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Architecture: Recent submissions
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Re-imagining the Compound: Regeneration of Block Urbanism in Seoul
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-19)South Korea is a country where the national landscape is dominated by endless horizon of high-rise apartment blocks. This is especially true in the capital city of Seoul, where about half of the country’s population currently ... -
The Making of Chang-Shin District: A Study in Top-Down and Bottom-Up Urban Development
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-18)This thesis studies the process of urban development as a mass phenomenon involving top-down and bottom-up paradigms, which work as a whole to achieve distinct characteristics seen in urban neighbourhoods. In this study, ... -
REZONE AND REURBANIZE: Toronto’s Vulnerable Vernacular Urban Main Streets and Maintaining the City’s Local Culture
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-18)It is the position of this thesis that the large scale condominium (condo) market in the City of Toronto is reinforcing the eradication of Toronto’s vernacular fabric. There is a growing sense that this is leading to the ... -
House(Craft): Mobile Housing for a New Generation
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-14)We have been called the “entitled” generation. We want to be your boss before we’ve stepped through the door. We grew up in the Internet Age; being told we were special, unique, and capable of anything we wanted. We are ... -
De-Coding Urbanity : Learning from and for Old Delhi || Preserving Cultural Urban Codes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-14)The Walled City Of Old Delhi serves as the heart of metropolitan Delhi. The city is a complex amalgamation of Mughal, Colonial and post Colonial architecture. This overlap has resulted in a rich urban fabric and networked ... -
The Generic Spectacle
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-13)The completion of the CityCenter resort on the Las Vegas Strip in 2009 by MGM Resorts marks the single largest privately funded development in American history. It also marks a departure from all-encompassing themes of ... -
Spacebook: Networked Public Places in the Personalized Metropolis
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-06)Today’s society is more connected than ever; we have constant access to information, to communication, and to various forms of social media. Ubiquitous mobile computing has significantly changed the public realm in a way ... -
Imperfect Heart
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-04)Herein lies a personal inquiry and collection of beautiful ruin in an imperfect architectural world. The journey into abandoned ruin, born out of a curiosity to see what comes of viewing architecture in its darkest hours. ... -
Expanded Enclosure: Utilizing Conditioned Micro - Climates and Spaces to Develop Gradated Envelopes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-04)Architecture is more often than not in the habit of creating spaces separated by generally impermeable partitions that give occupants a high level of control - whether it is directed at achieving shelter, privacy, etc.... ... -
Urban Design and Development of a Public Space at theCity of Kitchener’s Intermodal Transit Hub
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-15)This thesis uses a case study design approach for the proposed Transit Hub for the City of Kitchener. It focuses on opportunities for a high quality public space or square to better integrate a new urban LRT line and a ... -
Library Plus: Towards the Self-Curation of Healthcare
(University of Waterloo, 2015-11-02)Our heavily populated world is facing exponentially increasing healthcare demands that challenge existing healthcare infrastructure. Struggling to respond to the rapidly changing spatial needs of healthcare, the architecture ... -
[in]formal Pattern Language - A guide to Handmade Improvitecture© in Cairo
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)The thesis is situated in Cairo, a city with 64% of the population living in informal settlements. Cairo‘s informality transcends, however, the boundaries of these areas and manifests itself daily in spatial and temporal ... -
Buildings and Wind: A Software-Based Design Methodology
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-26)There is a reciprocal relationship between wind and buildings, as they each affect the other. Building form affects wind by altering its speed and flow patterns, and can be used to create desirable wind conditions around ... -
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 ... -
Sentient Matter: Towards Affective Human-Architecture Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-30)Interactive design has been embedded into every aspect of our lives. Ranging from handy devices to architecturally scaled environments, these designs have not only shifted the way we facilitate interaction with other ... -
Synanthropic Suburbia
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-30)Animals are invading the city. Coyotes are sighted on downtown streets with greater frequency, raccoons notoriously forage through greenbins as their primary source of food, and all forms of animals inhabit the surfaces, ... -
Urban Agriculture as an Agent for Social Change in London, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-28)London, Ontario was once closely tied to its local food production and distribution. Since 1835, this close connection with food was facilitated by places like the Covent Garden Market. London and many other cities were ... -
Hybrid Thresholds, Redefining the Don River’s Edge
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-28)My proposal envisions the threshold between the built urban fabric and the natural environment at the water’s edge. It focuses on the development of public space at the water’s edge, and tries to transform that space ... -
A Computational Design System for Environmentally Responsive Urban Design
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-25)This thesis introduces a design tool that attempts to optimize urban energy needs through the mass-customization of urban typology. Developing low-energy, high-density urban typology is a critical goal for cities given ... -
Opportunity in Absence: Activating Vacant Space in The Temporary City
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)The vacant buildings in Cambridge await new uses as traditional commercial activity has shifted to the sprawl that defines the landscape between the city’s historic cores. Downtown businesses have been replaced by big-box ...