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Retrofitting Suburban Plains: Creating a Walkable Mixed-use Neighborhood for South Fargo
(2016)
This thesis aims to retrofit existing infrastructure and future development plans for a south Fargo neighborhood in order to transform the neighborhood into a walkable mixed-use urban center. Walkability is defined by ...
Ford Park: Creating Hydrologically Sensitive Connections to the Mississippi Riverfront System
(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 ...
Resurgent Ecologies: A Blue Design
(2012)
This thesis explores a waterless neighborhood in Las Vegas. “Blue design” explores water conservation
efforts through design and community planning. The intent of this project is to identify new and innovative ways to ...
Growing Green with Phytoremediation
(2012)
This thesis is premised on the basis that students benefit from both theoretical and practical applications. In this project, I have created an outdoor, interactive space that demonstrates the intersection between the ...
On the Fringe
(2012)
When communities fail to plan, there is no institutional framework where development
can progress. This leaves little opportunity for expansion or modification based on changing
needs. The establishment of a common vision ...
Revitalizing Urban Corridors: Synergy Park
(2011)
The premise of this project is to investigate the current relationship of downtown Minneapolis to the surrounding urban sprawl. From the expansion of the freeway and its connection to these areas, the city is a hub for ...
Urban Transitions: making connections between transportation to the livable environment
(2013)
The dependence on personal vehicles for transportation continues to grow for Americans. This has changed the shape of our cities toward automobile oriented transportation over the past decades. In return cities have been ...
Kansas City, Kansas: A Center for Community & Culture
(2013)
Community spaces play an important role in the success of a city and it’s inhabitants. They become the foundation to which those living and visiting in the area come together and communicate. They offer opportunities to ...
Selling the system
(2014)
Community Resilience: Investing in Walkability
(2011)
Currently, Main Avenue is lacking character and connection to the rest of Fargo, North Dakota. Most of Main Avenue is zoned commercial, and it appears to be highly industrialized because of full scale billboards, concrete ...