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Improvisation in tradition
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;28, Doctoral thesis, 2015-09-03)The concept of vernacular design allows for the understanding and appreciation of designs created without recourse to institutional qualifi cations in the fi eld of design. This thesis is based upon a study undertaken in ... -
Autentisitetens relevans : på sporet av et endret fokus for kulturminnevernet
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 69, Peer reviewed; Doctoral thesis, 2014)I avhandlingen brukes rekonstruksjoner av kulturminner som optikk til å undersøke relevansen av materiell autentisitet. Ved å sammenlikne verdien av noen nyere rekonstruksjoner med verdien av deres forlegg, søkes en ... -
Groruddalen; Oslos vakreste verkebyll? : problemrepresentasjoner og stedsforståelser i Groruddalssatsingen
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 70, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2014)Avhandlingen handler om stedsforståelsens betydning for utformingen av en områdepolitikk, og områdepolitikkens betydning for stedsforståelsen. Caset er Groruddalssatsningen, en områdebasert innsats i det som regnes som et ... -
Edifices. Architecture and the Spatial Frameworks of Memory
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 63, Doctoral thesis, 2013)The thesis studies the role of architecture in societal remembrance, positioning itself in an overlapping field of architectural theory and memory studies. It offers a reading of the concept spatial framework of memory, ... -
Room for children's participation?: reflections on communicative practice in an educational context
(CON-TEXT;Thesis; 31, Doctoral thesis, 2007)The thesis title asks if there is room for children to participate in matters concerning the built environment. The concept "room" in the title, has three different meanings; the physical room referring to the public place ... -
Towards a generative design system based on evolutionary computing
(CON-TEXT / Thesis;59, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2014-06-02)This thesis proposes elements and principles for a digital generative design system, which involves Evolutionary Computing. The functioning of the system is based on an analogy between a design process and a process of ... -
Uncovering the urban unknown: Mapping methods in popular settlements in Nairobi
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Developing Digital Design Techniques: Investigations on creative design computing
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Transformation of Kikuyu traditional architecture : case study of homesteads in lower Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri, Kenya
(CON-TEXT / Thesis ; 62, Doctoral thesis, 2013)This thesis brings together the diverse documentation of Kikuyu traditional architecture written within a span of approximately one hundred years from 1910 to the present. It traces the transformation of Kikuyu traditional ... -
Design support at the front end of the New Service Development (NSD) process : the role of touch-points and service personality in supporting team work and innovation processes
(CON-TEXT / Thesis ; 55, Doctoral thesis, 2013)This thesis explores the first stages of New Service Development, and focuses upon the role that design can play to improve the innovation performance of a development team. The work took a ”research by design” approach, ... -
Den kulturelle skulesekken : narratives and myths of educational practice in DKS projects within the subject art and crafts
(CON-TEXT / Thesis;38, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2009)In 1995, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs released a plan of action for aesthetical subjects and culture in compulsory education (Kulturdepartementet and KUF (Kirke- ... -
Urban form through residents' practices : the unconventional transformation processes in suburban areas in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Trekirkene før stavkirkene : en undersøkelse av planlegging og design av kirker før ca år 1100
(CON-TEXT / Thesis;6, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2001)Undersøkelsen er et bidrag til forståelsen av oppgaven byggerne sto overfor ved reisning av de tidligere trekirkene i Norge og hvordan de løste dette oppdraget. Forskere har gjennom mer enn 160 år lagt frem opphavsteorier ... -
Standpunktvurdering i grunnskolefaget Kunst og håndverk
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Social concerns in contemporary architecture : three European practices and their works
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 53, Doctoral thesis, 2012)For some time now, architectural writers and curators have pointed to a new social engagement in contemporary architecture. What does this renewed social interest consists of, and how does it materialize? The thesis looks ... -
Cultural similarities and diversities of corporate art and architecture in Norway, USA, Japan and France : an exploratory and comparative study on corporate art collections and the architecture of corporate headquarters
(CON-TEXT, PhD thesis;51, Doctoral thesis, 2011)In this PhD-thesis I examine cultural similarities and diversities in corporate art collections and headquarters architecture in Norway, USA, Japan and France. From the perspective of the flâneur; I discuss, analyzes and ... -
Between the tag and the screen : redesigning short-range RFID as design material
(CON-TEXT / Thesis;49, Book; Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2011)Industrial and interaction designers are increasingly faced with new computational technologies that may be used as materials in designing. Such materials are important in design practices because they offer conditions for ... -
Negotiating grasp : embodied experience with three-dimensional materials and the negotiation of meaning in early childhood education
(CON-TEXT / Thesis;50, Book; Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2011)Recent international acknowledgement of young children as competent active individuals raises questions about what their competences are, and what significance embodiment has for their learning. This thesis has two primary ... -
Virtual touch : a study of the use and experience of touch in artistic, multimodal and computer-based environments
(CON-TEXT / Thesis;44, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2011)The central focus of this thesis is the use and experience of touch in artistic, multimodal and computer-based environments. The haptic experience of touch is an area that has only received limited research-based interest. ... -
Brødre og søstre i arkitekturen : ingeniøroffiserer og sivilarkitekter i Norge rundt 1800
(CON-TEXT / Thesis;nr. 32, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed; Book, 2008)Historien om det moderne Norge. Målet for dette arbeidet er å gi en fremstilling av den gryende profesjonsdannelsen innen arkitektfaget, slik den utspant seg i vårt land tidlig på 1800-tallet. Det var ikke slik at ikke ...