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Re/creation of Lake Banook: Providing Prospect & Refuge in an Urban Landscape
(2016-08-24)
Lake Banook, an urban lake situated in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, plays an important role in both community and international recreational activity. Although the lake currently functions well, it could be improved. ...
The Archescape : Seeking the Way Out from Within
(2016-04-08)
This thesis investigates the archescape (Wallis de Vries, 2014) within the historical center of Rome. The term refers to the point of intersection where architecture meets escape. The primal need for escape from the city’s ...
Integrating Structure, Systems, and Space: CLT + Steel
(2016-08-23)
This thesis examines building system integration for Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), an emerging engineered wood building product. CLT is structurally robust, constructionally efficient, and environmentally friendly, but the ...
Bilbao Re-Effect: Container + Contents + Context Architectural Strategies for the 21st Century Art Museum
(2016-04-11)
Throughout the history of art museums and galleries, the container, its contents, and the surrounding context, have retained a tuneful relationship; yet, in 20th century we witness a major shift, with the container taking ...
Landscapes of Memory: A Study of Memorialization in Northern Uganda
(2016-04-08)
In the Western world today, memorialization typically occurs at ‘sites of memory’, such as monuments and museums, where people go to remember or learn about the events being commemorated. This approach to memorialization ...
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Shifting Perceptions on Sanitation Through the Urban Integration of Wastewater Infrastructure
(2016-04-08)
The decentralization and sanitization of industrial processes essential to the operation of our cities has contributed to the creation of sprawling waste-landscapes and a diminished connection, and perception of accountability, ...
Change Front: The Architecture of Canadian Military Dwelling
(2016-04-08)
[ Change Front, to shift a military force in another direction ]
This thesis investigates the advancement of military dwelling in the Canadian Armed Forces, focusing on the traditional Army base. It proposes a forward ...
Architecture as Power: Dynamics of Spatial Configuration
(2016-08-09)
This thesis investigates the concept of power in architecture.
The system of ‘Space Syntax’ is utilized to describe the configurational properties of spatial networks for an understanding of spatial political economy—how ...
Confronting Hegemony: Architectural Dialogues in Northern Ontario
(2016-04-08)
The aim of this thesis is to assert the role of architecture as an active mediator in shaping the social, physical and economic space of the indigenous reserve of northern Ontario. This contested region, bounded by the end ...
Reconnecting the Working Waterfront
(2016-08-02)
This thesis addresses the disconnect between the coastal city and it’s waterfront. After decades of industrial development roads, railways, buildings and barriers have severed this connection leaving the coastal city with ...