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    • Landscope | Interpreting Environmental Consciousness 

      Humphrey, Jonah Thomson (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 

      Cubitt, Emma Lea (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 

      Parkinson, Amanda (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 

      Dobbie, Leona (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 

      Guan, Li Ting (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 

      Paridy, Caitlin Jakusz (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 

      Hui, Natalie Lok Yan (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 ...
    • Learning From the Past: Recreating Historic Persian Gardens in Downtown Tehran 

      Shayanfar, Azadeh (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-22)
      Persian Garden is a cultural, historical and physical phenomenon in the land of Iran. One of the main purposes of creating these gardens was to provide space for leisure and meditation. “Pairi Daeza” from which we have ...
    • The Legacy of 48 Abell: Tales From A Gentrifying Neighbourhood 

      Van Eyk, Michelle (University of Waterloo, 2010-03-01)
      Constructed in 1886 by Mr. John Abell, the former engine and machine works factory at 48 Abell Street is located near Queen and Dufferin Streets in Toronto, Ontario. This 100,000 square foot heavy timber and red brick ...
    • Let the Child Be. Children, Play, & Space 

      jafari, pegah (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)
      Childhood is a time of vulnerability, unknowns, and vast potential. Children’s environments should be sensitive to these qualities. This thesis is an investigation of outdoor play environments for children. Its focus is ...
    • Let’s Make Good Stuff: Combatting planned obsolescence and junk by relearning repair, maintenance, and personal agency over the things around us 

      Scheffler, Nathanael (University of Waterloo, 2021-02-22)
      Let’s Make Good Stuff explores our relationship with the designed objects around us. Mass produced items have an increased ability to provide everyone with good design, or to fill our world with sub-par products. This ...
    • Library : A Social Infrastructure 

      Kohbodi, Seyedeh Parisa (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)
      For many centuries, the mission of the library as a civic institution has been seen as the collection and dissemination of information. Likewise, the library typology continuously responds to the dominant paradigm of ...
    • Library Plus: Towards the Self-Curation of Healthcare 

      Chen, Mu De (University of Waterloo, 2015-11-02)
      Our heavily populated world is facing exponentially increasing healthcare demands that challenge existing healthcare infrastructure. Struggling to respond to the rapidly changing spatial needs of healthcare, the architecture ...
    • Life on Mars: Palimpsests of the Forthcoming Martian Res Publica 

      Puersten, Nicholas Michael (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-21)
      Mars is set to be the new frontier of humanity, and as a result poses a unique set of architectural and engineering challenges to be overcome. Interest into both small and large-scale Martian settlements has greatly increased ...
    • The LIFT House: An amphibious strategy for sustainable and affordable housing for the urban poor in flood-prone Bangladesh 

      Prosun, Prithula (University of Waterloo, 2011-02-02)
      Bangladesh is known for two things: poverty and floods. It is a delta country burdened with draining large amounts of water from surrounding countries and a heavy monsoon season that have caused numerous severe floods with ...
    • Light, Dark, and all That’s in Between: Revisiting the Role of Light in Architecture 

      Chernyshov, Elena (University of Waterloo, 2008-01-23)
      Natural light, aside from its functional roles, has little significance in many contemporary spaces. The decline of its earlier shared cultural values and lack of any other to replace these translates into an impoverishment ...
    • The Lighthouse Keeper 

      Dunn, Angus (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 ...
    • Liminal Matter: Diffuse, Adaptive Environments for a Future Dundas Square 

      O'Grady, William Connor (University of Waterloo, 2015-04-28)
      Emerging technologies challenge conventional approaches to the design of contemporary urban public space, both with regard to location and to organisational composition. With the arrival of compact, mobile and real-time ...
    • A Line in Motion 

      Chen, Si (Sue) (University of Waterloo, 2009-06-19)
      This is a graphic account, showing various spaces found in a work of Chinese calligraphy, using, for analysis, the work of contemporary calligrapher Noriko Maeda, historical examples by Wang Hui, Wang Xizhi, Wen Cheng Ming, ...
    • Liquid Monumentality: A Search for Meaning 

      Takacs, David (University of Waterloo, 2011-08-02)
      Contemporary architecture suffers from an acute malaise: it has lost its sense of meaning, and in turn, its sense of significance. In our world of economy and utility—the liquid world—architecture can only allude to a ...

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