Bibliographic record
Abstract
This thesis explores how modular design and \nprefabricated construction methods can sustainably \nalleviate the affordable housing crisis in Dartmouth, \nNova Scotia. In particular, how the efficiencies \nof these methodologies can be translated into a \nless expensive dwelling for the owner, taking into \nconsideration the entire lifecycle of the building. \nThe proposal is effectively divided into two parts. \nThe first portion focuses on research, outreach, and \npartnerships. Part two uses the findings to set the \nparameters for a holistic design of a dwelling unit that is \nversatile enough to be successful in a variety of contexts. \nThe area of Dartmouth affectionately known as \nBetween the Bridges is used as a case study for a \nhousing intervention. This somewhat marginalized \ncommunity of roughly 13,000 is a well established \nresidential neighbourhood that has access to \namenities and transit routes, and is ripe for the \naddition of minimally disruptive hidden density. \nWith an average household income that is half of the \nrest of Halifax, the thesis proposes that if a model \nproves to be successful here, it could theoretically \nbe implemented and replicated in other housing \nmarkets all over the country. In essence, the site is \nconsidered an epicentre instead of a one-off proposal. \nIt is argued that a multi-pronged approach is \nnecessary, and that no single non-profit, institution, \nor private developer can relieve the stresses that \npeople are feeling in the face of homelessness. \nFor that reason, this proposal sets out to develop a \nunit that can be implemented through a variety of \norganizations, in a multitude of contexts and scales, \nand serves diverse and dynamic demographics. \nThrough strategic partnerships with non-profits, \nvarious organizations, social enterprises, and \nreligious institutions, the aim is to secure funding \nand identify potential personnel who could \nbenefit from the architectural proposal. The thesis \nprocess acts as the “front end design” required to \ndevelop a successful prefabricated housing unit.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".