Open Collections

UBC Graduate Research

Hotel Canada : Re-Imagining a National Narrative Chan, John

Abstract

Long ago, we diverged from one into many. Now from every corner of the world we converge, from many, back into one. Human civilization has reached a new evolutionary era. The concepts of nationality and identity, the understanding of which has been repeatedly shifting throughout history, are once again being redefined. At the cutting edge of this upheaval is the perplexing nation of Canada; a humble and unassuming nation that is nevertheless the heir to all of human history up to this point. Meanwhile in the realm of architecture, globalism and pluralism have opened up new potential for how the built environment can develop. Since time immemorial, architecture has been intrinsically linked with the development of collective identity. In Canada however, the identity represented through architecture, during a period of nation-building in the country’s formative years, strikes a starkly foreign contrast to the present reality. What is nationhood? What is authenticity? Do these concepts matter anymore? This thesis ruminates on architecture’s role in the construction of identity.

Item Metadata

Title
Hotel Canada : Re-Imagining a National Narrative
Creator
Chan, John
Date Issued
2021-05
Description
Long ago, we diverged from one into many. Now from every corner of the world we converge, from many, back into one. Human civilization has reached a new evolutionary era. The concepts of nationality and identity, the understanding of which has been repeatedly shifting throughout history, are once again being redefined. At the cutting edge of this upheaval is the perplexing nation of Canada; a humble and unassuming nation that is nevertheless the heir to all of human history up to this point. Meanwhile in the realm of architecture, globalism and pluralism have opened up new potential for how the built environment can develop. Since time immemorial, architecture has been intrinsically linked with the development of collective identity. In Canada however, the identity represented through architecture, during a period of nation-building in the country’s formative years, strikes a starkly foreign contrast to the present reality. What is nationhood? What is authenticity? Do these concepts matter anymore? This thesis ruminates on architecture’s role in the construction of identity.
Subject
Canadian Hotel; Canadian Identity; Post-nationalism
Geographic Location
Canada; Bathurst Inlet (Nunavut : Inlet); Nunavut
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
Date Available
2021-05-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0397234
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78099
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository
DSpace

Item Media

Item Citations and Data

Rights

Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International