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Edgeways : the design of mediating zones along public paths
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
Our society places greater value on individualism and privacy than on sharing and public use of space. This attitude is apparent in the form of our physical environment. Given the need for spontaneous, informal bonds of ...
Athens 1833-1979 : the dynamics of urban growth
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
His thesis deals with the urban development of the city of Athens since its foundation as the capital of the newborn Greek State (1833) , until our days. The study focuses on two particular characteristics that dominate ...
Time, energy & form
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
Physical manifestations of time occur in natural forms of all sizes. Architectural form serves as shelter while providing a built envelope of human life, simultaneously influencing and influenced by energetic activities ...
Projective architecture : studies toward the meaning and generative language of associative built form
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
The essence of splace
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
This thesis is a beginning toward working with the qualities we find in the places we love - those essences which make space place. Why? In order to learn, we must experience these directly - they change in us - and then ...
A sense of place
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
The thesis argues that a sense of place is one of the most fundamentally important quality of architecture and cities and attempts to show that legibility and latency are the aspects of the environment which contribute ...
A Bakery : in search of appropriate form
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
During the process of designing a building there occurs the continuous task of finding the forms, materials and structure that are fit to the particular building or situation at hand. It is the intent to combine these ...
A study of housing modification in East Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
This thesis deals with inhabitants' modifications of the 19th century sidehall houses in East Boston, now a predominantly Italian neighborhood. On the basis of the data obtained by a survey and observations, the practical ...