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Showing 1 to 20 of 17362 for “"Urban"”.
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Spatial urban and peri-urban biodiversity patterns
Urbanisation is one of the major drivers of land use change, habitat fragmentation and biodiversity loss. However, urban areas should not be considered as “ecological deserts”. Instead, they have the potential to support diverse communities, on condition that suitable habitat patches occur. To …
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Urban dialysis : [re]invigorating urban vitality using adhocism
The changes in the ecology of the urban fabric within cities - without careful application in maintaining or promoting vibrant and livable neighbourhoods - can lead to a notable decrease o f the quality of life in communities. Two of the primary problems of providing publicly available active areas …
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Planning the urban forest to enhance urban resilience
… identify extreme heat as a significant threat to urban areas. This is largely due to the impact of heat on human health, their livelihoods, and access to resources (USGCRP, 2018; IPCC, 2014). Both the IPCC (2014) and the USGCRP (2018) identify afforestation as a key strategy for moderating the …
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Urban Frame
From Structure to Urban Frames In the context of this thesis, the notion of frame is recognized as enclosing borders, or the outline of views, rather than as a load-bearing structural element. This thesis investigates how frames can build urban connections and, at the same time, structure sequences …
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Urban livelihood
… diversity and inclusion? Proposed Goal Titled “Urban Livelihoods”, this project sets out to reimagine the economic centre of Cape Town, with inclusive, well-located housing and economic opportunities. Proposed Solution This project explores how we can stitch new designs into the existing fabric …
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Urban figure
This thesis examines role of the mega-scale urban figure, specifically its appropriateness within contemporary cities. Since Rem Koolhaas's 1993 essay, "Bigness or the Problem of Large," the concept of mega-scale urban intervention has been a prominent issue both in architectural theory and …
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Urban detox
… for four weeks to experience an alternative to urban life. Accommodations and food are provided in exchange for cooperating with local agricultural industries including tangerine farming and horse farming. Due to the geology of the island, its settlements are distributed around its perimeter in …
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Urban ideograms
This thesis offers the concept of Urban Ideograms. It is developed and crystallized through a strategic gathering and selection of specific textual and contextual information from various sources, such as the drawings of Henri Michaux, his poetry and literary commentaries, various architectural …
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Urban stairs
… in Korea has experienced a rapid economic and urban development. As a result, the city exposes extreme disharmony between different zones. For example, the heavy mega structures are inconsiderately located right next to the small old fabric district. The thesis especially focuses on the urban …
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Urban vertigo
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Urban Renewal
This thesis is an exploration of how an existing parking lot in Washington, DC is transformed into a greenspace with ten public pavilions. This structured garden is designed to promote solitude and reflection and to develop an awareness of path, movement, composition, scale, and material.
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Urban Cadence
Walls encasing equivalent modules of space form a structure visually connecting individual elements into a single organism. The placement and form of these walls allows each module of space to retain distinct lighting qualities conversely drawing the individual out of the whole.
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[Urban] Monastery
… A monastery for the Dominican order within an urban context of Washington DC. The architecture has two primary responsibilities, one is to preserve the sanctity of a restricted way of living and the other to engage with its profane surrounding. The two most important questions are: how does a …
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Urban Walls
… edge. This thesis will examine the edge at the urban-suburban threshold of a city and private-public threshold of a neighborhood.
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Urban Fashion
How can architecture transcend style in the fashion world? My thesis offers experiences for both the public and private realm of the fashion industry. For the public, the opportunity to see and feel the clothes on the runways. For the private, the designers can work, show and display all in one …
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Urban Canopy
This thesis explores the definition of an urban canopy, how civic architecture can create a space for the pedestrian in the city, and the elements which can compose such a space. Experimentation in the urban canopy allows definition into the protective nature of such an archetype. Filtering and …
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Urban Threshold
The character of an urban void is defined by the built surrounding which determines the appearance and the function of the enclosed space. In modelling urban form, three major zones corresponding to this phenomenon may be distinguished: 1. Core 2. Transition Zone 3. Surrounding The transition zone …
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Urban housing
… Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture, urban architecture requires a clear division between public and private. In this case, a desire for privacy when living so closely together inspires the idea to articulate the places of the private realm. Furthermore, such tight places need strict …
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Urban Retreat
This thesis rediscovers the built environment and develops an awareness of scale, materiality and composition in architecture.
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