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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 ...