Essays about: "Café"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 86 essays containing the word Café.
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6. "The café-chain appears as a corpse-maggot hatching when culture dies" : Agency and meaning in an Espresso House coffee-shop
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenAbstract : This paper explores the terms placelessness (Relph 1976) and Private Owned Public Space (Arefi 1999; Németh, 2009) through a case study of one coffee-shop belonging to the chain Espresso House. This Espresso House shop is made to be conform and homogenous which according to the theory of placelessness makes it devoid of meaning. READ MORE
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7. Meeting point - Kvicksund
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Kvicksund is located in north west Eskilstuna and is an area with very unique conditions. It's an area that is both divided by the lake Mälaren but also by two municipalities: Västerås in the north and Eskilstuna in the south. In this area you are surrounded by nature while still having access to communications such as trains. READ MORE
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8. House of the Footbridge
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : BACKGROUNDThe new footbridge is located a short walk from the medieval city center in Arboga. The idea of a pedestrian overcrossing was a result of a group project during the fall semester; a solution that reactualizes the creek Arbogaån which lost its role as a vital social function for the industries when the canal was built in the 17th century. READ MORE
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9. Chasing the Unattainable: Manifestations of Desire in Selected Novels by Carson McCullers
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : The American author Carson McCullers’s often non-normative fictional characters typically desire something they cannot have and thus a pattern of nonreciprocal love and desire permeate much of her work. Earlier scholarship on her fiction has focused on themes of isolation as well as the element of symbolism but also psychological approaches including Freudian and Jungian perspectives have been taken. READ MORE
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10. Reol
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Kvicksund can attract with exceptional proximity to Lake Mälaren with its long shorelines. Even so, access is still beyond the reach of most people. Just to the south of Kvicksundsbron, below the train station and in the heart of the community, I have therefore chosen to place my project. READ MORE