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Community Repair Through Informal Building Approaches
(2019-08-27)
Research is based on an analysis of successful approaches to building and urban design in both formal and informal settings, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In an attempted to repair Mexico’s abandoned suburban ...
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. ...
Re-Anchoring Bloomfield: Cross Programming a Makerspace to Foster Equity and Inclusion in North End, Halifax
(2019-08-28)
This thesis proposes the creation of a Makerspace to re-anchor the Bloomfield Centre site within North End, Halifax. The Bloomfield Centre was previously a hub for making, community resources and collaboration, its closure ...
Activating Traces: Reconnecting Tidal Flows and Past Landscapes Through the Reuse of a Post-Industrial Textile Mill
(2019-08-22)
This thesis investigates an adaptive reuse of a former textile mill, a post-industrial ruin built in 1884 in the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Natural tidal waters once acted as a means of distribution for the town and ...
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 ...
Identity Erosion: Adaptive Architecture for the Evolving Coastline of Fortune, Newfoundland
(2019-08-13)
Newfoundland’s cultural identity is derived from a historical relationship with the sea. Situated to ensure access to fishing grounds, outports’ dependence on the fertile waters of the Atlantic guided the settlement patterns ...
Cross-Cultural Landscapes: Integrating Islam into the Rural Canadian Vernacular
(2019-04-05)
Canada is a country of immigrants. Over generations our iconic landscape has offered a focal point for integration and been an important symbol of our identity. Yet as new cultures integrate their identity often fluctuates ...
Living Tradition: Supporting the Inuvialuit Community of Tuktoyaktuk Through Productive Cultural Space
(2019-04-05)
Global connectivity is affecting culture in the Canadian North. The Inuvialuit people of Canada’s Northwest Arctic have experienced a long history of contact with foreign cultures that has led to the homogenization, ...
Life Course Community: A Senior-centric Approach to an Inclusive Urban Development
(2019-08-02)
This thesis challenges society’s current attitude towards aging by proposing a senior-centric approach to community design – a Life Course Community. This planning strategy supports people so they may age-in-place and ...
FROM ANOMIE TO AGRICULTURE: ON SPATIALLY PRODUCED VIOLENCE, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND ARCHITECTURE
(2019-04-04)
This thesis investigates the transformative potential of architecture as means of mitigating violence in West Garfield Park, Chicago (Illinois, United States). The unremitting violence that plagues the area has accelerated ...