Scholarly Commons @ MU
Browsing Architecture Masters Theses by Title
Now showing items 80-99 of 154
-
Layer City: Redesign Skyscrapers
(2014-05-22)My thesis is dealing with the urban construction---skyscrapers,nowadays, the urban fabric is pronominally skyscraper driven in major cities. I started my paper from my own city experience. While the skyscraper in New York ... -
Libraries as a facilitator of community engagement in the urban environment
Libraries are essential elements to the life of our communities as they provide many assets to community members and act as catalysts for civic engagement. Tightened government budgets in the United States have threatened ... -
Manifesting Movement
Are you stressed? What makes us so stressed? With my proposed research I hope to find how we can use the study of human movement through built space and sensory environments to shape an architecture that can help relieve ... -
Mars habitation: Design for extreme condition
We landed on the Moon a little less than fifty years ago, and human beings will potentially colonize a second planet in near future. The most possible option is Mars. NASA and some private organizations are presently ... -
Mobile : place-making and community in mobile architecture
(2012-09-20) -
MOBILE: Placmaking and Community in Mobile Architecture
(2012-09-20) -
Mountaintop mine restoration: Land ethics and sustainability in the mining landscape
The topic of this paper concerns the Appalachian region and their approach to land reuse after mining operations conclude. The primary location under specific investigation includes the coal fields of West Virginia, a state ... -
My Home Among the Hills: Revitalizing Placemaking and Identity in West Virginia
(2014-06-16)This paper will explore the current model of museums as a civic institution, their current role in society and why a reevaluation of contemporary civic institutional design is needed; especially in rural regions. Critiques ... -
Navigation through space: designing a recreational center with the principle of neuroscience
Neuroscience is a field that explores the nervous system, while NeuroArchitecture is a relatively new branch that examines how environments and places impact our physiological responses. Our neural responses to our ... -
Neighborhood rebuilding centers: imagining a more cooperative future for urban rust belt neighborhoods
Cohousing and coliving are two housing forms that aim to address loneliness and encourage better social connection through shared common spaces and intentional community design. These housing concepts have not yet taken ... -
The New Architectural Trend in China: The Heritage and Deelopment of Traditional Culture
After the failed Anglo-Chinese War of the 1840s, China was forced to open to international trade. China is still borrowing developing experiments from the West in the distinctive Chinese cultural context. By doing so, a ... -
Off the Grid: Survival Ideas for Sustainable Living
(2012-09-14) -
Olympic Legacy:Flexible Architectural Strategies for Boston's 2024 Olympics Proposal
The Olympics present the perfect opportunity for host cities to show their value to the world. This opportunity introduces immeasurable pressure to create an impressive display of entertainment for the spectators. The ... -
Outward bound: developing strategies for the future of spaceports
Human desires to reach the cosmos stretch back to prehistory. Only in modern times has this become possible With the advent of an emerging private sector oriented toward space exploration and travel, it is essential to ...