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Sustainable Lakeshore Development : Integrating Lakeshore Ecosystems into the Urban Environment
(2011)
This project is meant to explore sustainable lakeshore design ideas within private and public community property that share a common water body resource. A community surrounding a water body forms a social-ecological ...
Urban Endemics: Protecting Imperiled Species
(2011)
This thesis project will explore the requirements for a
botanical garden and associated grounds, within the city of Fargo, North Dakota. A key element includes the addition of micro-climates suitable for the introduction/ ...
Instascape: Employing Social Media to Connect the Physical and Cultural Environment in Duluth’s Downtown Waterfront
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Eisenhower’s great uniting Interstate Highway System may have brought many communities closer to each other, but in many instances, severed them internally. We see this problem in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. The central ...
Community Connections
(2012)
A university community in the Midwest will need to increase in density to accommodate an expanding population. This design thesis examines how density and growth can be accomplished while improving the quality of life for ...
Landfill re-morial : a postmodern reclamation of the City of Fargo landfill
(2015)
This thesis takes a quantitative look at closed landfills to determine a feasible and sustainable solution that can be used in the City of Fargo Landfill, which is expected to close between 2019 and 2023 without a post-closure ...
Festival on Fifth Street: A Multi-modal Streetscape and Cultural Center in Downtown Bismarck, North Dakota.
(2016)
This thesis is a study conducted to explore the effects of revitalizing a downtown street emphasizing the pedestrian. Through research, the streetscape will be redeveloped for the safety of pedestrians as well as various ...
Bluebird Gardens--Bringing People Together Through the Awareness and Education of Local Agriculture
(2016)
The purpose of this design thesis is to create a site design that features elements that promote public participation, education,
and awareness of local agriculture through CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), while ...
St. Louis Placeless
(2010)
This thesis investigates the value of beneficial context on a neighborhood in blight and how to transform a neighborhood that has faced decline into a place that harbors community and can be a place of pride for a city. ...
PeDesign
(2010)
This thesis sets out to explore planning alternatives that function for pedestrians
instead of vehicular traffic. Setting new standards and development process will help
for a long and successful community but understanding ...
crime framework: designing for crime prevention
(2012)
Crime changes the social perception of the first time visitor and returning user and their ability to adapt in a changing environment while establishing their role in a community that is currently influenced by inclusionary ...