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Hybrid Landscapes: Nature, Architectural Form, and Cultural Programming for Resiliency in the Mekong Delta
(2020-08-18)
The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is a region characterized by the entwined natural and human landscapes that are perpetually being redefined. From the colonial periods to postwar nation-building, homogeneous modernization ...
Reducing CO2 Emissions Through Natural Fibre: How Hemp can Offset the Carbon Contribution from the Built Environment
(2020-04-30)
Industrial hemp is grown from the plant Cannabis Sativa and is used in a variety of industrial and consumer products worldwide. It can grow very tall, very fast, with little to no fertilizers or pesticides. The design goal ...
Mend: Engaging a Divided City
(2018-07-31)
At the behest of industrial and government demands in the 1960s, Saint John [NB] engaged
in an urban renewal initiative to increase transportation effi ciency and remove urban blight.
The resulting impact was a congestion ...
Against the Current: Redefining Relationships Within Salmon Ecosystems
(2018-04-06)
How cultures view nature and the environment shape how we dwell within the environment. When examining wild salmon and their habitat along the Fraser River watershed it is clear that these perceptions have had a detrimental ...
A New Nature: Architecture as a Mitigator Between Society and Nature
(2018-07-31)
Urban society perceives that in order to be exposed to the wild nature a considerable
distance must be travelled, yet there is a desire for this exposure: a call of the wild. With few
formal outlets for society to be ...
Activating the Vertical City: Catalyzing Ascent + Connectivity within the Delaminated Domains
(2017-05-01)
Responding to isolation and the repetitive nature that high-rise buildings typically evoke,
Activating the Vertical City seeks to respond to the lost sense of place that exists within
vertical environments. It proposes ...
ADAPTIVE SCHOOLS: EXPLORING HOW DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY CAN EXTEND THE LIFESPAN OF MATERIALS AND BE APPLIED TO THE FLUCTUATING REQUIREMENTS OF TEACHING FACILITIES
(2018-04-06)
This thesis investigates how designing with disassembly in mind will extend the lifespan of materials and decrease the environmental impact of construction.
The most suitable programs to test this concept involve projects ...
Memorials for the Living: Dynamic, Engaging, and Inclusive Spaces of Remembrance
(2018-07-31)
This thesis addresses the vibrant and divisive discourse surrounding architectural memorialisation. Contemporary debates on memorial architecture are often centred on the exclusion of certain groups and their perspectives. ...
Maintaining the Sacred: Adapting to a ‘Post-Religious’ Society Through the Reprogramming of the Early Church in Montreal
(2018-04-06)
This thesis is a study of the architectural qualities that correlate with the sacred, while addressing the growing problem of dissolving religious buildings in Canada. The initial argument puts forth the idea that a building ...
Bridge as Anchor: Connecting Neighbourhoods, the City, and the Ravine in Toronto’s Rosedale Valley
(2018-07-31)
Toronto is a city characterized by the rich dichotomy between its urban fabric and the natural environment which shaped the city. Ravines are a primary contributor of open space, and a source of social and urban infrastructure ...