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The Break
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-07)Through surfing man enters the domain of the wave, is contained by and participates in its broadcast, measures and is in turn measured, meets its rhythm and establishes his own, negotiates continuity and rupture. The ... -
Experiences with Prefabrication and Habitat for Humanity
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-12)This thesis chronicles my experiences with developing a panelized wall system for use by Habitat for Humanity and with testing that system in the design and construction of a house. Presented as a series of narratives, it ... -
Beijing Underground
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-17)This thesis investigates a unique type of migrant housing in Beijing: underground hostels retrofitted from civil air defence basements. The core of this study consists of field research conducted from 2005-2006. Personal ... -
The 38th Parallel: Penetrating the Line
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-20)In July 1953, the armistice ended the Korean War that lasted for three years and established the Demilitarized Zone on either side of the demarcation line as a buffer between the two countries to prevent further military ... -
fashioning the distillery district: an architecture of spectacle and performance
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-21)In the beginning there was cladding, first embraced by humans through the painting and tattooing of skin as a means of displaying one’s social position, tribal affiliation, or stage in life. Accompanied by the performance ... -
Integrated Infrastructures for an Urban Lake in Wuhan, China
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)One of the consequences of China’s rapid urbanization is the disappearance, or at least, mismanagement of the many lakes of the Central Yangtze River Basin. The thesis investigates the situation by conducting a complex ... -
Envisioning the Downtown - The Design of Third Places to Revitalize Town-Gown Downtowns
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-28)This thesis redefines the typology of Third Places and the design considerations that influence envisioning downtown revitalization of mid-size cities that are embracing a town-gown partnership. The exercise ultimately ... -
Oakland Media Library: Urban Communication Space
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-10)As North American cities experience rapid changes in demographics, communication technology, and economy, how will urban libraries continue to hold meaning and usefulness to their publics? Investigating the position of ... -
House of Reconciliation
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-23)The signing of the Ta'if Agreement on October 22, 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the divisive and destructive Lebanese Civil War that had raged since 1975. The war was finally ended in March 1991, when the new ... -
Portraits of a Landscape & The Trouble With Eden
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-29)If there was ever a question about the subject of this work, I had only to return to the landscape. There was a strangness, a newness, an inevitability to those urban spaces around the city that insisted on my attention. ... -
Building on Building on Main Streets
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-09)This thesis examines the problems of building on Toronto’s main streets. These arterial mixed-use corridors that define much of the public face of the city are the subject of ongoing residential intensification efforts ... -
A New Role for Student Housing: Revitalizing a Mid-Sized City Core
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-21)Of the many urban revitalization strategies currently being implemented, one in particular is gaining in popularity. The revitalizing tactic of establishing a satellite University campus within the heart of a mid-sized ... -
Inner 'Green' Space A Study of Conservationism in Atrium Spaces Using Academic Buildings in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-22)Since taking hold in the mid 1960s, the modern atrium has become prevalent in many designs and buildings within contemporary architecture. The modern day atrium has endured to find its place amidst our current technologies ... -
Light, Dark, and all That’s in Between: Revisiting the Role of Light in Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-23)Natural light, aside from its functional roles, has little significance in many contemporary spaces. The decline of its earlier shared cultural values and lack of any other to replace these translates into an impoverishment ... -
Individuation: A Heroic Journey through the Canadian Shield
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-24)The thesis explores how elemental architecture in collaboration with the Shield can manifest a threshold condition in which a modern day hero myth can be enacted in the Canadian wilderness. Through the lens of Joseph ... -
The Kijiji Kit: A Slum Upgrading Strategy for Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)This thesis is sited in Mukuru-Kwa-Njenga, a slum community in Nairobi, Kenya. Like many others around the world, this community faces issues of health, sanitation, mobility, and basic services. Through the investigation ... -
Villa Canadensis - The Ontario Cottage as an instrument of rehabilitation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)The tradition of the summer cottage in Ontario is a testament to Canadians’ close identification with the wilderness. This thesis establishes a link between the Ontario cottage and the ancient villa originating in classical ... -
Shadow of the Wall
(University of Waterloo, 2008-02-07)A rapid economic boom in the past decade has completely transformed China’s urban landscape into a theme park of skyscrapers. Architecture has become a means to showcase ambition and desire. Architects are forced to fit ... -
Laneway Infill: Re-Creating an Urban Housing Typology
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-04)This thesis proposes an incremental response to the challenge of creating increased density within urban residential communities. Responding to the growing need for smaller urban dwellings, and the projected needs caused ... -
Envisioning sustainable forestry communities in Northern Ontario: the role of architecture and design
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-16)This thesis envisions sustainable forestry communities in Northern Ontario. Forestry communities struggle to maintain a quality of life against obstacles such as external (often global) economic pressures on the community’s ...