Search for dissertations about: "future of architecture"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 321 swedish dissertations containing the words future of architecture.
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1. A future for the past of desert vernacular architecture : testing a novel conservation model and applied methodology in the town of Balat in Egypt
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2. Patterning the Dutch Compact City
Abstract : A major challenge to town planners in Britain is to help fulfil current and future housing need in a sustainable manner and avoid excessive development land take.This thesis therefore establishes what future development models are currently under debate and undertakes extensive research into Governments preferred option the 'Compact City'. READ MORE
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3. Attractiveness in Urban Design : A study of the production of attractive places
Abstract : This research project investigates the production of attractive places, through theory form and everyday life. The research study was originally sprung from practical questions regarding the extensive use of the term attractiveness in urban planning and design. READ MORE
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4. 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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5. Utopology : A Re-Interrogation of the Utopian in Architecture
Abstract : Utopia – the word is simultaneously evocative of hope and dread. As a concept it is stupendously problematic, and yet despite its alleged passing into irrelevance, utopia still remains a household word. Why is this so?Utopia has been reduced to a category. We place a solution in the category of the utopian or, conversely, the not-utopian. READ MORE