Browsing by Subject "Design"
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Closed-Form Model and Parametric Study on Connection of Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes to Concrete Footings by Direct Embedment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010-10-30)Concrete-filled fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) tubes (CFFTs) have been introduced as a new system for piles, columns and poles. A simple moment connection based on direct embedment of the CFFT into concrete footings or ... -
Design and Application of a CNC Rotary Axis for Grinding Research
This thesis presents four studies into cylindrical plunge grinding that used a custom built, instrumented rotary axis. The design and capabilities of the rotary axis are presented. These capabilities include accurate speed ... -
Design-Build As An Approach for Community-Focused Projects: Building and Adapting in a Northern Community
This thesis focuses on creating and testing a design-build strategy for community-based projects. It poses questions on how to create work that is locally relevant, place sensitive and site specific in the contexts of ... -
Designing Experience: Towards an Empathic Method of Design
This thesis investigates the relationship between the physical environment and its influence on human emotion and thought. Through a series of design explorations, the project aims to establish an elemental understanding ... -
Development of an Instrument to Assess Design Ability of Engineering Students
Students complete design projects in order to put theoretical and technical knowledge gained from engineering science courses into practice to solve real-world problems, to expose students to industry practices, and improve ... -
Framework For Design: The Study Of Parametrics For Contextually Responsive High Rise Design
(2011-12-16)The following thesis investigates parametric thinking and evolutionary solving principles in the creation of a framework for residential high rise design. Site specific parameters such as site access (pedestrian and ... -
Integration of Human Factors into Engineering Design
Usability has been shown to increase the success of design projects, but is routinely left out of the design process. Through an investigation into the history and value of usability, experiential design project, analyzing ... -
MATERIAL PROCESS AS A DESIGN TOOL: INVESTIGATING THE MAKING OF CERAMICS IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2013-12-10)Materials are a significant aspect of architectural design, the construction components are selected for their availability, location, cultural meaning, physical characteristics and properties. The construction components ... -
Mechanical Design of a Customizable Self-Expanding Endovascular Stent
Stent migration and endoleak are common failure mechanisms for endovascular repair, both of which can be partially attributed to a lack in understanding of the mechanical properties of endovascular stents. A novel radial ... -
A META-GREEN A Dynamic Architecture Along the Banks of the Saint John River
Through the catalytic theory of cybernetics, this thesis proposes a local intervention within the vast network of synthetic and organic systems that span the watershed of the Saint John River Valley in New Brunswick, Canada. ... -
Reverent Terroir: Placemaking through Pilgrimage – the Design of an Okanagan Winery
(2013-04-04)The thesis critically addresses the current architectural condition of the majority of the Okanagan region’s wineries. Their superficial nature, eager to pander to the area’s tourism industry, has left a noticeable void ... -
Squint / Unsquint: Associative Composition as a Key to Facade Analysis and Design
(2011-08-09)This study explores compositional abstraction in architecture. The act of squinting adopts propositions from Christopher Alexander and structuralist Marcel Mauss. An analytical method based upon element density and ... -
THIS IS SACKVILLE CALLING: A MEDIA ARTS CENTRE ON THE FORMER SITE OF THE RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSION STATION, SACKVILLE, NB
(2014-08-08)This thesis explores how the loss of the Radio Canada International Shortwave Radio Transmission Station may inform a new architecture that builds upon the collective memory of a place while introducing program that ... -
Time, Space and Adaptation: A Strategy Towards Growth From Within
To adapt is to transform to become better suited to the conditions of an environment. Through expressing a narrative of adaptation in architecture we can evoke both cultural continuity and the potential for change through ...
