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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"architectural drawings"”.
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Drawing on architecture : the socioaesthetics of architectural drawings, 1970-1990
… a period in the late twentieth century when architectural drawings provoked a profound re-evaluation of architecture. It does so through novel research of the individuals, galleries, institutions, and events-and the networks that originated therefrom-that drove this reappraisal by shifting …
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Medieval Islamic and Gothic architectural drawings : masons, craftsmen and architects
… evidence of their thinking processes, their drawings offer valuable sources through which their approach to design and construction can be investigated. Focusing on the early architectural drawings of the medieval period, this thesis will explore the intersections between Late Gothic and …
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Conceptual expression and depictive opacity: Changing attitudes towards architectural drawings between 1960 and 1990
… remarkable change that came about in the kind of drawings that architects used to present their work between the decades of 1960 and 1990. Drawings in this period, visually rich and compositionally complex, seemed to mark an entirely new sensibility towards their function; their goal seemed to be …
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An essay on notation : a speculative examination of what and how architectural drawings might mean.
Thesis. 1979. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Efficient 3D building model generation from 2D floor plans
… to be more aesthetic to ordinary people than architectural drawings. Architects can benefit from such models in detecting any inconsistencies in their designs. This thesis describes the design and implementation of an efficient 3D building model generator (3dGen) that can automatically create …
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Field, Lines and Drawing
An architectural idea has been drawn out in a row house on an imaginary site. Architectural drawings in plan, section and elevation, as well as diagrams, sketches and graphite renderings show a process of working that presupposes existential questions as necessary for making architecture.
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Translations of the Mountain: exploring natural phenomona through ephemeral drawings and intransigent matter in design
… was explored through a process of cognitive and architectural drawings; ephemeral to tectonic details. The disser tation follows the process of landing on site, experiencing the space subconsciously through the intelligence of the body, and reflecting thereupon through cognitive drawing. The …
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In-Between: Architectural Drawing and Imaginative Knowledge
Design drawings mediate between the world of ideas and the world of things, spanning the intangible and tangible. However, contemporary technical architectural drawings, in establishing a direct relationship between the drawing and its object, tend to base this relationship on a visual paradigm …
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Boullée's Forgotten Fountain : the redesign of the Bibliotheque du Roi, 1785
… His proposal was expressed through twenty-six architectural drawings, but the scheme was never built. These drawings were among the last that the French architect produced. Shortly after his death Boullée fell into obscurity and remained largely unknown well into the twentieth century. He was …
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45 King: A Story of the Southern Home
… through history, through a vision exhibited in architectural drawings, and through the social heritage closest to my heart. 45 King is a story for the South; the story of its grandeur, its climate, its natural beauty, its hospitality, its comfort, and its veils. It is a story that was told …
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The Shape of Consent: A Commentary on Emergent Forms within Suburbia
… suburban roots, while the visual commentary uses architectural drawings to reveal four modalities which frame our environment and shape our lives and interactions.
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Conceptual design of suspended structural systems
… AutoCAD is used to create 2- dimensional architectural and structural drawings. It is also used to create 3-dimensional architectural drawings. AutoVISION is used to apply materials to the surfaces of the drawings and render images. AutoVISION is also used to create a simulated 'fly-by' …
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Projecting the uncanny : the intersection of visuality and architecture
This thesis explores architectural drawings and representations appropriate to describe forms and spaces in zero and artificial gravity. Its focus is on the physical forces associated with life and motion in a rotating environment and the formal and geometric architectural response to those forces. …
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Re_Imaged: Reimaging architecture through artificially intelligent generated images
… lack of Stable Diffusion's ability to understand architectural drawings and elements, the ability to representing architectural depth through spaces and emotions, and its inadequate learning from the past design experiences.
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Houses undergoing psychoanalysis :
… is of tension and animosity and that architectural design, following a psychoanalytical tendency to reduce tension, is used to improve this condition. When great amounts of energy and care are invested in this process, the narrative of tension and its resolution is brought to the …
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The history of the Railroad of New Jersey Maritime Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey: commemorating its centennial 1889-1989
… concerning the historical, construction, and architectural significance of this structure to Jersey City, Hudson County and New Jersey. The history includes the purpose for which the structure was built, why the site was chosen, how the terminus was built, how the structure was utilized, who …
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From Furnace to Fairness: Atmospheric Sequences in Steel Museum Spaces
… modeling, sketches, lighting studies, and architectural drawings. By showcasing two contrasting spaces, it explores how the sequence of space, along with materials, light, and scale, shapes the architectural spaces and atmosphere within the museum, reflecting the evolution from furnace to …
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A community college for the New River Valley: process methodology and design proposal
… employed and presents various diagrammatic drawings and physical study models generated along the design path. The paper ends without a lengthy narrative justification of the proposed design solution, but instead with a presentation of architectural drawings illustrating the proposed …
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The workhome... a new building type?
… 'live/work unit' emerged as an apparently new architectural type. It captured the imagination of marketers and urban professionals looking for alternatives to suburban living, presenting a design-led strategy for urban renaissance. However, home-based work and its associated building type have …
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Dance with Musical Architecture: Eurhythmy in Gottfried Semper's works
… as a reference for measuring and scaling the architectural drawings. This research focused on three crucial questions and the discovery of Semper's work, Second Dresden Theater. First, it investigated the connection between Semper's architectural drawing and musical notation. Second, it …
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