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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The unique challenges of building permanent supportive housing for female veterans : a comparative case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
In 2009, President Barack Obama and mayors around the country pledged to end veteran homelessness by 2015. Although their collaborative efforts led to a dramatic decrease in the rate of homelessness among veterans, the ...
New urban manufacturing neo-industrial design in Louisville, Kentucky
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
American manufacturing is experiencing a modest renaissance. U.S. firms are choosing to re-shore manufacturing jobs not out of their sense of patriotism, but because it makes good business sense. The costs of transportation ...
Balancing the scales : the impact of the built environment on the socioeconomic diversity of Metropolitan Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The question that this thesis ponders is: Is there a physical neighborhood form that promotes more integrated communities by supporting the different living preferences and resources of diverse racial and class groups? ...
Hybrid-industrial zoning : a case study in Downtown Los Angeles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Historically, land use planning has treated industrial land uses either antagonistically or ambivalently. Traditional zoning approaches have restricted, regulated, spatially isolated, and pushed industrial land to the ...