Browsing by Subject "Halifax"
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Home is Where the Hearth is: Recognizing and Building Identity in an Urban Residential Area
(2015)This thesis report explores the relationships between the built environment, the social fabric of a neighbourhood, and a sense of belonging to a community. The fabric of a neighbourhood community is shaped by the ... -
How the East Coast Rocks: A History of Hip Hop in Halifax: 1985 - 1998
(2012-11-20)Between 1985 and 1997 a hip hop culture emerged in Halifax, Nova Scotia through rap music artists' live performances at various venues, and by releasing original music on commercial and non-commercial cassette tapes and ... -
“I HATE MY GENERATION”: CANADIAN MALE IDENTITY IN SLOAN’S TWICE REMOVED
(2014-09-05)In the early 1990s, a Halifax band named Sloan broke Into the alternative rock scene with their debut album Smeared (1993), released by Geffen Records, which received critical and commercial success in both Canada and the ... -
Inhabiting Lost Space: Restoring the Urban Fabric with the Power of Nature
(2023-07-14)The urban landscape of Halifax’s Peninsula is constantly changing due to climate change and rapid urbanization, damaging the city and its infrastructure. The congestion of the city and degradation of the natural environment ... -
Inhabiting the Threshold: Housing and Public-Private Interface at Halifax’s St. Patrick’s-Alexandra School
(2014-04-04)A public-private interface is a dynamic threshold between the private residence and the public city. It can be critically examined in terms of social scales, defensibility and ownership of space. As cities densify, they ... -
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 ... -
Instrumental Architecture: Investigating the Live Music Venue as a Process of Gathering along the Halifax Waterfront
(2020-04-13)This thesis aims to connect live music, people, and place in Halifax by approaching the live music venue as a process of gathering. This strategy builds upon Christopher Small’s concept of ‘Musicking’ by approaching the ... -
The Living Yard: Re-Making the Public Square for Community Identity
(2019-08-22)How do we design and develop in urban areas where we are witnessing the social impacts of gentrification? Through adaptive reuse, this thesis will investigate issues of the gentrification process in the North End of Halifax, ... -
MEDIATING BETWEEN LAND AND SEA: PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AS A RESERVATION OF THE URBAN WATERFRONT
(2014-08-22)This thesis primarily explores the materiality of water by focusing on its containment and experiential qualities. By identifying the urban waterfront as a porous medium belong- ing to both the city and the sea, the design ... -
Meteorology 1873, Halifax, N. S.
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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, ... -
A New Beginning in a New Way: The Integration of Refugees in an Urban Community
(2019-04-05)The world has an unprecedented number of refugees; with the number continuously increasing, housing options when scaled are becoming unmanageable by the UNHCR’s typical means of resettlement. This thesis aims to strengthen ... -
NEW PLA(Y)CES OF LEARNING AND EXCHANGE: A PROTOTYPE TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL SPACES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS IN A MODERN CONTEXT
(2016-04-08)Presently, there are lack of programs, services and indoor places in central Halifax for children (aged 0 – 6) and the caregivers who stay home with them. This thesis proposes the design of two casual “soft play based” ... -
Not Just Nice Guys: The Growth and Constraint of the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union, 1950 - 1975
(2024-08-27)This study traces the mid-twentieth century history of the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union (NSTU), with particular focus on the union’s democratic, professional, and bargaining structures. Traditionally underrepresented in ... -
Nova Scotian meteorology
(William Gossip, 1877) -
Nova Scotian superficial geology, with map, systematized and illustrated
(William Gossip, 1888) -
On the meteorology of Halifax
(William Gossip, 1872) -
On the progress of weather knowledge
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Party Wall Housing: Objects in Environments as Contestation
(2020-04-14)The front line of architecture is the housing crisis, but is also a crisis of how we live. The home is where structural principles of society are created and reinforced. The city has become an all-encompassing domestic ... -
Planning for Solar Energy in Halifax Neighbourhoods
(2015-12-08)Solar energy is the cleanest and most abundant energy resource that does not contribute to global warming (Zaidi, 2009, p. 3). Halifax has good resources of solar energy and high energy demand (Natural Resources Canada, ...