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The urban design of distributed energy resources
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Distributed energy resources (DERs) are a considerable research focus for cities to reach emissions reduction goals and meet growing energy demand. DERs, consisting of local power plants and distribution infrastructure, ...
Mothers' perceptions of housing space : an analysis of 3 married student housing sites: Eastgate, Westgate and Peabody Terrace
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974)
What is a good housing environment for nurturing, a place where the physical environment reinforces the lives of both parents and child? This thesis looks at three married student housing sites in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ...
Reinventing the golden age ballpark and the pastoral ideal : a new home for the Boston Red Sox on Fort Point Channel
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)
Despite of the relationship between the development of the American city, the pastoral ideal (a longing for a more rural and simple past) and the game of baseball, the urban ballpark has been the focus of little attention, ...
Approximate translation : media, narrative, and experience in urban design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Approximate translation is developed as a design process through which the place-embedded history of an urban environment can be understood, allowing for better design and intervention in that urban environment. Generally, ...
A study to determine the feasibility of a low income cooperative for the Tenants Development Corporation in the South End of Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979)
Modernization of state-aided public housing : program goals and policies in conflict.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)
The Houseful(l)ness of Public Space
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)
Domestic life - the programs and functions most closely associated with housing and home - has been largely programmed out of the public spaces of cities in order to make them inhospitable to unhoused residents and the ...
Community, space, and performance : a public stage in Central Square
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
In this thesis I strive to explore the question, "what is good architecture?" through the design of a facility for formal and informal musical and theatrical performance. The site for this project is in Central Square, ...
Collective private urban renewal in New Bedford's historic district
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974)
This thesis examines the waterfront historic district in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It is, hopefully, the beginning of a process of collective private renewal that may lead the revival of the district as a vital element ...
Light in the city
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This thesis focuses on enhancing the awareness of light for the pedestrian,and using light as a way of revealing the structure of the city and its relation to the cosmos. It proposes that aesthetic qualities of light inform ...