Browsing by Subject "Regionalism"
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Aiding with Architecture: Exploring the Role of Collaborative Design in Healing and Empowering Northern Saskatchewan Communities
(2018-04-13)In northern Saskatchewan, colonialism has caused a disruption between people’s cultures and land, resulting in many social woes. This thesis aims to use architecture to aid in healing and empowering communities along the ... -
China's Role in African Integration
(2021-08-30)China has surpassed the United States to become the largest source of development finance in Africa. China boasts a policy of non-interference in the national affairs of foreign countries, but their investment in African ... -
Pieces of the Prairie: Informing New Architecture for a Saskatchewan Cultural Landscape
(2014-04-04)Since the major influx of settlement in the 19th century, architecture on the Saskatchewan prairie has focused on imported types and products, a condition that has contributed to the lack of a clear regional architectural ... -
Preserving Soul: A New Hall for the Village of Prospect
(2024-04-09)As global forces homogenize diverse places, rich local knowledge is eroding, prompting individuals to seek fulfillment beyond their rural communities. The solution lies in reconnecting people with their localities, fostering ... -
Regional Reuse: Regenerative Adaptation of the Former Provincial Museum of Alberta
(2024-04-08)Edmonton’s abandoned Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta demonstrates a history of Western building practices in the 20th Century shaped by the colonial frontier mythology, a reliance on resource extraction, and the ... -
Regionalism on the Celtic Fringe: How a Peripheral Community Resists, Negotiates, and Accommodates Political and Economic Integration
(2017-04-03)‘Informal’ peripheral regions have received limited scholarly attention in Canada. This political-economic history of Cape Breton Island analyses how institutional actors build, maintain, and reconstruct a peripheral region, ... -
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 ...