Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes special report study entitled : Perception of open space in public architecture. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo aplicar conceitos do lean office em procedimentos administrativos do setor público. Essa proposta tem como base à aplicação de conceitos que foram criados para serem utilizados na manufatura, como a produção enxuta ou o lean manufacturing. Realizou-se um levantamento bibliográfico sobre administração púbica, dado o contexto da pesquisa, e após sobre os conceitos da produção enxuta, que foi desdobrado nos conceitos do escritório enxuto, conceito esse conhecido também como lean office. O método da pesquisa utilizado foi à pesquisa-ação, cujo desenvolvimento deu-se na Secretaria Municipal da Fazenda da Prefeitura Municipal de São Carlos, estado de São Paulo. Coletou-se dados, com o objetivo de elaborar o mapeamento dos procedimentos e compor os elementos necessários sobre o seu funcionamento. Nesta etapa foram utilizados a observação direta, reuniões com um grupo de funcionários e análise dos documentos existentes. Ao final, obteve-se, primeiro, uma contribuição teórica, pois os conceitos do lean office foram aplicados em uma organização pública, ambiente este que difere do ambiente onde rotineiramente os conceitos lean são aplicados (manufatura), e segundo, os procedimentos administrativos do setor público propostos apresentaram melhorias em sua estrutura e desempenho. Parte das propostas sugeridas foram implantadas, como foi o caso do procedimento de atendimento fiscal a população, onde as etapas foram reduzidas de 5 para 1 e a agregação de valor no procedimento aumentou de 4,5% para 33,3%. Esses resultados foram derivados da redução de etapas de trabalho desnecessárias, da redução de tempos de processamento e eliminação de atividades que não agregavam valor. Dessa forma, concluiu-se que é possível aplicar os conceitos do lean office no setor administrativo público estudado, considerando em sua aplicação as adaptações pertinentes à organização. / This study apply lean office concepts in administrative procedures within the public sector. The concept of lean manufacturing, originally devised for production management, served as a basis for the analysis. A bibliographical survey on public administration was initially conducted, followed by a survey on lean manufacturing and its derivative concept of lean office. The action research method was adopted, and the work was developed at the city Secretary of Finance, in the city of Sao Carlos, Brazil. At the initial stages, the research focused on gathering data to allow for a comprehensive mapping of functions and procedures within the department. This phase included direct observation, meetings with the staff and the analysis of existing documentation. The work developed into both theoretical and practical contributions, as the lean management concepts were progressively adapted to the reality of the public administration environment, which differs significantly from the production environments to which these concepts were originally directed. Modifications suggested by the study were implemented, leading to relevant improvements in the structure and performance of administrative procedures. The customer service on fiscal matters, for instance, showed a 5 to 1 reduction on service steps and an increase from 4.5% to 33.3% in added value. Such improvements resulted from the cutback in unnecessary tasks, the reduction of processing times and the elimination of activities that did not add value to the services. The results revealed that the lean office concepts can be a valid approach in the administrative optimization of the public sector organization studied, provided that the proper adaptations are taken into account.

L’idéologie républicaine s’est largement emparée de la signification hautement symbolique de l’architecture municipale. Comme pour l’école, elle a contribué à lui donner l’image de l’État, c’est-à-dire démocratique et égalitaire. Pourtant, un rapide constat montre qu’à l’échelle du territoire national, l’emprise républicaine sur l’architecture régionale s’est faiteavec plus ou moins de succès, selon que l’on se situe près des grands centres de rayonnement culturels et des foyers politiques actifs. En Bretagne, l’ancrage de la République dans les mentalités recouvre des luttes sous-jacentes qui conditionnent directement la commande publique : de l’enclos paroissial à la mairie-école républicaine, c’est finalement sur le mariage de raison entre la société civile (la commune) et la communauté villageoise (la paroisse) qui se construisent les items du pouvoir. Cette thèse a pour objectif, non pas de démontrer la pertinence d’une architecturerépublicaine, mais plus largement de revenir sur la constitution d’un socle commun de représentations du pouvoir, de l’État en général, et du local en particulier. A partir de l’image puissante qu’elle dégage, l’architecture du pouvoir pose de fait la question de son identité : ce travail offre, du XVIIIe siècle aux années quatre-vingt, de dépasser l’approche purement structuraliste communément admise pour ce type d’analyse, et d’entreprendre, sur la base d’une observation méthodique des sources d’archives, d’enquêtes sur le terrain, du croisement des parcours d’architectes, une relecture de la sémantique architecturale régionale / The republican ideology widely seized the highly symbolic meaning of the municipal architecture. As for the school, it contributed to give her the image of the State, which is democratic and equalitarian. Nevertheless, a fast report shows that on the scale of the national territory, the republican influence on the regional architecture was made with more or less of success, as we are situated near big cultural centers and active political homes. In Brittany, the anchoring of the Republic in the mentalities recovers underlying fights which condition directly the state commission: from the parochial enclosure into the republican city hall-school, it is finally on the marriage of convenience enter the civil society (the municipality) and the rustic community (the parish) which build themselves the items of the power. This thesis has for objective, not to demonstrate the relevance of republican architecture, but more widely to return on the constitution of a common base of representations of the power, the State generally, and the premises in particular. From the powerful image which itloosens, the architecture of the power asks actually the question of its identity: this work offers, from the eighteenth to the 80’s, to exceed the purely structuralist approach collectively admitted for this kind of analysis, and to undertake, on the basis of a methodical observation of the springs of archives, inquiries on the ground, the crossing of architects' routes, asecond reading of semantics regional architectural

At the outset, the Diploma thesis specifies the public administration area, especially its characteristic and status from the perspective of experts. The second part deals with problem of staffing in the public administration and analyzes the methods of selection of suitable candidates. The practical part is focused on selected public folder, which is made description, analysis and evaluation process of staffing. This section also examined whether the public folder effective number of workplace creates and whether their staffing is carried out based on predetermined rules.

Strängnäs City Hall is situated at a square down by the waterfront. It sits in a place right where old small scale buildings meet a block of stone buildings. The building contains public functions as lobby, restaurant, external meeting rooms, lecture hall and roof terrace as well as office space for the municipality. / PLATSEN Tomten för Strängnäs stadshall ligger på en plats med många kvalitéer, belägen vid Västervikstorget med utblick mot hamnen och invid småskalig kulturbebyggelse från 1600-1800talet. Det är en populär plats särskilt på sommaren med gäster i hamnen och försäljning i bodarna. Det är platsens kvalitéer men också dess svårigheter som jag använt för att forma byggnaden. Mot tomtens norra sida ligger de äldre trähusen på en höjd som sträcker sig ut i viken, på den södra sidan dikt an mot tomten ligger ett oavslutat kvarter i stenstadens skala. I nordväst sträcker sig Västervikstorget fram till kajkanten. Jag har i min gestaltning velat arbeta med mötet mellan omgivningens två olika skalor och omvandla det som idag är en baksida av stadskvarteret till en framsida och fond mot torget. GESTALTNING Stadshallen är formad som två spegelvända volymer med förskjutningar i sidled och höjdledd för att möta platsens förutsättningar. I stadskvarteret möter tomten en tung tegelbyggnad som innehåller bland annat en bank, mot söder och mot torget har jag placerat en högre och mer framskjuten volym som spelar med kvarterets skala och skapar en tydlig fond mot torget. Mot norr och småskaliga bebyggelsen placeras en lägre volym som är tillbakadragen från torget. Den norra sidan har även en balkong på första våningen som också fungerar som skärmtak för stadshallens entré. Förskjutningarna tar upp höjdskillnaden mellan den norra och södra sidan och accentuerar torgets riktning.

Gottsunda is facing a big change, where a whole new district will arise. This will contribute to a whole lot of new citizens, and more pressure on the infrastructure where a new train will pass that connects the new district and makes it more attractive. Gottsunda City Hall is located parallel with the new square, which makes it a junction for the area. The City Hall has a big focus on the public world, which makes its focus to be as open and available for the citizens and visitors. The main focus inside the building is sport activities and cultural activities, which is a big part in the lives of the citizens in Gottsunda. Expect sport activities and cultural approaches, a big sports field is located beside the City Hall. The sports field is open to everyone, and is allowed for everyone to use. The building has a very characteristic façade that shows how open and welcoming the building is. The heart and the main room in the City Hall is the big open, diagonal atrium that goes through the whole building. Along this diagonal atrium is the façade all in glass, to make it more open and contribute to have a view from inside out, and from outside in. This to make a strong bond between the building and the crowded square. / Gottsunda står inför en stor förändring, där en helt ny stadsdel kommer att skapas. Detta kommer bidra till en mängd nya bostäder, en mängd nya invånare, och en ny tvärbana som kommer gå genom stadsdelen. Gottsunda stadsdelscenter står i relation parallellt med det nytänkta torget, och nya Gottsunda allé, där tvärbanan kommer att gå. Stadsdelscentret står som en knytpunkt för hela den nya stadsdelen. Byggnaden har ett stort fokus på allmänheten, att vara öppet och tillgängligt för Gottsundaborna, och kunna ge dom en plats att vistas på och bruka. Det stora fokuset ligger på sport och aktivitet, vilket är en stor del av det dagliga livet i Gottsunda. Förutom att byggnaden invändigt erbjuder flera kulturella aktiviteter, kreativa och mer fysiska sportaktiviteter, så är en stor sportplan belägen på baksidan. Denna stora sportplan är en förlängning av torget, och är öppet och välkomnande för alla. Hit är alla välkomna, att ta en springrunda eller spela fotboll. Byggnaden har en mycket karaktäristisk fasad, som speglar hur öppen och allmän byggnaden är.Byggnadens hjärta är ett öppet diagonalt atrium, som bidrar till att alla plan ser upp och ned på varandra. Kopplingen mellan torget, sportfältet och byggnaden är också mycket stor då detta öppna atrium är helt inglasat, vilket ger en total insikt in i byggnaden, likaväl som utvändig sikt. Byggnaden ska stå som ett landmärke för Gottsunda, en plats man kan komma för att spendera sin fritid, eller bara ta del av information.

The objective was to design a new city hall for the biggest district of Brno: Brno-sever. The site determined for the new city hall is a brownfield of old barracks in Brno - Černá Pole. An important part of the task was to decide what to do with the whole area, and to find the ideal position for the nex city hall within this site. In my design, the hall is situated at the crossroad oh the Provazníkova, Jugoslávká and Mathonova street. The goal was not to overwhelm the environment, but to integrate this new building between the old and the new structure. The new city hall is remarkable by its size, mass and dark basalt facade. It is not much higher than the surrounding buildings and has only four floors. Groundfloor is dedicated to public acitivities (library, post office, community center) while the city hall itself occupies the three remaining floors.

The main architectural motif of the contrast vertical and horizontal. Vertical - a tower that will house the town hall, the dominant element in the area, and therefore represents well the importance of the city hall within the district. This importance is enhanced by the location of the tower on the corner. Calm horizontal volume cultural center follows the street line and thus defines a new public spaces, including a new town hall square. The unifying element of the two buildings is a double facade of white aluminum fins.

The aim of the work was to design a town hall for Brno city, burrough Sever. Currently, the location is separated from public life by a high wall. What is more, it does not match the style of surrounding buildings. The proposed town hall design strives to revive the location. It uses one of the three existing buildings built in 1920. The building is proposed to be rennovated and extended by a new modern architectonic object. This way, the whole complex would naturally fit into the original structure. The location of the town hall merges the historic with the modern introducing new values into the place.

Detta kandidatprojekt handlar om att skapa ett stadsdelshus för Spånga stadsdel i Stockholm. Spånga formades och präglades av trädgårdsstads-rörelsen vid förra sekelskiftet, vilket resulterade i en pittoresk, småskalig villabebyggelse. Det nya stadsdelshuset är tänkt att vara både ett centrum för stadsdelskontoret och en mötesplats för den lokala befolkningen. Projektet syftar till att introducera en ny urban karaktär för detta förorts-samhälle. Huset är en 70 meter hög struktur med varierade funktioner och en liten undangömd urban trädgård på bakgården. Stadsdelshuset är uppbyggt med vertikala 10 meters-enheter, som delas i två eller tre våningar. Projektet tillför kontorsplatser och offentliga mötesplatser för lokalbefolkningen, genom en heterogen vertikal och koncentrerad urban form. Detta är ett försök att uttrycka områdets pågående transformation, från suburban förort till urban stadsdel. Som en del av Spångas transformation skapas en plats för urbana aktörer och ett nytt utrymme för Stockholms internationella biblioteket har gjorts tillgängligt i huset. / This bachelor project is about creating a district council building for Spånga district in Stockholm, Sweden. A major part of Spånga was built and characterised by the Garden City movement during the end of the 19th century, which resulted in a picturesque, small scale suburban area. The new district council building is thought to be both a centre for municipal administration and a meeting place for the local community. The project aims to introduce a new form of urban character to this suburban community. The building is a 70 meter tall structure with varied functions and a small urban garden hidden in the backyard. The building is constructed with a system of vertical 10 meter units, which can be divided into two or three floors. The project provides administrative office spaces and public space for the local inhabitants, via a heterogenous vertical concentrate of urban form. It is an attempt to express the ongoing transformation of the area from suburban to urban and to help develop a collective local identity. As a part of Spångas transformation a place has been created for urban actors and a new space has been made available for Stockholms international library.