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- PostBreak: A post-digital exploration of the cleaving of timber(2021) Åhlund, Karl; Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE); Lundberg, Jonas; Skorick, KengoThe focus of this thesis lies on the exploration of cleaved timber as a material and the creation of a process of working between the physical and dig-ital. Different methodologies are explored and developed by working with both physical and digital representative models of cleaving. By employing scale tests of cleaved wood, the material is examined, categorized and digitized in a way that allows for further digital exploration. These various forms and shapes influence the design ethos and create the fundamental perspective of materiality and texture for this project. The initial process is conducted using single scale cleave tests that are an exploration into trying to control the cleaving direction. The process is extrapolated by combining these pieces together and testing a different scale of application. To further explore both the texture and materiality of the cleaved surfaces, a process of digitization was created. Digitization required several iterations before usable 3d meshes could be produced. Using photogrammetry, multiple 3d meshes of the material were created by use of a repeatable method of arranging cleaved wood pieces in various formations. Manipulations of these meshes allowed for the creation of a model that functions as both an analog of a physical model and a way to create architectural representation. Individual pieces of a final design are created digitally with a focus on retaining materiality through this digitization process. The thesis concludes in two distinct studies of form and representation of a cleaved structure: an open-air structure that follows a physical model result, and a chapel made from digitized cleaved surfaces. The investigation examines the material consequence of using cleaved timber as a building material and how a post-digital workflow studies material. The process of working and equivocating physical and digital texture and materiality guides the design and creation of architectural representation in various forms. That workflow stems from the view that by working with textures, both digital and physical, an exploration of materiality is possible that is both new but also linked to the original material and an architects role in creating a built environment.
- PostCARE ABOUT CREATIVITY DESIGNING SPACES FOR WELLBEING FOR STUDENTS THROUGH A CREATIVE CENTER OF CRAFTS(2019) Sigfridsdotter, Matilda; Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik; Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- PostCreating flexibility within the circular kitchen(2019) Storbacka, Erik; Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE); Rahe, Ulrike; Andeersson, SofieThe kitchen is today the natural gathering point within our homes. It is no longer a room where we only cook food and eat but serve numerous other activities such as working, socializing, watching tv-series or writing assignments. With this broad area of use there is a need for flexibility and adaptability. When users change their living situation, for example move in with someone or get children, the kitchen should be able to adapt to the changed needs of the user. If the kitchen is not flexible there is a risk that the user tears down their kitchen and buys a new one, making the life cycle of the existing kitchen cut short and leading to unnecessary climate impact. This study aimed to explore design solutions within kitchen furniture and deliver a conceptual design proposal of a kitchen furniture design that could support a flexible kitchen and be a part of a future kitchen adapted to the circular economy. In order to deliver a conceptual design solution, research were performed on the history of the kitchen, the sustainability issues of the modern kitchen as well as research and predictions on how the kitchen will look like in the future. The study was limited to kitchen furniture within Swedish apartments, thus excluding white-goods and kitchen appliances. The study was performed as an iterative, exploratory design process structured around four main project phases, explore, identify, ideate and evaluate. The explore phase consisted of research on the history of the kitchen, the Swedish kitchen today and predictions of the future. The exploration was performed in literature studies, study visits, interviews, user studies and trend analyses. To identify the sustainability issues and user needs, a requirement list was created based on the insights found in the exploration phase. The requirement list served as a base when ideating, creating ideas and concepts in the ideation phase. The research, requirement list and ideation resulted in a concept idea that was further developed and evaluated in a final conceptual design solution. Insights gathered throughout the study lead to the conceptual design which is an effort to initiate discussions in order to change the direction of the current take-waste production and use model of the kitchen furniture industry. The concept is a modular furniture solution, based on two bio-composite components that can be assembled into a variety of kitchen layouts and furniture products. It addresses the need for flexibility and user adaptability by providing the user with a modular, open furniture system. A proposed circular business model was created for the conceptual design, which was evaluated in a consultation interview with an expert, a peer-review with design students and a comparison against the created requirement list.
- PostTHE CORKY SIDE OF ARCHITECTURE - An investigation into the aesthetics of cuteness and innovative applications of cork in architecture(2019) Longou, Marietta Marina; Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE); Norell, Daniel; Hedlund, Karin; Runberger, Jonas
- PostThe future radar operator workplace - Design guidelines and sound design(2013) Olsson, Christoffer; Wernberger Jonsson, Marcus; Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för bygg- och miljöteknik; Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering