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Generative Morphology: Establishing Relief Networks in the Dynamic Taklamakan Desert
(2013-07-30)
Desertification, the deterioration of productive and fertile lands into barren and desolate deserts, usually occurs as a result of deforestation, drought, or improper planting and agriculture. This thesis investigates ways ...
Added Value: Pursuing Architecture that Promotes Social Prosperity & Encourages Economic Interest
(2014-08-21)
Architects are arguably the most qualified to shape our cities and communities since they study and design our built environments. However, many of their ideas will never be proposed because clients, who are the real drivers ...
Bridging Landscapes: Connecting the City Through Productive Greenscapes
(2014-08-22)
This thesis explores ideas of social and ecological sustainability that emphasize ethically-based design processes that enhance life without depleting resources. A strong inter-relationship between society and the environment ...
Towards an Integrated Infrastructure: Using Architecture to Celebrate a Canadian National Park Town
(2013-04-05)
This thesis proposes an architecturally integrated stormwater system and research facility in the town of Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP), Manitoba. The design proposal provides four-season, interior and ...
Spiritual Infrastructure: Stitching a New Building Typology into the City to Serve our Spirituality
(2014-08-08)
This thesis is about the exploration of a new building type that is missing from society today. The introduction of spiritual infrastructure aims to meet each individuals spiritual needs through a series of new public ...
Into the Existing: A Multivalent Programmatic, Architectural and Urban Approach to Developing a Renewal Scheme for the Small Downtown
(2014-08-21)
Consider the downtown of any smaller urban centre – typically in some state of decline/stagnation. In response, policies speak to general programmatic, planning and urban ideals, but do not account for the complexities ...
FOOD NETWORK: ARCHITECTURE OF CONNECTION IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD
(2014-04-04)
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans with widespread flooding and infrastructural damage. The Lower Ninth Ward has since experienced a slow recovery from the catastrophic flooding it endured. ...
THIS IS SACKVILLE CALLING: A MEDIA ARTS CENTRE ON THE FORMER SITE OF THE RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSION STATION, SACKVILLE, NB
(2014-08-08)
This thesis explores how the loss of the Radio Canada
International Shortwave Radio Transmission Station may
inform a new architecture that builds upon the collective
memory of a place while introducing program that ...
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 ...
Pieces of the Prairie: Informing New Architecture for a Saskatchewan Cultural Landscape
(2014-04-04)
Since the major influx of settlement in the 19th century, architecture on the Saskatchewan prairie has focused on imported types and products, a condition that has contributed to the lack of a clear regional architectural ...