Defended thesis
Defended theses
Defended theses
List
A list of defended theses at the Faculty of Architecture and Design since 1996.
Theses are sorted under Architecture, Design and Artistic Research
PhD theses
Dag Rutledal (PhD)
Designing for Situational Awareness in Remote Operating Centres for Autonomous Ships
Anne-Cathrine Flyen (PhD)
Polare kulturmiljøer under press. En studie av påvirkning fra menneskelig slitasje og naturlig nedbrytning i et klima under endring
Åse Lekang Sørensen (PhD)
Energy profiles and electricity flexibility potential in Norwegian apartment buildings with electric vehicle charging
Mrudhula Koshy (PhD)
Running Towards the Fire: Navigating Compounded Uncertainty through Contextualised Contingency Planning during Unprecedented Flooding in Wayanad, Kerala
Daniel Wieslaw Satola (PhD)
Net zero greenhouse gas emission residential building concepts for warm climates.
Amund Mikalsen Rolfsen (PhD)
The Problem of Ontology in Peter Eisenman's Architectual Theory
Hans Erich Comtet (PhD)
Drones in Healthcare Systems: Insights from a Multi-Level Perspective
Dragan Miletic (PhD in Artistic Research)
Proxistant Vision
Erik Aleksander Veitch (PhD)
Design for Land-based Control of Autonomous Vessels
Siti Salwa Binti Isa (PhD)
Enhancing Creativity trough Low-Fidelity Prototyping: Strategies and Approaches for Idea Generation and Concept Formation
Elena Catto Lucchino (PhD)
Modelling Simulation and Control of Double Skin Facades
Brit-Eli Danielsen (PhD)
Usability in Ship Bridge Design - A Mission Impossible? A Qualitative Study of Maritime Stakeholders`s Perspectives on Usability in Ship Bridge Design
Steinar Hillersøy Dyvik (PhD)
Gridshell Nodes. Exploring options for aluminium nodes in timer gridshells
Isaac Arturo Ortega Alvarado (PhD)
Everyday Politics of Circular Futures
Julia Miriam Andrea Jacoby (PhD)
Diabetes Discourses. Analyzing the influence of discourse on design in the case og apps for diabetes self-management
Åsa Snilstveit Hoem (PhD)
Risk Assesment in the Design phase of Maritime Autonomous Ships - A Human-centered approach
Filippo Frontini (PhD)
Assesment and Structural Analysis of Historic Timber Structures of the Trøndelag Family of Churches
Bjørn Inge Melås (PhD in Artistic Research)
Ecologies of Urban Gardening
Kristine Holbø (PhD)
Involvement of persons with dementia in design of safe walking technology
Biljana Obradovic (PhD)
Performance of advanced daylighting systems for functional lighting in buildings at high latitudes. Horizontal light-pipe study
Aleksandar Jankovic (PhD)
Experimental methods and analysis for the thermal and fluid dynamics behaviour of double skin facades
Changying Xiang (PhD)
Façade Integrated Photovoltaic - Architectural Methods in Urban Context
Zofie Cimburova (PhD)
Capturing the context: Developing GIS methods for modeling the ecosystem services of urban trees
Johannes Georg Brozovsky (PhD)
The Climate Dimension in Design of Resilient Urban Neighborhoods in Norway: A study on materials, outdoor, thermal comfort, and building energy demand in the context of the urban microclimate
Alexander Eriksson Furunes (PhD in Artistic Research)
Mutual support - Learning from Bayanihan/Dugnad
Astrid Bjørgen (PhD)
Integration of Goods Movement in City Planning: Understanding Stakeholder Engagement
Ellika Taveres-Cachat (PhD)
Advanced Building Envelopes: Opportunities, challenges, and future outlooks in building performance simulation
Erik Resch (PhD)
Assessment of GHG emissions from materials during building design - Methods for improved reliability and quality
Niels Lassen (PhD)
Continuous data-streams for occupant feedback on indoor climate – Theoretical and experimental analysis of concepts, methods and systems for real-life implementation
Johanna Sofia Gullberg (PhD)
Cogenerating Spaces of Learning: The Aesthetic Experience of Materiality and Its Transformative Potentioal within Architectural Education
Lucy Clementine Joyce Chamberlin (PhD)
Transforming Consumption: design for engagement, meaning and action in a circular economy
Giedre Jarulaitiene (PhD)
Modus operandi in Opus Operatum. The shaping of historical wooden towns by traditional workmanship
Marie Cathrine Hebrok (PhD)
Food Waste: A practice-oriented design for sustainability approach
Juana Camacho Othero (PhD)
Redrawing the circle: Integrating a consumption perspective into the circular economy
John Haddal Mork (PhD)
Parametric Timber Detailing A parametric toolkit customized for detailing fabrication-ready timber structures
Arian Loli (PhD)
Zero Emission Refurbishment of the Built Environment
Albogasto John Pangamawe Ng'asi (PhD)
A QUEST FOR CONTINUITY FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY: Post-war land and property claims and disputes in northern Uganda - The case of the Acholi group in Amuru sub-county
Faheem Ali (PhD)
Exploring the role of company context for informing Design for Sustainability implementation
Sofie Østergaard (PhD)
The role of consumer behaviour in reducing the waste of fresh bread: Sustainable packaging development in an industrial perspective
Wang Yi (PhD)
The impact of Tourism in the Historic Town of Fenghuang, China and the Changes in Buildings and Inter-Building Public Spaces
Raymond Michael Pritchard (PhD)
The influence on urban transport infrastructure on bicycle route and mode choice
Martin Braathen (PhD)
The magician and the shoemaker. Debates on Open Form and Marxist-Leninism in Norway around 1970
Mari Oline Giske Stendebakken (PhD)
Kulturminner og analyse. Vurdering av vernede bygninger innenfor kulturminnevern, arkitektur og offentlig invsteringsanalyse
David Anthony Collins (PhD)
Green Leasing: A study of the Barriers and Drivers for Green Leased Offices in Norway
Savis Gohari (PhD)
Governance in the planning and decision-making process: The co-location case of university campuses in Trondheim, Norway (2000-2013)
Raphaëlle Steward (PhD)
Integration of Sustainability Approaches in Companies: An Exploration of Narratives and Internal Organizational Functioning
Øystein Mejlænder-Larsen (PhD)
Use of project execution models and BIM in oil and gas projects: searching for relevant improvements for construction
Shabnam Arbab (PhD)
The impact of Advanced Glazing on Colour Identification
Shorab Gheibi (PhD)
Impact of Faulta and Fractures in Geomechanics of Reservoir Pressurization: A Numerical Approach
Fabio Hernández-Palacio (PhD)
Urban Densification and the Sustainable City in Norway: A Study of Drivers and Barriers
Cristian Roberto Valle Kinloch (PhD)
The Facility Management and Building User Interaction in the delivery of Energy Management Services: Theoretical approach and practical applications for facilities managers on non-residential buildings
Vegard Knotten (PhD)
Building design management in the early stages
Mari Anna Chatarina Skogland (PhD)
Integrated Workplace Concepts and Organisational Change
Maria Eggertsen Teder (PhD)
From Outsideness to Insideness - Placemaking in Public Space
Anne Carlijn Vis (PhD)
Matching Intentions with Experience: A human-centred service design approach to shared decision making
Dongming Xu (PhD)
A Multi-Perspective Observation of Site Museums: Case study of Archaeological Site Museums in China, with Norwegian Example as Reference
Hanne Edvine Larssen (D. Arts)
Theatrical, but not theatre. Architectonic, but not architecture. Sculptural, but not sculpture. What 間[Ma] does, or what 間[Ma] could do. As a traveling concept journeying through a series of site bound artworks made for disparate spaces in Norway 2013 – 2016.
Fernanda Acre (PhD)
Spatial quality assessment for energy-efficiency renovation of dwellings
Ketil Bråthen (PhD)
Implementing BIM for enhanced inter-organizational collaboration in building projects
Hallgrim Hjelmbrekke (PhD)
Aligning AEC Projects with Corporate Strategy: Project Governance as a Mean for Strategic Effect
Johan Mattsson (PhD)
The impact of microclimate on biodeterioration of wood in historic buildings
Martha Skogen (PhD)
Do You See What I See? Investigations into the Underlying Parameters of Visual Simplicity
Mats Johan Mattson (PhD)
The impact of microclimate on biodeterioration of wood in historic buildings
Thorhildur Fjola Kristjansdottir (PhD)
Life cycle greenhouse gas emission analysis of single-family Norwegian Zero Emission pilot buildings and concepts
Magnar Berge (PhD)
Indoor Climate Quality in High-Performance Dwellings: An Exploration of Measured, Perceived, and Desired Conditions
Daniela Blauhut (PhD)
Handheld devices for use within integrated operations in the petroleum industry
Clara Good (PhD)
Photovoltaic-thermal systems for zero emission residential buildings
Takeshi Ihara (PhD)
Effective energy solutions using facade materials with highly reflective coatings and aerogel granulate glazing systems
Claudia Paredes Moscoso (PhD)
Daylighting and Architectural Quality: Aesthetic Perception of Daylit Indoor Environments
Veronika Zaikina (PhD)
Light modelling in Architectural spaces: Luminance-Based metrics of Contour, Shape and Detail Distinctness of Day-Lit 3D Object
Alf Ove Braseth (PhD)
Information-Rich Design: A Concept for Large-Screen Display Graphics: Design Principles and Graphic Elements for Real-World Complex Processes
Steinar Grynning (PhD)
Transparent facades in low energy office buildings Numerical simulations and experimental studies
Nora Johanne Klungseth (PhD)
Cleaning services in local authorities
Brita Fladvad Nielsen (PhD)
Framing Humanitarian Action Through Design Thinking
Pranita Sherestha (PhD)
Insights into (in)formal land delivery processes -adopting a relational perspective to understand the formation and development of three squatter settlements within Kathmandu, Nepal
Johannes Ludvig Zachrisson Daae (PhD)
Informing Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Thomas Haavi (PhD)
Zero Emission Building Envelopes: The Effect of Insulation and Thermal Masson Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Eli Hatleskog (PhD)
The First Space at Brøset A Practical Investigation into Participation, Sustainability and Design Processes
Majbrit Hirche (PhD)
Wood Weathering as Design Option
Marikken Høiseth (PhD)
Human-Centered Design Considerations in Healthcare Contexts: Young Children as Users of Medical Products
Kirsi Laitala (PhD)
Clothing consumption: An interdisciplinary approach to design for environmental improvement
Nicola Lolli (PhD)
Life cycle analyses of CO2 emissions of alternative retrofitting measures
Tsewang Tashi (PhD)
MODERNISM IN TIBETAN ART: The creative journey of four artists
Biljan Aryana (PhD)
Exploring Design for Country-specific Customisation
Claudia Farkas (PhD)
Architectural Integration of Photovoltaics: Formal and Symbolic Aesthetics of Photovoltaics
Fransesco Goia (PhD)
Dynamic Building Envelope Components and nearly Zero Energy Buildings: Theoretical and experimental analysis of concepts, systems and technologies for an adaptive building skin
Tore Kolås (PhD)
Performance of Daylight Redirecting Venetian Blinds for Sidelighted Spaces at High Latitudes
Ida Nilstad Pettersen (PhD)
Changing Practices: The Role of Design in Supporting the Sustainability of Everyday Life
Birgit Risholt (PhD)
Zero energy renovation of single family houses
Shahriman Bin Zainal Abidin (PhD)
Practice-based design thinking for form development and detailing
Cecilie Andersson (PhD)
Migrant Positioning: In Transforming Urban Ambience Urban Villages and the City, Guangzhou, China
Ævar Hardarson (PhD)
DRISTIGE DETALJER: Studie av designforårsakede byggskader i innovativ modernistisk arkitektur
Amund Sinding-Larsen (PhD)
Old Lhasa: Built heritage and urban form 1995-2005
Ruth Woods (PhD)
Shopping with Art: How Art Creates its Role in Public Places
Mette Bye (PhD)
Histories of Architectural Conservation: Five Case Studies On The Treatment of Norwegian Vernacular Heritage Buildings Circa 1920-1980
Ayon Kumar Tarafdal (PhD)
Bridging the Dichotomy: Exploring Linkages between Urban Environmental Challenges and Local Development Practices in the Neighbourhoods of Kolkata, India
Åshild Lappegard Hauge (PhD)
Housing and Identity. The meaning of housing in communicationg identity and its influence on self-perception
Reidunn Rustad (PhD)
Hvad er tidsmessig arkitektur? En undersøkelse av arkitekturens diskursive rammer gjennom tre arkitektkonkurranser og tre tidssnitt
Anne Sigrid Nordby (PhD)
Salvageability of building materials. Reasons, criteria and consequences regarding architectural that facilitate reuse and recycling
Elias Yitbarek Alemayehu (PhD)
Revisting "Slums", Revealing Responses: Urban upgrading in tenant-dominated inner-city settlements, in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia
Judith Thomsen (PhD)
Student Housing - Student Homes?: Aspects of Student Housing Satisfaction
Igor Sartori (PhD)
Modelling Energy Demand in the Norwegian Building Stock. Issues Related to Case Studies and Scenario Analyses
Antarin Chakrabarty (PhD)
Communicative Planning and Democratic Decentralisation in India - Case of Kolkata City
Anita Moum (PhD)
Exploring Relations between the Architectural Design Process and ICT. Learning from Practitioner's Stories
Kjetil Fallan (PhD)
Modernisme i endring - Domestiseringen av industridesignkultur i Norge, ca. 1940 - 1970
Marie Louise Anker (D.Eng)
Kulturminnevern, skjønn og forutsigbarhet - En studie av offentlig arealplanlegging og bevaring av kulturminner
Berit Irene Nordahl (D.Eng)
Deciding on Development - Collaboration between markets and local governments
Randi Aleksandra Narvestad (D.Eng)
Attractiveness and Density: A study of the four-family house area Sjøveien
Dag Kittang (PhD)
Trebyen Trondheim - Forvitring og fornying. Ein studie av byplandiskurs
Marit Kindem Thyholt (PhD)
Varmeforsyning til lavenergiboliger i områder med fjernvarmekonsensjon. Analyser av CO2 - utslipp og forsyningsikkerhet for elektrisitet
Rupa Datta (D.Eng)
Space of Duality. Sustainability issues in urbanising villages of Delhi, India
Heyaw Welde Yohannes Tereffe (D.Eng)
Contested Space. Transformation of Inner-city Marked Areas and User's Reaction in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Annemie Bertha Marcella Wyckmans (D.Eng)
Intelligent Building Envelopes - Architectural Concept & Applications for Daylighting Quality
Hans Narve Skotte (D.Eng)
Tents in Concrete - What Internationally Funded Housing Does to Support Recovery in Areas Affected by War; The Case of Bosnia - Herzegovina
Carolyn Ahmer (D.Eng)
Bergensskolen som et nasjonalt fenomen - og et bidrag til den internasjonale Arts and Crafts-bevegelsen
Tao Wang (PhD)
A Social Perspective on the Reformed Urban Housing Provision System in China. Three Cases in Beijing, Xi'an and Shenzhen
Heidi Arnesen (D.Eng)
Performance of Daylighting Systems for Sidelighted Spaces at High Latitudes
Mahendra Subba (D.Eng)
Urban containment policy: Does it present a hope to manage an impending urban crisis of the Kathmandu Valley?
Tor Arvid Vik (D.Eng)
Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Natural Ventilation Systems
Tommy Kleiven (D.Eng)
Natural Ventilations in Buildings - Architectural concepts, consequences and possibilities
Sunniva Skålnes (D.Eng)
Bustad og beiteland
Rolee Aranya (D.Eng)
Globalisation and urban restructuring of Bangalore, India - Growth of the IT Industry, its spatial dynamics and local planning responses
Erling Holden (D.Eng)
Boligen som grunnlag for bærekraftig forbruk
Nina Berre (D.Eng)
Fysiske idealer i norsk arkitekturutdanning 1945 - 1970
Helge Fiskaa (D.Eng)
Med lov ska land byggast
Wubshet Berhanu Nigusie (D.Eng)
Urban Policies and the Formation of Social and Spatial Patterns in Ethiopia. The Case of housing areas in Addis Ababa
Rohit Jigyasu (D.Eng)
Reducing Disaster Vulnerability through Local Knowledge and Capacity. The Case of Earthquake Prone Rural Communities in India and Nepal
Essayas Ababu Tarekegn (D.Eng)
KITIYA - Transformation of Low Income Housing in Addis Ababa
Kathrine Strømmen (D.Eng)
Rett virksomhet på rett sted - om virksomheters transportskapende egenskaper
Gossaye Gabriel Ashenafi (D.Eng)
Inner-City Renewal in Addis Ababa: The Impact of Resettlement on the Socio-Economic and Housing Situation of Low-Income Residents
Johan Fredrik Horjen (D.Eng)
PBL - 97 i et huseiersperspektiv: Hvordan bedre dialogen mellom berørte parter og lovgiver i plan- og bygningslovsprosessen?
Siri Hunnes Blakstad (D.Eng)
A strategic Approach to Adaptability in Office Buildings
Inger Andresen (D.Eng)
A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Method for Solar Building Design
Eivind Kasa (D.Eng)
Arkitekturen som kunst
Einar Leknes (D.Eng)
Målstyring, Regelfølging og Forhandling. Beslutningsteoretiske perspektiver på den offentlige behandlingen av fiskeri-, miljø,- og lokaliseringsinteresser ved petroliumsbygginger i perioden 1985-97
Jon Herman Rismoen (D.Eng)
Innføring av industridesign i småbedrifter
Barbara Szybinska Matusiak (D.Eng)
Daylighting in Linear Atrium Buildings in High Altitudes
Beate Marie Németh (D.Eng)
Energibelastninger ved lavenergiboliger. En analyse av totalenergiforbruket i fem versjoner av en norsk bolig
Per Aslak Storemyr (D.Eng)
The Stones of Nidaros. An Applied Weathering Study of Europe`s Northernmost Medieval Cathedral
Ingvild Stephanie Hofgaard Swensen (D.Eng)
Fag eller forhandling? Praktiseringen av Plan- og bygningslovens bestemmelser om konsekvensutredninger
Vidar Lerum (D.Eng)
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings at High Latitudes
Hoshiar Mohamed Nooraddin (D.Eng)
AL-FINA A Study of in between places along Streets as an Urban Design Concept in Islanic Cities of the Middle East with a Case Study in Cairo
Eli Støa (D.Eng)
Boliger og kultur. Norske boligfelt på åtti-tallet sett i lys av beboernes boligidealer
Bo Terje Kalsaas (D.Eng)
Transport in Industry and Locational Implications: Just-in-time Principles in Manufacturing, Generation of Transport and the Relative Impact on Location. Scandinavian and Japanese Experiences