Browsing Architecture by Subject "adaptation"
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Ecological Infrastructures - Reconnecting The Fragments of Garrison Creek through Four Frameworks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-21)Garrison Creek is one of many ravines along Toronto’ s waterfront which have undergone numerous transformations since the establishment of Toronto as a city. Accelerated urbanization of the downtown core and waste dumping ... -
Parkdale People's Palace: Rethinking a Heritage Church as Revitalized Social Infrastructure
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)In recent decades, Canada’s church buildings have been steadily declining in number and use due to the increasing secularization of society and the diminished role of Christianity in the country. Rather than demolishing ... -
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 ... -
Shanghai lilong: an intertwined relationship between the dwellers & the architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-03)The thesis investigates the lilong neighbourhoods of Shanghai, known for their high-density housing organized around narrow longtangs (alleyways), during the 1970s and 1980s. It unfolds the intertwining relationship between ...