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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 ... -
My Other Eyes that See, My Other Ears that Hear
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-22)Disability is a part of the human condition and has existed since the beginning of time, yet the vast majority of people with disabilities are still expected to live in a built environment designed for what society has ... -
The N-Dimensional City: Establishing a Vitality Driven Framework for Volumetric Building Networks Through Parametric Design
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)The architectural concept of a city within a city, or a three-dimensional urban realm, aims to engage the public and bring the vitality of the city into the building. This concept often manifests in the form of grade-separated ... -
A Nation of Imaginaries: Negotiating India’s Collective Identity through Mughal Miniatures
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)India is a nation of imaginaries. Through time, the subcontinent has been captivated by mystical and profane conceptions of collective identity which have inspired hope, fear, and belonging. Since 2014, the nation has been ... -
Natural Grieving, a Method of Preservation: Implementing Natural Burials in Ontario’s Greenbelt
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-10)We experience an incredible amount of emotion when death touches our lives. With death comes the complexity of loss and grief. The spaces of death, from the morgue, the funeral home to the cemetery, are significant components ... -
Nature Nurtures: Architectural Greenery Systems to Support Healing in Canadian Hospitals
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)How can living plant systems be combined with healthcare facility architecture to increase beneficial interactions with nature, while still maintaining healthcare standards of safety, efficiency, and control? Nature can ... -
The Nature of Healing: Living Architecture for Long Term Care & Rehabilitation Hospitals
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Healthcare interiors are perceived as stressful and isolating spaces; endured during times of vulnerability causing stress for patients, visitors and staff. This thesis examines studies, which prove that this psychological ... -
NATUS • CULTUS • CIVIS: A Holistic Community Plan for the Beausoleil First Nation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Sustainability is not a contemporary concept, rather it was a guiding principle all cultures lived by to maintain balance with the natural world and more importantly survive. Evidently architecture was a tangible expression ... -
Navigating Loss
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-08)This thesis explores the realm of death and loss through architecture. I question how architecture can facilitate a healing process beyond customary spaces like a cemetery, memorial, or temple, and how the raw emotions ... -
Navigating through peaks and valleys: Public space and water infrastructure as intervention tools for urban regeneration in Kigali, Rwanda
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)Current methods of urban regeneration, more specifically as practiced in Rwanda, are totally devoid of socially inclusive approaches, and highly lack contextual adaptability. In the aftermath of the genocide of 1994, which ... -
När: Constructing a Sensory Concentration Space
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-27)När: Constructing a Sensory Concentration Space presents a work that contemplates, designs, and materialises the notion of public personal space. Modern society often leaves us alienated from ourselves. This thesis is an ...