Essays about: "mass-housing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word mass-housing.

  1. 1. Against Singularity : Modernist housing estates: What went wrong and how can we fix it? Case Study of Norsborg, Botkyrka, Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Andrea Londakova; [2018]
    Keywords : urban design; modernist housing estates; miljonprogrammet; public space; redevelopment; regeneration; transformation; modernism; planning; norsborg; stockholm; sweden;

    Abstract : In my thesis I look into the case of modernist mass housing estates. They appear as a typological, functional and visual anomaly relative to the traditional urban fabric of European urban centers, as a world of its own or a city inside of a city. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Place for Play

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

    Author : Tamara Varlamova; [2018]
    Keywords : playgrounds; design for play; play space; architecture for children; mass housing; outdoor spaces; Russia; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Architects not so often focus on playgrounds. Indeed, it is a huge field, full of challenge and curiosity. The aim of this work is to design a playground, that would encourage children to stay outdoors enjoying the most interesting forms of play. READ MORE

  4. 3. A strategy for unifying a divided city? Comparative analysis of counter-segregation policies for three deprived mass housing districts in Europe

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

    Author : Anastasiia Shotckaia; Inga Stumpp; Louise Ekman; [2017]
    Keywords : segregation; gentrification; deprived neighbourhoods; mass-housing;

    Abstract : Segregation is a common problem for many European states where mass housing areas, constructed between 1960 and 1980, now have fallen into decay and stigmatisation and face alienation from the rest of the city. The paper was aimed to investigate how city authorities could cope with downsides of segregation and, more specifically, unify segregated districts with the remainder of the city. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sidi Moumen, from terror slum to open city

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Karolina Gustavsson; Jennie Luthander; [2014]
    Keywords : mass housing; social housing; slum upgrading; urban revitalization; urban renewal; sustainable urban design; spatial planning; urban planning; radicant design;

    Abstract : Due to rural – urban migration, mass housing has become an inevitable part in the development of cities but mass housing today does not conform to the norms of sustainable urbanism. Most mass housing areas are socially isolated, culturally inappropriate and environmentally unsustainable. READ MORE

  6. 5. Urban transformation of Riga's microrayons. From Sustainable Urban Design Perspective. Case Study : Mezciems

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Jomante Valiulyte; [2013]
    Keywords : mass housing estates; sustainable revitalisation; microrayon; blocks of flats; urban transformation; sustainable urban design;

    Abstract : Today, almost every town in Europe has a district of mass housing estates. Especially European countries, which were in the former Soviet Union, are facing ample issues on dealing with mass housing districts, which cover a great part of cities. Most of them are in a critical condition and in necessary need of renovation. READ MORE