Essays about: "Rural renewal"

Showing result 21 - 24 of 24 essays containing the words Rural renewal.

  1. 21. Vasaparkens nya kläder : en studie av ett förnyelseprojekt i förhållande till platsens historia

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

    Author : Sara Brundin; [2011]
    Keywords : Vasaparken; fri förnyelse; förnyelseprojekt; parkhistoria; stadspark;

    Abstract : In 2007 the project with the renewal of the Vasa Park in Stockholm won the Siena Prize. The architects responsible for the project described how they aimed for upgrading the park within its historical framework. READ MORE

  3. 22. Layers of land : the palimpsest concept in relation to landscape architecture

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

    Author : Lovisa Kjerrgren; [2011]
    Keywords : strata; layering; superimposition; urban development; brownfield renewal; landscape urbanism; urban design; landscape process; urban morphology; landscape analysis; design tool;

    Abstract : This paper researches how the palimpsest concept is used in relation to landscape, and how it can function as a tool within landscape architecture. Palimpsest originally refers to old parchment handwritings, where new text has been applied on top of effaced, but still discernable, earlier writing. READ MORE

  4. 23. Stjärnhusen i Gröndal : bevara och förnya stjärnhusens innergårdar

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

    Author : Ylva Kjellin; [2008]
    Keywords : stjärnhus; Gröndal; Friberg; Backström; Reinius; Hermelin; innergårdar;

    Abstract : It is sixty years since Sweden's first star-shaped housing estate was built in Gröndal, a suburb of Stockholm. Olle Engkvist, the building contractor, was the driving force behind the residential area and it was designed by architects Sven Backström and Leif Reinius. READ MORE

  5. 24. En bra plats för lek : kreativ och tillgänglig lekplats i Hedemora

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

    Author : Jenny Eriksson; [2008]
    Keywords : lek; lekplats; lekplatser; naturlek; handikapp; tillgänglighet; funktionshinder; kreativ; lekmiljö; hedemora; barn; utemiljö; landskapsarkitektur;

    Abstract : For an outdoor environment to function optimally as a playarea requires that it is flexible, that is, contains places and elements that give room for the imagination and for own interpetretations, and also that the children in some way can influence and change their surroundings. It is also important to have variety, both in the sense that the playground has a unique character that distinguishes it from other places, and that it allows many different games and activities. READ MORE