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Kjelvene Student Housing
No full textOur home is something that surrounds daily. Its qualities affect us broadly, but their realization is conditioned by economic and spatial restrictions.
I’ve looked into housing quality and urban density, and how to combine these ambitions. I’ve explored these ambitions through student housing; aiming to combine high density with high quality housing.
The project is named Kjelvene Student Housing, located in the city centre of Stavanger. Kjelvene Student Housing is constructed from timber, consisting of 48 units with shared facilities. The ground floor is public; a social meeting place, either if you wish to enjoy your coffee while studying or while doing laundry.submittedVersio
Verkstedstorget - A public workshop preserving and communicating practical knowledge
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Back to the Roots: The Circular City Cabin
No full textOutdoor life has several mental and physical benefits, which is one of the reasons recreational cabins are widely used in Norway. I have looked into ways of making a shared cabin in Nordmarka, accessible without the use of a car, focusing on both social and environmental sustainability.
The project proposes a number of strategies for minimizing the impact and emissions connected to building a cabin, with a big emphasis on reuse timber. It includes selection of site, source of building material, and the way the material is utilized for maximal potential. The cabin’s constructive segments both allow for building and expanding the cabin in several stages, and allow for using (and heating) only the sections that are required for any number of visitors.submittedVersio
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Timber Tales : A Qualitative Study of Timber Materiality in Housing Projects
No full textThis qualitative study addresses how architects and residents employ, experience and value wooden building materials in housing projects, arguing that buildings that are loved last longer and thus contribute to both ecological and social sustainability. Qualitative aspects are underrepresented in the common argumentation for an increased use of wooden construction materials as well as in current timber research; they are also generally absent from building codes and technical guidelines, as the main focus is on quantifiable benefits. In addition, professional views are dominant while the users’ expectations and experiences receive little attention. This thesis aims to foster a more holistic take on sustainability and to re-incorporate architectural themes into the consideration of wooden building materials. To do so, it gathers professional perspectives from academia and from practice, as well as including the views of inhabitants, who are most often laypeople. It seeks to answer the following research questions: How have materiality and particularly concepts related to wooden materials been discussed in architectural history and theory? How do contemporary architects view wooden materiality’s contribution to their architectural ambitions? How do inhabitants perceive and value the materiality of wooden constructions in the buildings they inhabit? How do these perspectives converge or diverge? In three ‘timber tales’, an overview of architectural theory related to materiality provides generalized approaches to designing with timber, which are then investigated in the contextualized built reality of recent precedents in Norway and Central Europe. Contemporary timber architects’ conception of the materiality in their housing projects is complemented by how inhabitants of these buildings experience the wooden materiality. The results of literature studies, document analyses, qualitative interviews, site visits and insights gained teaching two master’s studio courses substantiate new approaches to everyday timber architecture. They also furnish a vocabulary with which to discuss the often tacit qualities of architectural design. Furthermore, the findings reveal the untapped potential and mutual benefits of improved communication between architects and inhabitants. Although location, size or price tend to dominate the choice of a home, qualitative aspects are able to ‘up-value’ a place of residence for inhabitants; even more so if architecture is not left to speaking for itself, but when the realisation of qualities results from intersubjective processes between expert and user, such as communication by way of words or images, or participatory design processes. Regarding design, the tectonic disclosure of timber’s affordances (e.g. ways to use or modify it) should be balanced with its atmospheric and sensory qualities. This may contribute to reducing the longing for constant renewal and augmented possession and help redefine desire as a source of inspiration instead. Furthermore, architects are part of actively shaping the frameworks for the production and general reception of timber architecture. This thesis prompts the reimagination of qualities and values that contribute to more loveable built environments and raises awareness of the larger contexts with which they interact. It aspires to provide a multi-faceted background that will inspire and inform design decisions in future timber projects whilst enriching and broadening architectural discourse and education
Timber Tales : A Qualitative Study of Timber Materiality in Housing Projects
Get PDFThis qualitative study addresses how architects and residents employ, experience and value wooden building materials in housing projects, arguing that buildings that are loved last longer and thus contribute to both ecological and social sustainability. Qualitative aspects are underrepresented in the common argumentation for an increased use of wooden construction materials as well as in current timber research; they are also generally absent from building codes and technical guidelines, as the main focus is on quantifiable benefits. In addition, professional views are dominant while the users’ expectations and experiences receive little attention. This thesis aims to foster a more holistic take on sustainability and to re-incorporate architectural themes into the consideration of wooden building materials. To do so, it gathers professional perspectives from academia and from practice, as well as including the views of inhabitants, who are most often laypeople. It seeks to answer the following research questions: How have materiality and particularly concepts related to wooden materials been discussed in architectural history and theory? How do contemporary architects view wooden materiality’s contribution to their architectural ambitions? How do inhabitants perceive and value the materiality of wooden constructions in the buildings they inhabit? How do these perspectives converge or diverge? In three ‘timber tales’, an overview of architectural theory related to materiality provides generalized approaches to designing with timber, which are then investigated in the contextualized built reality of recent precedents in Norway and Central Europe. Contemporary timber architects’ conception of the materiality in their housing projects is complemented by how inhabitants of these buildings experience the wooden materiality. The results of literature studies, document analyses, qualitative interviews, site visits and insights gained teaching two master’s studio courses substantiate new approaches to everyday timber architecture. They also furnish a vocabulary with which to discuss the often tacit qualities of architectural design. Furthermore, the findings reveal the untapped potential and mutual benefits of improved communication between architects and inhabitants. Although location, size or price tend to dominate the choice of a home, qualitative aspects are able to ‘up-value’ a place of residence for inhabitants; even more so if architecture is not left to speaking for itself, but when the realisation of qualities results from intersubjective processes between expert and user, such as communication by way of words or images, or participatory design processes. Regarding design, the tectonic disclosure of timber’s affordances (e.g. ways to use or modify it) should be balanced with its atmospheric and sensory qualities. This may contribute to reducing the longing for constant renewal and augmented possession and help redefine desire as a source of inspiration instead. Furthermore, architects are part of actively shaping the frameworks for the production and general reception of timber architecture. This thesis prompts the reimagination of qualities and values that contribute to more loveable built environments and raises awareness of the larger contexts with which they interact. It aspires to provide a multi-faceted background that will inspire and inform design decisions in future timber projects whilst enriching and broadening architectural discourse and education.acceptedVersio
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