The railway companies have played a formative role in building our nation. Many towns and cities across Canada grew up around a railway station. Many tracks and railway lands are located along the shores of lakes or at the junction of rivers thus forming a barrier between the community and its waterfront. Now, as the transportation industry changes . . .

This practicum explores the utility of the mostly barren and desert-like roof space of our residential buildings. The concept is to reclaim an otherwise uninhabited roof top and transform it into a pleasant and enjoyable recreational space, an "Oasis in the Sky". The concepts is manifested through the location of activity zones and the design of as . . .

Daycares near city centers use public streets every day. This practicum looks at how spaces on a commercial street could be modified to help daycare participants become more comfortable and more involved in their surroundings. A literature review was conducted in order to unearth how young children grow and learn, the role of play in their growth, . . .

Winnipeg, like most North American cities, employs a stormwater conveyance system to remove surface runoff. It also imports potable water for use in a variety of capacities, some of which do not require potable-quality water. The potential exists for the use of runoff as a potential source for, or subsidization of, potable water supplies for specif . . .

The withdrawal of the Redemptorist Order from the village of Ste-Anne-des-Chenes, Manitoba, has left a culturally significant site available to the opportunity for development. The vacancy of the site in combination with encroachments into the site, and the changing role of the church in community has led to the neglect of a site that has played a . . .

Ruins are a curious attraction. Since the eighteenth century they have been appreciated as such without much real thought beyond metaphor as to why. The attraction of ruins as well as their inherent attributes of destruction, incompleteness and uselessness has coincided through history with certain periods referred to by some as decadent phases. Th . . .