Sunday, September 9, 2007

Research Concentration

1. Modern and Contemporary Architectural Theory and History
- The 'space architecture' of R. M. Schindler's design for the Braxton-Shore summer residence
- A Hungarian architect, Ödön Lechner's Ethnographic Architecture
- Cycloids in Louis I. Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum at Fort Worth, Texas
- R. M. Schindler’s Theory of Space Architecture and Its Theoretic Application to Space Development of 1945

2. Architectural Design: Experiments
- TP III in Waikiki
- A Series of Dwellings

3. Design Theory and Methods
- Application of Pop-Up Technique of Origamic Architecture to the Post-Tsunami Deployable Shelters
- Early Shape Morphing: Metamorphosis of Polygons in Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Cathedral and Le Corbusier’s Firminy Chapel

4. Fundamentals of Architectonics and Shape Grammars
- Fractal Geometry as the Synthesis of Hindu Cosmology in Kandariya Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho
- Symmetry and Subsymmetry as Characteristic of Form-making – The Schindler Shelter,

5. Digital Media
- Interactive Virtual Campus Project
- Arraying Alternative Housing Archetypes: An Online Resources
- VR Reconstruction of Hawaiian Architectural Heritage

6. Housing Flexibility and Design
- Façade Prototype and Variations
- A Highrise Urban Village: A Framework for Tectonic Mutation

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