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    • Architecture: A Tradition -- The Reintegration of Historical Building Methods for Architectural Reuse and Adaptation 

      Thielen, Kris (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      As our built environment continues to grow, new building technologies are continually updated and employed, while historical building methods become outdated and undervalued. Recently there is a resurgence in preserving ...
    • Arcology 

      Peterson, Jack (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Arcology is an approximately 30,000 square foot transit center located within the Ford Site redevelopment plan in St. Paul, MN. The core concept of the project lies in its incorporation of algae, a diverse group of water-based ...
    • Beauty of Becoming : Architecture as a Teleology 

      Sauvageau, Maria (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis is an attempt to clearly and simply recourse the history and the activity of architecture to the fundamental "natural order" with which one comprehends the world, and which forms the individual's enduring ...
    • Broken Connections: Creating a Partnership of Mankind, Nature and Place Through Transportation 

      Warner, Justin (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This thesis examines how the revitalization of the passenger rail in America can repair an urban city’s connection with its natural surroundings, its history and its greater regional context. St. Paul, Minnesota ...
    • Crafting Community through Architecture 

      Theisen, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      This project intends to allow the public to have easy access to various resources and spaces within which to practice art, material hobbies, music, or simply gathering in a creative environment. This intent will be fulfilled ...
    • Emerging Connections : developing transit corridors in Minneapolis - St Paul 

      Judovsky, Colby; Stottler, Nathan (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      There is a new era coming to University Avenue on the rails of the new Green Line light rail extension. In position to create an important connection between Minneapolis and St. Paul, and to enhance the already existing ...
    • Emerging connections : developing transit corridors in Minneapolis-St. Paul 

      Stottler, Nathan; Judovsky, Colby (2014)
      A new era is coming to St. Paul’s Hamline-Midway neighborhood on the rails of the new Green Line light rail extension. There is a potential for the Green Line expansion to bring about a flourish of growth and positive ...
    • Ford Park: Creating Hydrologically Sensitive Connections to the Mississippi Riverfront System 

      Miller, Mark (2016)
      The main question this study aims to answer is how can we create an urban space that celebrates the riverfront at all times of the year, while still creating viable flood protection? Other questions considered are, what ...
    • Here in the City: Architecture of Lost Spaces 

      Marihart, Samantha (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Can lost space be revitalized to promote the culture of the city? In every city lost space resides. These are slivers and awkward portions of space where no traditional use works. Often found in between buildings, and under ...
    • Identifying and Cultivating a Legacy and Urban Connection 

      Proulx, Kristopher (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis is a response to the exploration of the legacy of our civic communities. It will explore the manner in which these communities are developed, cultivated, and grow to meet the needs of those individuals of which ...
    • Industrial Transparency: Bridging Environments Through Recognition of Industrial Process 

      Wentworth, Kristine (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      Industrial buildings are all too often forgotten in the world of design and urban planning. Pockets of industry buildings break up well design urban neighborhoods with their large, monolithic walls, usually set back from ...
    • Inspired Conservation 

      Kirscht, Nicholas (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis aims to achieve higher levels of building performance by instilling a consciousness toward energy conservation in inhabitants of a built construct. A variety of methods for harnessing, storing, and using energy ...
    • Mississippi River Adventure 

      Erickson, Thomas (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      My project will provide a means of adventure, discovery, and heightened awareness of the cultural, historical, and physical nature of the Mississippi River and surrounding area. The typology will be a “watercraft and ...
    • Play Streets: Integrating safe and engaging play opportunities for children into the streetscape network of Lowertown, St. Paul Minnesota 

      Schwalba, Sarah (2017)
      The following project addresses the idea that play should be integrated into streetscape design to create a more interactive and stimulating play environment for children living in urban environments. The project discusses ...
    • Prytaneion Rediscovered: The Contiguity of Cultural Fragments 

      Highley, Joshua (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      The project explores the relationship knowledge plays in the development of communities today. By defining a space in the downtown area of St Paul, Minnesota dedicated to the exploration of cultural and historic fragments, ...
    • Rivers Edge: An Adult Participatory Net Zero Community 

      Schimke, Ian (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      “It is truly a democratic building. Nearly everyone who lives and works on the site has a hand in determining how it performs.” - jv DeSousa We live in a time of social change - we have been given the challenge of ...
    • Ruin : the library reimagined 

      Erickson, Samuel (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      In his readings, “On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life” Friedrich Nietzsche discusses how a “critical approach to history” allows the past to be used as a vital force for future life and action. Such assumptions ...
    • Separation of the city & the river : enhancing Lowertown through the revitalization of St. Paul's industrial waterfront 

      O'Keeffe, Patrick (2015)
      This research addresses the historic Mississippi riverfront in Lowertown, St. Paul, Minnesota, focusing directly on Lower Landing Park. The Lower Landing Riverfront Park project aims to rediscover the underutilized industrial ...
    • “Steering and salvaging” : an architectural exploration proposal toward automotive recycling and research prototyping 

      Brinkman, Ronald (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Automotive design and recycling are essential industries in today’s efforts fighting unsustainability. Yet these industries are too often excluded from one another. I am proposing to design an urban environment automotive ...
    • Theodore Hamm's Rebrew 

      Stephenson, Kenneth (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      A brewery that produced beer for roughly 130 years employing thousands of workers from the area has been sitting vacant for 17 years slowing crumbling from lack of upkeep. With the constant threat of being razed and losing ...