Browsing by Subject "public space"
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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. ... -
HOW CAN THE RE-DESIGN OF A RIVERSIDE SITE RECONCILE AN OLD URBAN FABRIC AND NEW COMMUNITY? THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF URBAN RIVERSIDE SITE IN HONGKOU DISTRICT, CITY OF SHANGHAI
(2014-04-04)For hundreds of years, the riverside area of Shanghai was one of the city's most vibrant places, making it an important part of Shanghai’s history. By following the story of the rivers, the life and culture of Shanghai's ... -
The Nature of Urban Infrastructure: Re-imagining the City as a Continuous Productive Urban Landscape
(2021-04-26)This thesis argues that urban food systems in Canadian cities are essential to healthy communities and a healthy society: Urban agricultural landscapes should be considered a system of infrastructure. Growing food in cities ... -
PEOPLE MEET IN PUBLIC: SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE VERTICAL CITY
(2016-04-08)Privatization, urbanization, and advancements in communication technology and social media have contributed to social isolation and the degradation of public space by removing the real-life interactions and chance ... -
Place of Protest: Designing for Discourse in Public Space
(2023-07-13)The act of protest exists publicly as a demonstration of opposition to an idea, judgement, or subject. Within the city, these demonstrations occupy public space and disrupt the prescribed event of a given environment to ... -
[Siheyuan] = Harmony: Recover Harmony in Beijing Courtyard Houses
(2020-04-29)Siheyuan is the archetype of traditional Chinese courtyard housing complex. This thesis explores the concept of harmony imbedded in the Siheyuan in context of Beijing. A number of architectural attributes of the model are ... -
Territory City
(2016-04-08)This thesis is an exploration into the power of socially constructed boundaries, both physical and psychological. Subject to interpretation, a single boundary can completely control one person’s actions while being unperceived ... -
Where the Sacred Meets the Everyday: A Pilgrimage in the City
(2016-04-08)This thesis seeks to provide a sacred space in the city; a pilgrimage for the body, mind and soul. As contemporary life causes a constant search for meaning, identity and authenticity, it is through sacred architecture ...
