Essays about: "Adaptive re-use"

Found 3 essays containing the words Adaptive re-use.

  1. 1. Adapting Snäckan 8

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Julia Thiem; [2021]
    Keywords : Adaptive Re-use; Co-Living; Alteration; Adaptation; Mixed-Use; Housing; Public Space; Dwelling; Inclusive Design; Stockholm; Klara Quarter; Snäckan; Circularity; Norrmalm Regulation;

    Abstract : “Adapting Snäckan 8” aims to investigate material and immaterial value while transforming an existing built structure. Current development plans seek to demolish and replace the existing building by a new, 10 meter wider, 4. READ MORE

  3. 2. Architecture as medicine : Rethinking care for the terminally ill

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Adam Bergendal; [2015]
    Keywords : Architecture; Adaptive re-use; Palliative care; Terminal care; Patient housing; Hospice;

    Abstract : Societies have an ethical responsibility to provide the dying with the highest possible quality of care. Yet, terminal patients are sometimes lost in a healthcare system that emphasizes procedure over the individual. This project envisions a new approach - a restructuring of the current system. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Research and Application of the Urban Organic Update Theory in Historic Conservation Districts Regeneration

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Yuan Zhou; [2012]
    Keywords : historic conservation district; Urban Organic Update Theory; urban renewal; China;

    Abstract : With urbanization happening at high-speed throughout China, the issue of how to restore vitality in a historic conservation district and to re-use these districts according to the demands of the modern city has been paid more and more attention by scholars from different fields. Nowadays, local residents and scholars focus on the problem of how to combine local history and culture, the special characteristics and traditions of an area with modern city life while keeping its historic essence. READ MORE