The Results of this thesis was the creation of two designed house variants with a module to all the apartments. In addition till the first module there are three other modules of apartments that can be put in the houses if it so needs. The house are volume prefabricated and are placed on site in a way that it create an enclosure of the area which faces against the nature and car parks also lies hidden behind these houses. For the actual structure, a cross beam was created to carry the floor above and it is support by all four walls. The structure between the first and the second floor has no "syll" but instead there are two differently alternative to linking the floors in order so that it will not move. The reason with this solution was that there will not be any subsidence when the forces from above are pressed down ward. The forces are instead directly down to the next timber frame system. This can happen when the real estate's owner might want to build more floors on the house than the present two floors house when there is no land to build and spaces are needed in the future.

Abstract For years, due to the lack of sound public transportation system, Kaohsiung citizens depend on motor cycles and their own cars for transportation. In the early this year, they started to have a new choice with the completion of Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit system (KMRT). Will the KMRT bring them more convenience and make them give up the dependence on motor cycles or cars, which eventually will become an important factor in choosing housing just as what has been observed in Taipei over the past decade? The research aims to study the influence of the KMRT to Kaohsiung people¡¦s daily habit of transportation and their housing choices. The study has adopted the planned behavior theory to explore the behavior intentions of Kaohsiung citizens in housing choices and to analyze the factors for purchases. The research adopted the questionnaire survey procedure to those people who were 25 years old and had taken the KMRT. The grand total of the questionnaires is 450 ones, of which 409 ones were effective. From the result through the regression analysis, it has been found that the location of the KMRT has indeed become a factor in housing choice for those who have taken the KMRT. However, it should be pointed out that an average of only ten percent Kaohsiung citizens per day use the system while in Taipei, above one third of people use the MRT every day. The low percentage for Kaohsiung people in using the new system tells the fact that the new system has not affected the people¡¦s lives so much as Taipei¡¦s MRT.

<p>The Results of this thesis was the creation of two designed house variants with a module to</p><p>all the apartments. In addition till the first module there are three other modules of</p><p>apartments that can be put in the houses if it so needs. The house are volume prefabricated</p><p>and are placed on site in a way that it create an enclosure of the area which faces against the</p><p>nature and car parks also lies hidden behind these houses.</p><p>For the actual structure, a cross beam was created to carry the floor above and it is support</p><p>by all four walls. The structure between the first and the second floor has no "syll" but</p><p>instead there are two differently alternative to linking the floors in order so that it will not</p><p>move. The reason with this solution was that there will not be any subsidence when the</p><p>forces from above are pressed down ward. The forces are instead directly down to the next</p><p>timber frame system. This can happen when the real estate's owner might want to build</p><p>more floors on the house than the present two floors house when there is no land to build</p><p>and spaces are needed in the future.</p>

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Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thèse (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1952. / In Nos racines. Bibliogr. (f. 167-170). Publié aussi en version papier.

Thesis (M. A.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. / Bibliography: p. 232-250.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 29, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-156).

O termo difundido internacional historic house museums une duas categorias: casas históricas e casas-museus. No Brasil, os termos utilizados são museus-casas ou, ainda, casas-museus. Estes se constituem em espaços abertos ao público, reunindo características de conservação e apresentação das obras exigidas pelo Conselho Internacional de Museus (ICOM) e apresentando relação entre a casa (espaço arquitetônico), o acervo (conteúdo) e o proprietário (habitante). O presente estudo consiste em uma análise de três modelos de museus-casas/casasmuseus, na cidade de São Paulo, sendo eles: Fundação Maria Luísa e Oscar Americano, Fundação Cultural Ema Gordon Klabin e Museu da Casa Brasileira. Essa análise levantará os principais itens relativos à arquitetura dos seus projetos, com ênfase nas plantas, o desenho das casas e sua transformação para museu. Trata-se, portanto, de uma reflexão sobre a tipologia dos museus-casas, baseada nas principais características observadas diretamente nas instituições selecionadas, utilizando, para tanto, textos que abordam aspectos históricos, sociais e técnicos, o Projeto de Classificação dos Museus-casas, elaborado pelo DEMHIST (Comitê Internacional de Museus-Casas Históricas, do Conselho Internacional de Museus, 1998), bem como a revisão dos trabalhos já realizados sobre o assunto por diversos autores, visando a um entendimento global das questões já levantadas a respeito do tema. / The spread out term international historic house museums joins two categories: historical houses and house-museums. In Brazil, the used terms are museum-houses or, still, housemuseums. These if constitute in open spaces to the public, congregating characteristic of conservation and presentation of the workmanships demanded for the International Advice of Museums (ICOM) and presenting relation between the house (space architectural), the quantity (content) and the proprietor (inhabitant). The present study it consists of an analysis of three models of museum-houses/house-museums, in the city of São Paulo, being they: Foundation Maria Luisa and Oscar Americano, Cultural Foundation Ema Gordon Klabin and Museum of the Brazilian House. This analysis will raise the main relative item to the architecture of its projects, with emphasis in the plants, the drawing of the houses and its transformation for museum. It is treated, therefore, of a reflection on the kind of the museum-houses, based in the main characteristics observed directly in the institutions selected, using, for in such a way, texts that approach aspects historical, social and technician, the Project of Classification of the Museum-houses, elaborated for the DEMHIST (International Committee of Historical Museum-House, of the International Advice of Museums, 1998), as well as the revision of the works already carried through on the subject for diverse authors, aiming at to a global agreement of the raised questions already regarding the subject.

About 25 % of the total buildings in the European Union have been categorized as ”old buildings”. Followed the recent strickt rules for carbon emissions reduction, each house has to approximetely cut 20 % of CO2 by 2020. Countries like England, have taken the issue very seriously and planning to reduce the carbon emissions by 30 % until the end of 2020 and by an extra 80 % by 2050 (Francis Moran, 2014). The aim of the report is to present how a traditional house can be retroffited into a passive house and also to identify the key points that every passive house should have. For the purpose of the project an avtual house, based in Gävle, was provided and all the simulations are based on actual data. The initial design of the house which was used for the simulation and the 3D design, was provided by the house owner. The building was built in 1953, information regarding the current insulation of the house was provided by the owner as well. For the simulations and the 3D design a software know as IDA ICE was used, license and access to the software were given by the University of Gävle. The report simulates the current house and compares the results with two possible scenarios that are reducing the energy demand of the house. Furthermore, the possible ways and tools that could be used to reduce the energy demand of the house and cost estimation for the retrofitting is available in the paper.The first simulations were occured on the actual house, the first retrofitting package introduces new simulations based on new insulation materials, like wood and cement, that are placed mainly on the roof and on the outer walls. Also, the thickness have changed, thus the new insulations are thicker.Moreover, the second and final retrofitting package, introduces an HVAC system, which is a standard system. The aim is to achieve further energy demand reductions and prove that simple and basic changes can improve the quality of living and reduce CO2 emissions.After the completition of the first analysis, a reduction equal to 60 % and after the addition of the HVAC a further 20 % reduction achieved.