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- ADAPTATION AND RENOVATION OF SCHULZE BAKERY TO A MIXED USE BUILDING
- Creator
- Al-guneid, Wigdan
- Date
- 5/2/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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Holding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and...
Show moreHolding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and transformed from a bakery to a much needed mixed use building.
Sponsorship: Waldorf, Tyler
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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- Urban Hybrid House
- Creator
- Machado, Beatriz Ferreira Pinto
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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The aim of this project is to develop a cluster of hybrid houses in Evanston designed to produce energy and reduce resources consumption in...
Show moreThe aim of this project is to develop a cluster of hybrid houses in Evanston designed to produce energy and reduce resources consumption in comparison to the houses surrounding it. The project goals are to demonstrate performance improvement. Maximize sun exposure and the interaction between the houses and its gardens. To raise awareness that it is possible to live in a more environmentally friendly unit without hardship is another purpose of the project.
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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- Reuse of 1230 N. Burling | Cabrini Green Youth Center
- Creator
- Ciorba, Dan
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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Demolishing a concrete building that is structurally sound is ecologically wasteful and irresponsible. With the many advantages concrete...
Show moreDemolishing a concrete building that is structurally sound is ecologically wasteful and irresponsible. With the many advantages concrete offers and rising energy costs, there needs to be a way that existing and structurally sound, concrete buildings can be reused. This explored method for concrete reuse depends heavily on technological advances in the foreseeable future that allow for the process to be accomplished efficiently and for the material to be preserved for a longer period of time.
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- WIDESPAN: 2030-board 1
- Creator
- Ninan, Janice
- Date
- 2011-05, 2010-12
- Description
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Widespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span...
Show moreWidespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span grater spans using virtual depth concepts with slender lightweight design.
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- WIDESPAN: 2030-board 2
- Creator
- Ninan, Janice
- Date
- 2011-05, 2010-12
- Description
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Widespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span...
Show moreWidespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span grater spans using virtual depth concepts with slender lightweight design.
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- Title
- WIDESPAN
- Creator
- Ninan, Janice
- Date
- 2011-05, 2010-12
- Description
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Widespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span...
Show moreWidespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span grater spans using virtual depth concepts with slender lightweight design.
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- Title
- ADAPTATION AND RENOVATION OF SCHULZE BAKERY TO A MIXED USE BUILDING: Schulze_poster
- Creator
- Al-guneid, Wigdan
- Date
- 5/2/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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Holding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and...
Show moreHolding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and transformed from a bakery to a much needed mixed use building.
Sponsorship: Waldorf, Tyler
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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- Title
- The Brownfield Renewal Recreation Center: Rosika-Babakhanian-finalbook
- Creator
- Babakhanian, Rosika
- Date
- 5/10/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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This Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet...
Show moreThis Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet region was once the largest and richest wetland in lower north America, but 120 years of intensive industrialization, pollution and waste disposal tailored the ecosystem of this region and resulted in thousands of acres of brownfields.
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- Title
- Wind Turbine Building
- Creator
- Tseng, Ling Yi
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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Wind Turbine Building with Venturi Tube
Sponsorship: Land, Peter
- Title
- Overlap Overlay: Overlap Overlay
- Creator
- Wankel, Jordan
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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The purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban...
Show moreThe purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban vacancy. The overlay attempts to be democratic. It establishes basic rules based on the existing block requirements, while also providing flexibility within. Residents voluntarily participate in the system, benefiting from the whole. Social interactions, block orientated activities, and housing arrangements expand and contract over time.
Sponsorship: Goodman, David
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- Urban Hybrid House: UHH_Final Book
- Creator
- Machado, Beatriz Ferreira Pinto
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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The aim of this project is to develop a cluster of hybrid houses in Evanston designed to produce energy and reduce resources consumption in...
Show moreThe aim of this project is to develop a cluster of hybrid houses in Evanston designed to produce energy and reduce resources consumption in comparison to the houses surrounding it. The project goals are to demonstrate performance improvement. Maximize sun exposure and the interaction between the houses and its gardens. To raise awareness that it is possible to live in a more environmentally friendly unit without hardship is another purpose of the project.
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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- Facade Retrofit - High Performance Facade Systems for an Existing Building: FacadeRetrofit_Velichkova
- Creator
- Velichkova, Gergana
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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THE FAÇADE HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL WHEN TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF A BUILDING. THE MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO...
Show moreTHE FAÇADE HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL WHEN TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF A BUILDING. THE MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE WHAT IS THE VALUE OF FACADE RETROFIT AND STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT, EMBODIED ENERGY, ASSEMBLY EFFORT, COST AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS. 4 DIFFERENT FACADE SYSTEMS ARE ANALYZED AND COMPARED IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EXISTING BUILDING. ONE OF THE SYSTEMS IS CURRENTLY INSTALLED AND HAS BEEN RECENTLY RETROFITTED, WHILE THE OTHER THREE ARE DESIGN PROPOSALS WHICH FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS: PERFORMANCE AND DAYLIGHT, MINIMAL STRUCTURE AND ADAPTABILITY.
Sponsorship: Sobek, Werner
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- Title
- The Brownfield Renewal Recreation Center
- Creator
- Babakhanian, Rosika
- Date
- 5/10/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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This Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet...
Show moreThis Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet region was once the largest and richest wetland in lower north America, but 120 years of intensive industrialization, pollution and waste disposal tailored the ecosystem of this region and resulted in thousands of acres of brownfields.
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- Title
- WIDESPAN: Masters Project
- Creator
- Ninan, Janice
- Date
- 2011-05, 2010-12
- Description
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Widespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span...
Show moreWidespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span grater spans using virtual depth concepts with slender lightweight design.
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- Title
- Overlap Overlay: Overlap Overlay Board
- Creator
- Wankel, Jordan
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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The purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban...
Show moreThe purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban vacancy. The overlay attempts to be democratic. It establishes basic rules based on the existing block requirements, while also providing flexibility within. Residents voluntarily participate in the system, benefiting from the whole. Social interactions, block orientated activities, and housing arrangements expand and contract over time.
Sponsorship: Goodman, David
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- Title
- Moksha Tower
- Creator
- Fu, Yalin
- Date
- 2011-03, 2010-05
- Description
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In India, death is considered one of the most important stages of the whole human process.And the traditional funeral process occupied a great...
Show moreIn India, death is considered one of the most important stages of the whole human process.And the traditional funeral process occupied a great quantity of land in a country with a big population.Moksha tower(cemetery tower) created a high-rise cemetery in order , to free up previous ground floor cemetery green space for recreation. This would create a vertical resource for the handling and disposal of dead bodies, which would provide storage for the dead for only limited a period of time, in order to ensure adequate capacity to continually accommodate new dead.
Sponsorship: Wood, Antony
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- ADAPTATION AND RENOVATION OF SCHULZE BAKERY TO A MIXED USE BUILDING: master thesis Final Booklet-wigdan al-guneid
- Creator
- Al-guneid, Wigdan
- Date
- 5/2/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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Holding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and...
Show moreHolding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and transformed from a bakery to a much needed mixed use building.
Sponsorship: Waldorf, Tyler
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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- Title
- The Brownfield Renewal Recreation Center: Final-board
- Creator
- Babakhanian, Rosika
- Date
- 5/10/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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This Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet...
Show moreThis Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet region was once the largest and richest wetland in lower north America, but 120 years of intensive industrialization, pollution and waste disposal tailored the ecosystem of this region and resulted in thousands of acres of brownfields.
Show less
- Title
- Facade Retrofit - High Performance Facade Systems for an Existing Building
- Creator
- Velichkova, Gergana
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
-
THE FAÇADE HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL WHEN TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF A BUILDING. THE MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO...
Show moreTHE FAÇADE HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL WHEN TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF A BUILDING. THE MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE WHAT IS THE VALUE OF FACADE RETROFIT AND STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT, EMBODIED ENERGY, ASSEMBLY EFFORT, COST AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS. 4 DIFFERENT FACADE SYSTEMS ARE ANALYZED AND COMPARED IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EXISTING BUILDING. ONE OF THE SYSTEMS IS CURRENTLY INSTALLED AND HAS BEEN RECENTLY RETROFITTED, WHILE THE OTHER THREE ARE DESIGN PROPOSALS WHICH FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS: PERFORMANCE AND DAYLIGHT, MINIMAL STRUCTURE AND ADAPTABILITY.
Sponsorship: Sobek, Werner
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- Title
- Overlap Overlay
- Creator
- Wankel, Jordan
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
-
The purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban...
Show moreThe purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban vacancy. The overlay attempts to be democratic. It establishes basic rules based on the existing block requirements, while also providing flexibility within. Residents voluntarily participate in the system, benefiting from the whole. Social interactions, block orientated activities, and housing arrangements expand and contract over time.
Sponsorship: Goodman, David
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