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Framework For Design: The Study Of Parametrics For Contextually Responsive High Rise Design
(2011-12-16)
The following thesis investigates parametric thinking and evolutionary solving principles in the creation of a framework for residential high rise design. Site specific parameters such as site access (pedestrian and ...
THIS IS SACKVILLE CALLING: A MEDIA ARTS CENTRE ON THE FORMER SITE OF THE RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSION STATION, SACKVILLE, NB
(2014-08-08)
This thesis explores how the loss of the Radio Canada
International Shortwave Radio Transmission Station may
inform a new architecture that builds upon the collective
memory of a place while introducing program that ...
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 ...
Squint / Unsquint: Associative Composition as a Key to Facade Analysis and Design
(2011-08-09)
This study explores compositional abstraction in architecture. The act of squinting adopts
propositions from Christopher Alexander and structuralist Marcel Mauss. An analytical
method based upon element density and ...
MATERIAL PROCESS AS A DESIGN TOOL: INVESTIGATING THE MAKING OF CERAMICS IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2013-12-10)
Materials are a significant aspect of architectural design, the construction components are selected for their availability, location, cultural meaning, physical characteristics and properties. The construction components ...
Design and Application of a CNC Rotary Axis for Grinding Research
(2017-08-24)
This thesis presents four studies into cylindrical plunge grinding that used a custom built, instrumented rotary axis. The design and capabilities of the rotary axis are presented. These capabilities include accurate speed ...
Design-Build As An Approach for Community-Focused Projects: Building and Adapting in a Northern Community
(2019-04-12)
This thesis focuses on creating and testing a design-build strategy for community-based projects. It poses questions on how to create work that is locally relevant, place sensitive and site specific in the contexts of ...
A META-GREEN A Dynamic Architecture Along the Banks of the Saint John River
(2019-04-04)
Through the catalytic theory of cybernetics, this thesis proposes a local intervention within the vast network of synthetic and organic systems that span the watershed of the Saint John River Valley in New Brunswick, Canada. ...
Design of Single-Sided Fillet Welds Under Transverse Loading
(2021-09-01)
In North American steel design codes, a “directional strength enhancement” (or “sinθ”) factor is used to increase the predicted strength of fillet welds subjected to tension-induced shear. CSA and AISC code committees have ...
Integration of Human Factors into Engineering Design
(2016-04-29)
Usability has been shown to increase the success of design projects, but is routinely left out of the design process. Through an investigation into the history and value of usability, experiential design project, analyzing ...