Sökning: "Architecture and building"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 362 avhandlingar innehållade orden Architecture and building.
1. Early Stage Architectural Design Practice Perspectives on Life Cycle Building Performance Assessment
Sammanfattning : Architectural practitioners can avoid negative social and environmental impacts of new construction by making decisions supported by impact quantification during design processes. However, most software tools developed for such quantification see little use in practice, especially in early design stages when decisions have the greatest influence. LÄS MER
2. Arkitektur och motstånd : Om sökandet efter alternativ i svensk arkitektur 1970-1980
Sammanfattning : At the onset of the 1970s Swedish architecture showed noticeable signs of crisis, with failing confidence in architects and a general distrust in the future of architecture. Functionalism, the dominating architectural paradigm, was the root of the situation and the centre of contemporary debate. LÄS MER
3. Architecture and Ageing : On the Interaction between Frail Older People and the Built Environment
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis deals with the type of architecture that materializes when age-related problems become a long-term condition (LTC) and gradually restrain the individual’s ability to perform activities in daily life (ADL). Their life situation necessitates a support from relatives or municipal eldercare staff in order for them to continue to participate in everyday living. LÄS MER
4. HEALTH PROMOTION AND HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE - Conceptualizations of Health Promotion in relation to Healthcare Building Design
Sammanfattning : Background: Today's healthcare system is under development and reorienting and adapting to embrace a person centred and holistic perspective on health, including a focus on health promotion. This reorientation results in changes in the healthcare models, processes as well as it sets new requirements for healthcare building design. LÄS MER
5. Energy Efficiency and Preservation in Our Cultural Heritage : EEPOCH
Sammanfattning : The project EEPOCH concerns our built heritage and the complex set of problems that exist between energy efficiency and preservation perspectives. New legislation demanding efficient energy use is predicated on the documented potential of energy efficiency on both national and international levels. LÄS MER