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Immensity
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-21)This thesis is concerned with the moments, places, and circumstances in which the great magnitude of the world is felt. I live within the vast space of the spherical earth and the infinite space of the universe, however, ... -
Imperfect Heart
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-04)Herein lies a personal inquiry and collection of beautiful ruin in an imperfect architectural world. The journey into abandoned ruin, born out of a curiosity to see what comes of viewing architecture in its darkest hours. ... -
The Importance of Place: A Role for the Built Environment in the Etiology and Treatment of Problematic Substance Use
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-07)Faced with the growing North American drug crisis, and in light of the history of ineffective or even harmful approaches to treating problematic substance use, it is time to examine the problem from a new angle. There is ... -
in a good way: (Re)grounding Contextual Narratives on Turtle Island
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-21)Canada is a settler-colonial nation built on Indigenous lands. Architecture in this context is not a neutral practice. Together with urban planning, it has played a key role in the genocidal dispossession, displacement, ... -
In Defense of Soil: an Ontario Greenbelt Regeneration Strategy
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-10)Ontario’s prime agricultural soils are in distress. Degraded by decades of intense conventional agricultural practices and threatened by the advancing footprint of suburban development, the once abundant layer of topsoil ... -
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 ... -
In The Fields: the Fun Palace, Co-creation, and the Digital City
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-14)In 1963, architect Cedric Price, theatre producer Joan Littlewood, and cybernetician Gordon Pask proposed a new kind of leisure centre called the Fun Palace. Though never built, the project continues to influence architecture ... -
In the Shadow of an Oak Tree : A place to heal for women of Sarpol Zahab city
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-02)Natural disasters are unpredictable, terrible events that can change people’s lives in less than a minute, like the 7.3 earthquake that shook western Iran in November 2017. Sarpol Zahab, a small Kurdish city sited near ... -
In the Shadow of the Wall: An Entrance into the Lives of Displaced Palestinians
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-31)What totalitarian regimes do is to—and this is what makes them extremely devastating—is they look at you and say, “You are not.” Or, “You are something else.” Or, “This event didn’t exist.” This power, that is only God’s ... -
In Transition,Re-contextualizing the Persian Garden Paradigm as a Platform for Persian Cultural Celebrations in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-02)Iranian communities constitute one of the largest settler ethnic groups in Toronto. Coming from diverse cultural backgrounds, Iranians become disconnected from their cultural norms and geographical roots following their ... -
In-between Boundaries
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)While the highway infrastructure of North America provides great benefits by connecting both urban and rural communities, this infrastructure also comes with significant costs by separating and creating barriers between ... -
[in]formal Pattern Language - A guide to Handmade Improvitecture© in Cairo
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)The thesis is situated in Cairo, a city with 64% of the population living in informal settlements. Cairo‘s informality transcends, however, the boundaries of these areas and manifests itself daily in spatial and temporal ... -
Incremental Urban Intensification: Managing the Re-Urbanization of Toronto's Avenues
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-13)This thesis proposes facilitating the re-urbanization of Toronto’s avenues to support the future growth of Toronto. The current guidelines for avenues buildings set out in the Avenues and Mid-Rise Buildings Study is not ... -
Incremental Urban Vernacular: Portraits of Transitional Spaces in Taipei's Xinwei Building
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-17)This thesis investigates creative appropriation of the spaces within the Xinwei Building, a half century post-war walk-up apartment in the Da’an District of Taipei, Taiwan. The thesis expresses the ephemeral, liminal, and ... -
An Index of Groundworks and Bearings: Architectural lessons on foundation building in Vuntut Gwitchin traditional territory
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)The foundation mediates the relationship between a building and the land. It is a connection that is particularly challenging to ground in frozen soils. Bridging the Arctic Circle in the Northern Yukon, Vuntut Gwitchin ... -
Individuation: A Heroic Journey through the Canadian Shield
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-24)The thesis explores how elemental architecture in collaboration with the Shield can manifest a threshold condition in which a modern day hero myth can be enacted in the Canadian wilderness. Through the lens of Joseph ... -
Informal Progressions. A comparative analysis of Lima and Medellin informal settlements
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-21)Latin American cities have seen significant demographic growth during the second half of the 20th century. As this expansion was unable to find a formal apparatus for its incorporation into the city, much of it was established ... -
Inner 'Green' Space A Study of Conservationism in Atrium Spaces Using Academic Buildings in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-22)Since taking hold in the mid 1960s, the modern atrium has become prevalent in many designs and buildings within contemporary architecture. The modern day atrium has endured to find its place amidst our current technologies ... -
Instrumental Landscapes: Sustainable Strategies for Wetland Development
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-25)As a result of widespread urban development over the past two decades, global wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate. This thesis develops a series of strategies for protecting wetland ecosystems from the ecological ... -
Instrumental Matrix: Regenerative Systems in Hamilton, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-22)Positioned at the metaphysical divide between civilization and wilderness, this thesis investigates the potential for symbiotic relationships among cultural, ecological and industrial systems in an effort to suggest ...