Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1980. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / includes bibliographical references (p. 139-142). / As an architect works, his or her design grows and shifts, contracts and metamorphoses through many different shapes and configurations. Each shape and length of span imposes an order on the structure of a building; The Order of Gravity. This thesis proposes a way of understanding structure in a way that allows it to swing through limits of shape that can then be related by a designer to the space that a design suggests, and interact with it, proposing new forms. A description of malleable structure will be invaluable to an architect, for it will allow the structural elements, and their relation to each other, to contribute to the form of a building. / by John Ripley Freeman IV. / M.Arch.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/73728 |
| Date | January 1980 |
| Creators | Freeman, John Ripley |
| Contributors | Waclaw Piotr Zalewski., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 143 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission., http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 |
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