A sense of home; objects of homemaking and the exploration of social architecture
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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Master's Thesis
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The concept of home is widely discussed and well
researched in an array of fields, more so in recent
years in combination with the discourse on migration.
This has implications on the research of the
concept of home, especially within the architectural field.
To explore this, the aim of this thesis is to
answer the question: how and through what means
do newly arrived international students create a
sense of home after relocating?
One can wonder what the role and responsibility
of the architect is concerning feelings of home and
“homemaking”, or in other words, creating a sense
of home. This thesis also investigates if there is a
way for architects to design spaces past materialities
by understanding architecture as social objects. This thesis
therefore discusses the following questions:
What is the architect’s role in the design
of a home, as opposed to the design of a house, and
how can this kind of design be done? What is the architect’s
responsibility in designing buildings with a
sense of home?
A Sense of Home is a thesis based on extensive
theoretical research across academic disciplines,
and qualitative means of data gathering with a
heavy focus on material obtained through interviews.
These narratives belong to residents of the
student housing Gibraltar Guesthouse. The international
students who participated in the study recently migrated
from outside of Europe and have all
lived in Gothenburg, Sweden, for less than 2 years.
By comparing the participants’ responses, themes
have been identified which then has iteratively been
compared to the theoretical research. Through this
process, three personas have been created, each
relating to homemaking differently.
The thesis explores what implication migration
has on the experience of home and the process
of homemaking. By identifying themes in the discussion
of belonging related to both spatiality and
materiality, this thesis gives light to the increasingly
important topic of migration and home in the age of
globalization. Using the aforementioned personas,
a series of architectural designs further analyzes
this phenomenon. This thesis contributes to a more
nuanced understanding of how people navigate
the terrain of making new homes.
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Home, homemaking, belonging, migration, interviews