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LOCATING SHAMBHALA: A PILGRIMAGE COMPLEX FOR KALAPA VALLEY IN THE HIGHLANDS OF CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA

dc.contributor.authorPerkins, Will Kipping
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Architectureen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Architectureen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerJanna Levitten_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorSteve Parcellen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerSteve Parcellen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorCristina Verissimoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-06T12:17:50Z
dc.date.available2015-04-06T12:17:50Z
dc.date.defence2015-03-16
dc.date.issued2015-04-06
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the relationship between landscape, sacred space and dwelling in the non-theistic spiritual tradition of Shambhala. Through the design of a pilgrimage complex for Kalapa Valley in the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia, Canada - the most sacred Shambhala site - the community’s unique relationship to the physical and cultural landscape of Nova Scotia is examined. The investigation reexamines the architectural framework of critical regionalism and the concept of dwelling through Shambhala culture and proposes abstraction as a method by which landscape and cultural context can become essential elements of a non-theistic sacred architecture for a global spiritual community with fundamental place-based narratives.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/56312
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectShambhalaen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectCape Bretonen_US
dc.subjectSacreden_US
dc.subjectLandscapeen_US
dc.subjectChögyam Trungpaen_US
dc.subjectNova Scotiaen_US
dc.subjectNon-theismen_US
dc.titleLOCATING SHAMBHALA: A PILGRIMAGE COMPLEX FOR KALAPA VALLEY IN THE HIGHLANDS OF CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIAen_US

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