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1. Repurposing cultural heritage: Design proposal for the Olympic Rowing stadium in Helsinki
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : A network of functionalist buildings and stadiums was originally designed for the 1940 Olympic games in Helsinki. Among these structures was the Rowing Stadium, which hosted the kayaking competition in 1952 after the games were postponed due to World War II. (Malmberg et al. READ MORE
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2. Testing a contemplative landscape method to design a stress-reducing therapeutic landscape for the Mellanorrlands Hospice
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This thesis explores the effectiveness of the Contemplative Landscape Method (CLM) in designing a stress-reducing therapeutic landscape for Mellanorrlands Hospice, aimed at improving the well-being of palliative care patients. With the increasing importance of palliative care due to an ageing population and the growing demand for hospice services, this study addresses the pressing need for therapeutic landscapes that make a positive contribution to the emotional and psychological health of patients and staff. READ MORE
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3. Incorporating Environmental Psychology in Architectural Design Processes : creation of a Translation Tool based on Affordances
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : Considering the enormous investment society makes in developing and shaping the built environment, and the huge impacts that buildings have on people’s health and well-being, there is an urgent need to better understand how to design buildings for human welfare. In the realm of architectural practice, designers are increasingly met with demands to present evidence of how their designs perform from a user perspective. READ MORE
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4. Re-design and usability improvement of Arvue : an AR application displaying house models in their real context
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronikAbstract : Building your own house may be the biggest decision and greatest investment of your life, which calls for an informed decision regarding the house design. However, two-dimensional drawings may lack external context and might, for untrained eyes, not communicate how the house will look on its intended site. READ MORE
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5. Evaluating Connectivity for RabbitMQ stream clients in front of Load Balancers
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : Message brokers play a crucial role in decoupling senders and receivers within distributed systems. In some scenarios, it is necessary to distribute a message broker across multiple nodes to form a cluster. To ensure even and fair distribution of client requests across nodes, load balancers are commonly employed in front of the cluster. READ MORE