Rick Haldenby works in the areas of Architectural History, Theory and Design. The distinct geographical and chronological foci to his research are connected by an overarching interest in cultural space, political space, pedestrian space, urban intensity, and architecture as a form of cultural expression. His work in Rome and Italy includes ancient archaeology, urban form, and the history and poetics of the Roman Villa. Closer to home and closer in time, He studies the architectural and urban development in the post-second world war period, with particular attention to southern Ontario and Waterloo Region. The main themes in his work are: industrial architecture and the daylight factory, the adoption of modernism in the post-war period, the local culture of modernism in Waterloo Region, architecture and the expansion of the education system, patterns of urban sprawl and intensification, architectural heritage and adaptive re-use, design in the mid-size city and cultural sites and spaces.
He consults with private and public entities, cultural organizations and municipal agencies on matters of policy, planning and design and enages graduate students in this work.
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