Browsing by Subject "Architecture"
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Accenting Edmonton’s River Valley - Methodologies of Color; Using Framework of Human-Environment Connections
(2017-04-07)West Rossdale and its river banks are the core cultural aspect of Edmonton. Its potential is portrayed through ‘River Crossing”, the one place where city and river meet. The thesis aims to explore the physical and cultural ... -
Activating the Vertical City: Catalyzing Ascent + Connectivity within the Delaminated Domains
(2017-05-01)Responding to isolation and the repetitive nature that high-rise buildings typically evoke, Activating the Vertical City seeks to respond to the lost sense of place that exists within vertical environments. It proposes ... -
Activating Traces: Reconnecting Tidal Flows and Past Landscapes Through the Reuse of a Post-Industrial Textile Mill
(2019-08-22)This thesis investigates an adaptive reuse of a former textile mill, a post-industrial ruin built in 1884 in the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Natural tidal waters once acted as a means of distribution for the town and ... -
The Adaptation of a Thunder Bay Grain Elevator
(2011-04-08)This thesis is an exploration of spatial possibilities within a concrete terminal grain elevator in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Informed by research into the history, function, and construction of grain elevators, this ... -
Adapting to the Island: the Architectural Reuse of a once active British Naval Facility for Bermuda
(2011-04-08)This thesis explores the possibilities of adaptively reusing an existing site to provide new services and work spaces for the local artistic community within a once heavily used Brit- ish naval ship building and repair ... -
ADAPTIVE SCHOOLS: EXPLORING HOW DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY CAN EXTEND THE LIFESPAN OF MATERIALS AND BE APPLIED TO THE FLUCTUATING REQUIREMENTS OF TEACHING FACILITIES
(2018-04-06)This thesis investigates how designing with disassembly in mind will extend the lifespan of materials and decrease the environmental impact of construction. The most suitable programs to test this concept involve projects ... -
Added Value: Pursuing Architecture that Promotes Social Prosperity & Encourages Economic Interest
(2014-08-21)Architects are arguably the most qualified to shape our cities and communities since they study and design our built environments. However, many of their ideas will never be proposed because clients, who are the real drivers ... -
Addressing Crowded Loneliness: A Recomposed Residential High-Rise Typology
(2024-04-09)The demand for density in today’s urban environment has created the ideal condition for the residential high-rise typology as it increases land density and prevents urban sprawl. However, the rapid implementation of the ... -
Against the Current: Redefining Relationships Within Salmon Ecosystems
(2018-04-06)How cultures view nature and the environment shape how we dwell within the environment. When examining wild salmon and their habitat along the Fraser River watershed it is clear that these perceptions have had a detrimental ... -
Alternative Reality: The Monument, the Megastructure and the Luxury Hotel
(2015-04-22)This thesis inherits the infrastructure of Lower Manhattan’s Exit 2, where the Brooklyn Bridge and elevated FDR highway intersect. A recent proposal for a nearby ultra-exclusive luxury hotel is controversial. The site faces ... -
Amidst the Olive Trees: A Dalmatian Grove for Mental Rehabilitation
(2024-04-14)Suicides are one of the leading causes of death from injuries in Croatia. The groups most at risk are those struggling with mental illnesses and those over 60 — due to loneliness and loss of familial and inter-personal ... -
An Arborist's Approach to Building Regeneration: Planting Trees in Obsolescent Soil
(2020-07-16)Given the environmental impact of utilizing non renewable resources in the open loop carbon cycle of build-use-demolish, it is imperative to effect a fundamental change in how the urban landscape is developed. This thesis ... -
The Archescape : Seeking the Way Out from Within
(2016-04-08)This thesis investigates the archescape (Wallis de Vries, 2014) within the historical center of Rome. The term refers to the point of intersection where architecture meets escape. The primal need for escape from the city’s ... -
Architecture and Typography: The Space Beyond the Text
(2011-04-15)This thesis considers the design of a combined industrial printing and publishing house as a semi-public institution. The site is in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The institution includes a bookstore, archive, studio, book ... -
Architecture as Power: Dynamics of Spatial Configuration
(2016-08-09)This thesis investigates the concept of power in architecture. The system of ‘Space Syntax’ is utilized to describe the configurational properties of spatial networks for an understanding of spatial political economy—how ... -
Architecture as Reparation: Re-establishing a Sense of Belonging for the Black Community in Halifax
(2023-07-13)This thesis focuses on a historic African Nova Scotian community that currently faces erasure due to gentrification along Gottingen Street in Halifax’s North End. Black communities in Nova Scotia, from early migration to ... -
Architecture as Weaving: How Can Architecture Contribute to the Learning of Mi'kmaq Knowledge at Dalhousie University
(2014-04-04)This architectural thesis proposes a Mi’kmaq Learning Centre on the Dalhousie University Campus in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Indigenous-led and Indigenous minded content in the post secondary environment creates space for ... -
Architecture for New Energy Futures: Community and Infrastructure in a Post-Coal World
(2023-07-20)For the past 300 years, the coal mining industry has fundamentally shaped the landscapes and communities of Cape Breton, which hosts the majority of Nova Scotia’s fossil fuel infrastructure. This thesis mobilizes Cape ... -
The Architecture of Gender and Health: A Holistic Life-Cycle Based Approach to Women’s Reproductive Health in Moncton, New Brunswick
(2015)This thesis investigates the role of architecture in women’s health. The proposal consists of a facility in downtown Moncton, New Brunswick that provides reproductive and health services in both on-site and outreach ...