Arkitekturforskningens traditioner

The lack of understanding and co-ordination between research and practice should be sought in the interpretation of the term 'relationship human being/architecture'

Bostaden som arkitektur

The architecture of the home can be regarded as the combined result of measurable practical and functional properties and non-measurable aesthetic properties. Since the unparalleled building boom of the 1960s, our image of residential architecture has been dominated by its functional and practical aspects, and the architectural design of the home has been widely neglected. Many architects today are therefore unaware of the importance of a holistic approach to residential architecture and of the significance that non-measurable aesthetic attributes have for the home and its residents. The purpose of this thesis is to identify, describe, and analyze the non-measurable architectural properties of the home, to demonstrate the role these properties play in the home, and to describe their influence on residents, perceptions of their homes. By conceptualizing these issues, the study also intends to contribute a greater clarity to the discussion of the architectural qualities of the home. In so doing it deepens and expands the implications of several well-known, widely-used concepts. This study is based on the following questions: What are the non-measurable properties of residential architecture? How do these non-measurable properties appear in the home? What spatial variables and relationships influence our perception of these properties? What is the underlying symbolic significance of non-measurable architectural properties for residents? The analysis is based on case studies of four different apartments and on interviews with their architects and residents. The study results in the identification of seven property fields that are important to the architecture of the home: Materials and Detailing, Axiality, Enclosure, Movement, Spatial Form, Light, and Spatial Organisation. The study reveals the nature of the respective fields and shows how each appears in the home. The study concludes that these non-measurable architectural properties are essential to the overall quality of the home and particularly important in the enrichment of residents, perception of the home environment. These properties are also intimately connected with the process by which residents appropriate their homes and assign meaning to them

Utvärdering av stadsdelen Aranäs i Kungsbacka

Hur blev det sen? Alltför sällan finns det tid eller intresse för arkitekter och planerare att återvända till gjorda projekt för att undersöka hur det blev. Alla diskussioner om krav och regler, ambitionen att skapa bra bostäder och bostadsområden, mötet med de ekonomiska ramarna – hur togs det emot av de boende? Den här rapporten är ett resultat av att Utvecklingsgruppen for samhällsplanering, i Kungsbacka kommun, tog initiativ till utvecklingen av en metod för utvärderingar. Kungsbacka kommun och i synnerhet Kungsbacka stad växer snabbt och gruppen ansåg att det var viktigt att kunna utvärdera genomförda bostadsbyggnadsprojekt och ta med vunna erfarenheter till kommande projekt. Hur bygger vi en fungerande attraktiv stad och hur bygger vi den för alla och med platser där människor vill vara? Den här är en rapport om en utvärdering av Aranäs, en ny stadsdel intill Kungsbacka gamla stadskärna. Utvärderingen genomfördes 2011-2012 och omfattas av djupintervjuer och en enkät som delats ut till samtliga boende. Materialet har sedan sammanställts digitalt och presenteras i diagram, kommentarer och en sammanfattande värderos. I samband med utvärderingen har också en metod för utvärderingar tagits fram. Metoden är tänkt att användas i kommande utvärderingar av nya bostadsomraden i Kungsbacka stad. Utvärderingen är gjord av Chalmersforskarna Anna Braide Eriksson och Ola Nylander som är verksamma som doktorand respektive professor på Institutionen för Arkitektur. De har tidigare gjort bostadsundersökningar för Hyresgästföreningen och för allmännyttan i Göteborg. Arbetets resultat vänder sig till politiker och tjänsteman som jobbar med samhällsplanering, men också till fastighetsägare, byggare och boende i kommunen

EDITORS’ NOTES THE HOUSING QUESTION OF TOMORROW, 2021-3

THE HOUSING QUESTION OF TOMORROW\ua0This theme issue on housing in architecture and urban design is made up of four scientific articles and three reviews: two reviews of dissertations and one book review. The contributions present several, complementing research perspectives on the theme

DERIVE AND INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA IN DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS

Additive manufacturing has the potential to decrease the climate impact of aviation by providing more light-weight designs. Sustainability is however required to be assessed from a systemic view, including all lifecycle phases, and from a social, ecologic, and economic dimension. This is however challenging in early phase design, where also a large design space need to be explored. A case study is carried out with an aerospace company where two candidate engineering design tools are combined to address this. The integration of these two engineering tools are applied on a Turbine Rear Structure, and shows promising results in enabling a systemic view of sustainability to be integrated and assessed in early phase design space explorations of additive manufactured components. It is recommended that the integration between the two tools is further established and validated