Architecture Theses: Recent submissions
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Healing Through Architecture: A Human-Centered Design Focused on Biophilia and the Connection to Nature
(North Dakota State University, 2024)At different points in our lives, we may find ourselves in a healthcare setting—supporting a loved one, undergoing treatment, or working within the healthcare profession. A thoughtfully designed space positively influences ... -
Habitat Ukraine: A Modular, Mass Timber Housing Approach to Help Rebuild Ukraine
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Fear. Destruction. Suffering. These are the words that come to mind upon the mention of the current conflict that the nation and people of Ukraine are submerged in. Millions of them have been forced to leave behind their ... -
Beyond Memory: A Person-Centered Approach to Dementia Design
(North Dakota State University, 2024)At some point in each of our lives, a loved one or even ourselves will end up in some assisted living facility. Today, there is a negative connotation behind senior care facilities; they are portrayed by having drab interiors ... -
Designing for Shared Spaces: An Approach to Enhancing Animal Welfare and Foster Human-Animal Connections Through Compassionate Design
(North Dakota State University, 2024)The provided research conveys the problems being faced in animal shelters that were influenced by COVID-19 and how it impacted the overcrowding rates driven by the rise in pet relinquishment numbers and lack of social ... -
Benefiting Youth and the Natural Environment: Integration of Biophilic Design in a Youth Center
(North Dakota State University, 2024)This thesis will entertain the idea of integrating biophilic design principles into a youth center. First there is a discussion of biophilic design, community centers, and youth centers with the intent to understand what ... -
The Future of Our Future: Designing Early Education for All
(North Dakota State University, 2024)“Disability is a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of individuals to participate in or contribute to society” (“About IDEA,” n.d.). Starting from a young age, children strive to be ... -
Rethinking the American Dream for the 21st Century
(North Dakota State University, 2024)This research aims to redefine the “New American Dream” for the 21st century. In a new era where single-family homes no longer align with the preferences of this generation along with a large demographic shift to more dense ... -
Redevelopment of the Administration Block of the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex for the New BitZero Community
(North Dakota State University, 2024)The focus of this Thesis is to examine the proposal for the redevelopment of the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex administration block, by presenting an analysis of its transformation into a sustainable community ... -
The Intersection of Nature and Knowledge: Red River Valley Science Center
(North Dakota State University, 2024)This thesis investigates the establishment of a Natural Science Center in Fargo, North Dakota, as a dynamic hub for informal learning and community engagement. Emphasizing biophilic design, the center integrates natural ... -
Adaptive Reuse: Repurposing a Vacant College Campus for New Occupancy
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Adaptive reuse has been a design strategy in buildings existing for centuries. The adaptation of a building, also known as recycling or conversion, is the process of reusing an existing building other than what it was ... -
Bridging Generations: Exploring Intergenerational Shared Building Sites to Counteract Age Segregation
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Age segregation is a rising problem in the United States. Since the early 1900s, this country has relied on age as a driving force in determining rules and regulations. Because of this, older and younger populations ... -
Interconnecting Architecture and Nature
(North Dakota State University, 2023)Over the last decade, if not more, Architecture has blown up and grown to be something that can be so wildly unique but also in today’s day and age, so incredibly modern. This being said, I think sometimes Architects ... -
Breaking the Habit: A Fight Against the Monotony of Tract Housing
(North Dakota State University, 2023)This project looks at tract housing from the perspective of the homeowner. Tract housing has caused an identity crisis within neighborhoods across the nation, and it’s time we start taking a more forward approach to ... -
Multi-Minimal
(North Dakota State University, 2023)The cost of living has started to increase quite drastically over the recent years. From renting an apartment, to buying or building a home. Land and material prices have skyrocketed, especially during and after the ... -
Disconnect to Reconnect: Using Architecture and Master Planning to Aid in Personal Connection With Nature
(North Dakota State University, 2023)Technology is rooted in our society from a very young age, everywhere you look a child has some electronic device in their hands, impacting their lives. This is not necessarily a good thing for development and presents an ... -
Arizona Arena: Ice in the Desert
(North Dakota State University, 2023)Sports have the ability to bring a whole city together, especially in a time of such division in this world, sports can bridge those differences, even if it is for just a few hours. For many, sports are a source for ... -
Remembering and Rebuilding the Broken
(North Dakota State University, 2023)Cities throughout time have grown, thrived, persisted, and prospered. Equivalently, time and time again, cities have been seized, destroyed, and flattened to an unimaginable state. Yet they rise again. Why? Because a city ... -
The Reconnection of Nature and Health
(North Dakota State University, 2023)Healthcare is an ever-changing field and often a field of uncertainty of what will be around the next corner. As of recent we have faced new challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic where the medical field had to shift ... -
Pier Luigi Penzo: Football on Water and the Stadium Experience
(North Dakota State University, 2023)The stadium experience is one that has evolved and been enjoyed for centuries. Stadium architecture, technology, and the sporting event itself has changed greatly yet many events tend to miss out on the atmospheric and ... -
How Can Land Use Planning and Architectural Design Be Combined to Create a New Form of Residential Lake Shore Development?
(North Dakota State University, 2023)This thesis envisions itself into the future to answer the questions of how we can allow numerous people to have the opportunity to acquire a residential waterfront property when the value of land continues to increase, ...