Professor Anna Thurmayr
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
201L Russell Building
t 204.480.1081
f 204.474.7532
Anna.Thurmayr@ad.umanitoba.ca
Research
In May 2009, Professor Anna Thurmayr worked out a masterplan for University of Manitoba’s Alternative Village including extension possibilities and phases of realization. Professor Thurmayr met Dr. Kris Dick, Tim Krahn and Dr. M.G. (Ron) Britton at the Alternative Building Design Day in September 2008. Their vision of integrating hands-on learning, research, testing, and community outreach within a “Unique Campus Village Setting” immediately inspired her to offer cooperation. The intention to establish smaller “learning pods” on site next to the existing Biosystems Engineering strawbale research facility was the starting point. The masterplan developed by Professor Thurmayr serves as a spring board for a most promising collaboration.
The Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (LACF) funded project Alternative Surface Consolidation in Northern Climates (2010) is the first interdisciplinary project of ProfessorThurmayr and Dr. Dick – groundbreaking concerning its constellation as a project of Landscape Architecture and Bio-Systems Engineering and significant for the University as a collaboration of Professors from the Faculties of Architecture and Engineering.
The aim of this research is to test economical and ecological construction methods in the cold prairie climate of Winnipeg. Contrary to the dominant methods of hard surfacing this project will explore techniques, which allow infiltration of precipitation. The research will initially focus on a technique known as the gravel lawn. In temperate climates gravel lawn is suitable for parking areas and is often used for emergency access routes. Based on the comprehensive research the goal of the project is to provide successful construction recommendations and to promote alternatives through publication of the research results.
201L Russell Building
t 204.480.1081
f 204.474.7532
Anna.Thurmayr@ad.umanitoba.ca
Research
In May 2009, Professor Anna Thurmayr worked out a masterplan for University of Manitoba’s Alternative Village including extension possibilities and phases of realization. Professor Thurmayr met Dr. Kris Dick, Tim Krahn and Dr. M.G. (Ron) Britton at the Alternative Building Design Day in September 2008. Their vision of integrating hands-on learning, research, testing, and community outreach within a “Unique Campus Village Setting” immediately inspired her to offer cooperation. The intention to establish smaller “learning pods” on site next to the existing Biosystems Engineering strawbale research facility was the starting point. The masterplan developed by Professor Thurmayr serves as a spring board for a most promising collaboration.
The Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (LACF) funded project Alternative Surface Consolidation in Northern Climates (2010) is the first interdisciplinary project of ProfessorThurmayr and Dr. Dick – groundbreaking concerning its constellation as a project of Landscape Architecture and Bio-Systems Engineering and significant for the University as a collaboration of Professors from the Faculties of Architecture and Engineering.
The aim of this research is to test economical and ecological construction methods in the cold prairie climate of Winnipeg. Contrary to the dominant methods of hard surfacing this project will explore techniques, which allow infiltration of precipitation. The research will initially focus on a technique known as the gravel lawn. In temperate climates gravel lawn is suitable for parking areas and is often used for emergency access routes. Based on the comprehensive research the goal of the project is to provide successful construction recommendations and to promote alternatives through publication of the research results.
