2026-09-19T15:38:23Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/1419502026-06-05T15:35:55Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131023
Eric Dluhosch.
Wrzeski, Stanley J.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
2022-04-19T18:14:30Z
2022-04-19T18:14:30Z
1993
1993
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141950
761053009
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1993
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-80).
There are four key notions underlying this thesis: a. there are forces at play which cause many of the home's systems to interact with each other in ways that may be intended or unintended; b. due to these forces, our understanding of each of the home's individual systems may not allow us to understand how they work together; c. in order to understand how the home "works", we may need to redefine its systems based on these interactions, or crossings, and develop an ecology of building systems; d. good-looking homes aren't good enough ... we must move toward the concept of a high-performance home, properly deploying our knowledge of these interactions. The thesis is organized in four principal sections: 1. Crossings proposes a typology for interactions among roleplayers, systems and materials in the home; 2. some of the problems associated with their interactions are illustrated by considering the evolution of the residential chimney (Pipeline to the Sky 1 and the residential wall (The Great Barrier Rift); 3. Toward the High-Performance Home considers the implications of those interactions; 4. the opportunities in those interactions are examined metaphorically in Service Core: The Promise of Proximity and Information: The Currency of Crossings.
by Stanley J. Wrzeski, Jr.
S.M.
S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
91 leaves
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
Architecture.
Crossings : the promise of proximity
Promise of proximity
Thesis
application/pdf
2022-04-19T18:14:30Z
Publication
Master
unknown
unknown
<Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="2042fb9d-4e5b-48c5-950e-bca589bd4e0e">
<Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type>
<Title>Crossings : the promise of proximity</Title>
<Subtitle>Promise of proximity</Subtitle>
<PublishedIn>
<Publication>
</Publication>
</PublishedIn>
<PublicationDate>1993</PublicationDate>
<Authors>
<Author>
<DisplayName>Wrzeski, Stanley J.</DisplayName>
<Affiliation>
<OrgUnit>
</OrgUnit>
</Affiliation>
</Author>
</Authors>
<Editors>
</Editors>
<Publishers>
<Publisher>
<DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName>
<OrgUnit />
</Publisher>
</Publishers>
<License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License>
<Keyword>Architecture.</Keyword>
<Abstract>There are four key notions underlying this thesis: a. there are forces at play which cause many of the home's systems to interact with each other in ways that may be intended or unintended; b. due to these forces, our understanding of each of the home's individual systems may not allow us to understand how they work together; c. in order to understand how the home "works", we may need to redefine its systems based on these interactions, or crossings, and develop an ecology of building systems; d. good-looking homes aren't good enough ... we must move toward the concept of a high-performance home, properly deploying our knowledge of these interactions. The thesis is organized in four principal sections: 1. Crossings proposes a typology for interactions among roleplayers, systems and materials in the home; 2. some of the problems associated with their interactions are illustrated by considering the evolution of the residential chimney (Pipeline to the Sky 1 and the residential wall (The Great Barrier Rift); 3. Toward the High-Performance Home considers the implications of those interactions; 4. the opportunities in those interactions are examined metaphorically in Service Core: The Promise of Proximity and Information: The Currency of Crossings.</Abstract>
<Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right"
>
</Access>
</Publication>