Browsing by Subject "Halifax, Nova Scotia"
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Africville Relocation Report Supplement
(Institute of Public Affairs - Dalhousie University, 1973-09-15)Chapters 6, 9, and 10 of a manuscript presented to McClelland and Steweard Limited for publication under the title Africville: Relocation and Social Change in a Canadian Black Community. -
Drawing from the Past: The Role of Architecture and Art in Embodying the Everyday Lives of People and Places
(2020-04-23)This thesis focuses on the analysis and interpretation of realist painter, Alex Colville and the relation of techniques used in architecture and art for representing and emobodying the everyday lives of people and places. ... -
The Future-Proof Institution: Adaptive Re-Use of the Abandoned St. Patrick's Alexandra into a Community-Led Institution
(2023-04-12)Institutions that have singular programs (like schools providing Education) end up closing due to their inability to adapt to changes in their communities. One such institution is St. Patrick’s Alexandra, a former K-9 ... -
Go Skateboarding: Sculpting Form and Landscape for Inclusive Connection in Halifax’s Urban Core
(2023-08-15)In many cities, skateboarding is treated as a nuisance; a lack of understanding surrounding its positive reality inhibits its space within the city and prevents meaningful investment or consideration at the municipal level. ... -
Planting Old-Growth Cities: A Dynamic Approach to a Modern Paradigm
(2023-07-20)This thesis proposes a groundbreaking modular, metabolistic architecture framework near Halifax’s waterfront in Nova Scotia, Canada. It addresses the crisis of commodified housing by challenging conventional ownership ... -
Queer Kinship: an [Art]iculation
(2024-03-24)Creativity and arts-based research methods bring value to anthropology because artistic expression can and should be used as a gateway into personal experience. Queer kinship studies have highlighted the importance of ... -
Spatial Agency: Softening the Edges of the Architectural Apparatus
(2022-04-11)Our whole lives play out in the built environment, yet its production is left in the hands of just a few. Recognition of inherent issues in architectural culture is not something necessarily new, and neither are efforts ...