Search for dissertations about: "vernacular houses"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words vernacular houses.

  2. 1. A Future for the Past of Desert Vernacular Architecture

    Author : Marwa Dabaieh; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; participatory action research; transdisciplinarity; thinking re-vernacular; architectural conservation; desert vernacular; Balat.; neo-desert vernacular;

    Abstract : Desert vernacular architecture has always been the product of a sustainable building cycle. People inherited the traditional way of building from their ancestors and the knowledge was transferred and developed from one generation to another. READ MORE

  4. 2. Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice - Wood and people in Early Modern Swedish Society

    Author : Andrine Nilsen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical archaeology; early modern; city scape; urbanity; Swedish building practices; building stock; log timber construction; timber-framing technique; post and plank construction; storeyed buildings; mixed techniques; the production of space; social dimensions; centre; periphery; marginality;

    Abstract : Wooden houses were major components of the early modern Swedish townscape. Yet, today these buildings have largely disappeared due to fires, demolition and modernity. The main themes of the thesis are the study of what kind of wooden building techniques were used within the urban environment. READ MORE

  5. 3. Tracing a Sacred Building Tradition. Wooden Churches, Carpenters and Founders in Maramures until the Turn of the 18th Century

    Author : Babos Alexandru; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; vernacular architecture in Maramureº; European log building; church carpenters; founders; sacred building tradition and regional identity.; wooden churches; Architecture; inredningsarkitektur; Arkitektur; interior design;

    Abstract : The increasing interest in the European historical log construction has heightened the need for comprehensive studies in different parts of the continent to view both the common features and the particular ones. The advanced Scandinavian research has revealed the problems of studying in depth and maintaining the log heritage when links to traditional carpentry are lost. READ MORE

  6. 4. Machiya : architecture and history of the Kyoto town house

    Author : Karin Löfgren; KTH; []
    Keywords : machiya; japanese architecture; japanses tea ceremony and cerchant culture; ;

    Abstract : Machiya is the term for a traditional house type, a merchantand artisan dwelling found in the cities. The focus of the thesisis on the spatial qualities and technical structure of themachiya in relation to the specific use of the house type. READ MORE

  7. 5. Regulating energy performance of residential buildings in cold climate : a study of indicators, criteria, and evaluation methods

    Author : Ingrid Allard Stolterman; Thomas Olofsson; Gireesh Nair; Folke Björk; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Energy performance; building simulation; cold climate; energy use; indicators; evaluation methods; building regulations; residential buildings; energy measurements; performance gap; energy signature; sustainable development; hållbar utveckling; fysik; Physics;

    Abstract : Building energy performance has been important in Fennoscandia ever since the early vernacular houses, to combat the cold climate. Due to EU directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD recast), building energy performance has become even more relevant in northern Europe the last decade. READ MORE