Repowering the void : negotiating connectivity
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Author(s)
Lammert, Emily Jane
Advisor(s)
Yung Ho Chang.
Date Issued
2008
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Rejecting the conception of building as island as reflected in American obsession with detached currently reinforced by Zero Energy Building, the thesis explores patterns of connectivity. largely results from insular development and their related transportation modes. Further,' scales, when used at the building scale furthers an erroneous sense of self-sufficiency, suggested man energy consumption can be bounded by property lines. Therefore, the qualitative th housing) is a function of connectivity. The project explores and negotiates between connectivity ... and density in terms of a post-fordist shift from products to services. Using a large, empty ... initiates reconnection of the east side to the city center, where the need for connectivity. The project explores and negotiates between connectivity principles ecology, society, energy, and density in terms of a post-fordist shift from products to services. Using a large, commuter rail site in east Austin, TX, the project initiates reconnection of the east side to the city center, where the need for connectivity coalesces.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-97).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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