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The newly built office building in an exclusive residential suburb of Brno is a worthy partner to the villa from the thirties of the last century. The layout is based on the contrast of the surrounding built-up area. Its sharp and clean lines are dissimilar from the round forms of the neighbouring villa. The minimalist concept frees of the classical façade articulation. However it most respects other neighbouring buildings with its dimension arrangement.

Skalholt 1 is a massive, to a large extent vacant old office building in Kista, a business park 13 km northwest of central Stockholm. As are many other offices in this area; all while housing is desperately needed and very expensive.This thesis work aims to suggest a few, cost effective actions that can change this building into attractive, long term housing – considering both the identity of the building and the qualities of the homes created there. Fundamental values are to reuse as much as possible and respect the longevity and quality of the materials, while  seeking to crate homes that can accommodate the needs and desires for a diverse range of families.The result of the project is a suggested Strategy with actions in 5 aspects: -    To create a visible, welcoming and attractive entrance with services and amenities. -    To change the color scheme of the building. -    To create an lush garden in the vast inner courtyard. -    To offer large areas that can be shared in various ways in order to create a feeling of ownership and security also outside ones own apartment (home elasticity). -    To carefully distribute apartments in such a way that individual preferences can influence how daylight and space is used.

This project is based on the idea that something called "Regionens hus" should be giving something back to the region and city it's placed in, and definitely not totally close of a strategically important site with a Likewise closed program. The propositon is to inject a cultural and educational program of equal size to the suggested office, and at the same time relieve and give more space to the nearby University and Cultural house. The site is treated according to its current flows of people and its status as a transitioning space, and the distribution and room sequence is based on a building where every program enhances each other, and people can experience what is seen as the most qualitative aspect of the city - other people.

This study analyzes the effects of gender stereotypes on women gubernatorial candidates in the post "Year of the Woman" era to determine whether or not the electoral gains made by women running for legislative office in 1992 also extended to women contesting executive elections in subsequent years. This study proceeds in two parts. The first part of this study provides an empirical analysis of contextual and candidate specific factors thought to affect the way in which gender stereotypes surface during gubernatorial campaigns and how they affect women candidates accordingly. The contextual factors include state culture, party dominance, and tradition of electing women in each state. Candidate specific factors include prior campaign and or office holding experience. The second part of this study adopts a case study approach and focuses on two gubernatorial elections – New Jersey and Virginia – to provide a more detailed examination of how gender stereotypes emerge when women are candidates for governor. The findings from the empirical analysis show that women are more likely to contest gubernatorial elections that are Democratic in their partisanship and non-traditionalist in their political culture. However, these variables did not explain whether women were successful in winning gubernatorial elections. The second part of the analysis expanded on these findings by examining the dominant role gender stereotypes played in a traditionalistic state (Virginia) and the minimal role they played in a non-traditionalistic state (New Jersey). Generalizations were made based on the findings that indicate the importance of the campaign in light of contextual factors and how this affects women candidates in executive elections. Recommendations for a future research agenda regarding elections in which women are candidates for various levels of office are also discussed.

The transformation of the office from the standard bullpen configuration to today's dynamic, flexible and open floorplans has required new design methodologies that incorporate tools and technologies that are readily available to interior designers. Moreover, the increased use of teams in the workplace challenges interior designers to create environments that accommodate group and individual tasks. This two-phased research study explored the use of a web-based pattern language as a new tool for designing and evaluating teaming spaces. Pattern language is a design formulation methodology developed in 1977 by Christopher Alexander and his associates. It consists of a series of interrelated physical elements combined to create a framework for design solutions. A web-based pattern language for teaming environments was created by this researcher and evaluated by an e-mail questionnaire sent to a sample of expert design professionals. The feedback from the survey was used to revise the existing language and was the tool used for phase two. This phase tested the pattern language against an existing teaming environment by having the researcher evaluate the space determining the inclusion of each pattern. A focus group was also surveyed and the results of both evaluations were compared for similarities. The results of phase one showed that of those design professionals surveyed, the majority believe pattern language could be a valuable design as well as evaluation tool. Phase two results showed similarities between the responses by the researcher compared with those of the focus group. In summary, pattern language may be a useful tool for the design and evaluation of teaming environments. / Master of Science

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