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| Title: | Individuation: A Heroic Journey through the Canadian Shield |
| Authors: | Singh, Somya |
| Keywords: | Canadian Shield
Pilgrimage
Collective Unconscious
Joseph Campbell
Tom Thomson
Psyche
Carl Gustav Jung
Provincial Park |
| Approved Date: | 24-Jan-2008 |
| Date Submitted: | 2008 |
| Abstract: | 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 Campbell, Tom Thomson and the archetypal structures of the Finns and Algonkians, a design proposal is derived for a Waterway Park in the Algonquin region that expands the mandate of the Ontario Parks System. In the realm of psychology, Carl Gustav Jung defines individuation as a universal quest that encourages facing and overcoming ones internal demons in order to live a more integrated existence. Located in Oxtongue River Ragged Falls Provincial Park, this proposed experimental pilgrimage retreat connects a series of primary and secondary paths to cabins, a sweat lodge and a chapel. This model illustrates a method of inhabiting a protected wilderness site that can be applied to existing and future Parks to inspire a condition of corporeal and spiritual rejuvenation in Ontario’s near North. |
| Program: | Architecture |
| Department: | School of Architecture |
| Degree: | Master of Architecture |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3521 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Engineering Theses and Dissertations
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