| dc.contributor.author | Ormsby, Alexander | |
| dc.description.abstract | Today we have the luxury of hindsight; this allows
for the truth of past actions to reveal itself to
us. We can look back on our shared human history
and recognize the repercussions of certain
actions, and it is with this lens humanity must view
the past; without it, true progress is not possible.
The past is, in fact, the key component in inspiring
the future. As the famous George Santayana quote
goes, “Those who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it.” While this quote has been
twisted thousands of times over to defend a vast
array of arguments, as designers we still have
much to learn from it. We must take it upon ourselves
to dissect the past—to break it down into its
individual components. It is only once these unique
parts are broken down into their fundamentals
that their true purpose, their true essence, is revealed
to us. Once this essence is discovered it is
then possible to re-contextualize the fragments of
old into a design of new. It is this transformation
of technology from the past into the new context
of the present that allows for a re-imagining of the
world on a natural and cultural level. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Live Mpls | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-26T15:38:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-26T15:38:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/31501 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Housing, Cooperative. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Factories -- Remodeling for other use. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Minneapolis (Minn.) | |
| dc.title.alternative | Re-contextualizing Past Technology for Affordable Living | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Architecture (MArch) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Architecture and Landscape Architecture | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Architecture | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Wischer, Stephen | en_US |
