A Swedish Prison // The construction of a prison is an endeavour which seldom sets out to manifest architectural beauty or comfort. Instead, prison design has historically focused on resolving issues of security and logistics as well as to materialise a kind of punishment and discipline in a society. From the outside, the prison demonstrates […]
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Karl Åhlund
BREAK A post-digital exploration of the cleaving of timber. The focus of this thesis lies on the exploration of cleaved timber as a material and the creation of a process of working between the physical and dig-ital. Different methodologies are explored and developed by working with both physical and digital representative models of cleaving. By […]
Textile Wood -a material exploration of hybrids of textile and wood in architecture. This is a thesis that challenge the idea of how textiles are used in architecture by investigating different ways of using textiles in combination with wood to form hybrid material system that can be applicable in architectural design. It investigates its material […]
Jamming Structures: Aggregations of Construction and Demolition Waste Transforming over Time In 2012, construction and demolition (C&D) waste accounted for half of all the global waste that ended up in landfills. It is well-documented that materials used in the building process have a harmful impact on the environment. Most of the building waste ends up […]
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Johanna Dahlberg
PRETTY BORING An exploration in a leftover space Every city has them. The in-between boring places. They are not defined and usually unappealing. When in correlation with a defined space, such as a transportation hub, that also happens to be unappealing, you get a mix of boredom and stress. But what defines boring architecture? It is […]
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Huizhong Cao
RENEWAL MONUMENT From the circular strategies to heritage renovation Circular economy It is inevitable to judge the growth economy from two sides. On the one hand, it boosts economic growth, but on the other hand, the wealth gap, material exhaustion, and waste pollution have been even more severe than the surface prosperity. The linear economy […]
Nobel Center, Stadsgårdskajen An exploration of the spatial and expressive identity of the Nobel Prize in the form of a public building The Nobel Prize has, since its birth in the beginning of last century, grown to become a vital part of our culture, not only in Sweden, but also in the world. On the […]
ENCLOSED / the barn and the yard Looking back in history on the countryside, the barn with its simple and humble shape has always inspired me. It shows itself in various assemblies and sizes, the exterior has an anonymous expression with harmonious proportions while the interior is often captivating with a bare structure, and a […]