Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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AR Dancee: An Augmented Reality-based Mobile Persuasive App for Promoting Physical Activity Through Dancing
(2023-08-29)Being physically active is one of the most important healthy lifestyles that contribute to people’s overall health and well-being. Within today's fast-paced and sedentary society, the significance of physical activity (PA) ... -
AN ARABIDOPSIS PURPLE ACID PHOSPHATASE5 (PAP5) IS ESSENTIAL FOR MAINTAINING BASAL RESISTANCE AGAINST PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE
(2014-11-13)Plants have evolved an array of constitutive and inducible defense strategies to restrict pathogen ingress. Despite this, some pathogens still invade plants and impair growth and productivity. Previous studies have revealed ... -
Arabidopsis thaliana Glycine Rich Ribosome Binding Protein 3 (AtGR-RBP3) is a Negative Regulator of Salinity Stress
(2014-08-25)Salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses that affect crop production. Mechanism(s) of plant tolerance to salinity is complex and is mediated by multiple biochemical pathways. Our earlier studies have shown that ... -
An Arborist's Approach to Building Regeneration: Planting Trees in Obsolescent Soil
(2020-07-16)Given the environmental impact of utilizing non renewable resources in the open loop carbon cycle of build-use-demolish, it is imperative to effect a fundamental change in how the urban landscape is developed. This thesis ... -
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 ... -
Archibald MacMechan: Canadian man of letters.
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Architectural Drift: Utilizing Glitch in the Parametric Design Process for Urban Housing
(2024-07-24)A common parametric design process relies on geometric rationalization in the early design stage. This reliance constrains the design process. Less explored are moments of post-rationalization in parametric design in ... -
Architectural Resilience In Coastal Communities: Biomimicry As A Design Tool
(2024-04-11)The coastline is a dynamic landscape feature that divides the land and sea, shaped by natural systems over billions of years. Critical climatic factors, including increased tidal action, coastal erosion, and inundation ... -
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 ... -
ARCHITECTURE AS A CULTURAL TOOL: A HOUSING PROPOSAL FOR A CREE COMMUNITY ON THE WESTERN JAMES BAY
(2011-08-19)This thesis is a northern response to the dwelling culture and housing shortage of the Cree community in Moosonee, Ontario, located on the Western James Bay. The program of this thesis centres on housing, shared workshop ... -
Architecture as an Organism for Human-Nature Mutualism
(2022-04-12)In the Canadian Prairies, collective myopia exists; It is a psychological defence blinding humans of unsustainable conditions like automatic processes, the value of individualism, and economies driven by resources. This ... -
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 ... -
Architecture as Reparation: Re-establishing a Sense of Belonging for the Black Community in Halifax
(2023-07-13)This thesis focuses on a historic African Nova Scotian community that currently faces erasure due to gentrification along Gottingen Street in Halifax’s North End. Black communities in Nova Scotia, from early migration to ... -
Architecture as Weaving: How Can Architecture Contribute to the Learning of Mi'kmaq Knowledge at Dalhousie University
(2014-04-04)This architectural thesis proposes a Mi’kmaq Learning Centre on the Dalhousie University Campus in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Indigenous-led and Indigenous minded content in the post secondary environment creates space for ... -
Architecture for All: Democratization of the Profession as a Necessity
(2021-08-05)The profession of architecture typically relies on a client-based system, in which clients with money for a building describe their needs to an architect. Architects thus serve only those with financial resources. While ... -
Architecture for Community Support and Urban Agriculture
(2023-04-12)Food insecurity has become a significant global challenge as food systems are controlled by large scale food retailers and supermarkets that distance the consumer from local fresh food. Alongside this model, a bottom-up ... -
ARCHITECTURE FOR LIVING WITH DYING AND DEATH: THE DESIGN OF A HOSPICE AND FUNERARY COMPLEX IN HALIFAX, NS
(2014-08-06)Since 1900, Western culture has distanced itself from death and now depends on funeral homes to manage the care of the dead. Today, Western families have little interaction with the deceased in the interval between death ... -
Architecture for New Energy Futures: Community and Infrastructure in a Post-Coal World
(2023-07-20)For the past 300 years, the coal mining industry has fundamentally shaped the landscapes and communities of Cape Breton, which hosts the majority of Nova Scotia’s fossil fuel infrastructure. This thesis mobilizes Cape ... -
The Architecture of Care: Maintenance Cycles for an Intentional Caregiving Community
(2018-04-06)This thesis celebrates the work of care, caregiving for a person and caretaking for a building. It argues that these two maintenance processes are worthy drivers of architectural design as they are central to the relationship ...