Browsing Graduate and Professional School by Department "Architecture"
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The purpose of this project is to develop a software framework, a 3D engine, which will generate images to be projected onto facets of a spatially immersive display (SID). The goal is to develop a software library to support ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The objective of my research is to revive and practice the art of traditional pictorial maps in 3D cartographic visualization. I have chosen to create both graphical and statistical pictorial maps which can be used for ...
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(2009-05-15)This study compares single-bed rooms and multi-bed rooms with respect to their ability to support and facilitate healthcare staff handwashing and family and friend visitation in intensive care settings. Staff handwashing ...
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(2023-01-23)The impacts of global climate change on the designed and built environment have accelerated in the twenty-first century, leading contemporary architects to reconsider conventional building practices. For many centuries, ...
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(2020-11-17)Occupant behavior has a significant influence on energy consumption in buildings because HVAC, lighting, equipment, and ventilation operations are often tied to occupancy-based controls. However, currently, the traditional ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Historical events captured in an abstract manner have the ability to produce a profound effect on the emotions. The purpose of this research is to create a time-based computer media work, using dialogue from playwright ...
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(2021-12-10)This research investigates the potentials of designing for sustainability, specifically “design for reuse” using a systematic by-product of industrial production processes, in a mutual exchange known as industrial symbiosis ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This thesis primarily deals with the adaptation of a theory from one context and its application in another context. In this case the "building systems integration theory" which has been introduced in the context of ...
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(2009-05-15)This study investigates the adaptive reuse of abandoned historic churches. Since churches serve as cultural heritage symbols, the public becomes concerned with maintaining the historic integrity of these buildings. More ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This thesis is an attempt to establish a practical way for architectural designers to take advantage of the relationship between soundscape and architectural aesthetics. The whole study aides in providing a structural ...
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(2021-04-28)The mosque as a social and communal space has transformed through time, and over geographical regions. But it is also people’s practices, specially their social practices, in keeping with their own times and contexts that ...
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An Adaptable Net Zero Model to Accelerate Achieving Global Climate Targets: A Monitored Case Study (2022-03-14)With increased efforts toward planning for climate change mitigation and the design of carbon neutral and Net Zero (NZ), this study addresses five key barriers in achieving the targets: (1) the lack of consensus in the ...
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(2023-08-07)The purpose of this study was to develop an image-based framework to generate 3D parametric BIM of existing building using Mask R-CNN and Autodesk Revit with Rhino Grasshopper. This study accomplished the following objectives: ...
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(2020-11-24)Degree day methods are used in the estimation of building energy consumption and climate classification for buildings (e.g. in ASHRAE Standard 169-2013, which is adopted in ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016). This study, first ...
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(2014-06-02)This study investigated how to determine a potential scenario to reduce energy, water and transportation use in Mexico City by implementing low-energy, low-water use communities. The proposed mixed-use community has ...
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(2016-04-28)This study aims to provide valid comparisons of the peak cooling load methods that were published in the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals, including the Heat Balance Method (HBM), the Radiant Time Series Method (RTSM), the ...
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(2013-04-09)The intent of this study was to investigate the efficient use of energy by developing an energy efficient grocery store combined with cogeneration. This study demonstrated the potential to reduce the energy use in buildings, ...
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Analysis of Improved Fenestration for Code-Compliant Residential Buildings in Hot and Humid Climates (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This thesis presents an analysis of energy efficient residential windows in hot and humid climates. To accomplish this analysis, the use of accurate simulation tools such as DOE-2.1e is required, which incorporates the ...
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(2009-06-02)In 2001, the Texas State Senate passed Senate Bill 5 to reduce ozone levels by encouraging the reduction of emissions of NOx that were not regulated by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, including point ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Energy-efficient building design involves minimizing the energy use and optimizing the performance of individual systems and components of the building. The benefits of energyefficient design, in the residential sector, ...