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Memory and Myth:Storytelling as a Design Tool for a Youth Camp in Haida Gwaii
(2012-04-04)
Located at Swan Bay on the islands of Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) in Pacific Northwestern British Columbia, this thesis uses the mode of ‘storytelling’ to design a cultural education camp for the ...
ARCHITECTURE FOR LIVING WITH DYING AND DEATH: THE DESIGN OF A HOSPICE AND FUNERARY COMPLEX IN HALIFAX, NS
(2014-08-06)
Since 1900, Western culture has distanced itself from death and now depends on funeral
homes to manage the care of the dead. Today, Western families have little interaction
with the deceased in the interval between death ...
Food Culture in Western Canada: Using Architecture to Define a Local Cuisine Through the Farm to Table Method
(2015-04-02)
This thesis focuses on food culture in Edmonton, Alberta, and explores how architectural intervention may be informed by the farm-to-table method in order to create a more local cuisine. Edmonton is a city with diverse ...
Blurring Boundaries: Waste as a Vehicle for a Social Metamorphosis
(2013-08-08)
In 2001, Argentina suffered an economic collapse that almost wiped out the middle-class, leaving thousands homeless. This resulted in the growth of the informal settlements and informal sectors of employment in and around ...
CommonRoots Health Centre
(2012-04-05)
A shift in medical paradigm, from a focus on curing disease to a focus on preventing it, demands a totally new type of medical infrastructure. Through an analysis of the preventative paradigm, two key architectural ...
Beyond The Game
(2015-04-02)
Historically, sports arenas have been used for events of limited duration and frequency. The specialized nature of the venue has led to underutilization. The premise of this thesis is that the social and economic potential ...
Living Laneways in the City of Toronto's Residential Neighbourhoods
(2015)
Toronto’s inner city laneways provide miles of public space. A deeply rooted structure embodies generations of inhabitants which form the pattern and rhythm of harmonious settlement. Proposals to densify the laneways ...
An Everyday Monument: Architecture as a Frame to Reveal the Historical and Liminal Site
(2015)
The city is a manifestation of culture, containing its history and informing its transformation. Preservation and erasure of the historical city through regulation distances its artifacts and spaces from everyday lived ...
Living Seniors Living Rural: Mobile Architecture as a Means to Facilitate a New Rural Ageing Typology
(2015)
With the realization of population trends and the impact the aging population will have on
our society, an architectural focus is developing. One that examines the roles seniors play
in our built environments. This focus ...
Spatial Agencies: Superimposing Media and Architecture in Public Space
(2015)
This thesis reconsiders several major urban elements in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It focuses on the original town square (the Grand Parade) and the adjacent main street (Barrington Street) that runs along the Peninsula. ...