Browsing RPI Theses Online (Complete) by Subject "Architectural science"
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Hanoi : urgan ecology and learning from ad-hoc architecture
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2012-12)As the conventional top-down urban planning strategy has proved its impotence in dealing with urban growth, combined with increasing evidence that informal housing clusters provide better energy consumption per capita, ... -
Inter-scalar multivariable decision making framework for the architectural envelope
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-08)In this investigation, a design decision framework is developed linking local climate to device morphology using computational design tools in order to develop optimized geometry by balancing criteria based on initial ... -
Lightweight external skin systems for energy load reduction and desiccation for hot humid climate types
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2012-12)