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Item Restricted Conserving by retrofitting : integration of sustainable energies to a heritage preserved building in Potsdam, Germany(2018) Benedikt, Ines; Martín, Javier; Topcu, Hicran; Faculty of Architecture and Design; Berlin International University of Applied Sciences"Rapid global warming and climate change are two main problems today's generation is facing. A significant contributor to those developments is the building stock, which represents approximately 40% of energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. While only a few existing buildings are modernized each year, almost three-quarters are presently energy inefficient. Renovating the old building stock towards sustainable energy goals would therefore significantly benefit the energy savings. These energy improvements are desirable, but not always possible without compromises, especially when approaching heritage preserved architecture.[2] Implementing energy efficient measures to these precious buildings can create physical implications that may arise as a conservational issue. In some cases, aesthetic alterations require review and approval by the corresponding official authorities, which usually implies long and tedious administrative work. In other cases, missing conservation guidelines and regulations can lead to high damage of this heritage. For this reason, the research aims to find proper aesthetical solutions that fuse both, sustainable energy interventions and architectural heritage conservation. This thesis examines the importance and characteristics of conservation, focusing on residential architecture in Europe. By analysing four essential retrofitting techniques within the context of preservation, this thesis addresses the application of solar panels in historic buildings. It provides insight into installation principles, and the proposed conclusion offers a design solution as part of the integrated case study of a heritage preserved Villa in Potsdam, Germany."Item Restricted Preserving, exposing, adapting : modernising historic structures with the respect of materiality and heritage(2020) Nylund, Paula Emma; Martín, Javier; Starck, Adrian von; bachelor thesis in Interior Design"Society is facing one of its biggest challenges of the century: The loss of identity of urban areas. With the world's population constantly growing, the need for new buildings are constantly increasing. About 8 billion people populate the planet in 2020. This number has more than doubled within the last 60 years. With this intense need for space, some are resorting to drastic measures. Old, historic structures (from before the industrialisation), that seem unusable are being torn down and replaced by new, modern structures. These actions cause towns to lose their identity by replacing traditional architecture with modern structures. The optical values might not be the only things that are lost when a structure is torn down. Its materiality might also be demolished in the process. Nevertheless, it seems as if the way people used to populate houses does not suit modern architectural needs. Rooms are too small, modern technology is missing and too few windows exist, are just a few of the issues that seem unsolvable within old structures. Is there no way to conserve existing structures while modernising them at the same time? This research analyses a proposed 3-step approach to find a solution on how to conserve historic structures while respecting the materiality and heritage, while at the same time modernising them to today's architectural needs. By combining three conservational philosophies: 'preservation', 'exposure' and 'adaptation', one might find a suitable solution to keep the heritage of a building while satisfying modern architectural needs. This approach has been applied to an apartment of a building from 1545 and gives insights to technical installations and conservational methods to verify the proposed solution."Item Restricted Renovation of abandoned buildings in Lisbon into student residences(2019) Makosch, Joana; Faculty of Architecture and Design; Berlin International University of Applied Sciences"Someone who has been to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, has seen at least one abandoned building, particularly while walking around the city center. [...] Analysing the problem with abandoned buildings in Lisbon should help understand the source of this problem that most Portuguese people would like to see being taken care of. At the same time, offering a solution for these unutilised buildings by turning them into student residences since there is still a lack of student accommodations in the Portuguese capital, and its universities attract lots of young people from all over the world [...]. [...] This research investigates what exists in Portugal and more specifically in Lisbon. It also focuses on how to approach the renovation of an abandoned building without losing its distinct character that, in this case, is so typically lisboeta (meaning from Lisbon) and lastly, shows research on student residences -- what works and what doesn't, and what has to be made in order to offer the best possible design solution. In addition to that, it is important to look for the rules and regulations there might be when it comes to student residences. Altogether it can be said that the aim is to offer a solution for abandoned buildings in Lisbon by turning them into student residences. [...] Research will be made by looking at the context of Lisbon when it comes to abandoned buildings and the lack of accommodation for students which will happen in the introduction. The next step would be to look into student residences. Not only the definition and history of such spaces but also what is existing in Portugal and researching about the expectations student have nowadays while moving into a student residence. The following chapter will focus on case studies that might be inspirational and relevant in their approach towards existing buildings, small spaces or student residences. The context of the chosen building for the project and its preservation state would follow together with the regulations of the city of Lisbon. This being the base for the design suggestion and the conclusion in the end."Item Restricted Retrofitting the historical Finnish log house : the example of the Hyrkkälä house(2019) Kiljunen, Minna; Martín, Javier; Starck, Adrian von; Faculty of Architecture and Design; Berlin International University of Applied Sciences"In the world of rapidly developing building techniques and cost-efficient new materials the old buildings with outdated solutions might not be considered worth restoring. In Finland, there are hundreds of old log houses built in the 19th century and despite the growing interest, many of them have remained abandoned. According to the log construction specialist Hannu Rinne1 (2010), most of these houses could still be updated to meet contemporary living standards; therefore, this thesis explores the retrofitting processes of the old residential buildings, having a focus on the traditional Finnish log house. The thesis is divided into three main segments: the extensive literature review, the case study research, and the implementation to the design proposal. The first part investigates the old Finnish log houses, the construction and materials. The research examines the development phases of the log dwellings to identify the most essential elements that have retained during its development process and are hence classified as the key elements of the Finnish log house. The second part of the research examines retrofitting, having a focus on how the older houses can be updated to meet the living standards of today. This thesis belongs to the field of interior design and is therefore focused on the adaptation of interior spaces. The key elements of the interior retrofitting are comparable in diverse old houses regardless of building material, and therefore the research examines both log and stone built houses. The outcome of the research over the diverse retrofitting projects will later be implemented to the design proposal which is the practical part of the work. The design proposal introduces the example of the Hyrkkälä House, which is a traditional Finnish log house and stands as a proposition for the other log house retrofitting projects across Finland [...]."Item Restricted Waiting for a Change : Accommodating the Needs of Parents and Children in the Reinvention of Healthcare Facility Waiting Rooms(2021) Seewald, Miwha; Larsen, Sigurd; Starck, Adrian von; bachelor thesis in Interior Architecture / Interior DesignMACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE : A universal human experience in a place where thoughts spiral, agitation and anxiety grow, and you have no indication of how much longer you will be stuck there. Waiting rooms in medical institutions trigger for many people a myriad of negative emotions and frustration at their general unsuitability and one could say neglect of the user experience. (Montgomery, 2017, 114) The event of waiting takes on a very inflated scope of stress and anxiety with a young child who may or may not be ill in that moment. The focus of this bachelor project is on the needs of this particular user group: that of a parent1 and child and how they could be better met in the design of healthcare facility waiting rooms. While any space can be defined as a waiting room by placing a chair in a room, could this concept be reinvented or improved? It is easy enough to rely on personal experience to validate the problem but looking no further than the clinic review page of the local hospital pediatric ward, will display a number of parent reviews on their experience. While it can be assumed that dissatisfaction is a common motivator for an opportunity to vent, one of the categories they are invited to rate on a star system among others is ‘furnishings and design’, with space to share their story, unsurprisingly, reviews of waiting spaces where mentioned are rarely positive. (Medizinfo) Waiting to be seen by a health expert is all too common. According to the European Commission Eurostat statistics gathered on the average number of consultations per EU Member State inhabitant during 2017, most countries fall between 4 and 10. Germany weighs in at the upper end of the scale at an average of 10 consultations per person a year2. (Eurostat 2017) From the perspective of a parent, where any form of waiting with small children can feel like a form of punishment, this particular form within the context of healthcare facilities, comes with a unique and additional anxiety. More specifically, that it either involves a sick child, a routine check-up which could reveal new concerns, and or the exposure of a healthy child to a place where sick and potentially infectious children will be or have been. From a study taken in an Italian hospital which investigated the experience of families waiting for treatment in day hospitals, ethnographic data gathered from the patients and their parents revealed that it was the parents and not the child patients who were dealing with feeling anxiety and concern. (Corsano, 2015) Boredom is often used synonymously with waiting (Hedges, 2018, 99), likely a common sentiment shared even more so with children who are asked to sit and wait. If not unwell this will be the main challenge for the waiting child, and prolonged boredom can lead to agitation and feelings of negativity. (Holinger, 2020)