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The Living Yard: Re-Making the Public Square for Community Identity
(2019-08-22)
How do we design and develop in urban areas where we are witnessing the social impacts of gentrification? Through adaptive reuse, this thesis will investigate issues of the gentrification process in the North End of Halifax, ...
Environ(mental) Architecture: How Architecture Shapes Our Mental Health Through the Use of Public Space
(2019-04-05)
This thesis examines the potential of architecture to improve mental health through the design of public space. To determine the programmatic needs of a site, this document uses a human perception framework to analyze the ...
A New Beginning in a New Way: The Integration of Refugees in an Urban Community
(2019-04-05)
The world has an unprecedented number of refugees; with the number continuously increasing, housing options when scaled are becoming unmanageable by the UNHCR’s typical means of resettlement.
This thesis aims to strengthen ...
Four Architectural Design Methods for the Active Perceiver: A Study of Phenomenology and Place in the Architectural World
(2019-08-22)
Dissecting the work of phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, this thesis aims to generate a collection of design methods founded in theories of perception and place. In an effort to comprehend the intangible aspects of ...
Party Wall Housing: Objects in Environments as Contestation
(2020-04-14)
The front line of architecture is the housing crisis, but is also a crisis of how we live. The home is where structural principles of society are created and reinforced. The city has become an all-encompassing domestic ...
Instrumental Architecture: Investigating the Live Music Venue as a Process of Gathering along the Halifax Waterfront
(2020-04-13)
This thesis aims to connect live music, people, and place in Halifax by approaching the live music venue as a process of gathering. This strategy builds upon Christopher Small’s concept of ‘Musicking’ by approaching the ...
An Arborist's Approach to Building Regeneration: Planting Trees in Obsolescent Soil
(2020-07-16)
Given the environmental impact of utilizing non renewable resources in the open loop carbon cycle of build-use-demolish, it is imperative to effect a fundamental change in how the urban landscape is developed.
This thesis ...
Home is Where the Hearth is: Recognizing and Building Identity in an Urban Residential Area
(2015)
This thesis report explores the relationships between
the built environment, the social fabric of a neighbourhood,
and a sense of belonging to a community.
The fabric of a neighbourhood community is shaped
by the ...
Inhabiting Lost Space: Restoring the Urban Fabric with the Power of Nature
(2023-07-14)
The urban landscape of Halifax’s Peninsula is constantly changing due to climate change and rapid urbanization, damaging the city and its infrastructure. The congestion of the city and degradation of the natural environment ...
Defunding Halifax Police with an Art Historical and Contemporary Framework in Architecture
(2023-07-19)
Policing and surveillance contribute to the segregation and oppression of marginalized
communities across North America. The police state’s power is maintained through
architecture and urban design, making the architect ...