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- Persson de Fine Licht, Karl
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Hostile urban architecture: A critical discussion of the seemingly offensive art of keeping people away
- 2017
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In: Etikk I Praksis. - : Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Library. - 1890-3991 .- 1890-4009. ; 11:2, s. 27-44
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- For many years, some urban architecture has aimed to exclude unwanted groups of people from some locations. This type of architecture is called "defensive" or "hostile" architecture and includes benches that cannot be slept on, spikes in the ground that cannot be stood on, and pieces of metal that hinder one's ability to skateboard. These defensive measures have sparked public outrage, with many thinking such measures lead to suffering, are disrespectful, and violate people's rights. In this paper, it is argued that these views are difficult to defend and that much more empirical research on the topic is needed.
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- Franke, Ulrik, 1981-
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En oavslutad dikt om ett oavslutat uppror
- 2023
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In: Slovo. - Uppsala : Uppsala universitet. - 2001-7359. ; 63, s. 64-73
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- The legendary Russian literary critic Belinsky famously described Pushkin’s novel in verse Eugene Onegin as an encyclopedia of Russian life. However, this encyclopedia seems seriously incomplete in that it largely leaves out elements of oppression, war, and insurrection. There are many valid explanations for this, but one, very blunt and prosaic, is that oppression and censorship actually worked – that it is absent in the fiction because it was present in reality. As a case in point, this article presents a novel translation into Swedish, with rhymes and meter preserved, of the fragments remaining of the unfinished tenth chapter of Eugene Onegin. This tenth chapter deals with the failed Decembrist uprising of 1825, and the misrule precipitating it, and it is not surprising that it could not be published at the time it was written. Though well known in the academic community, this fragment is rarely published in foreign translations, and as far as known, this is the first translation into a Scandinavian language. The article offers some commentary on the translation and concludes with a few remarks on the value of reading the classics even in times of turmoil.
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- Broström, Tor, et al.
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A method to assess the potential for and consequences of energy retrofits in Swedish historic buildings
- 2014
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In: The Historic Environment. - : Maney Publishing. - 1756-7505 .- 1756-7513. ; 5:2, s. 150-166
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Tor Broström is a Professor in Conservation at Uppsala University, Campus Gotland, Sweden. With a background in engineering, his research focuses on indoor climate and energy conservation in historic buildings. He is coordinator of the Swedish national research programme on energy efficiency in historic buildings. Petra Eriksson, is a lecturer and PhD candidate in conservation at Uppsala University, Campus Gotland, Sweden. Petra has a background in the applied field of conservation and her research is in the field of heritage conservation in relation to energy efficiency. Linn Liu is a PhD candidate in the Division of Energy Systems, Department of Management and Engineering at Linköping University, Sweden. Her research area is within energy efficiency and cost efficiency of multifamily buildings and historic buildings. Patrik Rohdin is Associate Professor in the Division of Energy Systems, Department of Management and Engineering at Linköping University, Sweden. Patrik is conducting research related to energy efficiency in the built environment and building simulation and is active within the national interdisciplinary research programme, program energy systems. Bahram Moshfegh is a Professor and Head of the Division of Energy Systems, Department of Management and Engineering at Linköping University, Sweden. Professor Moshfegh has been active in the following research areas: mathematical modelling and measuring techniques for air and energy flow in buildings, energy-efficient HVAC systems and local and regional energy systems. Fredrik Ståhl is Senior Researcher in the Department of Energy Technology at SP Swedish Technical Research Institute. Currently, his research is focused on energy efficiency in historic buildings. The Swedish research project 'Potential and Policies for Energy Efficiency in Swedish Historic Buildings' aims to investigate the interdependency between political energy targets and effects on the built heritage. The fi rst part of this paper presents an iterative and interactive method to assess the potential for and consequences of improving the energy performance in a stock of historic buildings. Key elements in the method are: categorisation of the building stock, identifying targets, assessment of measures, and life-cycle cost optimisation. In the second part of the paper, the method is applied to a typical Swedish building. The selected case study shows how the method allows for an interaction between the quantitative assessment of the technoeconomic optimisation and the qualitative assessment of vulnerability and other risks. Through a multidisciplinary dialogue and iteration it is possible to arrive at a solution that best balances energy conservation and building conservation in a given decision context.
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