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The jungle in the clearing : space, form and democracy in America, 1940-1949
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Combining aesthetic theory with theories of the public sphere, this dissertation examines the brief appearance of a publicly empathetic civic realm in the United States during the 1940s. The argument begins with a reevaluation ...
Designing aesthetically pleasing freeform surfaces in a computer environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Statement: If computational tools are to be employed in the aesthetic design of freeform surfaces, these tools must better reflect the ways in which creative designers conceive of and develop such shapes. In this thesis, ...
A projective approach to computer-aided drawing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
I present a novel drawing system for composing and rendering perspective scenes. The proposed approach uses a projective two-dimensional representation for primitives rather than a conventional three-dimensional description. ...
Valuing natural capital in real estate development : challenges and opportunites in the Pearl River Delta, P.R. China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The challenging economic, social, and political issues that face the Pearl River Delta region of south China make it different from any other area of the world. With the clash of such dynamic elements and a desire for rapid ...
Modeling VOC sorption of building materials and its impact on indoor air quality
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Sorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by building materials can have significant effect on the indoor VOC concentration levels and indoor air quality in buildings. The objective of this study was to investigate ...
CIAM and the emergence of Team 10 thinking, 1945-1959
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This study is an intellectual micro-history which examines the debates about the future of modern architecture and planning that occurred within CIAM (Congès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) between 1945-1959. This ...
Design infrastructure for large organizations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
How may design address the conditions of change and creativity in today's workplace environment? Increasingly there is the recognition that in order to develop effective workplaces, the design not only needs to respond to ...
Suggestions for new vertical public space of the future city
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
People's physical patterns are composed of continuity and congestion in their space, which are created as a life realm by movements of people. Perhaps their history, present living, and future are reminded of regrets, ...
New opportunities for Boston's Chinatown : turnpike air rights
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Boston's Chinatown is a regional business, cultural and service center to the Asian community in greater Boston area. However, it is confronting serious problems at this moment. These problems can be classified as three ...
Interactive specification and acquisition of depth from single images
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
We describe a system for interactively acquiring depth for an image-based representation consisting of a single input image. We use layers of images with depth to represent the scene. Unlike traditional 3D modeling and ...