Designing housing for the elderly in modern Sweden is not so much a matter of what the user wants. Instead, the architect focuses on the standards that apply from a pure healthcare perspective. Hygiene requirements and personnel aspects come first. The quality of life of the elderly loses out.
Published Monday 31 March, 2008 in
Issue #4 Who looks after the Elderly?
Keeping down energy consumption in new buildings is obvious. However, the new building regulations do not always encourage innovations. There are also elements that have a great impact on modern architecture. The glass façade may be threatened with extinction.
Published Monday 3 March, 2008 in
Issue #2 Will new building regulations be the death of glass facades?
The Swedish school is worn out, tired and in great need of regeneration. But instead of patching up and repairing, it is better to demolish and build from scratch. In many cases it is cheaper as well. Don’t let penny-pinching impose on wisdom. A new school is not an expense, it is an investment.
Published Monday 3 March, 2008 in
Issue #3 Holistic approach to Sweden’s schools
Environmental thinking has to be the starting point for every architectural project. What was previously ecological thinking is now also an economic and business-minded approach. Nowadays, green thinking is an important competitive tool.
Published Monday 3 March, 2008 in
Issue #1 Sustainability… in earnest!