Thesis (B. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1960. / MIT copy bound with: A medium-security prison for Framingham, Massachusetts / George Adler [1960] Accompanying drawings held by MIT Museum. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 33). / Richard Datner. / B.Arch.

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [92]-[93]). / The project presented here is about the transformation of an extant fabric. The observation of the built environment in Havana revealed that people's interaction with their built environment have produced artifacts like the barbacoa. Their interaction is a creative attempt to resolve the need for more housing space. This make shift construction may solve the problem temporarily. The thesis deals with the observation and documentation of this artifact in order to develop a new model for housing based from the barbacoa and its culture. This new model will increase the density of buildings, provide a prototype that can be adapted in different buildings types and help preserve a way of life in Havana. / by Frank Javier Valdes. / S.M.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-55). / The thesis explores architectural form generation through two behavior based artificial intelligence approaches: the communication of agents in an unpredictable simulation system, and the codification of information within an evolutionary process. Both concepts stem from the evaluation of potentially definable mental constructions involving the process of translation and generation through base-level procedural methods. The experiments look towards the implementation of alternative computational processes regarding knowledge encapsulation, process recording, simulation environments, agent communication and interpretation from bottom up design approaches. The experiment explores alternative approaches to design theory within the discipline of architectural computation. / by Jeffrey Charles Stanley Krause. / M.S.

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005. / This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. / Includes bibliographical references. / This thesis is an analysis of the current trend in urban condominium and loft sales in the United States. It focuses specifically on the question of whom, demographically speaking, is buying the incredible influx of new urban residential products that has come onto the market since 2000. There is only anecdotal evidence gathered to date, where some claim that it is the empty-nesters abandoning the suburbs for the convenience of city life. However, there has not been the corresponding drop in suburban population levels or house sale levels to corroborate that hypothesis. Other market participants claim that the sales are primarily to investors, who are either renting or riding appreciation expectations to resell. If that is true, then there are considerable market implications for the future. Others project that it is an urban pied-a-terre trend; however the 2000 census only identifies 3% of the whole housing stock as seasonal, recreational, or second homes. This thesis pools and analyzes recent historical data in four urban downtowns: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and San Diego to determine what is happening in each city and to try to discover a national trend. It utilizes raw mortgage origination data, assessor's data, and surveys and interviews with developers and brokers in each of the four designated cities. / (cont.) In addition to demographic profiles of buyers, this study determines whether these are second homes, speculative purchases, or complete relocations from outside the city. Ultimately, what can be concluded from this analysis is that a much larger segment of demand for urban condos in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and San Diego consists of second home purchasers and investors than are counted in the 2000 Census. Surveys of 7849 units indicate 66% owner occupancy, 22% second home purchase plus investors with no plan to rent and finally another 12% investors who rent out their units. Trends are similar across markets, although the Atlanta market is driven by younger buyers and San Diego has the lowest percentage of owner occupants, indicating the most speculative buying. / by Robert M. DeLaney and Linda K. Pizzuti. / S.M.

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-54). / Although the notion of "space" in architecture is a relatively contemporary one, this research looks at the difference between the conception and representation of space and the actual material reality. With contemporary thought brought about by the modern measure, as architects formalize their ideas in representations, this paper argues that there arises a tendency to quantify and objectify the represented space and discount the experiential nature of the space. This research was initiated in reaction to this tendency to conceive of space as a given, formal static container in search of a wider notion of space as a product of interactions between various dynamics. Using small time based representational design experiments as well as specific precedents of conceptions and representations of space as running parallel points of reference; this investigation explores the element of time as one of the possible components of the various dynamics that produce space. Specifically, a non-chronological look at the modern, contemporary and pre-modern notion of time was taken to explore possible alternative conceptions and representations of space and time, contending that space is neither static or exclusive of time, nor is it a stage set for speed. In other words, this paper concludes that space and time are first and foremost products of experience. / by Hiroshi Okamoto. / S.M.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2011. / Vita. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-157). / This thesis aims to reconnect man to natural flows by designing spaces with overlapping thermal comfort regions between people and plants. Cities encourage metaphysical awakenings and foster physical re-connections to analog roots for its citizenry in this digital age. Architecture puts us in touch with nature on a daily basis by appropriating and applying technologies in concerted efforts to strengthen the conscious bond between people and The Land. Technology allows architecture to feel like landscape in such a way that the memory of an inhabitant's experience comprises mostly of his interaction with the natural elements. Built environments liberate our senses. / by Ryan Doone. / M.Arch.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-62). / by Michael Francis McGoldrick. / M.S.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1952. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves i-iii). / by Richard L. Tavis. / M.Arch.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1970. B.Arch. / Bibliography: leaf 58. / B.Arch.

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1942. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-216). / by A. C. Kayanan. / M.C.P.