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  1. 1. Decolonizing architecture in Africa

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

    Author : Emaelaf Tebikew Yalew; [2023]
    Keywords : Decolonizing architecture; vernacular architecture; African architecture; co-working; Kenya; architecture; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : For many cultures, architecture represents more than just physical structures. It signifies culture, affiliation, and ownership within a specific society. READ MORE

  3. 2. Convivial Construction

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Hannah Sheerin; [2023]
    Keywords : circular economy; material culture; the rural; collective living; contemporary vernacular;

    Abstract : This thesis sits at the relationship between an architecture, and the landscape that produces and is produced by that architecture, recognising that the way we build is often profoundly damaging to the land and its inhabitants, not only at the site of construction but across a vast network of extraction, transportation and processing. We need a new material culture that rethinks of the built environment as an extension of the wider ecosystem and social context, able to be maintained in good health through a symbiotic, seasonal and regenerative cycle of matter and energy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Informal - Informal architecture of South and Central America

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Andrea Jean Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Vernacular; architecture; South America; Central America;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to address the topic of informal vernacular architecture in a focal group of chosen villages in South and Central America. With the goal to represent their informal architecture and its connection to identity, culture, and sustainability. READ MORE

  5. 4. "Undantaget": Reinterpreting (a) dwelling for (an) elderly

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Emmie Olson; [2023]
    Keywords : dwelling; housing; elderly; timber; wood; vernacular; post-and-plank; Halland;

    Abstract : In the upcoming years, the proportion of elderly within the population will increase significantly (SCB, Socialstyrelsen). The share of aged is already, and will increasingly be, noticeably higher in municipalities on the countryside compared to in the cities. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Seamless City : female textile workers in the urban fabric of Malmö

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

    Author : Sara Saleh; [2022]
    Keywords : textile industry; autoethnography; industrial landscape; Malmö strumpfabrik AB; Marabou; recreation; factory workers; architecture; urban planning; site analysis; urban history; Malmö; Sundbyberg; landscape architecture; industrial development;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the historical presence of female textile industry workers can be envisaged in the urban landscape of Malmö. With the background of Malmö’s urban history and transformation from an industrial town to a “City of Knowledge”, and an autoethnographic method based on a framework of Critical Normativity, two case studies are performed. READ MORE