Background Life is a practice, and throughout this life, what we have been searching for is our natural identity. Identity is actually how we perceive the world. Concept A wall, “secular” world, the perceptual world Experience enables the perception. How architecture can strengthen people’s perception through spatial experience. Journey
“To design for all the senses: start with a blindfold.” – Bruce Mau The use of all five senses in architecture has been a topic discussed for some time. In the book The Eyes of the Skin Juhani Pallasmaa argues that vision is the dominant sense used in architectural design. Pallasmaa states that this visual […]
Urban Refuge. -Design for decreasing urban stress in a dense environment. In today’s society where we are always on the move or in the middle of an activity and spend more and more time in urban environments with its noise, high density and cognitive and visual stimuli, where we are in close quarters with lots […]
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 […]
Children in our cities will account for 60% of urban dwellers by 2030 (United Nations, 2016). There is a necessity to educate an ever more increasing urbanised society about the complexity of Earth’s natural systems in order to achieve environmental and social resilience. The rapid process of urbanisation combined with climate change threatens children to […]
FÖRÜNN Å FÖRÜNN Exploring possibilities with timber buildings designed for disassemble “We see that it is possible to realize the project as a whole or large part of it “ Per Eriksson – Project manager at Kirunabostäder Read the full article published in Swedish here Traditionally, materials are found in linear production lines, which means […]
pertinent matters exploring relational practices in the process ofdesigning learning spaces with children This is an overview of the material in this thesis. A short introduction with diagrams for a visual explanation of the links within the thesis and the method itself.The five interventions are designed with steps and parameters, explained through insights. Followed by […]
LIBRARY IN MOTION Architecture, Presence & Craftsmanship ABOUT With a focus on how architecture can create presence the project is investigating movement, tactility and light in relation to materials. Increased urbanization and globalization are challenging the inclusiveness of our cities and their ability to create commonness and understanding. In the same time things turns general […]
Human impact on climate can no longer be denied, and the building industry has a large part in contributing to both increased emissions and exhaustion of natural resources. A shift in the building industry, from the current, linear economy system to a circular economy system could be one way to take greater responsibility for resource […]