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Knowledge Accident- Part 1, Alanna Rosenblatt
Knowledge Accident- Part 1, Alanna Rosenblatt
Architecture Senior Theses
The increasing un-sustainability of the built university and the rise of the apparent mass democratization or synchronization of higher education through the virtual Massive Open Online Course [MOOC] is occurring concurrently with the mutation of the historically grounded Accident into the Knowledge Accident. The standardization of higher education through the MOOC has created the conditions for the Knowledge Accident, the “integral accident”, of the built university. This is where we find the present state of the university, in a moment of crisis grounded in unconstrained "progress". The current form of the MOOC, begun in 2011, has expanded and evolved with …
Knowledge Accident- Part 2, Alanna Rosenblatt
Knowledge Accident- Part 2, Alanna Rosenblatt
Architecture Senior Theses
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Charge. Point, Lauren Alessandra Wilson
Charge. Point, Lauren Alessandra Wilson
Architecture Senior Theses
The goal of this thesis is to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower the carbon emission footprint, and ignite a paradigm shift towards clean energy usage. Architecture can play a role in increasing the accessibility of sustainable modes of transit by changing the way energy is produced and distributed throughout the city. Accepting both the reliance and privatization of the automobile as givens, this idea caters to a transitional stage of travel, shifting from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric powered vehicles. Current technological limitations are stunting the momentum of a sustainable transit phenomenon, i.e. EV battery charge time and …