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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, ...
Sustaining Community in a Heritage Boomtown. Kaslo, British Columbia
(2017-04-10)
This thesis explores how architecture can help sustain community in a tourism-based heritage “boomtown”.
Many “boomtown” communities either no longer exist, or have become shadows of their former selves. Those communities ...
Education as Cultural Healing and Empowerment: Spaces for Learning in the Context of Anishinaabe Communities Surrounding the Georgian Bay
(2017-04-07)
This thesis seeks for cultural healing and empowerment through learning spaces reflective of Anishinaabe worldviews. The program responds to current efforts by the Anishinaabe people surrounding the Great Lakes to develop ...
Engrained: Re-imagining the Past Heavy Timber Vision of Squamish for Today's Landscapes
(2018-04-06)
This thesis aims to make a vision which existed in the past be alive on its own terms today.
This work celebrates the past heavy timber cultural practices of British Columbia’s old-growth forestry towns, while acknowledging ...
Reconnecting with the Red: Restoring the City of Winnipeg's Relationship with its Rivers
(2018-04-06)
The thesis addresses the current disconnection
between the city of Winnipeg and its rivers. Despite
their historic significance to the city and their current
potential to increase the public’s quality of life, the
city’s ...
THINKING THROUGH MAKING: Material and Process Intelligence Revealed in Architecture Through Design and Fabrication
(2017-08-18)
This thesis explores the potential for a detail or joint to be the generator of form. By thinking through making – this requires to create, to gain tacit knowledge (in addition to explicit knowledge), and to translate ...
Field Guide to an Urban Nature: Designing for ecological democracy on McNabs Island
(2017-05-12)
In the middle of the city and on the edge of the ocean, McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park is an expansive protected area in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada’s largest metropolitan area. Given its location at ...
Re: Settlement (or The Story of a House): Architecture and the Resilience of Cultural Narrative
(2017-04-10)
On the Island of Newfoundland, the story of resettlement parallels the formation of the national and provincial parks: as coastal communities were abandoned through a governmental top-down redistribution of the island ...
Liminal Communities: An Infrastructure for Identity and Belonging in Planned Resource Towns
(2018-07-31)
Following the economic crisis of 2008, residents of Mackenzie, a remote forestry town in British Columbia, watched as all six local mills closed – putting their economy on pause and forcing nearly a quarter of residents ...
Incubating Creativity: Amplifying an Emerging Art Culture
(2018-07-31)
At the heart of Moncton, New Brunswick lies an iconic building. The former Moncton High School is a place full of shared memories, history, and architectural character; however, it has laid dormant since it’s abandonment ...