The twentieth century revealed the American metropolis as a space that has consistently extended outward rather than expanding upward. Because the expansion evolved horizontally, urban spaces and landscape entities grew ...
In questioning the dichotomy between individuals and collective society- where does there exist the balance between public and private space; the desire for privacy and the need for companionship. The humanistic need for ...
Architecture and the physical environment allow an endless opportunity to manipulate viewer’s visual perception to make them question what they see. Throughout history, optical
illusions have been used within architecture ...
Reconstructing the concept of place as a location of events fosters a greater social awareness of occasion. In an effort to adopt and encourage this reconstruction, this thesis will develop a specific Place Theory which ...
This thesis explores the architectural nuances of relinquished waterfront parcels of land in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Because of deindustrialization in this area the city has been left fragmented in that the ...
The movement-centred experience features of architecture were examined in this thesis. This research- and methodologically-driven thesis investigated movement in connection to architectural characteristics, scales, and ...
Movement is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as a given change of place or position or posture; the act or process of moving. The intent of the project is to celebrate the movement of pedestrians and the experiences within ...
This thesis is an attempt to explore and address the various systems of power and control and the mediums which are used within society to control and manipulate the perceptions of the populace. The goal of this thesis is ...
This thesis investigation delved into the intricate cultural fabric of live music, examining how live music venues of diverse types contribute to placemaking to varying degrees among participants. Placemaking refers to the ...
Music and sound, from simple rhythms and pulses to the most intricate harmonies and scales, offers the complexity of experience inherent in things dependent on a medium of time; habitually, musical perception corresponds ...
Humans have always been a part of the natural world, but as our technology and knowledge progressed, we distanced ourselves from nature. We have created a human ecosystem that functions in its own way and rarely works in ...
This project is an investigation of how the built environment affects the natural environment, and how the natural environment affects the built environment. The goal of this project is to design multiple aspects of the ...
Well-being is a positive mental state that helps individuals to reach their full potential, manage life’s stressors, work productively, and contribute meaningfully to their communities. It also contains resilience, ...
Shifting urban planning methodologies to reintroduce equity, support the foundation of a city and emphasize the strength of community engagement through networking. Urban contexts are compositions of interwoven systems of ...
This thesis establishes a foundational understanding of current autism-friendly design approaches and conceptualizes new methods in research and design. Early on in the research an intimate connection between architecture ...
The environment is adapting to its continually changing landscapes, modified by man to make way for cities and architecture that dominates over the surrounding green spaces that still exist. But over time, the once dominating ...
Through the process of urban decentralization, the way in which people live and establish community has changed drastically. Traditional urban relationships founded upon physical proximity to large centralized institutions ...
What can you do with healthcare architecture that meets the demands for the present day? What are the trends within the healthcare field itself that will lead to a future model for healthcare architecture? Will the hospital ...
What is place? Place is how one comes to experience or inhabit a particular location or even how a culture begins to associate a place with a particular concept or idea. It can be something as simple as a sandbox that a ...
Operating at a scale in which levels of variability may be considered negligible, residential architecture remains bound and tethered to a set of hardened principles, as practice becomes increasingly homogenized, and ...