GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Search or browse through research completed by MLA graduates at the University of Manitoba. Our goal is to create a collective research database for all Landscape Architecture programs across Canada.
Echoes of experience: the narrative forces of the Qu'Appelle Valley
Lang, Amanda M.
2010-01-11
Echoes of Experience: The Narrative Forces of the Qu’Appelle Valley explores the possibility of playing on the picturesque notion of a ‘folly’ within this Southern Saskatchewan valley. By incorporating an understanding of the physical and narrative forces that have shaped the valley as both place and space, speculative interventions are proposed th . . .
Transparent hillsides: defining a new direction for development in Chongqing
Sands, Charles
2010-01-11
In developing a set of guidelines for development in Chongqing this paper has first contextualized the city in terms of Chinese urban design history. This urban history is argued to have been shaped by three distinct eras of authoritarian rule: Imperial rule, from the 8th century B.C. to the 19th century; Maoist rule, from 1949-1978; and post-Mao c . . .
Towards a sustainable landscape for Lahore
Khan, Hamid Ullah
2010
The intention of this practicum is to demonstrate that a sustainable landscape in Lahore will be less costly to maintain and will be more durable, energy efficient, and helpful to the creation of ecological balance (by contributing to the process of air purification), ground water recharge, bioremediation, storm water runoff retardation, oxygen reg . . .
Project ONE
Mitra, Indrajit
2010
Project ONE is a journey about discovery and the explanation of a design process that was used to disclose the idea of beauty, and how this process was then applied in a project to fulfil a desire, as a designer, to create a ‘beautiful’ landscape. This process was utilized to design a proposal for an existing site, which is located on the grounds o . . .
Women in transition: the landscape as a catalyst for community & change
Wall, Jennifer
2009-11-13
Criminalized women are a segregated population in society due to their few numbers and it has only been recently that the correctional system has responded to their gender-related needs and has orchestrated programs and services to rehabilitate them for society. Many criminalized women are mothers. Many criminalized women are Aboriginal. Many crimi . . .
Stealing a look on your way to life: public art and the relationship to landscape architecture
Marajh, Tamara
2009-11-13
Landscape architecture has a dynamic relationship with public art. While public art may enhance a designed landscape, its success is not dependent on it. However, the sensation of how a public art piece is situated in a landscape and responds to its audience can be greatly enhanced with the help and knowledge of landscape architecture. Artists can . . .
