Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-127). / The subject of this thesis is architecture that inspires fantasy and the important role that various buildings play in helping us understand and gain insight into both the physical and social contexts in which they exist. A collection of five fantasy-inspiring buildings. constructed during different decades and in different cities will be examined. Each will be the subject of both a short story revealing one viewer's fantasy, and a critical analysis that reflects upon the story by discussing specific building characteristics that spark the viewer's imagination. From these narrative studies will emerge design criteria and strategies for architecture that inspires fantasy to then be utilized in a design of a restaurant for the nuclear age. / by Laurie E. Friedman. / M.Arch.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175). / This thesis explores a holistic design process through which architectural elements can engage the dynamic forces of natural phenomena and integrate the spatial and temporal experience of building form with its physical environment. The framework for this exploration is a contextual mapping of dynamical systems and complexity theory to the processes of architectural design. By incorporating concepts and methods from the study of non-linear dynamics, a broad base of scientific knowledge aimed at understanding physical behavior in nature, this thesis proposes a synthetic relationship between architectural elements, their physical performance in the context of natural phenomena, and their contribution to a coherent spatial structure. Modern technological imperatives have rephrased the sensible relationships between architecture, climate, and inhabited space as a problem for "environmental controls". The contemporary urban office building, under economic pretenses, exhibits a particular over-dependence on external machinery for light, ventilation, and thermal comfort, often to the detriment of physical experience. This thesis emphasizes the use of scientific knowledge and computational tools in the early processes of design in an attempt to investigate the manifestations of physical energy -- light, air, and heat --in the building's final form. By addressing these physical performance criteria as spatial influences during preliminary design, this thesis supports an integrated framework for professional collaboration and examines a cultural context for the application of architectural knowledge. A bioclimatic approach to design, therefore, is a synthetic response to the dialectic between the tectonics of physical experience and the dynamics of the natural environment. / by Matthew J. O'Connell. / M.Arch.

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2004. / This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Christian Kem Gardner. / S.M.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-115). / by Gail McDonough. / M.S.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaves 110-112. / by Brigid Snow Flanigan. / M.S.

Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1956. / Accompanying drawings held by MIT Museum. / Bibliography: leaves 37-38. / by Carl Robert Nelson, Jr. / M.Arch.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109). / by Judith N. Bookwalter. / M.Arch.

Thesis (M. Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1988. / Bibliography: p. 99-105. / Architecture can heighten an experience when it supports the mood of that experience and when it is felt to embody the idea or purpose of the experience. The challenge here is that the Christian Church comes into being wherever the people gather, so, the architectural task is to make an architecture that will heighten the congregation' s experience without the architecture coming to seem itself as the "carrier" of the tenets of belief. A tectonics approach to architecture can be used to convey certain characteristics of the Christian Church in such a way that a contribution is made to the experience of the congregation. Existing examples of tectonics in architecture are studied and a major thrust of the work is in the testing of the thesis in a design of a new building for the Word of Life Church, a Pentecostal Christian congregation in Buffalo, New York. / by Christopher A. Bovenzi. / M.Arch

Thesis (M. Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-127). / This is more of an experimental design thesis rather than a theoretical research-oriented thesis on the history of Korean Architecture. Ultimately, a design of a concrete building, a crematorium, will be the final product of this thesis and will serve as a vehicle with which to experiment with my ideas in the design process. There is a strong driving force in this thesis: the aspiration to interpret the architecture of my ancestors with a fresh eye - in light of spatial organization. Thus, it was a necessary first step to visit a few historical buildings to experience the spaces themselves, following with an analysis of the plan afterwards. Throughout my own study, some assumptions were drawn as design guid~lines for the design of a crematorium. The critical issue of this design thesis centers on the evolution of 'Non-diagrammatic Space' from 'Diagrammatic Space' in the history of Korean architecture. Designing a building has been thought a complex process which relates political, economical, and social factors at the same time. But, though we know this intuitively, a design methodologist recently proved that most designs are generated not by listing all constraints but by starting with a 'prime generator'. In this context. the diagrammatic Korean temples are good illustrations of the 'Prime Generator'. But my main concern lies in ideas that cannot be easily explained by the notion of prime generator in the non-diagrammatic temples, which were the outgrowth of deep contemplation and a process of trial and error through hundreds of years. / Kyuam Min. / M.Arch

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-71). / by Edward H. Starkie. / M.S.