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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Architecture and Urban Design"”.
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Designing Happiness: Architecture and urban design for joy and well-being
Scientific studies exploring the environmental and experiential elements that help boost human happiness have become a significant and expanding body of work. Some urban designers, architects and planners are looking to apply this knowledge through policy decisions and design, but there is a great …
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The civic expansions of Turin in the seventeenth century : miltary architecture and urban design
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985.
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School, community, home : usuing architecture and urban design in creating an integrated learning environment
This thesis tests the assertion that the design of the physical environment plays a role in the effective integration of school and community. The design of most existing urban schools fails to recognize the integral role communities play in their children's education. Most schools are insular, …
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Holly Park: a case study in planning, architecture, and urban design: an urban alternative to suburban residential development
The three professions of planning, architecture, and urban design, tend to work separately, but in fact, they are related. The disciplines are combined in this project to illustrate a comprehensive approach to land development. The project presented here integrates planning, architecture, and urban …
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Architectural modernism and apartheid modernity in South Africa a critical inquiry into the work of architect and urban designer Roelof Uytenbogaardt, 1960-2009
Roelof Sarel Uytenbogaardt who died in 1998 was, and remains, an important and influential figure in the disciplines of architecture and urban design in South Africa. As a prolific practitioner and academic at the University of Cape Town his influence has been far-reaching. Making use of previously …
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Taste Untold: Critical Performance Practice and Contemporary Public Space
This thesis is an investigation into the field of architecture and urban design, focusing on the codes and practices of contemporary public space. Underscoring a dependent correlation between research and existing urban sites, the investigation is situated on Granary Square, arguably the most …
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Architecture in real time : the interdisciplinary use of film, video and computer graphics for representing architecture
… the interdisciplinary application of film, video and computer graphics to architecture. Three projects provide the basis of research: 1) An "interactive" videodisc of the design and construction of the Sagrada Familia Temple in Barcelona. 2) A videotape sketch of an urban space, "Trinity Church", …
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Globalisation and Architectural Behaviour in The United Arab Emirates - Towards Reformation of humanitarian Architecture
… United Arab Emirates, to clarify the benefits and risks of globalised architecture in architectural behaviour. Although there are several supporters of globalisation who see the phenomenon as a means of progress and development, many experts have indicated that this phenomenon has been …
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The place of complete streets: aligning urban street design practices with pedestrian and cycling priorities
… cyclists, public transit, automobiles, and the movement of goods through complete streets, aspiring to enable all people, regardless of age, income, abilities, or lifestyle choices to use streets. Canadian municipal transportation practices are largely based on conventional approaches, …
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Urban regeneration : enabled by mobility centric architecture
… primary goal of this thesis is to develop a new urban architectural prototype to reinvigorate the British New Town. New models of adaptable, sustainable, architecture and urban design are explored with the ultimate goal of enhancing livability through mobility within these established towns. …
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Adaptive Reuse Co-living for Virginia Tech's WAAC (Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center)
Upon my arrival at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC), I experienced significant challenges in finding suitable accommodation and integrating into the community. Recognizing that many fellow students face similar difficulties, I was inspired to leverage the historical and cultural …
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Living with Water: Re-Imagining Urban Hydrologies in Washington, DC
… has drastically changed the nature of our landscapes and the hydrology of the places we inhabit. Hundreds of waterways were buried, canalized, or piped as part of sewer systems. While natural water systems were being contained or erased from our landscapes, a vast network of aqueducts, …
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Layers for communition: low-rise, high density apartments in-between urban and suburban
… is one of the most fundamental subjects of architecture, not just for the basic purpose of shelter, but for the place where vitality can be transcended to the people living in them. 'Housing' rather than 'house' marks the intersection between architecture and urban design and the …
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Modernity in Miniature: Maoism and the Beijing Department Store
… largest Communist revolution. By looking at the urban planning decisions behind constructing a colonial form in the center of the socialist capital, I attempt to unravel the complex intersection of economic development and egalitarian mass action in the early Maoist period. Constructed in 1955 …
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Democracy bestowed : the Boston Public Library and the evolution of the ideal of civic education
A critical examination of the architectural and institutional history of the Boston Public Library, this thesis blends primary sources and contemporary architectural theory to develop a thematic argument about the linkages between architecture, urban design, and the institutional mission of the …
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Architecture and Drones: Accomodating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
… advancements have reshaped the built environment and its Architecture. The cities that we live in today were only made possible by the technologies of the first, second, and third industrial revolutions. Today, we are witnessing another technological revolution based on open source data and …
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Changing urban eras in Canada: from the modern to the postmodern city
… process (encompassing the fields of planning, architecture and urban design) over the last two decades (1970-1990), and that new types of urban landscapes are being created, often very different than those built during the immediate post-war era (1950-1970). This shift is often described in …
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The nature of a site : urban and architectural design perspectives on the renovation of Revere Beach, Massachusetts
Through analyses and design studies, this thesis articulates qualities of environment and architecture that affect the redevelopment of an urban beach. Looking at Boston, Massachusetts' Revere Beach, it examines the impact of shape, location, and environmental, social and economic background on the …
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Scenography and Dramaturgy of the City
… deficiencies of the contemporary theory and practice of architecture and urban design lead to the main inquiry of this study: What theoretical approaches could reintroduce “human” elements of life, beauty and wholeness into contemporary cities? The primary thesis is divided further into …
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Differentiating Small Urban Space as a Type and an Idea
As population trends continue toward increased urbanisation, a number of cities are addressing rapid urban growth with popular management strategies, which call for compacting outward expansion and intensifying urban densities. However, though widely recognised as essential, urban spaces under such …
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