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Jiazhai: In Search of My Mother's Childhood House
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)The concept of home has become increasingly complex and challenging to defi ne in modern times, as traditional notions of home are being challenged by diverse family structures, globalization and mobility, economic instability, ... -
Johannesburg: the urban mediate
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-18)Object _ This thesis draws from the specific universality of Johannesburg to develop a theoretical framework that critically examines the opposing forces of its urbanization. In just 130 years the city of Johannesburg has ... -
Journey into Caldera
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)There is a dormant volcano in the northern province of Jilin, China, called the Baekdu/Chang Bai Mountain. At the top of this 2,744 m mountain is a large caldera filled with water, named “Heaven Lake”. Geologically, this ... -
A Journey to Shora: Expressing the Architectural Environment Behind A Door into Ocean
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)This thesis seeks to express the architectural environment behind Joan Slonczewski’s 1986 science-fiction novel, A Door into Ocean. The novel describes a water-covered planet called Shora; its inhabitants, Sharers; and ... -
Journey to the Centre of the Shield
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)The land of deep water lies in Ontario’s north, atop the boundless rock of the Shield. It holds the secret of an island once blossoming with copper ore. Here primordial elements dance in the ancient landscape and invite ... -
The Journey to the Inner Peace of Your Heart-Modernization of traditional Chinese Buddhist temples
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)This thesis aims to explore the method of designing contemporary Chinese Buddhist temples in terms of investigating how Buddhist temples should develop without repeating traditional forms nor losing the sacred sensation. While ... -
The Journey to the Other Side: Investigation into the Myth of Persephone
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-09)This thesis is an exploration of chthonian architecture, which offers qualities that guide its visitor to the gate of the unconscious mind, which has always been the starting point of the holy trip of self-discovery. This ... -
Just Build It: Design guidelines for a tiny home community in the Region of Waterloo based on conversations with residents who have experienced homelessness
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-23)As governments in the Region of Waterloo consider implementing tiny home communities (THCs) for people experiencing homelessness, the Tiny Homes Research Project (THRP) has partnered with the City of Cambridge to design a ... -
Kampung Resilience: Mitigating threats of eviction in Kampung Muara Baru
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-25)The following research investigates the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) master plan within the context of Muara Baru, Jakarta, as a neo-colonial practice that threatens to displace marginalized urban ... -
The Kijiji Kit: A Slum Upgrading Strategy for Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)This thesis is sited in Mukuru-Kwa-Njenga, a slum community in Nairobi, Kenya. Like many others around the world, this community faces issues of health, sanitation, mobility, and basic services. Through the investigation ... -
The Lady in Red: Spirit of the Historic Alleyways in the Ancient Capital
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-23)THIS is a record of a place in flux, the hutongs of Beijing. It is a patchwork where the essence of place can be experienced. It is a journey of discovery. It is a document that, in the face of terms such as heritage and ... -
Land, Water, Waste and Air: Resource and Promise in the Informal City
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Striving for subsistence, the growing population of Caracas has radically transformed the city in the course of the past fifty years. The inability of the city to respond to the accelerated growth that resulted from mass ... -
Landscapes in Motion: Active Aging in China
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)Aging in China does not mean slowing down or losing flexibility. On the contrary, aging in China is about regaining youth and becoming a younger replica of oneself. Seniors are becoming more mobile and agile through various ... -
Landscope | Interpreting Environmental Consciousness
(University of Waterloo, 2008-07-04)This thesis proposes a way in which architecture and the built environment might work to integrate human consciousness and natural process. A theoretical design entitled Landscope is presented as a responsive, sustainable ... -
Laneway Infill: Re-Creating an Urban Housing Typology
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-04)This thesis proposes an incremental response to the challenge of creating increased density within urban residential communities. Responding to the growing need for smaller urban dwellings, and the projected needs caused ... -
Layers of History - A Reflection on Conservation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-20)The industrial collapse and economic instability of the late twentieth century drastically changed the way many North American towns and cities function. Galt, Ontario is an example of a town that has experienced many ... -
Le Maintien de la Vie dans la Ville: Maintaining Life in the City
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-24)Paris’ population, throughout its modern history has sculpted a unique urban culture for itself. An ambiguous realm between the intimate and the public has evolved as a result of the political and economic influences ... -
Learning from Chinatown
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-22)In Learning from Las Vegas, Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour approach the city without preconceived opinions because they believe there is something to be learned from every aspect of the built ... -
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 ... -
Learning from the Commonplace: Designing Diversity
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-03)The commonplace is the realm that directly exists within the ordinary user’s reach and is the everyday lived in experience of the city. Margaret Crawford, the author of Everyday Urbanism, expresses that “an amazing number ...