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Yang, Feng. "Architecture, Virtual Space And Impossible Space." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-281401.

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This project investigates how to design an architecture in a context of virtual space, and how to utilise the exclusive possibilities of the virtual context.  The main case study about the virtual space and impossible space is based on video games. After analysing the mechanism of building such 'impossible spaces' in various video games, this project conducted an experiment on designing several virtual spaces in the game engine, Unreal Engine 4, to investigate the differences between architecture in the real space and in the virtual space. In addition, another architecture experiment was conducted in an impossible space: a space where gravity is modified to be vertical to the surface of a triangle swept Mobius Strip. Walking in such a space offers an exclusive 'impossible' experience. Such an experience is possible to be presented by the manifestation of Unreal Engine 4.
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Boonbanjerdsri, Kimberlee. "Capsule homes : creating space within space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72832.

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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012.
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Inspired by my final Studio IV project in 2010, the Capsule Hotel, and the growing demand for efficient housing due to overcrowding in developing cities, this thesis explores, examines and realizes the need for compact homes. The need of reducing a small living space to the bare necessities, whilst allowing consumers to quickly transform and personalize the function requires great understanding of space efficiency and construction methods. Realizing a carefully designed space is one thing, but actually understanding how or why it is put together in a particular way is another. In this day and age, architects tend to create with the intention of purely design and often forget to consider and fully understand how the pieces actually come together, often leaving such tasks to contractors to "work out". What would happen to the design industry if consumers were not only able to customize and assemble their own apartment furniture, but at the same time get involved in the design of their furniture units? How would this impact consumers as well as the industry? The driving force behind Capsule Homes is to design a product that will provide users with the everyday amenities that can be transformed and customized, whilst involving the consumers in the affordable construction process. My thesis acts as a design proposal for introducing a new method of designing and customizing living spaces, whilst involving the consumer in the process from ordering units to understanding the construction methods, to ultimately living in a customizable quarters. Based on my research and analysis, I will construct a 1/4-scale prototype of thoroughly designed, flat-pack, customizable furniture.
by Kimberlee Boonbanjerdsri.
S.B.
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Lee, Seewhy Richard. "Space on demand." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3198714X.

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Finnegan, Jacqueline. "Flattened architecture /." South Hadley, Mass. : [s.n.],, 2008. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2008/290.pdf.

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Glanville, Ranulph. "Architecture and space for thought." Thesis, Brunel University, 1988. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5018.

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This thesis is concerned with the description of individual experiences of (architectural) space in a social milieu. Architecture, while considered to be primarily concerned with space as its medium, has a very impoverished (or occasionally, very contorted) verbal language in which to discuss space. The author, as a beginner teacher, noted this in attempts to explore spatial experience with students of architecture, and resolved with their help to generate an appropriate verbal vehicle. The main body of the thesis relates this attempt and accounts for its failure. The Thesis, thus, follows three intertwined streams. 1) A scientific investigation into means for the description of human experience of (architectural) space, using methods developed from Kelly's Personal Construct Theory Repertory Grids. 2) A partially developed spatial analytic language, my personal response to 1) above, which is to be seen as the start of a new research programme that may last many years (the future of which is outlined). 3) An account of a personal learning experience both from, around and through each of these. These streams are organised into three parts. Part 1: Background Studies - into work in associated areas and fields, with an assessment of their relevance to the undertaking presented here. Part 2: The Experiments - attempting (and failing) to create a language, and the transition from verbal to visual, with critical arguments and observations. Part 3: A New Beginning - learning from the failure of Part 2, and the argument for and commencement of a new research programme.
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Smirnis, Jane. "Space, the experience of architecture." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ31640.pdf.

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Dillehay, Tom D. "Transitional Paiján Architecture and Space." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113447.

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The low frequency and often unique topographic setting of small circular stone ring structures of the late Paiján phase (ca. 11,200-9800 cal BP) necessitate a reconsideration of their nature and meaning at sites in several north coast valleys of Perú. It was previosly thought that they were exclusively domestic in function; however, it is now hypothesized that some may be multifunctional, including ritual activities.
La baja frecuencia y, a menudo, el único entorno topográfico en el que se encuentran muchas pequeñas estructuras de planta circular demarcadas con alineamientos de piedra de la fase Paiján Tardío (c. 11.200-9800 cal AP) hacen necesaria una reconsideraciónde su naturaleza y significado en los sitios correspondientes en varios valles de la costa norte del Perú. Con anterioridad se pensaba que estas estructuras eran exclusivamente domésticas respecto de su función; sin embargo, en la actualidad se pueden plantear hipótesis acerca de que algunas de ellas pudieron haber tenido un carácter multifuncional, lo que incluyó actividades rituales.
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Lugo, De Jesus Mayte Nilda. "Architecture as a Transition Space." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35790.

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Architecture as an act of social intervention is the concept of this project. Careful consideration of context and surrounding as well as community needs are the forces behind the creation of a building that is both a place of transition and interaction; a place that both philosophically and programmatically intends to enhance the life of the town's population by promoting social and civic togetherness. Through the architectural concept of flexibility it is my intention to make a center that would not only house several permanent activities at once, but will also be able to host as many types of temporary activities as the community can imagine. The building intervening as a social unifier provides both the local and the university communities a place to interact and play together. The chosen site is ideal for this project, since its location is considered as a bridge between downtown and the university campus, thus making it easier to generate an activity space where both could meet throughout the year. The proposed building design reflects this "bridge" condition of the site by turning itself into an urban icon of different qualities; the building that becomes a plaza, the plaza that becomes a building.
Master of Architecture
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LUEHMANN, NORA. "COLOR AND SPACE IN ARCHITECTURE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147807308.

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Yılmaz, Ebru. "Determination of the place concept in reproduction process of built environment: process of built environment: Kordon, İzmir as a Case Study/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2004. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezler/doktora/mimarlik/T000486.doc.

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Hart, Melissa Arlene. "Heterotopic space." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22719.

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Francisco, B. Scott. "Useable space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33741.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references.
A study was carried out to explore methods for improving the understanding and practice of design as a means of self-discovery, intersubjective dialogue and cultural development. Using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a laboratory and case study, a series of interventions and observations were conducted and recorded. Key concerns were the dialectical relationships between individuals and organization, freedom and language, play and structure, dialogue and community, design and technological systems. The hypothesis was that the pervasive effect of post-structural thinking in architectural theory and design education have created an environment that does not adequately prepare students to explore, engage and communicate personal values in their work, particularly in relation to the immediate contexts in which they find themselves. It also posited that an emphasis on technological systems rather than tectonic and social skill building becomes an additional obstacle to dialogical self-expression and cultural development. The indeterminacy of this hypothesis lead to a series of participatory design proposals with the intent to impact the community context of the Institute.
(cont.) One of these proposals, a small cafe, was structurally implemented and became a reference point for observation and theoretical analysis. The research concluded that architecture studies would be invigorated by embracing the specific and multiple structures of communication that architecture offers - embodied in the concept of symbolic action. These studies should also include the practice of dialogue: personal, conflictual and poetic self-expression as means of contextual transformation and transcendence. This process was best encapsulated in the notion of design as rhetoric - a play of actors engaging contextual structure, personal values and a belief in human communality.
by B. Scott Francisco.
S.M.
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Judge, Catherine M. (Catherine Margaret). "Receptive space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74801.

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Lai, Chih-Ta. "Chien, Auo, Shih : evolution of space perception and space making in China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36917.

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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985.
MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.
Bibliography: leaves 105-106.
The question of "what is the essence of Chinese architecture" has been puzzling Westerners as well as Chinese since the incept i on of Traditional Chinese Architecture Studies five decades ago . This thesis attempts to answer the question by exploring some spatial concepts which have not been clearly documented before. Based on the exploration of those spatial concepts, a new historical perspective will be introduced to show succinctly how Chinese architecture evolved in the last 30 centuries. The theoretical assumptions guiding the thesis are: the emergence of spatial concepts is due to the fact of man-always-having-to-perceive-spatial-phenomena, the characteristics of spatial concepts are .determined by the relationship between man and phenomena , the relationship between man and phenomena may evolve, the evolution of spatial concepts makes up t he hi story of architecture.
by Chih-Ta Lai.
M.Arch
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Williams, Malachy Marie. "Sacred space God's architectural design for God-centered worship /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Cole, Carli. "Transcending space." PDF viewer required Home page for entire collection, 2008. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.

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Meyers, Rachel-Yoon K. "Treatise of body/space." This title; PDF viewer required Home page for the entire collection, 2008. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.

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Messaris, Anastasia Miranda. "Composition: Music as inpiration and generator of space." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24368.

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The analogy between the two arts of music and architecture has been a central theoretical theme since the conception of either. Emerging from a background that is situated in both architectural and musical instruction, the correlation between the two has always provided a certain degree of fascination for me. Having understood the linear narrative running between the translation of music and architecture, I endeavoured to locate a more conceptual foothold from which to derive my arguments. The essays below outline my discovery and development of the topic, transforming a simple analogy into a conceptual way of reading context so as to create an architectural composition of space, just as a musician uses the tools of notes (sounds), rests (silences), instrument quality, beat (time) and sequence to create a musical composition. This thesis developed similarly to that of a musical composition: where themes are presented, then developed, then treated in new ways, and finally returned to, creating a final composition that moves through exposition (stability), development (heightened tension and conflict) and resolution.
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Johnson, Mary Vaughan. "Space, embodiment and abstraction." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24102.

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To, Tai-fai Peter. "An urban "Catholic" space." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25956401.

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Loizides, Christis. "Dissipative urban space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75964.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985.
MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.
Includes bibliographical references.
Our life evolves as an interaction between predictable and unpredictable patterns. Variations and impediments stimulate our free, non-mechanical impulses towards unpredictable patterns. At the macroscopic level. history can be seen through an ever-repeating cycle moving from a cumulative trend towards order. to a decaying process. Through a similar viewing lens the past trends that regulated the physical context have been moving from concentrated and dogmatic ideologies. to dispersed and spontaneous ones. Since the 18th century. the Machine Age is geared towards the perfection of the machine. Within this frame of development. it took no more than 200 years for the trend of "machine perfection" to be explicitly applied. at the microscopic level. upon the urban environment. At the urban scale of design. The internationally accepted manifestations of the Chart of Athens have been projecting dogmatic patterns of development: The ''ideal" definitions of uses and "orderliness", inside and outside the built shells. have brought about the problem of segregating the liveliness of the city. Such regulating orders have negated the particularities of the public spaces: the spaces where the mixture of both intended and unintended patterns of activities. and regulated and unregulated forms. acclaimed publicness through time. The physical structure of all urbanizations is the result of the antagonistic interaction between concentrated totalities on the one hand. and dispersive partialities on the other. The first process is the product of the aforementioned deterministic development while the second one is the more unpredictable. evolutionary development that follows. My goal ·is to bring both processes into equal consideration when taking on the role of shaping a micro- scale. public space. It seems that the recent acknowledgments qualities in the "street", the "square". the "19th-century fabric", are weak in challenging the negative aspects of the International style. They still do not escape from generating guiding and deterministic environments. Dissipative urban space aims at a rewardingly rich public experience by embodying. yet not determining. both regulated and "unregulated" physical patterns.
by Christis Loizides.
M.S.
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Özkâr, Mine 1976. "Envisioning creative space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69412.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1999.
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This thesis proposes a framework to articulate certain criteria in creative spatial productions such as architecture. I discuss that a conformist and unquestioning adaptation to conventional space conceptions limits enhancement of spatial sensibility, and consequently creativity. I connect such adaptations to linear progress of continuous and one directional accumulation. Specifically, I call attention to a non-linear progress that surpasses the limitations of these mental constructs and brings in creativity. My discussions are formed around how this non-linear progress might be conceived and sustained in dynamic systems of fragments. The thesis connects this inquiry to the historical and contemporary critique of positivism in the classical sciences, mainly due to the relation of origins of space conceptions to sciences.
by Mine Oz̈kar.
S.M.
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Zhong, Yifen M. Arch Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Space for one." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121699.

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This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2019
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 102).
Staying alone has been a new living style in densely populated cities like Tokyo. The declining birth rate and marriage rate ignite the "low desire society" that Japan has entered into. When the economy is in stagnation, young people are submissive to what they have and decide to "live in the moment", instead of pursuing a brighter future which is still unknown. More and more Japanese people choose to live single lives. Services for one person such as single-seat restaurants, absolute-quiet cafe, personal entertainment rooms, single wedding and renting relationships have been emerging. Privacy and independence have been main considerations for people who enjoy solitary. "Oneness" has become an initiative to face the uncertainty of life. This thesis is a discussion about the architectural response for people who seek the refugee place for themselves in Tokyo. It is trying to provide a new typology of living and focus on the mundane and daily life. Instead of being a practical machine, a city designed for loneliness with both freedom and restrictions could be a possible state of future. Places designed as "little but certain happiness" will provide the answer for people who focus on the minor satisfaction in their ordinary life.
by Yifen Zhong.
M. Arch.
M.Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
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Garcia, Daniel Joe. "Pedagogy & Space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121871.

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Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (page 105).
With a Secretary of Education mandating school choice, advocating for more religious and charter private schools, how does this address the towns that do not have the population to support more than one school? With populations ranging from 500 to 5,000 people, rural towns have to provide public schools that are accessible to everyone in their community. The public school system though is far from perfect. Programs such as "No Child Left Behind" have burdened public schools with meeting standards, leading to multiple choice testing and teaching from standardized textbooks. This has resulted in the standardized architectures of schools which do not address shifts in education towards inventive learning. This culminates in a context where rural towns who do not have the tax base to fund typical new school construction are pushed to go rogue and build a new type of public school.
A school designed not by standardized spaces of the past, but by different scales of inventive learning environments that can produce unique spaces for planned and unplanned learning. This opens an opportunity for a new type of architectural practice that can work with rural towns to reimagine a school that is not dedicated to providing consistent spaces to children, with desks in classrooms, but a school that offers variability. The first thing that emerges in rural towns located on the railroad are their large agricultural facilities with grain silos and warehouses. However, with the storage and production of grain moving to larger regional facilities, the silos and warehouses of these towns are moving towards obsolescence. Yet these structures are centrally located and adjacent to residential areas, suggesting an opportunity to adapt the silos and warehouses into typologies for a new type of school.
Thus, the first project of the school becomes its own construction, managed by the architect and utilizing the skills of the town, to adapt their rural archetypes from grain production to brain production.
by Daniel Joe Garcia.
M. Arch.
M.Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
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Busch, Brian C. "Space-based solar power system architecture." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27802.

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Fossil fuels are, by their very nature, finite resources. There are, however, numerous renewable energy sources that should be taken advantage of. One of the most abundant is also the most difficult to produce on Earthsolar energy. This thesis explores the feasibility of a space-based solar power satellite. The thesis focuses specifically on the satellite design as opposed to the end-to-end design to include the ground segment. It explores the potential orbits for such a satellite to operate from and ultimately concludes that a geostationary orbit is the only logical location for an operational orbit. This thesis also focuses on two segments of the spacecraft the solar array and the power transmission payload. The solar array area was calculated using the current best theoretical solar cells and assumed a 1 GW transmission power. Finally, this thesis explored which transmission payload to recommend for an operational system, concluding that a laser system is the most efficient use of space and weight. The final portion of this thesis was to examine the business case. Based on the design in this thesis, space-based solar power cannot compete with fossil fuels and likely will not for the foreseeable future.
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Shames, Peter, and Takahiro Yamada. "REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE FOR SPACE DATA SYSTEMS." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/605587.

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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
This paper introduces the Reference Architecture for Space Data Systems (RASDS) that is being developed by CCSDS. RASDS uses five Views to describe architectures of space data systems. These Views are derived from the viewpoints of the Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP), but they are slightly modified from the RM-ODP viewpoints so that they can better represent the concerns of space data systems.
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Licht, Michael S. "Information in architecture: the programable space." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53423.

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There have been many predictions about what the future could be. Films such as, “1984”, “Brazil”, and “Blade Runner” as well as books like William Gibson’s fantasy novel “Neuromancer” are but a few examples of such vision. Unfortunately, all have envisioned the future as a cold bleak place where architecture is but a machine and lost people live in sterile environments with no contact with the outside world. Is this what we really believe the future to be? Are we victims of technology of do we control our own fate?
Master of Architecture
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Hoffmann, Iris. "Directing Space - Spatial Continuity in architecture." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9994.

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The following presents an investigation into questions of spatial direction and continuity. This includes the directing of people via a choreographed sequence of architectural spaces through a site and a building. It further investigates a concept of continuity at various scales. A proposal for an art gallery in downtown Washington DC becomes the vehicle of exploration. The urban scale of this proposal seeks a continuity of relevant existing conditions while also creating opportunities to experience the city as well as the gallery. A serpentine-like continuous band or ribbon becomes the physical element responsible for direction and continuity for the building itself.
Master of Architecture
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Larsson, Douglas. "Multifaceted Architecture and the Public space." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23458.

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Focusing on human interaction with the dense built environment in a city, this essay exploresthe experienced space, i.e. the physical built space and the perceived space as one dimension.From this perspective, the essay considers the visual information that the built environmentprojects. The essay proposes a theorem for understanding and categorizing architecture basedon its potential diversity of activities that the building encapsulates. The ability to interpretand challenge the perceived understanding of the built environment supplies the basis for thekey concept of this essay: multi-faceted architecture.In this essay, multi-faceted architecture is a motto for architectural design and planning, andderives from the fact that the very meaning of a function for a given piece of architecture issomething that needs to be addressed further by the architect, designer or other buildingexperts. As our modern cities expand at an ever-increasingly higher speed, the need for publicspace with a multi-faceted architecture is needed more than before. Firstly, the essay definesthe concept of multi-faceted architecture and its constituents. Secondly, the essay supplies aframework for analysing Multifaceted architecture and a way of categorizing it. This essayaims at opening a deeper dialogue on architectural quality based upon theory from currentarchitectural theorists and architectural theory. The essay uses a sociological perspective tounderstand why appropriate architecture, in the context of the surrounding environment, canlead to a more successful activation of a given space. To test the theorem that concernsmulti-faceted architecture, the theorem is applied and tested in the old city of Malmö. Due tothe COVID-19 virus outbreak, these tests have been executed virtually. Thirdly, this essayreflects upon the role of multi-faceted architecture in a modern city.
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MCGAHAN, MICHELLE LEE. "ARCHITECTURE AS TRANSITION: CREATING SACRED SPACE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1082677289.

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ECKERT, GREGORY WINDSOR. "THE CREATION OF HYBRID SPACE ARCHITECTURE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148064161.

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Campos, Marissa R. "Queering Architecture: Appropriating Space and Process." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397466885.

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McGahan, Michelle L. "Architecture as transition creating sacred space /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=ucin1082677289.

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Narahara, Taro. "The Space Re-Actor : walking a synthetic man through architectural space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39255.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2007.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Leaf 85 blank.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-83).
Spatial qualities in architectural design cannot be fully evaluated solely by observing geometrical constructs without reference to inhabitants placed inside. However, imagining what happens to those inhabitants and appreciating their movement is difficult even for trained architects. This thesis proposes a computational method for visualizing animated human reactions to physical conditions that are described in a synthetic architectural model. Its goal is to add a sense of place to the geometry, and augment the representation of its spatial quality for designers and audience. The proposed method introduces a walking scale figure in a geometric model. Through agent-based computation, it moves inside the model and displays various behaviors in reaction to spatial characteristics such as transparent surface, opaque surface, perforation and furniture. The figure is assigned a psychological profile with a different degree of sociability, and reacts to proximity and visibility of others in the same model. Today's advanced computational design tools can produce complex forms and sophisticated visualizations of light, materials and geometry. But they are not suitable for helping people to quickly study and understand a spatial design as it would be inhabited. The proposed method lays a foundation for developing a new kind of software that overcomes this shortcoming.
by Taro Narahara.
S.M.
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Gonzalez, Rojas Paloma (Paloma Francisca). "Space and motion : data based rules of public space pedestrian motion." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99288.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2015.
Title as it appears in MIT Commencement Exercises program, June 5, 2015: Space and motion : the case of pedestrian in public spaces. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107).
The understanding of space relies on motion, as we experience space by crossing it. While in motion we sense the environment in time, interacting with space. The vision of this thesis is to incorporate people's motion into architecture design process, enabled by technology. Simulation tools that introduce human motion into the design process in early stages are rare to nonexistent. Available tools are typically used for deterministically visualizing figures and simulating pedestrians with the goal of analyzing emergency exits or egress. Such simulations are built without consideration for non-goal oriented interaction with space; this presents a gap for design. Additionally, simulations are generally governed by assumptions regarding people's motion behavior or by analogous models such as collision avoidance methods. However, the use of data from people can elucidate spatial behavior. Advancements in depth camera sensors and computer vision algorithms have eased the task of tracking human movements to millimetric precision. This thesis proposes two main ideas: creating statistics from people's motion data for grounding simulations and measuring such motion in relation to space, developing a Space- Motion Metric. This metric takes pedestrian motion and spatial features as input, seeks actions composed by speed, time, gestures, direction, shape and scale. The actions are elaborated as Space-Motion Rules through substantial data analysis. The non-prescriptive combination of the rules generates a non-deterministic behavior focused on design. This research maps, quantifies, and formulates pedestrian motion correlation with space and questions the role of data for projecting what space could be.
by Paloma Gonzalez Rojas.
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Levy, Marshall Ira. ""A misreading of tropological space" : an investigation of Harold Bloom's theory of poetic transumption in the construction of a dialectical spece in architectural drawing." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22404.

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Lachowski, Eric. "Thesis book." This title; PDF viewer required Home page for entire collection, 2008. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.

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Malan, Stephanus Francois. "Social Classroom : symbol of function beyond programme." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12042008-094753.

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Johansen, Hans. "Techtonic space out of place." PDF viewer required Home page for entire collection, 2008. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.

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Lee, Seewhy Richard, and 李思維. "Space on demand." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3198714X.

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Peters, A. D. "Structural urban space : a framework for the understanding of the physical city /." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25804042.

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Kim, Y. C. "Space, place and home : an integrative theory of architectural space." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.356402.

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Gimfjord, Nielsen Johanna. "Rethinking Public Space : A public space for a winter city." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-171691.

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- How do we create a public space that can be used all year round? The square is an important part of the urban fabric, it is where communities are formed, and people meet, a non-commercial resource benefiting the inhabitants. They encourage chance encounters, diversity, a sense of communality, and democracy and are therefore key to a living city. These qualities are essential and must function year-round. An issue with the public spaces in Umeå is that they only function when the weather allows it. On rainy days and during the long winter season, people seem to retreat from the city’s squares into shelters, leaving them abandoned and acting only symbolic as public spaces. A common solution seems to be for people to reside in malls, cinemas, restaurants, or gyms. While this course might initially seem like a decent workaround, a majority of them come with restrictions requiring you to pay or limit the duration of your stay, turning public spaces into an exclusive commodity. I wanted to create a public square that functions all year round by encapsulating part of Renmarkstorget, an existing square in Umeå, thus adapting it to the Nordic climate. This enclosed and heated square contains seating areas, a bus terminal, public restrooms, and a light therapy room to meet passing people’s needs. The sheltered square is designed in an adaptable way to host events, food festivals, markets, and other cultural activities, which encourages longer stays in the square, promoting a shared sense of ownership of the square. The proposed enclosed square allows movement and has visual connections both through the building and vertically with large open courtyards between the levels encouraging people to take a break, explore the other floors, the building’s qualities, and the activities they offer. The square offers a space for life between buildings regardless of the weather.
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Narron, Callie. "Jewish Space." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337949798.

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Matton, Emma. "Cryptic space : Spatial elements for improvisation and undefined acts in a common space." Thesis, Konstfack, Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-6358.

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A spontaneous act is done because of a sudden urge to do something. I am interested in creating a space that exists with the purpose of hosting opportunities and action that are not predefined. My point of departure is a green area in Axelsberg where I have created a proposal for a type of public space, that differs from current ones. In my process I have actively worked with the site by physically being there to experience it. I have transformed the space in various ways both by combining improvisational and performative techniques with more planned actions. Afterwards, I have analyzed and learned from people’s reactions and behaviors towards the changes.
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Wallin, Rebecca. "Space for Farewell." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-133173.

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Too, Wing-tak Ken. "A study of private/public space in Hong Kong /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38725022.

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Sun, Xiaohua 1972. "Using space to think." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70355.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67).
This thesis is proposing a research direction of using computation to help people fully take advantage of spatial cognition in thinking process. As our most important form of information processing spatial cognition provides thinking what logical and verbal means are inferior at. But without external aid, its application is tremendously constrained. Computation could play a role in circumventing those constraints and bridging out the strength of spatial cognition in thinking process. This could augment our of thinking ability and reform our mind.
by Xiaohua Sun.
S.M.
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Nakagawa, Junko 1975. "Sculpting space through sound." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69433.

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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2002.
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How does one experience space? What kind of information do humans collect in the process of constructing space in their mind? How does one begin to understand volume, light, texture, material, smell and sense of space? The focus of this thesis investigation is on the basic parameters of space, specifically on sound. What leads to this study is my previous experience performing musical instruments and my fascination in discovering how one acoustically experiences space. It is especially crucial to understand how acoustic influences spatial experience in a time when optical media dominate, and the sense of sight and visual perception have a greater significance. It seems that the elementary relationship between sound and space has been neglected. So, what does it mean to experience space acoustically? Can one choreograph spaces with sounds to change the spatial experience? Can one invent spaces that are formed using sound as building material? The goal of the proposal is to transform one's understanding of space and it's relationship to the surrounding environment by acoustically shaping space.
by Junko Nakagawa.
M.Arch.
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Thompson, Philip R. Z. (Philip Reed Zane). "Space, time and acoustics." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78997.

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-159).
This thesis describes the development of new concepts in acoustical analysis from their inception to implementation as a computer design tool. Research is focused on a computer program which aids the designer to visually conceive the interactions of acoustics within a geometrical~y defined environment by synthesizing the propagation of sound in a three dimensional space over time. Information is communicated through a unique use of images that are better suited for interfacing with the design process. The first part of this thesis describes the concepts behind the development of a graphic acoustical rendering program to a working level. This involves the development of a computer ray tracing prototype that is sufficiently powerful to explore the issues facing this new design and analysis methodology. The second part uses this program to evaluate existing performance spaces in order to establish qualitative criteria in a new visual format. Representational issues relating to the visual perception of acoustic spaces are also explored. In the third part, the program is integrated into the design process. I apply this acoustical tool to an actual design situation by remodeling a large performance hall in Medford, Massachusetts. Chevalier Auditorium is a real project, commissioned by the city of Medford, whose program requirements closely match my intentions in scope, scale and nature of a design for exploring this new acoustical analysis and design methodology. Finally, I summarize this program's effectiveness and discuss its potential in more sophisticated future design environments.
by Philip R.Z. Thompson.
M.Arch.

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