has evolved into a highly volatile and complex organism. Businesses and workers are ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)In the first section, taste, along with parallel phenomena linked to form and symbolism in general, is discussed in relation to the fundamental device of the reason-feeling dichotomy . The dichotomy's internal possibilities ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)What were once considered advanced visualization techniques have now become commonplace. With the advancement of visualization tools, animation has quickly become a primary means of representation within architecture; ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)Vilem Flusser introduces in his 'Into the Universe of the Technical Images' this universe as attracting the' existential interest of future humans'. He describes the technical images as re-assemblies of bits of truth that ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)This paper outlines a technique for creating new visual phenomena by proposing a systematic method of using existing media in novel manners. The technique involve s the random and purposeful manipulation of person-media ...
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Technological innovation in architecture : effective practices for energy efficient implementation (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)The objective of this research is to simultaneously address the environmental concerns in building design and the urgency in the architectural, engineering, and construction industry (AEC) to advance technologically by ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)Precast concrete technology is of great importance in multifamily housing. This technology provides the possibility to the industrialize housing construction and thus enhance the availability and quality of houses. With ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)This dissertation investigates the transformation of architectural ideals brought about by the development of iron construction during the nineteenth century in France. The emergence of iron construction paralleled the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)To interpret the meaning of the built environment which surrounds us today, we must confront a plurality of architectural movements, each with its own built-in value system, iconographic references and select languages. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)Architecture can heighten an experience when it supports the mood of that experience and when it is felt to embody the idea or purpose of the experience. The challenge here is that the Christian Church comes into being ...
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