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The Adaptation of a Thunder Bay Grain Elevator
(2011-04-08)
This thesis is an exploration of spatial possibilities within a concrete terminal grain elevator in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Informed by research into the history, function, and construction of grain elevators, this ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Nature of Healing: A Proposal for a Therapeutic Garden in the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta
(2012-04-04)
Nature positively affects the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of all people. In the natural environment, fresh air, daylight, organic materials and plant life exist in harmony. When we come into contact ...
The Emergence of a Superstructure: Griffintown's Revival Inspired by Surviving Industrial Artifacts”
(2011-04-12)
Montréal’s Griffintown is a neighbourhood facing multiple transformations. Formerly a
working class district gathered around warehouses and industries based along the Lachine
Canal, it is home today to various avant-garde ...
Embodied, Embedded, Emergent: New Digital Strategies for Cross Laminated Timber Fabrication and Use
(2013-08-09)
This thesis focuses on analyzing Cross Laminated Timber manufacture and use for the purpose of suggesting ways to enrich involved technology through the further application of digital fabrication techniques. Framed within ...
Reverent Terroir: Placemaking through Pilgrimage – the Design of an Okanagan Winery
(2013-04-04)
The thesis critically addresses the current architectural condition of the majority of the Okanagan region’s wineries. Their superficial nature, eager to pander to the area’s tourism industry, has left a noticeable void ...
Rethinking the Response to Disaster Relief Housing
(2012-08-23)
This thesis examines disaster-relief-housing and identifies some of the challenges faced by the traditional housing response. Focusing on relief efforts as a second responder, an alternative process for housing displaced ...
Building a Neighbourhood: Interpreting Montreal’s Plateau to Redefine Contemporary Mass Housing Typologies
(2013-04-09)
After the industrial revolution, the increase in population of urban centres created a severe housing shortage. In North America there were two contrasting responses to house the masses, the urban tower and the garden city ...
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 ...