A Trail of Two Cities: Suturing Together Crown and Town
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As symbols of national identity that must simultaneously function as cities of everyday life, political capitals are pulled between opposing obligations. With the role of a nation's Capital comes the need for buildings of monumental significance, in particular, parliamentary precincts and related network of supporting administrative buildings. The presence of a federal seat of power can result in a splitting of the city in two, whereby the formalistic buildings of government coexist alongside the informal city of the everyday. In many capitals, including Ottawa, the architectural languages of these two cities are in stark contrast. This thesis develops an architectural vocabulary to bridge together Ottawa’s formal and informal realms within the downtown core. A kit of parts comprised of formal and casual architectural components, and a use-logic for how to deploy this kit, provides a strategy for overcoming the implied boundary between Ottawa’s quotidian and capital realms.
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Copyright © 2016 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
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