Essays about: "Circular architecture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words Circular architecture.

1. 1. Scaling up and down with circular economy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Ríkardur Már Ellertsson; [2024]
   Keywords : Circular economy; home ownership; design for disassembly; Flexible construction; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This project commences with a personal reflection. I, the author, find myself on the verge of completing my academic journey and embarking on the pursuit of an independent life. This involves securing employment and establishing a place to call home, with the ultimate goal of starting a family. READ MORE

3. 2. Convivial Construction

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Hannah Sheerin; [2023]
   Keywords : circular economy; material culture; the rural; collective living; contemporary vernacular;

   Abstract : This thesis sits at the relationship between an architecture, and the landscape that produces and is produced by that architecture, recognising that the way we build is often profoundly damaging to the land and its inhabitants, not only at the site of construction but across a vast network of extraction, transportation and processing. We need a new material culture that rethinks of the built environment as an extension of the wider ecosystem and social context, able to be maintained in good health through a symbiotic, seasonal and regenerative cycle of matter and energy. READ MORE

4. 3. Cultivating Community - Exploring an urban design proposal merging food production with future development for sustainable living.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Kritika Singh; [2023]
   Keywords : Circular economy; urban food production; brownfield transformation; urban sustainability; housing development; food security; urban development; architecture.; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : With the global population projected to reach eight billion by 2022, the world faces significant challenges associated with rapid urbanization. The migration of individuals from rural to urban areas in search of improved opportunities exacerbates the strain on resources, posing obstacles such as housing shortages, infrastructure demands, and food scarcity in growing cities. READ MORE

5. 4. CANS - A circular prepping system for single households

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

   Author : Sara Eggimann; [2023]
   Keywords : Crisis preparedness; organization; multifunctional; communicating; re-arrangeable; prepping; circular; cans; Technology and Engineering; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This design project proposes an innovative solution aimed at facilitating organized and democratic preparation for future crises, specifically targeting students and individuals residing in confined living spaces. The proposed solution consists of two stackable storage units designed to address this challenge. READ MORE

6. 5. Mamlets - A Sustainable Parklet Network in Malmö, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Javier Ignacio Navarro Puig; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban Recovery; Urban Transformation; Urban Mobility; Urban Sustainability; Social Sustainability; Democratic Design; Material Upcycling; Circular Economy; Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Today cities are the result of centuries of history and human development, accelerated during the past 100 years. Post-industrialization, modernism’s top-down city planning approach, and the prioritisation of motor vehicle design over humans resulted in more people moving to cities, more space needed to allocate new vehicles, expansion over rural areas, and exponential pollution growth. READ MORE