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    Sun and ice
    (North Dakota State University, 2015) Rinkenberger, Crystal
    Sited in Barrow, Alaska - the northernmost city in North America - my conservatory design explores the challenges that climate and daylighting present 300 miles above the Arctic Circle. This “land of the midnight sun” experiences two and a half months of 24-hour sun in the summer, and two and a half months of 24-hour darkness in the winter. The Iñupiat Eskimos have survived in the region for hundreds of years and technology advances their communities ability to thrive and flourish. Only accessible by airplane and occasionally by boat/barge in the summer, the small town of Barrow must fly in many supplies including ‘fresh’ fruits and vegetables. The term fresh is used loosely as the produce must survive the transportation from other countries, states, or at nearest a trip from southern Alaska to be consumed. The high cost of flying in produce continues to reinforce the highly carnivorous diets of most residents. A production greenhouse is not the solution to a multi-faceted situation. Culture and social traditions must be brought together with engineering and technology to create a poetry of education and conservation. This arctic conservatory was designed to house spaces for classes on tradition plant uses, growing greenhouses, and spaces for socializing in the rejuvenating presence of plants year-round.
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    Timeless Cathedral in the Oilpatch
    (2014) Rinkenberger, Crystal
    This project explored how a grain elevator(s) could be redesigned to house 1000 people in North Dakota towns within the Bakken field. Focus was given to the design process by elevating the importance of views to the exterior and the visibility of the original cribbed wall construction. Communal quarters on the first floor accommodate sixteen people, likely construction crews or oil working teams. The upper floors are made up of two-bedroom and studio apartments. These would be available to house not only oilpatch workers, but young families, couples, and individuals. Thirty-five grain elevators would be needed to house 1000 people.