Search for dissertations about: "thesis on architecture"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1666 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on architecture.
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1. Making architecture politically : from fresh conservatism to aestehtics as a form of politics
Abstract : This research comes from a particular place, a rather unique moment in the history of the Netherlands when Dutch architecture started to be much applauded for its radical approach and innovative design when the typhoon of another modernization swept across the globe. Architects, municipalities, investors, developers, companies, institutions, politicians, inhabitants, educators, researchers, critics and alike, were all thrown into a kind of experimental condition, one being both pragmatic and geographical. READ MORE
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2. Interruption : Writing a Dissident Architecture
Abstract : Interruption: Writing a Dissident Architecture makes a contribution to the fields of writing architecture and dissident architecture. Concerned with developing an ethos of criticality from within, it presents a series of performative writing experiments that are situated in politically charged architectural sites, from public spaces, to institutions, to domestic spaces. READ MORE
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3. Architecture and Ageing : On the Interaction between Frail Older People and the Built Environment
Abstract : This doctoral thesis deals with the type of architecture that materializes when age-related problems become a long-term condition (LTC) and gradually restrain the individual’s ability to perform activities in daily life (ADL). Their life situation necessitates a support from relatives or municipal eldercare staff in order for them to continue to participate in everyday living. READ MORE
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4. Health and Office Architecture
Abstract : The office, where many people spend most of their day, influences the health of employees, their families, communities, and society. While the body of research that relates office environment to health is growing, a question of interest for practitioners arises: how buildings should be designed and managed in order to support and promote health. READ MORE
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5. Crowdability of Urban Space. : Ordinary rhythms of clustering and declustering and their architectural prerequisites
Abstract : In the wake of densification and urbanisation, crowding has become an increasingly important issue for social sustainability in cities. This also affects urban design and the ways public spaces stimulate different kinds of crowding and clustering. READ MORE
