Browsing Architecture by Subject "Housing"
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An Architecture of Belonging: Housing New Canadians
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-19)For hundreds of years immigrants have been coming to Canada to start life afresh in hopes of a better future. Many choose Canada because they consider this country a peaceful, tolerant and welcoming place where people and ... -
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 ... -
Collective Form Infill housing and new domestic spaces in Toronto's residential neighbourhoods
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-25)Toronto is facing a housing crisis, the symptoms of which are apparent across the city; property values are increasing at a dizzying rate, rental vacancy rates are at historic lows, poverty and displacement are being made ... -
Domestic Insurgency - Towards Affordable Housing in Vancouver
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-24)Vancouver’s persisting housing crisis has decoupled dwelling prices from local income through persistent capital investment oriented dwelling typologies and restrictions on land availability. Vancouver, as one of the first ... -
Housing for an Emerging Middle Class: Rethinking the Development of Military Bases in Metro Manila
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-20)A shortage of affordable housing in Metro Manila, Philippines, has become an issue for those who work in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. While this housing shortage has existed since World War 2, the ... -
Integrational Structuring: A Holarchic Strategy for Housing the Aging Population
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)Canadian society is facing a marked demographic shift as the baby boom generation ages. By 2031 almost 25 percent of Canadians will be over sixty-five; many of those will be north of eighty and the oldest boomers will be ... -
The Poetics of Dwelling: China’s Courtyard Homes
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-28)Dwelling is a notion that describes the feeling of returning home to utter belonging and calmness at the end of an endeavour. It is a notion that differentiates a mere shelter versus a home because we develop intimate ...