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E. Karanastasi
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A house is not a home
Exploring the role of the architect in creating a sense of home in new living environments
The idea of home, while uniquely personal and familiar to each person, is somewhat elusive. Despite its intangibility, it captivated my interest. Returning from living abroad, I was figuring out what home means to me, and this made me think about how this feeling of home is refle
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Transforming buildings by design strategies
The exploration of design strategies that can be used to transform an existing building by splitting it into smaller segments, transforming a theater and library building into a live/work area.
Every building is designed differently, therefore there is no set way of how building transformations can be carried out. The current state must be figured out for each building, and therefore the exploration and design phase of transformation projects takes a long time. For this
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A Library for Exchange
Stockholm City Library for the 21st Century
The protagonist of this year’s graduation studio is the Stockholm City Library. It was deesigned by famous Scandinavian architect Erik Gunnar Asplund (1885-1940) and opened in the spring of 1928. It is a modernist building located in Vasastaden, a very diverse neighbourhood on th
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Information Theater
Expansion and Renovation of Stockholm Public Library
Stockholm Public Library, as a library from the 1920s, pioneered the use of architectural elements such as the Rotunda and open bookshelves, which softened the oppressive nature of traditional library architecture at that time. It embraced a humanistic approach, fostering a sense
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Re-imagining Amsterdam new west: improving resident satisfaction through adaptive reuse of Christian religious heritage
Adaptive reuse of the disused ‘Kerk van het nieuwe verbond’ in Slotermeer to improve resident satisfaction
This report researches the adaptive reuse of Christian religious heritage to improve resident satisfaction in Amsterdam New West. As the adherents of Christian denominations are decreasing in Western nations, the contemporary use of Christian religious heritage is becoming one of
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Improving Neighborhood Satisfaction in Post-War Neighbourhoods
Architectural Design Strategies for Liveability
Spaces in Between
Extension of the Stockholm City Library
For centuries, libraries were physical representations of human knowledge and power held by privileged classes. Over time, they evolved into substantial social and urban infrastructures. From purely knowledge-acquisition institutions, they transformed into inclusive spaces, facin
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