Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "sacred"
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Awakening Beauty: Meaning in Contemporary Catholic Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)A Catholic church is unique among other places of worship because the space of a church forms the central place for the sacramental life of the Church, as Body of Christ, while also being an expression of it. With the ... -
Imitation vs. Adaptation in Canadian Mosques: The Conflicts and Challenges of Purpose-Built and Repurposed Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)In Canada, the construction of Islamic mosques has been influenced by various cultural biases, historical interpretation, and a multitude of subtle contradictions which shape the identities of the different generations of ... -
On the Border: an architectural inquiry into the sacred and quotidian
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-19)Even in our secular age, the sacred continues to be a powerful cognitive space in the landscape of the imagination. I am a Roman Catholic and amongst those who struggle to exist both in the structured universe of the sacred, ...