This thesis studies the relationship between the urban environment and ecosystem and the intersection between ecosystem and architectural project. While urban sites are commonly understood as separate and unique from their ...

This thesis addresses the scarcity of civic spaces in Hong Kong by proposing impermanent interventions to meet city events’ demands. There are two cyclical events that contribute to a unique city character, the democratic ...

[ Change Front, to shift a military force in another direction ] This thesis investigates the advancement of military dwelling in the Canadian Armed Forces, focusing on the traditional Army base. It proposes a forward ...

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 ...

This thesis begins by studying the dual reading of Niagara Falls as an awe-inspiring natural wonder and as a commodified spectacle for touristic consumption. However, the relics of its early hydroelectric exploitation ...

In the Western world today, memorialization typically occurs at ‘sites of memory’, such as monuments and museums, where people go to remember or learn about the events being commemorated. This approach to memorialization ...

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 ...

The decentralization and sanitization of industrial processes essential to the operation of our cities has contributed to the creation of sprawling waste-landscapes and a diminished connection, and perception of accountability, ...

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 ...

On the Island of Newfoundland, the story of resettlement parallels the formation of the national and provincial parks: as coastal communities were abandoned through a governmental top-down redistribution of the island ...