Notre recherche de doctorant aborde l’architecture royale en Mésopotamie à la fin du bronze ancien et au bronze moyen (de l’époque de la IIIème dynastie d’Ur : 2112- 2004 av. J.-C. à l’époque paléo-babylonienne : 2004-1595 av. J.-C.). C’est durant cette partie de l’âge du Bronze que les activités de construction de grands bâtiments publics ont été les plus importantes et qu’elles sont les mieux documentées par les fouilles archéologiques La thèse comporte deux volumes (texte et figures). Le volume du texte se compose de trois parties : la première et la deuxième concernent l’analyse architecturale des palais de la Mésopotamie du Sud et du Nord. Dans la dernière partie, on a proposé une étude comparative entre les palais mésopotamiens construits de la période d’Ur III à l’époque paléo-babylonienne. Des comparaisons sont aussi faites entre ces derniers palais et ceux appartenant à la même région de l’âge du bronze. On a aussi proposé d’autres études comparatives entre les palais mésopotamiens et ceux relevant des civilisations voisines, ainsi qu’entre ces palais et les grandes maisons de la même région. / Our doctoral research discusses royal architecture in Mesopotamia from the end of the Early Bronze Age through the Middle Bronze Age (from the time of the Third Dynasty of Ur: 2112-2004 BC through the Old Babylonian period: 2004-1595 BC). Activities surrounding the construction of large public buildings reached their height during this part of the Bronze Age and the most complete records from archeological excavations date from this period.The thesis consists of two volumes (text and figures). The text volume is divided into three sections: the first and second sections give an architectural analysis of the palaces of North and South Mesopotamia. In the last section, we offer a comparative study of Mesopotamian palaces built at the time of Ur III and those built during the Old Babylonian period. We also compare these Old Babylonian palaces to those of the same region during other periods of the Bronze Age. Finally, we compare Mesopotamian palaces to those of neighboring civilizations and to the large houses of the same region.

Since the beginning of the 21st century the open plan dwelling, i.e. open connections between reception areas and kitchen, has become an increasingly popular form of housing in Sweden. The aim of this thesis is to investigate narratives describing the life in open plan apartments, discussing (1) what they contain, (2) how they are constructed and distributed and (3) what social consequences they entail. These three questions have an immediate connection to the three levels of the critical discourse analysis formulated by Norman Fairclough where he analyses every instance of a discourse as simultaneously being text, discursive practice and social practice.  The study has been accomplished in the newly built area Hammarby sjöstad in Stockholm through interviews with builders, architects and people living in open plan apartments. Articles in interior magazines describing an open plan lifestyle has also been taken into consideration. Three themes is being discussed, the first describing the social qualities imagined to be naturally embedded in the open plan architecture. The second highlights the idea of cooking as both a way of living and as a factor contributing to the popularity of the open housing design, and the last focuses on the open plan home as a place for self performance.  At the text-level the material describes the impact of the open plan dwelling as a result of new interests, as dependent on new social habits and as a desire to put the home and the ongoing life on display. The ideas of what an open plan architecture actually can accomplish may, at a discoursive practice level, be given explanations from three main orders of discourse: the architectural, the market, and the good life order of discourse. The social practice level makes it obvious that the ideals concerning housing and lifestyle simultaneously reproduce old and create new social practices, taking into account cultural notions of gender relations, family life, social habits and questions of class.

This thesis examines domestic service practises among some members of the Yorkshire gentry during the nineteenth century. Historians usually consider the gentry to have shared the same social outlooks and practises as other members of the upper class in spite of significant differences in income and political power. However, as they were less well-to-do, they could not afford to maintain the variety of servants a wealthy aristocrat could. Three main families were selected to reflect the range of incomes and possession or lack thereof of a hereditary title: the Listers of Shibden Hall, the Sykes of Sledmere House and the Pennymans of Ormesby Hall. The Yorkshire gentry organised country houses servants along the same hierarchical lines as prescriptive authors suggested because this gave servants clear paths for promotion which reduced the frequency of staff turnover; furthermore the architecture of their country houses promoted such organization. Secondly, this architecture reinforced the domestic social positions of every rung of the domestic hierarchy. As part of a unique subgroup of the upper class, gentry ladies were less likely to experience class conflict with servants clearly placed within the domestic service hierarchy. The conclusion is that through selective recruitment processes, the distinctive work environment and a particular labour pool, this group created a unique labour market tailored to their social and economic standing.

The thesis aims to study the development of late 19th and early 20th century domestic architecture in B&uuml / y&uuml / kada and Kadik&ouml / y as new resort districts of Istanbul. The urban development of Istanbul and B&uuml / y&uuml / kada is introduced as a basis to discuss the architectural context and domestic life. The discussion centers on the emergence of concept of &lsquo / resort houses&rsquo / as a new dwelling type in Istanbul in the late Ottoman period. Selected case studies are described and compared to illustrate how such houses were conceptualized, built and utilized.

This thesis examines domestic service practises among some members of the Yorkshire gentry during the nineteenth century. Historians usually consider the gentry to have shared the same social outlooks and practises as other members of the upper class in spite of significant differences in income and political power. However, as they were less well-to-do, they could not afford to maintain the variety of servants a wealthy aristocrat could. Three main families were selected to reflect the range of incomes and possession or lack thereof of a hereditary title: the Listers of Shibden Hall, the Sykes of Sledmere House and the Pennymans of Ormesby Hall. The Yorkshire gentry organised country houses servants along the same hierarchical lines as prescriptive authors suggested because this gave servants clear paths for promotion which reduced the frequency of staff turnover; furthermore the architecture of their country houses promoted such organization. Secondly, this architecture reinforced the domestic social positions of every rung of the domestic hierarchy. As part of a unique subgroup of the upper class, gentry ladies were less likely to experience class conflict with servants clearly placed within the domestic service hierarchy. The conclusion is that through selective recruitment processes, the distinctive work environment and a particular labour pool, this group created a unique labour market tailored to their social and economic standing.

This thesis examines domestic service practises among some members of the Yorkshire gentry during the nineteenth century. Historians usually consider the gentry to have shared the same social outlooks and practises as other members of the upper class in spite of significant differences in income and political power. However, as they were less well-to-do, they could not afford to maintain the variety of servants a wealthy aristocrat could. Three main families were selected to reflect the range of incomes and possession or lack thereof of a hereditary title: the Listers of Shibden Hall, the Sykes of Sledmere House and the Pennymans of Ormesby Hall. The Yorkshire gentry organised country houses servants along the same hierarchical lines as prescriptive authors suggested because this gave servants clear paths for promotion which reduced the frequency of staff turnover; furthermore the architecture of their country houses promoted such organization. Secondly, this architecture reinforced the domestic social positions of every rung of the domestic hierarchy. As part of a unique subgroup of the upper class, gentry ladies were less likely to experience class conflict with servants clearly placed within the domestic service hierarchy. The conclusion is that through selective recruitment processes, the distinctive work environment and a particular labour pool, this group created a unique labour market tailored to their social and economic standing.

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The Formative Period in the South: IntroductionThe text doesn´t have an abstract / El texto no presenta resumen

Eduardo Sacriste (Buenos Aires, 1905 – Tucumán, 1999) exerceu durante toda sua vida profissional a dupla atividade de mestre e arquiteto. Sua obra é abrangente, incluindo diversos programas: projetos urbanísticos, universidades, hospitais, escolas, bancos, edifícios de habitação coletiva e casas unifamiliares, realizados em diversas províncias da Argentina. Mas foi na província de Tucumán, ao noroeste da Argentina, onde trabalhou a maior parte da sua vida. Foi também em Tucumán onde Eduardo Sacriste explorou em maior profundidade o tema que melhor representa sua arquitetura, sendo este o projeto da casa unifamiliar. O presente trabalho de pesquisa tem como objetivo principal o estudo sistemático de um grupo de sete projetos de casas unifamiliares construídas pelo arquiteto Sacriste entre os anos de 1940 e 1980, localizadas tanto na zona rural quanto na zona urbana da referida província argentina. Até o presente momento, o material publicado acerca destas construções, além de pouco difundido no exterior, é escasso e disperso mesmo no país de origem. Pretende-se com este trabalho organizar e ampliar os estudos preexistentes, com o redesenho dos planos de cada obra, na tentativa de contribuir com uma apresentação gráfica que permita um melhor estudo analítico e comparativo destas casas, divulgando, também em língua portuguesa, a obra de Eduardo Sacriste. / Eduardo Sacriste (Buenos Aires, 1905 - Tucumán, 1999) exercised throughout his professional life the dual activity of teacher and architect. His work is vast, including several programs: urban projects, universities, hospitals, schools, banks, collective housing buildings and single-family homes, constructed in several provinces of Argentina. But was in the Province of Tucumán, in northwestern Argentina, where he has worked in most part of his life. It was also in Tucumán where Eduardo Sacriste explored in greater depth the theme that best represents his architecture, which is the design of single-family homes. This research work aims to a systematic study of a group of seven projects of single-family homes built by Sacriste between the years 1940 and 1980, located both in rural and in urban areas of that Argentine province. Till now, the published material about these constructions, besides poorly widespread outside, is scarce and dispersed even in the country of origin. This work also aim to organize and expand the existing studies, with the redesign of the plans of each project, in an attempt to contribute with a graphical presentation that allows a better analytical and comparative study of these houses, spreading, also in Portuguese, the work of Eduardo Sacriste.