Ying, Li (Date of defense: 2017-04-06)
With the rapid progress of urbanization in China, a lot of villages face serious brain-drain. A serious problem of culture deterioration arises except in a few traditional villages. Most newly built ...
Benzarti Ghedas, Habiba (Date of defense: 2017-04-20)
The thermal quality of the contemporary building tends to be deteriorated due to aesthetic and economic considerations. Cheap materials which are thermally inappropriate are still rising in new buildings. ...
Llorca Bofí, Josep (Date of defense: 2018-12-04)
The disciplines of space and time form two domains to which it is daring to compare, since it is obvious that they are of a different nature. Music happens in time, while architecture happens in space. ...
Bagheri Moghaddam, Faezeh (Date of defense: 2022-01-24)
This dissertation aims to improve work conditions in office buildings by implementing vertical greenery systems, such as green façades and living walls in semi-arid climates. Since building energy ...
Christodoulou, Marilena (Date of defense: 2021-12-17)
A Pointe Shoe is worn by ballet dancers while performing “en pointe”. This fundamental ballet technique, which is performed by rising to the tips of the toes, enables dancers to create the illusion of ...
Zhang, Yimeng (Date of defense: 2019-07-15)
This thesis is partly an attempt to explore the potential of pre-modern Chinese painting, on its distinctive formats and schemes to achieve spatial depth and time duration, as a way to interpret and ...
Li, Gaoli (Date of defense: 2019-09-10)
Recent improvements in contemporary Chinese society will not only be reflected by new economic models, cultural products, scientific and technological achievements and aesthetic values, but also manifest ...
Chen, Ting (Date of defense: 2019-10-09)
This thesis is written under the background of Chinese society. Architecture always develops with adaption to the desires of society. Design is a way to satisfy these social desires. Currently, China ...
Alkhoudiri, Ahmed Salah M. (Date of defense: 2023-07-21)
(English) The typological shift of single-family houses in Riyadh during the 20th century has negatively impacted the inhabitants. The shift from attached houses with courtyards to detached houses with ...
Jawad I Alhelal, Abdulhadi (Date of defense: 2024-02-06)
(English) The thesis reveals new corporate and architectural identity relationship developments in the twenty-first century. The study unpacks that relationship by examining digital corporations' approach ...