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Under the roof : an investigation of the interaction of rational building structure with enclosed space
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
As an architect works, his or her design grows and shifts, contracts and metamorphoses through many different shapes and configurations. Each shape and length of span imposes an order on the structure of a building; The ...
Inhabiting the square; a geometry for path and space
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
Geometries and geometric systems are not architecture, though architecture is geometric. Geometries and geometric systems, because of their autonomous nature, are generally understandable and can serve as the basis of ...
The transfer of knowledge through the organization of the neighborhood
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
In the traditional small community, people learned how to maintain their own homes by watching activities in which the elements of their physical environment were made. This work was done out in the open, where everyone ...
The classification and analysis of terrace houses and the rationalization of their design process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979)
This study was done in relation to contextual levels; A general level of structural-methodical rationalization problems of the planning and design process. This general level was related mainly to the building types which ...
The forgotten facade
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
The art of facade design seems to have been lost in the course of adoption of Modern Architectural doctrines. The facades of Casa Batllo by Antonio Gaudi and Chateau de Maisons by Francois Mansart are analyzed for the ...
A formal exploration based on observations of a medieval village
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)
Natural light in architectural design : element and determinant.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)
An assemblage of built definitions observed/disassembled in Sauve and in other examples of additive architecture for the design of an educational building
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)
Ornament and collective fantasy.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979)
Landscapes as references for design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
This is a study of the ways in which the forms in landscapes - natural terrain adapted and inhabited - can serve as references in architectural design. As references for design, landscapes provide a richness of responses ...