Browsing by Subject "Waterfront"
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De-capitalizing San Francisco’s Waterfront through the Collective Memory of Resistance
(2023-07-14)For over two centuries, San Francisco’s Waterfront has been a mechanism for capitalism, fostering an environment of economic “advancements” that harbours capital greed. As a line of exchange, the Waterfront is a capitalist ... -
Mobilizing Creative Entrepreneurship: The Design of a Cultural Infrastructure on the Halifax Waterfront
(2014-04-03)Rising commercial rents in downtown Halifax combined with a freeze on federal arts funding are forcing artists to leave the city in search of affordable and accessible workspace. Essential to the cultural and economic ... -
Reconnecting the Working Waterfront
(2016-08-02)This thesis addresses the disconnect between the coastal city and it’s waterfront. After decades of industrial development roads, railways, buildings and barriers have severed this connection leaving the coastal city with ... -
Reconnecting with the Red: Restoring the City of Winnipeg's Relationship with its Rivers
(2018-04-06)The thesis addresses the current disconnection between the city of Winnipeg and its rivers. Despite their historic significance to the city and their current potential to increase the public’s quality of life, the city’s ... -
A Shared Waterfront: Instilling Public Space Back Into Hamilton's Industrial Port
(2019-08-15)Cities and waterfronts have historically been closely tied through public and private amenities offered in connection to water. Industrial expansion has created an imbalance of public life at the waterfront, eliminating ... -
Urban Catalyst: Halifax's Waterfront Transit Hub
(2024-07-31)Transportation systems are the central nervous systems of cities and afford transit the opportunity to impact and energize cities. Harnessing architecture’s role in infrastructure design, my thesis explores the design of ...