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M49-- Machine for the Living : a performance broadcast through an interfering FM radio transmission
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The focus of the M49: Machine For The Living project is a performance work that considers the omnipresence of layered communications, which extend, yet supersede corporeal space of the individual. M49 creates a framework ...
Seasonality in commercial real estate transaction volume and capital returns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In this thesis I examine the existence of seasonality in quarterly transaction volume and capital returns in commercial real estate markets from 1984 to 2005, based on MIT's Transaction-Based Index. Evidence is provided ...
Country regulation of large scale commercial and industrial real estate development in the southwest : is it effective?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Real estate developers and county officials were surveyed to determine the existence, content and accessibility of county regulatory guidelines for land use and real estate development projects in the southwestern US. ...
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 ...