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Designing for Multi-Generational Living in the Sky
No full textIn response to a perceived gap in culturally-appropriate and adequate housing for families in Brampton, a suburb of the Greater Toronto Area, I conducted various explorations and engagements with the community. Through critical conversations with key stakeholders and community groups, explored in Edition 1, my findings led to the development of a final design proposal for multi-generational living within this regional context. Within this proposal, the integration of public programs and diverse housing design is combined with transit-oriented design principles, with overlapping considerations from the unit scale to the urban scale
About Junk and Hanging Out
No full textWhen I show people the results of my undergraduate thesis research, after the successful final review, I have two options. The first is the photos from the sunlit review room, with my own makeshift table supporting the model and my laptop, another makeshift table overflowing with zines and manuals, and two walls of sketches, drawings, and photographs. There is, however, a complete-ness about those photos that is disingenuous, as I insist that this work is ongoing and to be elaborated upon in the coming years.
The second option is the photos of various piles of garbage that I have, in equal measure, accumulated and re-worked. Though perhaps less bureaucratic, I present it here
Making From Practice
No full textFor this second edition, I wanted to carry over the spirit of self-reflexive artistic habits and attempt to create my first official ‘piece’ from oil paints. After recovering from the defeat of my initial test paintings, I used that momentum to practice and progress my skills as the basis for the piece. I now shift my analysis on my creative process to a project-based lens instead of a skill training-based one, through brainstorming, preparing, and executing a full art piece; a multimedia sculpture/ textile piece titled Markmaking
Scars: When they can no longer feel the pain
No full textIn this project, we aim to document the ordinary women around us, those who have spent their entire lives in small towns, overwhelmed in menial chores. They represent a minority online, but the majority in real life. Accustomed to self-sacrifice and inept at expressing their feelings, they often respond to pain with silence or disregard. They may not have made what society considers ‘great’ accomplishments, but they have shouldered the responsibilities of cooking, laundry, childcare, social obligations along with countless trivial chores. However, as Nancy Fraser pointed out, non-monetized care work is taken for granted as “free and infinitely available gifts, which require no attention or replenishment.” The female bodies involved in housework are frequently overlooked, as is their ability in social reproduction
artifacts of observation
No full textFor my thesis, I had been researching the history of the applicational and theoretical rift between the principles of quantum theory and classical physics. In addressing this disconnect, there is an inevitable reference to the role of the observer in materializing the universe and contributing to its discontinuities. Quantum mechanics describes the interactions of subatomic objects; whereas general relativity (a classical theory) describes gravity as the distortions in Einstein’s space-time fabric induced by the motion of massive objects
A Conversation with Nessie Nankivell
No full textNessie Nankivell is a PhD student and GIS analyst with a focus on infrastructure development, impact assessment, and gender. Her work focuses on the Ring of Fire mining development in Northern Ontario and novel approaches to visualizing how industrial development impacts Treaty rights. She is a research partner with Neskantaga First Nation with whom she is co-developing community-led mapping tools that can be used to protect Indigenous jurisdiction. Using design methods attained as an assistant researcher at Forensic Architecture, she hopes to use counter-mapping and situated testimony to create new evidentiary techniques for colonial violence
Re-Centring First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Narratives
No full textMapping, often perceived as a technical or neutral act, is fundamentally political. It is an act of selection: emphasizing some realities while excluding others, embedding subjective worldviews into seemingly objective forms. Every line drawn, every label inscribed, asserts biases, assumptions, and partialities of its maker. In this sense, mapping is never neutral—it is a site of power, negotiation, and imagination. By engaging in a critical and reflective drafting process that acknowledges its partiality, we aim to contribute to the unsettling of dominant narratives and the creation of space for more ethical, relational forms of representation and engagement
Tanti sacrifici da compiere: La raffigurazione della Maddalena nel pannello di Gherardo del Fora
No full textIn the latter half of the Quattrocento, the Italian painter Gherardo del Fora executed a small panel painting likely intended for a convent in Florence. In doing so, he rendered an image of Saint Mary Magdalen that deviates from the majority of representations that survive today. Where artists like Donatello had shown the saint haggard and almost disturbingly expressive, Gherardo\u27s Magdalen is slim, though not emaciated, and peaceful, despite the tears visible on her cheeks. This paper offers an interpretation of this choice through analysis of the panel’s composition and consideration of contemporary theories about penance, silence, and devotion made popular by Florentine Archbishop Antoninus that were often prioritized for female religious life. In doing so, it becomes possible to imagine the reception of the panel by its likely-intended female viewer.Nel secondo quattrocento, il pittore italiano Gherardo del Fora realizzò in pittura un piccolo pannello probabilmente destinato a un convento a Firenze. Nel farlo, raffigurò un\u27immagine di Santa Maria Maddalena distinta dalla maggior parte delle altre rappresentazioni giunte nel periodo. Mentre artisti come Donatello raffigurarono la santa in un aspetto emaciato e quasi inquietante, la Maddalena di Gherardo è sottile, ma non magra, e serena, nonostante le lacrime visibili sulla guancia. Questo articolo offre un\u27interpretazione di questa scelta pittoresca analizzando la composizione della tavola e considerando le teorie rese popolari dal contemporaneo arcivescovo fiorentino Antoninius a proposito della penitenza, il silenzio e la devozione, che spesso erano considerate prioritarie nella vita religiosa femminile. Così diventa possibile immaginare la ricezione della tavola da parte del pubblico femminile, a cui era probabilmente destinata
Economia, politica e gerarchia sociale ne I promessi sposi di Manzoni
No full textEconomics is the study of the consumption and production of a country’s various resources. How are resources being distributed amongst social classes? Is the production of various resources sufficient? Questions such as these have been topics of debate amongst government officials for centuries, and 17th century Italy was no exception. Through war and plague Italy’s economy went through a major decline, and Alessandro Manzoni took inspiration from these hardships and explored them in his historically realistic novel: The Betrothed. In this novel, the reader follows Renzo and Lucia, two young peasants yearning to get married, only to be driven apart by nobleman Don Rodrigo. Through this adolescent love story Manzoni comments on the state of the economy, the government\u27s political decisions, and the social hierarchy of the time period. This essay will explore Manzoni’s outlook of these topics while understanding his religious ideals and analyze how that impacted his opinions. Overall, this essay seeks to prove that The Betrothed is much more than a love story and showcase why it is one of the most popular novels in Italian history.L\u27economia è lo studio del consumo e della produzione delle varie risorse di un paese. Come vengono distribuite le risorse tra le classi sociali? è sufficiente la sua produzione? Domande come queste sono state oggetto di dibattito tra i funzionari governativi per secoli, e la penisola italiana seicentesca non fece eccezione. A causa della guerra e della peste, l\u27economia italiana subì un forte declino, e Alessandro Manzoni si ispirò a queste difficoltà e le esplorò nel suo romanzo storico realistico: I promessi sposi. In questo romanzo, il lettore segue Renzo e Lucia, due contadini giovani che desiderano sposarsi, ma che vengono separati dal nobile Don Rodrigo. Attraverso questa storia d\u27amore adolescenziale, Manzoni commenta lo stato dell\u27economia, le decisioni politiche del governo e la gerarchia sociale del periodo. Questo saggio esplora il punto di vista di Manzoni a proposito di questi argomenti, comprendendo i suoi ideali religiosi e analizzando le loro influenze sull\u27opinione dell-autore. Insomma, questo saggio cerca di dimostrare che I promessi sposi è molto più di una storia d\u27amore e di spiegare perché è uno dei romanzi più importanti della letteratura storica italiana
