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    • An Investigation into the Lexicon of Waste 

      Lau, Carmen Allison (University of Waterloo, 2011-04-26)
      Since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the increase in population, urbanization, cheap energies, and new technologies have bankrupted the environment into destruction. This chaos has created a society that transformed ...
    • Invisible Boundaries 

      Torrens, Brian (University of Waterloo, 2011-08-12)
      Within Buenos Aires there exists a boundary between the formal, planned developments of the middle class and the informal, organically-developed self-built housing of the poor. Villa 31, an informal settlement located near ...
    • THE ISLINGTON GALLERY OF ART: An Architectural Implementation of the 'Third Place' 

      Juzkiw, Alexandra (University of Waterloo, 2007-01-22)
      This thesis proposes turning a Toronto subway station into a gallery that will display temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. Islington subway station, on the corner of Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue, will ...
    • It Takes a Village: A Retrofit Framework for Improving Health and Community in Car-Dependent Suburbs 

      Carragher, Logan (University of Waterloo, 2022-05-09)
      Car-dependent suburban sprawl is an outdated planning methodology that is antithetical to the health, wellbeing, and social prosperity of suburban residents. In the past, North-American town planning was more community-centric; ...
    • It's ON at Ontario Place - Or is it? 

      El-Sayes, Rola (University of Waterloo, 2020-09-18)
      This thesis It’s ON at Ontario Place - Or Is It? addresses the roles that architecture and landscape play in shaping the waterfront and park systems into designed connected networks that respond to local, social, sustainable, ...
    • It's Terminal: Architecture of Obsolescence 

      Winters, Andrew (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-17)
      There’s always been one here. There’s the one that’s here now, there’s the one that it replaced, and there’s also the first one that didn’t last so long. One hundred and sixty odd years there’s been one here, in this place. ...
    • An Itinerant Architect 

      Hunt, Gordon (University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)
      An itinerant architect—one who learns, teaches, and practices architecture on the road—has the ability to improve spaces that would otherwise never reach their fullest potential. The profession of architecture as it stands ...
    • Jiazhai: In Search of My Mother's Childhood House 

      Lan, Xin (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 

      Lubell, Claire (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 

      Li, Run Yi (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 

      Hassanzadegan, Parisa (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 

      Kuzan, Katherine (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 

      Wang, Rui (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 

      Kamrani, Fatemeh (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 

      Antczak, Elizabeth (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 

      D'Sa, Dhisana (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 

      Kim, Lily (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 

      Lai, Fernie Lingie (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 

      Fernández Rincón, Virginia (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 

      Liu, Si Yuan Linda (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 ...

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