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dc.contributor.advisorEric Dluhosch.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRojanavanich, Pisiten_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.en_US
dc.coverage.spatiala-th---en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-01T14:45:24Z
dc.date.available2013-03-01T14:45:24Z
dc.date.copyright1983en_US
dc.date.issued1983en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77293
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1983.en_US
dc.descriptionMICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCHen_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 157-160).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe urgent need for housing, especially for the low income families in most developing countries, is found to be exacerbated by various factors such as the adaptation of inappropriate policies, construction standards, zoning laws, land tenure policies, and lack of attention to the development of appropriate housing technology and responsive design method to user requirements . In the light of the above, this study aims at determining comprehensive guidelines for the improvement of housing prototypes in Thailand . To exemplify such guidelines, a housing model is selected, i.e., a typical walk-up apartment of the National Housing Authority. The improvement is proposed by means of a systems approach to building and the introduction of the building performance concept. The systems concept would allow the problem solver to deal with any set of problems, related to buildings as a whole, within which interactions between various factors in construction industry interact with each other before any resolution is developed. It also provides the problem solver to evaluate more rationally the answer he has developed and enables the process to be repeated over and over again in differing situations by means of transmission of the information. Also applied is the performance concept which would serve as an intermediary between user requirements and hardware solution . The guidelines are developed in general five steps of the systems approach to building as follows: 1) statement of objectives, 2) problem analysis and base line data gathering, 3) development of performance criteria , 4) the generation of alternative solutions, and 5) evaluation and selection of alternatives. Accordingly, special attention is focused on the feedback from the in-use prototypes which is reflecting in the performance criteria and design proposal (Step 3&4).en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Pisit Rojanavanich.en_US
dc.format.extent160 leavesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.titleSystems approach for housing prototype improvement : case study, Thailanden_US
dc.title.alternativeThailand, Systems approach for housing prototype improvementen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc11459742en_US


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