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Testa, Charl Rudolph. "Urban memory and the evolution of the urban environment." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17125.
Full textYu, Charleston. "Building an imageable urban environment through architecture." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70664.
Full textStuebing, Susan. "Qualitatitive description : light in the urban environment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77684.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158).
The quality of our built environment is difficult to describe and to regulate; using light as an example, this thesis develops a descriptive framework using elementary, dynamic and connective forms. The combination of these three forms which we are able to perceive create a image of the place. The exchange of these descriptions heighten shared understanding, similar to the tacit understanding shared by architects. Buildings have been pubicly regulated to allow for light to the street throughout history. Qualitative description may offer the public a means of oversight and insight which could create a closer match between the design intention of proposed buildings and the public's understanding of their urban environment. At the same time, qualitative description will equip designers and the public to develop a shared and accumulated understanding of the interaction of contemporary architecture with public space, particularly given the modern technology. Description may be presented with many media and tools, literature, art and photography are used in this text. In particular, the sky-dome projection is explained and used as a descriptive tool. Using light as an example, the thesis (1) explains the descriptive framework,( 2) explains light's characteristics in qualitative and quantitative forms of description,(3) reviews the regulation of buildings for light, and (4) describes a case study: Rockefeller Center in terms of light; the impact of regulation for light on design and puts to practice the qualitative description. Rockefeller Center is chosen as a case study as it is a large urban building complex which has been acclaimed over decades and has been used as a prototype for many other urban building complexes. This thesis draws from the work of Susanne Langer, Kevin Lynch and Christian Norberg- Schultz. In particular, Kevin Lynch's work and his support for the the use of the sky-dome projection have founded this work.
by Susan Stuebing.
M.Arch.
Ogletree, Roy Duncan. "Rules to a structured urban environment." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22369.
Full textSalleh, Elias Bin. "Tropical urban outdoor environment and human thermal comfort." Thesis, Open University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.387286.
Full textSchmidt, Katherine. "Bridging the Gap: Connecting Food and the Urban Environment." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1394725447.
Full textHällgren, Nina. "Designing with Urban Sound : Exploring methods for qualitative sound analysis of the built environment." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240078.
Full textLicentiatavhandlingen Designa med stadens ljud undersöker det urbana ljudrummets konstitution och kvalitativa egenskaper utifrån ett designorienterat och praktiknära perspektiv. Avsikten med arbetet är att utveckla verktyg och metoder för representation, kommunikation och analys av stadens exteriöra ljudmiljö genom att synliggöra interaktionen mellan arkitektur, ljudbildning och upplevelse. Genom att visa exempel på andra sätt att kommunicera och analysera ljud i staden än dagens vedertagna metoder, är syftet är att bidra till kunskapsutvecklingen inom fältet för urban ljudplanering- och design.
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Stear, Eric. "Between humans and nature urban architecture that engages its environment /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1212172731.
Full textCommittee/Advisors: George Thomas Bible (Committee Chair), Michael McInturf (Committee Co-Chair). Title from electronic theses title page (viewed Sep. 2, 2008). Includes abstract. Keywords: architecture; man; nature; man and nature; humans and nature; thermal analysis; site analysis. Includes bibliographical references.
STEAR, ERIC. "Between Humans and Nature: Urban Architecture that Engages its Environment." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212172731.
Full textZhang, Jingxuan, and 张静璇. "Therapeutic landscape in high-density urban environment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4754479X.
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TEAL, SUSAN J. "INTERCONNECTION: NATURAL PROCESSES AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085760290.
Full textKidess, Charles I. "Towards an ideology of urban form : open space in the built environment with particular reference to the arid urban environment in the Middle East /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1991. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARCHM/09archmk46.pdf.
Full textRossouw, Renee Elizabeth. "A new learning environment: designing an urban school dedicated to the learner and the community at large." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24370.
Full textAl-Thahab, Ali Aumran Lattif. "Towards sustainable architecture and urban form." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621928.
Full textSuever, Andrea. "Untapped Potential: Creating a Hydrologically Responsible Urban Environment." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1490699269373902.
Full textO'Brien, James Scott. "The heterotopia of the city : three experiments for design in an urban environment." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21744.
Full textLawson, Scott. "The Urban Therapeutic Environment: A Cancer Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Corryville, Ohio." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337265353.
Full textFarrell, Stephanie C. (Stephanie Cahill). "School, community, home : usuing architecture and urban design in creating an integrated learning environment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65985.
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This thesis tests the assertion that the design of the physical environment plays a role in the effective integration of school and community. The design of most existing urban schools fails to recognize the integral role communities play in their children's education. Most schools are insular, turning their back physically and programmatically on the adjacent neighborhood. The identities of the community and its children are seemingly negated. Almost unintentionally, the design of such institutions mirrors the dislocation of the urban poor from mainstream society. To be effective, the formal (school) and informal (family and community life) components of a child's education must act symbiotically. Continuity among the educational systems of many inner-city children, however is often foiled by the socioeconomic and cultural differences between parents and teachers, administrators and community members. The disparities between school and community are further complicated in the condition of extreme urban poverty. Schools, often run by middle class outsiders, stand as physical manifestations of a system ill-equipped to recognize and facilitate the unique needs of urban communities and their children. The complete educational system, therefore, falls victim to stereotypes and a lack of understanding between educators and the community. At present, educational reform efforts are directed toward establishing meaningful communication between these diverse, and often adversarial, components of a child's education. Programmatic initiatives alone, however, will not be enough. While successful as social programs, these strategies fail to address the influence of the physical environment. This thesis explores the role urban design and architecture can play in redefining the interaction among schools, families and communities th rough the redesign of the destitute West Baltimore community of Poppleton. The (public) school becomes the new neighborhood center. This learning center should not only meet the traditional educational needs of children, but also serve as a vehicle for the physical and programmatic reintegration of family and community members into the pedagogical process.
by Stephanie C. Farrell.
M.S.
Meyer, Anthony. "Interactive urban environments." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8789.
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Interactive technology is rapidly affecting our society, extending opportunities for convenience, communication, function, and pleasure. Defined as electronic or computation-based entities that reciprocate human use or action, interactive technology allows people the opportunity to personalize how something looks, how it feels, what it does, and how it is perceived. Many physical objects, such as a home thermostat system or a motion-activated sculpture, are embedded with computation that allows them to detect certain environmental influences, and respond with a purposeful action. As suggested by Malcolm McCullough, interactive technologies will be implemented into the urban environment, grounding them to a specific place and reflecting the character and context. Interactive technology will be combined with traditional urban design practices to generate an interactive urban environment. The Civic Room in Downtown St. Louis is prime for renewal. Underutilized and monotonous, the park space is seen as a tear in the urban fabric and lacks diverse program opportunities. The Civic Room will be used as a testing ground for an interactive urban environment, utilizing three dimensions of interactive technology, including information exchange, creative expression, and kinetics, as well as the specific elements of an effective urban open space (Whyte, 1980). Then, the existing site and resulting interactive urban environment will be evaluated on its potential to improve certain dimensions of performance (Lynch, 1981), and its impact on the identity and use of the space. Engaging an interactive urban environment in the St. Louis Civic Room will promote an understanding of the effects that interactive technology can begin to have in a larger context. It will activate the space, promote social collaboration, and establish a dynamic atmosphere that reflects more closely the desired intent of all users. In turn, it can propel the opportunity to approach interactive urban environments as an alternative method of urban space design.
King, Sally Anita. "Thresholds in the Urban Environment: Women and Children's Shelter." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41796.
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Haider, Deeba 1971. "The growing pains of global cities : struggles in the urban environment of Dubai and Singapore." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66786.
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This Master's thesis explores the validity of current theories of globalization through the analysis of two prominent second level global cities, Dubai and Singapore. The hypotheses of global homogenization and hybridization are studied according to their prominence and influence on the architecture of the commercial, entertainment and central business districts of these two cities.
by Deeba Haider.
S.M.
Fouche, Monique. "The new commune: a design proposal that aims to create an alternative living environment for city dweller." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24366.
Full textMcCormick, Bailie Grant 1963. "Applications of environment-behavior-design research to planned communities." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278294.
Full textKe, Jianmin. "The urban morphology of Suzhou, China : an analysis of traditional dwelling environment in development." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311891.
Full textSeugling, Eric Ben. "The experiential approach to type in an urban Environment : a shopping deck : Farmer's market + retail + parking." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24090.
Full textPolitis, Daphne. "The unmeltables : the role of the physical environment in the immigrant experience." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76860.
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by Daphne Zaphira Politis.
M.S.
M.C.P.
Zhong, D. "Urban design in China : A historical analysis of Chinese urban design with a comparative study of urban development in Britain, abstracting guide-lines for future progress in the Chinese built environment." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372024.
Full textBadshah, Akhtar. "Sustainable and equitable urban environments in Asia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12560.
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This study identifies some of the factors and conditions that can encourage the development of sustainable and equitable urban environments. It argues that cities will continue to grow and that it is not productive to view that growth as a crisis or a tragedy; instead it must be seen as a challenge for the future. The urban policies that have evolved over the last several decades have combined the role of government agencies, private-sector investment, and community involvement. Projects undertaken in developing countries are often supported by international development agencies seeking to promote cooperative ventures through pilot or demonstration projects. This study, however, suggests that it is time to move on and to incorporate the lessons learned from these demonstrations into full -scale local and national urban-management strategies. Developing criteria for sustainable and equitable housing and urban services is the next goal. Among them, this study argues, is the need to reduce inequity in the way housing and urban services are planned and developed. To do this two interrelated approaches are suggested: one is to increase choices that the community is given and create conditions that promote community decision-making; the other is to optimize the role played by governments agencies, private-sector organizations, community groups, non-government agencies, and other local groups. Several projects in Asia and South Asia were evaluated to determine the process by which new housing programs are planned and developed, the kinds of decisions taken, and the roles played by the various participating groups. The role of non government organizations and community organizations in settlement upgrading programs; the advantages and risks of private sector involvement; and the potential role of community groups, non-government organizations, private developers, government agencies, and housing finance institutions in new housing projects, were also evaluated. The study concludes by showing that housing and urban-services programs have a better chance of becoming sustainable and equitable if they are developed through consensus rather than confrontation, and when private-sector involvement is encouraged and promoted under conditions that are clearly understood and instituted. The study also concludes that community accountability and decisionmaking must be increased, local-management promoted, and program components in which the community has a larger implementing role introduced. Similarly, the role of small-scale building contractors must be enhanced; and the needs of the broadened client groups understood and reflected in planning and design. Finally site design for urban developments has to be integrated into the larger community and respect the needs of its immediate surroundings. Many of the suggestions and proposals offered here are not broad strategies, but suggestions for feasible ways of improving society's chances of solving its urban development problems. They are not blueprints, but simply ideas for generating new approaches that will deal more adequately with the immediate and increasingly severe housing shortage, and recommend actions for preventing difficulties that may otherwise arise in the future. Finally, the recommendations in this study are strategic, not project-oriented; in their implementation the locus of responsibility rests with the cities themselves.
by Akhtar Abdullah Badshah.
Ph.D.
Blaney, Weston Douglas. "An Institute for Urban Agriculture: Architecture, Ecology and Urban Habitat." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35895.
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Sandhu, Tariq (Tariq Mahmood) Carleton University Dissertation Architecture. "The idea of suhbat (companionship) in complexities of Islamic urban environment." Ottawa, 1999.
Find full textVaÌsquez-TeraÌn, Alejandra. "Environmental considerations in the architecture of urban spaces." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410067.
Full textKhullar, Anil. "Cognitive processes in the perception of the environment : a framework for study of legibility in small urban spaces." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75505.
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This study is on development of a method for investigating the relationship between the legibility in the urban environment and various components of the visual environment, as perceived. and remembered by the people. The focus of the study are small urban spaces in Boston. The study developed a series of experimental protocols to study the response of the people to the various squares, around Boston. The emphasis of the study being to explore the possible approaches to collecting information related to perception of the urban environment. The phenomena of perception relating to small urban spaces. was discussed within the framework of theories in cognitive psychology. The study proposes that people are able to discriminate and distinguish squares based on the salient qualities. but are unable to distinguish between the various expectant elements such as window types. street lights and benches. The absence of salient qualities in small spaces, make them illegible. The role of schema, in developing a very vivid image of a place. was an important basis for proposing the existence of saliency and expectancy as dimensions of legibility. The domain of the research is restricted to issues relating to various ways in which information relating to the visual quantity of the environment could be extracted from the people using the techniques often used by psychologists. Some of the findings from this research indicate. that each technique used in study, gave different type of information relating to the physical features of the squares. The thesis finally argues for the development of a standard methodology to identify. and establish salient and expectant features about a place. and cities within a cultural context. The coherent vocabulary of design elements that would develop through this, would enhance the chances of a better fit, between the users of the space, and the professionals.
by Anil Khullar.
M.S.
Carr, James D. (James David). "Collaborative process and the transformation of the urban environment : wall, street, and scaffolding on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64880.
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This thesis addresses two questions: how to develop a process of collaborative building in cities, and what kind of public places to make in cities. More generally: how can urban dwellers re-engage with urban architecture in a meaningful and vital way? In response to these questions it is proposed that architects must help to define ways that people can directly collaborate in experiments to redefine their environment. An approach is suggested to bring the process of making together with the design of the place by designing "pieces of the process." An architectural "vocabulary" is put forward that can be used in on-site collaborations to develop alternatives and to build zones of community interaction and reconciliation of civic life. This vocabulary is made up of both build-able form and an awareness of the cultural capacities for use and meaning of architecture. It attempts to enrich the dynamic language of architecture which already exists in the social life of communities, and to address that language to the goal of enriching the life of the city.
by James D. Carr.
M.Arch.
Nevrokopli, Foteini. "Communal Urbanism : Applications in Densified Urban Environments." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-233137.
Full textProut, David Michael. "The architect and domestic architecture in the urban and suburban environment in the nineteenth century in England." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322600.
Full textYates, Amanda. "Oceanic grounds, architecture, the evental and the in-between : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Design." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/962.
Full textQunby, Rohan G. H. "Time, space, city and resistance : situating Negri's multitude in the contemporary metropolis : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Public Policy at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/923.
Full textDorsey, Mark A. "Slow Food, Slow Architecture: Regional Approaches in Urban Environments." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1243310191.
Full textAdvisors: John Hancock (Committee Chair), Gerald Larson (Committee Co-Chair), Terry Boling (Advisor). Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed July 25, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: Slow food; regional; local; place. Includes bibliographical references.
Sherman, Michael Antonio. "Learning city form from children : identifying patterns of adolescents' use and perception of the urban environment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70227.
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by Michael Antonio Sherman.
M.S.
M.C.P.
Brecher, Emma. "Poll- otter architecture : For an urban environment sinking under layers of barriers : With focus on the boundary wall as an architectural medium to support the urban condition." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63677.
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Wilhelm, Bernard C. "Urban Fabric as a Calayst for Architectural Awareness: Center for Architectural Research." Scholar Commons, 2008. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/564.
Full textLiu, Han. "Urbancraft: An urban laboratory for environmental storytelling." Thesis, KTH, Stadsbyggnad, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-302442.
Full textLannon, Simon Charles. "A new approach to urban environmental modelling." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/87007/.
Full textSchultz, Elizabeth A. "Design EcoDistricts: Integrating Sustainable Design in Urban Environments." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337715788.
Full textMaliki, Nor Zarifah. "Kampung / landscape : rural-urban migrants’ interpretations of their home landscape. The case of Alor Star and Kuala Lumpur." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/791.
Full textNeira, Maria Elena. "An open architecture for data environments based on context interchange." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69352.
Full textDe, Faria Luciano. "Airflow in the urban environment : an evaluation of the relationship between urban aspect ratios and patterns of airflow, wind velocity and direction in urban areas, and coefficient of pressure distribution on building envelopes." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/45307/.
Full textShah, Biresh. "The city in change : socio-spatial dimensions of urban environmental change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78989.
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The physical form of the city, at any given moment in time, is the result of its historical process of formation. Change in the socio-cultural processes in a city at a given moment in its history, therefore, corresponds to and is evidenced in the physical changes of its many urban forms. The different urban forms, which are essentially manifestations of the different moments of understanding and values in the city's history, collectively give the city its distinct character. Thus, the understanding of the process of the formation of the city in time becomes crucial in the act of managing the urban environment. This study attempts to unravel the process involved in the formation of a city in time, through the study of two segments of the city of Kathmandu. The roots of the two urban forms are centuries apart, but collectively they constitute the city today. Through an analysis of these two urban forms in terms of the aforementioned process revealed through change the study tries to stress the need to understand the built-environment as a phenomenon of change in time. The underlying notion is that the actions we take to transform the city in the present and the future has to be within and supportive of the process of formation specific to that city, as revealed through change in time.
by Biresh Shah.
M.S.
Schmitz, Viola. "How can retroreflective clothing provide more safety through visibility in a semi-dark urban environment?" Thesis, KTH, Ljusdesign, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-280081.
Full textWelz, Thomas Marcel. "Church - Club: A study in cross programming as a means of survival for the church in the contemporary urban environment." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17422.
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