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MINESCAPE: RE-ENVISIONING THE POST-MINE LANDSCAPE OF YELLOWKNIFE, NWT
(2012-08-24)
This thesis explores the process of remediation and renewal in the context of
decommissioned gold mining operations in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
The work aims to demonstrate that architecture can ...
Interpretation and Conservation of Sacred Space: A Ritual-based Approach
(2012-08-07)
Traditional church buildings negotiate thresholds in a way that supports a program of cyclical and elevating rituals. Each threshold is marked by an architectural image, one that comes to be associated with a particular ...
Site Based Phenomena
(2012-04-05)
With the perpetual advancements in technology
and communication the focus and obsession
of architectural critique has become surfi cially
focused on building “image”. This focus on image
of architecture has taken away ...
The Nature of Healing: A Proposal for a Therapeutic Garden in the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta
(2012-04-04)
Nature positively affects the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of all people. In the natural environment, fresh air, daylight, organic materials and plant life exist in harmony. When we come into contact ...
Rethinking the Response to Disaster Relief Housing
(2012-08-23)
This thesis examines disaster-relief-housing and identifies some of the challenges faced by the traditional housing response. Focusing on relief efforts as a second responder, an alternative process for housing displaced ...
If These Walls Could Talk: Exploring Architecture as a Narrative Medium through the Rehabilitation of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
(2012-08-07)
This thesis explores how architecture, like literature and fi lm, uses narrative techniques to tell a story. The museum exemplifies this concept of architecture as a narrative medium,
as its social mandate is to articulate ...
Streetscapes in Motion: Urban Remediation of Public Space and Road Infrastructure
(2012-08-07)
When undertaking the renovation of large-scale road infrastructure, there is a unique design opportunity to reconsider the role of road networks and their effect on our contemporary urban landscape. This study analyses ...
A Place for Healing: Architecture as Intermediary Between Nature and the Healing Child
(2012-08-22)
This thesis investigates the difficult reality of children faced with illness, necessitating
prolonged hospitalization. It takes a critical position with regard to the current approach to
health care in Canada within the ...