Browsing by Subject "Nature"
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Environ(mental) Architecture: How Architecture Shapes Our Mental Health Through the Use of Public Space
(2019-04-05)This thesis examines the potential of architecture to improve mental health through the design of public space. To determine the programmatic needs of a site, this document uses a human perception framework to analyze the ... -
Forgotten Ecologies: Architecture for Natural Coexistence within Albertan Agrarian Landscapes
(2023-07-19)Western epistemologies based on a dualism between man and “nature” have created economic systems at war with ecological systems. The segmented Alberta prairie landscape perpetuates this dualistic thought through economic ... -
Hybrid Landscapes: Nature, Architectural Form, and Cultural Programming for Resiliency in the Mekong Delta
(2020-08-18)The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is a region characterized by the entwined natural and human landscapes that are perpetually being redefined. From the colonial periods to postwar nation-building, homogeneous modernization ... -
Hydrostatics and Hydraulics; Nature in Three Different Views; Colour; Lights and Colour
(2009-07-23)These notes written by James Dinwiddie examine a number of topics in physics including light, motion, matter, hydraulics, and hydrostatics as well as a treatise on Nature from the points of view of philosophy, art, and ... -
Introduction
(2009-07-23)This introductory lecture written by James Dinwiddie discusses natural philosophy. Dinwiddie draws on past philosophers including Rene Descartes, Plato, and John Locke to describe Nature and man's relationship with her. ... -
Natural [Re]connection: Facilitating the Development of Preschool Children Through Nature Rich Environments
(2020-04-14)Humans have an instinctive attraction to the living world and growing research suggests that interactions with nature makes us healthier and happier. Early childhood development theories demonstrates that it is essential ... -
A New Nature: Architecture as a Mitigator Between Society and Nature
(2018-07-31)Urban society perceives that in order to be exposed to the wild nature a considerable distance must be travelled, yet there is a desire for this exposure: a call of the wild. With few formal outlets for society to be ... -
North Saskatchewan Spiritual: Reconnecting with Nature in the Edmonton River Valley
(2021-04-07)A strong connection to nature, wilderness, and landscape provides the foundation onto which life is constructed. But forces of industrialization and globalization have brought us to a time in which our built environments ... -
The Phenomenal Chinook: Experientially Bridging Architecture and Nature Through Wind Design in Lethbridge, Alberta
(2022-04-12)In the Western world, we continue to perceive nature as separate from ourselves and the built environment, perpetuating the extinction of experience that distances environmental harm from the human domain. This thesis ... -
A Place for Healing: Architecture as Intermediary Between Nature and the Healing Child
(2012-08-22)This thesis investigates the difficult reality of children faced with illness, necessitating prolonged hospitalization. It takes a critical position with regard to the current approach to health care in Canada within the ... -
Understanding Older Adolescent Girls’ Perceptions of the Relationship Between Nature and Physical Activity
(2023-03-23)Over time, as older adolescent girls age they become susceptible to a decline in physical activity. This decrease may be due to gender norms and stereotypes faced by women, which often centre on their bodies. In addition, ... -
Winding Down and Looking Up: Weaving Activity Through Nature as a Method of Biophilic Design
(2012-12-10)Biophilia, the human-nature connection, stems from the evolution of humans and our affiliation with natural environments. This need for nature has been proven essential to our health and wellness. Younger generations, ...