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Reappropriating the Single Detached Street: Inhabiting a Manipulated Landscape with Public Housing and Amenity
(2023-07-16)
Single-detached, suburban style neighbourhoods prioritize automotive convenience and private property value at the expense of accessibility, affordability and diversity. This thesis proposes reappropriating underutilized ...
Drifting to Collective: Combatting a Hidden Epidemic Through Urban Housing
(2023-07-18)
Historically, villages have consisted of people choosing to dwell together out of necessity for survival. This social interaction catalyzes what makes these villages successful, interdependent communities. The current ...
Forgotten Ecologies: Architecture for Natural Coexistence within Albertan Agrarian Landscapes
(2023-07-19)
Western epistemologies based on a dualism between man and “nature” have created
economic systems at war with ecological systems. The segmented Alberta prairie landscape
perpetuates this dualistic thought through economic ...
Architecture for New Energy Futures: Community and Infrastructure in a Post-Coal World
(2023-07-20)
For the past 300 years, the coal mining industry has fundamentally shaped the landscapes and communities of Cape Breton, which hosts the majority of Nova Scotia’s fossil fuel infrastructure. This thesis mobilizes Cape ...
Defunding Halifax Police with an Art Historical and Contemporary Framework in Architecture
(2023-07-19)
Policing and surveillance contribute to the segregation and oppression of marginalized
communities across North America. The police state’s power is maintained through
architecture and urban design, making the architect ...
My House is Your House: Toward a New Composition of Living and Working in the City
(2023-07-19)
This thesis investigates the housing accommodation that combines living with working, commonly referred to today as “live/work.” Expanding on the notion of living and working beyond its literal interpretation as live/work, ...
Inhabiting Urban Landscapes: Reimagining Mono-Programmed Infrastructure as Accessible Public Space
(2023-07-21)
Public areas in cities are often overtaken and underutilized by surrounding infrastructure, singularly programmed spaces, a lack of urban amenities, and pedestrian access throughout public zones. This thesis investigates ...
Planting Old-Growth Cities: A Dynamic Approach to a Modern Paradigm
(2023-07-20)
This thesis proposes a groundbreaking modular, metabolistic architecture framework near Halifax’s waterfront in Nova Scotia, Canada. It addresses the crisis of commodified housing by challenging conventional ownership ...
Reinventing the Campus: Inclusion for All Through an Understanding of Learning Disabilities
(2023-07-27)
Reinventing the campus is about making the university campus more inclusive
and welcoming for everyone through better understanding and accommodating
individuals with Learning Disabilities (LDs). The thesis tests this ...
Public Space for Public Good: Making Privately Owned Public Spaces in Vancouver More Inclusive and Supportive
(2023-08-02)
This thesis examines the influence and effects of privatisation to support arguments for improved policy regarding Privately Owned Public Space (POPS). In Vancouver, BC city agencies negotiate POPS and other contributions ...