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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 ...
You are Welcome: Immigrant Integration through the Courtyard Typology
(2020-08-04)
This thesis addresses the architectural and social issues of immigrant populations relocating to foreign lands. The primary factor of immigrant integration is the availability of appropriate housing. Immigrant housing must ...
In the Wake of Industry: Reprogramming the Halifax Grain Elevator
(2020-08-19)
Industrial structures in urban areas often have a contested relationship with humans because of their imposition on the landscape. With many industries now in decline, deindustrialization presents an opportunity to adapt ...
Critical Care: Farming and Building as if the Earth Mattered
(2021-07-09)
Such is the critical condition of our earth that reuniting building and farming is an urgently needed form of care for planetary well-being and survival. Lessons from utopias, communes, and nature are used in this thesis ...
Imprints of the Everyday: Architecture for Incremental Interventions
(2021-08-19)
Urban erasure, as a result of tabula rasa redevelopments and the privatization of public spaces within London, are wiping out the idiosyncratic imprints of the city’s inhabitants. Through unfolding the power of ephemeral ...
Monuments of the Kettle Valley Railway: Reviving a Network within Extreme Landscapes
(2020-04-14)
This thesis examines the abandoned Kettle Valley Railway which extends 600 kilometres across the extreme topography of southern British Columbia, Canada. The Kettle Valley Railway is recognized as the most challenging ...
Hybrid Landscapes: Nature, Architectural Form, and Cultural Programming for Resiliency in the Mekong Delta
(2020-08-18)
The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is a region characterized by the entwined natural and human landscapes that are perpetually being redefined. From the colonial periods to postwar nation-building, homogeneous modernization ...
Reducing CO2 Emissions Through Natural Fibre: How Hemp can Offset the Carbon Contribution from the Built Environment
(2020-04-30)
Industrial hemp is grown from the plant Cannabis Sativa and is used in a variety of industrial and consumer products worldwide. It can grow very tall, very fast, with little to no fertilizers or pesticides. The design goal ...
Rethinking the Relationship between Stadiums and Public Space
(2020-09-01)
This thesis examines how a centrally located stadium can be woven into the public space of a Canadian city to become an active member of the urban fabric. Common community desires for spectator sports have faced difficulties ...
The Terroir of Maple Syrup: A Symbiotic Partnership Between Culture and Nature
(2020-08-06)
The thesis focuses on the design of a maple syrup farmstead in the Madawaska County of New-Brunswick, Canada. The design is approached holistically through the lens of terroir and ecological design and seeks to explore the ...