Reimagining a sixties house; into a contemporary house with studio spaces for arts and craft
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Architecture and urban design (MPARC), MSc
Publicerad
2024
Författare
Nordlund, Jarkko
Modellbyggare
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The construction industry and the existing building
stock stands for a large part of all energy used globally.
In Finland this is to an extent made up by energy
used during production and for heating. In relation to
this, a large part of the existing building stock in Finland
is made up of detached housing built during the
1960´s or earlier. Housing built during the 60´s has
come to be known for flaws in construction and low
energy efficiency, often making these in need of renovation.
In contrast, the standards and requirements
for new buildings in terms of energy usage and living
standards have been steadily rising.
As a solution, this thesis explores a possible way to
rebuild and transform a 60´s detached house, located
in southern Finland, by presenting a design
proposal. The selected house is in need of renovation
and there is a wish from the owner to transform or rebuild
it into a contemporary house with a flexible floor
plan that reach the building standards of today and
makes room for studio spaces for arts and crafts.
This is done by documenting the selected building by
taking simple onsite measurements, photo documentation
and collecting old drawings from the municipality
collection. Also theory on transformations, renovation,
energy usage and structures are presented to
further deepen the scope of this thesis. The documentation
and theory then stands as a starting point
for a design proposal which is presented as drawings,
images and physical models.
The design proposal is based on conclusions based
on documentation, references and theory. This
concludes that saving only the foundations of the
existing building and then rebuilding and reusing
existing materials in non-load bearing applications is
an interesting way forward, especially when
considering the age of the building and the high risk
of flaws in its load bearing structures.
As a result this thesis presents a building proposal
with a renovated foundation and a rebuilt house with
a flexible floor plan that includes spaces for arts and
crafts. While also showing that rebuilding can be a
great opportunity for architectural challenges and yet
fulfilling contemporary standards and wishes
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Ämne/nyckelord
Rebuilding, Transformation, House, Wood, I-joist