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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Other Architecture"”.
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Entrance=Eingang
… elements into a meaningful work of contemporary architecture without negatively effecting the genius loci. It is essential for architecture to have meaning that is evident so that people can identify with architecture. People can identify more easily with architecture that respects the genius …
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Experimental and Prediction Approaches to Determine Dissociation Constants (pKa) of Amines
… were used to correlate pKa values. An optimized architecture of 8-5-7-1 was selected and predicted outputs were in a good agreement with targets, whose regression coefficient was 0.99424 and mean squared error for training, validation and test process was 2.20E-05, 0.0094 and 0.0078, …
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An Alternative Dual-Launch Architecture for a Crewed Asteroid Mission
… Earth Asteroid (NEA). An alternate dual-launch architecture is proposed and analyzed against a more established architecture. Instead of a rendezvous in a low-Earth parking orbit, the new architecture performs the rendezvous while the two spacecraft are on an Earth-escape trajectory to the …
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Transportation Energy Analysis for Single-Family Residential Construction in California
… energy use that has been less studied than others is that of the energy consumed in transporting building materials from manufacturing plants to construction sites. This thesis proposes a methodology for determining the energy consumed during the transportation of building materials to a …
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Post Disaster Surveys
… before and after seismic, terrorist, or other destructive events.
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Invisible Cities: Photographic Fictions of Architecture
… By tracing the trajectory of her awareness of architecture from her early career as a dancer, to the making of photographic images, the artist illuminates the process of deconstructing architectural and pictorial space into fragmented yet illusionistically convincing photographic montages. …
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On Craft
<p>Craft is a relationship - a dialogue - between craftsman, tool, and material. Craft begins with the intent of all of these loci, and all of these loci are rooted in Being.</p> <p>Being is known through the consciousness, awareness, and perception of a subject. Being is the inherent existence and …
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Shadows of Empire: The Mughal and British Colonial Heritage of Lahore
… subcontinent.</p> <p>The Mughals were patrons of architecture, who left behind a rich heritage. Through an examination of select buildings, this paper will show that the Mughals built impressive structures in and around Lahore, as they did throughout the Indian subcontinent, not only for …
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The "Creative Workspace": A Comparative Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions
<p>The rise of information technologies and creative industries formed a new class of “creative knowledge workers” with special needs for a workspace design. The recent tendency of playful and bold workspace designs for creative industries was labeled by some researchers as a “creative workspace,” …
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Substituting Residential Rainwater Harvesting and Greywater Reuse for Public Water Supply: Tools for Evaluating the Public Cost
… gas (GHG) emissions. A decision tree and other tools were developed as part of this project for use by public administrators to determine the site-specific scope of an alternative residential water supply system. For example, a key question is the capacity of such a system to supply both …
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Application of PV Panels in Large Multi-Story Buildings
… limited in flexibility due to competition with other uses. Chapter 3 investigates factors that influence the efficiency of PV panels. These factors reduce the efficiency of PV panels to about 10-15%. In Chapter 4 a study model is presented to validate the results of the previous chapters and to …
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Memorial Craze: How War Memorials have been Changed by War
<p>This thesis project argues that memorials constructed after 9/11 were designed specifically in a way that privileged and focused on the dead individually. By taking a look at memorials throughout American history, the study of memorialization sets up the stage for the way the lives of ordinary …
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How Can Design Thinking Transform Diversity Initiatives For Architectural Trade Organizations In The United States?
<p>This study intended to assess design thinking as a variable regarding its utilization as a tool to increase the number of African American architects in the United States. The research was grounded in the speech given by Whitney Young to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1968, and …
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Young Children's Play in High-rise Housing: A Window into the Changing Lives of Urban Middle-class Families in Pune Metropolitan Area
<p>This dissertation aims to identify the combinations of spatial arrangements and physical features that influence young children’s access to play and the quality of their play opportunities in a heterogeneous sample of high-rise housing in India. Using Bronfenbrenner’s <em>Ecological Model of …
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Expanding Hope in Payatas
<p><em><strong>Informal settlements</strong></em>, also known as slums or squatter settlements, are a way of life for millions around the world, especially within urban centers. The challenge is to provide a better quality of life, both physically and socially. This thesis provides a critical look …