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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Responsive architecture"”.
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MyRoom: A user-centred model of affective responsive architecture
… in describing a model of continuously-evolving responsive architecture which makes the individual user its focus, with the intention of promoting wellbeing. The key research questions are: What are the key system characteristics of an adaptive therapeutic single-room environment? How can …
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Culturally responsive architecture : a community center and housing for Latinos in Roxbury
.This thesis will provide an example of how architecture can be an expression of a particular culture and still be generally contextual in relation to the site as well as responsive to unmet social needs. It will also explore the influence of culture on architecture by considering two "cultural …
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A Complementary Architecture: Enhancing the experience of Maynardville Park through a responsive architecture
… of this dissertation is to produce a type of responsive architecture that synergises with this particular context. The architectural intervention boarders the park and its urban edge and bridges these two conditions to create a more interactive space. Presenting itself with a variety of both …
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Critical inquiry into ecologicalally responsive architecture : a case study of the Isimangaliso Wetland Park (KwaZulu-Natal)
… for the degree Master in Built Environment: Architecture, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2025.
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BridgeGreen : bridging the disconnect between design professionals and resources fro environmentally, socially, and economically responsive architecture
… or environmentally, socially, and economically responsive architecture, is influencing the global building industry. Most major firms of architecture including Gensler, Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum, and Skidmore Owings and Merrill, are designing green buildings. Growth in programs like Leadership …
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Symbiotic Encounter: Shape Memory Alloy Actuators in Architecture
… and different stages of prototyping, a final responsive wall piece will be designed and built that interacts with users responding to different stimuli including touch, sound, or distance. The outcome of this research on the integration of shape memory alloys (SMAs) into architectural design …
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Northern Reach: Architecture of a Thawing Arctic
… the restrictions of environment to give the architecture a sense of place, rather than looking at these extremes as limitations. This proposal is sited in the Alaskan Arctic circle, where research is being conducted to understand the intertwined issues of climate change and permafrost melt. …
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Active control of tensegrity structures and its applications using Linear Quadratic Regulator algorithms
The concept of responsive architecture has inspired the idea structures which are adaptable and change in order to better fit the user. This idea can be extended to structural engineering with the implementing of structures which change to better take on their external loading. The following text …
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Children's acting senses in place-making: mapping and analysing children's reflective individual and collective sensepointscapes in a primary school playground renewal co-design project with architecture students.
Children's preferences for place-responsive architecture and place-making are not easy to explain. Conversing effectively about these subjects is also a challenge, not just for children but also design professionals and the general public more broadly. This thesis represents an in-depth enquiry …
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Seeking sanctum, a space for healing
… as a design tool to bring meaning to spaces, and responsive architecture as a way of deeply understanding and responding to site, context, and the community in an impactful and connected way. Two key issues are highlighted from the research and experiences of others, firstly that of needing to …
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Perception of old towns, historicism, and temporality
… world to create a culturally and socially responsive architecture. An important corollary of this movement is the imagery of the old town. The second part of the study deals with a perceptual test conducted to gain some insight into how old buildings are perceived. Rome has been taken as a …
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Natural ventilation : design for suburban houses in Thailand
… effective passive cooling design strategy for architecture in hot and humid climates. In Thailand, natural ventilation has been the most essential element in the vernacular architecture such as the traditional house, but has become unused nowadays because of the urbanized conditions in big …
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Analyzing Physical Characteristics that Support Sense of Place and Context-Sensitive Community Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico
… following categories: (a) Spatial Planning and Architecture: street design characteristics and their physical relationship to architecture; (b) Environmentally Responsive Architecture: architecture design characteristics that respond to the regional environment and Santa Fe Style; (c) Decorative …
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Patterns of Moments Reasoning about Space Video via Pattern Language of Human Behavior by Extracting MultiAction Activities via Machine Learning Video
Architecture shapes our perception of space through scale, material, shape, and structure. The design of these elements convinces us of certain behaviors within and around the space, and it plays a significant role in our everyday lives. Experience oriented spatial design provides support for …
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A tropical grammar : an architectural grammar for hot humid climates
… grammar based on traditional Caribbean architecture as an aid to designing climatically responsive architecture in hot humid climates. It argues that since traditional Caribbean architecture is a successful response to the constraints of climate and resources, a grammar based on this …
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Advancing Architecture through Shape Memory Alloy Actuators
… framework that bridges material science, responsive technologies, and architectural theory. Motivated by the ontological and experiential implications of kinetic architecture, the research underscores the potential of SMAs to infuse the built environment with vitality, adaptability, and …
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Bistable Hybrid Textile Structures: Combining Knitting and 3D Printing Fabrication Methods for Adaptive Building Skin Applications
… as a feature within a larger surface to create a responsive and self forming building skin. This research explores the limitations and capabilities of textile behaviour and follows a material centred design approach during the fabrication and design process. This research methodology starts with …