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Lim, Yihyun. "Slow urban living apartments : transformation of five story walk-up apartments in Seoul." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87544.
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Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 115).
Experiential living is the new trend for future living. Whether it is through living in micro spaces, flexible units, mixed-use developments, practicing urban farming, or sharing lifestyles, these different trends of living intersects at the overlapping theme of experiential living. At the same time, Seoul is facing a final wave of 'retirement age' of the first generation of post-war urban housing apartments. Instead of the typical scrap-and-build urban renewal method (the culprit of the formation of 'apartment city', with over 60% of housing stock as apartments), is there an alternate method of urban redevelopment? This thesis investigates idea of small-scale urban renewal by integrating the idea of 'experiential slow living' in the existing low-rise, enclosed apartment community. Can this idea of transforming the ground level experience with slow food (productive landscapes) and slow craft (mixed-use living and shared spaces) become the alternative model for urban renewal that can be practiced throughout the city of apartments?
by Yihyun Lim.
M. Arch.
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Mangenaki, Anastassia. "Post functionalist apartment buildings and urban design." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65490.
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Lee, SeungJu. "Layers for communition: low-rise, high density apartments in-between urban and suburban." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35449.
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Housing is one of the most fundamental subjects of architecture, not just for the basic purpose of shelter, but for the place where vitality can be transcended to the people living in them.
'Housing' rather than 'house' marks the intersection between architecture and urban design and the simultaneous existence of the individual and collective. Housing is also a form of material culture. As such, it cannot be understood without studying the cultural and economic conditions of its production. - Rem Koolhaas, 'Conversations with students'
With the gradual change in family structure, housing accommodations would be smaller as the family size reduces, however, common open space and active recreation of all types would be enlarged.
This would be a greater opportunity to integrate urban with suburban environments - the town's cultural and employment opportunities would be within easy access to the countryside and to nature.
"Architecture is an art filled with contradictions. The more we learned about these contradictions in architecture, the more they translate these contradictions into an antitheses; between discipline and freedom, between technology and environment, between modernity and tradition. But....discipline sets limits to freedom, yet it is also its container, the thing that gives it form. These two elements coexist and interact." - Herman Hertzberger, 'Lessons for students in Architecture'
The meaning of space can be clarified as dualities; between public and private, light and shadow, positive and negative, horizontal and vertical, man-made and nature, and denotative and connotative. Space is transformed into characteristic place through these changes, layers and sequences of movement.
It would undoubtedly guide urban growth toward a more humane living environment which can recover community space set against stereotypical architecture.Master of Architecture
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Peters, Mario [Verfasser]. "Apartments for Workers : Social Housing, Segregation, and Stigmatization in Urban Brazil / Mario Peters." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1163023787/34.
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Jankiewicz, Phillip Michael. "In Search of Forms in the Design of an Urban Intervention." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83458.
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Urban Interventions are too often regarded by long-time inhabitants of city neighborhoods as a means to displace them from their homes to make room for expensive chain stores and exclusive residential buildings - gentrification. This view is unfortunately correct more often than not.
An intervention should instead aim to improve the physical environment, public space. It will allow equal access to all residents. The street will shift from automobile centered to people-centered. The introduction of vegetation to the urban environment in an intervention not only improves air and water quality and reduces urban heat, but offers long lasting positive effects on the general well-being of residents by providing psychological relief.
The forms that shape this urban intervention will take the above mentioned items into consideration, and in addition possess qualities that spur interactions that shape memory of the place. Undulations, extrusions that provide shade and shelter, bridging features - allow an urban scene to unfold. Careful placement of vertical planes will provide a sense of enclosure and a place for respite from the hectic activity beyond.Master of Architecture
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Butler-Bowdon, Caroline School of Planning and Urban Development Faculty of Built Environment UNSW. "Sydney apartments: the urban, cultural and design identity of the alternative dwelling 1900-2008." Awarded By:University of New South Wales. School of Planning and Urban Development, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/44495.
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This thesis argues that the significance of apartments in Sydney's urban history has not been recognised due to a cultural resistance to apartment living. This lack of acknowledgement has masked the urban, social and architectural impact of the apartment building type in Sydney's history. As an interdisciplinary reading of the development of the purpose-built apartment building in Sydney since its inception in 1900, the thesis is premised on a desire to use the apartment building as a vehicle to tell an alternative housing history to the more commonly told one of house and garden. In the process, it provides a different story of the city's development through the lens of the apartment building and challenges cultural prejudices against apartment living. The research documents the growth and changes of apartments, tracking their location, diversity of type and scale across the Sydney metropolitan region. The research analyses prototypical and generic apartment buildings in the context of the city's history. Drawing on the intersection of eras and themes as a method of critical inquiry, the thesis covers aspects of domestic debates, market, regulation, scale, demography, geography distribution, design and typology, traversing a time period of 1900 to 2008. The thesis explores the debates for and against apartment living in Sydney, emphasising the roles played by apartments in the broader discourses of Australian cultural and design history. The thesis concludes that after more than a century, the debates between apartment and cottage living continue to rage. In systematically providing a trajectory for the history of apartments from ideology to typology, this thesis establishes a place for apartments in Sydney's urban and cultural history; and simultaneously provides a deeper historical context to assist the process of better understanding and responding to the contemporary debate about high-density living and its consequences for the life of the city. Despite the size of its largely undocumented subject, this thesis demonstrates the effectiveness of its rationale: to use analysis of a specific, controversial building type to provide new insights into Sydney's urban history, ideologies and built forms.
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Bennett, Jessica. "New Zealand apartment living : developing a liveability evaluation index : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Building Science /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1242.
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Thesis (M.B.Sc.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2010.Accompanying disc (on p. 371) contains: Appendix K: NZ ALI -- Working examples: NZ ALI for existing buildings ; NZ ALI for existing buildings. Includes bibliographical references.
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Arvidsson, Jesper. "The Farm : A new urban condition." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-96699.
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The Farm is a speculative proposal for a self sustainable city block where as much food is produces as is consumed by it’s inhabitants. It is utilising the potential that arise when the greenery of farming is brought in to the cities in creating a new hybrid that blends with the city fabric with the aim of contributing to the areas multiplicity and vibrant life. The aim of the project has been that through architecture design; study the possibility to go from a throughput society, where everything we consume is produced outside of the community, to a society that produces what it consumes within the community in a cyclical integrated sustainable way. Can we produce what we consume with in a city and what happens when the production, which in this case is the cultivation of crops and plants, merge with the existing city fabric? What happens if the cultivation is combined with a traditional apartment program and what does it become? Can the programs thrive together in symbiosis or will one of the programs become a parasite of the other? How does the vast open spaces required for farming relate to the small intimate spaces suitable for living spaces? What is their interrelationship, how do they effect each other?
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Soldemyr, Niklas, and Andreas Dahlberg. "ETT GESTALTNINGSFÖRSLAG FÖR NYA BOSTÄDER GENOM VERTIKAL FÖRTÄTNING : Utifrån lämplighetsanalys för vertikal förtätning, gestaltningspriciper samt plats- och mikroklimatsanalyser." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-64404.
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Den befolkningstillväxt som sker idag skapar utmaningar för det befintliga bostadsbeståndet och vår bostadsförsörjning. För att klara tillväxten bygger vi våra städer tätare och högre vilket skapar både möjligheter och utmaningar. Ett sätt att effektivisera redan exploaterad mark kan vara att genom vertikal förtätning skapa fler bostäder på befintlig bebyggelse. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att belysa hur våningspåbyggnad i en urban miljö kan gestaltas och vilken påverkan den kan ha på mikroklimatet. För att undersöka huruvida det är lämpligt att förtäta ett utvalt objekt genomfördes en lämplighetsanalys baserat på ett tidigare examensarbete av Larsheim (2007), vilken behandlar inventering av fastighetsbestånd för vertikal förtätning. Denna metod har bearbetats i samråd med planarkitekt på Luleå kommun innan den tillämpades på det utvalda förtätningsobjektet vilket renderade i att byggnaden kunde anses lämplig att förtäta på. För att beskriva byggnaden och dess närområdes arkitektoniska karaktär utfördes en analys enligt Thiis-Evensen (1994) metod. Med hjälp av Pena och Parshalls (2001) metod ”Problem seeking” syntetiserades den arkitektoniska karaktärsanalysen tillsammans med förtätningsteori och teori om mikroklimat. Syntesen gav ett förslag till gestaltningsprogram för hur våningspåbyggnaden skulle kunna gestaltas. Examensarbetet resulterade i ett gestaltningsförslag se del 6. Gestaltningsförslaget. Påbyggnaden består av 45 lägenheter som är placerad ovanpå ett befintligt parkeringshus i Luleå, bostäderna är fördelade på tre plan vilka vilar på en förlängd pelarstomme. Påbyggnaden öppnar upp för nya möjligheter till ett attraktivt boende i innerstaden och har dessutom kvalitativa grönytor för lek och socialt umgänge samt odlingsbara ytor i ett växthus. I syfte att positivt kunna påverka de förändringar som kan ske då stadens tak bebyggs har mikroklimatsanalyser utförts utifrån faktorerna sol, vind, luftkvalitet, ljud, snö samt fenomenet ”Urban heat islands”. Analyserna som utförts har påverkat val av form och material för det i del 6. presenterade gestaltningsförslaget. Det presenterade gestaltningsförslaget bör i ytterligare steg undersökas av annan part då detta inte kunnat utföras under examensarbetets gång. Den lämplighetsanalys som testats i detta examensarbete bör valideras och utformas i närmre samarbete med intressenter och kommun för att säkerställa att rätt kriterier och tillvägagångssätt används då lämplighet för påbyggnad ska bestämmas.The current ongoing population growth creates challenges for the existing housing stock and our housing supply. To handle this population growth, our cities are being constructed higher and more densely, which creates new opportunities and challenges. One way to make use of the already exploited land could be by using the principle of vertical densification to raise the existing building height and thereby being able to create new housing opportunities. The purpose of this master thesis is to illustrate how a rooftop extension could be configured into an urban environment and what impacts this configuration might have on the microclimate for the subjected area. To study the eligibility for a densification on the selected object, a method of eligibility analysis was carried out. The method used is based on a previous degree project by Larsheim (2007), which deals with stocktaking and assessing property stocks for vertical densification. The redesigned method was before being used on the selected object for densification drafted in consultation with planning architect at Luleå municipality. The final usage of the method resulted in the building being considered suitable for densification. A site analysis was conducted with regards to the existing building and its vicinity with a method written by Thiis-Evensen (1994). The method is focused on describing the architectural nature of the site. This analysis, together with the selected theory of densification and microclimate, was synthesized using Pena and Parshall's (2001) method "Problem seeking", which rendered a suggestion of a program for how the building could be configured. This master thesis resulted in a design proposal for a rooftop extension, see part 6. Gestaltningsförslaget. The extension is located on top of an existing multistory car park building in the centre of Luleå. The rooftop extension contains 45 apartments and consists of three elevated planes that resides on an extended pillar construction. A large green open area on the inner courtyard unlocks new opportunities for an attractive accommodation in the inner city. It also give the residents a room for social play and interaction as well as the opportunity to use cultivable surfaces in a new greenhouse. A microclimate analysis was carried out based on solar, wind, air quality, sound, snow, and the phenomenon of Urban heat islands in order to positively change the impact that might occur when the city’s rooftops are being extended. The analysis carried out influenced the selection of form and material in the design stage for the design proposal presented in part 6. The design proposal presented should be further investigated by another party. The eligibility analysis conducted in this master thesis should be validated and designed in close collaboration with stakeholders and municipalities to ensure that the correct criteria and approaches are being used when the eligibility of the rooftop extension is to be determined.
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Svensson, My. "‘A Machine for Living’ : Urban Domesticity in Polish Literature and Cinema 1969–2008." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för moderna språk, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-259415.
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The aim of this dissertation is to study urban domesticity in Polish film and literature against the background of the political and social transformations that have taken place in recent decades. The study begins with the so-called belle époque of the Polish People’s Republic and the decade of Edward Gierek, continues through the political upheavals, the period of martial law, and the system transformation of 1989 and the two following decades, which have been marked by the introduction of democracy, global capitalism, consumerism etc. The primary sources consist of almost thirty literary and cinematic works from various genres covering a period of forty years – twenty before the system change, and twenty after. Their common denominator is their setting in the socialist housing projects (blokowisko). The dissertation places itself in the field of geocriticism and literary/cinematic spatiality. The object of the study is the ̒social space’ (Henri Lefebvre) of the urban home, and the main analytical frames are spatial representations and narrative space, which are viewed as important in shaping both character and plot. The analysis also draws from cultural theory by Michel Foucault, Marc Augé, Mikhail Bakhtin, Mircea Eliade, and Loïc Wacquant. The dissertation detects a shift in the representations of the urban home that indicates that the home has become more private and secluded after 1989, also suggesting that a spatial and social marginalization of the socialist housing projects has occurred. These findings are interpreted as consistent with theories in human geography on changes in the perception and experience of space due to global paradigm shifts and changes in the production system.
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Ekblad, Marie. "Urbana nomader : Likheter och ojämlikheter på en rörlig bostadsmarknad." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-229777.
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I det här examensarbetet i arkitektur analyseras en ny typ av bostäder i Stockholmsområdet: konceptboendet. Bostadstypen är skapad för en ”urban nomad”. Det är ett ord som används i marknadsföring och kan tolkas som en person som antingen reser mycket i sin yrkesverksamhet eller någon som behöver en tillfällig bostad på grund av studier eller i väntan på en lämpligare bostad. Stockholm har i dag, 2018, en stor bostadsbrist vilket skapar ett tryck på politiker att ta fram lösningar. Synen på bostaden har skiftat från att ha varit en rättighet till en lyxprodukt. Fastighetsutvecklare som Oscar Properties och Axxonen utvecklar och marknadsför premiumbostäder där hotellet är förebild och olik typer service ingår i bostadskonceptet. Det finns förändrade attityder när det gäller höga bostadshus och skyskrapor i Stockholm som ofta har lägenheter som kallas konceptboenden eller premiumbostäder. Det är viktigt att lägga märke till detta skifte i inställning eftersom det förklarar varför bostäder ser ut som de gör och vadsom driver deras design och funktion. Norra tornen vid Torsplan är exempel på premiumbostäder i höghus med inspiration från New Yorks exklusiva skyskrapor. Ett annat exempel är Tellus Towers vid telefonplan som är fylld med enrummare för unga vuxna. Där finns dramatiska utsikter och serviceanläggningar som pool och spa som säljargument. Idén om flyttkedjor motiverar byggandet av lyxlägenheter och skyskrapor i attraktiva lägen eftersom rörligheten ska göra att alla till slut kommer att få en bostad. För en förmögen målgrupp innebär rörlighet ett internationellt, hotellrumsinspirerat boende: en så kallad ”premiumbostad”. Bostadsrättsföreningen Continental Apartments erbjuder till exempel full hotellrumsservice och är dessutom beläget i de övre våningarna av Hotel Scandic Continental. För bostadslösa låginkomsttagare innebär en rörlig lösning ett boende som de kan tolerera men som i längden är otillräckligt. En tillfällig lösning som skapats på initiativ av den ideella föreningen Snabba hus är flyttbara bostäder på tidsbegränsade bygglov, avsedda för unga bostadssökande. Mellan Continental Apartments och Snabba hus finns, lite oväntat, flera likheter i hur bostäderna är planerade. Men skillnaderna är stora i användning, pris och vilka möjligheter målgrupperna har att välja sin boendesituation. Genom att jämföra renderade bilder, fotografier, ritningar och reklamtexter skildras konceptboendenas olika strategier och målgrupper. I jämförelserna av olika typer av boenden framträder en bild av en marknadsanpassad bostadsproduktion där bostaden behandlas som en livsstilsprodukt och en konsumtionsvara. Kommersialiseringen av bostäder innebär problem för de som drabbats av bostadsbristen. Lösningarna som erbjuds bostadslösa, ofta unga låginkomsttagare, är få och villkorade. Idén om att bostadsmarknaden måste få en ökad rörlighet för att fungera drabbar i stor utsträckning de som har svårast att få tillgång till en bostad genom att inskränka deras rättigheter och boendestandard. Genom att marknadsföra bostadslösningar till unga som livsstilsprodukter överskuggas det verkliga problemen med en utbredd bostadsbrist och en försenad familjebildning. Undersökningens slutsats är att marknadsföringen av konceptboenden ger en ytlig bild av bostäder och deras egentliga värde. Premiumbostädernas kvaliteter, eller brist därpå, döljs genom att erbjuda hushållsnära tjänster och inredningsdetaljer. Den ytliga inställningen till bostäder som enbart statussymboler och konsumtionsvaror gör det svårare att hävda bostaden som rättighet och som en viktig funktion för att forma samhällen. En möjlig motpol till premiumbostäderna är Stockholmshusen, ett försök från allmännyttiga bolag att skapa hyreslägenheter med hög standard men mer överkomlig hyra. Att bygga ut det allmännyttiga beståndet kan även ha en balanserande effekt på marknaden och på sikt trotsa den kommersiella bostadstrenden.In the marketing of certain types of newly-built urban homes there is an intended target group: the “urban nomad”. A luxury hotel style dominates these pictures of future dwellings and a new aesthetic has evolved in rendered images. These types of images have become so common in architectural magazines and housing ads that they often go unnoticed. Behind the pictures is an underlying idea of a flexible housing market that can create positive outcomes for the whole community. This project examines how the idea of mobility in the Stockholm housing market affects the design and marketing of architecture and the possible downsides to the commercialization of urban homes.
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Shore, Zachary S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The case for micro-apartment housing in growing urban centers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87610.
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Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2014.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-94).
Taking an analytical approach, this thesis will address how the unmet housing need of urban single-person households can be rectified by the introduction of micro-apartments. The existing housing stock has been built largely based on the needs of a historically stable demand for family housing. By 2025, the number of single households will equal the number of households containing families with children. Given the remarkable increase in single-person households over the past few decades, a significant gap has formed in the availability of properly priced housing to meet the needs of people who would prefer to live alone. This affordability gap is an opportunity for cities to take strain off of family housing, stimulate the economy, and create innovative housing types that satisfy the needs of their fastest growing demographic. With land and labor costs at an all-time high, apartments with less square footage-micro-apartments- are a viable solution to filling the supply gap for single-person households. This thesis first analyzes this mismatch between supply and demand; introduces micro-apartments as a logical approach to ease the strain on housing; evaluates barriers and alternative theories that delay the implementation of this logical solution; and finally, makes recommendations for planners and policymakers to successfully add micro-apartments to their menu of housing options. The growth in single-person households with various levels of income indicates a significant demand for small units of modest means. Micro-apartments offer the opportunity to live alone to a variety of people, including new arrivals to cities, young professionals, and people at transitional stages in life such as a recent divorcée or a young couple. By offering housing to these segments of demand, micro-apartments will implicitly lessen the strain of existing housing stock intended for families.
by Zachary Shore.
S.M. in Real Estate Development
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Friestedt, Andrew A. (Andrew Adams) 1974, and Brian J. 1971 Tusa. "The correlation between market fundamentals and apartment REIT performance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32214.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2001."September 2001."
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This paper empirically examines the correlation between apartment REIT performance (as measured by Funds from Operations, Net Operating Income, Gross Rental Revenue, Net Income, Market Capitalization and CAP Rate) and market fundamentals (as measured by weighted average rent growth, weighted average employment growth, weighted average stock growth and weighted average excess demand). The objective of this paper is to explain the variance in historical apartment REIT performance based on historical market fundamentals. Market fundamentals are broadly defined as the employment growth, population growth, stock growth and rent growth. More detailed definitions of market fundamentals are provided within the paper. Independent variables are developed from market data collected from 57 MSAs. Using these data, weighted averages are generated in order to isolate geographical effects. These independent variables are regressed against measures of financial performance of apartment REITs as of December 31, 2000. The results show that weighted average rent growth (given NREI rent data) and growth in apartment units explain 37.1% of the variance in the percent change in FFO per unit and 37.8% of the variance in the percent change in market capitalization per unit across the sample of selected apartment REITs. Furthermore, weighted average rent growth (given government rent data) does a relatively poor job of explaining the variance in the percent change in FFO per unit.
by Andrew A. Friestedt and Brina J. Tusa.
S.M.
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Mumford, Dale Matthew, and William Schein. "Rent, occupancy and performance : a case study of apartment management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75993.
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Aktuna, Zeynep. "Re-reading The Social Context Of Apartment Block Development In Istanbul: 1889-1922." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1042845/index.pdf.
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The thesis investigates the early phases of apartment block development in Istanbul, which took place in the second half of the 19th century. Apartment block development represents a unique process in Istanbul. It not only reflects the &ldquowest-oriented&rdquo
side of the Ottoman Empire but also sheds light on the transformation of urban fabric from pre-modern to modern. The emergence of apartment blocks in Istanbul, hence, does not simply imply the adoption of a &ldquo
western&rdquo
and &ldquo
modern&rdquo
life, but also reflect a spatial transformation. To clarify this unique process, the thesis studies the social and spatial aspects of apartment block development from 1889 to 1922. The study uses the Annuaire Orientals related to the years of 1889, 1893, 1896, 1910 and 1922. Through the use of the Annuaire data, it investigates on the &lsquo
social profile&rsquo
of the early apartment residents and &lsquo
spatial setting&rsquo
of apartment blocks. Doing this, the study aims to shed light on the socio-spatial differentiation behind the apartment block development.
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Carr, Daniel J. "Urban impact + aftermath Detroit : viability through connection /." PDF viewer required Home page for entire collection, 2008. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Ahmad, Sabarinah Sh. "A study on thermal comfort and energy performance of urban multistorey residential buildings in Malaysia /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe.pdf.
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Goodman, Steven E. (Steven Edward), and Peter H. Madden. "Mergers and acquisitions in the equity apartment REIT sector : a framework for selecting candidates." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11137.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-102).
by Steven E. Goodman, Peter H. Madden.
M.S.
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Tarn, I.-Tzyr 1962. "The evaluations of outdoor water estimators in apartment complexes: A Tucson case study." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277960.
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Four different methods of separating indoor and outdoor water use in apartment complexes were studied to determine which one of the estimators was the best one. The four methods follow: (1) Actual Use Method; (2) Minimum Monthly Use; (3) Appliance Monthly Use; and (4) All Indoor Water Use method. The average indoor and outdoor water use per month per apartment household of each method were calculated to compare to each other. Also, several characteristics pertaining to complex size, average rent per month per household, vacancy rate, and manager's highest education level were examined to determine their effects on the indoor and outdoor water use.
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Thomson, Christopher A. (Christopher Allan) 1963. "Pricing apartment attributes : a hedonic analysis of the Dallas/Fort Worth multifamily rental housing market." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70326.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 62).
A hedonic regression analysis is performed using data collected from 1007 multifamily properties within the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan area. A Model is estimated that is capable of a) predicting rent given certain inputs regarding the attributes of a property and b) pricing and determining the relative impact on rent of certain attributes and groups of attributes. The analysis produced significant results with important implications for valuation, design, development and acquisition/development of multifamily projects. The Model can be utilized by multifamily developers and investors to assist in optimizing configuration and investment decisions in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. The Model may also provide conceptual insight into tenant preferences applicable to other similar multifamily markets.
by Christopher A. Thomson.
S.M.
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Yin, Zixiao. "A comparative analysis of apartment REITs in US and China : an examination of challenges and opportunities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121754.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2019Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-84).
During the past 2 years, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and the push to develop more rental housing in China have drawn lots of attention. REITs are expected to provide multiple capital channels for the development of rental apartments without continuously leveraging up the real estate industry, as traditional financing methods did. The mechanism of equity REIT can help cultivate and accelerate the formation of a sustainable rental housing market in China. This thesis explores the opportunities and obstacles for REITs to work in the rental housing market in China by exploring the reasons for introducing REITs in the Chinese real estate market from a macro and historical perspective; by examining some cases of the newly issued REIT-like companies in China; and by reviewing the framework and system of REITs in US markets so as to draw lessons for China from a comparative perspective. This thesis finds that equity REITs are still very immature and are not widely accepted by mass investors in China. The thesis puts forward three suggestions for apartment REITs in China: to streamline the REIT structure and avoid excessive complexity and opacity; to promote information transparency and regulated disclosure mechanism; to encourage and protect equity REIT investors by constraining REITs from taking on too much debt. Finally, the thesis concludes that REITs, as shown by US experience, should be regarded as a great opportunity to cultivate Chinese investors' confidence in the stock market with its very simple and plain-vanilla structure. With the Chinese government's strong ambition to increase housing affordability and to deleverage the economy, we foresee continuous legislative breakthroughs and more systematic improvements in the REIT field.
by Zixiao Yin.
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M.C.P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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Overton, Alan Maxwell. "Colonial Homes: A Case Study of Community Participation Models in the Design Phase of Urban Redevelopment." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005, 2005. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-04182005-074037/unrestricted/overton%5Falan%5Fm%5F200505%5Fmast.pdf.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005.Mark Cottle, Committee Member ; Richard Dagenhart, Committee Member ; Michael A. Dobbins, Committee Chair. Includes bibliographical references.
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Cheung, Hiu Dan. "Daylighting performance assessment methods for high-rise residential buildings in a dense urban environment." access full-text online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2005. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3227493.
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Ozdemir, Nihan. "The transformation of squatter settlements into authorised apartment blocks : a case study of Ankara, Turkey." Thesis, University of Kent, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267403.
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King, Sally Anita. "Thresholds in the Urban Environment: Women and Children's Shelter." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41796.
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The premise of this thesis is to explore the transition of spaces through thresholds. This exploration begins with the urban environment and how one transitions through spaces into private spaces. In particular, this thesis addresses battered women and children and how their transition in life relates to transitional spaces. The journey began with research of precedence. However, the existence of shelters for battered women and children is relatively new. Therefore, I began at the roots of housing, community housing, monasteries, orphanages and dormitories. I also drew from my own experiences with roommates, dorm life and group situations.
This design reflects the transition of spaces and how that relates to the life of battered women and children. The site is located in Washington, DC.Master of Architecture
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Wu, Xiaoling. "Summertime urban heat island effect in high-rise high-density residential development in the inner-city of Guangzhou, China." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43223771.
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Kalinsky, Ray. "Urban microcosm." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77736.
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Over the course of time, the built environment has been a manifestation of human ideals and aspirations. Although these ideals, diverse and varied in each case, are only present in a small few of the buildings that are actually constructed, it ls my belief that they are the givers of meaning and identity to human culture and history. ln this thesis, l have created, at least on an embryonic level, an expression of my vision and dream of the coming together of human, urban life and nature.Master of Architecture
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Yang, Feng. "The effect of urban design factors on the summertime heat islands in high-rise residential quarters in inner-city Shanghai." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4284115X.
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Renganathan, Giridharan. "Urban design factors influencing outdoor temperature in high-rise high-density residential developments in the coastal zone of Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B32021148.
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Haggerty, John. "An Urban Villa." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53259.
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The title of this thesis is more a convenience than a description. It is borrowed from some recent housing projects in Berlin, which, like the project presented here, are urban structures which contain more than one residence, though seldom more than six. The project here contains four. The residences are of different sizes and spatial configurations. It is intended to be a place for individuals as well as families. It is an attempt to gather, to shelter - to provide and enrich.Master of Architecture
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Waddell, Daniel Wallace McNab. "An urban pier." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53113.
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Why is it that when we come across a pier reaching out from a coast we have a desire to walk out on to it... Could it be because a pier gives us something special a place set apart, a place to view the world...
Would it not be a wonderful thing to walk on an urban pier... past the surf of buildings... to an island of gardens... in an urban sea... to view the world a few steps closer... A place to glimpse where we are and where we could be.Master of Architecture
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White, Richard Michael. "An urban housing project." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53162.
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This thesis focuses on a few of the different possibilities for an infill housing project. The site is located in Queens, New York, adjacent to the East River. The site is an old railroad yard. The surrounding neighborhood is a mixture of commercial and residential areas. The linear axis of the site offers the possibility for a strong horizontal object for the city.Master of Architecture
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Baharuddin. "An investigation of factors affecting prediction of daylight availability in high-rise residential buildings in a high-density urban environment a case study in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43085179.
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Hunt, Andrew Ryan. "a building within a building." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32951.
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It is my proposal that unused building shells of the past serve as cocoons for the future, providing the precedence from which grows "a building within a building". The tension created between old and new encourages a didactic relationship between building and city, cognizant of the past while looking towards the future.Master of Architecture
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Foth, Marcus. "Towards a design methodology to support social networks of residents in inner-city apartment buildings." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16655/1/Marcus_Foth_Thesis.pdf.
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This PhD study is at the intersection of people, place and technology and pioneers innovative development approaches towards interactive social networking systems informed by community, social and urban studies and employs human-centred and participatory design methods.
The project delivers a greater understanding of the potential for internet-based systems to support and facilitate social networks of urban residents and the role of those networks to foster neighbourhood identity and social capital. Departing from conventional notions that regard communities as collectives, this study builds upon more contemporary interpretations of community inherent in Castells’ and Wellman’s theories of the network society and networked individualism. The thesis challenges the view that a mere re-appropriation of applications used to support dispersed virtual communities of interest is adequate to meet the place and proximity-based design requirements that community networks in urban neighbourhoods pose.
The overarching principal research aim of the study is to propose new ways of conceptualising the roles of social networks of urban residents to better inform the design of new technology facilitating urban neighbourhood developments.
Addressing this aim requires a new understanding of the roles of social networks of urban residents. The study sets out to critique the implicit theories underlying technology design in this area and to propose a more appropriate theory based on recent developments in the field and empirical findings from the study. The key research questions are:
1. What theoretical model can better represent social interaction of residents in inner-city apartment buildings?
2. How can relevant research methods be adapted to take the network qualities of social interactions into account?
3. What are the implications of a new understanding of social networks for the design of technology that supports the growth of neighbourhoods?
4. What are the implications of a new understanding of social networks for an urban architecture that supports the growth of neighbourhoods?
Within a framework of action research, the study follows a case study approach of three different inner-city residential apartment complexes in Brisbane. Research methods are mostly qualitative and ethnographic and include surveys, focus groups, participant observation and interviews, as well as participatory design.
The study delivers innovative outcomes on three levels:
1. Theoretical innovation with an analytical translation of Wellman’s notion of networked individualism and a conceptualisation of the communicative ecology model into the context of system design that supports social networks of residents in inner-city apartment buildings;
2. Methodological innovation with the presentation of Network Action Research, an addition to the action research family which pays particular attention to the network quality of social formations in communities;
3. Empirical innovation with research findings which indicate that the key factors influencing the successful design and uptake of interactive systems to support social networks in urban neighbourhoods. They include the swarming social behaviour of urban dwellers, the dynamics of their existing communicative ecology, and the serendipitous, voluntary and place-based quality of interaction between residents on the basis of choice, like-mindedness, mutual interest and support needs. Findings are presented in three parts to audiences interested in people, technology and place.
Drawing on social, urban and computer sciences, this research project delivers insights which will assist efforts to facilitate urban neighbourhood community building with new media and network ICTs. Understanding the issues and challenges as well as opportunities and strengths in forming a local meshwork of social networks will help Australians negotiate the complex web of daily choices, access a greater social safety net, and participate in the socio-cultural and socio-economic life of their city. This in turn will contribute to greater social inclusion, urban sustainability and healthier local economies.
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Foth, Marcus. "Towards a design methodology to support social networks of residents in inner-city apartment buildings." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16655/.
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This PhD study is at the intersection of people, place and technology and pioneers innovative development approaches towards interactive social networking systems informed by community, social and urban studies and employs human-centred and participatory design methods.
The project delivers a greater understanding of the potential for internet-based systems to support and facilitate social networks of urban residents and the role of those networks to foster neighbourhood identity and social capital. Departing from conventional notions that regard communities as collectives, this study builds upon more contemporary interpretations of community inherent in Castells’ and Wellman’s theories of the network society and networked individualism. The thesis challenges the view that a mere re-appropriation of applications used to support dispersed virtual communities of interest is adequate to meet the place and proximity-based design requirements that community networks in urban neighbourhoods pose.
The overarching principal research aim of the study is to propose new ways of conceptualising the roles of social networks of urban residents to better inform the design of new technology facilitating urban neighbourhood developments.
Addressing this aim requires a new understanding of the roles of social networks of urban residents. The study sets out to critique the implicit theories underlying technology design in this area and to propose a more appropriate theory based on recent developments in the field and empirical findings from the study. The key research questions are:
1. What theoretical model can better represent social interaction of residents in inner-city apartment buildings?
2. How can relevant research methods be adapted to take the network qualities of social interactions into account?
3. What are the implications of a new understanding of social networks for the design of technology that supports the growth of neighbourhoods?
4. What are the implications of a new understanding of social networks for an urban architecture that supports the growth of neighbourhoods?
Within a framework of action research, the study follows a case study approach of three different inner-city residential apartment complexes in Brisbane. Research methods are mostly qualitative and ethnographic and include surveys, focus groups, participant observation and interviews, as well as participatory design.
The study delivers innovative outcomes on three levels:
1. Theoretical innovation with an analytical translation of Wellman’s notion of networked individualism and a conceptualisation of the communicative ecology model into the context of system design that supports social networks of residents in inner-city apartment buildings;
2. Methodological innovation with the presentation of Network Action Research, an addition to the action research family which pays particular attention to the network quality of social formations in communities;
3. Empirical innovation with research findings which indicate that the key factors influencing the successful design and uptake of interactive systems to support social networks in urban neighbourhoods. They include the swarming social behaviour of urban dwellers, the dynamics of their existing communicative ecology, and the serendipitous, voluntary and place-based quality of interaction between residents on the basis of choice, like-mindedness, mutual interest and support needs. Findings are presented in three parts to audiences interested in people, technology and place.
Drawing on social, urban and computer sciences, this research project delivers insights which will assist efforts to facilitate urban neighbourhood community building with new media and network ICTs. Understanding the issues and challenges as well as opportunities and strengths in forming a local meshwork of social networks will help Australians negotiate the complex web of daily choices, access a greater social safety net, and participate in the socio-cultural and socio-economic life of their city. This in turn will contribute to greater social inclusion, urban sustainability and healthier local economies.
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Qu, Xiao Yu. "Residents' Behavior in Room Use in Chinese Urban Apartment Houses: Case Studies on Elderly Couples and One-Child Families." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/126800.
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Yang, Feng, and 楊峰. "The effect of urban design factors on the summertime heat islands in high-rise residential quarters in inner-city Shanghai." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210316.
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Wu, Xiaoling, and 吳小玲. "Summertime urban heat island effect in high-rise high-density residential development in the inner-city of Guangzhou, China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43223771.
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Schrippe, Patrícia. "MODELAGEM DE DIMENSÕES DA QUALIDADE DE APARTAMENTOS VIA TEORIA DE RESPOSTA AO ITEM E TEORIA CLÁSSICA DE TESTES." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/8342.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThis dissertation aims to analyze the items and dimensions of quality related to apartments in the city of Santa Maria / RS. It is underlined that quality investigated comes to compliance with the characteristics required by customers. About the methodological proceedings, 39 characteristics of location qualities, position and typological were listed according to the bibliography and sequentially reviewed by the real estate agencies. Subsequently, on the real estate agencies, data were collected of 500 apartments sold on 04/01/2013 to 08/25/2014; representing 37% of apartments sold in the city in that period. The data analysis began with the classical theory of tests, using Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis sequentially, using the varimax rotation; which identified two factors, based on the criterion of Kaiser. Thus, the approach of Item Response Theory was opportunity, with the logistic model of two parameters as well, the presentation of the critical aspects on the use of Item Response Theory. The first model of Item Response Theory, whose latent trait was named quality of apartments about status, are compost of four items; while the second model, the latent trait quality of apartments about utility, no identified items Sequentially, it was found that the analyzed apartments had scores between 80 to 90, thus, it is clear that most of the apartments investigated for status have the score features 80 in ITR. Therefore it is possible conclude that the proposed objective of this dissertation was achieved.
Esta dissertação visa analisar os itens e dimensões da qualidade referentes aos apartamentos da cidade de Santa Maria/RS. Salienta-se que a qualidade estudada se trata da satisfação das características requeridas pelos clientes. Acerca dos procedimentos metodológicos, 39 características acerca de qualidades de localização, posição e tipológicas foram elencados de acordo com a bibliografia e sequencialmente verificados nas agências imobiliárias. Posteriormente, nas agências imobiliárias, foram coletados dados de 500 apartamentos vendidos nos períodos de 04/01/2013 a 25/08/2014; representando 37% dos apartamentos vendidos na cidade no referido período. O tratamento dos dados iniciou com a Teoria Clássica dos Testes, utilizando a Análise Fatorial Exploratória e sequencialmente a Análise Fatorial Confirmatória, utilizando a rotação ortogonal varimax; que apontou dois fatores, tendo como base o critério de Kaiser. Oportunizando assim a abordagem da Teoria de Resposta ao Item, apresentando o Modelo Logístico de dois parâmetros bem como, a apresentação dos aspectos críticos acerca da utilização da Teoria de Resposta ao Item. O primeiro modelo da Teoria de Resposta ao Item, cujo traço latente foi denominado qualidade dos apartamentos quanto ao status do apartamento, é composto por quatro itens; enquanto o segundo modelo, de traço latente qualidade dos apartamentos quanto à utilidade, não gerou itens. Sequencialmente, verificou-se que os apartamentos analisados possuíam escore entre 80 a 90, por conseguinte, é possível afirmar que a maioria dos apartamentos investigados quanto a status possuem as características de escore 80 na TRI. Portanto, é possível afirmar que, o objetivo proposto da presente dissertação foi alcançado.
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Šupák, Lukáš. "VEŘEJNÝ MĚSTSKÝ PROSTOR - LOKALITA VYŠKOV." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-216111.
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The project includes a study of the urban redevelopment an urban public space, formerly a laundry service, in the central urban area. Conversion of this complex includes the revitalization and redevelopment of old buildings and surroundings, new buildings, open spaces for relaxing with a wide program of functions and services such as fitness, galleries, restaurants, office space, retail space, housing and loft living. The objects and surfaces are placed or created for an easy living for visitors and movement of pedestrians. An important part of the project is to address and transform the river embankment. The study takes into account all the specificities of contemporary architecture in the historic environment.
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Kryvobokov, Marko. "Mass valuation of urban land in Ukraine : from normative to a market-based approach /." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Dept. of Real Estate and Construction Management, Royal Institute of Technology, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4235.
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Jordan, Anne Michael. "Where learning meets dwelling." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42810.
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If a city is to undergo a re-birth then why not start from the beginning of life: childhood. This project explores the place of the child in the city and how a re-urbanizing area can benefit from the presence of the child. The thesis also looks at the home and what makes a good urban dwelling for a family.
The program for the thesis evolved as a reaction to these queries as a mixed use urban center that brings together family residence towers with private yards, and a school that incorporates day care and teaches pre-school through fifth grade.Master of Architecture
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Anitelli, Felipe. "[Re]produção?: repercussões de características do desenho do edifício de apartamentos paulistano em projetos empreendidos no Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/102/102132/tde-31072015-090600/.
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Essa tese de doutorado tem como principal objetivo verificar em que medida o desenho dos edifícios de apartamentos paulistanos e a ação de agentes imobiliários oriundos de São Paulo constituem referência para a produção imobiliária de outras regiões do país e influenciam na verticalização urbana atual. Constatou-se tal referência de diversas formas: a presença de incorporadoras imobiliárias com matriz na capital paulista e filiais nas demais metrópoles consideradas, o protagonismo que essas empresas tiveram após a aproximação entre os mercados imobiliário e financeiro e após o intensivo aporte de capitais oriundos de fundos estatais para financiamento de moradias, a interferência dos agentes imobiliários mais influentes, política e economicamente, sobre o planejamento (público) urbano e habitacional, alterações na prática profissional dos arquitetos e a mudança de seu processo de criação e da produção dos projetos, etc.. Esse novo contexto do mercado imobiliário brasileiro que incorpora edifícios de apartamentos foi intensificado nos anos 2000 e influenciou decisivamente a formatação dos empreendimentos imobiliários, na definição das características arquitetônicas dos edifícios, na inserção urbana e na localização dessas edificações, na configuração de trechos da paisagem urbana, nos ritmos de produção dessa verticalização e de consumo dessas moradias, etc.. Os megaempreendimentos, com projetos altamente padronizados, baseados em um desatualizado modelo de planta, com apartamentos de áreas diminutas e localizados em regiões nas periferias, são um dos principais produtos imobiliários encontrados, consequências dessas questões. Foram estudadas cinco cidades brasileiras, importantes capitais de diferentes regiões geopolíticas: Recife (PE), Porto Alegre (RS), Belém (PA), Goiânia (GO), Belo Horizonte (MG). Esse trabalho inclui extensa pesquisa de campo e a realização de cinco viagens acadêmicas, com duração de dois meses cada, em todas as cidades mencionadas. Foram realizadas dezenas de visitas técnicas aos principais bairros verticalizados recentemente e foram observados centenas de empreendimentos imobiliários e milhares de edifícios de apartamentos. Também foram realizadas 79 entrevistas com incorporadores imobiliários, arquitetos de escritórios e pesquisadores acadêmicos, além de abrangente revisão bibliográfica. Esse quadro ajuda a explicar as consequências mais dramáticas da cultura capitalista no século XXI advindas de determinada produção imobiliária mercantil. Também situa mais precisamente o papel da arquitetura e do arquiteto na sociedade brasileira atualmente.This thesis aims to examine how the paulistano apartment building design and the practice of real estate agents from São Paulo are reference for the housing production in other regions of the country and influence the urban verticalization. This reference happens in several ways: the presence of real estate companies headquartered in São Paulo and branch offices in other considered cities, the important role that this companies had after the intensive capital input from state funds to finance housing, the interference of the most influential real estate agents, politically and economically, on the public urban and housing planning, changes in the professional practice of architects, creative process and project production changes, etc.. This new context of the Brazilian real estate market that produces apartment buildings was intensified in the 2000 decade and decisively influenced the real estate project conceptions, in the architectural quality definition of apartment buildings, in the urban insertion and location of this buildings, in the configuration of urban landscape parts, in the increase production of this urban verticalization and increase acquisition of this apartments, etc.. Results of this context, the mega-projects are one of the most important real estate products found. Mega-projects are highly standardized designs, they use a outdated spatial configuration that organizes apartments with small areas and located in outskirt areas. Five Brazilian cities was studied, all of them important capitals of different geopolitical regions: Recife (PE), Porto Alegre (RS), Belém (PA), Goiânia (GO), Belo Horizonte (MG). This work has extensive field research with five academic trips, lasting two months each, in all mentioned cities. Dozens of academic visits to the main neighborhoods with recently verticalization were done, hundreds of real estate projects and thousands of apartment buildings was collected. 79 interviews with real estate agents, architects and academic researchers also were done. This context contributes to explain the most dramatic consequences of capitalist culture in the twenty-first century that come from particular real estate production. Also shows more precisely the role of the architecture and the architect in current Brazilian society.
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Ferreira, Luiza Sassi Affonso. "A rua \"renovada\" transformações urbanas, habitação e cotidiano na rua Paim (SP)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16137/tde-02092016-163558/.
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Esta dissertação busca compreender as alterações urbanas e sociais de uma rua da área central da cidade de São Paulo, a partir do cotidiano de seus moradores. A rua Paim, localizada no distrito da Bela Vista, teve recentemente a grande maioria de seus cortiços demolida e substituída por edifícios verticais e voltados para público de maior poder aquisitivo. Tal processo, comumente chamado de \"renovação\", envolve a substituição de antigos moradores e uma valorização imobiliária, contrapondo-se à histórica estigmatização da rua como lugar \"degradado\". Esses dois discursos - \"renovação\" e \"degradação\" - acompanham as formas como novos e antigos moradores percebem o espaço em transformação e revelam definições relacionais do processo em curso. Para a compreensão desse processo, a pesquisa se orientou metodologicamente pela aproximação entre transformações urbanas e habitação e busca retomar o desenvolvimento da região sob uma perspectiva histórica, considerando as diversas intervenções urbanísticas que incidiram sobre esse espaço e as formas habitacionais que prevaleceram na rua. O estudo dessas formas, bem como das representações e práticas de seus moradores, permite a identificação de permanências e descontinuidades no cotidiano da rua, a partir da apropriação e do uso dos que ali vivem.This work aims to comprehend the social and urban changes of a street located in the central area of São Paulo, from its inhabitant\'s everyday life point of view. Paim Street, part of Bela Vista district, has recently had the majority of its slums demolished and replaced by apartment buildings, aimed for a wealthier public. That process, commonly known as \"urban renewal\", involves the replacement of long-time inhabitants and real estate increasing values, and contrasts with the historic stigmatization of the street as a \"degraded\" place. These two speeches - \"urban renewal\" and \"urban decay\" - are related to the ways new and long-time inhabitants perceive the changing space and reveal relational definitions of the process. In order to understand this process, the research was methodologically oriented by the approach between urban transformations and dwelling, and intends to comprehend the development of the area from a historical perspective, considering the several urban interventions undertaken in that space and the dwelling forms that prevailed in the street. The study of these forms, as well as its inhabitants\' representations and practices, allows the identification of continuities and discontinuities of the street\'s everyday life, seen from the inhabitants\' appropriation and uses.
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Sjöberg, Erik. "Vinsta Refurbished." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298820.
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The planning office in Stockholm is currently working on a new mixed-use master plan for the rundown industrial site in Vinsta, Stockholm. Looking at how similar developments are executed, there is reason to believe that a large part of the building stock will be demolished. There are several arguments that can be made in resistance to such a course of action; sustainability, preservation and cultural values are keywords in the conservative approach to the redevelopment of Vinsta that this thesis explores. The project includes an analysis of the site and its structures, a proposal for a new urban layout as well as designs for some of the housing blocks that are part of the new configuration.
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Renganathan, Giridharan. "Urban design factors influencing outdoor temperature in high-risehigh-density residential developments in the coastal zone of HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B32021148.
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Thoresson, Josefin. "Omställning – Tillväxt – Effektivisering : Energifrågor vid renovering av flerbostadshus." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema teknik och social förändring, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-122690.
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Flerbostadshus anses viktiga för att minska energianvändningen i byggnader, och potentialen att energieffektivisera i samband med renovering är stor. Denna studie behandlar hur arbete med energifrågor genomförs i renovering av flerbostadshus byggda under miljonprogrammet i stadsdelen Östra Sätra i Gävle. Avhandlingens analytiska verktyg baseras på perspektiv utvecklade inom teknik och vetenskapsstudier (STS) och aktörsnätverksteori (ANT) samt urbana studier. I studien utvecklas och tillämpas verktyget energisammansättningar. Genom en symmetrisk ansats studeras energifrågors definition och innehåll i renoveringen genom att spåra kedjor av översättningar. Det empiriska underlaget är kvalitativa intervjuer, mål- och strategidokument, beslutsprotokoll och observationer. Avhandlingen visar att energiarbetets innehåll flätades samman med exempelvis kommunal planering och energipolitik, med bostadsbolagets befintliga arbetssätt för renoveringar och dess relationer till sina kunder, samt med lagen för allmännyttiga bostadsbolag. Studien identifierar också att spänningar uppstod i energiarbetet inom flera områden. Dessa rör hur de ekonomiska vinsterna och kostnaderna för energiarbete ska beräknas och fördelas, översättningar av energimål, var och hur energiarbete ska prioriteras i den bebyggda miljön, i vilken takt energiarbetet ska ske och hur de boende ska delta i energiarbete. Studien visar att energieffektiviserande åtgärder prioriterades i renoveringen så länge som de beräknades vara ekonomiskt affärsmässiga och en del av det allmännyttiga arbetet, men även hur förändringar var svåra att genomföra om de utmanade eller förändrade befintliga relationer och arbetssätt. Det gällde särskilt i relationen till de boende i området och till ekonomiska kostnader för renoveringen.Transforming the energy used in apartment buildings have become increasingly important issues. This study examines how energy issues were designed in a refurbishment project for apartment buildings built during the “Million Programme” era in Sweden in the district of Östra Sätra in Gävle. The analytical approach and tools used are based on science and technology studies (STS), actor–network theory (ANT), and urban studies. Specifically, the study applies the concept of assemblages, which in this study are called energy assemblages. Energy issues are examined as they translated and negotiated in practice by actors and how they are incorporated into the refurbishment design. The empirical data are based on qualitative interviews, analyses of documents, and observations. The analyses demonstrate that work on energy issues was intertwined with the city’s work on planning and energy issues, the housing company’s working practices, as well as the laws governing public housing companies. The study also demonstrates that sometimes tensions arose in situations in which different energy assemblage processes collided. The study identifies several areas of tension. First, tensions arose in situations of diverse translations of energy goals. Second, in negotiations about calculations of the financial costs of energy transition. Third, tensions also arose when determining where energy transition should be located. Fourth, about resident participation in energy issues. Fifth, the energy transition timeframe. The study demonstrates that energy efficiency measures were prioritized in the refurbishment as long as they were treated as financially beneficial and did not challenge or change existing relationships, work practices, and customer relations.
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Václavíková, Lucie. "NOVÉ STARÉ BRNO Návrat bydlení do center měst." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-400747.
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The diploma thesis deals with the creation of an urban study in the area of Old Brno. The proposal builds on the transport solution for the Mendel Square competition, ie the creation of a new street by extending Hybešova Street to Mendel Square. The study complements existing buildings to create traditional blocks, supplemented with solitaires, while maintaining the patency of the area. It also includes an architectural study of selected four apartment buildings.
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Žáková, Michaela. "NOVÉ STARÉ BRNO Návrat bydlení do center měst." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-400750.
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The Master´s Thesis showcases a proposal of housing in the centre of the city. The proposal is located near the historical centre of the city Brno. The thesis is mostly done as a urban study and partly in a detail of a architectural study. It includes wider analysis of the current state plus the new proposal, street design and city block detail. In this proposal I think about the need of a green space in the city. In my thesis you are being introduced to few unordinary houses. They are not traditional in a term of city block houses, because they are solitaires. Those forms bring new possibilities for green space in the city and inhabitant´s satisfaction.