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Adaptable Spaces for Changing Paces : Design for Demographic Shifts
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The built environment is currently designed with (only) the present demographic profile in mind. Designing in this manner
fails to prepare for changes in demographic profiles and creates an obstacle for users when the ...
Adapting the City
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The title of this thesis is “Adapting the City Center” and explores the question of how do the long-term effects of rapid housing development at Fargo, North Dakota’s perimeter compare to those of adaptive reuse, interwoven ...
Inspired Conservation
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This thesis aims to achieve higher levels of building performance by instilling a consciousness toward energy conservation in inhabitants of a built construct. A variety of methods for harnessing, storing, and using energy ...
redefine: urban living
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The focus of this thesis, [redefine] is how a building's function can be redefined to suit the changing needs of the community through adaptive reuse.
Over time buildings cease to function the way they were originally ...
Identifying and Cultivating a Legacy and Urban Connection
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis is a response to the exploration of the legacy of our civic communities. It will explore the manner in which these communities are developed, cultivated, and grow to meet the needs of those individuals of which ...
Urban Resurrection
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Communities are becoming increasingly aware that current trends of expansive growth are not sustainable. Infill development, or the development of vacant or under-utilized sites within urban areas, can be an alternative ...
Reinventing the American Dream: Saving the Suburbs
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis examines the future of suburban environments and tactics for creating a more feasible suburban community through modifications of the existing elements of the site. The suburban environment may be revitalized ...
Longevtiy: Urban Retirement Living
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis, Longevity, studies the ability to create a place to dwell that improves the quality, longevity, and ability to heal those that inhabit its walls all the while residing within and urban setting. The typology ...
Expanding Experiential Perception
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
By understanding the affects of built space on those who have limited physical or mental abilities, we are able to create space that could facilitate their very specific needs. Currently, there are many ways to facilitate ...
Building Senses: A Fresh Look At A Meaningful Retirement Community For The People Of Zhengzhou, China
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis will rethink elderly people’s needs and according to that, design a building that responds to the physical and psychological aspects of the elderly population in the urban setting. The typology of this building ...