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The verge : transforming an insufficient edge
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis considers a new edge strategy for an Insufficient waterfront. The shore of Bass Harbor poses a problem significant to the whole Maine coast, as the access and Infrastructure imperative to the fishing industries ...
Generative opponents : a new architecture for native soil
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
A design of an Ecological Visitor Center for the Central American country of Guatemala was carried out based on a series of explorations with analogue and digital design techniques. The theses addresses a possibility of ...
A portrait, e x t e n d e d
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Every day, researchers from MIT's Materials Science Department stride past a portrait of Vannevar Bush that hangs on a curious display panel in the lobby of building 13, as they hurry to and from their laboratories. A ...
Work, worship and performance : integrating the office building development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990)
This thesis is the design of an office building which uses the air-rights to an existing church/performance hall. In the design, I try to acknowledge and express underlying economic relationships -- in particular, the ...
Building, landscape and section
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)
All buildings have in their section a relationship to the landscape on which they are sited. Therefore we as inhabitants of these buildings may or may not have a relationship with the landscape. It is the supposition of ...
Real estate syndications since the Tax Reform Act of 1986
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
Queering community : collective housing in Los Angeles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
What is queer architecture? What are the spatial implications of this identity, community, and history? And how can queerness in architecture generate new modes of living? Queer spaces are often marginal spaces: overlooked, ...
Manufacturing in a mixed use context
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
Too often industrial building sites have become gaps or islands within the urban fabric. With advancement in technology which would allow us to clean up the dirtier side of manufacturing, it seems that industrial sites ...
Teaching an old strip new tricks : a renovation proposal for Boston's nightclub district
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
Cleanroom design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
The development of the integrated circuit which replaced the vacuum tube, started the size reduction process for computer components. These integrated circuits are made from silicon (chips) and are comprised of electronic ...