The Thesis Journey

I worked a bit on my thesis tonight and I think I have made some progress.

First, I went through all the previous work and picked out key words:

1. Part 9


2. FlexHousing


3. Fair Housing Act


4. Case Study


5. Recommendations


6. List


7. Practical

Then, I collected some questions and suggestions that had come up in feedback on my submissions:

1. Who is it being designed for?


2. Are these solutions practical?


3. Elaborate on how you will apply the research.


4. Will the result be a design? Will the design be built and tested?


5. Why are there no provisions for accessibility in single family homes under Part 9?

So what have I come up with so far? Well, something poorly constructed but I think I'm on the right track:

A list of recommendations guided by the principles of FlexHousing and the Fair Housing Act of the cheapest and easiest renovations for addapting a Part 9 building to be more physically-handicapped accessible; Case Study

Maybe that's more of a title.

Yes, I'm still alive

Wow, it has been awhile. But anyways, a more effective thesis statement that I had written at the end of my outline was pointed out to me:

"How can the principles of the American Fair Housing Act and Canadian FlexHousing be used to create better modification solutions?"

Therefore, looks like I'm going to focusing on renovations for the purpose of making a home more physically-handicap accessible home, and how the principles of the mentioned design acts guide these renovations.

Make sense? I don't know. I'm awful at creating effective thesis statements. It's probably because I'm just as poor at organizing my thoughts and interests. But thankfully, that's why I'm in school. What I do know, however, is that I want to write about what a building can do to help someone and that a building can help someone.