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.
Guiding issues of artificial light use in urban landscape architecture
Van Gorp, Adrian J.
2000-08-01
The principles of human expectation, safety and security, legibility, and physiological characteristics of the human eye and brain all contribute to the perception of urban outdoor space at night. Illuminating engineering, lighting design, and environmental psychology have contributed to a greater understanding of these principles and their impact . . .
Rediscovering and recovering the front yard, a study of garden yard meaning and owner attitudes
Jurkow, Gillian
2000-08-01
Viewing landscapes as expressions of the people who inhabit them, this study seeks to gain a better understanding of the broader implications of an emerging landscape--the garden yard. The study highlights the dual aspects of this landscape. In particular, the front yard is revealed to be a place where the innovation of new landscape forms occurs s . . .
Making it home, the invention of the prairie landscape
Wasney, Patricia
2000-08-01
People shape and are shaped by the environments in which they live. Humans alter the physical landscape to satisfy the universal desire to feel at home in those places and their cultural activities inform and are informed by their environments. Home, therefore, is not a static thing but a constantly evolving set of beliefs. The prairie landscape is . . .
The private ornamental gardens at Rideau Hall, an investigation into the historical development and recommendations for the main terrace
Singh, Andrea
2000-05-01
This practicum focuses on The Main Terrace within the Private Ornamental Gardens at Rideau Hall, the Governor General private domain in Ottawa, Canada. This area of study has been selected, as it has historically been the most heavily altered area within the Private Ornamental Gardens. The objective of the practicum is to research the chronological . . .
Manifestations of community based agriculture in the urban landscape, a Canadian compendium and four Winnipeg case studies
Hall, Emma V.
2000-05-01
This practicum is comprised of research into Canadian community-based urban agricultural practices and four case studies of projects in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Through the use of a literature review to investigate relevant urban agricultural issues it was established that community based urban agriculture is a large and complex topic that c . . .
Wayfinding by people with visual impairments in the exterior urban environment
Carreon, Ricardo Sevilla
2000-05-01
The purpose of this study was to explore and compare the wayfinding experiences of people with full vision and people with visual impairments. The main objective was to test the street environment to find the areas that limited and facilitated the wayfinding activity of people. The study occurred between 1997 and 1999 and was modeled after Finkel's . . .