This thesis proposes that architects can have a greater impact on the built environment if they understand real estate development and assume the role of being their own client. The intent of this thesis is to explore the relationship between real estate development and architecture to gain an understanding of how the two ...

Time is a critical factor in the construction of space. Renowned Japanese architect, Arata Isozaki, writes about “Ma, space-time,” the “natural distance between two or more things existing in a continuity … giving rise to both spatial and temporal formulations” (Isozaki, Ma, Space-Time in Japan). Ma is an architectural space ...

Abstract Future-proofing is the process of anticipating future events and developing methods of adaptation. This process includes mitigation of negative effects while taking advantage of positive effects of changes, shocks, and stresses imposed on buildings. This thesis defines future-proofing, develops the Principles of ...

This thesis examines Le Corbusier’s middle years from 1929-1945, a period that is not often a subject of architectural historians’ interest. This work is largely overshadowed by the two phases that represent the peak moments of Le Corbusier’s career which are: the early years from the Maison Dom-ino (1913) to the Villa Savoye ...

As the city’s population grows and densifies, it is increasingly important to preserve public space. Seattle and its surrounding context are rich with waterfront views and access potential. Sited on the shoreline of inner Shilshole Bay, the bathhouse seeks to renew the waterfront as a public threshold between the urban and ...

Delocalization examines a post “urban/city” condition of development along the highway corridor between Delhi and Chandigarh in India. It imagines the process of development as an emergence through the refrain of the local, or its network of interests the localities (understood as not just static but also mobile). These ...

The Korean peninsula has been cut in two since 1945 by politics and war and, in July 1953, truce was made, ending the Korean War creating the division that roughly follows the 38th parallel, the 160 – mile long buffer zone known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) absorb territory on both sides of the cease – fire line as ...

The house is one of the purest forms of cultural reflection and it is the place where the design can have the most influence on people’s life and daily practice. Thus the proposal for this thesis will look at exploring and introducing a different form of housing to the Saudi urban fabric. This form will be different than the ...

The city of Seattle has been one of the fastest growing cities in the US for many years. This growth has led to a need for increased urban density. Demolition and construction has been a way to accommodate the population surge, but many citizens voice concern over the changing fabric of their neighborhoods. Studies in ...

In Berlin, a battle rages over urban space between the rights of private property and the use-rights of occupants. In recent years Berlin, attempting to market itself as a vibrant city of art and culture, has sold much of its land along the Spree riverfront to global developers and mega corporations, leading to the forced ...