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Reframing the Branch Library: Enhancing Communication for the Public Good
(2014-04-04)
The public library is challenged by changing technologies and the spread of commercial strategies which undermine the purpose of the institution. The library must remain a key part of mass communication in a democracy, and ...
Procession in Process: Finding Place in Fruit Breeding
(2014-04-03)
The modern disconnect between agricultural producers and consumers in Canada is a result of an increasingly smaller percentage of society taking part in the ‘making’ of food.
Fruit breeding —the practice of selectively ...
Added Value: Pursuing Architecture that Promotes Social Prosperity & Encourages Economic Interest
(2014-08-21)
Architects are arguably the most qualified to shape our cities and communities since they study and design our built environments. However, many of their ideas will never be proposed because clients, who are the real drivers ...
Bridging Landscapes: Connecting the City Through Productive Greenscapes
(2014-08-22)
This thesis explores ideas of social and ecological sustainability that emphasize ethically-based design processes that enhance life without depleting resources. A strong inter-relationship between society and the environment ...
Spiritual Infrastructure: Stitching a New Building Typology into the City to Serve our Spirituality
(2014-08-08)
This thesis is about the exploration of a new building type that is missing from society today. The introduction of spiritual infrastructure aims to meet each individuals spiritual needs through a series of new public ...
Into the Existing: A Multivalent Programmatic, Architectural and Urban Approach to Developing a Renewal Scheme for the Small Downtown
(2014-08-21)
Consider the downtown of any smaller urban centre – typically in some state of decline/stagnation. In response, policies speak to general programmatic, planning and urban ideals, but do not account for the complexities ...
FOOD NETWORK: ARCHITECTURE OF CONNECTION IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD
(2014-04-04)
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans with widespread flooding and infrastructural damage. The Lower Ninth Ward has since experienced a slow recovery from the catastrophic flooding it endured. ...
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 ...
Pieces of the Prairie: Informing New Architecture for a Saskatchewan Cultural Landscape
(2014-04-04)
Since the major influx of settlement in the 19th century, architecture on the Saskatchewan prairie has focused on imported types and products, a condition that has contributed to the lack of a clear regional architectural ...
Generating an Oasis: Architecture of Climatic Engagement for a Northern City
(2014-04-04)
Edmonton, Alberta, like many other northern cities, has a history of overprotecting its citizens from the climatic elements. Through constructs of climate-control, like pedways and shopping malls, we have severed ourselves ...