Robert McIntosh's 2015 MLA Thesis looked at the former Stelco site on Hamilton's harbour. "The steel industry has played an integral role in shaping the city that exists today," he writes, noting that "approaches to addressing similar brownfield sites around the world typically fall into two categories: that of romanticizing and memorializing the past, or that of capping and forgetting the history of the site in a form of 'amnesia.'"

McIntosh was among three Daniels Faculty student who received Honor Awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for their thesis projects. The other students included Logan Littlefield and Rui Felix. The three were among 23 student award recipients, selected from more than 327 entries representing 84 schools around the world.

For more on McIntosh's project, visit his project page in the Work section of the Daniels Faculty's website.