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    A Grid-based Space: Cognitive Mapping in Fargo, North Dakota
    (North Dakota State University, 2010) Jacot, Andrew
    We all navigate the city. We give directions to strangers and friends. We sketch out maps on bar napkins and the backs of our hands. Addresses are scribbled in margins or printed distinctly at the top of letterhead. These documentations of urban spaces tell not only of specific directions within space, but also of how we perceive the space around us. In the midwest, specifically Fargo North Dakota, the documentation users create of spaces exemplifies a grid-based perception of the urban environment.
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    Systems for Social Change
    (North Dakota State University, 2011) Jacot, Andrew
    Through the design of low-income housing in Fargo, North Dakota, this thesis will reevaluate the relationship between market forces and architecture, seeking to develop a new system for housing the low-income sector and creating an architecture that is reflective of that system. This new approach will reflect a patient capitalistic sense of development, one which employs market-driven listening tools in an aid sector. Keywords: system, low income, housing, cooperative, modular, patient capitalism, market