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Designing Through Disaster
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This thesis project is about how we can provide a cost and time effective source of emergency housing for those just affected by a natural disaster. Natural disasters rarely have a warning signal to them, and even when ...
The Nature of happiness
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Designed as a 384,300 SF urban mixed-use community Node and placed in Minneapolis, MN this thesis attempts to show how architectural design may respond to the overwhelming pollution, poor quality of life and mass urban ...
ACTUATED ARCHITECTURE : Driving Healthy Behavior With Design
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The mere sight of architecture can create a behavioral response, so through research, this thesis seeks to develop a better understanding of architecture’s impact on health and wellness. Architecture can create sensory ...
Growth Through the Past: Cooperation of the Past, Present, and Future in Revitalizing Clarissa, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis goes on to answer the question of whether a piece of the past can be used as a catalyst for growth in a small community. By adapting a current piece of architecture into a tool that can be used by the residents ...
Urban "Gumbo": A Mixed-Use Public Corridor in Lafayette, Louisiana
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis project invited the exploration of the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces.
In fact, a boundary does not need to exist. To explore the impact of architecture in public spaces and an existing urban ...
Adaptable Architecture: Architecture That Responds to Changing Needs
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis explores the use of adaptable architecture and its ability to change to diverse program and user needs. By using flexible and kinetic components in the design of a performing arts center, it can expand the ...
Engineering The Digital Workplace: The Architecture of Changing Social Interaction
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
“Engineering the Digital Workplace” explores how meaningful design can inform, and be informed by, social interaction in an increasingly connected and less private society.
The thesis proposes to create a model for how ...
[re]DUX : adaptive architecture, [re]use & mixed use
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis examines the implications a building’s history/past has on its future development. It is guided by
the idea that some structures are
more capable than others in making
the transition from one function ...
Rural Transitions: A Supplemental Community
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The thesis, Rural Transitions, investigates the problem that has become a growing trend as more people move from rural, agricultural areas into suburban or city life. Many of the existing country dwellers are no longer ...
A Place for lace
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This thesis explores the question, “How can the digital, mechanized world of today, help keep the tradition of handcrafted Belgian lace alive?” The typology for the examination of this problem is a museum/learning center ...