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A prototype research building : utilizing precast concrete construction
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964)
The architect's role in participatory planning processes : a case study of the Boston Transportation Planning Review.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)
The professionalization of housing design in Amsterdam, 1909-1919
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
Housing design became an issue of public policy in Amsterdam when population growth spawned rapid urban expansion in the late nineteenth century. Dissatisfied with social, hygienic, and aesthetic aspects of the recent ...
Admonition and the academy : installation, video, and performance art in Reform Era China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
China's Reform Era (1978-present) has seen the reinvigoration of academic, and artistic practice, and a rapprochement between the Chinese Communist Party and the intellectual elite. At its beginnings in the early- to ...
Will you have a yam? : a study in agency and representation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Systems of architectural representation, and their implied balance of agency, are a potential site of tectonic, spatial, and programmatic reinvention. By altering only the roles of those involved in the design/construction ...
A graphical query language supporting flexible database access
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
GRAF-ASQ (GRaphical And Fully Accessible Structure-based Queries) is a graphical query language designed to provide flexible, wide access to data via the use of n-tuples and Prolog concepts. It is also designed to provide ...
The classification and analysis of terrace houses and the rationalization of their design process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979)
This study was done in relation to contextual levels; A general level of structural-methodical rationalization problems of the planning and design process. This general level was related mainly to the building types which ...
Digital/analog video : an investigation into the theory, practice and potential uses of digital and analog video combined
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
Redefining learning environments in conflict areas : a Palestinian case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis is an exploration of learning environments in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) as administered by private, refugee and public school systems. In considering the insularity of learning ...
Poetics of furniture : augmenting furniture with technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This dissertation focuses on one genre of new hybrid objects, namely furniture augmented with electronics. It explores the role of furniture as mediators of social interactions, as well as its potential for eliciting ...