Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes special report study entitled : Architecture and orientation & mobility training. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

Lai Wing Sze. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2001-2002, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [49]). / PROLOGUE --- p.1 / THESIS STATEMENT --- p.2 / METHODOLOGY --- p.3 / PERCEPTION & PHENOMENON --- p.4 / INTENTION / RELATION / INTENTION & RELATION / GESTURE IN OUR VISUAL EXPERIENCE --- p.9 / MATERIAL / SURFACE / ENVELOPE / FORM / STRUCTURE / LANDSCAPE / DYNAMICS IN VISUAL EXPERIENCE --- p.15 / MOVING OBJECT / CHANGING PERSPECTIVE / LIGHT / HUMAN ACTIVITY / PROGRAM --- p.19 / DEAF COMMUNITY / THEATRE OF SILENCE / SITE --- p.23 / LOCATION / SITE PHOTO / SOLAR STUDY / EXISTING BUILDINGS / DESIGN STRATEGY --- p.32 / THEATRE-IN-THE-ROUND / WORKING MODEL / FINAL DESIGN --- p.37 / FINAL MODEL / DRAWING / VARYING COMPOSITION

Thesis. 1977. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography : p. 127-128. / M.Arch.

Thesis (MScEng (Civil Engineering)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / The introduction of toughened glass into the construction industry has had several significant consequences. For the first time, glass panels can be used without continuous edge supports, and as a result can be used as load-bearing element. An excellent and very common example of the use of glass as structural element is a freestanding glass balustrade. During an undergraduate investigation, a number of impact tests were performed on continuous supported freestanding glass balustrade panels at the University of Stellenbosch [6]. It was observed that none of the balustrade panels complied with the guidelines for impact loading stipulated in the SABS [7] loading standards. The failure to meet the loading requirements highlighted the need to investigate the design of glass balustrades. This thesis describes the investigation undertaken to determine the static- and dynamic loading capacity of freestanding glass balustrades. Following a review of South African and international design standards, the static- and dynamic material properties of toughened glass was established by means of a laboratory test series. The laboratory test series consisted of both a destructive laboratory test series and finite element analysis, the outcome of which determined the static- and dynamic material properties of toughened glass. The series also included the influence of different connection types. A second phase employed the identified material properties of toughened glass to determine the loading capacity of full-scale balustrades. Using finite elements each balustrade set-up was loaded as required by the relevant South African loading standards. The finite element analyses identified which balustrade set-ups could resist the required imposed loads. Finally, a second laboratory test series was undertaken, the aim of which was to verify the finite element results. The successful resistance of the tested balustrade set-ups confirmed the finite element model. Recommendation to the existing design- and loading standards are made based on the results of the thesis.

published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

Leung Sze Han Candy. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2000-2001, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Prologue --- p.01 / the Boundaries --- p.03 / Autism a Sensation Boundary --- p.11 / Autism in Hong Kong --- p.15 / Beyond Boundary --- p.23 / The realm of Social Sustainability --- p.25 / Inception of the Children Centre --- p.31 / Site Selection --- p.52 / Selection Criteria --- p.53 / Site Analysis: Kowloon Park --- p.59 / Design Process --- p.65 / Design Principles --- p.67 / Design Development --- p.71 / Final Design --- p.87 / Special Study --- p.93 / Appendix / Interviews / Precedent Study / Feedback from reviewers / Bibliography

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 139). / The particular subject of this thesis is Housing for the Elderly. The intention is to propose an architecture which springs from an alternative attitude towards housing the elderly ... an attitude which purports that multiplicity and exchange are the elements crucial to one's well-being; in contrast to the current paradigm within the world of planning for the elderly ... one of segregation, classification and singularity. With a little license, I call this a research and design thesis, as it has been difficult to define. As a 'research' paper, it entails the use of a particular method of selecting, understanding, and (finally) using a range of references in order to distill from them some underlying principles of form. Yet unlike a true research thesis, it is loosely structured and left open-ended ... intentionally so! The 'design' work provides the testing ground for the principles gleaned from those references. It also allows me the opportunity to exercise myself in synthesizing and arranging architecture. Yet as a design thesis, the work is only the start of an architecture process ... far from being complete. In essence, the thesis is an endeavour in knowing a little more about the 'dancing' between referencing and designing. / by Julia A. Campbell. / M.Arch.

Thesis. 1975. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / Bibliography: leaves 166-167. / M.Arch.