Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "improvisation"
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Fault Traces: Civilian Architectural Responses in the Syrian Civil War
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-21)In the discourse of urban warfare, architecture normally has two roles: it is the object of destruction during fighting, and the object of reconstruction after conflict ends. There is little consideration for a third role ... -
[in]formal Pattern Language - A guide to Handmade Improvitecture© in Cairo
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)The thesis is situated in Cairo, a city with 64% of the population living in informal settlements. Cairo‘s informality transcends, however, the boundaries of these areas and manifests itself daily in spatial and temporal ...