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Geometric, topological & semantic analysis of multi-building floor plan data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Generating a comprehensive model of a university campus or other large urban space is a challenging undertaking due to the size, geometric complexity, and levels of rich semantic information contained in inhabited environments. ...
Bolshevik era, the extreme case of urban planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The key premise of the Russian revolutionary movement was the overthrow of the old government and establishment of the new political order under the one party leadership of the Bolsheviks. The political platform of the new ...
Improving the daylighting conditions of existing buildings : the benefits and limitations of integrating anidolic daylighting systems using the American classroom as a model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Awareness of the benefits of good daylighting has risen in recent years, and the designs of many new buildings take daylighting into consideration. However, the majority of our built environment is older than this recent ...
An analysis of investor types in real estate capital markets : their behavior and performance from 2000 to 2006
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis explores the timing and returns of eight types of real estate investors between 2000 and 2006. The investor types considered are 1) private local, 2) private national, 3) institutional, 4) public REIT (Real ...
A handbook for improving real estate project delivery in Malaysia : analysis, comparison and selecting the best method
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The real estate and construction sectors are very important and integral part of the Malaysian economy. At a macro-level, governmental development plans in Malaysia are based on successive five year plans since 1956. For ...
Parametric constructs : computational designs for digital fabrication
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis explores strategies for building design toolchains in order to design, develop and fabricate architectural forms. The hipothesys of this research is that by embedding ruled based procedures addressing generative, ...
Developing a total replacement cost index for suburban office projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Understanding the components of replacement costs for office developments, and how these components combine to create total development costs is essential for success in office real estate development. Surprisingly, the ...
The central city : why the comeback?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Recently, scholars and non-scholars alike have written and spoken much about the reversal of urban sprawl and the in-migration of young professionals and empty nesters. The objective of this study is first, to examine the ...
A computational model of visual interpretation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
From the very early phases of design conception, designers use sketches as a powerful design tool. Sketches are however ambiguous. Meanings are associated on fly as the designer 'comes up' with certain ideas while working ...
Confrontation, comparison and reconstruction of the walled city of Shahjahanabad
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Cities offer a platform for cultural, social, physical and economic co-existence and conflict. Many traditional cities of India, which were conceived on the basis of relative autonomy of the existing societal structure, ...