Essays about: "Architects without Borders"

Found 3 essays containing the words Architects without Borders.

  1. 1. Wastescape Bhubaneswar & Cuttack

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Oskar Gudéhn; Linda Ringqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : Bhubaneswar; Cuttack; Odisha; Waste; Waste Management; Architecture; sustainable studies; critical studies; Urban Planning; Formal; Informal; Minor Field Study; MFS; Architects without Borders; ASF; SPARC; UDRC; KKPKP; waste picker; godown; Mahila Milan; India; Rammed Earth; Mud; Bamboo; ANT; recycling; composting; biogas; landfill; slum; slum upgrading; interview; documentation; sketches; holistic; bottom up; social sustainability; economic sustainability; ecological sustainability;

    Abstract : This project is a study of the wastescape - a network of waste - of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in Odisha, India.  The study incorporates key locations, e.g. landfills, urban wastelands and waste warehouses; major actors in the formal and informal waste sector; and flows of waste through economic and social systems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Breaking the habitual : ett gestaltningsförslag för Hagebys nya aktivitetscentrum

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

    Author : Sofia Didrik; Katja Andersson Teleman; [2014]
    Keywords : aktivitetscentrum; aktivitetsyta; jämlik planering; jämställd planering; jämlik design; jämställd design; intersektionalitet; genusperspektiv; Actor Network Theory; Idrott utan gränser; Arkitekter utan gränser;

    Abstract : Utifrån rapporter från bl.a. Riksidrottsförbundet (2007) går det att fastställa att aktivitetsytor som planeras för barn och unga idag inte används jämlikt. Dagens planering tenderar att gynna killar i högre utsträckning än tjejer. READ MORE

  4. 3. English Arts and Crafts gardens and how they can be modernised in Sweden

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

    Author : Kristina Nygren; [2012]
    Keywords : Arts and Crafts movement; sustainable garden; Hidcote Manor; Sissinghurst Castle; Ulla Molin; Ulf Nordfjell; Garden Design; modernisation; hållbar trädgård; trädgårdsgestaltning; modernisering;

    Abstract : The aim with this thesis was to investigate what characterises an English Arts and Crafts garden how they could be modernised in Sweden. My research was limited to 20 weeks of full-time writing and worth 30 ECTS. Through literature studies, interviews and site visits I could analyse my findings which resulted in a concrete garden design project. READ MORE