Essays about: "Urban Redevelopment"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 63 essays containing the words Urban Redevelopment.

  1. 31. Transforming Nyhamnen : using evolutionary design as a tool for developing flood adapted urban spaces

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

    Author : Elin Karlsson; Elin Skagerling; [2017]
    Keywords : flooding; stormwater management; Nyhamnen; harbour redevelopment; cloudbursts; sea level rise; climate change;

    Abstract : This master’s project aims at investigating how an evolutionary rather than static approach to design can be applied to harbour areas undergoing urban redevelopment. More specifically, this approach is used as a tool for developing a step-by-step design that is able to manage flooding from cloudbursts or a rise of sea level throughout different phases of an urban redevelopment process. READ MORE

  3. 32. Wind Unwind

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Maëlle Ducreux; [2017]
    Keywords : wind; microclimate; design; energy; waterfront; turbines; sustainable; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Wind turbines are most commonly located in remote areas to harness strong and constant winds, however, with the current growing rate of urbanisation, producing clean energy within the city closer to consumers is becoming crucial. Research has shown that the urban morphology has a strong capacity to influence air flow and ‘street canyons’ have the potential to channel the wind towards turbines in the urban scale. READ MORE

  4. 33. The Participatory Designer as an Interdisciplinary Actor in the Process of Urban Planning

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Hannah Weiser; [2017]
    Keywords : participatory Urban Planning; Participatory Design; Interaction Design;

    Abstract : This thesis examines participatory Urban Planning as an emerging application area for Participatory Design. Through testing and analysis traditional methods and concepts from Interaction and Participatory Design demonstrate how Participatory Design can contribute to current practices within participatory Urban Planning. READ MORE

  5. 34. Musikarrangemang som hållbarhetsstrategi i Lindängen : projekt och processer i den urbana områdesutvecklingen

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

    Author : Anna Sommardal; [2017]
    Keywords : medborgardeltagande; samverkan; projektprocesser; områdesutveckling; social hållbarhet; socialt kapital; kultur; pianon; musik; Lindängen; Lindängenstyle; boundary objects;

    Abstract : Denna masteruppsats bygger på en fallstudie av ett samskapande musikprojekt som genomfördes våren 2016 i ett bostadsområde av lokala aktörer och boende, tillsammans med uppsatsförfattaren. Lindängen, platsen där projektet ägde rum är ett miljonprogramsområde i utkanten av Malmö, med en ung befolkning och problematik som segregering och social exklusion. READ MORE

  6. 35. A New Model For Food Production in the Stockholm Slaughterhouse District

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Brian Faitt; [2016]
    Keywords : Food Production; Sustainability; Slaughterhouse; Mixed-Use; Food Cluster; Urban Farming; Urban Greenhouse; Double Leaf Facade;

    Abstract : As the Stockholm Slaughterhouse district is being examined for future redevelopment to include mixed-use housing, this project explores new possibilities and relationships dealing with current issues surrounding food and its presence in the city by combining those two prime functions. ... READ MORE