Proposed topic for degree project Master`s Program

Proposed topic for degree project
Master’s Program Sustainable Urban Planning and Design
Project title:
Analyzing urban form – Typo-morphological analysis of the neighborhoods in
Stockholm and Jönköping
Organisation:
Location:
Contact person:
Todor Stojanovski
Phone number:
e-mail address:
todor.stojanovski@abe.kth.se
Website:
Preferred project period
(normally January-June):
0762180638
Latest starting
date:
Language:
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English
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Swedish
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No preference
Economic compensation:
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None
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Travelling costs
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Other,
Project description (stating the scope of the study and the preferred outcomes; other information, such as methods
and aims, can be provided but could also be discussed with the student):
Urban morphology focuses on the physical form of cities and their evolution from formation to the
subsequent transformations, by identifying and dissecting its various elements (Moudon, 1997, pp.3), or
recognizing and abstracting urban forms and patterns (Marshall and Çalişkan, 2011, pp.421). The
argument is that society creates types of buildings and neighborhoods and architectural styles in order to
simplify communication, promote values and to describe the urban life that is dominant in that time
(Franck 1994, pp.345). Much research has been done in Sweden on categorizing architecture and urban
environments, in regard to architectural styles (Björk et al. 1983; Björk et al., 2009 ), social and economic
epochs (Engström et al. 1988), planning paradigms (Rådberg 1988; Rådberg & Friberg 1996), or historical
urbanization, for example of Stockholm (Forshed 1997; SBK, 1997; 2000).
The morphological analysis of the typological neighborhoods in the city of Karlstad reveals that
neighborhood type (as classified by Engström and Rådberg) explains statistically Density (residential,
commercial and built in a context of floor area ratios) Diversity, Design and also average income in the
neighborhood (Stojanovski, 2012), an economic factor that is considered as crucial in transportation
research.
In this study the same method will be used to analyze neighborhoods in Stockholm and Jönköping.
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