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Form follows flows -- the Boston urban ring
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The formal architectural language of existing public transit can be categorized into one of the following four architectural prototypes: form follows function, the duck, the decorated shed, and the inverted decorated shed. ... -
Form from within : scaling up self-constructing biological architectures through a novel application of synthetic morphogenesis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)In this thesis, I introduce a novel biofabrication method Architectures from Staged Self-assembly of Morphogenetic Building Elements (ASSEMBLE), that brings about self-constructing biological structures at the architectural ... -
Form generation through filmed references : Charles River Baths
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Form in the [middle]-ground : urban/suburban sprawl in Georgia & Tennessee
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Over the next quarter century the U.S. population will expand by 25 percent, an unprecedented steep and rapid increase that has already begun. The urban and suburban land area has been expanding to create a sprawling ... -
The form of clean energy neighborhoods : how it is guided and how it could be
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The subject of "clean energy city" has attained increased attention in recent year. However, almost all studies to date about "clean energy" are either at the building scale or the regional scale and little touches the ... -
The form of emotive design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)We have an unconscious understanding of the meaning of different physical objects through our extensive interactions with them. Designers can extend and adapt pre-existing symbolic meanings through the design of these ... -
Form projection exploration of habitable field.
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Form, finance, and use over time
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)This thesis is about making buildings affordable. It will explore thinking of buildings as being comprised of nearly decomposable systems of different lifespans. A nearly decomposable system is a system in which the links ... -
Form, function and flow in the plankton : jet propulsion and filtration by pelagic tunicates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Trade-offs between filtration rate and swimming performance among several salp species with distinct morphologies and swimming styles were compared. Small-scale particle encounter at the salp filtering apparatus was also ... -
Form, scales and optimality in the basin landscape and its channel network
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Form-based zoning : what place is this code?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Form-based zoning is a relatively recent innovation in zoning reform. Many cities in the U.S. have adopted form-based codes in lieu of or as a supplement to conventional zoning and many more are in the process of studying ... -
Form-finding of elastic gridshells
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Elastic gridshells are obtained by elastic deformation of an initially flat grid into a three-dimensional shell-like geometry and were first implemented in architecture in the 1970's. Their mechanical behaviour, which ... -
Form-finding structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Inherently characterized by the interaction of geometry and forces, the unique nature of long span dome, shell, and membrane structures readily allows collaboration between architects and engineers in the examination of ... -
Form-maker and collaborator : the role of the structural engineer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Over the past century, there have existed two major types of structural engineers. Some, like Robert Maillart, contributed greatly to the advancement of new forms. Others, such as Peter Rice, produced their most innovative ... -
A form-of-inhabiting movie : some geography about its physical features.
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Formal and spatial variations in a traditional walled city : Zaria, Nigeria
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981) -
A formal exploration based on observations of a medieval village
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A formal framework for specification-based embedded real-time system engineering
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The increasing size and complexity of modern software-intensive systems present novel challenges when engineering high-integrity artifacts within aggressive budgetary constraints. Among these challenges, ensuring confidence ... -
Formal informal sector responses for housing low-income people in Colombia
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Formal intervention in the urban landscape : designing a culturally-responsive framework for housing in Mexico City
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)This thesis explores an alternate approach to designing affordable housing. Housing is presented not just as physical shelter but as part of a larger socio-economic and cultural context. Implicit in this thesis is the ...