Browsing by Subject "Landscape"
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Mend: Engaging a Divided City
(2018-07-31)At the behest of industrial and government demands in the 1960s, Saint John [NB] engaged in an urban renewal initiative to increase transportation effi ciency and remove urban blight. The resulting impact was a congestion ... -
MONUMENT IN THE VALLEY: AN ADAPTIVE REUSE STRATEGY FOR THE NOVA SCOTIA TEXTILES LIMITED MILL OF WINDSOR, NOVA SCOTIA
(2013-12-09)This thesis addresses the revitalization of the former Nova Scotia Textiles Limited mill in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. Windsor is a small town that lies along the confluence of the Avon and St. Croix River shores, off ... -
Narrative City: Latin American Home-City Landscapes in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2023-08-22)Storytelling lies at the center of cultural production and exchange. In smaller immigrant communities without dedicated cultural infrastructure and established networks of gathering spaces, oral storytelling functions ... -
A New 'Parkitecture': Re-Imagining the Interpretive Centre as an Interactive Route in Algonquin Provincial Park
(2016-04-08)This thesis addresses the anthropocentric history of wilderness parks in Canada. It investigates architecture in actively interpreting the cultural layers inherent of these landscapes while promoting recreational tourism. ... -
A New Water Infrastructure Paradigm for the Arid City of Kerman, Iran
(2015)This thesis investigates ancient methods of water storage, delivery, access and treatment that have formed the basis of traditional Persian settlements and culture. These methods are contrasted with modern techniques and ... -
Re-interpreting and Re-programming the Edge: Site, Infrastructure and Community
(2012-08-10)Landscapes are formed across space and over time by both natural processes and human artifice. Within urban landscapes, natural processes have been harnessed as the basis for infrastructural systems, which support urban ... -
Return of the Lake: Repairing Mexico City's Relationship to Water
(2019-08-29)Mexico City originated as an island city founded in a vast lake system. Today, the lakes have been desiccated and the city is unable to alleviate the thirst of 21 million people. Water infrastructure is failing; the ... -
Scope for the Imagination: Cultivating Craft in the Abandoned Farmscapes of Prince Edward Island
(2022-04-13)In the year 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery published the widely known novel, Anne of Green Gables. Taking place on Prince Edward Island, a major theme throughout the story is the act of establishing a meaningful connection to ... -
Site Based Phenomena
(2012-04-05)With the perpetual advancements in technology and communication the focus and obsession of architectural critique has become surfi cially focused on building “image”. This focus on image of architecture has taken away ... -
Site Specific Regionalism
(2015)As architecture continues towards a globalized practice, the increasingly standardized approach to building has resulted in an inflation of architecture with minimal sense of place. These designs often impose upon their ... -
Spectacular Attractions: Tourism and Environmental Engagement in Niagara Falls
(2021-07-27)This thesis begins by studying the dual reading of Niagara Falls as an awe-inspiring natural wonder and as a commodified spectacle for touristic consumption. However, the relics of its early hydroelectric exploitation ... -
Tidal Gardening: An Architectural Response to Flood Mitigation on the Salmon River
(2022-07-07)As climate change intensifies and sea-levels rise, flooding is once again a problematic event that is predicted to occur more and more frequently worldwide. The destructive power of the flood is a real threat to our habitat, ... -
A Total Environment: Re-Activating the Rural Town and Landscape
(2024-04-12)The purpose of this work is to help rural Canada retain its relevance in an increasingly urban world by developing an analysis and design strategy for growing established (static) settlements into the kinds of places that ... -
Transformative Landscapes: Deinstitutionalizing Mental Healthcare Through the Urban Park
(2024-04-29)People are a product of their environment; the psychological and physical well-being of individuals are continually shaped by life experiences, relationships, community culture, and environmental conditions. Historical ...