GSD Theses and Dissertations
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The Lāhaināluna Views: New England Missionaries and Transplanting of a Vernacular
(2023-02-15)In 1820, Protestant missionaries from New England arrived in the islands of Hawaiʻi. They expressed their goal of introducing Christinity in distinctly material terms, prioritizing especially the execution of an imagined ... -
The Architecture of the Collective: The Block and Ideas of the City in Modern China
(2023-02-08)This dissertation interrogates the idea of the block and its manifestations in the socio-spatial development of the modern Chinese city—particularly from the 1950s onward. It delineates the existing discourse of the block ... -
Biologically inspired compliant building façade systems with tunable heat transfer capabilities
(2023-02-06)Energy consumption for building thermoregulation is a major contributor to the environmental impact of our built environment. Building envelope systems that actively tune their heat transfer rate in response to environmental ...