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.
The Bridges of Hope Courtyard : an exploration of a user driven therapeutic landscape
Macra, Monica
2002
This document is organized around the metaphor of a plant, because plants are a unique symbol of cycles, life and death. Plants have evolved specialized and interconnected components such as roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seed that play chronologically orchestrated roles in their growth. In the same fashion, each chapter of this study is . . .
Bark Park : a social hub for dogs and their owners
Alary, Chantal Lyse
2002
This practicum topic is not about convincing people to like dogs, letting dogs roam around free, or whether you are a so-called 'dog' person. lt is about dog owners' right to green space, and foremost, the opportunity to meet specific user needs through design. . . .
Acoustic landscape ecology and the urban environment
Somers, Bob G.
2002
The goal of this practicum is to develop a document for Landscape Architects and other Urban Designers that identifies the spatial relationships between sound and the everyday North American urban environment using the concept of Acoustic Landscape Ecology. This body of work attempts to act as a primer/inspiration for rethinking the process of our . . .
Modern urban ruins : landscapes of decay
Fershau, Robert
2002
The ruins' story allows me to grow as an individual, to ponder the minute to the immense, life and death. lt is a story of being born, growing old and dying. lt is a simple story. There lies an innate understanding of time and meaning within their silence. But the true beauty of the ruin is how it allows you to design your own story. By creating th . . .
Experiential adjacencies and spatial overlaps : skateboarding in the urban environment
Veres, Christopher J.
2002
What is the relationship of recreation to the everyday landscape such as the parking lots, strip malls or downtown sidewalks? There is a large group of people in society who engage in their own specific type of activity in these spaces - utilizing it in an un-organized fashion as a place of self-expression, discovery and exploration. This study exa . . .
Configuring urban flows : space syntax, the market/plaza and the foundation of a sustainable city in Portland, OR
Sheie, Andrew
2002
The configuration of space in the city is a fundamental aspect of the social, cultural, economic, and political functioning our societies. Far from being an inert element in which events take place and daily exchanges occur, space has a subtle but powerful effect on the structure of society itself. Indeed, to a great extent space is the means by wh . . .