Browsing Architecture - Master's degree by Title
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Las Leyes de Indias : observations of its influence on the physical space in the Latin American colonial cities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)This Thesis involves an analysis and a description of the structure of physical space of the Latin America Colonial Cities. The section of the document known as Leyes de Indias which deals with the urbanistic norms and the ... -
Last Chance : crossing industrial and ecological cycles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Views of long-term environmental change often rely on linear narratives of growth and decline. Last chance sites have been described as offering a limited window of time to witness landscapes and seascapes that are deemed ... -
The last Levantine City : Beirut, 1830-1930
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)My thesis examines the urban transformation of Beirut between 1830 and 1930. Evolving from a local market city importing European goods and exporting local produce into a transit city for the re-export of European commodities, ... -
Last resorts : a tour guide to territorial protection for the Republic of the Maldives
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)A two meter rise in sea levels projected by the end of this century threatens the sovereignty of the Maldivian nation state. While flight from the Maldives to establish a new homeland elsewhere has been proposed, the culture ... -
The lawn and the forest : architecture and landscape in the work of Thomas Jefferson and Frank Lloyd Wright
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986) -
Learning city form from children : identifying patterns of adolescents' use and perception of the urban environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
Learning environment assessment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis introduces a rationale and a set of methods for assessing the performance of learning environments. The vehicle of this study is the assessment project of the new teaching laboratory of the MIT Department of ... -
Learning from cases : retrieving cases in CAD systems based on design criteria
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991)Architects usually regard case studies as an important way to study architecture. Cases stand for existing answers to real problems and provide resources for free interpretation. This thesis investigates encoding design ... -
Learning from each other : citizen participatory community design in the United States and Japan, and the role of the architect
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)This thesis explored principles of community design for future development both in the US. and Japan by examining the organizational structures, levels of participation and processes of community designs. Three cases in ... -
Learning from master's muscles : EMG-based bio-feedback tool for augmenting manual fabrication and crafting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Learning a novel skill is a time consuming process and can be frustrating at times. It may require hours of supervised training before a minimum level of proficiency can even be attained. For example in ceramics, centering ... -
Learning from teaching : a case study of a fourth year studio on urban design.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978) -
Learning from the Vineyard : building environments expressive of place.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977) -
Learning to collaborate : lessons from the design studio
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)This thesis examines the dynamics of collaboration within the architectural design studio by focusing on the basic elements of group interaction (Commitment, Conflict, Communication, the Collaborative Process and the Role ... -
Learning to collaborate : robots building together
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Since robots were first invented, robotic assembly has been an important area of research in both academic institutions and industry settings. The standard industry approach to robotic assembly lines utilizes fixed robotic ... -
Learning topology : engaging the development of spatial cognition though adpositional play
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)This thesis establishes a qualitative analysis of current playground design and challenges the minimal role that playgrounds play in education, spatial cognition, and the development of a child's understanding of space. ... -
Lessons for Chinese mega-mall development : a case study of the South China Mall
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)China is embracing mega-mall development: Seven out of the ten largest shopping malls in the world will have been located in China by the year 2010. All the completed mega-malls are now suffering from high vacancy rates ... -
Lessons from the underground : the pedagogic possibility of urban infrastructure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)There is no end of superlatives regarding Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project [CA/T] , also known as "The Big Dig". Each day, as the budget grows and the construction progresses, another benchmark is passed. It has been ... -
Lessons in sustainable design : case study of a school in Chicago
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)This thesis develops an approach to environmentally sustainable design through the hypothetical redesign of the South Loop School in Chicago. Sustainable architecture seeks to reinforce ecological relationships to the ... -
Let's meet at the Civic Center!
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)The town halt as a type of architecture has become so prevalent that the term has been used to describe the activities that go on inside - namely, social gatherings of the public for purposes of discussion, question, and ... -
Levels of dependence : a drug rehabilitation facility for mothers and their children
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)Contemporary society is faced with an increasing problem of substance abuse and addiction. The public consequences of this private problem are experienced in the increasing costs in the healthcare, penal and welfare systems ...
