REDESIGNING COMMERCIAL PUBLIC LIFE design for urbanity beyond consumption We are facing a climate emergency, and the planet is in need of a change. It is well known that overconsumption is not only affecting us as individuals, but also the climate in a harmful way. So the aim for this master thesis began with me […]
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AGORENA Toolbox and design suggestions of what the inclusive arena of the future may look like. This thesis analyzes and discusses the social exclusion problems thatoccur with contemporary arenas. With the help of a toolbox, analysis of Gothenburg’s new arena proposals and the Athenian Agora, this thesis will present design suggestions of what the inclusive […]
FOLKSY SPACE The right to belong in the cityscape? Places tell us stories, we read them as spatial text Dovey, K. Through the built, we read stories about the spaces we move in, but also about who are to move within these spaces. We say that the city is open to all, but when we […]
The housing market is facing major challenges in terms of inequality. The Swedish housing policy has long been viewed as an instrument for social justice and well-fare. However, the housing market now face a number of challenges to which the solutions are debated among both politicians and citizens. This thesis tries to provide an accessible […]
‘Local-Non-Local’ contains our journey of re-appropriating co-creation methods for remote collaborations in community development projects, along with our reflections during the whole journey. Our thesis is divided into four main parts, each presenting a part of our process. The background and start of our journey are shared in the first chapter Beginning. Next, Act 1 […]
My Acquaintance with Eileen Gray ”Shortly before her death she burned almost all the letters and photographs that concerned her personal life. The discretion she had manifested all her personal life prevented her from leaving any traces, except in her work.” Peter Adam August 2013, I am 21 years old and a first year architecture […]
HOW PUBLIC IS PUBLIC SPACE? a cross – disciplinary study of the democratic city. Abstract For decades we have been able to follow urban cities using concepts that promote commercial interests rather than public, in their fight for attention on the global market. Using terms like “branding” or “profiling”, the focus that should be on […]
TOWARD A QUALITATIVE ARCHITECTURE A Phenomenological Study Of The Gothenburg Museum Of Art The Gothenburg Museum of Art is, after one hundred years of service presently in need of renovations and an extension. The museum’s location was and still is revealing of the city’s interest in physical representative space but also the important function and […]
Colonial pasts & possible futures In June 2020, a homemade cardboard sign was placed by the statue of Louis de Geer at the central square Gamla Torget in Norrköping, Sweden (Nygren, 2020). The sign stated the father of the Swedish slave trade, referring to how Louis de Geer, an entrepreneur and businessman from the 17th […]
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