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A play : Between me and you
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Between Me and You is a writing by Jin Won Jung. She also goes by Jin. This thesis is written in a format that mimics writing of play which involves transforming action and movement into text. This is not necessarily a ...
///COUNTER : an artistic system for the transmission of cultural energy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
My thesis introduces ///COUNTER as an artistic system for the transmission of cultural energy. The underlying concepts of ///COUNTER are derived directly from my work on energy access as developed through the eWheel and ...
The community-based partnership approach for affordable housing development : a case in Shenzhen, China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Affordable housing has been a crucial urban issue in China. Given its fast-paced urbanization process, China is experiencing a dramatic increase in the demand for affordable housing. At the same time, the affordable housing ...
Designing for uncertainty : novel shapes and behaviors using scissor-pair transformable structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Much current research in design and computation, within an architectural framework, aims to reduce uncertainty as much as possible. The general belief is that, during the conceptual design process, the certainty about the ...
BIM Game : a "serious game" to educate non-experts about energy related design and living
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Climate Change is one defining issue of our time. With the increasingly sophisticated uses of energy, we have to face the problem as energy shortage and global warming. Since almost one-fourth of US energy is consumed by ...
The new citizens : a study of the architectural identity of public philanthropic institutions built by two Isma'ili communities in contemporary Bombay
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Just across the railway lines at Charni road, forming a backdrop to the Marine Drive, stands the Saifee Hospital in all its splendor. Across the city in the neighborhood of Mazgaon, nestled behind the St. Mary's school ...
Parametric architecture : performative/responsive assembly components
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Current parametric design generates many possible solutions during modeling and design process, but in the final stage, only allows users to choose one solution to develop. This thesis demonstrates a design strategy for ...
Mapping myths of the medina : French colonial urbanism, Oriental brandscapes and the politics of tourism in Marrakesh
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Before the French Protectorate of Morocco was established in 1912, Marrakesh was both a major trading node in North Africa and one of the royal cities in Morocco. Yet as the number of colonists surged and the pieds noirs ...
A cycling network for the cities of Boston and Cambridge
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
In recent years, many cities have been looking for alternative urban transportation tools due to the high cost of energy and the global climate change. As one of the clean transportation types, cycling has become gradually ...
Integration between dividing lines : the spatial and social integration of African immigrants in post-apartheid Cape Town
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Over the last fifteen years since the demise of apartheid South Africa, under a new democratic dispensation, has become host to several million immigrants from the rest of the continent. This has been paralleled by a rise ...