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Optimizing mobility to marginalize interruption, a framework for facility management professionals that integrates virtual officing as a component of business continuity planning
(1998-04-01)
Interruptions in business are costly events to the organization, the workforce and the general community. Business continuity planning reduces the chance of interruption. However, often the methods prescribed involve costly ...
Construction through critique, the dialogic form of design studio teaching and learning
(2001-08-01)
This thesis is situated in design education. It is a study about a dominant form of educational activity--the design studio critique. The design critique is a unique form of educational engagement. The critique is fundamentally ...
Modifying homes to accommodate disabilities, can interior design professionals facilitate the process?
(2000-05-01)
Changes in health care and an aging population create an increasing need to modify homes to accommodate disabilities. This study considered whether interior design professionals can play a role in facilitating the process ...
Building community through performing identity: the green room bistro & lounge
(2012-08-21)
The objective of this practicum project was to address the lack of overall cohesion of identity and culture in Winnipeg’s Cultural District through the development of a Bistro and Lounge. Theoretical concepts of placemaking ...
Finding hope in Zen: a design of a women's transitional housing facility
(2012-09-07)
Domestic violence against women and children is a significant international issue. There are many obstacles survivors face, and the problem is more complex than is often perceived. This interior design practicum responds ...
The new gallery: interior design for new media
(2012-09-20)
The space occupied by New Media is elusive. Its inherent omnipresence is yet another example of the loss of physicality of the information age. The contemporary gallery⎯- the white cube -⎯functions as a pseudo-religious ...
Beyond LEED: Constructing a bridge to biomimicry for Canadian interior design educators
(2015)
Interior designers require advanced sustainable strategies beyond the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system to expand their ecological accountability. Biomimicry is a biology inspired design ...
Finding identity through design: re-envisioning Ikwe-Widdjiitiwin, an Aboriginal women’s shelter
(2014-01-10)
Domestic violence is a pervasive social problem among Canada’s Aboriginal population, occurring at a rate three times higher than the national average. Historical factors including colonization, residential schools, and ...
Spacializing narratives: informing the adaptive reuse of the St-Boniface Fire Hall No.1
(2011-12-21)
This interior design practicum investigates how narratives linked to the St-Boniface Fire Hall No.1, located in Winnipeg, can inform its adaptive reuse. Its oral history gathered in part through interviewing past users ...
The path of increasing awareness: applying new models for experiential design
(2012-01-26)
The exploration of developing digital components and integrating technology with design informs a new model for retail design. This model responds to its users and lets them engage more with the space than the traditional ...