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Showing 1 to 20 of 555 for “"architectural design"”.
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Methodology in architectural design
The act of designing in architecture is a complex process. Many designers, when probed for reasons to explain their actions, are either unable to answer questions, or provide explanations that are not true descriptions of their actions. Frequently the designer will answer that his or her reason for …
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A paradigm for Kemetic architectural design : the beginnings of a Kemetic architectural design language
… to its religious architecture. As well, familiar design characteristics permeated many of them. These edifices continue to be a source of discussion and debate. Opposing interpretations range in opinion; from traditional and conservative to embedded with scientific and mathematical knowledge. In …
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Articulating architectural design through computational media
… merge two high order cognitive operations for architectural designers. The first cognitive operation being the internalization of displacement (as defined by Kant and Piaget). The second being the construction of a mental Model (i .e. one that represents a tended external reality) . The …
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Validated interactive daylighting analysis for architectural design
… interactivity and usually occurs late in the design process to validate a completed design, if at all. For architecture to benefit from daylight as a practical, glare-free alternative to electric lighting, daylighting simulation and visual discomfort predictions must be available in real time …
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Computers and video : coincidental in architectural design
This thesis proposes a new tool for the designer that acts as an Intelligent adjunct In the design process. Architects express abstract concepts in physical concrete realities. The tools of the trade act as a medium through which to express these concepts; pencil. paper. models. Yet these tools do …
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Hold up : machine delay in architectural design
This thesis introduces an architectural design approach that is founded on working with digital fabrication machines, materials, and time: Machine Delay Fabrication (MDFab). MDFab is characterized by the materialization and manipulation of the time taken by digital fabrication machines to do work. …
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EthnoComputation : on Weaving Grammars for architectural design
… aesthetic, resonating from the logic of the design, structure and construction process. However, despite the strong historical connection between weaving and architecture at their earliest inception, the ideal model of weaving does not fully translate into most of today's architecture. In a …
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The function of testing during architectural design.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1971. M.Arch.
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Digital fabrication in the architectural design process
Digital fabrication is affecting the architectural design process due to the increasingly important role it has in the fabrication of architectural models. Many design professionals, professors, and students have experienced the benefits and challenges of using digital fabrication in their design …
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The architectural design process and indoor air quality
… way that he or she can produce solutions for design problems and select the most suitable solution to meet people's needs. Thus a building can be imagined as if it physically exists, and as if it is occupied by users. Although, indoor air quality (IAQ) has been discussed for almost thirty …
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The Architectural Design of U.K. Supermarkets 1950-2006
… explores the relationship between the developing architectural design styles of supermarket buildings and the social economic and political changes that have influenced their design. Focusing on the main objectives the research progressed through interview, observation and the analysis of archive …
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Constituting Life Cycles: Circularity as Architectural Design Premise
… circularity. The research discusses the design requirements needed in order to achieve this level of change and impermanence. These principles consider the constituting elements of a building and its lifespan, furthermore, post lifespan adaptation is also regarded with high importance. …
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Understanding behavior with ubiquitous computing for architectural design
… and behavior is an important concern for designers. We report on a pilot study where ubiquitous computing was used to examine workplace activity quality in a commercially designed workplace environment. Data were collected from twelve adult participants in the same professional workplace, …
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Rapid prototyping in early stages of architectural design
… of Architecture and Harvard Graduate School of Design, and in actual practice. The whole research lies on the boundary between virtual and real, on physical prototyping from a digital file. Digital prototyping and manual prototyping are mentioned only as references. The research offers examples …
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Natural light in architectural design : element and determinant.
Thesis. 1976. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Architectural design principles as evidenced in Gothic architecture
Three specific architectural design principles are identified and documented through a study of gothic architecture. The comparative method is used to show progressive change in gothic architecture and to illustrate how these design principles are evident in this change.
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An abstract study of light in architectural design
… powers of light are consciously inherent in architectural design, the ordinary becomes the extraordinary, the temporal becomes the sublime, the brick of dirt becomes the brick of gold. Left to its own devices, light may transfigure or it may not, but a significant design opportunity has been …
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The Integration of Architectural Design and Energy Modelling Software
Intelligent and integrated architectural design can substantially reduce carbon dioxide emissions from energy used in buildings. However, architects need new tools to help them to design enjoyable, comfortable, attractive and yet technically rigorous, low energy buildings. This thesis investigates, …
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