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Mediation: Resonating between the Organic and Inorganic
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-29)This thesis emerges from the desire of unity between the intuitive and empirical expressions of nature. It argues for a greater understanding of 'patterns' inherent in nature and advocates for the need to see things as a ... -
Mediations of Shattered Water: Environmental Intimacy & the Dissolution of the Self
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-09)In a time of accelerated environmental degradation, a human-centric approach to engagement has engendered a pervasive cultural passivity towards the environment. This fatalistic detachment amplified by technological advances ... -
Medina: Reviving Place Identity through Public Space
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Medina, as the second holy city for Muslims around the world and a place where the Prophet (peace be upon him) lived and is buried, has a distinctive identity. On the contrary, however, the central part of the city, the ... -
The Memory Mines
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-19)She is eighteen when she leaves home. She leaves shortly after her father’s inexplicable disappearance – an event she neither understands nor accepts. She does what everyone on the cusp of adulthood does: she moves abroad ... -
Migrants, Urban Village, and An Open Community - A Case of Yangji, Guangzhou, China
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-12)Massive migration is one the most significant phenomena of China’s urbanization. In the thirty years since the "Reform and Open Up" policy began, Guangzhou, as the center of the Pearl River Delta, has experienced significant ... -
Mitbach Megasher: Israel's Immigration, Gastronomy, and Design
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-07)Israel, being the Jewish emigration nation, welcomed over 3.7 million people in the last century. The vast intake of new immigrants from various ethnicities and cultures created ample strains on the Israeli government. ... -
Modulating Visual Connectivity Through 3D-Printed Ceramic Light Screens
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-07)This thesis investigates an iterative modeling and fabrication process for customizable building components through the design of a high-performance light screen. Light screens, mostly implemented as physical boundaries ... -
Moments of Spiritual Engagement in Architecture: A Search for Awareness of Life and Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-19)In my encounter of Peter Zumthor’s Seniors’ Home and Kolumba Museum, I found architecture to affect well-being within the daily course of life. I saw the Seniors' Home contribute to the dwelling of the entire being of the ... -
The Mongrel Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-19)Cities are concentrations of diverse populations that undergo continual transformation over time. This thesis deals with the question, how does the individual make place in a constantly changing environment? The entry point ... -
Monsoon Notebook: Exploring Home
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)This thesis explores the meaning of home, and the role it plays in my relationship to architecture. It rests in the transitional space between my native Sri Lanka and Canada, where I have lived for the last eighteen years. ... -
Monster
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-09)451 Manning Avenue, home to an architect and an artist, has generated an adverse reaction within its community. The property is maintained as a testament to the Rao family history in Canada, but most visibly, Villa Rao ... -
More than a "Thing-in-Itself": An Inquiry into Work through the Interrelations of Making, Material, and Design
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-04)The thesis began with a desire to better understand the built environment and its relationship to value, temporality and material. The seat became the vehicle for this exploration. In its ubiquity the seat has found a ... -
MORE THAN JUST SMOKE AND LIGHTS: THE ARCHITECTURE OF CONCERT STAGE DESIGN
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)Live music creates an environment that allows your mind to go silent, where all your senses are stimulated in perfect harmony. It’s a heightened sense of reality, a place to escape and be consumed in something that feels ... -
Motion with Moisture: Creating Passive Dynamic Envelope Systems Using the Hygroscopic Properties of Wood Veneer
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-24)This thesis presents research into the creation of an autonomously responsive envelope system capable of adaptation to variation in relative humidity through the use of wood veneer and its hygroscopic material properties. ... -
Motionscapes, Waterland, Maritime Theatre: Three Temporalities in Contemporary Jiangnan
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-24)Jiangnan is on the brink of revolution: a network of bullet train lines will re-territorilize this region of China, including Shanghai, drawing its 80 million inhabitants within a single hour’s commute of one another. From ... -
The Mountain and the Valley: A Planning and Conservation Approach for the Annapolis Valley
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-28)The Annapolis Valley Region is home to a rich and varied landscape. Agriculture, historic sites, the Bay of Fundy Shore, and the inland forests are just some of the aspects that together make up this unique region. ... -
Moving Against the Grid: The Pursuit of Public Life during Apartheid, South Africa
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-24)The reality of cities is that, no matter how designed, controlled, or planned they are, people will do as they like. They will find ways to live and move through them that suit their purposes, even if this means going ... -
Mud and Cell Phones: Nonformal Learning Networks in Rural Kenya
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-08)Despite global efforts to achieve universal education, millions of people still lack access to learning, with a high concentration in sub-Saharan African countries. Like many rural communities around the world, Kenya’s ... -
Mudzi Owala, Village of Light – Lessons from Malawi
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-25)This thesis explores my journey to a small corner of Africa, where I lived with and learned from the communities of rural Malawi. In particular, it examines the architectural lessons that emerged from my involvement in a ... -
Museum of Contemporary Art Gateway Sculpture Garden
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-20)This thesis comprises a design for a garden that serves as a gateway to the new cultural hub of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in the Junction Triangle, Toronto. This contribution aims to capitalize on the cultural ...