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Architectural Lifeworld: Exploring Meanings of Spatial Environments for Residents in Dementia Care
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This study explores the architectural lifeworlds in three dementia care buildings in Alberta, Canada, helping architects better understand the meanings of architectural spaces to people with dementia. Addressing the practical design issue of evidence-based design guidelines challenging...
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Fall 2013
It is often assumed during product design that the product will be used by individuals who have two working eyes, ears, legs, feet, hands in addition to the ability to mentally process information in a very coherent way. Such assumptions during the design process negate the experiences of people...
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Spring 2018
Although the desire is strong among Canadaâs rapidly aging population to age-in-place, research reveals few have adequately prepared their current homes to support them later in life. While environmental gerontologists and occupational therapists have studied the meaning of home and the impact...
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Fall 2020
This is the story of nearly thirty years of my work where I aimed to support the creation of culturally appropriate architecture and the promotion of sustainable building practices. Much of this work was directed towards the development of culturally appropriate, energy efficient housing in the...
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Spring 2013
People working in the western Canadian oil industry are often exposed to adverse working conditions, extreme environments and hazardous equipment. With a focus on functional clothing design, this study aimed at investigating, specifying and developing improved garment systems for workers in the...
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Integral Urbanism: Investigating the Materiality and Spatiality of the University of Alberta Quadrangle
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The university quadrangle is a space that exists on the majority of North American campuses, yet detailed investigation into the creation, existence and perpetuation of the quadrangle has been minimal. Considering how universities look to distinguish themselves from one another in search of the...
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Fall 2016
Dressing is an activity taken for granted until a person’s balance and synchronized movements are impaired due to illness, injury, disease, or surgery. This study conceptualized and operationalized the clothing taskscape (CT)—selecting, shopping, dressing, toileting, eating, exercising, sleeping,...
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StrC–Rich Prospect Taxonomy on Structural Colour: A Tool for Research to Connect Scientific Knowledge on Nature and Biomimetic Design Innovation
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This research project investigated the nature of colour from a biocentered and biomimetic perspective. Biomimicry or biomimetics (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is an emerging multidisciplinary field and a new methodology that offers successful and time-tested models of...
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Fall 2018
Background to this dissertation: In 2012 I began a creative collaboration in the Tłı̨chǫ region of the Northwest Territories. Over a period of 18 months I worked with community elders and youth in the creation of an animated film (based on a historic oral story). This PhD is a continuation of...