Browsing Colleges and Schools by Author "O'Brien, Michael"

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    • A&M Consolidated Middle School 
      Harding, Tucker
      In today’s social and cultural climate, students spend less time outside in the natural environment. This can be partially attributed a heavier reliance on cars and busses for transportation, greater distances between ...
    • The AdaptHaus Project 
      Claussen, Ty D.
      A prefabricated assembly that can adapt to the family's changing needs
    • Aliviar 
      Aponte, Andrea V.
      Aliviar is a Relief Community and Shelter Facility for immigrants coming into America for the first time. The proposed project contains housing, education, legal resources, and community spaces. This project focuses on the ...
    • Analysis of 2009 ENR Best Projects in Texas to Determine the Impact of Project Delivery System Used 
      Rajan, Navaneethan (2011-02-22)
      Competitive Bidding, Competitive Sealed Proposal, construction management agency, construction management at risk, Design-Build, Design-Build-Bridging, and job order contracting are seven project delivery methods that are ...
    • The Architecture of the Threshold: Austin Department of Motor Vehicles 
      Saqib, Shellie
      Temples, shrines, religious monuments and some of the earliest buildings in time were built upon the foundation of influencing human emotion. Places which awe and inspire those that encounter these magnificent spaces was ...
    • Behind Closed Doors: a Look at Trauma-Informed Design 
      Novak, Sophia Shirazawa
      For domestic violence survivors in the United States, finding help to escape their dangerous circumstances is increasingly difficult. Rural and urban areas alike are incredibly underserved, and victims are turned away ...
    • Cadence 
      White, Lauren
      Cadence is a unique proposal that responds to the tragic bombing on Christmas day of 2020 in the Second Avenue Historic District of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The location of the bombing was particularly devastating, ...
    • The Cathedral Within 
      Meyer, Matthew S.G.
      How can the physical help mediate the realities of the invisible? The question aims to better understand what separates architecture from mere building. It also aims to explore the factors that transfigure a room into a ...
    • Consequential Strata - A Question of Stillness 
      Mengers, Chloe
      The interesting thing about stillness is that it can be quite elusive, especially in the present environment. The fight for stillness is not a new one, many religious traditions regard it as a precondition for prayer. In ...
    • Cultivating Synapse in Architecture: An Exploration on How the Human Connectome Relates to Architecture and the Urban Fabric 
      Larranaga, Ana
      Cultivating Synapse originates from the question of how culture affects the human brain and the neurological processes through which we have experiences which then form connections. In the central nervous system, SYNAPSE ...
    • Drywall Tradesmen’s Career Awareness in Texas 
      Zarate Morales, Veronica Consuelo (2015-08-04)
      Given an evident labor shortage in the United States and Texas’ construction industry, companies are seeking sustainable mechanisms to attract and retain the labor force. Understanding workers’ career awareness can assist ...
    • Dyad 
      Lupton, Georgia Elizabeth
      The primary objective of this project is to use musical composition as a framework for making thoughtful and deliberate design decisions. The intention is not to directly incorporate music into the project in a way that ...
    • Emily's House on Hermann Dr. 
      Ohlenbusch, Clara E.
      Emily's House is an outpatient day healthcare facility and hospice house for children with long-term illnesses. It provides a safe space for children and their families to learn and grieve, to come to terms with their ...
    • The Everyday Hybrid: "Uniting Commerce, Community, and Residence for a Thriving Urban Tomorrow" 
      Ravi, Manvithaa
      This book explores the crucial role played by architects in responding to the requirements of the built environment and meeting the needs of developers. It presents a methodology for achieving a balance between the needs ...
    • Exploring Where the Drywall Construction Workforce Comes From 
      Soto, Jose (2015-07-20)
      The labor shortage in construction is an unsolved, continued, and increasing problem in the United States and several other countries. The Associated General Contractor’s national workforce survey results show that 83% of ...
    • Façade Internet of Things (FIoT): A Human-Sensing,Two-Façade Communication Approach to Achieve Glare Reduction, Optimized Daylighting, and Solar Energy Collection 
      Labib, Rania (2019-08-14)
      The use of large glazed façades in buildings can cause a disabling glare that can impair the vision of the occupants of surrounding buildings. In order to avoid glare, building occupants tend to close their blinds and ...
    • Finding Lost Spaces 
      Wang, Xiao
      In this book, I will talk about my final project. It is a project exploring Chinatowns in the US. There is at least one Chinatown in nearly every major city in America. These Chinatowns used to be ethic enclaves for Chinese ...
    • Food for Thought: Architecture as an Ecosystem 
      Gage, Kyle
      Food for Thought is a proposal for rehabilitation of the Women’s Museum in Dallas, Texas. Situated on the Fair Park grounds in South Dallas, this project seeks to propose an architectural intervention alleviating the ...
    • Gateway Tower: Contextualism of the Supertall Skyscraper 
      Vu, Brian
      Supertall and Megatall structures, buildings defined as being 300 meters (984 feet) or taller and 600 meters (1968 feet) or taller, respectively, by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, are one of the most ...
    • Genesis Rehab Center 
      Martinez, Jessica
      The Genesis Rehabilitation Center will aim to provide a design that benefits the well-being of the patient and staff, while promoting recovery and allowing those that inhabit the space to feel good while doing so. This ...