• Space Sky Earth: Weather Learning Museum and Research Center 

  Gutowski, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  A rainstorm now and again can be a calming experience. With our climate changing and a focus on more sustainable built projects, we can only wonder if it is enough to help offset the carbon footprint that architects ...

• Building Blocks: Re-framing Urban Inestment and Community Health Through Equitable Empowerment 

  Derf, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  The modern city is failing at embracing the value of difference and common ground is fading. The implicit effects of urban policy are dividing cities and putting their most marginalized communities in an even more ...

• Public Memory and Forgetting: Making Visible the Invisibility of Loss in the San Francisco AIDS Pandemic 

  Norby, Beau (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  It is well known that we depend on our memory for our individual and collective sense of identity, meaning, and purpose. We assign significance to past, present, and future events through inter-subjective and ordered ...

• The Materiality of Time and Water: An Emotional and Cognitive Reinvigoration of Sustainability on the Edge of the California Coast 

  Cochrane, Bailey (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Ancient man had a full-bodied integration into the divinity of the earth that we have displaced in our modern age. We have become subjects of the technological advancements of today and as a result are tasked with ...

• Getting Old: A Design Solution to Improve Mental Health Post Retirement 

  Buschke, Bailey (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Individuals 65 years and older are struggling with the alarmingly high suicide rates among their peers. This is often caused by the sudden lack of purpose following retirement. Designing for community involvement while ...

• Centennial High: A School for Hope and Growth 

  Teuber, Augustina (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  In this paper, high school design is evaluated in order to better support the mental health of its occupants. The alarming rise in anxiety, depression, and violence among youth over the past few decades demonstrates the ...

• Simple Nurture: Weaving Motherhood and Community 

  Argenziano, Anne (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  There are community centers in nearly every city that are used to some extent. Some are good and some are bad. In most cases, the existence of a community is a prerequisite for the construction of a community center. ...

• Safe Harbor: Recontextualizing Architectural Design to Engage Society in Combating Human Trafficking 

  Stroh, Anna (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  As one of the fastest growing and most lucrative criminal enterprises, human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to lure victims into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Minnesota faces widespread ...

• Healing the Invisible 

  Luschen, Amy (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Every day, the environments that surround are constantly impacting who we are and how we feel. Unfortunately, the power that we hold as designers is often overlooked, especially in the fields of healthcare and healing. ...

• Housing for All 

  Hill, Amanda (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  What effect does sustainability and design consideration have on affordable housing? This thesis investigates affordable housing and how sustainable design can make it more economical. There is a lack of design that goes ...

• Wasted Space: Reimagining and Repurposing Spaces 

  Hermanson, Alixandra (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Cities throughout the world have developed urban landscapes sprawling with buildings of various uses, green spaces linking neighborhoods and networks of transportation systems. Some areas within these types of cities have ...

• Land of 10,000 Dying Lakes: Designing for Sustainable Water Management Through Wetland Conservation and Public Recreation 

  Unruh, Zachary (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  In 2017, 169 harmful algal blooms were reported nation-wide. Existing in all water body types, saltwater or freshwater, this number is increasing every year, and Minnesota is no exception. In the land of 10,000 lakes, ...

• Creating a Functional use of City Space Along the St. Croix River in Correlation to Seasonal Flooding 

  Valiquet, Sydney (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Many locations within the United States have major flooding problems. One of these locations is along the St. Croix River. The St. Croix River is a tributary of the Mississippi River and it is approximately 169 miles long. ...

• Revisiting Riverfronts: Creating Safe Urban Waterfronts That Can be Used Outside of Large Storm Events 

  Kerfeld, Sam (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Blue Spaces - areas along rivers, lakes, oceans, etc ... - in Urban Areas have shown to improve pedestrians physical and mental health. Due to climate change these spaces are in danger of becoming deserted and forgotten. ...

• Contemporary Landscape Approached to Buddhism Temple 

  Nguyen, Nhi (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Tay Phuong Monastery was built in 2013 with a small fundraiser from the followers. The temple is located on a 35-acre lot, with a beautiful, natural, and pure environment. This place is for people to come to worship and ...

• Bringing Nature Indoors: Tetris Landscaping 

  Borgert, Rachel (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends 93% of their life indoors. Almost 70% of which is at home. By being indoors there is a greater chance of being exposed to higher ...

• An Immersive Sensory Experience: Revitalizing Touchmark Senior Living Community 

  Minette, Morgan (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  This thesis project focuses on providing a unique sensory expereince for residents, employees, and visitors at Touchmark at Harwood Groves, a local senior living community. This is a large complex that houses independent ...

• Living Streets within Downtown Fargo: A Living Street that Focuses on the Pedestrian, Environmental, and Social Design Elements in Downtown Cores 

  Keller, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  With downtown Fargo continuing to change with new multi-use buildings and parking garages, the focus should now be on the streets. Over the past couple years there has been multiple parking garages built within a mile of ...

• Hippotherapy Sensory Trails in Stewartville, MN 

  Long, Madison (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  This thesis will focus on healthcare and therapeutic design with the major focus being hippo-therapy trails for young individuals with anxiety, depression and Sensory Processing Disorder. Hippo-therapy or equine therapy ...

• Lakeshore Design Intervention 

  Miller, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  This study will quantify the Minnesota County's concerns with shoreline development and private landowner's concerns with the unauthorized use of purchased land due to regulations and wildlife preservation. This study ...

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