download full thesis download abstract abstract METHOD THE vertical city ELEVATEA Proposal for Timber Skyscrapers as a Vertical City Tutor: Jonas LundbergExaminer: Kengo Skorick Chalmers University of TechnologyDepartment of Architecture and Civil EngineeringMaster’s Thesis in Architecture and Urban DesignMPARC ACEx35 ‘Material Turn’ Contact: gurovadk@gmail.com© 2020 Katerina Gurova
Back To Earth The genuine, robust and honest materials of architecture is concrete, masonry and wood. That is what we have for a long time assumed and seen as the building blocks on which long-term and lasting architecture rests. The aim of this master thesis project is to expand and challenge the material palette of […]
We humans are affected by our surrounding. Both by the built and the natural environment. Many people experience stress in their daily lives today. This problem might not be solved by architecture alone, but what we can do is to create spaces where people have a chance to slow down and let their mind wander. […]
ARCHITECTURE DESTROYS NATURE? rebuilding the human-nature connection Does architecture destroy nature? According to the United Nations, about 60 percent of the world population is soon to be expected to reside in urban environments. This unprecedented development does not only drive forward the urbanization of rural areas but also the densification of cities. A progression that […]
Abstract Tourism has become one of the fastest growing industries in the world and it is strongly valuable in the socio-economic sector. The demand for a more sustainable tourism is therefore crucial. Short time residence for people to rent for a shorter or longer period of time, that support ecotourism and attract visitors during all […]
IDLE SPACES FOR PAUSE IN A SOCIETY PACED BY CAPITALISM SUBTRACTION Carving is used both as a definitive method to regain and preserve the diminishing amount of vacant spaces in London and as a way to promote idleness in the built environment. The vacant spaces occur as investment properties lay fallow, thus the act of […]
ECOBLOCK Transforming a large scale housing block into an urban ecovillage. ABSTRACT [.pdf] BOOKLET [.pdf] BACKGROUND This thesis was based on my interest in exploring how an urban ecovillage can be designed in a densely populated Swedish city. In addition, I wanted to work with issues of housing shortages, sustainable construction, reduced household consumption, and […]
What is the spirit of the thing
Commodifying Decay This thesis is concerned with the seemingly vacant, abandoned and disused structures that are facing re-development and re-integration into the city, based solemnly on its current inhabitation of sub-cultures. Fractured in the urban environment, the abandoned structures offer a new outlook on cultural formation and development by becoming a place of socio-cultural spatial […]