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Title: A Photocatalytic Air Cleaning System Breaking Down Volatile Organic Compounds to Improve Health and Productivity of Occupants
Author: Bapat, Ketki Prashant
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Architecture
Description: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are one of the pollutants that impact indoor air quality, leading to many adverse health effects such as Asthma, and other breathing issues. Most of the VOCs are harmful and carcinogenic, usually emitted by indoor...

Title: Anatomy of a protest: Activism, people, social media and urban space
Author: Karduni, Alireza
Date Created: 2017
Description: The black lives matter movement has risen in response to social injustices in the African-American community in the United States, specifically concerned with police shootings and brutality. Similar to many modern movements in the age of informati...

Title: Anatomy of a protest: Activism, people, social media and urban space
Author: Karduni, Alireza
Date Created: 2017
Description: The black lives matter movement has risen in response to social injustices in the African-American community in the United States, specifically concerned with police shootings and brutality. Similar to many modern movements in the age of informati...

Title: Bidirectional Scripting and Geometric Manipulation
Author: Rodgers, James
Date Created: 2016
Description: Working within the bounds of two-dimensional drawing programs and algorithmic design software, this project seeks to improve the accessibility to hidden information that is often obscured in conventional CAD software. Building off of visual progra...

Title: Communities of Learning: Towards a Collaborative Model of Teaching and Learning in Architectural Education
Author: Jernigan, Julie
Date Created: 2015
Description: At the forefront of the architectural world today is the discussion on the disconnect that exists between architectural education and professional practice. There have been recent calls to make architectural education more closely mirror architect...

Title: Computational analysis of power loss reduction in BIPV systems considering partial shadow conditions
Author: Hosseiniirani, Seyedehhamideh
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sustainability
Description: Implementing PV panels as a source of clean energy for the building sector is growing worldwide. Currently, PV materials are widely installed on building roofs; however, with more population and urban area growth, the rooftop of high-rise building...

Title: Designing a Sustainable Tiny House: The Impact of Using Mycelium-Based Materials, Photovoltaic Cells, and Window to Wall Ratios
Author: kheirkhah sangdeh, Parham
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Architecture
Description: It was not until the late 1980s that the United Nations proposed the notion of 'sustainability' to address three key issues: economic development, social equity, and environmental protection [1].From an environmental standpoint, buildings can play...

Title: Developing A Plugin In Qgis For Selecting The Location Of A New Manufacturing Plant
Author: Ahmadzadeh Siyahrood, Sanaz
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Architecture, Information technology, Geographic information systems, Geodesy
Description: With the growth of the technology-driven world, today many designs and analyzes depend on smart software to address different computational concepts. In the meantime, locating and finding a suitable place for establishing a facility is one of them...

Title: Digitizing Vernacular Nigerian Bamboo Screens: A Genetic Optimization Framework Analyzing Environmental Performance And Economic Affordability
Author: Patterson, Ijechukwuamaka
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Architecture, Artificial intelligence, Information technology
Description: The pressures of rapid urbanization and climate change are severely affecting cities such as Lagos, Nigeria. Failures of modern construction practices to accommodate various impacts of local climate conditions as well as traditional construction t...

Title: Event-Driven Geographies
Author: Whitmire, Monica
Date Created: 2017
Description: Event-driven geographies, landscapes activated by programmed activity, are unique occupations of site that mitigate and utilize the host terrain in advantageous ways. Typically ephemeral in nature, the ‘events’ are flexible and adapt to the geogra...

Title: Exploring an Intelligent Responsive Architecture through Gesture-based Interaction
Author: An, Yijing
Date Created: 2019
Description: Architects are increasingly adopting gesture-based interaction to create responsive, engaging and inspiring spaces. However, there is no established theories providing guidelines to link gestures and spatial movement. This thesis critiques the pre...

Title: Generative Machine Learning Models for Airflow Prediction of Architectural Spaces
Author: Claudio Rodriguez, Fernando
Date Created: 2021
Description: Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) airflow simulations are not used as often in architectural settings primarily due to time constraints. The proper use of CFD airflow simulations involves a complex setup and run-time process that requires a large amou...

Title: Hybrid elevations using GAN networks
Author: Mohammad, Ali
Date Created: 2019
Description: This project attempts to develop and test a method for generating one-sided hybrid exterior building elevations using two designer’s base criteria and design ruleset as an input. Architects are using computational design to expedite the iteration ...

Title: In Celebration of Being Human
Author: Radnia, Noushin
Date Created: 2018
Description: Over time, the relationship between human and technology has been evolving. As a result of this evolution, as Donna Haraway explains in her basic thesis, it is no longer possible to tell where we end and machines begin. On the other hand, this enh...

Title: In Celebration of Being Human
Author: Radnia, Noushin
Date Created: 2018
Description: Over time, the relationship between human and technology has been evolving. As a result of this evolution, as Donna Haraway explains in her basic thesis, it is no longer possible to tell where we end and machines begin. On the other hand, this enh...

Title: Interactive Topic Guided Thematic Analysis for Social Media Data
Author: Sah, Subham
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Architecture, Information technology
Description: Social media plays a significant role in modern-day information dissemination, owing to its ubiquity and ease of sharing. There has been an increased focus on analyzing topics frequently occurring in social media.We refer to social media as a plat...

Title: LIBRARY OF THINGS (LoT) - AN URBAN SYSTEM MODEL FOR RECONCEPTUALIZING THE ROLE AND SPATIALIZATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Author: Nelson, Alexandra
Date Created: 2018
Description: As the public library system struggles to find support in the age Google and Amazon, their impact through crucial resources and personalized support from library staff prove their undeniable value in cities -- especially for those without internet...

Title: MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR DIRECTED CURATION OF DESIGN SOLUTION SPACE
Author: Sjoberg, Christian
Date Created: 2017
Description: The expanding role of computational models in the process of design is producing exponentially growing parameter spaces. As designers, we must create and implement new methods for searching these parameter spaces considering not only quantitative ...

Title: MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR DIRECTED CURATION OF DESIGN SOLUTION SPACE
Author: Sjoberg, Christian
Date Created: 2017
Description: The expanding role of computational models in the process of design is producing exponentially growing parameter spaces. As designers, we must create and implement new methods for searching these parameter spaces considering not only quantitative ...

Title: Mirror on the Wall: Using the Mirror as a Design Principle to Engage Users in Large Public Displays
Author: Lee, Lina
Date Created: 2015
Description: With the advent of affordable large display screens and with the emergence of more sophisticated sensing technologies, Mid-air Interactive Information Display is becoming more common in physical public spaces. In the field of human computer intera...