Nodes to Networks : an incremental housing system to support Inuit agency in the Canadian arctic

Traditional Inuit housing functioned as a network of adaptive, interconnected structures responsive to seasonal movement, shared use, and environmental conditions. Over the past century, Inuit housing practices have been supplanted by isolated, unit based southern housing models that reduced flexibility and local control. This thesis calls for the redesign of housing for Inuit communities at the typological level, guided by the wisdom of community members themselves. Rather than proposing a fixed outcome, this design exercise demonstrates that housing would and should look radically different when community needs drive the design process.