Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "shelter"

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Fault Traces: Civilian Architectural Responses in the Syrian Civil War

Ferwati, Omar (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 ...
The Mongrel Approach

Poon, Lauren (University of Waterloo, 2012-01-19)

Cities are concentrations of diverse populations that undergo continual transformation over time. This thesis deals with the question, how does the individual make place in a constantly changing environment? The entry point ...
Yao-dong as a Spiritual Shelter for the Young Peasants

Wu, Shuyin (University of Waterloo, 2016-05-12)

A yao-dong is a vernacular architecture in northern China. “Dong” means a cave. A cave is one of the earliest human shelters. In thousand years of Chinese history, caves evolved into yao-dongs. A yao-dong is the spiritual ...