Browsing Architecture - Master's degree by Title
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)N=1=NPK=KIMCHI=N is a mobile, expandable living unit which consists of a urinal, urine processing system, hydroponic napa cabbage garden, seedling growing area, customized bed, and kitchen table. I tested my urine, modified ... -
Nahr Beirut : projections on an infrastructural landscape
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)A century ago, Nahr Beirut was a riparian river which flowed from a mountainous valley to a coastal plain, the Beirut Peninsula, before entering the Julian Beinart Mediterranean Sea. After being for centuries the distant ... -
Narration of light : computational tools for framing the tonal imagination
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Existence of light reveals the architectural space. And images depict them. This thesis proposes a computational model for evaluating tonal and compositional qualities of photorealistically rendered synthetic images. Its ... -
Narrative light : the design of a monastic retreat
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)This thesis is the design of a monastic retreat on Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia. The island serves as the source of the generative concept that organizes the sequence of spaces within the monastery. The ... -
Narrative tactics for making other worlds possible
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Be they childhood games of make-believe, sophisticated literary projects, or political inventions (a "Great America") authors have taken advantage of a world-building imagination creating their own worlds, and theorizing ... -
A natatorium for M.I.T. : a spatial experience defined by a roof structure, light and movement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)This thesis articulates the design of a Natatorium through both the use of computational methods of visualization and through traditional methods of representing architectural space and form. Computer visualization is used ... -
The National Museum at Manila, Philippines
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951) -
A national museum of American art and archaeology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1936) -
A national opera house for Sydney, Australia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956) -
National parking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)The mobility afforded by the rise of the information era solicits a reexamination of possible modes of mobile living. Mobility has always been closely tied to American life. Westwaid expansion defined United States history ... -
A national theater for Japan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961) -
NATO : Network Architecture Tensile Organization : mending Berlin through public interface
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)NATO: Network Architecture; Tensile Organization is a project that seeks to create a lighter public forum where architecture mediates a space of metaphor, yet looks towards a hopeful future, in a place laden with the ... -
Natural daylighting and energy conservation : innovative solutions for office buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982) -
Natural forces and the craft of building : site reconnaissance.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975) -
Natural light in architectural design : element and determinant.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976) -
Natural phenomena and the senses : linking memory and corporeal experience
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)How could the experience of our rituals be made more meaningful? Our experience of ritual exists as an exchange between our memory and natural phenomena in a place over time. These place specific phenomena are filtered by ... -
Natural space conditioning for a tall residential structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980) -
Natural ventilation : design for suburban houses in Thailand
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)Natural Ventilation is the most effective passive cooling design strategy for architecture in hot and humid climates. In Thailand, natural ventilation has been the most essential element in the vernacular architecture such ... -
Natural ventilation generates building form
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)Natural ventilation is an efficient design strategy for thermal comfort in hot and humid climates. The building forms can generate different pressures and temperatures to induce natural ventilation. This thesis develops a ... -
Natural ventilation possibilities for buildings in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)In the United States, many of the commercial buildings built in the last few decades are completely mechanically air conditioned, without the capability to use natural ventilation. This habit has occurred in building designs ...
