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The aesthetics of concealment : Weegee in the movie theater (1943-1950)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Between 1941 and 1945, movie theaters in the United States enjoyed a period of intense activity marked by record levels of attendance. Film scholars have explained this phenomenon by referring to the fascination exerted ...
Digital fabrication in the architectural design process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Digital fabrication is affecting the architectural design process due to the increasingly important role it has in the fabrication of architectural models. Many design professionals, professors, and students have experienced ...
Seasonality in commercial real estate transaction volume and capital returns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In this thesis I examine the existence of seasonality in quarterly transaction volume and capital returns in commercial real estate markets from 1984 to 2005, based on MIT's Transaction-Based Index. Evidence is provided ...
Country regulation of large scale commercial and industrial real estate development in the southwest : is it effective?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Real estate developers and county officials were surveyed to determine the existence, content and accessibility of county regulatory guidelines for land use and real estate development projects in the southwestern US. ...
An illuminated workspace for iterative design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
The rapid development of digital technology has led to the widespread of virtual or CAD based design environments. However, these tools lack a means of combing physical and digital representations in order to support the ...
Adaptable architecture : a computational exploration into responsive design systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Based on the fact that architecture is, among other things, the crystallization of a mediation among design intentions (function), meaning and contextual constraints (performance), we as designers are obligated to produce ...
MetaFormances : the hermeneutics of play in language/art/life
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
MetaFormances is a correspondence-based project that took place between 2005 and 2007. Miming the protocol of business form letters, the letters request their recipient to perform absurd, erotic, and illicit behavior in ...
A visual approach for exploring computational design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis concerns the use of computers for learning about computational design and shape grammars. It discusses how software can be developed to create "microworlds" for designing, and how to take into account the needs ...
Landmark : towards and alternative testing range, Vieques, Puerto Rico
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
How does land differentiate itself from other land by the way that it is marked? What implicit power relations are evidenced in these land marking processes? Whose interests are served in the designation of certain places ...
Spatial manifestations in pluralist cultures : the case of the Isleta de San Juan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis examines the complicity of architecture with structures of power and dominant ideological agendas in society, which implicates architecture in the political project. I look specifically at the Isleta de San ...