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    • From Waste to Structure: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Circular Design 

      Sørensen, Karl-Johan I. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-05)
      The design-to-construction process of buildings predominantly follows a top-down linear workflow, where a design is drawn and subsequently refined to determine the required materials and components. This approach assumes ...

    • Exœrcising a Haunted City 

      Wong, Bryan Hon Ting (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-05)
      With the looming threat of cultural erasure posed by Hong Kong’s repatriation to China no later than 2047, rituals emerge as the last resource sustaining the collective identity of the city. This thesis documents, through ...

    • Common Grounds in Shared Waters Integrated Design for Negotiating Equitable Development in Gosabara-Mokarsagar 

      Mehta, Dhwani (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-05)
      Along the west coast of India, in the waters of Gosabara-Mokarsagar, conflicting visions for the landscape mix and muddle. In 2016, Muslim fisherfolk of Gosabara, 100 families, already marginalized by religious, caste, and ...