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Research, design, and other creative works from the School of Design, Architecture and Art. Includes: Architecture; Landscape Architecture, and Visual Arts. The school website may be found at https://www.ndsu.edu/sodaa/.

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Gateway Centre - Minneapolis, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 1978) Olschlager, Gordon A.
Architecture and biophilia: Creating spaces that promote a positive affiliation with nature and the living world
(North Dakota State University, 2003) Sjoquist, Jenny
The outdoors and its natural elements have become a growing interest to me in the last couple of years – especially the reasons why people are attracted to them. I believe one of the major reasons is to escape everyday life, the chaos of the city, in search for relaxation and a sense of well-being. Trees, water, wildlife, and natural scenery in general, are some of the things that evoke these certain feelings and relieve stress in peoples’ lives. There are many reasons people escape to the great outdoors, including release from stresses of city life, being closer to nature, physical exercise, viewing the scenery, and much more. These feelings and desires have also come to be known as “biophilia”, a term that describes the human biological need to affiliate with nature (Wilson, 1984). Something I’ve noticed when exploring the outdoors and lodging accommodations is that, resorts and cabins in particular, are becoming more and more like the homes that people leave behind every weekend, and I’ve come to believe the true definition of a cabin has somehow been lost over time. Someone may say they have a cabin at the lake, but in reality it is an 1800 sq ft lake home, with all the same modern amenities a person or family left behind for the weekend. With this project I wish to explore the true meaning of cabin life, and bring it back to cabin resort design. Cabins have a certain character and quality that is much different than that of a house. The site I have chosen, just north of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, is a wonderful location for this project. A family that I know very well currently lives on the site, and they love it because of its natural characteristics - topography, water, trees, views, etc. This site also used to be a campground many years ago, and I think it still has the potential to be the site of a resort, given all these natural characteristics that it has to offer.
Cohousing: Housing the Boomers
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Bengtson, Valerie C.
With the largest generation coming close to the retirement age, there is a high demand for new communities aimed at appealing to the baby boomers and the future generations. Throughout this project, elements such as personal comfort, independance, and other senior lifestyle conditions will be explored. One main element in this project will be creating a “community” that allows the residents to know eachother and get together with communal events. A well developed way of intergrating the social and design aspects of addressing the boomers issues is using the Cohousing concept. I would allow the independant lifestyle of the resident, yet at the same time allow the social activity that they crave.
Lake Bountiful Ecological Retreat: Transitions from Natural to Built
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Rueter, Michael J.
Tastefully Simple is a food designer and distribution company with its headquarters in Alexandria, MN. Aaron Olsen did a landscape architecture thesis project last year for this corporation master planning a convention / retreat area around a lake it purchased near its headquarters call Lake Bountiful. I will work to resolve Tastefully Simple needs for the building elements and propose designs for those elements. A major part of this project will be utilizing the existing farmstead. The attempt will be to bring together building and landscape, sustainability with site, people with nature and give Tastefully Simple a new icon. The design is intended to be much more than just a convention center for Tastefully Simple but also a nature preserve that the entire community can be inspired by, learn from and interact with. The term “active preserve” will be called upon many times throughout the project as a way to describe the project. The design will try and capture this term by restoring and preserving the nature state of the site while also fulfilling the functional needs of a major corporation and allowing people to interact with the site.
Train Station and Historical Interpretation Center
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Kempton, Sara
The building type that is being proposed is a passenger train station combined with an interpretation center creating a multi-use structure. Train travel is an experience that is under emphasized as a means of travel in much of the nation. The train station is pivotal as an interface between the passing train car and the communities they serve if the railroad is to reclaim its standing as a one of the dominant forms of travel in the United States. Additionally, the railway was the driving force which most instrumental to the early growth and development of Minot. Also by combining additional uses within the same structure, there is a greater ability to attract a more diverse group of visitors for each of the building's functions. The purpose of the historical interpretative center is to serve as educational exploration environment of the community they are in, while tying the community to its rich past with the railroad.
Air and Space Museum of Minnesota: A Recreation of History Through Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Dauer, Becky E.
At 10:35 am, December 17, 1903 for a mere 12 seconds, changed our future forever. The discovery of flight was one of the greatest accomplishments during the 20th century and should be celebrated in such a way. The Air and Space Museum of Minnesota is a way to introduce people to the great importance of flight history through architecture. Located at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota atop a large plateau, the site offers breath taking views as well as a logical location for an air and space museum. With the combination of space planning and architecture, a variety of spaces will create an environment that will be intellectually stimulating and well as fun for all ages. Overall, the design is to celebrate human achievements in flight. It shapes our culture and with this, combining Architecture and history it will give our eyes a fresh look at the deeper meaning of flight.
The Historic Third Ward Music Corridor
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Fischer, Dominic L.
The urban corridor engages and accumulates unique relationships between its users and its landscape. This interaction is both visual and musical (aural) in nature. Studying similarities in musical and cultural relations I will relate the landscape to the dynamic diversity of the urban corridor user. Music, in the realm of fine art, can be a universal language; although often spoken in different dialects is as inherent as the human spirit. The underlying premise of this design is that the qualities of separate musical genres can generate linking forms, uniting disparate parts of a high density population through their physical interpretation in the landscape.
Branch ONE: A Treehouse Retreat
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Bjornrud, Linn
The tree house is a concept that puts excitement into the eyes and hearts of children everywhere. What is unique is that the same affect is had on many adults when asked about it. This is due to the fact that nearly every child either experiences or entertains the idea of what fun could be had with a tree house. The need to enjoy life is one that cannot be lost in the responsibilities and routines of everyday living. Instead we must celebrate the simple and honest pleasures that exist around us. The goal of this retreat is to provide a link to some of these pleasures.
Indian Hills Interpretive Park
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Prosser, Amanda Marie
In 1998, the North Dakota Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Advisory committee met with members of the Three Affiliated Tribes and asked, "What do you want us to tell the world about your culture?" "Tell them we're still here," a man responded. That attitude is the impetus for an interpretive center through the Indian Hills Resort and Campground. It is an opportunity for people to gain knowledge and understand the Native American Culture that existed in the area over the last five hundred years. Indian Hills will be an interpretational center, as well as provide camping, hiking, and access to lake activities.
Grand Village Nursing Home Therapeutic Garden: Healing Through Nature
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Oja, Laura
The United States is aging. Baby boomers are getting older and the elderly population is on the rise. As people age many develop diseases and can no longer care for themselves. Lots of people joke about "sending mom and dad to live in a home," but it is no joking matter. The move to a nursing home can be traumatic. Residents have a major lifestyle change when they move into a nursing home. They go from living successful independent lives to living in a small room possibly with a roommate, having their meals picked out for them, and frequently they are bored, depressed, and lonely. Even while living in a high quality nursing home with planned activities, many residents spend a large amount of time staring out windows, watching television, or simply doing nothing. This is not the kind of life they want or deserve. Nursing homes provide care and housing for elderly people who can no longer care for themselves. But the nursing home environment can feel more like a hospital than home and life in one can be difficult. It is difficult for residents to live in a hospital-like environment where life can be mundane and lonely. It is difficult for staff to care for and watch residents as they live out their last few years. And it is difficult for family and friends to visit their loved ones and see them sick and lonely. To make life in a nursing home healthier it has to be more like a home for residents. A home where people make their own decisions, work, and have fun. Healing gardens put these activities back into nursing home residents lives. Gardens have the ability to give residents back confidence, strength, and friends. And happier healthier residents result in happier staff and families. Healing gardens are a fairly new concept, but their popularity is currently growing in the health care industry. More and more the benefits from involving nature in the lives of patients are being observed in hospitals and nursing homes. Patients with access to or views of natural outdoor spaces are less irritable, require less medication and supervision, and are all around happier than patients with no outdoor views or access to nature. Patients are not the only ones benefiting from healing gardens. Staff and visitors use the gardens as places to visit with loved ones, be by themselves and think, or simply grieve. This capstone project investigates how properly designed outdoor spaces can affect the lives of patients, staff, and visitors at the Grand Village Nursing Home. And states what is needed in Grand Village's gardens and outdoor spaces to make them the most beneficial to patients, staff, and visitors.
Olympic Stadium for New York City, 2012
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Chisholm, Jason
New York City offers the Olympic movement the chance to tell a very powerful story. It has eight million of the most culturally diverse people in the world. This diversity can only be strengthened by the influence the games hold on the world. Creating a structure that can embody the entire sensation of the games is the challenge. It will be placed in the Chelsea district of Manhattan's West Side. This location is next to the quickly improving Hudson River. This river is representative of the way everyone in the world flows to there destination. In this case the river will bring everyone together in the Olympic Stadium. It will serve as the resting place for thousands of athletes and millions of fans who are in search of the greater glory and the sense of brotherhood that accompanies the Olympic Games. My hope is only to strengthen this feeling through proficient Architecture and a feeling unmatched by any other event on the planet.
NDSU Hockey Arena: A Gateway to Community and Athletics
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Helland, Jesse J.
NDSU Club Hockey was established in 1983. The success of the program was seen at a national level as NDSU teams won national championships in seven of their first eight seasons. With the help of faculty and students, the club was re-established during the 2003-2004 season by organizing a competitive team that played many top level clubs in the region. This season marks the first American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) sanctioned schedule since 1999. As NDSU ventures into Division I athletics, there will be a large demand for a facility that will accommodate a large number of fans. This thesis project will be the design of a largescale hockey arena in Downtown Fargo.
Resource and Diagnostic Center for Developmental Disabilities
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Kelash, Erin Rae
Psychology as it relates to architecture was investigated in order to determine appropriate design requirements for a resource and diagnostic center for individuals with developmental disabilities. The fundamental hypothesis of this thesis is that medical and psychological issues can inform proper health care design. Specifically, creating an environment which promotes both physical and psychological comfort is vital to the effectiveness of the treatment, research and education which takes place in this building.
An Icon for Saint Paul: Minnesota Vikings Training Facility
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Kavanaugh, Tyler
Stadia are increasingly being seen as tools of urban regeneration. Once regarded as single entities of limited interest beyond specific uses, they are now seen as having the potential to attract different groups at different times for different events. Having people using the spaces within and around a stadium is considered successful. Having people using the site for multiple reasons on a daily basis is going above and beyond expectations of stadia design. This design will help to create a new dimension of sports venue design in America. The stadium will be designed as a mixed-use matrix which will include such amenities as retail spaces, restaurants, and outdoor spaces. These types of areas are critical pieces of a community; they help to bring a community together by giving them a common place. The design will serve as a gathering place both during event and non-event times. New life will be given to the riverfront, with redesigned river-walks, gathering areas and green spaces all being incorporated in the design. This project will create an icon for the city of Saint Paul that will serve as a basis for regeneration in the downtown district.
Rape and Abuse Crisis Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Boehmke, Katie
For some women and children, life is lived in constant fear of abuse. The reality is that many of them are unable to leave their unfortunate situations because they are dependent on the abuser in many ways, including financially and emotionally. The focus of this thesis project is to provide physical and emotional healing through environment. The facility will provide a safe haven for victims of abuse and aid them in their transition to freedom from the abusers. This facility will provide a one stop shop for victims of rape and domestic violence. They will be able to get all the care they need without having to travel to several locations for all the services needed. This facility will eliminate the need for victims to tell their story at each location and will allow all the agencies involved to work more closely and communicate more efficiently. This facility will satisfy all the needs of the victims through different stages of healing by providing immediate emergency shelter, transitional living and any additional support services they may need after gaining their independence.
A New American High School
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Riopel, Rachel M.
This project is about the design of a secondary school for the community of Farmington, Minnesota and Independent School District 192. The site chosen for this project is near the current school placement so as to share existing amenities reducing impact on the site. As the population of Farmington is on the rise, the need for a secondary school is imminent. This thesis is a response to the challenge of meeting high standards of education with a building that successfully responds to the need for a healthy and supportive environment for its students and staff. The intention is to design a school that is small to mid-sized so that students can retain a sense of community and foster integrated learning.
Active Adult Community: Senior Housing to Promote Active Intellects
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Miller, Tiffaney A.
Through this thesis project I addressed Fargo, North Dakota’s growing population that demands housing for individuals of all income levels. I proposed an active adult community located in downtown that will provide seniors with housing that promotes a healthy active intellect and community unity within itself and the city. I feel that developing in the downtown area will encourage a more diverse population and will create a strength among residents to support each other promoting an active, high quality of life.
Lake Benton Community Center
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Larson, Eric
Lake Benton, Minnesota is a small town with 700 people, located in the southwest corner of the state. I propose the design of a community center including public services of police and fire and a public library. The community center will be a place where the people of Lake Benton can hold community activities. Community is important, especially in a small town where people have to work together. A well designed community center will be a place where they can come together. The city of Lake Benton, Lincoln County and the State of Minnesota are the clients for this project. Many of the people of Lake Benton have a Scandinavian heritage that will influence the design of the community center. I will use the direct observations I made on my recent trip through the Scandinavian area along with research into the culture and architecture. I feel it is essential for a community and its people to understand their history. The underlying premise of this design is that historical memory is an essential aspect of life and must inform design solutions.
Minneapolis Mixed Use City Center for Arts and Culture
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Olusanya, Babatunde
The urban area, the heart and soul of a city; the people its living breathing separately, uniquely performing varied actions and activities with individual intentions but still all manage to move as one. One pulse coursing through the veins of the city, sustaining it and allowing it to perform the many activities associated with living organisms, growth, develop, heal e.t.c. Without the life-source the city would eventually wither and die. The urban area engages my senses in an uninhibited dance through spiraling clouds of euphoria savoring every slight nuance, with a gift of visual enchantment confronting you at every corner; impossible for a single individual to detail each and every unit of this marvelous environment. The thought of a space within the urban environment that proves so rich in the qualities of a city, its sounds playing like a unique symphony creating its own rhythm each reverberation unique to its own time and place that might never be repeated in the same way for all of eternity is a marvel on its own. The people, traversing, mixing elaborately creating their own cadence, do I dare say? Pulse moving as one but with each his/her own individual goals in mind; create an animated mosaic of life fervent in their cadence akin to a surreal, almost mythical dance of life; resolute in an almost hypnotic effect. Different races, cultures and ethnicities intermingling; languages from far and wide all being shared as different communities blend amongst one another creating a unique and singular identity for each individual not a member of a race, class or gender but as a person. The smells which intricately intertwine and blend to become a veritable cornucopia of olfactory sensations that merge within the mind and serve to form intense, vivid visual images of the urban area ensuing in a raised pulse rate going as far as to 5 invoke a physical response, a reaction so powerful, so rich as to evoke emotion. This is my ideal urban environment, my utopia, the dream for a future that is my love of the urban land. To honor this vital source of life to the heart of Minneapolis /St. Paul a space designed specifically to nurture the mind, soul and heart of the individual, respecting each culture, age, style, tastes and behaviors individually. Thus creating spaces allowing people to congregate and socialize, thus developing communities and ties among one another, turning the cold harsh urban space into a home without sacrificing the high speed, stylistic lifestyle that often define such spaces. Ultimately the city center proposed within this thesis would be a statement of the people of the twin cities, identifying their cultural history and the unified future as a single community and as the primary and only source of life to the city of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Eckelson Lakes Golf Club: Helping Golf and the Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2005) Harris, Chris
Over the second half of the 20th century and early into the 21st century, the golf course industry boomed and thousands of courses were built. Beautiful courses have been carved out of unused land, mountains, prairies, lake and ocean sides, deserts, and even landfills. However, golf courses all too often use an excessive amount of water, even in North Dakota. Desert golf courses use so much water to thrive that it is impractical to build them. Excessive water use causes the price of playing to rise and affects the area’s water supply substantially. My project uses land that is used for cattle grazing whose terrain may be too rough for farming and turns it into usable land for a golf course. This course would contain areas for water to drain into detention ponds and stand until suitable time for pumping it into the sprinkler system occurs. Drains on the course are tunneled to other areas to be pumped into the sprinkler system as well. This creates a hybrid between nature and man; nature providing rain and man manipulating where the water is finally sprayed. After all the research is done for this project, hopefully it will bring new light and ideas on how to minimize use of water keep the art of golf course architecture practical.

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