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Janeiro, Stephanie

This thesis pursues an exploration of collective moments of happiness in the city and their potential under experimental preservation discourse to re-frame normative considerations for architectural preservation. This thesis situates itself in the experimental preservationist’s concern with the current intellectual frames used to assess the value of contemporary objects, as conventional criteria, such as “historical significance,” date back to the late 19th century. Experimental preservation aims to challenge and question the conventional notions of cultural heritage preservation by actively choosing to preserve objects that fall outside the official narratives of preservation, in this case specific moments of happiness. This project started with an observation about the inevitable demand for a reconstructed notion of preservation as we move into a period of ever-increasing development and density in the city of Vancouver. In this project, the link between future development increases and public spaces of collective happiness is pushed to the extreme. This project asks how the current methods of preservation will adapt to contemporary notions of development and social understandings and obsessions of happiness.

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University of British Columbia. ARCH 549

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0387430

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

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Stephanie Janeiro

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