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Re-Visioning Sustainable Urban Housing in2020, the year of perfect vision
dc.contributor.author | Arvai, James | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-02-17 20:11:28 (GMT) | |
dc.date.available | 2009-02-17 20:11:28 (GMT) | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-02-17T20:11:28Z | |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4277 | |
dc.description.abstract | Civilization’s vantage point has shifted with advances in technology from an eye-level view of the horizon to a bird’s eye view from a plane, to a planet-wide view from space. This relatively new global view is now the cultural perspective and embraces the holistic view of the biosphere as a large, interconnected, complex habitat that is subject to ever increasing anthropogenic pressures. The newly realized global perspective and realizations of global scale man-made impacts has added the concept of sustainability to the architectural realm. Architectural design issues of sustainability are inherently multi-scale, interconnected, and complex; and can not be resolved with western reductionist science alone. The holistic perspective is a core component of the evolving analysis methodology for pursuing insights on the interactions and connectivity of sustainable design. This thesis will speculate on the future of sustainable urban housing as a nonlinear outcome resulting from the rebalance of culture, technology and economy interacting with choice in our society. Through time, the interactions of these changing major forces is converging on a new equilibrium point that, to some extent, can be moved by choice. The architecture of urban housing has a potential role to play in moving that rebalance point in the future towards sustainability. This thesis will attempt to put on stage a context for urban housing in Canadian society that is transitioning towards sustainability in 2020, the year of perfect vision. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
dc.subject | sustainability | en |
dc.subject | housing | en |
dc.subject | urban | en |
dc.subject | density | en |
dc.title | Re-Visioning Sustainable Urban Housing in2020, the year of perfect vision | en |
dc.type | Master Thesis | en |
dc.pending | false | en |
dc.subject.program | Architecture | en |
uws-etd.degree.department | School of Architecture | en |
uws-etd.degree | Master of Architecture | en |
uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |
uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |