Essays about: "Trixie Lindkvist"

Found 2 essays containing the words Trixie Lindkvist.

  1. 1. Brick Recuperation

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Trixie Lindkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : craftsmanship; reclaimed brick; brick; college; bricklaying;

    Abstract : Recuperation means “regaining something lost or taken” and this has been the main focus of my thesis – essentially reclaiming discarded bricks and educating future bricklayers to work with reclaimed materials. How can the status of craftsmanship be raised through architecture and the processes of crafts be made visible? What opportunities can our current brick stock pose and can derelict buildings be seen as a material bank? My proposal is a bricklaying ”folkhögskola” in Henriksbergshamnen, southwest of central Stockholm, parts laid brick by brick by the students themselves in collaboration with local carpenters. READ MORE

  2. 2. Gnesta Community Center

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Trixie Lindkvist; [2019]
    Keywords : Gnesta; medborgarhus;

    Abstract : The proposal presents an idea of Gnesta Community Center as a supportive addition to the town contributing space for convergence of cultural life, political discussions and festive gatherings. By allowing the buildings' activities to spill across borders and into the city space important connections to the inhabitants of Gnesta are created and the building is allowed to function as a natural meeting place. READ MORE