Nina Ryd

Professor at Building Design

Ninas research focuses on the collaboration between architects and client during conceptual and planning stages through the management of requirements and the end-users needs. She tutors doctoral students and is an examiner for business development' bachelors as well as teaches the courses; The Value of the Built Environment, Work Space and Front-end Management for students and senior Architects and Engineers. She has had management assignments as a deputy head of the Department of Architecture and Director for one of Chalmers eight areas of advance – Built Environment- with the purpose of profiling Chalmers in challenge driven research and education issues as well as developing collaboration with business and society.

Nina has had regular review assignments for Formas; the Swedish Research Council for sustainable development and has several board commitments, including BIM Alliance and LBF R & D Foundation. Previous board assignments in, among others, The Swedish Centre for Innovation and Quality in the Built Environment (IQ Samhällsbyggnad), Swedish Universities of the Built Environment (SBU), Chalmers Real Estate, Arkus an architectural research council, as well as the Center for Management in the Construction Sector (CMB).

Examples of popular science publications are "Front-end Management in Planning, Building and Maintenance" published by Svensk Byggtjänst AB and nominated for 2018 year's project management literature award by the Swedish project management association (Projektforum).

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Showing 65 publications

2023

Relationship between the design characteristics of activity-based flexible offices and users’ perceptions of privacy and social interactions

Melina Forooraghi, Elke Miedema, Nina Ryd et al
Building Research and Information. Vol. 51 (5), p. 588-604
Journal article
2022

Syntes 2019 - 2021: Smart Built Environment

Jan Byfors, Nina Ryd, Dan Engström et al
Report - Vinnova, Formas, Energimyndigheten
2021

Relationen mellan byggnad och verksamhet

Nina Ryd, Kajsa Wide
Book
2021

How Does Office Design Support Employees’ Health? A Case Study on the Relationships among Employees’ Perceptions of the Office Environment, Their Sense of Coherence and Office Design

Melina Forooraghi, Elke Miedema, Nina Ryd et al
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 18 (18)
Journal article
2020

Scoping review of health in office design approaches

Melina Forooraghi, Elke Miedema, Nina Ryd et al
Journal of Corporate Real Estate. Vol. 22 (2), p. 155-180
Review article
2019

Exploring Office Design Approaches in Relation to Health and Wellbeing: A Scoping Review

Melina Forooraghi, Holger Wallbaum, Nina Ryd
S.ARCH 2019, p. 181-195
Paper in proceeding
2019

Hållbara bostäder för seniorer

Cecilia Kaan, Malin Isaksson, Lisbeth Lindahl et al
Proceedings (editor)
2019

Health & wellbeing in offices - A study of literature on the Nordic perspective

Melina Forooraghi, Holger Wallbaum, Nina Ryd
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Vol. 297
Paper in proceeding
2019

Att vara byggherre

Nina Ryd, Sven Fristedt
Book
2019

Vad tycker seniorer om senior- bostäder och vilka flyttar dit? Resultat från projekt DIABAHS: Dialog Bygg Hållbart för Seniorer

Lisbeth Lindahl, Nina Ryd, Cecilia Kaan et al
Report - Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE)
2019

Klokboken för seniorbostäder www.klokboken.nu

Nina Ryd, Lisbeth Lindahl, Cecilia Kaan et al
Edited book
2019

Byggherrens och arkitektens roll

Nina Ryd
Other conference contribution
2018

FRAMTIDSSPANING: Hur vill morgondagens seniorer bo?

Lisbeth Lindahl, Cecilia Kaan, Inga Malmqvist et al
Other conference contribution
2017

Den urbana utvecklingens drivkrafter och konsekvenser

Kristoffer Gunnartz, Hans Westlund, Maria Rankka et al
Report
2016

Forskning avgörande för samhällsbyggandet

Nina Ryd, Eva Schelin, Kristina Gabrielli et al
Dagens Samhälle
Magazine article
2014

Brukare och krav: Funktionsbaserade krav och råd

Nina Ryd, Sven Fristedt
Report
2014

Exploring the Function and Use of Common Spaces in Assisted Living for Older Persons

Morgan Andersson, Nina Ryd, Inga Malmqvist
HERD. Vol. 7 (3), p. 98-119
Journal article
2014

Brukare och krav Fallstudier

Nina Ryd, Sven Fristedt
Report
2014

Construction Clients Challenges – Emphasizing Early Stages

Nina Ryd
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. Vol. 119, p. 134-141
Journal article
2013

Initiating Projects: Front-end management - experience of clients and architects

Nina Ryd
Proceedings, CIB: The International Building Council, World Building Congress, 5 - 9 May 2013, Brisbane
Paper in proceeding
2012

How to express goals for construction projects

Nina Ryd, Sven Fristedt
Management of Construction: Research to Practice, 26 – 29 June 2012, Montreal, Canada, p. pp-
Paper in proceeding
2012

Byggherrerollen

Sven Fristedt, Nina Ryd, Stefan Sandesten
Book
2012

Mapping a framework for co-design in healthcare buildings - an empirical study

Johanna Eriksson, Peter Fröst, Nina Ryd
Proceedings from ARCH12
Paper in proceeding
2010

Communication Strategies

Sebastian Schumacher, Ana Couto, Jan Flaspöhler et al
Report
2010

Collaboration processes A State of the Art

Pierre Benning, Claude Dumoulin, Stefan Dehlin et al
Report
2010

A Smart Decision Making Framework for Building Information Models

Marcus Schreyer, Pierre Benning, Nina Ryd et al
Report
2009

A Smart Decision Making Framework for Building Information Models

Marcus Schreyer, Pierre Benning, Tim Brandt et al
Report
2009

Client's Decisions in Strategic Briefs and their Impact on User Values

Kristina Laurell Stenlund, Nina Ryd, Anders Vennström
25th Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2009; Nottingham; United Kingdom; 7 September 2009 through 9 September 2009, p. 361-370
Paper in proceeding
2009

Byggherre-ICT:Förstudie om ICT-utveckling för byggherrefunktionen

Peter Johansson, Nina Ryd, Bo Johansson et al
Report
2008

Tidiga skeden: i planering, bygg & förvaltning

Nina Ryd, Staffan Carenholm
Book
2007

Clients’ goals and the construction project management

Göran Lindahl, Nina Ryd
Facilities. Vol. 25 (3/4), p. 147-156
Journal article
2007

Use Cases

Nils Outters, Stefan Woksepp, Kimmo Liljeström et al
Report
2007

Transforming strategic briefing into project briefs

Nina Ryd, Sven Fristedt
Facilities. Vol. 25 (5/6), p. 185-202
Journal article
2006

Improvement of The Briefing Process by Assessing Building Performance

Nina Ryd
CIBW70 International Symposium, Changing User Demands on Buildings - Needs For Lifecycle Planning and Management 12 - 14 June 2006, in Trondheim, Norway.
Paper in proceeding
2006

User-Clients’ Goals and the Construction Project Management Process

Göran Lindahl, Nina Ryd
CIB W70 International Symposium, Changing User Demands, on Buildings - Needs For Lifecycle Planning and Management 12 - 14 June 2006, in Trondheim, Norway.
Paper in proceeding
2006

Construction Client’s Needs – Innovation in Construction

Nina Ryd, Göran Lindahl
Joint International Symposium of CIB Working Commissions W55: Building Economics, W65: Organization and Management of Construction, Construction In The XXI Century: Local And Global Challenges, 18-20 October 2006, Rome, Italy, p. 286-287 (full text on CD)
Paper in proceeding
2006

Client’s Tool for Construction and Design Briefing:– An Empirical Study

Inga Malmqvist, Nina Ryd
CIB W70 International Symposium, Changing User Demands on Buildings - Needs For Lifecycle Planning and Management, 12 - 14 June 2006, Trondheim, Norway, p. 589-599
Paper in proceeding
2006

Enhancement of the briefing process by assessing building performance,

Nina Ryd
Joint International Symposium of CIB Working Commissions, W55: Building Economics, W65:Organization and Management of Construction, Construction in the XXI Century: Local and Global Challenges, 18-20 October 2006, Rome, Italy., p. 284-285
Paper in proceeding
2006

Mätområdet Performance/Projektmål

Göran Lindahl, Nina Ryd
Report
2005

Design- and Construction Briefing

G Ang, Inga Malmqvist, Nina Ryd
Report
2005

Encouraging Facilities Managers to Conduct Post Occupancy Evaluations

Nina Ryd
Proceedings of the 11th joint CIB international Symposium, Combining Forces, Advancing Facilities Management and Construction through Innovation
Paper in proceeding
2005

Construction and Design Briefing: Innovative Client´s tool

Inga Malmqvist, Nina Ryd
Research Symposium on European Facilities Management Conference
Paper in proceeding
2004

The Design Brief as Carrier of Client Information During the Construction Process?

Nina Ryd
Design Studies. Vol. 25 (3), p. 231-249
Journal article
2004

Facilitating Construction Briefing - From the Client's Perspective

Nina Ryd
Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research. Vol. 1 (1)
Journal article
2003

From Building Production-focused Specifications Towards a Client-focused Briefing Process

Nina Ryd
Nordisk arkitekturforskning (2), p. 55-63
Journal article
2003

Would IT-supported Briefing Empower the Construction Client?

Nina Ryd
Proceedings of the International CIB Symposium: Knowledge in Construction. Vol. 1, p. 665-679
Paper in proceeding
2003

Developing and supporting construction briefing

Nina Ryd
Proceedings of the 3rd International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built and Human Envirionment
Paper in proceeding

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Showing 8 research projects

2016–2020

Is collaboration with local community a way for architects and construction clients to design sustainable housing for seniors?

Nina Ryd Building Design
Inga Malmqvist Building Design
Mistra Urban Futures
City of Gothenburg
Göteborgsregionen FOU i Väst
Centre for Management of the Built Environment (CMB)
Formas

7 publications exist
2009–2009

Value Driven Procurement in Building and Real Estate Sector (ValPro)

Nina Ryd Building Design
Formas

2004–2005

Construction and Design Briefing - Innovative Client’s Tool

Nina Ryd Building Design
Formas

2003–2003

Architectural Briefing

Nina Ryd Building Design
Formas

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