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Re-Occupying the Archipelago: The Potential of Unified Governance in the Thousand Islands Region through Application of the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-24)This thesis explores the potential Indigenization of governance in the Thousand Islands region through integration of Haudenosaunee political philosophy to better inform methods by which local governing bodies make decisions ... -
Re-Territorializing Park-Monument of The Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-29)The silhouettes of colossal Soviet monuments in Bulgaria shaped the landscape of the nation, both physically, and metaphorically. Many remain abandoned, some have been removed, a few modified, but their controversy remains ... -
Re-Visioning Sustainable Urban Housing in2020, the year of perfect vision
(University of Waterloo, 2009-02-17)Civilization’s vantage point has shifted with advances in technology from an eye-level view of the horizon to a bird’s eye view from a plane, to a planet-wide view from space. This relatively new global view is now the ... -
Re-wilding the Neighborhood: Discovering Ecological Harmony Through Design with Habitats Along the Oak Ridges Trail
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-19)This thesis is a reflection on the impacts of suburban sprawl on ecosystem health and biodiversity in York Region, using a design proposal to repopulate pollinator habitat within the fabric of an existing neighborhood. The ... -
Re:Generation – A Model For Age-Inclusive Care
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)The Canadian population is aging. Seniors are becoming the fastest growing age group as a result of the aging of the baby boom generation, and a lowered fertility rate and an increase in life expectancy in the millennial ... -
Re:Linking Lachine
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-01)Since the undertaking of urban planning as a prescriptive discipline, landscape projects have demonstrated their ability to integrate valuable cultural spaces with the construction of complex infrastructural systems, ... -
The Reading Room: Revitalizing Andrew Carnegie's Vision for the Public Library
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-25)At the turn of the 20th century, Andrew Carnegie, the richest man in America, was transforming society through the endowment of thousands of free public library buildings to communities around the world. Carnegie conceived ... -
Real Mixed Use: Combining Living and Production on Underused Historic Industrial Sites to Resist Gentrification
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-19)Changing economic conditions and production requirements have caused manufacturing and other secondary industries to move away from the urban core of mid-sized cities in Southern Ontario, such as London, Hamilton, and ... -
Reanimation: Redefining the Urban Network in St James Town, Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-22)Urban intensification in the city of Toronto during the 1960s draws from the essential idea – “Tower in the Park”, a concept that we now recognize as pervasively problematic. These neighbourhoods are flooded with criticism ... -
REBUILDING OUR WATERS: An alternative view of Ontario cottage country through models of community engagement and shared environmental stewardship.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)Cottaging is a ‘summer-home’ tradition for many Canadian families and plays an important role in Ontario’s cultural and provincial identity. The North-Hastings – East Haliburton area is a popular cottage destination; however ... -
Recalibrating Detroit: A Plan for Incremental Neighbourhood Densification
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)This thesis analyses factors responsible for Detroit’s past growth and delves into its current transient culture. The phenomena of its urban shrinkage is more than just a demographic shift. It is a harbinger of qualitative ... -
Reclaiming Construction Waste: An interface for robotic stacking of irregular components in compression-only structures
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-22)Construction and demolition activities generate approximately one billion tons of waste every year in the world. While the majority of these materials can be either reused or recycled, they are often disposed of in landfills ... -
Reclaiming Water and the Right to the City in Los Angeles: Compton Commons
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-18)The greater Los Angeles urban area is home to nearly 19 million people, but has local water resources that can only support a population of approximately one million. Los Angeles has always depended upon a large proportion ... -
The Reclamation and Reoccupation of the Burloak Employment Lands: Towards a Sustainable Community
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-21)By examining the interconnected relationship between humanity and the environment we live in, this thesis aims to bring new sustainable design approaches to a toxic industrial area known as the Burloak Employment Lands in ... -
Recollecting Identity: Food, Culture, Space and Place in the Street Markets of Hong Kong
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-04)The research investigates the importance of culture and placemaking in defining food urbanism in Hong Kong with a culture at risk of disappearing. Considering current revitalization projects and the removal of local street ... -
Reconciling the Car and the City: A Vision of Productive Urban Mobility
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-26)The relationship between cars and cities is changing. The auto-centric development predominant in America in the 20th century is beginning to subside and disappear. It is being replaced by efforts to make cities more ... -
Reconnecting Sarajevo: The Bentbaša Spine
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Sarajevo’s Bentbaša, a bathing complex of natural and artificial pools on the Eastern edge of Sarajevo, sits on the brink of the Miljacka River. As a marker of the boundary between nature and the city, the site has been ... -
Reconquering Homeland
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-24)In a world plagued by refugee crisis, the urgency of addressing this persistent challenge remains a constant thread, especially as the root and stem of the crisis are yet to be fully understood and resolved. The complexities ... -
Reconstruction Site: Re-designing the disposable Expo
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Building, supported by the practice of architecture, is churning resources into waste at an alarming rate. Our method of construction has its inevitable conclusion in a pile of rubble. Lamentably, the natural resources we ... -
Recovering the Sense and Essence of Place: The Eastern Practice of Feng Shui and its Role in Western Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-08)The aim of this thesis is to understand, identify and test the fundamental qualities of feng shui so as to examine its applicability and relevance in western architectural design practice. While the word “feng shui” has ...