Browsing Theses by Subject "landscape architecture"
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From Mountain to Maleh: Water as an Agent of Negotiation in the Kidron Valley/Wadi an-Nar
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-05)In a site with significantly fractured political, social, and environmental governance, it comes as no surprise that the West Bank’s water network is fraught with issues. Over-pumping of groundwater, inadequate sewage ... -
GREY TO GREEN 13 GATES TO THE GREENBELT
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-21)The Greenbelt was created by the Government of Ontario in 2005 to protect working farms, wetlands, natural habitats, woods and river valleys that surround the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Its vast 8000 square kilometers ... -
No Man's Land: The American military landscape as the new American park
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-21)Military landscapes are seldom seen as ecologically diverse territories, full of life. Yet, there is growing evidence that these volatile lands are finding a second life as animal refuges, born out of necessity under the ... -
The Path Less Taken: the Intersection of Narratives and the Icelandic Landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-27)Of the many lenses through which the value of landscape is evaluated, the lens most prevalently used is profitability. This thesis rejects that simplistic view and instead offers an alternative: evaluating a landscape via ... -
Towards a Healthy Architecture. Lustica Peninsula
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis attempts to create an architectural <em>vision</em> for the future <em>healthy evolution</em> of the Lu?tica peninsula, a very <em>potent</em> and <em>unique</em> site along the <em>Adriatic coast</em> in ... -
Tuning Monuments
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-25)This thesis examines the development of historically inaccurate monuments that censor and sanitize reality by questioning their ongoing legacies by using a derivative of counter monument culture. Tuning Monuments seeks to ...