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Contested valleys : reclaiming the common landscape in Bisri, Lebanon
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Failed infrastructure initiatives have been at the forefront of Lebanon's 2019 October Revolution, a nationwide movement born from the frustrations of unjust laws and misuses of public funds. The uprising has put the ...
Boullée's Forgotten Fountain : the redesign of the Bibliotheque du Roi, 1785
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
In the mid-1780's a mature Etienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799) was commissioned to redesign the royal library of the French monarchy. His proposal was expressed through twenty-six architectural drawings, but the scheme was ...
Active prototyping : a computational framework for designing while making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
In the wake of an increased accessibility of rapid prototyping tools in design education and practice, designers still face a series of challenges related to their use, one of them being the way in which they use these ...
Free4orm framing : high-performance bending-active strip construction
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
This thesis re-thinks conventional light frame and panelized construction methodologies employed in residential and general medium-scale construction. To do so, it investigates the flexural geometry, the structural ...
The architecture of procession : political and spiritual pathways between the Qutb Shahi Necropolis and Golconda Fortress
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis is an exploration of the role of processional architecture in articulating the Qutb Shahi necropolis in southern India at the beginning of the Qutb Shahi dynasty (mid-16th C). More precisely, it analyzes two ...
Diriyah narrated by Its built environment : the story of the first Saudi State (1744-1818)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Diriyah is a parched settlement in the arid deserts of Central Arabia. It went, very swiftly, from not differing much compared to its local sphere, to assuming the role of a beacon capital which controlled Arabia almost ...
Living matter : biomaterials for design and architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
For over a decade, we have witnessed a new emphasis in digital architecture on modes of production and material-based approaches rather than on form, geometry, and representation alone. As a result, fabrication techniques ...
Hold up : machine delay in architectural design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis introduces an architectural design approach that is founded on working with digital fabrication machines, materials, and time: Machine Delay Fabrication (MDFab). MDFab is characterized by the materialization ...
Border as nomos : an alternative for the Stateless
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
International concern over displacement has increased dramatically after the mass influx of refugees to Europe during 2015. According to UNHCR data, one in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, ...
Submergence as emergence : expanding social waterscapes in a shrinking city
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
This thesis seeks to reclaim spaces of urban disinvestment by developing alternative forms of contact and connectivity across urban water systems. Framing water as a mode of gathering, this project connects myriad urban ...