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Overcoming: An Architectural Response: Study of Architectural Settings that Transition Individuals to Adulthood
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
What role do architectural programs and architectural elements
play in helping individuals overcome liminal conditions on the
pathway to adulthood? This research report will frame student
learning in a college environment ...
Teens: Let's Give Them Some Space; An Architectural Exploration of Teenage Tragedies
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
At a time when we can find numerous divisions
between ourselves and the next person, there
is one thing that every adult has in common:
we were once a teenager. Like any experience,
being a teenager comes with moments ...
Architectural Settings Which Facilitate Transcultural Understanding
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
To understand how a space can promote trans-cultural understanding, it is imperative to understand transculturalism. It is defined as seeing one's self in the other (Cuccioletta, 2002). This means finding aspects of, or ...
Redesigning the Passenger Experience in the Context of Commercial Aviation: Door to Door
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
When addressing the topic of travel, a series of mixed
emotions can rise up within us. Stemming from our
experience from previous trips, we may choose to see the
entire trip as a positive or negative based upon a single
element: ...
Border Catalog: Integrated Sense of Border
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Despite the popularity of border issues in today's media, the spatial organization which borders
create remain unrecognized. This paper discusses the relationship between architecture and
borders through a catalog which ...
Psychology & Design: The Biophysical Connection between Architectural Design and Psychological Health
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This purpose of this thesis is to emphasize the importance of the biophysical
connection between the human psyche and the environment. In theory, these
elements can coexist to manipulate the relationship between design ...
ENVIRO-BRAILLE: Communicating Architecture to the Visually Impaired and Blind
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Architecture has an immense effect on our perception of reality. It has the ability to
shape people's understanding of the world and impacts the way people feel, work,
move, and play. The way in which one gains understanding ...
Wellness Through Adaptive Reuse: Developing a Workflow to Determine the Most Beneficial Adaptive Reuse Strategies
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Architecture in the United States is defined by its variety of architectural styles
over its lifespan as well as its innovation. The rapid expansion of our nation and
its economy has led to urban sprawl and an attitude ...
Designing for Outsiders: Understanding the Effects of Indended and Unintended Design
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
How tolerant are we of people outside our community? Our
ingrained instincts drive us as humans to seek positive interactions,
to feel accepted and appreciated, to find purpose to help us thrive
as individuals and as a ...
Architectural Sign Language: Architecture as a Language Communicated Through Signs
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
American Sign Language (ASL) is not transparent; one cannot understand it until
one learns it. It takes many years of study and interactions with people who use it
daily to be able to properly learn the language. The ...