West Rossdale and its river banks are the core cultural aspect of Edmonton. Its potential is portrayed through ‘River Crossing”, the one place where city and river meet. The thesis aims to explore the physical and cultural ...

This thesis studies the relationship between the urban environment and ecosystem and the intersection between ecosystem and architectural project. While urban sites are commonly understood as separate and unique from their ...

The transcendental experiences and perceptual insights evoked by good architecture are not merely qualitative outcomes. They form the elements of a way of measuring what is much larger than our selves. This thesis explores ...

Desertification, the deterioration of productive and fertile lands into barren and desolate deserts, usually occurs as a result of deforestation, drought, or improper planting and agriculture. This thesis investigates ways ...

The Bay of Fundy is home to the highest tides in the world and among the strongest currents. The Minas Passage is a narrow body of water in the upper Bay of Fundy with a 13-metre tidal range and water speeds of 7-8 knots, ...

At the behest of industrial and government demands in the 1960s, Saint John [NB] engaged in an urban renewal initiative to increase transportation effi ciency and remove urban blight. The resulting impact was a congestion ...

This thesis addresses the anthropocentric history of wilderness parks in Canada. It investigates architecture in actively interpreting the cultural layers inherent of these landscapes while promoting recreational tourism. ...

Landscapes are formed across space and over time by both natural processes and human artifice. Within urban landscapes, natural processes have been harnessed as the basis for infrastructural systems, which support urban ...

As architecture continues towards a globalized practice, the increasingly standardized approach to building has resulted in an inflation of architecture with minimal sense of place. These designs often impose upon their ...