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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Process of Design"”.
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The process of design for environment within global manufacturing companies
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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The Process of Design for General Classroom Facilities in Higher Education Institutions
This study examined the process of design for general classroom facilities in American four-year public higher education institutions. Combining grounded theory, case study methods, visual methods, and portions of the Authentic, Action-Oriented, Framing for Environmental Shifts Method (Watt, 2015), …
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The process of design : a tool in the exploration and understanding of place
… focuses on the understanding and representation of an urban fabric. This document is not a historical essay nor a thematical critique of the design of an architectural form but an analysis and an attempt to understand the vernacular, the evolution and transformation of San Antonio, Texas. The …
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From Affect to Value: towards a Deleuzian approach to creative production and control in late capitalism
… is an attempt to map out the production process of graphic design within contemporary circuits of capitalist production. I will argue that understanding the production process of design today is assisted by Deleuze and Guattari’s understandings of capitalism as both a deterritorializing …
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Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture
A sample of 41 vernacular houses from the Verloenvlei and Lange Vlei valleys in the Sandveld on the Cape West coast, have been subjected to a structuralist analysis of their form. As elements of human material culture these houses represent the physical objectification of invisible culture. They …
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Information management in virtual engineering
… complexity issues to some extent. Engineering design has moved from drawing board design to computer aided design. But the process of design has changed minimally. There is still a potential for using computers to improve the design process. Engineering design projects are increasingly often …
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Gathering as significance
… gathers his knowledge along the wandering path of life. He approaches a threshold and a new journey begins, a process of design into which he is gathered to embark on the task of touching peoples lives in hope that they may gather together. "One cannot be together with others in a space if one …
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The Devil is in The Details: The 2005 Virginia Tech Solar House
The central idea of the 2005 Virginia Tech Solar House was to celebrate its solar aspects while integrating the engineering systems and the architecture into a single entity. Through the process of design and construction, the relationship between each detail and the overall architectural concept …
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Search for a standard for the engenderment of local architectural heritage
This thesis project is about the educational process of design by which one learns to see the human potential in the situation of the built environment. That I believe is the universal message of this work communicated through the language of architecture. In terms of the local conditions, the …
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Narrative Form
Architecture is a dilemma of transforming complex desires into compelling forms. It stands to reason, then, that to better understand the desires of a user might produce a more compelling form. This is an investigation into the process of design, wherein narratives are constructed as a productive …
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The WALL-E suitcase : an exploration of translating a character into a functional, aesthetic, and structurally sound product
This thesis presents a product design case study that effectively translates a well-known character into a well-loved product. Character merchandising is not often a topic discussed in design curriculum, though it is a popular strategy for marketing and selling consumer products. This case study …
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Towards a design process for micro-based computer-aided drafting systems
Few things will change the architectural profession in the coming years more than the wholesale introduction of computers into the design process that has been made possible by the development of affordable micro-based CAD. This thesis is a case study into how the current state of the art will …
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Inside the circle, outside the square : analysis of traditional Chinese architecture
This thesis deals with a process of analyzing specific examples in traditional Chinese architecture in an attempt to understand and identify the underlying principles that make it essentially Chinese. The basic intent is that the development of this process of observation would later inform a …
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Six houses
The series of Six Houses projects offer choices rather than making improvements along the way. The reason for offering these choices is that one choice can not take the place of the other, but rather refers to another. A reference exists and creates a link. The many links among these houses build a …
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Locomotion: A Cinematic Approach
… static, but perceived dynamically and should be designed for the unique sorts of movement that occur. Within the site of Carpinteria, California's Amtrak train station lies an opportunity to maximize public space through an investigation of those in motion at this place of convergence, including …
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Hotel and Conference Center for Foreign Dignitaries
Located along the bank of the Potomac River in Langley Virginia, this Hotel and Conference Center is a place of gathering and refuge for foreign dignitaries. Each building shares the characteristic of protruding volumes and surfaces reinforced by parallel load bearing masonry walls. These brick …
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ADAPTING THE OFFICE WORK CHAIR TO ACCOMMODATE PRODUCTIVE NAPPING
The following thesis offers a unique concept of office furniture design - an office work chair that accommodates the human need for taking short naps. The purpose is to search for opportunities to increase productivity among white-collar workers. The process of design development has been developed …
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Reading context in design
This study explores how, in the process of design, the reading of an existing order in the organizing features of a setting potentiates form. For this purpose, a design exercise on a site in the city of Jaipur in India has been chosen. The focus of the study lies in the way in which the natural and …
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Sequence as a determining factor of design
… experience as it relates to architecture and its design. It recognizes the disparity which exists between the inevitable linearity of our experience of buildings, and the fact that buildings and the process of their design are non-linear. This opposition between the sequential nature of …
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Body in space : the sensual experience of architecture and dance
Dance and architecture are two disciplines of creativity that share a special relationship. Both disciplines define and use space as the main medium for creative interpretation. Dance is movement of the human body through space over time. Architecture and its spatial qualities are experienced by …
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