Browsing by Author "Hausladen, Virginia"

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    Supportive Learning: Live, Grow
    (North Dakota State University, 2013) Hausladen, Virginia
    This thesis is an investigation into how design can facilitate and enhance learning for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. By designing for groups of people with very specific needs, we learn how architecture can adequately provide for the more general population. In doing so, the research brings into question how best we can educate children with special needs and how design can adapt to provide for the changing needs of students today . Located on the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota, the development of a specialized school for children with ASD allows architecture to become a tool in and of itself for learning and personal growth.
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    Water Resource Experiment Station
    (2012) Hausladen, Virginia
    This is a proposed Water Resource Experiment Station for the Missouri River, located in Linton, North Dakota. The project explores sensitivity to site, water properties, sustainability, and unique structural systems. A major design problem with the project involved the use of constructed wetlands to clean waste water from the laboratory and rain water harvesting from the building’s exterior to add fresh water to the clean waste water for the use of the laboratory. Other private elements of the program include an experimental apparatus room, staff offices, conference rooms and work rooms. The building is also open to the public year-round for educational purposes. Therefore, a beautiful gallery space exhibiting the landscape is the focal point of the plan, with exploration of the building and grounds encouraged. The building aims to bring attention to water issues in both form and function.