Building Technology Program Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Illuminating preference : rethinking colored lighting in workplace environments 

      Lesina Debiasi, Lukas. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
      Comfort in workspace lighting is hard to define. In recent years "smart hardware" has enabled personalized control in lighting. Provided interfaces, however are often forcibly tying the ephemeral nature of light and personal ...

    • LIVING TINY 

      Jia, Effie. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
      Living Tiny is a thesis that explores the role of architecture as a tool for designing both the built environment as well as the social realm of living. In a rapidly urbanizing world, the current pattern of city development ...

    • Mass reduction : opportunities and structural optimization methods to reduce material use in mass timber buildings 

      Mayencourt, Paul Louis. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
      .Mass timber, a contemporary type of wood construction using engineered wood products, sourced from sustainably managed forests, has the potential to reduce the carbon emissions of the construction sector and act as a ...