LOST POTENTIAL This project is an eploration of how a rooftop can be retrofitted with focus on biodiversity in the urban environment When we are urbanizing and densifying the city we push away nature and the important role it has. At the same time around 40 – 50 % of the impermeable area in the […]
Loneliness Preventive Design A design guidebook to tackle loneliness with community living Contact – Download Abstract – Download Booklet
GOD TO SUNYATA – Transform a Christian Chapel into a Buddhist-aura Gathering Space Nowadays, religion is out of public view. It is generally regarded as irrational doctrines or superficial stereotypes of spirituality. However, theology is right at the core of soulless modernity (Weber, 1930). So does it to modern architecture. This thesis is not only […]
Research Question How to avoid further transmission of virus in residence and still keep the dwellers’ satisfaction to life in their work/study from home period? Abstract During the pandemic of Covid-19, the residential building is a critical part of the quarantine life, where people stay in for the longest time. The frequent close contact within […]
Post-Pandemic Living Housing Design for Possible New Residence Mode The outbreak of COVID-19 since January 2020 makes a tremendous shift on people’s life and behavior. With the rapid change due to the global disease, enormous attentions on the importance of domestic space are raised again since everyone is spending extremely much more time, or even […]
How can the understanding of the pedestrian movements in our cities support the design of architecture and public space in the strive for cities made for people? How do we design architecture and public space that is shaped by the pedestrian movements in our cities rather than the other way around? Can pedestrian movements shape […]
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 […]
Tracing forward Exploring the interplay of a historical landmark and the new material world In times of change driven by contemporary concerns, the question of how to relate to the existing naturally arises. It has long been present in the architectural debate and in recent times the focus has increasingly shifted to creating the new […]
Degrowth for Regrowth – Speculative scenarios in a fossil-free future “‘Degrowth’ […], “la décroissance” in French or “la decrescita” in Italian refers to a river going back to its normal flow after a disastrous flood.” – degrowth.org PURPOSE This thesis focuses on a break from the current line of action in sustainable development, andquestions the notion of economic growth […]
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 […]