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Act for Children: A Study of How Architecture Can Foster Development During the Stages of Early Childhood
(North Dakota State University, 2017)What role does architecture play in fostering the stages of early childhood development? The first five years of a child's life are the most crucial years of their developmental process as they grow not only physically but ... -
Adapting Green: A Step by Step Methodology for Integrating LEED and WELL Standards Into Adaptive Reuse Projects
(North Dakota State University, 2022)LEED is the most widely used green building system in the world. LEED provides tools that clearly lay out the sustainable criteria for a building project. LEED is being implemented more and more every day, as is shown by ... -
Adaptive Architectural Value Engineering: Methods
(North Dakota State University, 2017)To develop an architectural design with an optimal solution, an understanding of the mechanics of design process becomes important. In 'Design by Optimization in architecture, Building, and Construction', architectural ... -
Algorithms for Calculating a Building’s Waste
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This paper examines the amount of waste or unutilized material a particular design will produce. This is being analyzed by the author through the investigation and use of multiple software systems. The ideal intent is the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Architecture for the Third Place: How design Can Promote Third-Place Activities in an Indoor, Urban, Midwestern Context
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This research began with the goal of designing an ideal indoor public space for Fargo, North Dakota's frigid winters. To understand the best design for the proposed public space, a broader question is posed: How can ... -
The Beauty of the Past
(North Dakota State University, 2015)An attraction to the past is a natural interest in people, we are always interested I where we came from in the hopes to see where we are going. Along with this interest of the past there is a similar interest to the ruins ... -
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 ... -
Building on Water: Studying the Effects of Buoyancy on Architectural Forms
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Our planet is 71% water and 29% land. That land is filling up quick and is going to look a lot smaller for the coming generations. With an ever-growing world population, that is already at almost 7.5 Billion people, we ... -
Chromolume: A Study of How Colored Lights Inform Natural Healing Practices Through Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The built environments we occupy regularly have a strong and lasting impact on our mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. This leads to the question of: What role can architecture play in facilitating healing ... -
Collaboration in Higher Education: Behavior Observation Informing Space Arrangement
(North Dakota State University, 2013)What role does architecture and interior spatial arrangements play in facilitating spontaneous or arranged collaboration in higher education? This project involves identifying the architectural characteristics of spaces ... -
Constructs of Operable Architecture: Climate Optimization by Volumetric Adjustment
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This research focuses primarily on the functionality of software, specifically Rhinoceros (McNeel & Assoc.) and a few associated PlugIns (Grasshopper, Rhino Assembly, RhinoParametrics), to create and control a model to ... -
Creating a Decision Making Tool: How to Decide if One Will Benefit from a Green Roof
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Why is it necessary to provide a decision making model? Why do we feel the need to make rational decisions? The major goal in researching this topic is to provide data which architects can use to illustrate to their clients ... -
Designing for Humanity: How Can the Architecture of Correctional Centers Improve the Lives of Inmates?
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The purpose of this research is to look at the architectural characteristics of successful correctional centers and deduce what specific aspects make them so successful. America is known world-wide for its correctional ... -
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 ... -
Designing for the Homeless
(North Dakota State University, 2018)According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, psyche is defined as the soul, mind, or personality of a person or group (Hacker). I am researching the homeless population to better understand their psyche. I believe that If I ... -
Detention Surveillance: A Closer Look Into What Makes a Secure Prison
(North Dakota State University, 2022)This research will look into case studies to determine what types of floor plans have the best security and safety elements for a prison. By using simulation software, a conclusion can be made for which prison is the ... -
Efficacy of Modular Design in Healthcare
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Modular design has become an industry leading philosophy for the future of community-based health services. Modular applied as a design principle subdivides a construction system into independently fabricated units, ... -
Empirical Analysis of Behavior in Architectural Settings: Using Dartfish and JMP Software to Measure Movement
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Understanding whether the mere sight of architecture can create behavioral responses or not is critical to an architect. If an architect knows what intentional response they want from the inhabitants of their design, then ...