GSD Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Stir-Fry Urbanism: Geography of Chinese Restaurants and the Spatial Politics of Race and Iden-tity in Boston’s Urban Development 1880 – 2020
(2022-06-08)If you think of McDonald's as the icon of American food, America might taste more like General Tso Chicken than a Cheeseburger. There are currently over 45,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., more than all the McDonald's, ... -
Measuring atmosphere: relationships between room ambience, activity, and human emotional responses in virtual reality
(2022-06-08)This exploratory study aims to create a framework for measuring the strength of atmosphere in interior spaces, as defined by the architectural elements within them. A survey questionnaire based on PANAS was created, along ...