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Towards a post-industrial architecture : design and construction of houses for the information age
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The design and construction of modern residential architecture, which came into critical focus by architects of the Machine Age, continues to be a priority in the architectural discourse. For Modern architects, the desire ...
Boom
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis is about my relationship to technology through the medium of my body. By implication it is about how our culture and society view and interact with technology's various manifestations. I use my voice as the ...
Financial analysis of energy-efficient façade systems for application in commercial office developments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Advocates for sustainable development have been campaigning for the implementation of green features in developments. New and high-technology energy-efficient technologies, such as photovoltaic cells and double skin façades, ...
PUPIL : constructing the space of visual attention
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This thesis explores the nature of a human experience in space through a primary inquiry into vision. This inquiry begins by questioning the existing methods and instruments employed to capture and represent a human ...
Air leakage of Insulated Concrete Form houses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Air leakage has been shown to increase building energy use due to additional heating and cooling loads. Although many construction types have been examined for leakage, an exploration of a large number of Insulated Concrete ...
Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
No typology has fragmented urban space more than the parking garage. In fact, the city of Houston's parking contingent practice has a resulted in a garage on 30% of the downtown district.The range from a few underground ...
Fair game : learning from La Salada
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This thesis seeks to expand the potential role of urban design for informal places under the process of formalization. More specifically, it examines the spatial principles that comprise the successful cultural and economic ...
Computing drawing : programming a vintage pen plotter
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The drawn artifact and the act of drawing are uniquely suited for design thinking. Specifically, drawings that were traditionally crafted "by hand" are prone to qualities that promote a productive multiplicity of ...
Cow-op : living and learning from our food
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
How many of us actually know what we are eating? Our relationship with food is one of consumption. We see food, we eat food. Our current food life cycle model delivers meals directly to our plates with little or no oversight. ...
Vertical Village : towards a new typology of high-density low-income urban housing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Apocalyptic global urbanization is old news. For generations statistically supported oracles have warned against the rising tide of rapid urban growth, one must only casually search the keywords "urban slum" on Goggle to ...