Search for dissertations about: "Architecture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1769 swedish dissertations containing the word Architecture.

2. 1. Designing with Urban Sound : Exploring methods for qualitative sound analysis of the built environment

   Author : Nina Hällgren; Katja Grillner; Björn Hellström; Gunnar Sandin; Konstfack; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Architecture; urban sound design; urban sound planning; soundscape; urban planning; artistic research; architectural research; Architectue;

   Abstract : The licentiate thesis Designing with Urban Sound explores the constitution and qualitative characteristics of urban sonic space from a design-oriented and practice-based perspective. The act of lifting forth and illuminating the interaction between architecture, the creation of sound and a sonic experience aims to examine and develop useful tools and methods for the representation, communication and analysis of the exterior sonic environment in complex architectural spaces. READ MORE

4. 2. Making architecture politically : from fresh conservatism to aestehtics as a form of politics

   Author : Roemer Van Toorn; Jüri Soolep; Arie Graafland; Estonia Tallinn Estonian Academy of Arts; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Architecture; Politics; Aesthetics; Architecture in the Netherlands; Secon Modernity; Society of the And; Fresh Conservatism; aesthetics; estetik; design; design; politikvetenskap; political science;

   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

5. 3. Interruption : Writing a Dissident Architecture

   Author : Sepideh Karami; Hélène Frichot; Katja Grillner; Dorita Hannah; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Writing architecture; Dissidence; performative writing; experimental writing; artistic research; critical fiction; minor politics; dissident architecture; Interruption; performativity; fragility; pause; cut; fold; Architecture; Arkitektur;

   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

6. 4. A future for the past of desert vernacular architecture : testing a novel conservation model and applied methodology in the town of Balat in Egypt

   Author : Marwa Dabaieh; Lund University; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; primitiv arkitektur; desert cities; prehistoric architecture; islamisk arkitektur; primitive architecture; islamic architecture; architectural history; forhistorisk arkitektur; oprindelig arkitektur; ørkenbyer; arkitekturhistorie; ørkenarkitektur; vernacular architecture;

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7. 5. Architecture and Ageing : On the Interaction between Frail Older People and the Built Environment

   Author : Jonas E Andersson; Magnus Rönn; Eva Henriksen; Benyamin Scwarz; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; residential care home architecture; architecture competition; user values and planning considerations; appropriate space for ageing; homelikeness; societal building;

   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