Geoffrey Christou
As
Galileo
peered
through
a
lens
to
see
the
twinkle
of
the
Jovian
moons,
and
Antonie
Van
Leeuwenhoek
did
the
same
to
study
the
tremulous
basis
of
all
life,
so
the
fabric
of
threads
we
weave
across
time
and
space
–
the
vast
net
of
relations
that
bind
and
separate
us
–
is
only
visible
through
a
lens. Footprints
in
the
snow
and
the
weathered
stone
steps
of
buildings
hint
at
the
shape
of
these
threads,
but
the
coming
of
spring
and
the
hardness
of
stone
limit
our
observations.
The
Global
Positioning
System
(GPS)
now
provides
us
a
lens
to
see
the
path
that
individuals,
families,
and
communities
take
in
space-time
--
their
worldlines.
When
millions
of
GPS
signatures
are
collected
from
hundreds
of
individuals,
heritable
patterns
emerge
in
these
worldlines
that
embody
particular
individual's
ideas
and
practices,
as
well
as
those
of
the
society
and
the
environment
in
which
they
operate. Besides
providing
a
tool
to
test
assumptions
about
how
space
is
used,
I
argue
in
this
thesis
that
while
allowing
us
to
glimpse
a
terra
incognita,
mapping
worldlines
can
also
provide
a
unique
perspective
on
our
spatial
relationship
to
one
another.
The examining committee is as follows:
Supervisor:
Committee members:
Donald McKay
Rick
Haldenby,
University
of
Waterloo
Anne
Bordeleau,
University
of
Waterloo
External reader:
Drew Sinclair, Planning Alliance
The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee.
The Defence Examination will take place at:
3:00 pm on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 (ARC 1001 - Main Lecture Theatre)
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC 2106A.
Taehyung Kim
The examining committee is as follows:
Supervisor:
Committee members:
Anne Bordeleau
Ryszard
Sliwka,
University
of
Waterloo
Matthew
Spremulli,
University
of
Waterloo
External reader:
Taymoore Balbaa, Principal, ATELIER3AM
The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee.
The Defence Examination will take place at:
6:00 pm on Thursday, October 10, 2013 (ARC 3003 - Loft)
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC 2106A.
Amir Azadeh
The examining committee is as follows:
Supervisor:
Committee members:
Dereck Revington, University of Waterloo
Marie-Paule
MacDonald,
University
of
Waterloo
Anne
Bordeleau,
University
of
Waterloo
External reader:
Scott Sorli
The committee has been approved as authorized by the Graduate Studies Committee.
The Defence Examination will take place at:
10:00 am on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 (ARC 2026)
A copy of the thesis is available for perusal in ARC 2106A.
April Wong
Of
the
thesis
entitled:
Casting
the
Dollhouse
Abstract:
The
Dollhouse
is
a
model
of
domestic
life;
its
material
framework,
spatiality,
passage,
function
and
aesthetic
describe
the
architectural
construction
of
a
domestic
ideal.
Yet,
the
Dollhouse
is
not
simply
an
architectural
model;
it
is
made
specifically
to
house
a
Doll.
While
architecture
structures
the
movement
of
the
body,
social
constructions
mold
the
body
as
well
as
its
image.
Thus,
both
architectural
and
social
frameworks
come
together
simultaneously
to
form
the
cast
of
the
Dollhouse,
for
which
the
Doll
is
molded
to
fit.
But
now
she
is
trapped
inside
the
Dollhouse
-
her
fortress
and
asylum
-
held
captive
in
its
frames
and
assessed
on
how
well
she
fits:
if
she
has
been
trained
to
use
all
the
props,
if
she
can
suit
the
wardrobe,
and
play
the
pre-scripted
roles.
She
must
embody
the
Doll
in
order
to
find
a
place
of
belonging.
Thus
the
domestic
ideal
is
cast
in
exclusion
of
the
real
woman
inside
the
Doll,
whose
presence
becomes
a
screaming
absence
found
in
the
impressions
left
from
the
cast.
I
have
assembled
the
casts
of
four
Dollhouses
and
the
Dolls
made
to
fit
inside
them.
Fabricated
by
aninterplay
of
pairing
and
comparison,
a
formation
between
image
and
text,
it
is
the
meeting
of
two
surfaces,
of
inside
and
outside,
and
a
woman
in
between.
The
examining
committee
is
as
follows:
Supervisor:
Dereck
Revington,
University
of
Waterloo
Committee
Members:
Anne
Bordeleau,
University
of
Waterloo
Tammy
Gaber
,
Laurentian
University
External
Reader:
Dr.
Yvonne
Lammerich
The
committee
has
been
approved
as
authorized
by
the
Graduate
Studies
Committee.
The
Defence
Examination
will
take
place:
Tuesday,
December
10,
2013
11:30AM
Architecture
Room
2026
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC
2106A.
Sebastian Strobel
Of
the
thesis
entitled:
The
Residue
of
Flight
–
Investigations
into
the
Life
of
Matter
Abstract:
This
thesis
is
a
journey
that
unfolds
alongside
the
transformations
of
a
river
during
springtime.
Moods
and
movements
captured
by
Ted
Hughes
in
his
poem
Stump
Pool
in
April
inspire
a
series
of
explorations
that
set
out
to
express
the
affective
vectors
of
the
river’s
becoming
through
sculpture
and
architecture.
The
thesis
is
a
manifestation
of
this
search.
Arranged
as
a
narrative
in
five
chapters,
each
offers
an
account
of
the
emergence
of
the
five
works.
The
first
three
are
a
sculptural
response
to
each
stanza
of
the
poem:
Prometheus
manifest
the
river’s
phase-shift
from
ice
to
water,
Sky
Burial
from
water
to
steam
and
Icarus
the
passage
of
steam
rising
towards
the
sun.
Prometheus’
torment,
the
tearing
dispersal
of
the
body
during
a
funerary
ritual
and
the
ecstatic
flight
of
Icarus
are
caught
through
three
material
and
fire
based
experiments.
Chapter
four
reflects
on
these
works
while
investigating
the
conception
and
construction
of
the
Bruder
Klaus
Chapel
by
the
renowned
Swiss
architect
Peter
Zumthor.
The
fifth
chapter
moves
the
exploration
from
sculpture
to
architectural
design
deploying
the
lessons
learned
from
the
previous
works.
Forces
of
descent
rather
than
ascent
now
inform
the
creation
of
a
torrential
void,
A
Lover’s
Enclosure.
The
trajectory
in
each
work
and
through
the
series
is
guided
by
what
feels
right,
by
the
unpredictability
of
the
material
imagination,
working
by
hand,
forming
and
re-forming
reoccurring
themes
as
they
reverberate
and
transform
in
a
continuum
of
affective
transformations.
The
examining
committee
is
as
follows:
Supervisor:
Dereck
Revington,
University
of
Waterloo
Committee
Members:
Andrew
Levitt,
University
of
Waterloo
Ryszard
Sliwka,
University
of
Waterloo
External
Reader:
Bob
Wiljer,
Professor
Emeritus,
University
of
Waterloo
The
committee
has
been
approved
as
authorized
by
the
Graduate
Studies
Committee.
The
Defence
Examination
will
take
place:
Wednesday,
December
11
10:00AM
Architecture
Room
2026
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC
2106A.
Andrea Hunniford
Of
the
thesis
entitled:
Shelf
Space
&
Reading
Room:
A
Spatial
History
of
the
New
York
Public
Library
Abstract:
The
New
York
Public
Library's
Central
Building,
constructed
just
over
a
century
ago,
is
in
the
midst
of
a
major
renovation.
The
Library's
trustees
have
asked
the
architects
at
Foster
+
Partners
to
imagine
the
space
currently
occupied
by
the
research
collections'
closed
book
stacks
as
a
new,
publicly
accessible,
circulating
library.
The
administration's
public
relations
strategy
glosses
over
the
meaning
of
this
architectural
reinterpretation,
selling
the
renovation
plan
with
only
carefully
selected
historical
facts
and
opinions
that
show
support
for
the
project.
However,
this
narrative
is
deceiving;
it
oversimplifies
the
issues
at
stake.
Both
the
broader
New
York
Public
Library
system
and
Central
Library
in
particular
have
an
incredibly
complex
history.
The
influences
that
shaped
the
decision
to
build
the
42nd
Street
building,
its
design
and
construction,
and
subsequent
adaptations
over
the
past
century
demonstrate
an
important
relationship
between
the
objectives
of
the
institution
and
the
Central
Library's
architectural
form.
Therefore,
beneath
the
rhetoric
of
the
renovation,
beyond
the
positive
inclusion
of
a
main
circulating
branch
in
the
central
building,
lies
the
decision
to
remove
a
large
portion
of
the
circulating
collection
from
the
center
of
the
stronghold
built
to
house
it.
This
decision
undermines
the
unique
structure
of
the
New
York
Public
Library
as
one
of
the
world's
premier
research
institutions,
removing
the
heart
of
the
building.
The
examining
committee
is
as
follows:
Supervisor:
Robert
Jan
Van
Pelt,
University
of
Waterloo
Committee
Members:
Anne
Bordeleau,
University
of
Waterloo
Donald
McKay
,
University
of
Waterloo
External
Reader:
Sascha
Hastings,
Cambridge
Libraries
and
Galleries
The
committee
has
been
approved
as
authorized
by
the
Graduate
Studies
Committee.
The
Defence
Examination
will
take
place:
Friday,
December
13,
2013
10:45AM
Architecture
Room
3003
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC
2106A.
Justin Breg
Of
the
thesis
entitled:
Ab
Condita
Abstract:
Time
and
structure;
expectation
and
construction;
landscape
and
architecture;
history
and
myth.
The
foundation
is
a
joint
which
carries
extraordinary
potential
to
speak
of
the
cultures
that
built
it.
This
text
tells
stories
about
three
cultures
whose
identities
are
interwoven
with
their
foundation-building.
Tracing
a
path
among
the
distinct
ways
in
which
they
found,
it
values
the
foundation
as
a
marker
between
anticipating
and
making
in
the
architectural
process;
an
ambiguous
joint
between
land
and
building;
an
invisible
structure
of
the
surfaces
we
touch;
and
an
indicator
of
an
attitude
towards
time.
The narrative begins in Rome and concludes in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Canada. Both indigenous cultures represent extremes in notions of ‘foundation’: Rome’s tufa block substructures have borne buildings stratified over millennia; while the subarctic Omushkego Cree have traditionally had no permanent foundations, their building traces perceived in subtle differences of soil composition. A third base in the Netherlands is both a fulcrum and foil, as the nation’s diverse local and large-scale strategies negotiate heavy and light building traditions, and offer another distinct set of considerations in preparing ground.
The
aim
of
this
book
is
two-fold.
Firstly,
it
is
to
restore
the
foundation
to
the
purview
of
the
architect.
Groundwork
is
more
than
a
technical
puzzle:
it
is
also
a
deeply
imaginative
act.
Secondly,
this
text
seeks
to
understand
why
cultures
found
the
way
they
do,
and
to
give
consideration
to
the
unique
inheritances
offered
by
diverse
foundation-building
traditions.
The
examining
committee
is
as
follows:
Supervisor:
Committee members:
External reader:
Robert Jan Van Pelt, University of Waterloo