Learning from Sudburbanism: An Identity-Based Infill Framework for Downtown Sudbury

Once a thriving urban environment, Downtown Sudbury is now a place the average Sudburian avoids. Due to a lack of local residents and urban density, it is unable to sustain public life, support the well-being of its inhabitants, and as a whole, provide an enjoyable atmosphere. It is in dire need of urban renewal and a key part of the solution is to add more housing through sensitive infill densification projects. This thesis thus studies people-oriented approaches to learn how to implement infill projects in order to foster interdependence and well-being at the architectural and urban scale. It also studies the uniqueness of the place in order to define identity-based guidelines that can help ensure the design better relates to Sudbury’s identity. This theory-based and place-based knowledge is then paired to an architectural infill framework that is then applied to three Downtown sites, demonstrating its potential and flexibility.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture (M.Arch)

Grantor dc:publisher

Laurentian University of Sudbury

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Chabot, Breana

• Urban renewal
• infill
• densification
• housing
• identity
• interdependence
• well-being
• Sudbury

Language dc:language.iso

en

Repository record dc:identifier.uri

https://laurentian.scholaris.ca/handle/10219/3700

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