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Item Restricted Interior design requirements for a better learning experience for children : how interior design informs about the floating 'Hort' in a boat as an alternative to traditional 'Horts', pertaining to Montessori teaching?(2020) Bhatia, Archit; Larsen, Sigurd; Pöğün-Zander, Yüksel; master's thesis in Interior Design"Primary education is a crucial stage for children in terms of mental, physical, and social development. In the present-day scenario, it is ubiquitous to have both parents working, and their children go to the Hort after school instead of going to their respective homes. Therefore, it is essential to provide them with an adequate learning environment and spatial interior experience as they spend most of the time in these settings. The study examines the association of the Montessori method, a child-centered educational system, within interior spaces. It provides the basis for designers to deduce ideas of an active environment for students in an early stage of learning. The researcher proposes to use the existing studies and data, which are consequently used to provide a proper design for a Hort. These studies are supportive of the daily activities of the users of this facility. Since the Hort facility plays such an essential role in the early stage of a kid's life, Berlin is facing the significant issue of inadequate numbers of Horts, after-school centers for the children, raises a concern. Thus, through this paper, the researcher proposes an alternate solution to this issue by utilizing the ferry boats on the abundant water bodies as an alternative to the traditional Horts all around the city. The presence of water not only influences the design, but also acts as an agent to help in a child's intellectual and physical growth. Keywords: Spatial interior experience, Learning environment, Hort, Montessori method, Water."Item Restricted Mobile interiors : a study of exploration vehicle interiors(2020) Bornschein, Nora; Larsen, Sigurd; Martín, Javier; bachelor thesis in Interior Design"Costs of living have never been higher and mortgages are overwhelming. Viable living space is simply not affordable for the upcoming young professionals in most cities, due to an increasing population. [...] An increasing number of young professionals decide against a white picket fence with decades of debt in tow and, instead, take to the road embracing the necessary minimalism that accompanies living in a small space. [...] In the future, with technology advancing in humongous bounds and the need for human interaction dwindling, as seen with current 'corona distancing' and the launch of SpaceX´s Starlink (Mann, 2020), which will provide faster and more stable internet even in the remotest corners of the globe, the rise of mobile lifestyles will only be made more accessible, as a wider demographic of people are now able to participate in it [...]. [...] Sustainably speaking, the benefits are numerous; a small dwelling is often more sustainable as the inhabitants are more aware of what comes in and goes out -- due to storage, water, trash and energy being finite (and quite limited). This allows small homes to come with a certain restriction on the consumerist tendencies of its inhabitants. [...] Most inhabitants embrace minimalism and many employ zero waste tactics to save space. A study by Maria Saxton showed a 45% drop in ecological footprint after moving into a tiny or mobile home (Saxton, 2020). Many inhabitants opt for off-grid options to be able to park anywhere, even if access to water and electricity are non-existent. [...] Which brings forth the research question: How did exploration vehicles become what they are today? To answer this question, a journey back in time is necessary, to the nomadic lifestyles of the past, which lead to mobile houses of yesterday and the exploration vehicles of today. All of which will be compared and discussed, to then answer the question and allow insight into the design development of the Bachelor`s Project."Item Restricted The implementation of off-grid-water-systems to mobile tiny houses(2018) Hansen, Isabell; Martín, Javier; Starck, Adrian von; Faculty of Architecture and Design; Berlin International University of Applied Sciences"This thesis deals with the implementation of Off-grid-water-systems to mobile Tiny Houses. It gives an introduction and overview on the whole Tiny-House-topic and its movement, specialized on tiny homes on wheels in Germany. Due to their mobility the autarchic energy and water supply comes into focus. It will be explained what it means to live off-grid, going into detail about water-recycling-systems and introducing examples for these systems. As conclusion the different water plants are compared and evaluated according to their adequacy for mobile Tiny Houses. After that the design part of the Tiny House comes into focus, where the water system(s) is supposed to be integrated. In the context of a case study analysis a Tiny House, a caravan and a prefabricated house are evaluated according to their functionality, colors and materials and their water supply system. At the end of this thesis the best solution for the Off-grid-water-system(s) and the mobile Tiny House will be combined. For that will be clarified how much water a person needs. The thesis will conclude with a design proposal implementing the knowledge that have been collected through the research conducted on the previous chapters. The design proposal is adjusted to the German law, since the regulations in Germany are more stringent than in many other countries."