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Between Inside and Outside: Expanding Environmental Context Through Building Systems

dc.contributor.authorAngus, Benjamin
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-coordinatorSteve Parcellen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerEmanuel Jannaschen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorSusan Fitzgeralden_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-06T18:08:21Z
dc.date.available2015-04-06T18:08:21Z
dc.date.defence2015-03-17
dc.date.issued2015-04-06
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores how architecture can expand the conceived notion of enclosure to a greater environmental context, and how a building may become an instrument for experience and engagement across the interior/exterior divide, hence providing a connection between body and place, and the natural and artificial. Within a Canadian urban context the experience of environment is almost exclusively separated into an inside and an outside, while anything between lacks definition. The thesis seeks ways to soften this divide by exploring the in-between and reintroducing aspects of exteriority to everyday life in a palatable way. This is accomplished through the consideration of the building systems used to condition and create an interior. The site chosen for the study is Fenwick Tower in the South End of Halifax. Its monumentality, uniformity, and exposure to the elements provide an ideal location to test the notion of engaging with the exterior.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/56327
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectFenwick Toweren_US
dc.subjectPhenomenologyen_US
dc.subjectPlace-makingen_US
dc.subjectEnclosureen_US
dc.titleBetween Inside and Outside: Expanding Environmental Context Through Building Systemsen_US

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