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Water : forms and associations in natural and built landscapes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
In nature, water appears as a drop, a trickle, a spring, a stream, a waterfall, a pool, a lake, a river or the sea. These myriad forms offer exciting visual and physical contrast within the natural landscape and evoke ...
A new town hall for Norwich, Vermont
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
... the public building is not an abstract symbol, but partakes in daily life, which relates to what is timeless and common. The objective of this thesis was to design a new town hall for Norwich, Vermont. The design ...
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 ...
The recycling of [existing] structures for low and moderate income subsidized housing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
Architectural conventions and contextual cognition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
What is offered herein are some tools of architectural criticism. The focus of these criticisms is concerned with the environmentally-public edge between individual buildings and their site-specific contexts. Within such ...
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 ...
Manufacturing buildings in Massachusetts : the legacy and the future
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
Manufacturing buildings are found in most towns and cities in Massachusetts. Standing in dominant isolation, or as part of an urban district, their presence is the built testimony to the role manufacturing played in so ...
Preserving a form : a reinterpretation of the New England farm for multi-family living
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
The intention of this thesis is to present residential development based on a farm model as an alternative to subdivision in a rural context. The farm is not to be replicated exactly but the overall form is to be recognizable ...
Machi, Machinami, Machiya : a context for people's places in Japan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
This thesis attempts to present the structure of Japanese towns as the connection between physical amenity and use, and the meaning of spatial structure as it is formed and textured by the people who inhabit it. This is ...
Westway
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
This thesis develops the master plan, urban design guidelines, and housing models for two of the residential sections of Westway, New York City -- a 178 acre landfill project proposed for Manhattan' s Hudson River shore. ...