Lefebvre, Patrick2018-07-312018-07-312018-07-31http://hdl.handle.net/10222/74081This thesis questions the potential relationship between a school of architecture and the public. Redefining the role of architecture education as advocacy for better designed cities, a new dialogue between the public and architecture will flourish. The ideas produced within a porous school will filter out into the city, changing it for the better. The thesis question was investigated through the adaptive reuse of the former Royal Alberta Museum, a Canadian Centennial Building contributing to the national effort to define itself through the use of architecture. Identifying the former exhibition volumes as the school, and introducing a perpendicular indoor street creates a moment to celebrate the intersection of architecture and the public. This monument once containing static artifacts, is reimagined as a dynamic exposition of architectural ideas. This school envisions engaging the public to discuss architecture, aspiring to empower its citizens to ameliorate the future of the city.enEdmonton (Alta.)Schools of architectureadaptive reuseRoyal Alberta MuseumPublicarchitecture pedagogyCanada Centennial buildingsThesis