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Mayo Gardens
(2014)
This thesis is an urban design project hybridizing architecture and landscape architecture. The relationship between landscape architecture and architecture reveals three basic modes which will be studied: contrast, merger, ...
Cascade Creek revitalizing community
(2014)
Located adjacent to downtown Rochester, MN are three neighborhoods that are in the midst of revitalizing their housing infrastructure. Each neighborhood is taking steps to become a viable family neighborhood
with a developed ...
Improving Physical Health
(2012)
Urban environments designed with the pedestrian as the primary user encourage more physical activity and promote lifelong physical health. The obesity rate in the United States for adults “eighteen and older tripled from ...
Repurposing Central Avenue SE : a multimodal urban cyclist corridor
(2015)
Many countries, cities, and communities have recently set out new policy frameworks to support growth of non-motorized transportation, creating a multimodal environment. This paper examines the repurpose and redesign of ...
Play Streets: Integrating safe and engaging play opportunities for children into the streetscape network of Lowertown, St. Paul Minnesota
(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 ...
The Soup Bowl in the City of Lakes
(2013)
Minneapolis residents value parks for many contributions to the public realm – as a green escape from the city, as opportunities for recreation, as places to gather – but few people think of parks as infrastructure, as ...
Point of Pines Ecolodge: Promoting Educational Awareness and Resource Management Through Energy, Food and Water Conservation in North Central Minnesota
(2017)
As first world countries become more conscious of the carbon footprint in the environment, many resorts continue to excessively use natural resources. This
thesis intends to redesign the existing prototype in resorts by ...
Separation of the city & the river : enhancing Lowertown through the revitalization of St. Paul's industrial waterfront
(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 ...
Learning from the 'Lost Forty'
(2012)
This thesis focuses on the reimagining of Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to incorporate the principles of successional ecosystems found in the “Lost Forty” to produce a demonstration park that promotes walkability ...
Collision Course: Leveraging Open Space Conservation and Public Education to Minimize Bald Eagle Aircraft Strikes in St. Paul, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
While many of us travel on an airplane day to day, the responsibility that pilots take on from boarding to deboarding is intensely high. Many considerable things could go wrong, and being responsible for many lives puts ...