[Re]Interpreting Iqaluit's Social Housing Archetypes
This thesis investigates Iqaluit’s social housing. Overcrowding, disease, and inferior construction are just a few of the problems that have persisted since the beginning of the housing programs in Canada’s Arctic. “Nuna-Slums” are crippling the socio-economic growth of Nunavut. Northern challenges...
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ftcarletonuniv:oai:curve.carleton.ca:16702 2023-05-15T14:52:46+02:00 [Re]Interpreting Iqaluit's Social Housing Archetypes Borg, Jason Warren 2014 https://curve.carleton.ca/3561b739-15ba-44a8-b803-28332a0e37d8 http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b3644969 https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2014-10249 unknown https://curve.carleton.ca/3561b739-15ba-44a8-b803-28332a0e37d8 http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b3644969 https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2014-10249 Thesis/Dissertation 2014 ftcarletonuniv https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2014-10249 2022-01-23T08:24:34Z This thesis investigates Iqaluit’s social housing. Overcrowding, disease, and inferior construction are just a few of the problems that have persisted since the beginning of the housing programs in Canada’s Arctic. “Nuna-Slums” are crippling the socio-economic growth of Nunavut. Northern challenges require unique solutions. Architects and other industry professionals need to re-interpret the standard Canadian housing model through a participatory approach to allow for the Inuit lifestyle. This thesis explores alternative methods to lower housing costs and source new capital. Social housing in Iqaluit has been sub-par over the years; how can we reinterpret the existing archetypes to better design housing that adapts to Inuit needs and overcome Arctic challenges? Solutions will focus on adaptation and flexibility while remapping the existing paradigms and instituting new praxis. Thesis Arctic inuit Iqaluit Nunavut CURVE - Carleton University Research Virtual Environment Arctic Nunavut |
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This thesis investigates Iqaluit’s social housing. Overcrowding, disease, and inferior construction are just a few of the problems that have persisted since the beginning of the housing programs in Canada’s Arctic. “Nuna-Slums” are crippling the socio-economic growth of Nunavut. Northern challenges require unique solutions. Architects and other industry professionals need to re-interpret the standard Canadian housing model through a participatory approach to allow for the Inuit lifestyle. This thesis explores alternative methods to lower housing costs and source new capital. Social housing in Iqaluit has been sub-par over the years; how can we reinterpret the existing archetypes to better design housing that adapts to Inuit needs and overcome Arctic challenges? Solutions will focus on adaptation and flexibility while remapping the existing paradigms and instituting new praxis. |
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