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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"residential design"”.
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High Density Residential Design
Massive migration is one the most significant phenomena of China's urbanization. In the thirty years since the "Reform and Open Up" policy began, Guangzhou has experienced economic growth and urban expansion and attracted a vast number of migrants. Seen as the product of the rapid urbanization, …
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Net Zero Residential Design for Solar CalPoly
… with passive and active HVAC systems for the design, and thermal load models. The competition will take place in Irvine, CA [33.67⁰, 117.82⁰ W] from September 27 – October 3, 2015. After the completion, a potential final location for the house will be Santa Ynez, CA [34.61⁰ N, 120.09⁰ W]. Ms. …
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Cameron Street Housing: an exercise in urban residential design
… more attractive and efficient built environment, residential architecture must be incorporated into the fabric of the city. The most successful cities have a mixture of business and residential activities. In most cities, business flourishes in the center, while housing is pushed out to the edges. …
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Resilient Multifamily Residential Design: Addressing Flood Hazards and Enhancing Quality of Life
This project presents a resilient mixed-use residential design in Anacostia Park, fronting the Anacostia River: With climate change projections indicating a potential sea level rise of up to 5.25 feet by 2100, addressing flood hazards is critical. The design employs three primary adaptation …
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The City Coding Project : an investigation into some presumed maxims for residential design in Hong Kong
… primary components: * Through the study of how residential developments in Hong Kong are 'coded' the first part of this thesis seeks to understand the underlying logic of the city's zoning regulations, programming conventions, construction practices and building codes in order to earn one degree …
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Power to the people : a framework for enhancing environmental stewardship through community design
… are most commonly addressed through "green" design strategies that utilize largely technological solutions to increase the resource efficiency of the built environment. However, "green" design as currently comprised is insufficient; while it effectively reduces the amount of resources …
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Conforto e qualidade ambiental no habitat do idoso
… it related some guidelines and recomendations to residential design for spaces frequently used by the elderly persons. It is noticed that in this research, the elderly is not distinguished by his age, but from a whole of specific characteristics of mobilities, abilities and independence.
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Alternative housing designs for changing life-styles in Japan
… to determine the factors which influence housing design and the way the Japanese live. Specific changes in life-style and housing design were analyzed in order to clarify certain issues which affect residential design. In Chapter 3, alternative performance statements are determined, based on …
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From personal experience to design : externalizing the homeowner's needs assessment process
… with a reorganized and integrated system of residential design, may make custom homes a possibility for a larger segment of the population in the years to come. While tools and materials that embody building and design expertise are necessary for making such a system workable, how the …
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Persons, Houses, and Material Possessions: Second Spanish Period St. Augustine Society
… their status. Likewise, their choice of residential design and location allowed them to make statements in regards to their place in the social order. St. Augustine was a unique city in the Spanish Empire; the realities of frontier living meant that inter-ethnic connection were common and …
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The development of online media to support design prototyping with a laser cutter
… and there has also been work done to support residential design education with online media. This thesis focuses on developing online media providing instruction on how to use the laser cutter, a tool that can be used in early-stage prototyping as part of the design process. User research was …
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A Quantitative Analysis of Crime Rates in American Colleges and Universities With and Without Residential College Systems.
… of this quantitative study was to examine the residential college system to determine if there was any association between campus crime and the residential house system. The specific problem of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the residential college system in mitigating campus …
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The Pause: Re-Thinking Housing Through a Lens of Social Isolation and Loneliness
… explores the profound impact of contemporary residential architecture on social interaction and a sense of belonging among dwellers. Based on personal experiences in the United States, a critical examination reveals a prevailing trend towards isolation within modern living spaces, fostering …
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Changing school practices : the impact of school development on primary and area school organisation and learning management : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University
… studies occurred sequentially beginning with a residential design (Case Study A), having both residential and networked modes (Case Study B), and progressing to the inclusion of an audio-graphic component where there were large geographical separations between the groups of schools (Case Study …
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Deleveraging domesticity : incremental design forays on middle income housing
Housing today has little do with architecture. Design is a currency of services, while housing today is intensively packaged as a consumer good. It is packaged with land as speculative real-estate, and bundled abstractly into mortgage-backed securities for trade in global investment markets. Both …
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A Comparative Study of Climate Based Design of Building Enclosures
… air barrier systems affects building enclosure design and construction. Literature on this subject is continually evolving and often contradictory, supporting confusion. A survey of designers and builders representing four climate zones within the United States was done. Respondents disclosed …
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Okowai : a study in hillside residential development
Accompanying plans (1-7) have been scanned separately.