Graduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Large Language Models and Quantifying the Regulatory Expenses of Affordable Housing: A Thorough Examination Utilizing Generative Assessment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)This thesis presents an innovative methodology using Large Language Model-based methods to extract and quantify housing regulations from municipal zoning codes, making possible the most comprehensive examination of regulatory ... -
Reimagining Public Land: Municipal Land Use to Ease Housing Crisis in Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Boston is in the midst of a severe housing crisis, driven by decades of underproduction, rising construction costs, restrictive zoning, and an inelastic real estate market that has resulted in persistent affordability ... -
Modular Zipping for Transformable and Dynamic Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)There is a need for products, machines and environments that can change shape, transform and evolve according to their use. This thesis proposes the design of a simple, modular actuator based on reversible folding and ...
