Essays about: "modernist architecture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words modernist architecture.

  1. 1. Spatializing Hospitality : A design exploration on how to provide spatial agency to immigrant households in Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Kajsa Grundström; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates how a host country can apply ethics of hospitality to housing that allow refugees and asylum seekers spatial agency. The necessity of doing this is to reduce the passive state of being “guests” for refugees when they are waiting for answers of asylum application approval. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fractal and entropy analysis of traditional and modernist building facades in street-level view : the case of Sweden’s growing cities

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Alexis Ken Cartajenas; [2023]
    Keywords : fractal dimension; information entropy; street-level view; building façade; preference matrix;

    Abstract : This study presents a quantitative analysis of traditional and modernist building facades in urban environments, focusing on the assessment of their complexity and coherence. Fractal and entropy analysis techniques were employed to objectively evaluate the differences between the two architectural styles within the preference matrix framework. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hedvig's gallery

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Amanda Landén; [2022]
    Keywords : Drottningholm; Lovön; Drottningholmsmalmen; Hedvig Eleonora; Gallery; Restaurant; Shop;

    Abstract : The architecture on Drottningholmsmalmen is protected as it is essential in understanding the function of the castle from the 16th century onwards and must be preserved as much as possible. Most buildings from the 1950s until the 21st century carry high architectural quality and is a time document that provide an understanding of Swedish modernist architecture during the 20th century. READ MORE

  5. 4. 1000 YEARS ARCHITECTURE

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

    Author : Erik Odqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Today most architecture being built has a lifespan somewhere between 60 to 120 years. In some cases less, in a few cases more. Construction of buildings is a huge consumer of both energy and resources. In the architectural field environmental sustainability are keywords in the design process. READ MORE

  6. 5. Everyday Urban Architecture : Urban blocks, building typology, architectural elements; reading into the urban form of Stockholm

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Lizaveta Shylichava; [2021]
    Keywords : everyday urban architecture; urban block; typology; architectural elements;

    Abstract : With the growing role of cities, rapid urbanization, transformation under shifting economic, environmental, social and demographic conditions, the purpose of architecture is changing too. The legacy of the modernist decades left a broken urban fabric of isolated buildings from the urban landscapes of streets, plots, and blocks. READ MORE