Loneliness Preventive Design A design guidebook to tackle loneliness with community living Contact – Download Abstract – Download Booklet
Category: Building Design for Sustainability
Adaptive Capability – lengthen the lifespan of buildings already in the design phase – The aim of this thesis is to investigate approaches to design architecture prepared to easily be changed and transformed in the future to meet new circumstances with simple, cost-effective methods, and as little environmental impact as possible. This will be exemplified […]
To build with what is under our feet An exploration of the use of excavated clay for the indoor climate in Göteborg and its application. “All things come from earth and all things go back to it.“ Ménandre, 342 B.C – Greek Dramatist ABSTRACT Humanity is facing one of the most crucial challenges ever known: […]
Sustainable housing construction Modular details & typology This thesis consists of developing two aspects of a project, a building system and an adaptable layout. Here, you can see the various constructive elements that form the building system. After that, the typology is represented with an individual house, and other possible building evolution.
INTERFACES a multispecies urban habitat
Towards the industrial reuse process BY Amilia Björklund & Maja Lindborg Working towards a circular building industry is one of the prerequisites for solving the issues on large amounts of demolition waste and emissions from new construction projects. This includes the circulation and reuse of existing building materials and components. What is lacking are established […]
Redefining Quay 240 Exploring adaptive reuse of a decommissioned grain silo Deindustrialization and its consequences on the built environment are currently evident in Gothenburg. There are several obsolete industrial buildings, centrally located, lacking significant ongoing maintenance, of which the grain silo at Quay 240, Marieholm, is a clear example. A look into the studies of […]
-An architectural exploration of synergies within small scale ocean cultivation, implemented in a design proposal on Hönö. Food is a central part of our everyday lives, yet food production has never been as secluded as today. Our food systems are built on monoculture principles advocating an antagonistic view of natural forces and diversity. This result […]
CHEAPER BUT BETTER – An investigation of the interrelation betweenbuilding costs, life cycle costs, energy use, climate footprintand architectural qualities, of a small rental villa in Sweden The concept was to re-design a villa from a few selected parameters [cost, climate & architecture] & investigate how it could be made cheaper, but better. the result […]
vernacular: reinterpreted | Low-tech dwelling in Johanneberg | During the 20th century, dwelling architecture in Sweden has changed from being a product of a local building tradition, local materials and a local climate, to become a complex machinery of high-tech, high processed components, standardized for a globalized world. In this transition, the professions of architects […]