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    Dignity and Design: Architecture for the Vision and Hearing Impaired
    (North Dakota State University, 2016) Hanson, Shannon
    This thesis is aiming to design better for those with hearing or sight loss. Since these are sensory disabilities they directly affect the way in which people experience architecture. With the numbers rising of people experiencing hearing loss earlier in life as well as an increasingly aged population with deteriorating eye sight, this should be a growing concern for people designing the spaces in which people inhabit. Exploring how spaces can be engaged without the use of site or sound can inform how designs can be made better for everyone. The goal of this project is not to reinvent architecture in an obvious way that alienates or repulses those who are fully abled but instead seeks to remedy the problems that blind and deaf individuals face with common designs with simple, elegant and subtle changes all brought together in a mixed use apartment building.
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    The Limitations of Simulation Software in Architectural Design
    (North Dakota State University, 2015) Hanson, Shannon
    Pedestrian simulation software is a design tool that can be useful in helping designers make designs informed by the movement of pedestrians through a defined space. This study looked at the application of the software to a situation in which the motivations behind the movement were a key factor. This led to complications and the discovery of a better experiment for wanted results. It also led to the discovery of the limits of the software as well as the applications in which the software would be useful for designers.