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Atciyurt, Bugra (author)The deadly COVID-19 virus is wreaking havoc throughout the globe. In the past two years, architects had to rethink certain forms of spatial organization to contain the spread of the pandemic. This thesis explores how pandemics and deadly diseases were dealt with and shows the forgotten design principles of the past. To prevent infectious...student report 2022
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van der Waart, Darren (author)In ‘Discovering the Colonial Institute: the Tropenmuseum’ historical research is conducted on the colonial traces that can be found in the Colonial Institute, which is now known as the Tropenmuseum. Nowadays much attention is paid in Dutch society to how the colonial past is dealt with. But at a point in history, as a Dutch citizen, it was...student report 2022
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Zdziarska, Kika (author)Struggles to end violence against women were at the core of activity of Latin American feminist movements in the 1970s and 1980s. In the rapidly transforming cities facing the process of hyper-urbanisation, the problem of street harassment, sexual abuse, and other forms of violence against women in public spaces escalated. Increasing social...student report 2022
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Delis, Kristen (author), Teunissen, Marcel (author)At the dawn of the twentieth century people in the Netherlands were living in poor conditions. The houses were poorly ventilated, with high humidity and little daylight. Along with the poor living conditions the first World War and Economic crisis marked the start of the century. It was that during this time in England a new housing concept...student report 2022
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Mishra, Pooja (author)The impact of urban morphological changes on heritage structures and their surroundings is investigated in this thesis. To accomplish so, the thesis focuses on and investigates the case of Shree Jagannatha Temple in Puri, which was built in the 12th century. The temple serves as the spiritual heart of Hinduism, one of the world’s oldest...student report 2022
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Chen, Billy (author)Building an oil fairy-tale investigates oil’s potency as a socio-cultural force and its role in shaping civic spaces in Stavanger, Norway. It posits that the Nordic city represents an exemplary case study on the complex and co-dependent interaction between petroleum and architecture. Since the discovery of oil in Norway in the late 1960s, the...student report 2022
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Giagkou, Andreas (author)The early 20th century office was strongly affected by the Taylor’s ideas on people’s productivity. Office workers were closely treated like machine parts conducting specific activities of the “production line”. The architectural space was designed as to increase the workers’ productivity and it was molded by the new subjectivity (Neue...student report 2022
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Pimpini, Giacomo (author)In recent years, activists and researchers have been raising their voices to confront the amnesia of ninety years of colonial memory that affects Italian society. One of the main objects of study, and now an active subject promoting debate, is the Colonial Museum of Rome, a fascist institution for colonial propaganda, which eclipsed into...student report 2022
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PSARRI, OLGA (author)The present essay examines the influence of authenticity’s notion on <br/>Industrial Heritage Reuse practices in Europe from the 1970’s onwards. This <br/>consideration formed the motive of the carried-out analysis. Initially, <br/>authenticity’s theoretical framework is being interpreted through its latent <br/>relation to intangible heritage....student report 2022
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Cheaz, Markus (author)Old Havana is undergoing a restoration project which focusses on preserving the historic character of the district. In order to fund this process, the parties managing the restoration process focus on transforming the district by commodifying tourist facilities and services. The restoration attempts of managing parties have earned the district...student report 2022
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Chen, Jiaxin (author)This research focuses on the development of Chinese modern monumental architecture from 1920 to the early 20th century by examining first-hand and second-hand information on the development of Chinese architectural theory after 1920, as well as cases of Chinese modern monumental architecture. It is hoped that this study will show in a small way...student report 2022
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Rio Maior Alvarez e Serra, Mariana (author)This thesis is structured like the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Its aim is to interpret and defragment it, thus the structural organisation being the same. Eleven themes are to be tackled and inserted alternately in nine chapters, whereas some contain different definitions or subjective interpretations.<br/><br/>Invisible Cities is a...student report 2022
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Teodorczyk, Bartosz (author)Predominantly visual culture of 21st century – magazines, websites, and especially social media makes an image more powerful than ever in history. Therefore, visual artists such as photographers have an extraordinary ability to decide what will be shown to the public and remain in the memory of thousands of people. To be a great professional...student report 2022
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Ferreira Martins, Luísa (author)Brasília is the conveyor of both architectural and political discourses. Its construction symbolized the possession of the vast and unexplored hinterland, but moreover it was built to inaugurate a new moment in Brazilian history. The thesis aims to investigate on the intersecting points of these discourses, describing and identifying elements in...student report 2022
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Wu, Xinyue (author)Harbin and Changchun, although geographically adjacent to Manchuria, developed different architectural styles and urban forms due to completely different planning and colonization strategies during the colonization process from 1895 to 1945. The study contains an analysis summarizing the historical and cultural context and land treaties. Based...student report 2022
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Choe, Yeonghwa (author)CIAM’s Charter of Athens and Le Corbusier’s books stipulated new urban planning and new laws of architecture. The theory of the modern architectural movement, which defines the principles of modern cities, has been systematically applied since the construction of the French apartment complex. “Mapo Apartment” was the first complex-type apartment...student report 2022
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Rudnicka, Alicja (author)The research looks at the role of architecture education in the female architects practising between 1930 and 1972 in Poland. It investigates not contested women's contribution to architecture development, as they are unquestionably underexplored and underappreciated. Women's participation in the construction of Polish cities remains a blank...student report 2022
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Rademakers, Pelle (author)In the last 50 years, the roof landscape of Sub-saharan Africa has undergone a massive transformation that historians have not yet studied. Since the early 1980s, traditional grass-thatched roofs have mainly been replaced by corrugated iron sheet roofs (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2019).<br/><br/>I witnessed this transformation while...student report 2022
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Wong, Stephanie (author)After World War II, various architectural theories were proposed for urban development in order to tackle the societal issues and housing issues arising from the post-war trauma. ‘Streets-in-the-sky’, proposed by the English architects Alison and Peter Smithson in 1952, was one of the concepts that emerged in the post-war era and advocated the...student report 2022