Multi-faith Architecture : Accommodating for belief in a post-secular society
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Smith, Sean
issued: 2022-01-05T19:16:58Z
issued: 2021-12
description: Amongst modernizing societies, the architecture for sacred spaces lies stuck in the milieu of traditional religious expression and while thought the rise of secularism would lead to religion being irrelevant in the urban sphere, religion is growing globally and continues to play a large role in the lives of millions of Canadians. This thesis aims to re-imagine the notion of religious space by creating a vibrant multi-faith center that houses a multitude of religious and cultural groups at the University of British Columbia. With the need to provide fair access to resources, multi-faith spaces serve as a paradigm for the respectful societies we wish to build and encourage the acceptance and inclusion of minorities in a multicultural landscape.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/80516
note: MULTI-FAITH ARCHITECTURE: Accommodating for belief in a post-secular societySean Smith1bySean Mitchell SmithBachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in ReligionUniversity of British Columbia 2016Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture’ in The Faculty of Graduate Studies, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Architecture Program _______________________________Leslie Van Duzer_______________________________Mari Fujita _______________________________Eric Salinsky, _______________________________Matthew Soules, GP1 AdvisorUniversity of British ColumbiaDecember 2021© Sean SmithAN INTERFAITH DIALOGUEFig. 1 Multi-faith Architecture Title-Page, A Spiritual Place, Author, 2021 32 iiiiiAmongst modernizing societies, the architecture for sacred spaces lies stuck in the milieu of traditional religious expression and while thought the rise of secularism would lead to religion being irrelevant in the urban sphere, religion is growing globally and continues to play a large role in the lives of millions of Canadians. This thesis aims to re-imagine the notion of religious space by creating a vibrant multi-faith center that houses a multitude of religious and cultural groups at the University of British Columbia. With the need to provide fair access to resources, multi-faith spaces serve as a paradigm for the respectful societies we wish to build and encourage the acceptance and inclusion of minorities in a multicultural landscape. ABSTRACT54 viv_ABSTRACT V_LIST OF FIGURES VIIIACKNOWLEDGMENT XI_THESIS STATEMENT XIII_INTRODUCTION 1 PRELUDE Benefits of Belief 4 Religion on the Rise 8 New Trends in Belief 10 An Architectural approach to Sacred Spaces 12PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION Secularism isn’t Working 19 Current Spaces 21 Religious Identities on Campus 23 Testimonials 25 MULTI-FAITH ARCHITECTURE Intro 29 Precedents 31 A blank white room 35 Programmatic robustness 37 Interaction between users 39RESEARCH Multi-faith Program 41…
has type: Graduating Project
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0406148
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
subject: Architecture
subject: Inclusion
subject: Diversity
subject: Religion
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80516