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Theater of Life: Participatory Design as a Feature for Intentional Adaptation to a Diverse Set of Lifestyles
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The purpose of this thesis is to propose an integrated model for intentional living and participatory design. Theater of Life seeks to expand the potential of housing in a dense urban environment with blank canvas units ...
Panopticism: The Socialization of Urban Dwellers in Public Design
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Public spaces in a number of large metros are often active during the work day but by night fill with criminals and the destitute. Accompanying the night brings crimes such as violence and vandalism. Through a thoughtful ...
Enhancing the Ballpark Experience: NDSU Softball Complex Renovation
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
There are countless factors that influence how people experience the environment around them. These influences include sensory dynamics, such as light, noise, temperature, and sound, as well as memorable events, and ...
Mind in the External: A Rehabilitation Facility for the Clinically Depressed
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Recent studies in neuroscience suggest that our minds are actually projected into the outside world and the outside into our minds. By mixing this new knowledge with philosophy, research has shown that our built environment ...
Future Forum: Fostering Important Conversations
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
As a species we are approaching a convergence of a confluence of factors that will determine the fate of all future conscious experience as we know it. How we use technology in the near future will determine this playing ...
Park City Manhattan
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Park City Manhattan is mixed-used urban development located on the East River in the New York Borough of Manhattan. Surrounded by the densely packed concrete jungle of Midtown, Park City is a project that takes an alternative ...
5
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
5 investigates how architecture should respond to tragedy and suggests that thoughtful, poetic architecture with deep seeded meaning is the answer. A history museum in Dublin, Ireland focusing on
the five largest tragedies ...
St. Michael Speedway & Resort
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Raceways are uncommonly thought of as a public amenity and even more uncommonly thought of as a public health solution. Although this may be an incorrect implication. For instance, race tracks could serve as an outlet for ...
Caesura: Enhancing the Culture of Fargo-Moorhead
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The downtown area of Fargo-Moorhead is growing exponentially, yet the rapid boom in growth may result in a monotonous city center. Downtown needs an attraction — something other than shops, bars, restaurants, and apartments. ...
Intimate Encounters: Transportation as Theatre in Toronto's Underground
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The accidental eye contact, the casual nudge of the thigh, and the slight smell of sweat, subway systems are multi-sensory experiences that are unique to every city. Subways are daunting and anxious spaces. Being forced ...