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    • Echoes From the Stone Reframing Preservation in Syria Through Haurani Folklore 

      Alrifai, Hajar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-05)
      Partially buried in the landscape of Hauran in southern Syria, my family’s 1500-year-old house, Alali—formerly a Byzantine church—further erodes with each passing year. Throughout the decades, the house has been subjected ...

    • Wave Mechanics in Constructed Oyster Reefs and the Design of Nature-Based Coastal Adaptation 

      Brice, James Vincent (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-05)
      There has been great interest in the potential of constructed oyster reefs (CORs) to function as nature-based coastal protection infrastructure, but most projects to-date are designed primarily for wave attenuation and ...

    • When the Earth Breathes: An Anthology of Volcanic Urbanism 

      Carucci Alvarez, Maria Gabriela (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-05)
      Malpaís. A Spanish word used in volcanically-active landscapes to refer to the new basalt terrain that solidifies after an eruption. It translates literally to “bad country”, and it is defined as a “sterile, arid surface”. ...