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Memory and Myth:Storytelling as a Design Tool for a Youth Camp in Haida Gwaii
(2012-04-04)
Located at Swan Bay on the islands of Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) in Pacific Northwestern British Columbia, this thesis uses the mode of ‘storytelling’ to design a cultural education camp for the ...
ARCHITECTURE FOR LIVING WITH DYING AND DEATH: THE DESIGN OF A HOSPICE AND FUNERARY COMPLEX IN HALIFAX, NS
(2014-08-06)
Since 1900, Western culture has distanced itself from death and now depends on funeral
homes to manage the care of the dead. Today, Western families have little interaction
with the deceased in the interval between death ...
Food Culture in Western Canada: Using Architecture to Define a Local Cuisine Through the Farm to Table Method
(2015-04-02)
This thesis focuses on food culture in Edmonton, Alberta, and explores how architectural intervention may be informed by the farm-to-table method in order to create a more local cuisine. Edmonton is a city with diverse ...
Blurring Boundaries: Waste as a Vehicle for a Social Metamorphosis
(2013-08-08)
In 2001, Argentina suffered an economic collapse that almost wiped out the middle-class, leaving thousands homeless. This resulted in the growth of the informal settlements and informal sectors of employment in and around ...
CommonRoots Health Centre
(2012-04-05)
A shift in medical paradigm, from a focus on curing disease to a focus on preventing it, demands a totally new type of medical infrastructure. Through an analysis of the preventative paradigm, two key architectural ...
Beyond The Game
(2015-04-02)
Historically, sports arenas have been used for events of limited duration and frequency. The specialized nature of the venue has led to underutilization. The premise of this thesis is that the social and economic potential ...
Dimming the City
(2017-08-08)
This thesis addresses light pollution, specifically over-illumination, in cities. It examines the history of artificial lighting, the consequences of excessive light, and the motivations for its continued overuse: fear and ...
HYBRID SPACE: DESIGNING THE INTERFACE OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL PUBLICS
(2019-04-04)
The term “mixed reality” (MR) describes an environment comprised of real-time, spatially-linked physical and digital content connected through the interface of digital technologies. While social and technological trends ...
The Missing Half: Reintegrating Women Into Pakistan’s Public Spaces in Lyari, Karachi
(2019-08-07)
Women spatially inhabit a city differently than men, who are the default users in a patriarchal society. They negotiate the city differently, and they also perceive the boundaries of space differently. In the low-income ...
Growing the Network: Cultivating Alternative Food Systems in the Prairie City
(2019-08-06)
The province of Alberta faces considerable challenges to food security due to urban expansion into agricultural land, loss of landscape identity, and deficits in fruit and vegetable production. While inefficient global ...