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Lussier, Isabelle

The dining table is disappearing, what do we do about it? In Vancouver, the common area in apartments is becoming smaller due to the financialization of housing as well as accessibility changes in code. As the common area becomes smaller, the living room takes over and the dining room fades away, an entire spatial typology vanishes from plan. The dining room table is a place of connection, without it, an established gathering space is erased. This thesis is part protest, part performance, proving a point about the absurdity of how hard it is to simply gather with friends and families in the places we live. Guerrilla dining takes over communal spaces in apartments and turns them into warm, shared meals. By transforming these often overlooked spaces I am asking: why should I have to go to such lengths just to have space for community?

Vancouver (B.C.)

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University of British Columbia. ARCH 549

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0448781

Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of

Unreviewed

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