Articles about Architecture

Food on the roof in Kiruna

Urban farming (on city grounds and roofs) has become increasingly popular across the world. Now, researchers at Luleå University of Technology want to develop this in a very cold climate, using the latest technology for reuse of energy in buildings and automation.

The park supplies electricity

In a research project in the border between art, architecture and research, Björn Ekelund, architect at Worm in Winter and lecturer at Luleå University of Technology, has been part of the design, of a park with a significant element of solar panels. The park is expected to generate 60,000 - 70,000 kilowatt hours per year.

Barcelona vs. Luleå

Adolfo Sotoca is a new professor and subject representative in architecture at Luleå University of Technology. At his installation lecture, he compared his old hometown of Barcelona with his new residence Luleå and the similarities were probably greater than many could believe.

As an architect, you have to have fun

Jenny B Osuldsen, Landscape Architect and a partner of Snøhetta, a company based in Oslo and with many international liaisons. Some of their references are The Library of Alexandria, Ground Zero in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco or the Opera House in Oslo.

Architecture as summer job

This summer, high school students from Luleå have had the opportunity to put their mark on the future development of the residential area Kronen in the municipality of Luleå through a course in architecture and community development. It has been hard work and the creativity has flowed.

In the media: AIX recruits six people

Klara Dagnäs is a civil engineer in architecture, with a focus on House and buildings, and graduated in 2017 at Luleå Technical University.

In the media: LTU wants to start prestige education in architecture

Luleå University of Technology applies for increased funding of 32 million SEK. The reason: The university wants to start a professional education in architecture over five years (300 points). Fully expanded, the education should have 225 students.

Student proposals for the new Kiruna

A group of students from the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology has developed improvement proposals for the new Kiruna. The proposal is based on the plan developed by the local authority in Kiruna in collaboration with an architectural firm.

VR for a better society

When Hampus Hugoson visited his parents' home where he lived for 19 years, he noticed something he had never thought of before. None of the houses in the area had the entrance door at ground level, it was stairs up to each house. This realization changed direction of Hampus thesis on VR technology.

Vision for a future Kalix

Students from the Master Programme in Climate Sensitive Urban Planning and Building has developed urban design proposals for the future of Kalix. A quieter, greener and denser city more suited for pedestrians than motorists.

The city meets the water

A group of students from the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering has produced proposals for a general problem in many Swedish coastal cities; roads that effectively cut off the water from the population. The city of Luleå has the same problem as in Gothenburg and many other cities.

Green Megaprojects at the National University Singapore

Agatino Rizzo, Architecture Research Group, is the only researcher based in a European university who has been selected to present his research on Green Megaprojects at the National University Singapore in a conference titled: Resilient Cities for Human Flourishing: Governing the Asia-Pacific Urban Transition in the Anthropocene.

Past and present urban planning ideals

Renovation and redesign of the Million Programme areas is a major challenge for many municipalities. Winny Lau, student in Architecture Engineering with specialization Urban Palnning at Luleå University chose for her thesis, in cooperation with the Municipality of Södertälje, to develop proposals for improvement of the urban environment in Geneta.

In the media: National Delegate for Sweden at the Association of European Schools of Planning

Agatino Rizzo, associate professor in the Architecture Research Group, has been elected as one of the two Swedish full national delegates, aided by two more substitutes, to the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP).

In the media: Lindbäcks nominated for the best new student housing concept

Lindbäcks new student concept Komplettan has been nominated for this year's best new student concept, The Class Best New Student Housing Development of the Year Award in Europe by the foundation "The Class of 2020 '.

Architecture with gaming technology

Today's computer games are characterized by very advanced graphics with very lifelike and realistic environments. Can the game engines used in commercial computer games can also be used in completely different contexts, such as architecture?

Gender equal city

Sara Hultqvist has in her thesis at the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering written a compendium of how to paln and build more gender equal cities. The compendium is intended to serve as a toolbox for educational purposes.

Future senior housing

New concepts for future senior, older - and sheltered housing should be developed by researchers in the construction, architecture and Health Sciences at Luleå University. With the future referred to 2050 as of today's technology developing rate there is room for futuristic visions.

Youth Architecture Project

During the summer, 12 youth has been employed to develop ideas for an interesting project in the municipality of Luleå. They have developed concept sketches and architectural proposals for a new travel center in the City of Lulea. The work has been supervised by students at Luleå University of Technology.

The Glacier in Jokkmokk

The Glacier Buildning in Jokkmokk is a spectacular construction that still only exist in the virtual world. In a thesis for the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, the students Alexander Stark and Robert Granstam has created The Glacier using parametric design methods.

The architect Anindita Mandal received trainee

The architect Anindita Mandal from Mumbai University in India has got an internship at SBN via Short route. The program is for people with university education who lived in Sweden for less than three years. It will increase the chances of getting a job consistent with their academic training.

The Student Who Became a Constructor

When Johan Levol started his MSc program in architecture, he had no idea that the idea that he and his friends got on a coffee break would lead to a new property company. Today, he is the CEO of MAF Fastigheter- a real estate company that thinks that a home is more than just your apartment.

In the media: Solution for smoother communication between the crane operator and land people

Often working communication between crane operators and people on the ground badly. The problem has three engineering students from Lulea a solution - the app Crane Plan.

New mineral exhibition at the university

The mineral exhibition at Luleå University of Technology has received a facelift designed by students in architecture and developed in cooperation with The House of Technology. The final proposal was chosen in a competition where four student proposals competed.

Heritage Processes in urban transformation

Jennie Sjöholm can now call herself doctor after finishing her PhD research subject of architecture. Her thesis is about the cultural processes in the built environment; how buildings are valued and revalued as cultural heritage. Case study is the urban transformation in Kiruna, north Sweden.

Student project the Venture Cup

Venture Cup is an ideas competition where the best business idea wins. Now a student project from Luleå University of Technology to streamline work with cranes at construction sites, has gone to the regional final of the competition.

Full house in the dragon´s den

A popular feature of the course Lean Construction is "the dragon´s den" where students compete with innovative proposals for a professional jury. This year competed 80 students divided into 19 groups for fame and fortune with many creative concepts.

Award-winning concept in architecture

Linda Hartzell and Per Westermark, who study on the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology have won an international award for their urban design project: Climarctic Box – Which addresses the city edges to improve the city-wide microclimate.

Blog: Undetectable values, measurable facades

Jennie Sjöholm, PhD student at theDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, has been a guest blogger on the Norrbottens Museum's web of cultural environments and measurements of Gammelstad Church Town.

Jubilee in Architecture

The Master Programme in Architectural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology celebrated its 10th anniversary with a day filled with lectures, mingle and snacks. Right from the start this program a success and the program is one of the more popular among prospective students with a high number of applications every year.

New mini student appartments

If the rent is under 3 000 SEK many students think that it is quite okay during their stay at campus. During Wednesday the construction company Lindbäcks showed their new 16 square meter apartments, the first of its kind in Sweden adapting the new building regulations.

To build The Good City

On 21-22 May, The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and IVA North held a seminar in Kiruna on the theme of the good city. The seminar was also the starting point for an upcoming IVA project on the 2000 Century; The Good City. The seminar in Kiruna began to address the challenges that the project intends to highlight:

Urban Transformation in Istanbul

The architecture students Elanor Holm and Frida Andersson have spent nine weeks in Istanbul for their thesis. In Istanbul a fast and from a Swedish perspective pretty brutal urban transformation in which both historical, cultural and human interests are trapped.

Jennie Sjöholm elected for prestigious assignment

Jennie Sjöholm, a PhD student in the research field of Architecture, has been elected to the board of The Swedish Industrial Heritage Association that protects industrial society's history and heritage in Sweden.

Minisize student appartment at 16 m2

Now, students at Luleå University of Technology take the housing crisis into their own hands and build their own appartments. How about a minisize student appartment within 16 square meters?

Full-scale models in architecture

Digital Design & Making the name of an exciting project course in architecture now being held at Luleå University of Technology. This year full-scale pavilions are being built. The Works will be on displayed on the University campus, one already in place in the university library.

Smart energy efficiency of historic buildings in cold climates

This project is now launched by Professor Kristina L. Nilsson within research subject Architecture. The results of the research will be useful for both large and small property owners

Gallery: Digital Design & Making 2013

Cutting Edge Architecture at LTU

A Pavilion with structure from a honeycomb learns from nature. The structural geometry of a honeycomb is valuable in its high strength to weigh ratio.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 27 February 2016
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