Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Supervisor "Przybylski, Maya"
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Beyond Utility: Analyzing Unseen Infrastructures of Necromobility
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-06)The year 2020 was unprecedented on varying accounts but will undoubtedly be remembered by a global pandemic bringing the world to a shuddering halt. As nations scrambled to flatten the outbreak’s curve, the virus tested ... -
Coding a Biophilic Core: Digital Design Tools for Toronto’s Avian Habitat Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-17)This research develops a methodology for computationally sensing, illustrating, and utilizing avian-focused patch networks to locate and inform ecological interventions in dense urban settings. These interventions are ... -
Connecting Suburbia: Using Information and Communication Technologies to Readjust the Suburban House
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-17)The North American suburban house is continually changing, a byproduct of cultural and technological development. Within the past hundred years, the house has experienced countless iterations in design as new technologies ... -
Developing Publics: Opportunities for the Community in the Mississauga Employment Areas
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-26)The post-war suburbs were not designed to be cities. As they mature and grow, these places need to adapt to take on the roles of new urban centres. However, increasingly it seems these places are inflexible to change in ... -
Empowering User Participation Through Technological Mediation: Rethinking Citizen Agency in the Quayside Public Realm
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)The idea of public space has moved from a critique to an orthodoxy, embraced by most stakeholders as an important part of urban development. In the last few decades there is an increase in a particular landscape of projects, ... -
Expanded Enclosure: Utilizing Conditioned Micro - Climates and Spaces to Develop Gradated Envelopes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-04)Architecture is more often than not in the habit of creating spaces separated by generally impermeable partitions that give occupants a high level of control - whether it is directed at achieving shelter, privacy, etc.... ... -
Expanding Space: Redefining Persian Cultural Hubs in Toronto through Interactive Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Persian communities in Toronto use certain public spaces as a group. One of the less obvious, but interesting, spaces that serve as cultural hubs for these communities are strip malls. These cultural- commercial spaces ... -
Home Away Home: Student housing as a catalyst for student and community well-being in Cambridge
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)In 2004, the University of Waterloo School of Architecture (UWSA) was relocated to Cambridge, Ontario, establishing a new satellite campus 31 km away from the main campus in Waterloo, Ontario. This move aimed to invigorate ... -
Hybrid Bivouac: High-Modulus Composite Membranes for Portable Shelters
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-27)This thesis explores an iterative modelling and fabrication process for fibre-based composites through the design of a lightweight, portable shelter for backpacking and mountaineering. Existing tent typologies compromise ... -
The Lighthouse Keeper
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)Lighthouses are the heart and soul of hundreds of communities across Atlantic Canada; they were integral to the survival and growth of their people while acting as a safety net around the coasts. These communities no longer ... -
Mitbach Megasher: Israel's Immigration, Gastronomy, and Design
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-07)Israel, being the Jewish emigration nation, welcomed over 3.7 million people in the last century. The vast intake of new immigrants from various ethnicities and cultures created ample strains on the Israeli government. ... -
The N-Dimensional City: Establishing a Vitality Driven Framework for Volumetric Building Networks Through Parametric Design
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)The architectural concept of a city within a city, or a three-dimensional urban realm, aims to engage the public and bring the vitality of the city into the building. This concept often manifests in the form of grade-separated ... -
The Production of Space for Entrepreneurship: State-Led Gentrification & Innovation along the ION Light Rail Transit Line in the Region of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)The Region of Waterloo is rapidly transforming along the route of the ION Light Rail Transit Line as expansions in the innovation industry and investments in public space enhance a new linear core. As the transit line ... -
Reclaiming Construction Waste: An interface for robotic stacking of irregular components in compression-only structures
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-22)Construction and demolition activities generate approximately one billion tons of waste every year in the world. While the majority of these materials can be either reused or recycled, they are often disposed of in landfills ... -
Redrawing the Lines: An Exercise of Boundaries and Urban Interspecies Belonging in Miyajima, Japan
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Swarms of semi-wild, semi-tame Sika deer roam freely in both the primeval forested mountains and urbanized coastal town of Miyajima island. Rising deer populations and mass tourism has blurred the boundaries between human ... -
Rise of the Dual Platform Citizens
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)The thesis research topic came from a simple question: what is the role of the architect in the future? As I watched the world become enchanted with making everything become “online,” I wondered what all this meant for ... -
The Second and Third Disasters: Education in Post-Disaster Recovery in Rural Nepal
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-20)Education is widely recognized as a fundamental part of recovery process after a natural disaster. Psychologically, it provides a sense of normality by reintroducing a daily routine, helps children cope with the trauma of ... -
Site Finding in a Complex Urban Landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-26)This thesis demonstrates a working method for architectural analysis that combines manipulation of spatial data with a systematic analysis approach, configured for small-scale urban site selection in Toronto. The study ... -
Spacebook: Networked Public Places in the Personalized Metropolis
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-06)Today’s society is more connected than ever; we have constant access to information, to communication, and to various forms of social media. Ubiquitous mobile computing has significantly changed the public realm in a way ... -
T.U.R.F. (Transformative Urban Rooftop Farming): Alleviating Food Insecurity in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-30)One in every eight Canadian households is food insecure. This accounts for 12.7% of the total population of Canada. Food insecurity, which refers to inadequate and insecure access to food due to social, physical, and ...