Essays about: "apartment block"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words apartment block.
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1. We are domesticated : The Swedish standard standardizes its users
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : 1954 in Sweden, an average was set. Research carried through by Hemmens forskningsinstitut and Byggstandardiseringen explained the Swedish inhibitors demands and wishes they had on their accommodation. God Bostad was the written attempt to describe this newly announced “Good Dwelling”. READ MORE
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2. Caring about a legacy of care: Hökarängen
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Honorable mention, degree project in architecture 2022 Beginning with the adjustment of a single room and culminating through an addition to the dwelling itself, this thesis describes the incremental development of a residential point-block in Hökarängen, a southern suburb of Stockholm. With a careful approach to alteration and addition, the project aims to build on the richness and social ambition of the neighbourhood’s original 1944 urban plan. READ MORE
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3. Housing after Corona : How a building can be designed for working from home
University essay from KTH/Byggteknik och designAbstract : In Sweden and around the world, there has been a pandemic during the years 2020 and 2021. People who have been working in offices have, to a large extent, been encouraged to work from their homes and as a result, it has been noticed that working from home has a possibility to continue after thepandemic is over. READ MORE
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4. Investigating the energy demand and supply of a residential neighborhood in Malmö
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Facing the climate change and the energy crisis, the governments are taking steps to reduce the energy use and enhance the integration of renewable energy installations. Built environment is attributed to 40% of the global energy use, and the literature indicates that integrating the local renewable energy sources to the grid and meanwhile renovating the buildings can significantly improve the energy performance of the building sector. READ MORE
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5. Live-work units in subarctic climate as a part of sustainable city development : A design proposal
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Arkitektur och vattenAbstract : Today there is a wish from building entrepreneurs to be able to have other activities than traditional commercial areas on the street level in the residential housing while keeping the open store front windows facade. Another challenge today in development of cities are partially to maintain a socially sustainable city. READ MORE