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The Frolic Model : transforming single-family homes into urban cohousing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
We founded the development firm Frolic to respond to the following questions: Can we introduce the benefits of density to urban America without displacing the people who live there? Can we bring the comfort of permanence ...
Holistic revitalization in small post-industrial cities : tools for urban housing development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
For generations, housing programs have sought to utilize redevelopment projects to accomplish broader community revitalization goals. Contemporary affordable housing practice embodies this idea in large housing development ...
How can social compact's neighborhood drilldown data spur more retail development in Miami's difficult to develop neighborhoods?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The inner-city neighborhoods of America continue to struggle with the economic blight they have faced ever since American urban growth began to abandon the urban city core fifty years ago. One of the most salient characteristics ...
Monkey see, monkey do : establishing new real estate development frameworks for the land optioning and assembly process in Singapore
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Development projects ultimately create places in the built environment. As such, the developer should be concerned with the quality of spaces they create for those in the community to interact within. For this reason, a ...
Pro-forma for city form
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis aims to examine impact of financial decisions on the city morphology, specifically on the current crop of new city projects undertaken in India. While there has been some existing research on impact of capital ...
(Managerial) style over substance : determinants of devaluation for female supervisors in an Indian garment factory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Despite the rising representation of women in management, female managers continue to be devalued compared to male managers, presenting a challenge for gender inequality in organizations. This study helps address a significant ...
Modeling metropolis : clean energy guidelines for neighborhood design in rapidly urbanizing China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
In China's current landscape the paradigm for urban development is the rapid creation of whole neighborhoods instead of the conventional piecemeal approach of creating individual buildings that gradually aggregate over ...
The transit oriented basis boost : adapting the LIHTC to finance affordable housing near transit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit is arguably the most successful and important program in American history for the creation of affordable housing. The program leverages private investment in affordable housing, through ...
Transforming industrial heritage sites in major Chinese cities : reintegrating Minsheng Wharf into the life of the city
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
China is a nation evolving through post-industrialization towards a cultural and innovation based society. In turn, its urban form is grappling with a number of preserved industrial heritage sites in major urban centers ...
Double-dipping or lagniappe? : a study on the use of tenant-based vouchers in low-income housing tax credit developments in New Orleans, Louisiana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans demolished nearly all of its public housing. Mirroring a national trend, not all of it was replaced. What was replaced largely took different forms: tenants received portable Housing ...