The theme of diploma thesis is design of reception center and residential center in Brno city. These asylum facilities are first two steps to proceeding for granting international protection. Both of these facilities provide accomodation and other services, such as provide of meals, social and psychological services, legal help or clients can take part in wide range of free-time activites. Designed complex is located at Červený kopec in Brno-Štýřice and it consists of 6 building divided into three parts - reception center, residential center and central structures used by the both facilities, such as administration, kitchen and maintenance services.

This diploma thesis deals with design of new building multifunctional house in southeastern outskirts of Brno in urban district Holásky. The three-storey building combines purpose of permanent housing, stomatology center and pharmacy. Business premises and technical facilities are located on the ground floor. Overall twelve dwelling units with layout design as one-bedroom flat and two-bedroom flat are placed on above-ground floors. Designed building has rectangular trapezoid shape and copies triangle shape of flat building plot. Parking spaces are perpendicular to adjacent access road. External walls are made of 500 mm thick Porotherm hollow clay blocks with inserted mineral insulation. Ceiling structure is designed as reinforced concrete slab, which is divided into set of smaller two way slabs. Building is roofed with flat roof, on it are placed solar collectors used for water heating and reducing operating costs. Effective management of rainwater which is collected and reused helps decrease environmental impact of building. Total energy consumption of the building is reduced by building compactness. Thesis contains project documentation for the construction.

“Jarðnæði; Tranquil Terra” is a meditation on the relationship between the dwelling and the dramatic ever-changing landscapes of the rural Icelandic countryside. The project is anchored in a place with a long and complex history and with a profound relationship with its landscapes - a place of wandering churches, lifesaving shipwrecks, growing houses, teeth in the ground, paths lined with crosses to protect against the ghosts and other dark creatures. It is a place where everything is vibrant, alive and has a story to tell. In the journey to the Tranquil Terra I navigated by means of cartography and critical fiction in search of ways to rethink the Icelandic architectural heritage beyond the nature-culture divide. / "Jarðnæði; Tranquil Terra " är en meditation över förhållandet mellan bostaden och det ständigt föränderliga  landskapet på den isländska landsbygden. Projektet är förankrat i en plats med en lång och komplicerad historia och med en djup relation med sitt landskap - en plats för vandrande kyrkor, skeppsvrak, växande hus, vägar kantade med kors för att skydda mot spöken och andra skrämmande varelser. Det är en plats där allt är levande och har en historia att berätta. I resan till Tranquil Terra navigerade jag med hjälp av kartografi och kritisk fiction på jakt efter ett nytt sätt att tänka kring det isländska arkitektoniska arvet utöver klyftan mellan natur-kultur.

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with unsatisfactory treatment options and poorly under- stood etiology. Genetic models are a suitable tool for studying this disorder with its high heritability. However, currently available animal models do not cover the broad range of schizophrenia symptoms and are not disorder-specific. Ribonucleic acid binding motif protein 12 gene (RBM12), a novel, high- risk gene for schizophrenia, was recently identified. This thesis aimed to assess the social behavior of schizophrenia-like phenotype in RBM12 zebrafish mutants. The social behavior of mutated adult zebrafish was assessed during free-swimming. Trajectories of each zebrafish were obtained from recordings by the usage of idtracker.ai. Parameters selected to quantify the social behavior of the zebrafish were chosen based on common symptoms of humans with schizophrenia. Inter-fish distance was examined as an indicator of preferred personal space since humans diagnosed with schizophre- nia have an increased need for a greater personal space compared to mentally healthy individuals. Wall-hugging, increased speed and bottom-dwelling were studied as indicators of anxiety, a common comorbid symptom of schizophrenia. The RBM12 mutants exhibited a greater inter-fish distance than their wild-type siblings during three-dimensional recordings. They however, did not demonstrate an increased inter-fish distance during two-dimensional recordings. The mutated zebrafish displayed a higher average speed and greater wall-hugging, indicating anxiety. It can be concluded that RBM12 mutation produces partial symptomatology consistent with humans diagnosed with schizophrenia, providing a promising animal model. The current work provided novel insight into the neural substrates of schizophrenia and for potential drug screening for this disorder. Further research is needed to fully characterise schizophrenia-like symptoms in this RBM12 animal model.

“Adapting Snäckan 8” aims to investigate material and immaterial value while transforming an existing built structure. Current development plans seek to demolish and replace the existing building by a new, 10 meter wider, 4.5 meter taller building of office spaces; increasing the scale of the Klara quarter once more, just as during the Norrmalm Regulation historically. Excluding both: plans for housing, as well as the so called “Culture House”. A space that included a café, a library and a cinema, for everyone, including especially the homeless people of Stockholm.Accompanied by a notion that when we demolish built structures, not only do we demolish material, but also social structures that have been built up over time; the ecological aspects of adaptive re-use are expanded by social urgency. In light of the housing crisis and increasing social segregation as well as the development of the pandemic, the accessibility of a home is now perhaps more pressing than ever. This project therefore aims to provide affordable, inclusive mixed-use living within the city centre, adapting Snäckan 8 to changing rhythms and patterns of daily life. Thereby hoping to continue writing the story of Snäckan 8, rather than erasing it.

Project of housing in the city. Architectural and urbanistic proposal of a city block in Laussane.

This thesis departures from the urgency to reinterpret the role of the architect. Our job’s main mission can no longer be to supply ideas for cradle to grave type of production. The only way to harmonize our needs with the planetary limits is through a paradigm shift towards reshaping existing materials, infrastructure, and constructions. How could architects better inform and convey their expertise regarding construction, material qualities, and cultural values, in a constructive, forward-looking way? By working hands-on with preexisting contexts and buildings we want to learn the craft of adaptive reuse. This thesis has resulted in a case study of a former hardware store, called Järnbolaget, in the small urban outpost Torsby in the north of Värmland.

This thesis departures from the urgency to reinterpret the role of the architect. Our job’s main mission can no longer be to supply ideas for cradle to grave type of production. The only way to harmonize our needs with the planetary limits is through a paradigm shift towards reshaping existing materials, infrastructure, and constructions. How could architects better inform and convey their expertise regarding construction, material qualities, and cultural values, in a constructive, forward-looking way? By working hands-on with preexisting contexts and buildings we want to learn the craft of adaptive reuse. This thesis has resulted in a case study of a former hardware store, called Järnbolaget, in the small urban outpost Torsby in the north of Värmland.

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This study compared the Global Warming Potential (GWP) impact of two single-family dwellings situated in Halmstad and Norrköping. The aim of this thesis work is to investigate how building materials types, material quantities, and geographical boundaries affect the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) results. This study focuses on climate declaration (A1-A5) LCA stages and was conducted in collaboration with Fiskarhedenvillan. The study uses a comparative LCA of various building components and materials. One Click LCA student license was used to calculate the CO2e emissions from the GWP impact category. The study found that the building in Halmstad generated 6,3% lower CO2e emissions compared to the building in Norrköping. The reason mainly was affected by the use of roofing materials. The building in Halmstad used reinforced bitumen while the building in Norrköping used concrete tile roofing. The study investigates that reinforced bitumen generates lower emissions in A1-A4 stages compared to concrete. The geographical boundaries affect the A4 stage. The building in Halmstad generated higher CO2e emissions compared to the building in Norrköping as it has long distances to the building materials suppliers. The research verifies that the A1-A3 stages considerably generate most of the emissions (70-80%) compared to A4 and A5. The A5 stage results remain the same per meter square of both dwellings considering the use of generic data from One Click LCA.