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En studie i begrepp inom byggnadsvården: samsyn och efterlevnad
(2024-04-25)The theory that concepts that are interpreted subjectively in building care creates problems in how the concepts are defined in practice within the current governing documents and guidelines for building care. This ... -
Ståndsgårdens övergivna trädgård: en studie av Kullen i Hova
(2024-04-25)The higher status homestead called Kullen is located on top of a small hill just outside of Hova in Västra Götaland. The house stands on a plateau surrounded by a stonewall. Aerial photos from the 1960’s shows what ... -
Glasbruksvillan och jakten på den försvunna dekoren
(2024-04-25)This thesis aims to propose a plausible design and construction of the lost gable pediments of the Glassworks Villa in Fåglavik, anno 1875. Through a combination of building inspections, photo analysis and 3D modeling, ... -
Den sydöstgötska dörromfattningen: en undersökning av Kisa tingshus dörromfattning
(2024-04-25)Kisa Courthouse in the south of Östergötland is a house built in the early 19th century with a typical neoclassical style. With clearly regular symmetrical wooden facade scheme with a central main entrance. The main entrance ... -
Behuggning av betongytor: ett test av hantverksmetoder
(2024-04-25)During the latter half of the 18th century, when concrete started seeing general use in modern cities, the use of different methods to give the concrete a finished surface texture saw use. One of these was using different ... -
En kartläggning av invändiga fönsterluckors utbredning och konstruktion
(2024-04-25)Interior window shutters can be found in historical buildings, but they are an uncommon occurrence in modern buildings. In modern contemporary construction, large glass panels are often the ideal because of increased ... -
Trästadens dolda utrymmen: fasader i husens mellanrum som kulturhistoriskt källmaterial
(2024-04-22)This thesis explores the narrow spaces between closely built houses in the over 300-year-old wooden town center of Mariestad, Sweden, and their potential as time capsules and sources of knowledge in cultural-historical ... -
Traditionell skidtillverkning: ett kunskapskomplement till dokumentären Skidmakaren i Gielas
(2024-04-22)Archaeological findings show that ski manufacturing goes back thousands of years in the Nordic region. There is a wealth of literature and film that deals with the subject, but it can be difficult to get an overall picture ... -
Betonreparation: imitation af eksisterende betonoverflader gennem bearbejdning
(2024-04-22)Concrete is the most widespread building material in modern construction and has been crucial to the development of modern architecture, over the past two centuries. However, it has gained a bad reputation, partly due ... -
En man och hans äpplen: en fallstudie av Carl Strömbergs äppelträdgård
(2024-04-17)This bachelor’s thesis studies Carl Strömbergs äppelträdgård, a private garden consisting of a large number of apple trees and varieties. The garden is located outside Örebro, in Närke, and is owned by a unit owner association ... -
Knista kyrkogård: ett rekonstruktionsförslag för den västra kyrkogården
(2024-04-17)This study focuses on a reconstruction proposal of a small part of a rural churchyard that has lost a big part of its history, in form of its conformation and plant material. The chosen part of the cemetery was established ... -
Jaummuovárrie blomsteräng: en värdering av artrikedomen och dess kulturhistoriska roll
(2024-04-17)The thesis "Jaummuovárrie Flower Meadow: An Assessment of Species Diversity and Cultural History," provides a detailed botanical examination of Jaummuovárrie flower meadow in the Ammarnäs area, focusing on its biodiversity ... -
Lindehults handelsträdgård: en fallstudie med fokus på järnvägens nytta för en ökad marknad
(2024-04-09)This case study's aim was to strengthen the state of knowledge about how horticultural companies in Sweden used railway transports between 1900s and the 1950s. Economic theories and a micro-historical perspective have ... -
Spaljerade fruktträd, en outnyttjad resurs för hemträdgården? En intervjustudie av trädgårdsmästares erfarenheter och syn på hantverket spaljering.
(2024-04-09)This bachelor's thesis is a study of operative approach and attitude to espaliered fruit trees in home gardens. Through qualitative interviews the informants give their view of problems which might arise, and to some ... -
The paint loss of Callmander’s stained glass windows: An investigation of the prevalence and causes behind the paint loss on Callmander and Svenska Glasmåleri AB’s stained glass windows
(2024-02-06)This MA-thesis investigates the loss of grisaille paint in the stained-glass windows created by the artist Reinhold Callmander and Svenska Glasmåleri AB, with the aim of understanding the prevalence as well as the reasons ... -
Tracing Tempera through Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Analysing samples from four icons from the Nationalmuseum collection
(2024-01-30)This thesis will analyze samples in form of cross-sections taken from four icons of the Nationalmuseum collection, two Russian, from the 18th and 19th centuries and two Greek, also from the 18th and 19th centuries, using ... -
FINDING TRACES OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN Implementing personal value through visualisation as a conservation tool
(2024-01-30)The organisation Docomomo International is engaged in the documentation and conservation of the built environment related to the Modern Movement. Therefore, it was essential to discuss what this means for our modernist ... -
Kulturreservatet Gunnebos öppna diken - en undersökning med avstamp i kulturhistorisk värdering och biologisk mångfald
(2024-01-09)This essay was written with the knowledge that Gunnebo’s landscape management plan is in need of revision, mainly to adapt its maintenance to new research and updated national environmental goals. The cultural reserve’s ... -
Desalination of Archaeological Iron Objects in Vacuum
(2023-12-13)This work investigates the efficiency of commercially available vacuum containers as a physical deoxygenation method for desalination solutions for archaeological iron. Other factors are investigated as well, such as the ... -
RENOVERA FÖR RENOVERINGS SKULL En studie av trender och influenser i medias porträttering av renovering
(2023-12-05)New homeowners will often initiate renovation projects during the first few months of owning their property. With each renovation there is a great risk of loss in cultural heritage, as it is common to change the fixed ...