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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographies. / Much of the historical discussion concerning the office building has operated at the level of image . In this reading architects, faced with specific program requirements and technical possibilities, adopt a language for the expression of the facade which refers to certain ideas considered to be important - whether these relate to structural expression or historical allusion. In the process the assumption is made that the planning of the interior space of the office is the solution of a rational equation whose terms are well understood. While issues like economy and flexibility have been the explicit basis for a rationalized approach to planning, these issues have often been interpreted in ways that produce a homogeneity and rigidity that does not have any real basis in the program of the office . At its most general level, the office presents us with an environment in which individuals work together in concert with a larger group . This relationship - of the individual to the collective - presents a range of conflicts between territory and needs for communication that must be understood if the physical organization of space is to respond to the nature of the institution served. An analysis of the development of the office which evaluates the degree to which this relationship has been considered and its manner of expression allows us to approach the problem of the design of the office with a critical perspective . A discussion of the development of the typical office before and after World War Two is combined with an analysis of two office buildings; Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building of 1904 and Herman Hertzberger's Central Beheer of 1972. While the typical office responded to contemporary assumptions about the important determinants of spatial organization in the workplace, often sacrificing territoriality and variety to perceived needs for order and economy, the two buildings chosen as case studies are exceptional to the degree that their organization was developed, in large part, from a more conscious concern on the part of the architect for the social relationships which characterize the work environment. / by Linda Stewart Gatter. / M.Arch.

Thesis. 1978. M.Arch--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaves 47-51. / M.Arch

Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture: Professional)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2012. / This dissertation entails the necessary research for and design of a building to accommodate the academic and research activities of the Postgraduate Centre for Sustainable Design and Technology at Tshwane University of Technology on the Pretoria West campus.

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Wong Chak Yuen, Edmond. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2009-2010, design report." / "May 2010." / Includes bibliographical references. / Text in English with some Chinese. / Chapter 0.0 --- TABLE OF CONTENT / Chapter 01 --- Defining Thesis / Chapter 1.0 --- Thesis Abstract / Chapter 02 --- Methodology / Chapter 2.0 --- Typological Revolution / Chapter 03 --- Catalysis for Mutation of Type / Chapter 3.1 --- Crave for New Density under ripid urbanization / Chapter 3.11 --- Urbanization Rate of China / Chapter 3.12 --- Economical Benefit of Rapid Urbanization / Chapter 3.13 --- Consequences of Rapid Urbanization / Chapter 3.14 --- Distorted Sustainability in China / Chapter 3.15 --- Social Costs / Chapter 3.16 --- Environmental Cost / Chapter 3.2 --- Loss of arable lands and its impacts / Chapter 3.21 --- National Food Crisis / Chapter 3.22 --- Increasing Population / Chapter 3.23 --- Disappearing Cultivated Land / Chapter 3.24 --- Food Crisis of Guangdong Province / Chapter 3.3 --- Tabula Rasa Development With Monotypes / Chapter 3.4 --- Displacement of Farmland by Urban Sprawl / Chapter 04 --- Resist The Generic / Chapter 4.1 --- Strong Crave for New Density in Shansan under Guangzhou-Foshan Intergration Policy / Chapter 4.2 --- Resit Monotonic &Tabula Rasa Urbanization Shansan / Chapter 4.3 --- Programme Rearrangements / Chapter 4.4 --- Symbiosis Of City And Village / Chapter 4.5 --- Phasing of Urbanization / Chapter 4.6 --- Schematic Sectoin / Chapter 05 --- Typological Mutation / Chapter 5.1 --- Typological Mutation -Inverted Tower Type As Farmland Saver And New Density Generator / Chapter 06 --- Typological Analysis / Chapter 6.1 --- Typological Analysis Of Inverted Towers In History / Chapter 6.2 --- Critique of Of Inverted Towers In History / Chapter 07 --- Typological Differentiation Of Shansan Inverted / Chapter 7.11 --- Typological Differentiation-Marco parametres / Chapter 7.12 --- Typological Differentiation-In-between parametres / Chapter 7.13 --- Typological Differentiation- Mirco Parametres / Chapter 7.21 --- Grasshoppper Scripting-Circular Type / Chapter 7.22 --- Variations of Structure- CircularType / Chapter 7.23 --- Structural Model- CircularType 1:100 / Chapter 7.24 --- Variations of Plans-CircularType / Chapter 7.31 --- Grasshoppper Scripting-3 Branches Type / Chapter 7.32 --- Variations of Structure- 3 Branches Type / Chapter 7.33 --- Structural Model- 3 Branches Type 1:100 / Chapter 08 --- Structural System- Branching To Generate Density / Chapter 8.1 --- Branching To Generate Density / Chapter 8.2 --- Clustering to Reinforce Stablility / Chapter 8.3 --- Rapid Prototyping Model- cluster of circular 1:500 / Chapter 09 --- Formation Of Network & Reduction Of Number Of Footings / Chapter 10 --- Site Responsive Transformation Of City Fabric / Chapter 10.11 --- Site Selection / Chapter 10.12 --- Villages in the Shansan / Chapter 10.2 --- Parametric Transformation / Chapter 10.3 --- Phasing of Urbanization / Chapter 10.4 --- Proliferations Of Fabric To Nearby Villages / Chapter 11 --- "Site Responsive, Multilevel And Diverse Programmes" / Chapter 11.1 --- Site plan showing the minimum no. of footings / Chapter 11.2 --- Sections Showing The Multi-Level Programmes / Chapter 11.3 --- Floor Plans Of Phase I Massing / Chapter 11.4 --- Overall Massing 1:1000 / Chapter 11.5 --- Symbiosis Of Existing Village & New City / Chapter 11.6 --- Part Plan Of 7F- Main Street & Mixed Use Of Programmes / Chapter 11.7 --- A City Network In The Air / Chapter 11.8 --- Partial Model 1:200 / Chapter 13 --- Case Studies / Chapter 12.11 --- Good Density- Kowloon Wall City / Chapter 12.12 --- Good Density- Silodam / Chapter 12.21 --- Typological Transformation- Perforated Hill by KelvinC hu Ka Wing / Chapter 12.31 --- Structural Sysytem-WaterCube by PTW / Chapter 12.32 --- Structural Sysytem- Grotto by Aranda/Lasch / Chapter 12.4 --- Phenomenon In Houseing / Chapter 12.5 --- Open Building System / Chapter 14 --- Bibliography

This thesis is about the making of places by proposing a community of parts. My vision is to celebrate individual elements while giving a sense of order and a sense of whole. Connections are shaped by functional and structural concerns. The pieces form a place where the community of building parts is reflective of the community of school. The search for an architecture whose order is not dominated by simplistic hierarchy, but through the act of layering spaces and the repetition of structure, has been my greatest challenge. I believe a building with structural harmony will help bring a sense of balance to those who use it. / Master of Architecture

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1980. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: p. 105-111. / 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 environment. A review of the literature provides a look at behavioral and environmental research on privacy, as well as background information on educational and school design issues. An investigation of a handful of schools in the Boston area gives a description of how the class spaces are used, and uncovers shortcomings and strengths of the buildings. Finally, this information is used to draw some conclusions about how the physical form can provide the necessary privacy. These conclusions are interpreted into design ideas. In focusing on the issue of privacy, several other peripheral issues such a s flexibility and educational philosophy are dealt with. Enclosure and access, issues that bear directly on privacy are discussed. It is concluded that more enclosure than has been provided in open-plan schools is needed on the grounds that more enclosure supports rather than inhibits the activities taking place in a school. / by Philip Pipal. / M.Arch.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references. / The following thesis weaves together three major themes. First, it is a design investigation of architectural continuity across scales, seeking to identify principles and attitudes by which design decisions at every level can reinforce one another and produce a rich and understandable whole. Second, I use my own experiences in the Maine woods as an example of how the natural world can be a useful reference for the built environment. Finally, the work is an attempt to integrate those two themes through an understanding of architecture as language and composition. The design itself is a series of studies for a Friends (Quaker) Meetinghouse and Center of approximately 14,000 square feet. The design uses the site of the present Cambridge Meeting on Longfellow Court, in Cambridge. / by Jay H. Weber. / M.Arch.