School of Architecture and the Built Environment

The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is one of five schools at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Our research and educational programmes relates to the future of our society; how cities, buildings and infrastructure will be designed and built, how institutions and regulatory systems should be developed to produce a good living environment, and how to provide good development conditions for business.

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Research centres

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Rapid Urbanization: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Urban Transition in Developing Countries

Kyle Farrell wanted to better understand the dynamics underpinning the unprecedented growth of cities in developing countries. He found that changing macrolevel circumstances, particularly those related to economic and demographic trends, have accelerated the urbanization process presenting new challenges for managing the growth of cities.

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Producing Publicness: Investigating the dialectics of unintended consequences in urban design

Elahe Karimnia wanted to understand and solve the gap between design intentions and outcomes in relation to quality of publicness in urban spaces. She found that rather than being a problem to solve, the gap provides a potential that should be welcomed.

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Monitoring and modeling hydrological impacts on roads and resulting pollution on groundwater

Hedi Rasul's research aims to increase awareness of hydrological conditions of water and solute transport in road layers down to the groundwater in order to minimise environmental impacts during construction and operation.

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Vattenbristen – utmaningar och lösningar i ett förändrat klimat (in Swedish)

21
Mar

Thursday 2019-03-21, 10:00 - 15:00

Location: KTH Library, Osquars backe 31

2019-03-21T10:00:00.000+01:00 2019-03-21T15:00:00.000+01:00 Vattenbristen – utmaningar och lösningar i ett förändrat klimat (in Swedish) (null) Vattenbristen – utmaningar och lösningar i ett förändrat klimat (in Swedish) (null)
Optimal Design Solutions of Concrete Bridges Considering Environmental Impact and Investment Cost

22
Mar

Licentiate seminars

Friday 2019-03-22, 13:00

Doctoral student: Elisa Khouri Chalouhi

2019-03-22T13:00:00.000+01:00 2019-03-22T13:00:00.000+01:00 Optimal Design Solutions of Concrete Bridges Considering Environmental Impact and Investment Cost (Licentiate seminars) Optimal Design Solutions of Concrete Bridges Considering Environmental Impact and Investment Cost (Licentiate seminars)

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