Search
Now showing items 2811-2820 of 2843
Taking stock
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis is sited in a near and uncertain future in the Rust Belt of America. The title of this thesis refers to three interrelated conditions, industrial technology, material culture and architectural agency. 'Taking' ...
Responsive wearables for rheumatoid arthritis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and create more responsive and adaptive assistive technology for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), using computational design methods to embed individualized data within ...
The shape of the support : painting and politics in Syria's twentieth century
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This dissertation offers an intellectual history of painting in Syria in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s that accounts for new regimes of political representation, from French Mandate rule to the mass mobilizations of ...
Experiencing mathematical proves syntax of an astrolabe
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The goal of thesis is discussing the way historical scientific instruments are exhibited in Art or Science Museums. The astrolabe and the related mathematical theories, as developed in the Arabic and Persian tradition ...
Thinking manual : a digital framework for designing and making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
In the wake of a new form of craftsmanship, we, architects and designers have adopted a new digital mindset. Design is considered not only a tool of making but also one of thinking, with us transitioning from inventing ...
Space is the interface : evaluating spatial knowledge acquisition in virtual reality from the perspective of locomotion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Humans acquire spatial knowledge through sensory integration, which comes from constant interaction with the environment. Locomotion, one of the earliest behaviors developed by infants, are the foundation of many such ...
How to read the self-building manual : houses, self-builders, and experts in Mexico
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
A self-building manual is a book written by an expert, such as an architect, an engineer, or a planner, to teach a non-expert how to build their own house. This thesis examines and reimagines these documents as a distinct ...
Constructing virtual reality exhibitions with multimodal interactions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Even though the concept of virtual museums is still young compared with "brick and mortar" museums, it has received increasing attention in the past decades. With the rapid development of the internet and ubiquitous digital ...
Agri-industrial park : strategies for transformation of Linpan countryside of Chengdu plain, China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
After 30 years' fast economic growth and urbanization, the gap between city and village has become one of the biggest challenges of today's China. Large countryside area with distinctive landscape is dying because of poor ...
World Court
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Eighteen billion gallons of toxic waste, nine billion dollars in damages, trials across five countries, hundreds of lawyers, millions of dollars in litigation fees, and a corporation with an annual revenue of two hundred ...