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A Method for Designing Monuments for River Culture: The Chilean Patagonia Sin Represas Environmental Movement as a Case Study
(2022-04-14)
This thesis asks how nature becomes a part of identity. It looks to the Chilean Patagonia Sin Represas (Without Dams) movement which halted the building of several hydroelectric dams along the Baker River. Geographical ...
Setting the Scene: Cinematic Syntax as a way of Forming Identity in the Generic City
(2022-04-11)
There is a syntax that exists in film, architecture, and the city, elements that come together to form a language. This language creates a relationship between different components, forming a point of view, through space ...
Eternal Landscapes: A Reframing of Monuments in the Civic Cemetery
(2022-04-18)
Secular demands on space are shifting Western funerary culture away from traditional individual memorials. New burial modes omit the gravestone, and ash spreading rituals detach the act of remembering from the body. While ...
The Phenomenal Chinook: Experientially Bridging Architecture and Nature Through Wind Design in Lethbridge, Alberta
(2022-04-12)
In the Western world, we continue to perceive nature as separate from ourselves and the built environment, perpetuating the extinction of experience that distances environmental harm from the human domain. This thesis ...
Interfaces: Re-Asserting the Riverine Ecosystem as a Central Part of Burnaby
(2022-05-02)
This thesis is situated on the green corridor of parks and lakes in Burnaby, BC. The system follows the Brunette River, one of three watersheds in Burnaby. This watershed comprises two parks: Deer Lake and Burnaby Lake ...
Fractal: Refaçading the Suburb for the Modern Family through Modularity
(2022-04-13)
Canadian cities and suburbs are littered with single-family residential housing that fails
to meet the needs of modern families. The current housing model does not adequately
support intergenerational living, user ...
Collage of the Senses: Healing Devices for Transitional Pediatric Care in Calgary, Alberta
(2022-04-11)
The current approach to pediatric healthcare design throughout North America produces three care scales: hospitals, clinics, and home care services. These forms of healthcare architecture often fail to create spaces that ...
Legitimizing Informality: A Self-Built Path to Self-Reliance in Mombasa
(2022-04-13)
Today, over half the world’s population lives in cities. As a result of urban migration, cities in the developing world are currently experiencing an unprecedented surge of informal settlements. Such is the case in Mombasa, ...
The Greatest Peripatetic Show on Earth: The Re-coded Circus of Our Desire
(2022-04-12)
The show must go on. This thesis demonstrates that by re-coding the circus’ architecture
to engage theatrically with the city, the rebellious character of both circus and nomadism
will be reinforced, challenging our ...
Le Tour de Grand Pré: An Exploration of an UNESCO Heritage Landscape through Avian Ecology
(2022-04-12)
Every year, millions of birds migrate long distances to find areas with plentiful food reserves and habitat to nest and rear their young. However, human development is rapidly diminishing bird habitat worldwide. This thesis ...