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Air leakage of Insulated Concrete Form houses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Air leakage has been shown to increase building energy use due to additional heating and cooling loads. Although many construction types have been examined for leakage, an exploration of a large number of Insulated Concrete ...
Observations and design of public place and paths in a New England town
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
This is a plan - a hypothesis in which some ideas are developed for the building of a path and parks. Through the use of imagery texture, and materials a sense of the possible is evoked. This is also an exploration of ...
Development plan for the air rights at South Station transportation center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
The ephemeral city : Paris and the phenomenon of the Universal Expositions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
1989! To the French men, it already evokes thoughts of the Universal Exposition that will take place in Paris that year. This great festival will be the first one since World War II, more than half a century ago. At last, ...
Pets that learn
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
No typology has fragmented urban space more than the parking garage. In fact, the city of Houston's parking contingent practice has a resulted in a garage on 30% of the downtown district.The range from a few underground ...
Fair game : learning from La Salada
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This thesis seeks to expand the potential role of urban design for informal places under the process of formalization. More specifically, it examines the spatial principles that comprise the successful cultural and economic ...
Computing drawing : programming a vintage pen plotter
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The drawn artifact and the act of drawing are uniquely suited for design thinking. Specifically, drawings that were traditionally crafted "by hand" are prone to qualities that promote a productive multiplicity of ...
Bridging across Nicosia's divide : from a "no man's land" to a shared public realm
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)
This thesis addresses the issue of creating a new urban identify for Nicosia, Cyprus, by rebuilding the Buffer Zone -the "no man's land" that presently divides the city- in a way that encourages the sharing of the urban ...
Cow-op : living and learning from our food
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
How many of us actually know what we are eating? Our relationship with food is one of consumption. We see food, we eat food. Our current food life cycle model delivers meals directly to our plates with little or no oversight. ...