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ACTUATED ARCHITECTURE : Driving Healthy Behavior With Design
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The mere sight of architecture can create a behavioral response, so through research, this thesis seeks to develop a better understanding of architecture’s impact on health and wellness. Architecture can create sensory ...
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 ...
Biophilia : A Healing Connection
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Throughout recent years more people have been inhabiting cites which creates growth of the built environment and a greater disconnect between humans and nature. It becomes a matter of finding solutions to settle this ...
Recovering Life in Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis, Recover(ing)life within architecture, will focus on the question, “How can the design of a rehabilitation center assist in the care that each patient experiences and requires individually in the recovery ...
The Genesis Project : exploring the convergence of architecture, music, & life
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Music is an innate human quality that provokes physical, mental, and spiritual responses both consciously and subconsciously, and consequently, has the capacity to change the environment. Architecture can be designed as a ...
Recovery through design
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate and identify the
environmental psychological needs of patients receiving treatment for addiction and mental health diseases. The research aims to implement architectural spacial ...
Transforaum: Using Nature and Architecture to Enhance Well-being
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
This thesis answers the question, “How can incorporating natural elements into a space affect individuals in a positive way so that their overall wellness is improved?” When the health of an individual is being tested and ...
Oncology Center: Healing through Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
The typology of my project is healthcare design. Based on past research, many studies have shown that the environment and space that an individual is in can strongly influence a person’s treatment plan and healing process. ...
Healing with Colors
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
This study focuses on the relationship between color frequency and healing the human body. There is evidence that color has been implemented as a healing process through therapy, dating back to thousands of years ago. I ...
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 ...