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Spherical deployable shield for robot arm
(2021-05-18)
This thesis focuses on the construction of deployable shields for robot arms in extraterrestrial situations that protect them from possible threats by minimizing the area of the robot's end-effector that is exposed to ...
MORE THAN BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING
(2022-05-24)
Over densification, scarce building plots and overuse of curtain walls are critical social problems in Hong Kong. My provocation of bamboo scaffolding in such a context aims to provide an additional layer of space with ...
Aggregate, Aggregation + Geotechnical Urbanism
(2021-05-18)
Within the architectural engineering and construction industry we have developed diagrammatic representations and software translations of cultural patterns, extruded 2D cities, and built architecture of processed materials ...
Toward a Resilient Architecture
(2021-05-24)
Today, sustainability is recognized as a technical problem and is relegated to engineers. However,
the issue of environment and design are so interdependent that one can shape the other. Therefore,
Architects need to get ...
The Evolving Carbon Balance of High-Performance Buildings
(2022-06-08)
Highly operationally-efficient buildings typically require significant embodied flows to guarantee low energy consumption. To highlight this tension, an operational energy simulation of a prototypical mid-rise apartment ...
THE [ OFF - CORE ]
(2021-01-22)
The [OFF - CORE] is a thesis that encourages us to imagine what the definition of [OFFICE] be like in
the future and how could the design of the [CORE] in a tower facilitates this paradigm shift.
Can an [OFFICE] be ...
MUNDANE AMBIGUITY: MAKING PUBLIC REALM WITH BALLAST WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
(2022-05-18)
This thesis proposes landscape infrastructure as the agency for managing ballast water exchange, conducting mass recycling of waste materials, and creating new public realms.
It asks if infrastructure could inform spatial ...
Controlling Wind Pressure Around Buildings: Using Automated Multi-Angle Ventilation Louvers for Higher Natural Ventilation Potential
(2021-05-18)
Natural ventilation (NV) is an effective means of reducing building energy consumption and enhancing indoor air quality (IAQ) by conveying outdoor air into space. Recently, rising concern of climate change and the COVID-19 ...
Urban Symbiosis
(2023-01-05)
How can architecture redefine our current relationship with waste while offering a new way of coexisting within nature?
For many, one’s experience with waste is minimal or even hidden. Once thrown, waste is rendered ...
Informed Residential Retrofits through THERO (Thermal Resiliency Evaluation using OpenStudio-HPXML)
(2023-05-16)
Of roughly 111 million buildings in the US, 90% of the buildings are single-family homes. Therefore, residential
building stock in the US consumes higher energy than commercial stock. The National Renewable Energy ...