Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Halifax"
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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 ... -
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, ... -
MEDIATING BETWEEN LAND AND SEA: PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AS A RESERVATION OF THE URBAN WATERFRONT
(2014-08-22)This thesis primarily explores the materiality of water by focusing on its containment and experiential qualities. By identifying the urban waterfront as a porous medium belong- ing to both the city and the sea, the design ... -
My House is Your House: Toward a New Composition of Living and Working in the City
(2023-07-19)This thesis investigates the housing accommodation that combines living with working, commonly referred to today as “live/work.” Expanding on the notion of living and working beyond its literal interpretation as live/work, ... -
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 ... -
NEW PLA(Y)CES OF LEARNING AND EXCHANGE: A PROTOTYPE TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL SPACES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS IN A MODERN CONTEXT
(2016-04-08)Presently, there are lack of programs, services and indoor places in central Halifax for children (aged 0 – 6) and the caregivers who stay home with them. This thesis proposes the design of two casual “soft play based” ... -
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 ... -
Porous Public Space: An Integrated Typology for Urban Housing
(2024-04-05)In response to the erosion of public space in North American cities, this thesis provides a method of integrating public space in urban housing through typology. Arising from a culture of privatism and a planning strategy ... -
RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGES AND GENDER: A CASE STUDY OF LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-01-04)This Master’s level research project investigates how gender shapes the resettlement challenges that liberian refugees have faced in Nova Scotia. The study investigates the impact of the reframing of gender relations during ... -
Shared Pathway: Re-Imagining A Railway Corridor As A Destination In The Urban Landscape
(2011-08-15)This thesis is an exploration in redefining the existing railway corridor in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, to become a shared transit path as a mechanism to reinvigorate the urban fabric. Study of Halifax’s urban landscape ... -
Transformative Landscapes: Deinstitutionalizing Mental Healthcare Through the Urban Park
(2024-04-29)People are a product of their environment; the psychological and physical well-being of individuals are continually shaped by life experiences, relationships, community culture, and environmental conditions. Historical ... -
Tree species selection for the Halifax urban forest under a changing climate
(2011-09-06)Tree selection is critical to ensuring that urban forests are diverse, healthy, and adapted to the urban environment. Climate is one of the main controllers of plant distribution around the world, so tree species are ...