Student Work

Navigate below to explore MCHG student theses. Full texts are available on McGill University's eScholarship. To access full texts, copy and paste the desired thesis author and title into the search bar on the eScholarship website. 

From 1971 to 1980

  • Ayad, Samir: The development of alternative uses for locally-available building materials: particularly building agents in order to decrease the building cost and increase the quality of construction in self-built housing, 1972
  • Rybczynski, Witold: The sanitary aspects of housing in rural and urban areas in which water supply plays an important role, 1972
  • Acheson, Arthur L. K: The sanitary aspects of housing in rural and urban areas in which water supply plays an important role, 1972
  • Acheson, Arthur L. K.: Emergency housing, 1973
  • Boon, Jonathan J.: Intermediate housing technology within community development, utilizing sulphur concrete, 1974
  • Hanna, Makram A. M.: A survey of solid wastes and their current and potential uses in building construction, 1974
  • Nournia, Behrooz: Design of consumer containers for re-use as building components, 1974
  • Ali, Aquil Ahmed: Re-use of containers for post-disaster housing , 1975
  • Bhatt, Vikram C.: The user and the house building process, 1975
  • Moayeri, Hassan: New housing systems for the Iranian desert area, 1975
  • Santiago, Arturo Mercado: Residential rehabilitation--with special reference to Montreal, 1975
  • Fukushima, Masaharu: An analysis of the transition between community and privacy in urban housing, 1975
  • Endo, Tokiko: Tondo low-income housing study, 1976
  • Morse, Alexander B.: The use of atomization for washing and showering to conserve water , 1976
  • Kevorkov, Garo O.: Solar heated houses in Canada, 1977
  • Lefebvre, Bernard G.: Implantation d'industries locales pour ameliorer les communautes marginales et taudis, 1977
  • Rajk, Laszlo: The activities of the United Nations in housing, building and planning between 1945-76, 1978
  • Etherington, A. Bruce: Physical and social factors in the rehabilitation or resettlement of squatter communities in South East Asia, 1978
  • Kovatsi, Athena: The Church and the urban structure of the Aegean Island towns, 1979
  • Nataraj, Valkalathur S.: The development of a low cost solar water heater, 1979
  • Mitra, Shantanu: Lowrise housing forms and urban residential patterns: an overview, 1979

From 1981 to 1990

  • Andreadakis, Stavros: The development and testing of a solar wall air preheater for livestock and poultry buildings, 1981
  • Diehl, Sigrid: Perimeter planning: an old design approach for a new urban housing design: with special reference to Central European housing, 1981
  • Guth, Alexander: Collective housing, 1982
  • Friedman, Avi: Growth and adaptability (G & A) in housing: with special reference to the Israeli housing market, 1982
  • Mueller, Martin V.: Low-cost roofing systems for developing countries, 1982
  • Reshef, Zvi: Spatial organization of traditional middle eastern desert cities: with an emphasis on residential sectors, 1982
  • Logreira Linares, Fernando: Design guidelines for progressive growth in urban shelter, with special reference to Venezuela, 1983
  • Pantoja, Adiel H.: Site planning for low-rise housing: with special reference to northern climates, 1983
  • Alsina, Margarita: Upgrading sanitary services in squatter settlements, 1983
  • Mellin, Robert: Site and services project case study, Ahmedabad, India, 1984
  • Mirbod, Mohammad Ali: Squatter settlement in the third world, and a case study in Tehran, Iran, 1984
  • Fretty, Martin P.: Small city community development: tradition and change in inner-city neighbourhoods of Richmond, Kentucky, 1984
  • Intsiful, George William Kofi: Rural housing improvement in Ghana, 1984
  • Jooste, Johan K.: The Montreal villa, 1830 to 1930, 1984
  • Petronio, Graciela: User participation in housing, 1984
  • Huang, Iwei: A study of form and space in traditional Taiwanese housing, 1986
  • Mangenaki, Anastassia: Post functionalist apartment buildings and urban design, 1986
  • Bahammam, Ali Salem: Architectural patterns of privacy in Saudi Arabian housing, 1987
  • Rghei, Amer Shehubi: Rural and urban domestic architecture in Libya, 1987
  • Alghamdi, Mohammed Alaysan: Improving the thermal behavior of the pilgrimage tents in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 1987
  • Faure, Philippe L.: Aluminium: production processes and architectural appliction, 1987
  • Armstrong, Jeffrey Kent: The homeowner as designer: a method for improving architect- client communication, 1988
  • Pandya, Yatin: Slum houses as a user responsive product: a case study, Indore, India, 1988
  • Reid, Patrick R. S.: Man-environment research in the design process: a case study in urban native housing in Canada, 1988
  • Pantoja Ayala, Hector Hugo: Improving the thermal performance of a light-weight metal roof in hot climates /cHector Hugo Pantoja Ayala, 1989
  • Papamarkaki, Krystalia V.: Growth in above ground apartments with special reference to the Greek apartment houses, 1989
  • Pirani, Amirali Karim: Cultural influences on the choice of rural sanitation technology in Islamic Countries, 1989
  • Navarrete Heredia, Jesus M.: The progressive development of houses in a sites and services project, 1989
  • Yamin, Syed Muhiuddin: Adaptability of commercial flexible partition systems to residential applications in North America, 1989
  • Brazao-Teixeira, Rubenilson: Tradition and change in the domestic environment of the unplanned urban settlements: a case study: Natal, northeast Brazil, 1990
  • Baharoon, Walid A. M.: Architect-user communication process through the use of computers in multi-unit housing design, 1990
  • Wiedemann, Stefan J.: Modular prefabrication versus conventional construction as a cost effective alternative for the construction of single family detached housing in the Montreal area, 1990
  • Ali-Zadeh Rastan, Soheil: The neighborhood: a progressive presentation from the traditional to contemporary, 1990
  • Torres, Roberto Hernando: The economic implications of using planning guidelines in the design of sites and services projects, 1990

From 1991 to 1996

  • Kowalska, Danuta: Uncompleted condominiums: a strategy for cost reduction in Montreal housing, 1991
  • Sun, Minhui: A study of precast reinforced concrete skeleton for low-cost housing, 1991
  • Chowdhury, Tasneem A.: Segregation of women in Islamic societies of South Asia and its reflection in rural housing: case study in Bangladesh, 1992
  • Rosario Cabral, Sina Del: Garbage housing in informal settlements, 1992
  • Garba, Shaibu B.: Urban land policies and low income housing in metropolitan Kano, Nigeria, 1992
  • Ortega, Maria I.: The provision of services in informal settlements, 1992
  • Chowdhury, Tasneem A.: Segregation of women in Islamic societies of South Asia and its reflection in rural housing: case study in Bangladesh, 1992
  • Portela, Maria Del Carmen: Settlement patterns in unplanned areas: case study San Jose de Chirica, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, 1992
  • Reimers, Carlos A.: Evolution of dwellings in progressive development projects: case study El Gallo, Ciudad Guayana, 1993
  • Weldelibanos, Fitsumberhan: A survey of earthquake mitigation strategies & building principles for small traditional dwellings, 1993
  • Nwankama, Nwankama Wosu: The use of outdoor spaces in an informal settlement in Metropolitan Aba, 1993
  • Broudehoux, Anne-Marie: Neighborhood regeneration in Beijing: an overview of projects implemented in the inner city since 1990, 1994
  • Douglas, Kirkland S. T.: Households, home-based enterprises and housing consolidation in sites and service projects: a case study of the Kingston Metropolitan Region, 1994
  • Navarro, Rachelle G.: Improving sanitation in coastal communities with special reference to Puerto Princesa, Palawan Province, Philippines, 1994
  • Ghosha, Anindita: The use of domestic space for income generation in a low-income housing settlement: case study in Calcutta, India, 1994
  • Ganapathi, Sriram: A study of vernacular ventilation techniques in hot humid climates: an opportunity for an appropriate transfer of technology to Madras, India, 1995
  • Salama, Rafik: User transformation of government housing projects: case study, Egypt, 1995
  • Lian, Zheng: Housing renewal in Beijing: observation and analysis, 1995
  • Rahbar, Mehrdad: Privacy in row houses of Montreal, 1996
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