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An application service provider infrastructure for shared workspaces in Internet-based collaborative design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
For architectural, engineering and construction projects involving transient 'virtual organizations' composed of non-collocated team-members, the adoption of concurrent design principles is seen as vital. An important ...
Microbial mediations : cyber-biological extensions of human sensitivity to natural and made ecologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
As natural and human made environments become increasingly monitored and modulated by embedded digital technologies, we are presented with a staggering flow of information reverberating between the scales of the made, the ...
Operational, aesthetic, and construction process performance for innovative passive and active solar building components for residential buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
A system-based framework creates the ability to integrate operational, aesthetic, and construction process performance. The framework can be used to evaluate innovations within residential construction. By reducing the ...
Reinvention through reuse : strategies for the adaptive reuse of large-scale buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The practice of adaptive reuse has grown in popularity in the United States over the past few decades, with now about 90% of architect-commissioned work involving some interaction with an existing structure. While the ...
Boston's Back Bay : the urban framework and its visual organization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
Evolution of a laboratory experiment for teaching structural behavior : from general considerations to experiment implementation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
Earthquake resistant design of precast panel buildings : a case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
Considerations in the recycling of urban parking garages
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
Because of the decreasing use of private automobiles in city centers and because of usual development pressures, some urban parking garages will become available for replacement or recycling. The choice between replacement ...
Low-income housing : alternative strategies for building construction and project control
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
Housing low-income groups, who cannot afford even the most minimal shelter, remains a dominant issue in most developing countries. However, all the solutions advanced so far depend on large investments, either by the ...