Essays about: "multi-storey housing"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words multi-storey housing.

  1. 6. Sunspace design solutions based on daylight performance in a multi-storey residential building.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign

    Author : Stephanie Jenny Angeraini; [2016]
    Keywords : sunspace; design solutions; daylighting; urban-farming; residential; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : With the development of low energy buildings in Northern European countries, conflicts regarding balancing daylight and energy performances in buildings arise. Therefore, design solutions that balance daylight and energy performances in buildings are needed. READ MORE

  3. 7. An assessment of public procurement of timber buildings : a multi-level perspective of change dynamics within the Swedish construction sector

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Erik Ingmar; [2015]
    Keywords : multi-level perspective; socio-technical transitions; multi-storey housing; timber building; industrial building; sustainability transitions;

    Abstract : The construction and use of buildings in the EU accounts for half of the EU’s extracted materials and energy consumptions, and a third of greenhouse gas emissions. In the past decade, the construction sector has responded to such concerns by focusing on post production energy efficiency. READ MORE

  4. 8. Urbanization and Density in Zanzibar - Recommendations for Sustainable Urban Development from Swahili Houses to Apartment Houses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningar i Helsingborg

    Author : Anders Björn Mattsson; Mattias Jansson Möllerström; [2014]
    Keywords : urbanization; density; sustainable housing development; swahili house; zanzibar; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Urbanization and Density in Zanzibar - Recommendations for Sustainable Urban Development from Swahili houses to low-rise multi-storey houses. The rapid urbanization process in Africa is a major challenge for politicians, urban planners and society in general. The archipelago of Zanzibar in Tanzania is in the middle of this process. READ MORE

  5. 9. Gendered spaces : a socio-spatial study in the informal settlement Dharavi in Mumbai

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

    Author : Helena Ohlsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Slum; informal settlements; urban planning; use of space; gender; urban form; hierarchy of spaces; gender-sensitive urban design; India; Dharavi.;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the relation between built form and sociocultural relationships with Dharavi in Mumbai as a case. The study explores gender segregation and the relation between use of space and urban form and in what way the built structure and its functions influence the everyday life. READ MORE

  6. 10. IN_SITU - An investigation of functions and future strategies for Leprosy Colony

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Johanna Bratel; Stina Hellqvist; [2011]
    Keywords : Bangalore; enabling strategies; gentrification; India; integration; landscape architecture; slum upgrading;

    Abstract : The world is urbanizing and many cities in developing countriesare unable to accommodate the masses of new city residents.Slums are an immediate response to this process, and in Indiaover 50% of the urban population lives in slums. READ MORE