Building Technology Program: Recent submissions

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    • Deployable structures inspired by the origami art 

      Giesecke, Ken, 1976- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
      My thesis is an exploration of design methods and tools using origami as a vehicle to test their usefulness and coming to terms with their limitations. I have taken my fascination with a particular development in origami ...

    • Flexibility in building design : a real options approach and valuation methodology to address risk 

      Greden, Lara V. (Lara Virginia), 1977- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
      This research develops an approach to designing and valuing flexible systems subject to identified future uncertainties. The approach addresses two shortcomings of current design and decision-making practices that are ...

    • An indoor public space for a winter city 

      Crane, Justin Fuller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
      Winter is a marginalized season in North American design. Even though most cities in the northern United States and Canada have winter conditions-snowfall, ice, freezing temperatures, and long nights-for substantial portions ...