Rolf Johansson

  
In the late 60s and early 70s I studied Mathematics, History of Art and later Pedagogy at Stockholm University. I graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) as an architect in 1976 and worked in practice until 1990. During the next ten years a was a researcher at KTH (50%) and practicing achitect (50%). My research was mainly in the field of quality in housing. In 1992 I graduated from the School of Architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KKH) in Stockholm. I was awarded a PhD in architecture at KTH in 1997 and became engaged in third cycle education. In 2002 I was awarded a Docent degree in Architecture at KTH and became a Senior Lecturer at KTH and Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture at SLU from 2004, Professor i Built Environment Analysis at KTH, 2005, and Professor in Landscape Architecture/Design Theory at SLU from 2011. Between 2007 and 2012 I was Head of Department (prefekt) at the Department of Urban and Rural Development at SLU. I initiated and developed sida-financed collaborations in PhD-education between the Landscape Architecture unit at SLU and universities in East Africa.
 
 

Research topics

From 2000 theory and methods of design

before 2000 quality in housing

In second and third cycle education I have been developing and teaching courses mainly in Theory of Science, Research Methodolgy, Scientific Writing, Achitectural Criticism, and History of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at KTH and SLU from 1997 and onwards. 
As a main supervisor in third cycle education I have guided nine students who are awarded a PhD and two awarded Licentiate degrees.

2002 Docent degree in Architecture – Design Methodology at the Royal

Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH). [“Docent” is an academic

exam in the Swedish University System]

1997 PhD in Architecture, KTH.

1992 Degree in Architecture, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm.

1990 Awarded the Royal Institute of Fine Arts’ scholarship.

1976 Stockholm University, Pedagogy. (30 credits)

1976 University degree in Architecture, School of Architecture, KTH.

1971 Stockholm University, History of Art (60 credits).

1970 Stockholm University, Mathematics, (60 credits).

Academic articles / book chapters / reports / popular science articles

from after the year 2000

Johansson, Rolf (2025). "The Labyrinth of Signs". Caerdroia. The Journal of Mazes & Labyrinths, no 54, 44–46.

Johansson, Rolf (2025). "Tessinska palatset - en hypotetisk rekonstruktion av den planerade men aldrig byggda stora salen i sydvästra flygeln". Bebyggelsehstorisk tidskrift, nr 88, 86-97.

Johansson, Rolf (2025). "Staden som promenadlandskap". Tidskriften Landskap, nr 3,18–22.  https://res.slu.se/id/publ/141777

Johansson, Rolf (2024). "Paradisträdgården". Tidskriften Landskap, nr 7, 24-29. https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/35727/1/johansson-r-20241121.pdf

Johansson, Rolf (2024). "Renaissance and Baroque Mazes in Sweden". Caerdroia. The Journal of Mazes and Labyrinths, no 53, 11–25.    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/140373

Johansson, Rolf (2024). "En flora berättar". Tidskriften Landskap, nr 3, 30-34. https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/33492/1/johansson-r-20240502.pdf

Johansson, Rolf (2023). "Lärande landskap". Tidskriften Landskap, nr 8, 33-36. https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/32524/1/johansson-r-20240118.pdf

Johansson, Rolf (2023). "Oscar Reutersvärd's Inventive Labyrinths". Caerdroia. The Journal of Mazes and Labyrinths, no 52, 38-42.

Johansson, Rolf (2023). "Stockholm's Lost Mazes". Caerdroia. The Journal of Mazes and Labyrinths, no 52, 27-31.

Johansson, Rolf (2023). "Labyrinter. Förr och nu". Tidskriften Landskap, nr 4, 18-21. https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/31269/1/johansson-r-20230721.pdf

Johansson, Rolf (2022). "Stockholm's Mazes and Labyrinths". Caerdroia. The Journal of Mazes and Labyrinths, no 51, 39-45.https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/30232/1/johansson-r-20230209.pdf

Namuganyi. Lilian, & Johansson, Rolf (2014). "Constructing Alternative Spatialities in Kampala City: Two case studies". In Ricardo Garcia Mira & Adina Dumitru (eds.): Urban Sustainability. Innovative spaces, vulnerabilities and opportunities. A Coruna: Institute of Psychological Studies and Research “Xoan Vicente Viqueira”.

Johansson, Rolf (2013). "A Model for Goal-Free Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Residential Housing". Electronically published at academia.edu

Johansson, Rolf (2012). "Case Studies in Renovation and Urban Regeneration: Learning by doing". In R. J. Lawrence, H. Turgut & P. Kellett (eds.): Requalifying the Built Environment: Challenges and Responses. Göttingen: Hogrefe and Huber. https://publications.slu.se/?file=publ/show&id=40428&lang=se

Johansson, Rolf (2012). "Venedig – stad i vatten". Urban. Nr 3. Uppsala: SLU, inst. för stad och land.

Johansson, Rolf (2012). "Venice - City in Water". Urban. Nr 3.  (English edition). Uppsalla: SLU, inst. för stad och land.

Johansson, Rolf (2011). "Ur Roms förflutna". Urban. Nr 2. Uppsala: SLU, inst. för stad och land.  https://res.slu.se/id/publ/34466

Johansson, Rolf (2009). "Naturvetenskap och arkitektonisk gestaltning". In: Per Hedfors (Ed.), Urban naturmark i landskapet. En syntes genom landskapsarkitektur. Uppsala: SLU, inst. för stad och land.

Johansson, Rolf; Rönn, Magnus; Werner; Inga Britt (2008). "Om kvalitet i arkitektur". Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, vol .20,nr 1, 95–105. (All authors are main authors).

Johansson, Rolf (2007). "On Case Study Methodology". Open House International, vol 32, nr 3, 48–54.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OHI-03-2007-B0006/full/html

Johansson, Rolf (2007). "Historielös ombyggnad". Invandrare och Minoriteter. Nr 4–5, 51 –54.

Johansson, Rolf (2005). "Arkitekturkritik i dagspressen". I: Rolf Johansson, Magnus Rönn & Inga Britt Werner, Om kvalitet i arkitektur. Forskningsrapport. Stockholm: KTH. S.59–77.

Johansson, Rolf, Rönn, Magnus & Werner, Inga-Britt (2005). Om kvalitet i arkitektur. Forskningsrapport. Stockholm: KTH. (All authors are main authors). S.1–7.

Johansson, Rolf (2004). "Types of generalisation from a single case". Journal of Applied Psychology, vol 6, nr 3-4, 213-221.

Johansson, Rolf (2003). "Case Study Methodology Reflected in Architectural Research". In Book of Proceedings. Four Faces—The Dynamics of Architectural Knowledge. (pp.71–74). The 20th EAAE Conference Stockholm—Helsinki/May 8—11.

Johansson, Rolf, & Svane, Örjan (2002). "Environmental Management in Large–scale Building Projects. Learning from Hammarby Sjöstad". Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, vol 9, nr 4, 206–214.(Johansson and Svane are both main authors). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/csr.21

Johansson, Rolf (2002). "Ett explikativt angreppssätt. Fallstudiemetodikens utveckling, logiska grund och betydelse i arkitekturforskningen". Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, vol 15,nr 2, 19–28.

Johansson, Rolf (2001). "Hypertextteori". In Conference Proceedings. Conference on Architectural Research and Information Technology. Arkitektskolen i Aarhus. April 27-29. P 15-18.

Johansson, Rolf (2000). "Ett bra fall är ett steg framåt. Om fallstudier, historiska studier och historiska fallstudier". Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, vol 13,nr 1–2,  65–71.https://slupub.slu.se/converis/mypages/browse/Publication/259355402
Johansson, Rolf (2000). "Om abduktion, intuition och syntes". Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, vol 13, nr 3. 13–19.

 Johansson, Rolf (1997). Utvärdering av bostadshus i bruk. Om att bedöma kvalitet i boendet. (PhD thesis). Stockholm: KTH, Institutionen för Arkitektur och stadsbyggnad

              
Hanström, Maj–Britt, Johansson, Rolf, & Leijonhufvud, Sten (1995). Grimsta. Utvärdering av självbyggda hyresrättsradhus. (Forskningsrapport, nr 10). Stockholm:  KTH, Institutionen för Arkitektur och stadsbyggnad. (All authors are main authors).

Hanström, Maj–Britt, & Johansson, Rolf (1994). Rinkeby – förort i förvandling. (Forskningsrapport, nr R2). Stockholm: KTH, Institutionen för Arkitektur och stadsbyggnad. (Hanström and Johansson are both main authors).

Book reviews
only reviews in English

Johansson, Rolf. (2022). Review of the book: Trojas murar. Labyrinter under 3000 år by John Kraft. Caerdroia. The Journal of Mazes and Labyrinths, no 51, 59-60. 

Kropf, Karl and Johansson, Rolf. (2021). Review of PhD thesis: Where Planning and Design Meet. Transformation of Urban Tissue Under Densification Policy - The Case of Oslo. Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, no 3, 128-131.https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/28621/1/kropf-k-et-al-20220829.pdf

Johansson, Rolf. (2005). Research education and the research magazine. Research Magazine, nr 7, 116–119.

Johansson, Rolf. (2005). Review of the journal: Research Magazine, Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, 18, Nr 4, 93–96.