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Urban Resilience: Re-Designing Existing Architecture for the Community of Maynard Lake

dc.contributor.authorHowes, Caroline
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-examinerPeter Sassenrothen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorStephen Parcellen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerStephen Parcellen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorSarah Bonnemaisonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-10T14:14:26Z
dc.date.available2012-08-10T14:14:26Z
dc.date.defence2012-07-10
dc.date.issued2012-08-10
dc.description.abstractThis thesis proposes the renovation of existing rental units in ten low-rise apartment buildings in order to foster urban and ecological resilience. Existing ex-military apartments on the north shore of Maynard Lake in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada are adapted through strategic additions and subtractions to create a gradient of spaces: from private to communal to public. The site is conceived as an urban threshold to the lake, organized around new communal amenity spaces for the inhabitants and new diverse mixed-use spaces for the public. At the heart of the project lies the design strategy of effecting big change in the quality of existing space through small interventions. Relatively low-cost incremental design moves transform bleak and alienating spaces into livable places where renters will benefit from the support of their community.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/15193
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectUrbanen_US
dc.subjectadaptability
dc.subjectexisting housing
dc.subjectresidential
dc.subjectrenovation
dc.subjectresilience
dc.titleUrban Resilience: Re-Designing Existing Architecture for the Community of Maynard Lakeen_US

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