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Through the Other: The Social Impact of Architecture and Recognition of the Other
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
The United States of America was established on July 4th, 1776. That day marked the birth of a nation of immigrants. It was through the hard work and dedication of those immigrants and their descendants that this became ...
The Depth of Rivers and the Restorative Power of the Fragment: Architecture as Fluid Filmic Narrative
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
In 1948, Ralph Ellison wrote an article about the experience of living in Harlem and
explained a common feeling of placelessness and uncertainty of self. This placelessness
persists today as the neighborhood undergoes ...
Adaptive Architectural Value Engineering: A Study of Influencing Factors
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
A study to define value, and define it as a critical variable in domestic residential design and construction, by the use of evaluation of adaptive symbolic models using designer controlled endogenous and external exogenous ...
Refractive Architecture: A Paradigm Shift through Education
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
A place of no place, void of connection or meaning. We are moving ever more rapidly into a utopian society. A society of automatons, operating as machines. Aspects of our world today have been reduced and categorized to a ...
Here in the City: Architecture of Lost Spaces
(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 ...
Enhanced Assisted Living: An Architectural Strategy to Reduce the Negative Effects for Society Caused by Aging Population
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Due to the emergence of large numbers of elderly people as the Baby Boomer generation ages and the life span extended, an aging population has become a serious issue for modern society with far-reaching economic and ...
Relocated Roots: A Community Focused Urban Agriculture Facility
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
The design of 407 New Street seeks to introduce the agricultural sector into the urban environment. By integrating agriculture into the city context, the project aims to introduce a new typological identity to the neighborhood ...
Within and Without: St. Paul Museum of Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
This thesis project revolves around how museums influence our perception of objects and ideas. Through research on museum design and architectural theory, I have come to understand the idea of framing and its importance ...
The Synthesis of Balance: Conscious Design Based on the Lived Experience
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Architecture become harmonious when it is experienced as a triad of the lived reality, the perceived experience, and the impact it has on the memory of the soul. The physical reality of the built environment can highly ...
Casualty Collection System
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Our world continuously changes as the population grows, and technology advances to new heights. Each change has different effects on our environment, some are negative while others are positive. Some developments have ...