Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / One chapter in both English and Chinese. Includes special report study entitled: Comparison of vernacular houses between new and old in the Chinese countryside. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / One chapter in both English and Chinese. Includes special report study entitled : Comparison of vernacular houses between new and old in the Chinese countryside. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Diametrically opposed forces, while independent, require the presence of the other to exist. Shadow is found through an absence of light. Earth exists as a result of the heavens, whether cosmologically or theologically. The following project explores dichotomies and the architectural elements that can span two disparate entities. The proposal for an embassy for Somalia strives to discover the threshold between the dualities of the Islamic faith and the profane environment. In the faith one must follow a path, whether physical or spiritual in order to find true enlightenment. By allowing the path of the thesis be the guide, the various elements of approach, entry, courtyard, garden and sacred spaces are illuminated as the thresholds between these diametrically opposed forces of public | private, heaven | earth, sacred | profane. / Master of Architecture

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-116). / The objective of this report is to explore the application of the support concept in the Saudi Arabian context, as a result of the author's interest in the concept of user participation. To do so, the following steps were followed. First; an analysis and observations were made for both traditional and contemporary houses. Second, twenty-four patterns were developed to explain the possible relationship between various patterns in the Saudi culture, and in order to clarify the capacity of the courtyard house. Third, a support for courtyard house type was designed by using the S.A.R. methodology. This report deals only with design aspects on the level of the individual dwelling. / by Jamel A. Akbar. / M. Arch.

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The project was partly sparked by the current developments in Kristiansand and the discussions that have followed; in particular how some believes the ’soul and character’ is disappearing with new developments and the extensive changes to the urban fabric. The city is growing and there is a need to increase and diversify the population in the centre, so what is the solution? This led to a particular interest in the distinct city centre, its character and questions such as; can we add rather than remove, use the spaces that already exist and potentially celebrate the existing? The aim was to be able to take a position in the discussion on how we should build in the city and propose a building intervention that would somehow reflect this.

A former industry town where the one big industry has left town. Spacial segregation and a lack of social and ecological resilience. No common ground (both litterarly and figuratively). Prognosis: double the inhabitants by 2100, to 20.000. That is the current situation of the city of Torshälla.   A global food system that is broken and responsible for more than a third of the green house gas emissions. Production, consumtion and transportation need to be more sustainable. Also, we are unprepared – there will be an increase of 60-70% in food demand by 2050.  PROVIANTEN - A building with a purpose of proposing a solution to the current challenges in the city of Torshälla and also striving to be an accelerator in transforming our food industry to be more sustainable. In Provianten the people will meet through ”good food”.  Some of the people will be entrepreneurs with an aim to challenge the existing food system and to explore new possibilites. Maybe it is by producing new forms of proteins, maybe through yummy veggie food or maybe finding more efficient ways of transporting food. Some people will be there to cook and eat together, to learn mor and to meet new and existing friends and neighbours around a common interest in good food. / Å ena sidan: Torshälla - bruksstaden där bruket har lämnat staden. Segregation och avsaknad av social och miljömässig resiliens samt gemensamma mötesplatser för medborgarna, i både bildlig och bokstavlig mening. Prognosen; dubbelt invånarantal år 2100 till 20.000 personer.  Å andra sidan: Ett globalt matsystem som är ur funktion och som står för mer än en tredjedel av världens utsläpp av koldioxid. Produktion, konsumtion och transport inom matsystemet behöver bli mer hållbart. Dessutom är vi oförberedda - fram till år 2050 är prognosen att efterfrågan på mat kommer att öka med 60-70 %.  PROVIANTEN - en pusselbit i arbetet med att lösa Torshällas nuvarande och framtida utmaningar samtidigt som det är en accelerator för att omvandla vårt matsystem till att bli mer hållbart. I Provianten kommer människor mötas genom ”god mat”.  Några av brukarna kommer att vara entreprenörer med ett uppdrag att utmana dagens lösningar på matproduktion och -transport och att utforska nya möjligheter. Kanske är det genom att ta fram och producera nya proteiner, odla hållbart och rättvisemärkt alternativ till kaffe, hitta nya sammansättningar av grön mat eller att hitta mer miljövänliga förpackningar eller transportvägar. Till sitt förfogande har entreprenörerna arbetsplatser, kökslabb, kemiskt labb, odlingsmöjligheter samt en personal som hjälper till med affärsidéer och kontakter. Gemenskapen och kunskapsutbytet står de för tillsammans. Från teori till praktik under ett tak. Några av brukarna kommer att vara där med ett syfte att mötas över ”god mat”. Det stora kökslabbet har dubbel funktion och används av medborgarna för gemensam matlagning till självkostnadspris. Detta stimulerar möten mellan medborgarna och skapar nya och godare vanor och intressen. Ibland ordnas pop-up restaurang där entreprenörerna testar sina nya idéer och ibland ordnas event kring mat.

This building serves as a rehabilitative center for patients in recovery from mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI). It is located on the Columbia Medical School and New York Presbyterian Hospital campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. The building is designed with three goals in mind: to provide a safe and healing environment tailored specifically to the needs of the patients; to provide a positive working environment for the doctors, nurses, and staff who care for the patients; to provide a space for the public to find healing of their own. Patient rooms are broken up into three stages - dark, intermediate, and light - that encourage a slow and gentle reintroduction into the world. Staff areas are designed to allow in natural light, easy access to the outside, and privacy away from patients that allow the caregivers a space to recover and find moments of revitalization. The roof, open to the public, lifts upward toward the Hudson River and allows an unobstructed view of the Hudson River Greenway, the Hudson River, and Fort Lee, New Jersey. In a neighborhood of overworked doctors and staff, family members visiting sick loved ones, and residents of an urban environment this roof overlook provides a rehabilitating view of a rare natural environment. The following words, sketches, and drawings attempt to convey the process, structure, and poetry of the building. / Master of Architecture

When the special moments of life and death are imminent, where do you want to be? My thesis seeks to create an eco-sensitive, sustainable building that celebrates the time and place of two of life s most amazing events: birth and death. Rather than a conventional singular center, my thesis proposes a combined program for a new architectural project type: a Birthing and Hospice Center. Although the concept may be surprising, once people fully understand that we live in a closed system and embrace the cyclical nature of life, it is an appropriate program that represents another aspect of sustainability. The project site is located in an urban area of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia along the Potomac River. The Birthing and Hospice Center integrates both the human life cycle and the material life cycle of the building s materials, water, and site for a holistic experience and celebration. It explores how to heighten our environmental experience of place, light, air, water, and time. My thesis seeks to create a beautiful place where people can celebrate their own special event, while at the same time, understand and celebrate the larger realm of the natural life cycle. / Master of Architecture

Master of Science / Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / Huston Gibson / We live on a planet where every three point six seconds, a life is taken from starvation or malnutrition (Millennium Development Goals, 2005). One epicenter of this tragedy is Kwara Tagi, Niger in Africa. Superficial fixes seem to leave the infrastructure of such a place in greater shambles than the original condition. The focus of this work addresses the question, “What is the potential for significantly reducing malnutrition in Kwara Tagi through sustainable intervention using Moringa trees in courtyard gardens in a manner accessible to all, without dependence on outside resources, while providing an outlet for new economic opportunity?” Rather than artificially attempting to sustain life, this work researches, articulates and suggests the potential found in a simple and strategic path of implementing Moringa trees in courtyards for the purpose of eradicating malnutrition and providing new economic opportunities. Requiring little initial funding and using resources that already exist and are not currently being utilized, this approach empowers the local people without creating any dependency on outside intervention. Furthermore, this plan would provide an economic boost to families, increase community capital, begin the reversal of desertification, work towards eradicating malnutrition, all while engaging youth in envisioning the possibilities surrounding them.