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Item Open Access A bahá'í temple for Canada(2003) Khodarahmi-Bron, Susanna A.; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access A Bahá’í temple for Canada(2003) Khodarahmi-Bron, Susanna A.; McMordie, Michael J.Using the piece of land in Markham, Ontario, purchased by the Bahá’í community for the eventual actualization of the first Bahá’í Temple in Canada, the intent of this Master’s Degree Project is to propose a design for that purpose. In pursuit of this objective, research is done exploring the characteristics of a Bahá’í Temple, using both religious texts and a study of precedent, reviewing possibilities for experimentation. A brief overview of symbolism and sacred place is conducted, beginning with general terms, and then examining a few relevant Bahá’í examples, such as the number nine. Subsequently, a short study of Canadian culture and architecture is done, examining possibilities of expression, in addition to subsequent design influences. After a fairly thorough site analysis, a method of design development is devised, resulting in the final product: A Bahá’í Temple for Canada.Item Open Access A centre for western Canadian history(1994) Laing, Grant Thomas; McMordie, Michael J.Item Embargo A child's world: the design of a day care centre for the University of Calgary(1981) Palmer, Marilyn G.; McMordie, Michael J.The objective of the Ma ster's Degree Project is to demonstrate proficiency in design through the schematic design of a Day Care Centre for sixty children for the University of Calgary. The design of the Centre is based on a Facility Programme (Appendix I), developed in part from the Recommendations for Child Care Centres by Gary T. Moore, et al, of the University of Wisconsin and in part from the spec1f1c requirements of the University of Calgary Day Care Centre administration. The design is developed to the schematic level and is described graphically by a site plan, a floor plan, two sections, four elevations, an exterior perspective, three interior perspectives and a typical wall section. The text accompanying the drawings describes the intent of the design under the headings of function, form and context. Concepts such as 'Age-Related Places', 'Home Clusters', 'Play Precincts', 'Open Circulation', and 'Modified Open Plan' have contributed to the functional organization of the building. The form is generated primarily by a hexagonal geometry, an intimate indoor-outdoor connection and concepts related to zoning and image. The proposal also responds to contextual issues such as topography, existing vegetation, orientation, adjacent land use, services and access.Item Open Access A City within the suburb: a community densification project in Richmond, B.C.(1987) Lo, John Hoi Shan; McMordie, Michael J.Item Embargo A Design for a condominium apartment project(1983) Clark, Deborah Viva, 1954-; McMordie, Michael J.This Master's Degree Project is an exploration of quality as it relates to the design of a condominium apartment home. It defines quality in experiential terms, as a parameter which goes beyond measuring utility or construction. It proposes design objectives which facilitate this kind of quality which will make the environment more meaningful. Finally the design project illustrates the utilization of the objectives in a proposal for a thirty-six unit apartment condominium, situated in Lower Mount Royal, Calgary. Chapter One presents the background to this project, and outlines the process for defining the objectives. Chapter Two presents the design objectives, with a discussion of each objective and a proposed means to achieve it. Chapter Three presents the design concepts for the project. Chapter Four includes a complete set of drawings.Item Embargo A Design for an infill home: a discussion and illustration of the role of detail in an architectural project(1982) Burgoyne, Miles J., 1953-; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access A Design for Calgary's Danish Canadian Club(1991) Peterson, Chris; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access A multiuse base facility daylodge proposal for the red mountain ski club, rossland, b.c.(1984) Measure, Harry Vincent; McMordie, Michael J.Item Embargo A self-contained senior citizen housing design(1980) Tennent, Colin Forsyth; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access Anatomization station: an aerial tramway terminal for the summit of Moose Mountain(2002) Russell, Thomas; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access Architecture for the mind(1990) Kick, Urs; McMordie, Michael J.Item Embargo Calgary architecture, 1875-1915(1976) Utas, Gregory P.; McMordie, Michael J.Item Embargo Colbourne Street: a mixed-use redevelopment in downtown Toronto(1977) Hirano, Robert K.; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access Come to the cabaret: adaptive re-use of the Lougheed building(2003) Durrie, Jacqueline Mary; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access Expo station - the unbuilt legacy of the Calgary expo 2005(2004) Mackett, Richard; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access Finding community in the midst of chaos: the social construction of Calgary's mission area(2005) Coyne, Michelle Margeret; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access Historic Districts and Their Role as Sustainable Regenerators of Downtown City Life(2011) Neill, David Leigh; Stein, Stanley M.; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access Innovative northern housing(1991) McLauchlan, Dianne Sarah; McMordie, Michael J.Item Open Access Living in the inner city: a proposal for the residential development of Calgary's East Village(1987) Down, David A.; McMordie, Michael J.This study proposes a design strategy for the redevelopment of the "East Village", a deteriorated area of Calgary's inner city, as a residential neighbourhood. Using eighteen architectural drawings, a conceptual neighbourhood site plan is presented and the schematic design of a mixed-use commercial and residential building - developed to illustrate the overall design principles. The accompanying document discusses these principles and their derivation from an investigation of the North American phenomenon of downtown rejuvenation as well as of the idea of the inner city "neighbourhood", specifically in the Calgary context. An historical overview of multiple family and mixed-use building types and a review of local precedents provides additional inspiration for the design decisions. This information, together with careful analysis of the site itself and of its existing and projected population, results in a design which is intended to encourage the evolution of an intimately scaled residential quarter housing a diversity of uses and users. The proposed building typopology is street- oriented and block-edging, and the site plan emphasizes the creation of a defined public realm and the provision of a number of key community amenities. The bibliography list works on urban design . and the history, theory and behavioral and social aspects of multiple family housing design.