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Relational Urbanism: A Framework for Variability
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-07)In a context of rapid urbanization and increasingly standardized built environments, urbanism must find new methods of creating appropriate conditions for the variability of contemporary urban life. The city, understood ... -
Relinquish to Dust: A Centre for (w)Resting Grief in Toronto's Community
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-24)Currently, the spaces designated for death in the city of Toronto are separated from other programmes — in states that range from neglected, full, inactive or marginalized — while any new sites are pushed to the outskirts. ... -
Remembering the River: The Retrieval of Rome's Forgotten Relationship with the Tiber
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Ever since its founding, Rome has been vulnerable to the swelling waters of its Tiber River. This river was so important to the city that it was a defining character in Rome’s history for over two thousand years. However, ... -
Render Authenticity: Revisiting Intangible Heritage to Reflect on Historical Structure Network
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-06)Shakhari Bazar in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, was one of the first streets to be built in the region of South Asia, using the river network as major transportation route and home to invaluable artisans in the 17th century. It ... -
Rendering as Critical Reflection: On the visual production of architecture in China and the West
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)This thesis reflects on our thoughts and actions towards the proliferation and use of photorealistic rendering by the architectural profession in China and the West, both of which actively engage in this form of image ... -
Renewal of Southside Chicago: Systems - Thinking & Sustainable Urban Farming
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-27)The city of Chicago is one of the largest cities in the United States of America and has a long history as a manufacturing hub. However, over the last fifty years, its role as a manufacturing Centre has declined. This ... -
Reoccupying Ruins in the Azores: Shifting Spaces, Materials, and Culture on the Island of Terceira and Graciosa
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Half a century of emigration from the Azores to North America has seen the abandonment and decay of many traditional houses throughout this Portuguese archipelago. Today, as members of the Azorean diaspora seek to return ... -
Repairs and Reappropriations: Examining Cultures of Care, Production, Agency in Bombay/Mumbai Chawls
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-23)This thesis is driven by unravelling the intricate dynamics of ‘marramat’/repair. As the focus broadened, the work began to consider reappropriation and reuse as spatial tactics of agency. The research is anchored within ... -
rePublic: Examining & reestablishing the public role of the city hall
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-29)City halls have long been regarded as the social, organizational, perceptual and physical centers of cities. A successful city can be recognized by the success of its city hall. As a city develops, so must its city hall. Over ... -
The Residue of Flight: Investigations Into the Life of Matter
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-23)This thesis is a journey that unfolds alongside the transformations of a river during springtime. Moods and movements captured by Ted Hughes in his poem Stump Pool in April inspire a series of explorations that set out to ... -
RESILIENT GROUND: A Proposal for Re-Establishing Relationship Between People, Land and Water in Saigon/Ho-Chi-Minh City Amidst Urbanization and Flooding
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-25)The urban fabric of Saigon (also known as Ho Chi Minh City, HCMC) is an intense and complex layering of planning and development. It has provoked my curiosity for a long time because of its pragmatic, informal, and ... -
Rethinking Bibi-Heybat: Birth, death, rebirth of Baku's oil field
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-24)Large urban parks are extensive landscapes that are integral to the fabric of the cities in which they are situated. They offer diverse recreational outdoor spaces to fulfill experiential needs and to help consolidate the ... -
Rethinking the Smart City: Interventions for a Post-Digital Age
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)The term Smart City is quickly gaining traction, as it spreads across global cities in a series of urban initiatives. When depicted in mass media, Smart City developments are often portrayed as idealistic technological ... -
Rethinking Typology in Taipei: Designing New Frameworks for Urban Living
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-23)The Taipei streethouse is a typology that has been formed through a continuous dialogue with the local urban fabric and society. Since the typology was first brought over by Qing dynasty settlers from Fujian Province in ... -
Retrofitting Suburbia: A Move Towards Multigenerational Living
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-22)Multigenerational living has become an increasingly popular option in the midst of an impossible housing market and towering costs of living. As trends of multigenerational living intensify, most existing housing developments ... -
Retrofitting Tarmac Wastelands: Designing for Social and Ecological Permeability
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-03)This thesis investigates urban strategies to restore ecological and social permeability in underutilized tarmac surfaces of commercial and industrial areas built on ecologically sensitive sites. The city of Toronto has ... -
Returning Wilderness: Centre for Environmental Education
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)We live in a time when much of the natural world is lost in the wake of human agency. No place on earth today remains untouched by human influence. This thesis is an attempt to find wilderness in the Anthropocene. To ... -
Reverse Block Mall - Collectivization as Strategy Against Spatial Monopolization in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-09)Amidst an unprecedented pace of high-rise developments along Toronto’s main streets, the issue of homogenization of the urban environment has been approached mainly from the perspective of architectural design. Accordingly, ... -
A Revetment
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-05)Historically, in Iran, ornament was an integral part of architecture and considered a valuable part of built form. However, in time the use of ornament suffered from the decline of figural articulation in architecture, and ... -
REvision 2020: Redefining Public Works in New York City’s Sixth Borough
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-29)On March 14, 2011 the Bloomberg Administration unveiled New York City’s 10-year comprehensive waterfront plan entitled, “Vision 2020.” Though the document follows a long line of waterfront revitalization proposals, it ...