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Passage : territorial reciprocity in the design of access
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
This thesis investigates how forms and their territories are used to affect the quality of passage. Form, motion, and sequences relate the passages which affect our perception of the environment. The thesis is a journey ...
Feminist critique and the Pueblos as textual : an architectural translation of Monique Wittig
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
This thesis poses the question of a feminist architecture that is not based on 'women' per say - their involvement as architects, their difference, or as users - but on the possibilities 1), of the world as perceived, ...
Transformations of the courtyard : an exploration in Chinese architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
This thesis deals with the design of a large hotel with modern facilities in Suzhou, China, using a reinterpretation of traditional Chinese architecture. This was approached by analyzing the city fabric in Old Suzhou, ...
Panel assemblage for housing : some form and construction explorations for small buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
This thesis examines the consequences of building homes in a factory and explores viable construction alternatives using factory-made panels. The exploration considers panelized systems of dwelling construction and its ...
Rediscovering the river : infill and adaptive reuse in Brattleboro, Vermont
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
This thesis develops several ideas voiced by the citizens of Brattleboro. The first, the River Walk, is a pedestrian path at the rear of the downtown commercial area of town. Projections are made about the possible route ...
Passive solar in the city : an energy conscious design for subsidized multi-family housing development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
Until now, passive solar energy has been overlooked as a viable alternative for home heating in urban subsidized housing. Rather ironically, in housing whose residents could most benefit from the use of solar energy, such ...
Industrial process as architectural landscape : a small brewery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
An exploration into whether the processes and artifacts of an industrial process can be integrated with the enclosing architecture into a mutually-enriching landscape. The particular vehicle for this exploration is the ...
Forms for change : an architecture of meaning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
A socially responsible role for architecture and architects is one which consciously responds to a particular set of socio-cultural values. These values, regardless of interpretation, are in a state of constant change. In ...
Designing at the edge : exploring the interface between the built and natural environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
Architectural form embodies layers of cultural meaning which reveal people's attitude about their connection to their world. Architectural form has the capacity to contain a plethora of statements about the individual ...
Design projections for a commuter ferry terminal and commercial pier in Portland, Maine's historic urban waterfront
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
The work is based on a design project: to connect the grid urban form, and its associated buildings, and their uses, to the larger Maine (natural) landscape, and its forms. These two contextual categories will strongly ...