Architecture - Research Studio: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Intentional Community: Architecture Can Form Community for Vanlifers
(North Dakota State University, 2019)What is the potential of community-based infrastructure for vanlifers? Vanlife is an ever-growing movement across North America and the rest of the world. Driven by high costs of living, mundane desk jobs, poor quality of ... -
The Shape of a Home: Using Shape Grammar to Design a Single-Family Residence
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The goal of this research project was to study the application of shape grammar in order to investigate its potential use as a form of computer aided software as an alternative to the ever so popular Building Information ... -
A Study of the Ideal Acoustical/Spatial Environment for Rave/EDM Performance Spaces
(North Dakota State University, 2019)By examining the types of space raves inhabited, from the predominate 90s anarchist grass-root origins of the urban undergrounds to today's contemporary youth in vast landscapes of com-modified festivals and clubs, as well ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Supplementing the ADA Design Standards: Addressing Mental Health and Illness through Standards of Design Adopted from the WELL Building Standard
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The 2010 ADA Design Standards were originally crafted to allow people with disabilities access to the built environment, including public accommodations, commercial facilities, and state and local government facilities. ... -
Making Privately-Funded Mixed-Use NFL Stadium Development Feasible: A Washington DC Case Study
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This research investigates if mixed use designed within the stadium itself can generate revenue that equals a typical stadium subsidy, which would create justification for a privately-funded venue. Because the Washington ... -
Representing Music in Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The ability to play an instrument has been proven through numerous studies to improve executive functions and set students up for academic and future workplace success, however many students find music difficult to understand ... -
Urban Housing: Building for the Body and the Mind
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The goal of this research report is to encourage critical thought on the architecture of urban housing, and to provide alternatives to paradigm of archetypal design solutions. Research within this report explores various ... -
Using Architecture to Enhance the Ballpark Experience: NDSU Softball Complex Renovation
(North Dakota State University, 2018)What role does architecture do to improve experience in the ballpark stadium settin regarding all users? Ballparks have been one of the biggest entertainment hostpots for almost 200 years. They have gone through many changes ... -
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 ... -
The Integration of Architecture and Empowerment: Inserting Architectural Design into Refugee Camps to Empower Refugees Worldwide
(North Dakota State University, 2018)How can the insertion of architecture and design into refugee habitats empower refugees individually and collectively in specific locations globally? The goal of this research project is to discover ways in which the design ...