Through out history, technological advancements have reshaped the built environment and its Architecture. The cities that we live in today were only made possible by the technologies of the first, second, and third industrial revolutions. Today, we are witnessing another technological revolution based on open source data and artificial intelligence. As there is an enormous amount of prosperous innovations that would directly impact Architecture design tools, building and finishing materials, and construction methods, there are also other innovations that would require spaces, buildings, and cities to be designed to accommodate them. Among the latter mentioned innovations is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), also know as drones. Like the automobile, drone technology will influence not only the way we live but also our design thinking and the components of our built environment. Along with drone's ability to fly, UAV's digital infrastructure is much more flexible and most importantly, invisible. Autonomous Drones' intelligent abilities allow them to provide a wide range of services in various fields such as; freight and delivery, transportation, infrastructure and buildings maintenance, survey, surveillance, policing, fire fighting, agriculture, and even construction, all of which will effectively reduce the amount of ground vehicle traffic, especially in populated cities. Today, as these possibilities are available and constantly under development, it is important for Architecture and Urban Design disciplines to address the challenge and provide comprehensive solutions to accommodate such a technology and allow its possibilities to prosper even further. The intent of this thesis is to study UAV technology and design a mix-use complex that embraces and accommodates UAV services such as; delivery, transport, freight, and maintenance. The complex hosts a residential tower, a vertical garden tower, ground level commercial spaces, and an underground drone hub. / Master of Architecture / Today, we are witnessing another technological revolution based on open source data and artificial intelligence. As there is an enormous amount of prosperous innovations that would directly impact architecture design tools, building and finishing materials, and construction methods, there are also other innovations that would require the built environment of our cities to be designed to accommodate them. Among the later mentioned innovations is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), also known as drones. Autonomous drones are flying robots with intelligent abilities which allow them to provide a wide range of services in various fields such as; freight and delivery, transportation, infrastructure and buildings maintenance, survey, surveillance, policing, fire fighting, agriculture, and even construction, all of which will are available today and constantly under development. Therefore, it is important for architecture and urban design disciplines to address the challenge and provide comprehensive solutions to accommodate such a technology and allow it to grow even further. The intent of this thesis is study drones and their future possibilities and to design a mixed-use complex that embraces and accommodates drone services such as; delivery, transport, freight, and maintenance. The complex hosts a residential tower, a vertical garden tower, ground level commercial spaces, and an underground drone hub.

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La recherche enquête sur le fonctionnement du récit séquentiel par images (bande dessinée) pour une meilleure compréhension et une représentation plus efficace de l'espace bâti. Bande dessiné comme outil cognitive, de planification et de communication. Sont pourtant examinées les questions qui, à travers l'histoire de la représentation et de la conception de l'espace, forment le contexte dans lequel les mots et les images (narratifs et espace) tissent une synergie qui trouve son expression dans la bande dessinée: évolution de la perception dans le contexte urbain XIXe et XXe siècle, la mécanisation du mouvement et les modifications dans la perception de l'espace. Ils sont ensuite analysés les éléments de l'espace bâti par rapport auquels la bande dessinée articule des stratégies visuelles spécifiques (la plante, fenêtre, fa çade, la section et l'échelle). L'aspect et la structure d'un espace confiné qui communique avec l'environnement à travers des ouvertures complexes (par exemple les fenêtres) conduit à la découverte des stratégies représentatives liées à l’espace de la ville dans son ensemble. La recherche explore, à travers la comparaison des moments narratifs liés à la ville dans sa taille globale (échelle urbaine), l'objet urbain dans son ensemble avec une étude historique qui met en évidence la relation élective entre la bande dessinée et les villes. Ils sont ensuite explorés, le long des lignes d'une série de mouvements dans la ville, des questions comment la reconnaissance, l'orientation, le passage et l'architecture “perturbante”. Elément conduisant de ce chemin est le regard (la position de la caméra, si l'on veut utiliser une métaphore cinématographique) d'un observateur hypothétique qui se déplace à l'intérieur d'un bâtiment à la ville. Un observateur qui explore l'espace pour nous montrer une lecture de l'ensemble qu'il est capable, par la mise en page de la bande dessinée, de gérer l'écart entre le détail et l'ensemble. / This research analyzes the operating modes through which the language of comics can afford a better understanding and a more effective representation of the built space. Comics therefore understood as cognitive, planning and communication tool. Issues are examinated that, through the history of representation and conception of space, form the context in which words and images (narrative and space) weave a synergy that finds expression in the comic: the evolution of the perception in the urban context the nineteenth and twentieth century, the mechanization of movement and the changing of the perception of urban space. They are then analyzed some elements of the built space with respect to which the language of comics articulates specific visual strategies (the plant, window, front view, the section and the scale). The look of a confined space that communicates with the surroundings through complex openings (for example the window) leads to the discovery of representative strategies linked to an urban space as a whole. The research explores, through the comparison of narrative moments related to the city in its overall size (urban scale with a historical study that highlights the elective relationship between comics and cities. They are then explored, along the lines of a series of movements within the city, issues such as recognition, orientation, crossing and “uncanny” architecture. Help and unifying element of this path is the gaze (the camera position, if we want to use a cinematic metaphor) of a hypothetical observer who moves from inside a building to the city (and beyond) . An observer who explores space drawing a synthesis and a reading of the city which seem precious and articulate and that it is capable, through the “mise en page” proper of the comic, to manage the gap between the detail and the whole urban space.