THESIS WORK / States of Dependency / Kyle Brill
Kyle Brill’s ongoing thesis work States of Dependency registers the spatial manifestations of power in areas of geopolitical tension specifically looking at the Israeli-Palestinian borders of conflict.
The Big Fat Family
Prianka Smita shares the narrative of her first encounters with the family of the Shakhari Bazar, a traditional street of narrow storefronts in an old neighbourhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
THESIS: Cycle City: Generating a Cycling Culture in Toronto
Stephen Wenzel will defend his thesis entitled Cycle City: Generating a Cycling Culture in Toronto on Monday February 9th at 12pm in room 2026. His thesis investigates how the design of cycling infrastructure can act as a catalyst for a the growth of a cycling culture.
THESIS WORK / House (Craft) / Kate Jackson
THESIS WORK features Kate Jackson’s development of her thesis HOUSE (CRAFT) which proposes a “relocatable” housing typology for the millennial generation which appropriates underutilized parking lots to build vibrant communities.
On Laying Out your Thesis in InDesign
Recently defended student Vikkie Chen has compiled a comprehensive guide to formatting a thesis in InDesign covering everything from front matter to end notes, paragraph styles to figure lists. For any current graduate student working on their thesis or even undergraduates building their portfolio, her guide is extremely helpful.
THESIS: Galt Agora: Vision for a Pedestrian Fabric in the City of Cambridge
Boian Dabov will defend his thesis entitled Galt Agora: Vision for a Pedestrian Fabric in the City of Cambridge on Wednesday January 28 at 2PM in the E-Classroom. His thesis proposes a hybrid public architecture which appropriates underutilized parking lots to generate vibrant public space for the Galt community.
THESIS: Adaptive Balconies
Sheida Shahi will defend her thesis entitled Adaptive Balconies on Monday January 19, 2015 6:30PM in ARC 2026. Her thesis proposes an open design system for tower renewal projects in Toronto using the balcony as a tool for shaping urban form.
THESIS: Capturing Atmospheric Moisture — Towards a Local Water Catchment
Miriam Ho will defend her thesis on Sunday, January 18th at 1pm in the Architecture Photo Studio. The thesis presents a strategy for designing a textile that passively collects moisture to augment the local water catchment at the Aral Sea. Capturing Atmospheric Moisture — Towards a Local Water Catchment Abstract by Miriam Ho The desertification of the Aral Sea in Central Asia is an iconic example of the devastating local consequences of large-scale water diversion....
THESIS: No Common Ground
Kathryn Schwartzkopf will defend her thesis “No Common Ground: Atlas of Resistance and Control during the 2010 Toronto G20 Summit” on Monday January 19th at 6pm in the Lecture Hall. Her work focuses on how crowds moved through and appropriated space in downtown Toronto during the protest demonstrations, examining how the security apparatus reconfigured the space of the city in order to control public movement.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Student Work
Would you like to see your work on the BRIDGE website? We invite students to submit their past or ongoing studio projects, course work and thesis progress to submit@waterlooarchitecture.com for our ongoing Student Work series.