Vernacular architecture best exemplifies a relationship between form and function; the simplest form of providing shelter while adapting to function, climate, culture, and resources. Native American architecture is the ...

Dinner is served. Dinner is eaten. There are inevitably leftovers. What to do with them? The family has a few options as to what they can do with the leftovers; their choice of action will determine the “leftovers’ ...

How did it happen that the Reverend Charles Dodgson, thirty years of age, lecturer on geometry at Christ Church, Oxford, hitherto remarkable chiefly for his precision, on a single July afternoon, while rowing up the ...

This thesis focuses on the phenomenological aspects of the interplay between shadow and light in Detroit's urban fabric. Structured around four framework concepts—experience, place, time, and moment—derived from comprehensive ...

The purpose of this paper is to show that Chesterton's literary criticism is not a thing distinct from his thought as a whole, but is rather a by-product, a necessary extension of his philosophical concepts. In order to ...

Living Enriched is an architectural thesis that explores how we might provide personal green space to residents of dense urban centers. The project explores, more specifically, the development of a residential flat development ...

The cost of living in California exceeds many peoples budget in the urban areas. San Francisco and Los Angeles are two of the most expensive cities in the U.S. The average rent in Los Angeles if up 32% since 2000, while ...

We are constantly observing environments, but do we really understand what we are observing? Our physical environments are organized and constructed through the constant layering of identities and the processes of everyday ...

This capstone project explores community development approaches for improv ing the Mack Ave nue Commercial Corridor from Alter Road to East Outer Drive ; which borders the City of Detroit on the north and the ...