Designing Place Specificity in a Rural Coastal Community
This thesis explores how place specificity can lead to new economic opportunities and act to strengthen community. Place specificity refers to the morphological and climatic qualities of a given site, and how human activity engages with it. The testing ground is Port Medway, Nova Scotia, Canada. Thi...
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ftdalhouse:oai:DalSpace.library.dal.ca:10222/58978 2023-05-15T17:32:21+02:00 Designing Place Specificity in a Rural Coastal Community Hemeon, Adam School of Architecture Master of Architecture Andrea Kahn Steve Parcell Cristina Verissimo Catherine Venart Not Applicable 2015-07-31T14:06:34Z http://hdl.handle.net/10222/58978 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/10222/58978 Architecture Nova Scotia Vernacular Architecture Place Specificity Socioeconomic Growth Oyster Hatchery 2015 ftdalhouse 2022-03-13T00:10:38Z This thesis explores how place specificity can lead to new economic opportunities and act to strengthen community. Place specificity refers to the morphological and climatic qualities of a given site, and how human activity engages with it. The testing ground is Port Medway, Nova Scotia, Canada. This town is situated within a series of interconnected conditions that have effect at different scales, informing the qualities of its place. Located along the North Atlantic coast, the Medway Harbour’s geography protects both its waters and its settlements from the forces of the ocean. Port Medway sits therein, facing a major river mouth where it converges with the ocean; this condition was the town’s lifeblood. Various events severed this connection to the river and harbour, and with it socioeconomic stability. This thesis proposes re-linking the town to this specificity of place as a means to achieve economic and community growth. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic Dalhousie University: DalSpace Institutional Repository Canada |
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This thesis explores how place specificity can lead to new economic opportunities and act to strengthen community. Place specificity refers to the morphological and climatic qualities of a given site, and how human activity engages with it. The testing ground is Port Medway, Nova Scotia, Canada. This town is situated within a series of interconnected conditions that have effect at different scales, informing the qualities of its place. Located along the North Atlantic coast, the Medway Harbour’s geography protects both its waters and its settlements from the forces of the ocean. Port Medway sits therein, facing a major river mouth where it converges with the ocean; this condition was the town’s lifeblood. Various events severed this connection to the river and harbour, and with it socioeconomic stability. This thesis proposes re-linking the town to this specificity of place as a means to achieve economic and community growth. |
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School of Architecture Master of Architecture Andrea Kahn Steve Parcell Cristina Verissimo Catherine Venart Not Applicable |
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Designing Place Specificity in a Rural Coastal Community |
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