Essays about: "Architectural Theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 69 essays containing the words Architectural Theory.

  1. 1. Ethics over aesthetics - A content analysis on the inclusion of environmental ethics within the undergraduate architectural curriculum

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Angela Raji; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : Environmental ethics; Curriculum studies; Undergraduate architectural education; Qualitative content analysis; Value-oriented framework;

    Abstract : This document analysis study primarily investigates the inclusion of environmental ethics with an undergraduate architectural curriculum in Sweden. The curriculum documents analyzed in this study contain specific literature and objectives which primarily guide pedagogy both in theory and in the design studio. READ MORE

  3. 2. Floating Thresholds – On the Idea of the Portal in Architecture

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Ivan Grelz; [2023]
    Keywords : Portal; Gate; Architecture; Theory; Threshold; Liminal; Nature; Myth; Ritual; Speed; Depth;

    Abstract : This project investigates a specific concept within architecture: the portal. Divided into eight independent chapters, all possible to read as stand-alone parts, the thesis – a hybrid essay consisting of text, images, drawings and models – uses the portal as a springboard, or tool, for approaching existing theories on the invisible forces that shape the world and our built environment. READ MORE

  4. 3. The common ground workshop, caring for industrial heritage    The common ground workshop, caring for industrial heritage

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Darta Adamsone; [2023]
    Keywords : Industrial heritage; Hydroelectric station; Repurposing; Reuse; Interventions; Pavilions; Viskafors.;

    Abstract : Historical hydroelectric stations are part of an aging industrial heritage that is still extremely relevant today through its form of generating energy. Many stations built in the 20th c. READ MORE

  5. 4. A City By No-One

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Oscar Hultén; [2023]
    Keywords : urban environment interactivity algorithm;

    Abstract : This project is an exploration of methods for generating virtual urban environments, framed in an interactive first-person perspective allowing the user to navigate the architectural design space by walking through a city as it is being generated. The project is developed on a foundation of three primary concepts: 1) A spatial interpretation of parameter sets which are positioned in virtual space, 2) Distance-based interpolation of these parameter sets as a method to govern how the urban environments are generated at different points in space,3) The transformation and merging of basic square grids embedded in positioned parameter sets resulting in a composite grid which functions as the spatial framework of the urban environment. READ MORE

  6. 5. Architecture and the spatial fluidity of daylight

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Yun Long; [2022]
    Keywords : KTH; Stockholm; Architecture; Lighting design;

    Abstract : “In the life of man, the house thrusts aside contingencies, its councils of continuity are unceasing.” (Gaston Bachelard, 1957) More than 20 cities have more than 10 millions inhabitants nowadays, and in the past few years, people have spent more time in residences (Hesam Kamalipour, 2020) finding the method to optimize the daylight without compromising spatial characteristics and human well-being is a task for architects and engineers. READ MORE