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    Renovation of vernacular architecture in rural China 

    Ying, Li (Date of defense: 2017-04-06)

    With the rapid progress of urbanization in China, a lot of villages face serious brain-drain. A serious problem of culture deterioration arises except in a few traditional villages. Most newly built rural homes are weak ...

    Residential outdoor spaces and thermal stress : courtyard design approach to thermally enhance outdoor spaces in single-family houses in the desert climate of Riyadh 

    Alkhoudiri, Ahmed Salah M. (Date of defense: 2023-07-21)

    (English) The typological shift of single-family houses in Riyadh during the 20th century has negatively impacted the inhabitants. The shift from attached houses with courtyards to detached houses with setbacks created ...

    The elements of drawing & the lamp of life : J. Mª. Jujol desde una mirada contemporánea 

    Mercadé i Brullés, Juan . (Date of defense: 2019-09-13)

    The main objectives of the thesis are: to verify and confirm the fundamental role of drawing in the training of the architect, portraying Jujol as a reference as a master of this discipline. Analyze his evolution, subsequent ...

    The value of urban community public space - from Barcelona to Chongqing 

    Xu, Ti (Date of defense: 2023-04-27)

    (English) The community is the main urban space for expressing public space, and it is quite related to the daily life of everyone. In China, the community associated with housing became much more complex than before in ...

    Un viaje en el tiempo : el “Poble Espanyol” de Montjuïc 

    Moliner Nuño, Sandra (Date of defense: 2018-03-15)

    To carry out the project of the Poble Espanyol de Montjuïc, created for the Universal Exposition of Barcelona in 1929, a series of trips across Spain were undertaken between 1927 and 1928. They visited 1,600 towns where ...

    Urban co-creation: community planning, bottom-up and participation tools 

    Sève, Bruno (Date of defense: 2020-11-12)

    For whom do we transform our built environment? The answer may seem obvious, since architecture, in theory, is conceived for humans and for the emancipation of communities. However, it is clear that architecture has moved ...

    Urban vertical garden: ways to improve living conditions by applying green façades in buildings refurbishment at semi-arid climate 

    Bagheri Moghaddam, Faezeh (Date of defense: 2022-01-24)

    This dissertation aims to improve work conditions in office buildings by implementing vertical greenery systems, such as green façades and living walls in semi-arid climates. Since building energy performance is characterized ...