Boutin, MarcTruchon, Will2017-12-182017-12-182011http://hdl.handle.net/1880/105278Bibliography: p. 63Thesis is in colour.Includes oversized pages.This is a design option for a "living machine" to serve as a multi-family dwelling where natural systems coexist with the inhabitants and also provide subsistence services. This project intends to contribute to a sustainable paradigm required for an anticipated post-petroleum and post-suburb society. Among other practices it will embody still-emergent technologies of onsite power generation, urban agriculture, water resources management and waste management combined with live/work lifestyles and their vital interface with the urban context.63 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Living spacemaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/4277