Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Cape Breton"

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  • A Coal Miner's Shadow 

    Pelissero, Adam (2012-08-13)
    Light and shadow have the capacity to move us emotionally and create atmospheres that allow us to better understand stories. This thesis explores how light and shadow can propel the design of a music hall and museum space ...

  • Invoking Memory: Traced Narratives of Mabou, Cape Breton 

    Cameron, Paulette (2021-08-31)
    This thesis investigates how memory is stored and transferred in rural landscapes by analyzing fading cultural histories evidenced in a set of lines in Mabou, Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia, Canada. Traces of the past manifest ...

  • LOCATING SHAMBHALA: A PILGRIMAGE COMPLEX FOR KALAPA VALLEY IN THE HIGHLANDS OF CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA 

    Perkins, Will Kipping (2015-04-06)
    This thesis explores the relationship between landscape, sacred space and dwelling in the non-theistic spiritual tradition of Shambhala. Through the design of a pilgrimage complex for Kalapa Valley in the Cape Breton ...

  • Main Street is Dead, Long Live Main Street 

    Latham, Katelyn (2016-04-08)
    Deindustrialization is a phenomenon apparent in many countries across the world, but while the majority of the revitalization focus has been on large metropolitan cities, little consideration has been taken into account ...

  • Taking the Plunge: The Re-use and Re-programming of a Coal Power Plant in Cape Breton 

    Wimmer, Katie (2021-08-04)
    With coal power plants being one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, Nova Scotia and its energy providers must address these mounting concerns by initiating the decommission of our coal power ...