Individuation: A Heroic Journey through the Canadian Shield

Canadian Shield;Pilgrimage;Collective Unconscious;Joseph Campbell;Tom Thomson;Psyche;Carl Gustav Jung;Provincial Park;Architecture

Singh, Somya

University of Waterloo

关键词: Canadian Shield;    Pilgrimage;    Collective Unconscious;    Joseph Campbell;    Tom Thomson;    Psyche;    Carl Gustav Jung;    Provincial Park;    Architecture;   

Others  :  https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/10012/3521/1/Thesis_SomyaSingh_2.pdf

瑞士|英语

来源: UWSPACE Waterloo Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

The thesis explores how elemental architecture in collaboration with the Shield can manifest a threshold condition in which a modern day hero myth can be enacted in the Canadian wilderness. Through the lens of Joseph Campbell, Tom Thomson and the archetypal structures of the Finns and Algonkians, a design proposal is derived for a Waterway Park in the Algonquin region that expands the mandate of the Ontario Parks System. In the realm of psychology, Carl Gustav Jung defines individuation as a universal quest that encourages facing and overcoming ones internal demons in order to live a more integrated existence. Located in Oxtongue River Ragged Falls Provincial Park, this proposed experimental pilgrimage retreat connects a series of primary and secondary paths to cabins, a sweat lodge and a chapel. This model illustrates a method of inhabiting a protected wilderness site that can be applied to existing and future Parks to inspire a condition of corporeal and spiritual rejuvenation in Ontario’s near North.