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School of Architecture

Faculty of Architecture and Planning

2024 Free Labs Projects

This year, students engaged in an exciting array of projects, from exploring the creative aspects of adaptive reuse to the art of making through craft, material, and tectonics - from the exploration of 'wicked problems' through discussion, reading, and drawing, to helping shape an accessible community space through design-build projects, and much more. 

Woodshop: Craft, Material, Tectonics, and the Art of Making Woodshop allowed students to interpret traditional construction methods, modefied and adapted to meet the requirements and intentions of contemporary architecture.
Wicked/Discursive Drawings Wicked/Discursive Drawings allowed students to explore and expound upon a complex topic in architectural desing through discussion, reading and the process of drawing.
It's In Our Name. Community. Community allowed students to explore the impact of built environments on the communities they serve through design practices that considered connection, inclusivity and well-being.
SKIN SKIN allowed students to explore thinness within materiality and spatiality for the design, build and exhibit of architecture.
Bio-Vault 2: Material, Body, Environment Laboratory Bio-Vault 2 allowed students to explore bio-based composites as a material for low-embodied carbon structures through virtual and physical prototyping.
Svoboda Visits Halifax (again) Svoboda allowed students to explore working across scale through the design and build of exhibitry for the fall 2024 celebration of the 50th yearof Josef Svoboda’s visit to HÂþ»­'s Theatre Department.
Sinuous Path Sinuous Path allowed students to explore sustainable forestry and timber building through the design and prefabrication of a curvaceous boardwalk and bridge. 
Digital Storytelling Digital Storytelling allowed students to explore communicating narratives through interactive media, combining architecture, videogames, and environmental and architectural history to develop a digital story.
Intersections: Living Lab Intersections allowed students to explore living spaces in nature at The Deanery Project, where they worked with natural building materials to enclose and weatherproof an underused space.
Sable Island Visitors Experience Pavilion The Sable Island Pavilion allowed students to contextualize the challenges related to infrastructure on the remote island through modular prototyping, investigation and iterative design processes.