Browsing by Subject "Architecture"
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Architecture of Reconciliation on the Lachine Canal: A Story of Decolonization over Seven Generations
(2023-07-07)This thesis proposes strategies for architecture to redress the impacts of colonization and industrialization that have overshadowed and erased Indigenous narratives from public memory in lands and waters of Tiohtiá:ke ... -
Architecture of The Bayanihan: Speculative Design In The Pacific Typhoon Belt
(2023-04-12)The Philippines is at the brunt of today’s climate wrath, with typhoon winds reaching 300 km per hour. These storms create real-life dystopian scenarios, with people from informal communities especially vulnerable to ... -
Art Gallery as Bridge Between Port Industry and City
(2021-07-26)For centuries port industry has played a vital role in Halifax, occupying the majority of its waterfront. As shipping developed, ports moved to specialized suburban areas, allowing cities to redevelop their urban waterfront. ... -
Articulating Ecology: Brownfield Remediation, Urban Agriculture and Prospects for Community Revitalization
(2015)2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils by the United Nations. This proclamation emphasizes the soil as a basis for life and culture, its importance for agriculture, and its fragility when threatened by ... -
Au-delà des murs: Bridging the Edge between the Living City and the Preserved City
(2018-04-06)This thesis investigates how the bureaucracies of heritage designation such as UNESCO create havens for tourists rather than encourage the continuous inhabitation of historic cities. With the mission of preserving culture, ... -
Backyard Densification: Resectioning Urban Residential Lots
(2017-08-09)City densification techniques have become stagnant. Suburban land use needed to be revisited and a resectioning of lots implemented. This thesis investigates the typical characteristics of the suburban city lands, ... -
Between Inside and Outside: Expanding Environmental Context Through Building Systems
(2015-04-06)This 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 ... -
Bilbao Re-Effect: Container + Contents + Context Architectural Strategies for the 21st Century Art Museum
(2016-04-11)Throughout the history of art museums and galleries, the container, its contents, and the surrounding context, have retained a tuneful relationship; yet, in 20th century we witness a major shift, with the container taking ... -
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Performance Spaces as Catalyst for Community Revitalization.
(2014-04-04)This thesis investigates how “performance” can enhance the urban fabric of Dartmouth NS, and assist in the revitalization of the area, creating a “new community image”. In past decades Dartmouth has struggled to maintain ... -
Bridge as Anchor: Connecting Neighbourhoods, the City, and the Ravine in Toronto’s Rosedale Valley
(2018-07-31)Toronto is a city characterized by the rich dichotomy between its urban fabric and the natural environment which shaped the city. Ravines are a primary contributor of open space, and a source of social and urban infrastructure ... -
Bridging Landscapes: Connecting the City Through Productive Greenscapes
(2014-08-22)This thesis explores ideas of social and ecological sustainability that emphasize ethically-based design processes that enhance life without depleting resources. A strong inter-relationship between society and the environment ... -
Bridging The Gap: A Healthier City Through Green Belts, Parks and Recreation
(2013-08-23)This thesis investigates the architectural role of green belts and recreational zones as one solution to urban sprawl, ultimately creating healthier, more livable cities. A list of concepts and guidelines will be derived ... -
Building a Neighbourhood: Interpreting Montreal’s Plateau to Redefine Contemporary Mass Housing Typologies
(2013-04-09)After the industrial revolution, the increase in population of urban centres created a severe housing shortage. In North America there were two contrasting responses to house the masses, the urban tower and the garden city ... -
Building for the Network Society: Spaces of Information in a Newly Connected Havana
(2016-04-11)Since the Embargo of 1962, Cuba’s information infrastructure has been frozen. While other countries switched from copper wire to fiber-optic cables linking to a globally connected network -- the Internet -- Cuba remained ... -
Building On Controversy : Developing Architectural Dialogues on Controversial Sites
(2020-07-30)This thesis explores how controversial sites that are in stasis, like the old memorial library in Halifax, can be transformed into architecture. As the public becomes more involved in architectural design process the ... -
Building With Trees: Steps Forward in Forest Informed Design
(2022-08-29)This thesis builds on the roundwood construction methods of Ben Law, the experiments with grown form carried out at Hooke Park, and the forestry-to-building integration by the firm Whole Trees Structures. All three feature ... -
Change Front: The Architecture of Canadian Military Dwelling
(2016-04-08)[ Change Front, to shift a military force in another direction ] This thesis investigates the advancement of military dwelling in the Canadian Armed Forces, focusing on the traditional Army base. It proposes a forward ... -
A Children's Library: Designing Spaces for Play and Imagination
(2013-12-10)Children’s understanding of space is a fusion of reality and fantasy, in which the physical environment, play, and imagination assume important roles. The boundary between the imaginative realm of the child and the physical ... -
Circular Economic Approach To Dharavi: Existing Self-Build Framework Intervention
(2023-04-12)Informal settlements are rapidly growing worldwide. This is the result of rural population migration moving into urban capitals like Mumbai leading to a scarcity of space. They establish slum communities within the ... -
Collage of the Senses: Healing Devices for Transitional Pediatric Care in Calgary, Alberta
(2022-04-11)The current approach to pediatric healthcare design throughout North America produces three care scales: hospitals, clinics, and home care services. These forms of healthcare architecture often fail to create spaces that ...