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The Temple Of Afrobeat(s): Re-Imagination of The New Afrika Shrine
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-14)Fela Kuti is very influential to the development of Nigerian music, as he is credited for the founding of Afrobeat, which in turn led to the establishment of Afrobeats, a collection of musical sub-genres of Nigerian and ... -
Thermal Walls: Enhancing Thermal Properties of Prefabricated Wall Systems with Additive Manufacturing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-31)Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) is used to design the properties of any material with high precision. In relation to the construction field, solid clay bricks are structurally sturdy, but they are not designed to ... -
The Thermoheliodome – “Air conditioning” without conditioning the air, using radiant cooling and indirect evaporation
(Elsevier, 2017-12-15)The Thermoheliodome is an experimental pavilion that explores cooling without air conditioning. The two research aims were to explore the use of indirect evaporative cooling and the geometric reflection of radiant cooling. ... -
Three Minutes to Midnight
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-21)In the early 20th century, architects and planners, dissatisfied with the overcrowded and deteriorating state of large cities and inspired by the seemingly infinite possibilities offered by new technologies, began to propose ... -
Thriving on the New Décarie Expressway: Reconciling Trenched Urban Expressways with the City
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-21)During the 1960s large trenched expressways were introduced into our urban centres to accommodate the booming vehicular traffic. These expressways were built on an enormous scale, often traversing entire cities. Unfortunately, ... -
Tian-jing: Hunan skywell compounds in modern China
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-20)Tian-jing, or skywell, is a small courtyard that is both an interior and an exterior space. It is an interstice which both disconnects and joins the surrounding chambers. The opening acts as a conduit for the heavens within ... -
The Tomato Palace; Empathy, Practice, & Design
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-05)Empathy is the capacity to move beyond the confining sense of ‘I’ and experience the world through others. Like laughter, it does not exist in isolation by its very nature it is an act of human connection. This thesis ... -
Tomorrow's Airport Today: A Holistic Approach to Modern Terminal Design
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-24)Modern airport terminal design approaches the needs of passengers on a primarily logistical level. Over time, genuine interest in passenger comfort and satisfaction has become diluted in the face of an increasingly efficiency ... -
Too Good to be True
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-22)This thesis presents a portrait of cultural diversity filtered through a lens of memory, experience and architecture. What does diversity look like? Where do we experience diversity? How unrestrained is our experience of ... -
Too Much Information
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-19)This book begins with a mysterious illness in Florence and ends in the half-light of an American desert night. Notes are gathered, impressions taken, sketches made, and objects found, all leading to and from six buildings, ... -
Too Much Time, Or Too Little
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-14)To Homo Faber (man as maker), the Promethean revolt against nature is an act of mastership. Guided by the ideals of utility and beauty, the world of making is always rooted in the transformation of means into ends. ... -
A Tool, A Room, A House, A Village: Urban Cottages for Domestic Crafting
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)When we craft objects, we become absorbed in work, intimately involved with the physical piece. These things populate our homes, carrying our imprint. Whether making or using our handiwork, our crafts bring us joy. However, ... -
Toronto's Last Mile Delivering to Communities in Public Urban Spaces
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-22)Streets shadowed by skyscrapers, copious amounts of cars trying to navigate through the downtown core, and, communities that grow in density everyday –Toronto is lacking the infrastructure to accommodate the contemporary ... -
Towards a Healthy Architecture. Lustica Peninsula
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis attempts to create an architectural <em>vision</em> for the future <em>healthy evolution</em> of the Lu?tica peninsula, a very <em>potent</em> and <em>unique</em> site along the <em>Adriatic coast</em> in ... -
Towards A Reparations Ecology: Ecosystem design narratives for rewilding and regenerating desecrated lacustrine landscapes in Tláhuac-Xico, Mexico City
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-22)For centuries, built environments have been instrumental in imposing an anthropocentric system that has separated nature from human civilization. In retrospect, this dualist structuring of man and nature stems from land ... -
Towards a Soft Architecture: Approachable Kit-of-Parts for Soft Interactive Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-24)This thesis looks at an approachable kit-of-parts that allows for the rapid prototyping and creation of a new interactive architectural tectonic that is decentralized and compliant by using distributed microcontrollers and ... -
Towards a Suburban Agora: Expanding an intermodal node into a community marketplace
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)This thesis investigates the condition of the contemporary suburban landscape and the potential of transit infrastructure in re-establishing the continuity of the fragmented social fabric. It follows the emerging discourse ... -
Towards a Sustainable Future: Courtyard in Contemporary Beijing
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-15)China has become one of the world’s economic engines. One major driving force is the rapid urbanization. Such fast development results in resource and energy depletion, pollution and environmental deterioration. The ... -
Tracing the Grotesque: Finding Value in the Urban Villages of Shenzhen
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-06)The rapid urbanization, which has happened since the 1979 economic reform, has fundamentally changed Shenzhen, China. The city was developed to be an Economic Zone, so millions of original village houses were demolished ... -
Tracing the Last Mile: Mobility, Urbanization, and the Journey Home in China’s Spring Festival Golden Week
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)Tracing the Last Mile studies the annual migratory journey home during China’s Lunar New Year Golden Week through the convergence of traditional Chinese art and auto-ethnographic research. This thesis highlights individual ...