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Adapting to the Island: the Architectural Reuse of a once active British Naval Facility for Bermuda
(2011-04-08)
This thesis explores the possibilities of adaptively reusing an existing site to provide new services and work spaces for the local artistic community within a once heavily used Brit- ish naval ship building and repair ...
Framework For Design: The Study Of Parametrics For Contextually Responsive High Rise Design
(2011-12-16)
The following thesis investigates parametric thinking and evolutionary solving principles in the creation of a framework for residential high rise design. Site specific parameters such as site access (pedestrian and ...
The Adaptation of a Thunder Bay Grain Elevator
(2011-04-08)
This thesis is an exploration of spatial possibilities within a concrete terminal grain elevator in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Informed by research into the history, function, and construction of grain elevators, this ...
Architecture and Typography: The Space Beyond the Text
(2011-04-15)
This thesis considers the design of a combined industrial printing and publishing house as a semi-public institution. The site is in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The institution includes a bookstore, archive, studio, book ...
The Emergence of a Superstructure: Griffintown's Revival Inspired by Surviving Industrial Artifacts”
(2011-04-12)
Montréal’s Griffintown is a neighbourhood facing multiple transformations. Formerly a
working class district gathered around warehouses and industries based along the Lachine
Canal, it is home today to various avant-garde ...
Collective Housing: Linking Ecological and Social Sustainability
(2011-12-14)
A constellation of challenges, including changing family types and shrinking household size, housing affordability, and ecological impact, can be addressed through a different approach to private dwelling. These are ...
Squint / Unsquint: Associative Composition as a Key to Facade Analysis and Design
(2011-08-09)
This study explores compositional abstraction in architecture. The act of squinting adopts
propositions from Christopher Alexander and structuralist Marcel Mauss. An analytical
method based upon element density and ...
SCARRING THE LANDSCAPE: DESIGNING FOR A FIRE PRONE REGION, KELOWNA, B.C.
(2011-08-25)
This thesis explores architectural and design principles for
fire-prone regions. A number of these principles are identified
and developed in the design of a recreational infrastructure
for Kelowna, British Columbia, ...