Tag: Architecture
Display windows are framed as atmospheric experimental devices
Theoretical analysis of display windows as dioramic devices for atmospheric experimentation, integrating architecture and exhibit design through historical and contemporary case studies.
Architectural laboratories can reconnect design with material agency
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in EpistemologyExplore how architectural laboratories restore material agency and resist reductionist approaches through situated engagement and distributed human-nonhuman collaboration in design practice.
Special issue surveys open building’s past, present, and future
Explore the Open Building movement’s legacy and future potential through longitudinal case studies, pedagogical applications, and evidence of successful adaptive design across diverse global contexts.
American architects pursued major projects in 1970s Iran
Explore American architects’ ambitious but largely unrealized projects in 1970s Iran, driven by oil wealth and Cold War economics but constrained by political instability and cultural disconnects.
Contextual factors shaped mosque design and construction in Greater Phoenix
Contextual framework for mosque construction in U.S. cities examining demographic, economic, social, and institutional factors shaping design and development processes.
Delta Lake performance depends on careful optimization
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Evaluation of Delta Lake architecture, transaction models, and optimization techniques for analytic workload performance and data reliability at scale.
Airport gate design is tied to traveler experience
Research examining relationships between airport boarding gate terminal design elements—lighting, amenities, aesthetics, seating—and traveler experience using mixed-methods analysis.
Heartfulness architecture links physical design with lived experience
Study examines integration of physical architecture with contemplative experience in meditation spaces using Heartfulness framework, proposing model linking design, atmosphere, ritual, and meaning.
