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Showing 1 to 20 of 127 for “"architectural form"”.
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Architectural form from human nature
… of human nature is a prime determinate of architectural form and that the nature of the human mind is a prime determinate of one's understanding of the satisfaction of man's needs by physical form (design). Argument: First, human nature and the forms that accommodate it are presented as …
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Towards meaningful computational descriptions of architectural form
Computers have irrupted in the domain of architectural design, still with uncertain results. The impetus are driven by two major forces: First, the momentum originated by extensive application of computational tools to any imaginable human activity, not necessarily related to design. Second, the …
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Reactive and interactive architectural form : a design exploration
… building that attempts to connect. through its form. with the residential fabric. and in a similar manner as the pedestrian parkway is an extension of backyards and becomes a playground. a place for all to hang-out. offer a built environment that can be that too. This thesis looks at public and …
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Architectural form and meaning in light of Al Jurjani's literary theories
… as a method for the critical analysis of architectural meaning. The study is based on the understanding of architecture as a mode of communication, and aimed at examining architectural meaning in general, and the metaphorical content in particular. The process is initiated by studying the …
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Influence of architectural form on the wind-induced response of tall buildings
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An evolution-based generative design system : using adaptation to shape architectural form
… to incorporate adaptation paradigms into the architectural design process. The initial aim of the project focused on helping architects improving the environmental performance of buildings, but the final conclusions of the thesis transcend this realm to question the process of incorporating …
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Constructing design concepts : a computational approach to the synthesis of architectural form
… concepts about space to solve problems and to form designs. A design concept is the manifestation of the basic instability of our mental performance: it is a makeshift that provides general direction for exploration. In synthesis architects explore concepts by inventing transitions that …
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The conceptual design of architectural form : a performance spec for a computer system
… represent schemes in an already designed form. The antithetical device is called a creatrix. The creatrix is analogous to three instruments. It expresses the architect's ideas like a musical instrument. It manages and manipulates building complexity like mathematical instruments. It …
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Thought and Invention: a study of architectural form through the particular and the universal
… relationship between space, structure, and form. How are space and form defined by architecture? Is form a premeditated thing, and, if so, how is it intuitively understood by the creative process? By studying the models and patterns through which the autonomous language of architecture is …
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Influence of environmental conditions and architectural form on the design and thermal performance of the flat-plate solar collector system.
… developed to predict and display the dynamic performance of solar water heating systems and their installation designs under transient climatic and restricted site conditions. A multi-node capacitance model describes the dynamic heat transfer and energy storage processes within the solar …
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The Symbolic Form of Architecture: An investigation into its philosophical foundations and a discussion on the development of the perception of architectural form by modern heoreticians and symbolist architects
… thesis investigates the concept of the symbolic form of architecture. It first focuses on the philosophical foundations for this concept in the works of Ernst Cassirer, Immanuel Kant, Conrad Fiedler, and Theodor Adorno. Then, the development of the modern perception of form in architectural …
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Form and Human Body
Architectural form offers an expression and an observer receives an impression. This interaction exists at both intellectual (mind) and physical (body) levels. Through designing a sculpture pavilion in a forest, this thesis explores different means of empathetic expression in modern architectural …
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Designing at the edge : exploring the interface between the built and natural environment
Architectural form embodies layers of cultural meaning which reveal people's attitude about their connection to their world. Architectural form has the capacity to contain a plethora of statements about the individual identity of the builders and occupants, as well as a general statement about …
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The Half House
The Half House is a study in architectural form. The ideal Form is necessarily cubic. The program is the vital form of the house. The means of formal study is subtractive, geometric, and symbolic.
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Monumental Building Complexes in Orientalizing and Archaic Central Italy
… authority is examined. Following, details of the architectural form employed as expression of this authority are probed: monumental building complexes are analyzed to determine how plan, possible uses, and decoration conveyed the attributes of economic primacy, achievement, and ancestry necessary …
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An arithmetical model of spatial definition
… manner in which spatial definition is built by architectural form is identified and formalised in part. A description is given for the structure of spatial definition. This description allows for a mapping from the class of uses to the class of spatial structures.
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Evaluation of an Early Classic Round Structure at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
<p>Round structures in the Maya area are an architectural form that is not well understood, in part due to the relatively few examples recovered through archaeological excavations. The site of Santa Rita Corozal, Belize offers one of the few examples of an Early Classic Period round structure …
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Intensified Nature
… connotations of its primordial elements as architectural form. Deepened experiences of both nature and architecture are to be achieved through a clarified ordering of architectonic elements and their relationship to each other, nature, and humanity.
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An interstice
… nature and symbolism, catalyzed and expressed in architectural form, an environment emerges which provides both an intellectual and sensual world. These ideas are expressed on a general, architectural, and case study level. Nondiscursive and discursive thoughts have been applied in the hopes of …
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The Impetus of Locomotion
… of modes of transportation, wayfinding, and architectural form, the impetus of locomotion is defined.
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