Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "public"
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Assembly: A Revaluation of Public Space in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This thesis focuses on the problem of defining and designing public space in contemporary mass society. "Assembly" revaluates a cultural understanding of public space as the space of regulation, consumption and leisure, ... -
Dreams of Slaughter
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-02)A descent into the ravine is a step through a tear in urbanity. The terrain vague is a foil to the capitalist city; against a demand for order, specificity, and integration, it is disorienting, banal, erratic. Operating ... -
Shanghai lilong: an intertwined relationship between the dwellers & the architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-03)The thesis investigates the lilong neighbourhoods of Shanghai, known for their high-density housing organized around narrow longtangs (alleyways), during the 1970s and 1980s. It unfolds the intertwining relationship between ...