dc.contributor.author | Nally, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-17T15:33:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-12-17T15:33:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-12-17 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/13149 | |
dc.description | Apart from in-depth studies in renewable resource harvesting
and climate, the thesis is driven by studies in rail and agricultural mechanisms, as well as existing post-industrial park typologies. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This architectural thesis addresses a derelict urban rail corridor
and the possibility of combining architecture and landscape to
reactivate its latent potential as a dynamic seam in the urban
fabric.
Edmonton is a city built on a foundation of interconnectedness
with the nation. Rail access has established the city as a staging
hub for various industrial practices since the mid 19th century:
import and export, agriculture, oil and gas, etc. As inner city rail
access as been discontinued, parcels of rail land have been left
as relics; nostalgic reminders of a formerly expansive arterial
mechanical network, in turn connecting the city to a mechanical
backbone spanning the nation. This architectural intervention
will reactivate a piece of rail land in the northwestern part of
downtown Edmonton by establishing a dynamic activity corridor
around an energy-harnessing machine. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Edmonton | en_US |
dc.subject | linear park | en_US |
dc.subject | rail | en_US |
dc.subject | machine | en_US |
dc.subject | post-industrial | en_US |
dc.title | The Mechanical Pathway: Reactivating a Derelict Rail Corridor in Edmonton | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2010-11-25 | |
dc.contributor.department | School of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Brian Carter | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Steve Parcell | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Emanuel Jannasch | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Richard Kroeker | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |