Architecture
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's School of Architecture .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
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Re-wilding the Neighborhood: Discovering Ecological Harmony Through Design with Habitats Along the Oak Ridges Trail
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-19)This thesis is a reflection on the impacts of suburban sprawl on ecosystem health and biodiversity in York Region, using a design proposal to repopulate pollinator habitat within the fabric of an existing neighborhood. The ... -
Echoes of decolonization | From North Africa to Europe: questioning the trip back home
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)The Colonial Modern enterprise in North Africa produced unique architectural responses in the twentieth century, oscillating between rupture with the past and continuity of the tradition, negotiation of indigenous expression ... -
Condominium Towers: Habitus and alienation in the new urban framework
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Since 2002, over 180000 new dwellings have been built in Toronto through condominium ownership, filling the downtown core with towers and locking much of the city’s society into a relatively new model of property ownership ... -
Rendering as Critical Reflection: On the visual production of architecture in China and the West
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)This thesis reflects on our thoughts and actions towards the proliferation and use of photorealistic rendering by the architectural profession in China and the West, both of which actively engage in this form of image ... -
Dairy Goat Research Facility: Revealing Process & Provoking Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-22)The dairy goat industry in Ontario is in need of benchmarking data on the raising and caring for goats resulting in better welfare and production. The power of collective data cannot be overstated to benefit and advance ... -
Neighborhood Redefined: Creating Culture in the Interstitial Spaces in New Town of Pardis, Iran
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-22)Low-cost housing developments forming “the new towns” adjacent to the metropolitan cities in Iran were aimed to accommodate low-income households. However, after a decade of occupancy, the inhabitants of these towns are ... -
The Viennese Ethos: Delineating the Role of the Ringstrasse Today
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)A touch off true North from Vienna’s core, a grand boulevard begins to parade counterclockwise from the Donaukanal, around the Historic City Center until it meets the water once more. Over 160 years after its inauguration, ... -
The Home is a Place for Living: Fifteen Conversations About Inhabitation, Adaptation, and the Rehabilitation of Toronto’s Post-War Apartment Buildings
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Toronto is home to one of North America’s largest stock of postwar residential towers, which house nearly a million people in over a thousand towers across the GTHA. Built throughout the postwar population and economic ... -
The Walk Home: Re-imagining the Ontario Greenbelt’s Commuter Rail Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Dominated by a low-density urban sprawl growth model post-World War II, the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) has expanded rapidly without limitation resulting in extensive exhaustion of its open space, greenfield lands, and ... -
Nature Nurtures: Architectural Greenery Systems to Support Healing in Canadian Hospitals
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)How can living plant systems be combined with healthcare facility architecture to increase beneficial interactions with nature, while still maintaining healthcare standards of safety, efficiency, and control? Nature can ... -
In Search of the Childhood : Re-imagining Street Children Care Centers in Tehran
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)The phenomenon of street children is a serious social issue in developing countries such as Iran. Despite the unavailability of official statistics, unofficial data determines that over 200,000 street children currently ... -
Learning from Manoomin: Restor(y)ing relationships between Anishinaabeg, settlers, and more-than-human beings in the Great Lakes Basin
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)Positioned between multiple worlds, Manoomin - wild rice is described within the Mishomis Book by the leader and activist Edward Benton Benai, as one of the sacred gifts from the Earth to the Anishinaabeg of the Great Lakes ... -
CUBAN DESIGN: Ingenuity and Resiliency to Subsist
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)Since 1959, the Cuban people have been deprived of consumer products common elsewhere due to the political and economic condition in the island, where an everlasting lack of access to basic resources prevails. Driven by ... -
Reviving an ancient urban district of Tehran with a contemporary landscape design derived from Persian garden carpet and miniature painting traditions.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-16)This comprehensive urban landscape design proposes to revive one of the oldest neighborhoods of Tehran, called Borazjan, located in the historical district of Oudlajan. In recent decades, the ancient urban fabric of Tehran ... -
Home Reconfigured: Adaptability as a solution in Mumbai to help people stay in place
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-15)With the continuously rising employment, businesses, investments, and consequently migration, the housing prices of Mumbai have skyrocketed over the past few decades. The house bought on a mortgage, or rented at cheap rates ... -
REBUILDING OUR WATERS: An alternative view of Ontario cottage country through models of community engagement and shared environmental stewardship.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)Cottaging is a ‘summer-home’ tradition for many Canadian families and plays an important role in Ontario’s cultural and provincial identity. The North-Hastings – East Haliburton area is a popular cottage destination; however ... -
Transitioning in Place: Designing a Co-operative Development for Homeless Families in Ottawa
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-08)It is no secret that Canada is experiencing a housing crisis where people are becoming increasingly excluded from home ownership and rental housing due to the rapid escalation of real estate prices. The unaffordability of ... -
Artisanal Studios for Gujarat, India : Reviving the Textile and Print Craft by design of architectural studios for rural artisans integrated in the urban fabric of Ahmedabad
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-07)The thesis aims to develop an architectural strategy as a comprehensive and creative platform for traditional artisans of Gujarat to strengthen and promote the rich textile and printing crafts through architecture design. ... -
Counterculture Plan for the Creative City: A Critique of Patterns of Flexibility and Fixity in Toronto's Cultural Renaissance
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-07)Between the years 2000 and 2010, the City of Toronto experienced an unprecedented spike in cultural construction. This building boom, ushered in by Toronto’s “Culture Plan for the Creative City” and dubbed “Toronto’s ... -
Retrofitting Tarmac Wastelands: Designing for Social and Ecological Permeability
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-03)This thesis investigates urban strategies to restore ecological and social permeability in underutilized tarmac surfaces of commercial and industrial areas built on ecologically sensitive sites. The city of Toronto has ...
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