Swedish domestic standards is a system of measurements and guidelines used in Swedish construction. The standards were implemented during the middle of the last century in order to raise the overall living standard of the population. Since then, the standards have progressed into becoming an integral part in construction and housing of today. The use of standardized elements has reformed the way architecture is materialized. The elements used to form the standards are to a large extent shaped by the production of the industries. This thesis argues that this development has a large effect on our conception of materials in several areas, for instance allowing the production of resources to become abstract, separating the worker from the design and distancing the production from the local context.
This report investigates the relationship between Swedish domestic standards and architecture through the lense of materiality. The research has been carried out through a literature review, case studies and the development of the studio design proposal. This has resulted in a project proposing a recontextualization of the standardized panel, rethinking the dimensions and materialization of the standards. Acknowledging standardization as a social construct, shaped by the cultural values that permeate our society, architecture has to be materialized through standards shaped by humans rather than industrial processes.