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.
Fashion + landscape : a bricolage navigation
Benningen, Lise
2006
This design thesis explores bricolage as an alternative research methodology in design. It seeks to generate rather than reduce a relationship between two disciplines: fashion and landscape architecture. The bricolage map guides the research by elucidating linkages and divergences between formulated "fields": fold, metaphor, dialectical image, hapt . . .
What lies beneath : rediscovering the wall in an urban environment
Andrushko, Melanie
2006
The walls that are presented in our landscapes are more than the facades of architectural structures. Walls have many forms and they contribute to the formation of different types of landscape spaces. They exist in many places and they are created due to a variety of circumstances and processes. Furthermore, understanding the many types of walls ca . . .
Unearthing Pipestone : a design strategy for the proposed Pipestone Creek Dinosaur Museum
Glendinning, Kathryn Jane
2006
The discovery of one of the world's most dense dinosaur bonebeds, which holds the remains of a previously unknown species of dinosaur, creates a unique set of issues not only from the perspective of the palaeontologist, but also from the perspective of the site designer. How can the realms of science and tourism work together? How does one speciali . . .
Finding the connection : a proposal for a greenway through the northeast area of Winnipeg
Coley, Tara
2006
This practicum encompasses the exploration and design of a network of continuous greenway connections that will flow through the northeast City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The greenway will be sensitive to all users such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, and wildlife and serve as a template to continue the circuit of connections throughout th . . .
Grain belt park: urban integration through downtown ballpark development
Hirota, Aaron Thomas
2005-01-13
The goal of this practicum is to promote urban integration through the design of a ballpark development in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The project focuses on baseball’s wide appeal and status in American culture as a catalyst to provide new development and meaningful places in the downtown. The new ballpark and supporting new development are t . . .
Redefining infrastructure in a suburban context : focusing on the Bishop Grandin corridor
Znidarsic, Barbara Anne
2005
The intent of this practicum is to reevaluate the role of infrastructure and how it is incorporated into a suburban context in the City of Winnipeg. The visible aspects of systems within an infrastructure corridor, in particular hydro-electric lines, land drainage systems, railway, and transportation routes, are the focus of the study. The project . . .
