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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"role of the architect"”.
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The role of the architect in food service planning
… catering facility is never a minor activity, and often entails considerable investment. For this reason, architects in Malta, lend to be more concerned about the planning of dining areas, and are quite prepared to wash their hands of responsibility in kitchen planning. Thus, the integration of the …
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The Role of the Architect: Changes of the Past, Practices of the Present, and Indications of the Future
<p>For centuries the architect was the master builder; the one who was responsible for both the design and the construction of a project with sufficient construction expertise to oversee the project from inception to completion. Eventually, complexity of projects required a higher level of …
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Learning from each other : citizen participatory community design in the United States and Japan, and the role of the architect
This thesis explored principles of community design for future development both in the US. and Japan by examining the organizational structures, levels of participation and processes of community designs. Three cases in the US. and two cases in Japan were chosen for case studies. The method of …
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The poetic function in architecture : an exploration into the potential poetic agency of space
Architectural space forms part of the much wider notion of social Space, which embodies the ongoing conceived, perceived, and lived spatial realities within it. The study is presented as a process which unfolds the relationship between the architectural discipline and society, in order to explore …
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Four houses in a row
Architecture, it genuinely conceived and thoughtfully executed, can help to bring meaning and understanding to our existence. lt can evoke emotions that touch us, recall a memory long thought lost, mark and signal the passage of time, inspire us to do great things, and provide us with warmth and …
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Sequencing the Body: Prisons and the Spatial Imaginary
This thesis spatializes the sequences of occupied and interactive spaces in prison institutions, in an attempt to explore and understand the nature of these spaces and their relationship to the body. Six spaces - exterior, recreation, visitation, the cell block, general population cells, and …
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Adaptable Housing: A Sustainable Architectural Solution to Informal Settlements in the Caribbean
This thesis explores design challenges and conceptual solutions as they relate to residential building forms within urban slum environments- specifically those found in the Caribbean region. It examines the roles of the house, form, and culture surrounding the place and people of Jamaica; using a …
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The indirect architect : linking design services and mass-production to improve workforce housing
Architects have grappled with their role in the development of prefabricated building technologies and workforce housing for the last century. Historically, the architectural profession has witnessed limited participation and a narrow impact on this building type. As mass-production increasingly …
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Modernising Britain: The Work and Life of Sir Leslie Martin (1908-2000)
This research examines the role of the architect, educator and researcher Sir Leslie Martin in facilitating Modernism in Britain. Martin had a long and remarkable career, spanning over sixty years. As an architect, Martin is famously known for the design of the Royal Festival Hall (1948-1951) and …
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Framing the Edge of Time: Disaster Architecture and Change
In this dissertation, I conduct a reflection on the effects of disaster on time perceptions and their consequences on architecture as a vessel of social and individual values, through a study of two major paradigmatic disasters spaces – Post World War II Japan and Post-earthquake Haiti. While on …
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Grind, Mash, Distill
There never comes a point at which we can declare any building "finished", and never touch it again; if we were to do this it would signal a sad sort of death and the end of the building's use, because it is by a continual process of revision that they fulfill our ever-changing needs and tastes. …
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B-Shelves: A Web Based Mass Customized Product
B-Shelves (Box-Shelves) explores the relationship between design intent, generative design, mass customization and digital fabrication. B-Shelves is a mass custom furniture product that is customized through a web based system. The project looks at generative design as an enabler for different …
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Food urbanism : urban agriculture as a strategy to facilitate social mobility in informal settlements
… stronger communities? How is this possible? This thesis explores the possibility of community development through application of community gardens in an informal settlement near Tehran, Iran. It is expected that this will happen through collective community action and decision-making processes. …
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Designing for privacy in the learning environment
This thesis looks at the need for privacy in the general instructional areas of an elementary school, with the role of the architect in mind. Taking off from the open-plan school, the most recent trend in educational architecture, a case is made for building a range of private places in the school …
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The application of traditional design principles to contemporary housing in Malaysia
… rapid economic development, bringing swift and often drastic changes to the built environment. Major cultural changes, the effects of which may not be fully appreciated for a number of years, have also accompanied development. As "modern" construction techniques displace traditional methods, …
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Filarete's Body: Unpacking the Pregnancy Analogy in the Renaissance Patronage Context
Fifteenth century Florentine architect Il Filarete authored the first illustrated book on architecture, with a distinct pedagogical agenda to teach his patron to build nobly. Written as a dialogical narrative, taking place between a patron and his architect, the treatise's pedagogical tone unfolds …
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Collaborative landscapes of growth and change : the case of Nicosia
… and communication patterns have facilitated the spatial dispersal of production and consumption while, offering new affordances on physical and organizational structures. Within these new affordances, a larger social context encompassing aspects, of identity, self-expression , and human …
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Policy and design in urban social housing : a reconciliation
The objective of this thesis is to understand the term " HOUSING" as a verb. This implies that housing is a process which includes three major stages. First, the planning POLICY stage determines distributions of resources, methods of production, and programs of activities. Second, the architectural …
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Rebirth of a Rock: Pembroke Quarry Amphitheatre
… on earth has a voice. This voice resonates from the shaping events that have long passed and the current conditions that continue to give each place its individual character. The voice continually evolves as the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth leaves its trace. This voice in its endless …
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