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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 ...
THIS IS SACKVILLE CALLING: A MEDIA ARTS CENTRE ON THE FORMER SITE OF THE RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSION STATION, SACKVILLE, NB
(2014-08-08)
This thesis explores how the loss of the Radio Canada
International Shortwave Radio Transmission Station may
inform a new architecture that builds upon the collective
memory of a place while introducing program that ...
Reverent Terroir: Placemaking through Pilgrimage – the Design of an Okanagan Winery
(2013-04-04)
The thesis critically addresses the current architectural condition of the majority of the Okanagan region’s wineries. Their superficial nature, eager to pander to the area’s tourism industry, has left a noticeable void ...
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 ...
MATERIAL PROCESS AS A DESIGN TOOL: INVESTIGATING THE MAKING OF CERAMICS IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2013-12-10)
Materials are a significant aspect of architectural design, the construction components are selected for their availability, location, cultural meaning, physical characteristics and properties. The construction components ...
A META-GREEN A Dynamic Architecture Along the Banks of the Saint John River
(2019-04-04)
Through the catalytic theory of cybernetics, this thesis proposes a local intervention within the vast network of synthetic and organic systems that span the watershed of the Saint John River Valley in New Brunswick, Canada. ...
Time, Space and Adaptation: A Strategy Towards Growth From Within
(2016-04-11)
To adapt is to transform to become better suited to the conditions of an environment. Through expressing a narrative of adaptation in architecture we can evoke both cultural continuity and the potential for change through ...
Designing Experience: Towards an Empathic Method of Design
(2015)
This thesis investigates the relationship between the physical environment and its influence on human emotion and thought. Through a series of design explorations, the project aims to establish an elemental understanding ...