Category: Housing

problem statement The climate crisis demands us to change our way of living. We need to lower our ecological footprint drastically in the near future. Building industry contributes to almost a third of global CO2 emissions. What we build in the future need to adapt to new sustainability goals and have a lower environmental impact.  […]

Integration Through Affordability // Exploring inclusionary housing strategies in New York City and Gothenburg, Sweden // Inclusionary housing policies require or incentivize developers of market-rate housing to also produce or fund units that are affordable to people with low incomes. Calavita and Mallach (2010) trace the seeds of inclusionary housing to the U.S. civil rights […]

THE BALANCED CITY Rethinking the Apartment to Provide Families with an Alternative to the Single-Family Home in the Suburbs The balanced city is one that is valued not only for new forms of productivity… or for the consumption of exciting leisure amenities…, but also for an infrastructure which facilitates reproduction tasks, children’s culture and family […]

Swedish Grace 100 Years The construction industry, including architects, face a big challenge when it comes to sustainability. A part of the challenge is to build long-lasting architecture, that can stand the test of time and offer a high level of architectural qualities. The thesis aims to increase knowledge about long-lasting architecture through a case […]

There are many factors that indicates that the future cities are facing a major structural change in its urban design. The changing climate, increased urbanization and lacking resources are some elements that demands more of our future urban cities. An increasing global population and a worldwide growing urbanization has raised the question about the future […]