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Jack Tworkov's work from 1955 to 1979 : the synthesis of choice and chance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
Jack Tworkov began painting in the 1920s and made his reputation later as an Abstract Expressionist working in a gestural style. At the age of sixty-five Tworkov put that reputation on the line by undergoing a radical ...
Environmentalism : philosophical sources of 19th century urban thought
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
Rethinking streets : urban life with autonomous vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Historically, streets have served a range of functions, primarily those associated with traffic circulation and social interaction. However, in the 20th century, the street design became centered on traffic movement and ...
Automated motion planning for robotic assembly of discrete architectural structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Architectural robotics has proven a promising technique for assembling non-standard configurations of building components at the scale of the built environment, complementing the earlier revolution in generative digital ...
Architecture of the cloud, virtualization takes command : learning from black boxes, data centers and an architecture of the conditioned environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
A single manageable architecture of the Cloud has been one of the most important social and technical changes of the 21st century. Cloud computing, our newest public utility is an attempt to confront and control cultural ...
.... but what is good urban form?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
The urban design of distributed energy resources
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Distributed energy resources (DERs) are a considerable research focus for cities to reach emissions reduction goals and meet growing energy demand. DERs, consisting of local power plants and distribution infrastructure, ...
The architectural implications of passive solar cooling systems in hot-arid climates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Residential architectural design should fulfill both the comfort and the social requirements of the occupants. Khartoum, the capital of the Sudan was chosen for this study because of two reasons; The first is its unusually ...
Rudolph M. Schindler : theory and design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
The work of Rudolph M. Schindler has been subject to criticism, disregard and misunderstanding. Attempts have been made to characterize Schindler as a cubist architect, a constructivist architect, an expressionist architect, ...
Real estate developers and child care centers : loss leader or competitive tool?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)