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Lifecycle of viral YouTube videos
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
YouTube was founded in 2005 as a video-sharing website. Today, it's a powerhouse social media platform where users can upload, view, comment, and share content. For many, it's the first site visited when looking for songs, ...
Rafael Guastavino and the Boston Public Library
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis looks at the role of Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino in the design and construction of the Boston Public Library through an examination of correspondence, construction documents and meeting minutes from the ...
The Bengal School of Art and Nihonga (19021928): Art Toward a Modern Asian Identity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
At the turn of the twentieth century, both India and Japan increasingly sought to create new modern identities separate from Western influence. These ambitions are reflected in the philosophies of two corresponding art ...
Cushion comfort constraint : choreographing infrastructures of mobility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Surface in the city is scarce. As a typical day in the city progresses, the inhabitants' surface demands transform. A children's playground goes unused at night, the valuable surface should be re-adapted for an alternative ...
Shape grammar for medical injectors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis explores the applicability of algorithmic design for biomedical device design through the use of the shape grammar formalism. This method is expressed as an algorithm that describes the computational mechanism ...
Digital palettes : assessing cultural and industry specific color usage in website design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
It is without a doubt that color is one of the most important and distinctive features of any physical or digital product. With the expansion of the world wide web and increasingly new digital media and online technologies, ...
Comfort analysis of differences in classroom designs between socioeconomic statuses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Classroom design has been ever changing, attempting to keep up with the new ideas about education and learning. As we learn more and more about how children learn, we adapt our learning styles with this new knowledge. ...
Experiments in participatory architecture : adventure classrooms and the construction of micronational realities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Beginning with the conjecture that non-professionals can find empowerment through a greater understanding of the built environment, two projects of architectural intervention were developed to experiment with the notion ...
Hypodensity/Hyperdensity ; or, Apple skies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Hypodensity/Hyperdensity is a reaction to the paradoxical modern urban condition of emptiness: the 'ring of drek,' left like a smear around Boston by post-industrial deflation. This area is close to both the crowded city ...
Urban building energy modeling and retrofit design as a means to inform effective public policy : Boston case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Residential buildings use upwards of 20% of the total energy consumed annually in the United States. This, coupled with the desire to reduce overall utility costs and improve occupant comfort on the part of residents, ...