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Syracuse University

2010

Sustainability

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Full-Text Articles in Architecture

Performative Design: Investigating Form In The Natural And Capitalist Environment, John M. Santoro Apr 2010

Performative Design: Investigating Form In The Natural And Capitalist Environment, John M. Santoro

Architecture Senior Theses

"Rethinking the design process from conception and allowing natural forces, such as wind, solar exposure, and rainfall to drive the initial design will generate a structurally and environmentally efficient form."


Didactic Architecture: A Tectonic Response, Elizabeth Kankainen Apr 2010

Didactic Architecture: A Tectonic Response, Elizabeth Kankainen

Architecture Senior Theses

"Using the tectonic nature of architecture as the vehicle, architecture can educate its users of material life cycles., Through revealing particular stages of production by exposing, exaggerating and juxtaposing the connections between materials, the physical process of a buildings formation can be understood, along with architecture's inherent connection to nature."