Essays about: "speculative architecture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words speculative architecture.

  1. 1. In Between the Bridge

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Barbora Havelcová; [2023]
    Keywords : bridge; modular; vertical comunity; reuse; transportational structure; speculative architecture; carless future;

    Abstract : This project is examining the possibility of reusing a space taken by a transportation structure, the Nuselský most, a bridge located in Prague, and speculates about its uses in a carless future.  A bridge structure is perceived as a connection, a shelter, or a barrier, but how can we use the space In Between the Bridge? The project is connecting future living desires with remains from the past and utilizing a structure that might become obsolete while proposing a vertical community for a post-materialistic generation oriented towards health, nature, self-realization, individualism, and sustainability, supporting social interactions in society. READ MORE

  3. 2. The realistic idea to be a dreamer : using utopias in landscape architecture to enable hope for a different future

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

    Author : Beatrice Palmquist; [2023]
    Keywords : utopian landscape architecture; hope; speculation; future; utopia; storytelling;

    Abstract : This paper investigates whether utopia can be a lens in landscape architecture to open the imagination toward possible outcomes of the future. The springboard for the subject is a call for hope as it is the main ingredient driving change in our society. While hope is a vital resource for progression, it also demands certain conditions to thrive. READ MORE

  4. 3. Parkkaraktärer : en undersökning av Slottsparken, Malmö, i vintertid

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

    Author : Klara Johansson; Lisa Jakobsson; [2023]
    Keywords : parkkaraktärer; miljöpsykologi; vintertid; hälsa; upplevelsevärden;

    Abstract : Idag spenderar vi människor alltmer tid inomhus vilket tenderar att ha negativa effekter på vår hälsa. Det är konstaterat att utomhusvistelse i all form är bra för oss människor och eftersom det naturliga dagsljuset är begränsat under vintern blir det extra viktigt att vistas ute under denna tid. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reconnecting Gävle’s Delta : a post-industrial urban transformation project for Sweden’s coastal landscape

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Rachel Murray; [2023]
    Keywords : resilience; blue-green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; flooding; brownfield development; post-industrial urban development; landscape architecture; urban planning; climate adaptation; water-sensitive urban design; urban ecology;

    Abstract : This speculative design-led research project addresses the challenges of transforming dilapidated post-industrial brownfield sites into thriving, sustainable, resilient urban neighbourhoods. Tasked with allocating urban growth, municipality planning departments increasingly look towards underused but centrally located industrial sites for future development. READ MORE

  6. 5. Tales of Machine Landscapes

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Róisin Ní Cheallacháin; [2022]
    Keywords : image making; speculative architecture; montage; storytelling; book; story; countryside; technology; automation;

    Abstract : The countryside has been long forgotten while technology is changing at a rapid pace, something we’re not stopping to consider. In this thesis I aim to catalogue the current state of the countryside and it’s near future. Something that’s right in front of us but that we currently lack the resources to realise. READ MORE