Search for dissertations about: "Traditional swedish architecture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Traditional swedish architecture.

  2. 1. Another Modernism? Form, Content and Meanings of the New Housing Architecture of Hanoi

    Author : Hoai Anh Tran; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Vietnam; tradition; The West; Third World; identity; modernity; modernisation; modernism; modern architecture; house design; housing architecture; Architecture; Hanoi; interior design; Arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur;

    Abstract : The study deals with the issue of how to understand and assess modern architecture in a non-Western context. Is there a non-Western modern architecture in its own right and with meanings connected to the local context or is it mere copy of Western modern architecture? At the primary level the study discusses the meanings and directions of contemporary architecture in a modernising society such as Vietnam, using a number of new private houses of Hanoi as case studies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Energy Efficiency and Preservation in Our Cultural Heritage : EEPOCH

    Author : Heidi Norrström; Michael Edén; Andrew Dainty; Sweden Gothenburg Chalmers University of Technology; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; energy performance; preserved built heritage; historic and architectural values; laws and regulations; collaboration through workshops; interdisciplinarity; transdisciplinarity; multiple case study and indoor climate;

    Abstract : The project EEPOCH concerns our built heritage and the complex set of problems that exist between energy efficiency and preservation perspectives. New legislation demanding efficient energy use is predicated on the documented potential of energy efficiency on both national and international levels. READ MORE

  5. 3. Monitoring as an instrument for improving environmental performance in public authorities : Experience from Swedish Infrastructure Management

    Author : Kristina Lundberg; Lennart Folkeson; Berit Balfors; Jos Arts; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environmental Management System EMS ; Environmental Impact Assessment EIA follow-up; Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA ; Environmental Performance Evaluation EPE ; organisational learning; Railway; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

    Abstract : Monitoring is an important tool for gaining insight into an organisation’s environmental performance and for learning about the environmental condition and the effectiveness of environmental management measures. Development of environmental monitoring has generally relied on research aiming at improving monitoring methodology, technique or practice within a particular management tool. READ MORE

  6. 4. Modalities of Place: On Polarisation and Exclusion in Concepts of Place and in Site-Specific Art

    Author : Gunnar Sandin; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interior design; Architecture; Actants; Modalities; Place; Site-Specific Art; Arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur;

    Abstract : In this thesis the notion of place is studied by way of investigating the “non-place” which is excluded or opposed, whenever a place is defined. “Non-place” is used here as a meta-concept, covering various recurring types of opposition to “place,” and it therefore represents a profoundly incoherent spect-rum of realities and concepts. READ MORE

  7. 5. The tomb of Caecilia Metella: tumulus, tropaeum and thymele

    Author : Henrik Gerding; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mundus; Spatial concepts; Punctuation marks; Via Appia; Late Republican Rome; Prosopography; Three-dimensional documentation; Sepulchral architecture; Circular monuments; Cylindrical tombs; Ancient history; Roman architecture; Buildings archaeology; Katabasis; Crassus; Augustus; Spolia Opima; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : The present thesis constitutes a close study of a single architectural monument, the tomb of Caecilia Metella. This is a well-preserved cylindrical tomb situated on the Via Appia outside Rome, and it is generally associated with sepulchral buildings of the traditional tumulus type. READ MORE