Search for dissertations about: "suburban architecture"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words suburban architecture.

2. 1. GO LO GO HI : Tracing the Development of Masculine Domesticities from the Garage to the Penthouse — A Multi-Modal Exploration in Architecture, Urban Environments, Film, and the Arts

   Author : Janek Oźmin; Catharina Gabrielsson; Victor Edman; Valéry Didelon; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Multi-Modal; Sites of Enquiry; Masculine Domesticities; Suburban Garage; Penthouse; Architecture; The City; Film; Advertising Media; Technology; Consumption; Leisure; Real Estate; Spatial Container; Practice-Based Research; Urban Design; Stadsbyggnad;

   Abstract : GO LO GO HI is a multi-modal enquiry into the relationship between masculine domesticities and the architectures of the suburban garage and penthouse apartment. The project adopts the garage and the penthouse as sites of enquiry, which means thinking through architecture as a cultural phenomenon, the agency of which includes but is not limited to spatial design, material compositions, visual representations, and historical contexts. READ MORE

4. 2. Compact sprawl : Exploring public open space and contradictions in urban density

   Author : Alexander Ståhle; Lars Marcus; Michael Batty; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Spatial morphology; Urban design; Public open space; Urban density; Landscape planning; Architecture; Arkitektur;

   Abstract : Twentieth century urbanization has left a tremendous footprint on the globe. It is generally speaking a spread out fragmented suburban and exurban landscape continuously growing according to what has been called sprawl-like development, increasing energy and automobile dependency, challenging urban sustainability. READ MORE

5. 3. Suburban Navigation Structural Coherence and Visual Appearance in Urban Design

   Author : Anna-Johanna Klasander; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; housing estates; urban typologies; orientation; urban morphology; suburbs; legibility; cognitive mapping; environmental cognition; urban design; space syntax;

   Abstract : This thesis is written within the field of architecture and urban design. Its main subject is the morphology of housing estate suburbs that were built in Sweden from the 1940s to the 1970s. With the issue of environmental legibility as point of departure, structural and visual properties of urban settings are studied. READ MORE

6. 4. Exploring Typologies, Densities & Spatial Qualities : The Case of Low-Income Housing in South Africa

   Author : Ana Mancheno Gren; Dick Urban Vestbro; Jörgen Andreasen; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Urban Form; House Types; Densities; Spatial Qualities; Low-Income Housing; South Africa; Urban Sprawl; Transect; Architecture and architectural conservation and restoration; Arkitektur och bebyggelsevård;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on problems that have resulted from the increasing pressure facing urban and suburban land use in South Africa, brought on by a number of different factors including the political and historical background of the country, as well as by rapid urbanization. The objective of this thesis is to present the perspectives applied in the analysis of the built environment in selected case studies, in which different theoretical and methodological approaches have been developed to address the research questions. READ MORE

7. 5. Hustadt, Inshallah : Learning from a participatory art project in a trans-local neighbourhood

   Author : Apolonija Sustersic; Konsthögskolan i Malmö; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; participatory art project; urban regeneration; multicultural community; change; performative action;

   Abstract : My PhD dissertation investigates relationships between contemporary art and spatial practices It emphasising the creation of platforms for public participation as interventions into urban regeneration processes. The project has two essential objectives: a. READ MORE