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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Mega-structure"”.
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Extension of the Axis Mundi
… elements result in the description of a vertical structure. Exploring this structure through a rational and modern approach, the author designs an urban center in the form of a tower. The tower, as a cellular mega-structure, maintains the density and complexity of a city's existing urban fabric. …
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Destructive preservation : figuring the urban ground
… into a faster trajectory towards a super-block mega-structure. Different people would come together under one larger roof, where different programs come together and pull apart. A unified plinth acts as a mediator between different kinds of traffic, different kinds of users, and different kinds …
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When the Invisible Punishing Machine is everywhere ... : the mechanism of social control (mass incarceration, institutionalized racism, slavery and repression) in the USA shapes the individual as well as the social space
… genesis of the machine and how the machine as a mega structure infiltrates the institutional systems in this country. Therefore, the purpose of this written thesis is to interrogate, reveal, and ultimately work to transform radically the intangible effects of the invisible punishing machine on …
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Recursive relational urban design
… in a single design act, whether it's an axis, a mega structure, an open space, a topography map, etc.This approach is too one-dimensional, regardless of how complex the designer claims his/her project is.
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The Physical from the Void
This thesis confronts the ultimate limits of perceiving the constructed world and the limits of our ability to experience architecture. The imperative of architecture is poetic: to and project encounters between matter and energy that shape the existing and bring forth the as yet unimagined to form …