The Architecture Student Culture: An Archaeology of the Everyday Life in the...
The study follows the interpretative principles of Symbolic Interactionism and utilizes the Grounded Theory methodology. The first goal is to better understand the culture of architecture students...
View ArticleBlurring Boundaries: Socio-Spatial Consequences of Working at Home
This report looks at a cross-section of professional home workers in various occupations, both self-employed and corporate-employed. It identifies patterns of divergent activities within the home and...
View ArticleDensity Measures and Their Relation to Urban Form
The relationship between density and urban form is explored using four dwelling types: Single family detached housing, row housing, low-rise garden apartments and high-rise apartments. Ninety-nine...
View ArticleHousing Needs in Milwaukee: A Summary of a Survey of Milwaukee Non-Profit...
In the last few years there have been several dramatic changes at the state and city level regarding housing and welfare policy. This report documents the results of a survey of 90 non-profit...
View ArticleA Comparison of the Application to Architecture of the Ecological and Gestalt...
This research is a comparison of two psychological theories of visual perception, Gestalt Theory and an Ecological Theory developed by J. J. Gibson, with two theories of architectural composition,...
View ArticleHybrid Housing: A Contemporary Building Type for Multiple Residential &...
This report documents 100 cases of a re-emerging building type: Hybrid housing or residential structures intentionally designed to contain both residential and business space, and in which residents...
View ArticleEarly Childhood Physical Environment Observation Schedules and Rating Scales:...
This packet of schedules, scales, and procedures is intended for the systematic assessment of the quality of the physical environment of child care centers and related early childhood environments....
View ArticleDomus I and Dymaxion: Two Concept Designs for Lunar Habitats
Two concept designs for lunar habitats are explored and developed in this monograph based on human factors/environment-behavior considerations. Attention is given to initial operating configuration...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Competition: Urban Design for Milwaukee’s Lakefront
This study explores the professional ideas and attitudes reflected in 140 entries to the 1980 Milwaukee Lakefront International Design Competition. Design ideas are evaluated and recommendations made...
View ArticleThe Nature of Environmental Quality in the Workplace: A Johnson Controls...
As current research literature on workplace information grows exponentially, it often serves to hinder the larger goal of integrating our efforts into the creation of good workplaces. This monograph...
View ArticleThreads: Insights by Women Architects
This book presents some women architects and their work. Examples include a community master plan, an urban proposal for a riverfront, a discussion on landscape architectural theory, a National...
View ArticleThe Costs of Facility Development: A Comparative Analysis of Public and...
Due to the concerns of public officials over the cost and quality of facilities, interest in understanding why public university buildings appear to cost more than private sector buildings is high....
View ArticleTowards Urban Frameworks: Accommodating Change in Urban Cultural Landscapes
This project is based upon a case study of an existing urban environment in New York City. The history of this environment has been characterized by a succession of ethnic communities and the...
View ArticleThe Neighborhood’s Catalogue: Lower East Side Planning and Design File
This catalogue was designed to support the process of slow redevelopment over time, combined with conservation of diverse social and historical continuity and the exploration of new land and building...
View ArticleSpace Architecture: Lunar Base Scenarios
A study of design alternatives for a lunar base settlement. The research explores the lunar environment requirements, program development, goal identification and processes involved in lunar design...
View ArticleThe Integration of the Highway and Landform
This research stresses the artistic potential of the roadway through the introduction of formal design elements. Using landscape, median, spanning, roadway and enclosure within highway planning and...
View ArticleGenesis Lunar Outpost: Criteria and Design
This study, the third in the space architecture series, focuses on the design of an early stage lunar outpost. The driving assumptions of the scenario are that the base would serve as a research...
View ArticleGenesis II: Advanced Lunar Outpost
Sponsored by NASA/Universities Space Research Association, this study investigated advanced lunar habitats for 11 astronauts and mission specialists for durations of 20 months. Design recommendations...
View ArticlePax Permanent Martian Base: Space Architecture for the First Human Habitation...
The Advanced Design Program in Space Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee investigated the implications of different mission scenarios, the Martian environment, supporting...
View ArticleGenesis Lunar Outpost: Program/Requirements Document for an Early Stage Lunar...
Second document in a series from the Space Architecture Design Group. Developed under the first year of a three-year grant from NASA, the program covers humans factors, environment-behavior,...
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