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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Human Scale"”.
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Human scale for elementary schools
Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1950.
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Hyperimage: Photography Beyond the Human Scale
… remote sensing and computer vision, where large-scale computation valorises the massification of photography to automate image-making and interpretation. These practices comprise an assemblage of computational infrastructure,cultural techniques, visual media, human operators, and machine agents …
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Innovative Goods Distribution at the Human Scale
… with roots in the 19th century, can provide a human-scale goods distribution model with a seamless fit in the urban core. While this new mode of goods distribution may not immediately alter the physical landscape of the urban core, it will add a flash of colour to the kinetic landscape of the …
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Revitalizing Downtown Houston - Bringing Back the Human Scale
no abstract provided by author
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Human Scale: Towards Supportive Housing in Ottawa's Byward Market
… spaces better acknowledging housing as a basic human right.
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Local church strategies for poverty alleviation : an assessment of church-based projects using human scale development
… case studies in the light of Manfred Max-Neefs Human Scale Development theory. The theory of Human Scale Development is described. It is a radical alternative to mainstream neo-liberal approaches to poverty alleviation and development. There are three tenets of the theory: firstly, that …
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Design, Construction, and Validation of Magnetic Particle Imaging Systems for Rodent, Primate, and Human Functional Neuroimaging
… of brain function can be safely localized in humans, allowing the study of diseases. However, due to the sensitivity limitations of the existing methods, it often requires averaging across large cohorts (up to 100s of subjects) to discern significant differences. Magnetic Particle Imaging …
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Inside + Outside
A study of public and private space through human scale architectural elements: Window, Material and Path. The project is an urban infill that is very narrow and long, and incorporates an alley that connects one side of the block to another. The program combines a small restaurant with a home above …
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Stock-constrained design of pseudo-standard walls from studs off-cuts
… emissions and maximize structural efficiency. A human-scale prototype further assesses costs, architectural and structural flexibility, construction feasibility, robotic efficiency, and embodied emissions, offering a promising pathway for sustainable construction through effective waste reuse. …
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The In-between: Armature for Inhabitation
… underneath that are uncomfortable, devoid of human scale and act as physical and visual barriers that cause tears on the urban fabric. The objective of this thesis is to explore how architecture can unlock the potential of the unused spaces under the flyovers in Dhaka, by turning these linear …
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Recovery as Human Development: An assessment of the Streetscapes community-based rehabilitation programme
… was analysed using the framework of Max-Neef's Human Scale Development (HSD) to conduct a needs-satisfier analysis of the programme from the perspective of its beneficiaries. The key findings indicate that participants are able to satisfy significantly more fundamental human needs (FHNs) as part …
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Complexity + Connection: Looking at Harare Square in a Context of Transformation
… urban planner, Le Corbusier, gesturing towards a scale model, which represents an urban design proposal. It is the quintessential example of a top down approach where the human scale is overlooked and the birds eye view is optimized. In comparison, the image below represents a community engagement …
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Design, construction, and experiments with a compass gait walking robot
… model system is necessary. In this thesis a human scale, free walking, planar bipedal walking robot is designed and several of these new control techniques are tested. These include system identification via simulation error optimization, simulation based LQR-Trees, and transverse …
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Identity and worldview issues in rural development : a case study : reintegration of ex-street children into communities in rural Transkei
… change and continuity in Africa; the basic human drives for physical survival and identity; and how the danger of self-alienation and anomie might be overcome. Worldview Analysis and Human Scale Development are brought together and focused on a particular context of socio-economic …
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HandSCAPE : a design of computational measuring system
… computer graphics. With efficiency of human-scale interaction using a tangible user interface, prototype systems are applied for specific on-site space planning, packing configuration, and archaeological field excavation in order to give users in the field immediate access to …
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Pyxidis Echo Lacuna
… macrocosm enlarged and reduced, respectively, to human scale, allow one to experience this phenomenon in conversational dialog. By conflating the limits of the universe, the participant becomes omniscient within this configuration of large printed works on paper. Texture, line and variant …
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Desert design : re-thinking the adobe
… landscape and the comparative smallness of the human scale is maintained through the use of references such as walls, columns and gateways. Additionally, this thesis explores the multiple roles of these references in exploring the function of transitions (inside to outside and outside to inside) …
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Affordable Artist Housing: An Exploration of Public and Private
"Only Architecture that considers human scale and interaction is successful" — Jan Gel As architects we cannot control how humans act or how someone will use the spaces that we create. However, as architects we can use our designs to influence the way someone will act within a space. We can use …
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Equus as Client: A Biocentric Retreat
… to be based on ergonomics and the study of the human scale. For architects, this often leads to manifesting a safe, comfortable and inspiring habitat for mankind. This thesis asks what would happen to architecture and design if we shift the perspective towards animals and their natural habitat, …
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Mapping the spaces in-between: how ICT can assist in providing a safer and more efficient commuter experience for all
… safety become the dominant focus for NMT and human-scale mobility within the city centre. This research examines these issues in more detail. In order to gain deeper knowledge around the experiences of NMT users within the CBD – a qualitative method of research was applied. The research used a …
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