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The urban design of distributed energy resources
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Distributed energy resources (DERs) are a considerable research focus for cities to reach emissions reduction goals and meet growing energy demand. DERs, consisting of local power plants and distribution infrastructure, ...
You give me fever : practical protection for metropolitan neuroses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The emergence of Swine Flu in the past six months has once again heightened the world's fears of a coming flu pandemic. Although H1N1 is only slightly more pathogenic than the common seasonal flu, which kills approximately ...
Urban regeneration : enabled by mobility centric architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The primary goal of this thesis is to develop a new urban architectural prototype to reinvigorate the British New Town. New models of adaptable, sustainable, architecture and urban design are explored with the ultimate ...
Approximate translation : media, narrative, and experience in urban design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Approximate translation is developed as a design process through which the place-embedded history of an urban environment can be understood, allowing for better design and intervention in that urban environment. Generally, ...
Excretal architecture : prototypical and productive urban waste forms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Excretal Architecture comes equipped with a set of design parameters sufficient to grow a regenerative city, while focusing on biomass accumulation as a key program. These structures are scalable and adaptable to any site, ...
C.A.S.H. - communal affordable singles housing : a platform for proactive affordability in Hong Kong
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
In Hong Kong, young singles are left out of the affordable housing equation. They require much more space per person in comparison to those living in family housing, and the government is not willing to allocate a ...
Water+works : a new ecological infrastructure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
With the global water crisis as catalyst, Water+Works acts as a model for a localized water initiative that will mitigate flooding and provide a freshwater resource in times of crisis, while enriching urban ecosystems and ...
Containment building : architecture between the city and advanced nuclear reactors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Since the inception of nuclear energy research, the element thorium (Th) has been considered the superior fuel for nuclear reactions because of its potency, safety, abundance and reduced waste. Cold War agendas broke from ...
Powerscapes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In 2050, global oil supply will decline to 1/8 of today's. Migrating to the Post-Oil Era, over 10000's km2 of Powerscapes - the solar-collecting infrastructure - will be gradually constructed across the arid desert, for ...
Life in the woods : production and consumption of the urban forest
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The use of wood is fraught with paradox. Wood as a building material is embraced for its naturalness, while the cutting of trees is indicted as a destruction of nature. Wood is lauded for its structural properties and ...