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Conversation on saving a historical community : a participatory renewal and preservation platform
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
What if stakeholders, architects, and developers/bureaucrats could be in a conversation about preservation? Community heritage in China is in great danger because of the lack of authority, financial support, knowledge of ...
From artifact to site : understanding the canal in the city of gardens
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The words 'garden' and 'infrastructure' express the power of culture over nature. In celebration of its history of Mughal gardens and waterworks, Lahore has been construed in local imaginations as "the city of gardens". ...
Engineering creative environment portfolio application
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Richard Florida's argument about creative class as the most powerful engine for economic growth of cities is validity; however, this thesis argues it is not creative class or a certain group of individuals but creative ...
The effect of the Fitzgerald parking garage on the Tent City Task Force goals
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
Urban dwelling environments in rapidly growing cities : case study, Unayzah, Saudi Arabia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
The study is concerned with two critical issues: a) the housing situation of middle income groups; b) the use of land in new developments. A tentative planning model for urban land development and a survey of existing ...
Land development approaches in the context of land scarcity : case study, Byblos, Lebanon
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
The objective of this study is to provide a general understanding for guiding urban development in secondary cities in Lebanon. An existing site in the Byblos Metropolitan Area is utilized as a reference to this study. The ...
On the articulation and the synthesis of space in architectural and urban design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
The problem of observer in contemporary physics, or Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty and Einstein's theory of relativity had considerable strong impact on our notion of time and space. We are in the irreversible arrow ...
Form elements of houses : investigating the collective form of detached houses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
This thesis focuses on the collective form of detached houses. A result of the American phenomenon of detached, single family, freestanding houses being the standard type. Through an observation of eight environments of ...
The role of design in city form : organic and planned towns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
Urban expansion and upgrading, Vadodara, India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)