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Mixed-use development : a development case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
House, home, and community : good models for graduate student housing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis explores the planning and design of on-campus housing for graduate students in urban context. This study reviews the prevailing models of on-campus housing nationally and discusses the new concepts of future ...
Governance issues and default resolution in commercial mortgage backed securities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
With the increasing role of CMBS in commercial real estate lending, it has become crucial to understand the agency and governance risks that are created with the CMBS servicing structure. This study is an investigation of ...
Creating construction cost indices and examining their cyclic behavior
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Digital places : rethinking urban elements : the case of the tower
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Problem - How can we make working, living and all aspects of our life in the urban tower more palatable? How can we create environment at the urban tower scale. With technology as one of the biggest drivers of social and ...
An analysis of residential window waterproofing systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The prevalence of vinyl nail-on windows in the North American new home construction market has prompted ASTM International to write ASTM E2112-01 "Standard Practice for Installation of Exterior Windows, Doors and Skylights". ...
Digital graft : towards a non-homogeneous materiality
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
(cont.) and form development. Through this approach, space can be perceived not as distributed geometries, but rather as a composite graft responding locally to flows of programmatic and environmental parameters.
Digital making : exploring design with computer controlled fabrication
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis examines the underlying issues innate to the design process of developing architectural solutions using the digital for "making" architecture, focusing on architectural production. It proposes an alternative ...
Play and tolerance : notions of looseness in social and material assemblages
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The material scenario provides the most illustrative of entry points into this collection of evidence embodying the difference between play and tolerance. In a material assemblage, the looseness in a joint (expansion, pin, ...
Parametric design : a paradigm shift?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The variety reflected in constant change became an imperative in the development of the modem world. The society is more insistent in seeking the implementation of quality and customization in most of humans' activities. ...