@misc{9236304,
  abstract     = {{The motive and purpose of this thesis are to investigate map, through a feasibility study, the structural and regulatory conditions for the adaptive reuse of offices into housing. The objective is to contribute academic knowledge regarding how the transition to Boverkets new building regulations affects the technical and spatial obstacles during a conversion. The thesis examines what the primary structural and regulatory obstacles and opportunities are, how Boverkets new performance-based building regulations theoretically are expected to reduce specific challenges, and how these are concretized in a practical application on AF Bostäders vacant office space. The work is designed as a feasibility study and is primarily conducted in two steps. First, a scoping review targeting scientific literature on adaptive reuse and regulatory challenges, as well as an analysis of Boverkets new and older building regulations. The collected theory is then applied to a case study of a specific office space belonging to AF Bostäder. This is done through a document analysis of existing drawings, alongside an inventory of spatial and technical conditions, to evaluate the building's suitability for conversion under the regulatory framework. The results of the study indicate that Boverket's new performance-based building regulations significantly lower the regulatory thresholds for property conversion. When applied to the case study object Vildanden 4, this is concretized through a design proposal accommodating three shared apartments (six beds) with minimal physical interventions in the load-bearing concrete structure. Digital daylight simulations verify that the existing window openings in the semi-basement meet the new daylight requirement of a 0.8 percent median value, meaning the facade can be preserved in accordance with the prevailing prohibition of distortion (heritage conservation requirements). Furthermore, the results show that the new performance requirement for room height allows for localized suspended ceilings for ventilation and acoustic installations, avoiding resource-intensive interventions in the floor slabs. Finally, the study demonstrates that the relaxed accessibility requirements for student housing allow existing doorways to be retained and entirely eliminate the need to construct a new elevator.}},
  author       = {{Bolin, Simon}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{0349-4969}},
  title        = {{Adaptiv återanvändning av kontorslokaler till studentbostäder: En studie av tekniska och regulatoriska förutsättningar}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}