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dc.contributor.advisorKent Larson.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEwing, Phillip Hampton, Jren_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-14T15:02:38Z
dc.date.available2015-10-14T15:02:38Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99275
dc.descriptionThesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2015.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 111-117).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis proposes both a physical platform and analytical model for implementing phototherapy in the context of architectural space and dynamic user behavior. By doing so, a number of problems across the fields of (I) healthcare innovation, (2) self-tracking or the "quantified self," and (3) interactive architecture would be solved. First, if healthcare systems are to gain greater insight into a number of conditions that are difficult to diagnose or treat, then passive monitoring and treatment methods must be expanded and improved. Second, if self-tracking devices are to become more accurate in monitoring and informing user health, then more contextual information about user positions and activities with reference to space are needed. Third, if interactive architectural systems are to have continuing relevance, then truly novel applications for augmenting the function of spaces must be explored. The development of a so-called "interactive phototherapy" would provide solutions by (i) increasing patient compliance to phototherapy regimens compared to more conventional methods, (2) improving the accuracy of monitoring information relevant to user health, and (3) expanding the functionality of architectural spaces to novel applications. Interactive phototherapy - a user interaction-oriented approach to phototherapy - is developed in three parts. First, we develop the CityHome, a project of the Changing Places group in the MIT Media Laboratory, as a physical platform capable of meeting technical prerequisites for the implementation of interactive phototherapy. Second, we explain a methodology for analyzing interactive phototherapy that is accessible to architectural designers and related practitioners. Third, we apply this methodology to evaluating hypothetical user interaction scenarios that may occur in the CityHome.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Phillip Hampton Ewing Jr.en_US
dc.format.extent117 pagesen_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.titleInteractive phototherapy : integrating photomedicine into interactive architectureen_US
dc.title.alternativeIntegrating photomedicine into interactive architectureen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc922698628en_US


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