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maybe water: November 2008
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Waterfront communities. informal settlements. urban lifestyles. patterns of development. undergrad architecture thesis @ MIT. readygo. Thursday, November 27, 2008. Open Source: Infrastructural Transparency in Suburban Public Spaces of Semi-Arid Regions. Spanish-style missions and typical terra-cotta roofed construction were the historic architectural response to the semi-arid climate of the region. What are the descendants of this desert typology in Los Angeles today? The site is sandwiched between Saugu...
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education, earth, and architecture: School Construction in Sierra Leone
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Education, earth, and architecture. Tuesday, September 16, 2008. School Construction in Sierra Leone. This summer, I was in contact with our professor John Ochsendorf from the building technology dept. In our discussion about possible undergraduate thesis topics, he helped me find one that was just what I was looking for:. 1 SMALL scale design project: bigger than a sofa, smaller than an office building. The project that I have agreed to work in is in the design of several schools in Sierra Leone. Rainfa...
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City In The Sky: CapaCity In the Sky
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City In The Sky. Wednesday, December 3, 2008. CapaCity In the Sky. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). CapaCity In the Sky. Its a Sunny Day. View my complete profile.
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City In The Sky: Thesis: Topics + Ideas
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City In The Sky. Monday, September 15, 2008. 1 Title: Spiritual Architecture in a Secular World: the Power of Space and its. Question: How can 'spiritual architecture' be better integrated into the 'secular city'? 6 Civitas Celestialis (City in the Sky): Urban Containment. Question: What would the effect of building around the already existing architecture of a city have on its development and containment? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Questions to ask myself. Its a Sunny Day.
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City In The Sky: September 2008
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City In The Sky. Thursday, September 18, 2008. Questions to ask myself. So, I think I'm going to try and stick to the city in the sky theme/topic.and see where it takes me. Here are a few questions I think need answering/further research:. 1 how did towers come to be? Historically - babel till present). 2 why were towers built the way they were? 3 what is the value of open space/recreational space? 4 what were some of the architects of the modern age's visions? Monday, September 15, 2008. Its a Sunny Day.
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City In The Sky: Precendent + Precedence
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City In The Sky. Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Founder of metabolists 1960s Jpn. Cities that adapted to an ever-increasing population by building flexible, 'extendable' structures that could be added to over time.". Symbiosis in architectural terms to kurokawa meant that buildings shouldn’t be viewed as mechanical structures in isolation of each other but should instead work together advantageously as living, breathing entities". Clusters in the Air in 1960-62 for Tokyo;. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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City In The Sky: ([the]sis) (re-{vision})
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City In The Sky. Monday, October 27, 2008. 160;i am connecting towers - but thats not all. with this connectivity increased - i will have the opportunity to address living conditions community spaces - but also connecting these back to the ground as well for sky and ground were meant to intermingle. this will help alleviate congestion at ground level and allow for better growth at levels above. The why: . The how: . The why (again): . That was a joke ppl) . Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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THESIS_X: 2008-11-30
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Thursday, December 4, 2008. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). CapaCity In the Sky. Final Presentation and statement. ORANGE line it is! SENIOR @ MIT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE. View my complete profile.
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education, earth, and architecture: September 2008
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Education, earth, and architecture. Tuesday, September 16, 2008. School Construction in Sierra Leone. This summer, I was in contact with our professor John Ochsendorf from the building technology dept. In our discussion about possible undergraduate thesis topics, he helped me find one that was just what I was looking for:. 1 SMALL scale design project: bigger than a sofa, smaller than an office building. The project that I have agreed to work in is in the design of several schools in Sierra Leone. Rainfa...
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education, earth, and architecture: October 2008
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Education, earth, and architecture. Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Some thoughts on earth construction. I began a some of my research on earth construction as a building material and here are some of the things I found out. You can build with earth in three ways:. 1 Mud brick/ adobe: unbaked bricks (these could be used for walls, vaulting, etc). 2 Soil block: Compressed, unbaked brick. Apparently some criteria that could be considered when design for earth are:. High humidity regulation and absorption.
