dc.contributor.author | King, Madeline | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-07T18:08:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-07T18:08:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/59289 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis investigates the role of architecture in women’s health. The proposal consists of a facility in downtown Moncton, New Brunswick that provides reproductive and health services in both on-site and outreach capacities. The selected site and program respond to medicalization of formerly community-based services, and a present-day demand for increased access to alternative and stigmatized treatments (such as midwife-lead natural birthing and abortion). The objective is to return to women their agency within this arena. The architecture aims to incorporate control over one’s environment and non- distinction between users with a system of nature-based elements promoting a holistic woman-centred approach to healing and everyday wellbeing. The integration of people and services on a community and building scale encourages open discussion, acceptance and normalization of all facets of women’s reproductive health and life cycle. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Architecture | en_US |
dc.subject | Moncton (N.B.) | en_US |
dc.subject | Abortion | en_US |
dc.subject | Birth | en_US |
dc.subject | Women's health | en_US |
dc.title | The Architecture of Gender and Health: A Holistic Life-Cycle Based Approach to Women’s Reproductive Health in Moncton, New Brunswick | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2015-07-07 | |
dc.contributor.department | School of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Andrea Kahn | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Steve Parcell | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Christine Macy | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Susan Fitzgerald | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |