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Design with Nature: Learning from Ecological Systems to Educate the Urban Dweller

dc.contributor.authorBlackman, Clayton
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-examinerGeoffrey Thunen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorStephen Parcellen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerRichard Kroekeren_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorRoland Hudsonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-05T17:24:58Z
dc.date.available2013-04-05T17:24:58Z
dc.date.defence2013-03-19
dc.date.issued2013-04-05
dc.description.abstractNature has an effective approach to cycling materials and energy flows to promote life. This thesis aims to expose urbanite users to nature’s way of cycling materials. The seawall is the largest public space in Vancouver at the edge of land and sea. A neighbourhood community centre along the edge called the Conservatory for Community Matters is created to nurture environmental stewardship by mimicking natural cycles in its function. By conveying architectural systems and form in a cyclical and organic approach, an architectural intervention can address the daily environmental impact of urbanites while rooting people in place and nature in the city. The community centre’s program connects the individually focused daily rituals of eating, making, and exercising to benefit the larger community where urbanites can reintegrate their organic ‘wastes’ into usable by-products. This promotes a paradigm shift transforming the apathetic consumer into an active member of the urban ecosystem.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/21663
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectecological designen_US
dc.subjectcommunityen_US
dc.subjectritualen_US
dc.subjecthuman powereden_US
dc.subjectecosystemen_US
dc.subjectedgeen_US
dc.subjectVancouveren_US
dc.titleDesign with Nature: Learning from Ecological Systems to Educate the Urban Dwelleren_US

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