Research, design, and other creative works from the School of Design, Architecture and Art. Includes: Architecture; Landscape Architecture, and Visual Arts. The school website may be found at https://www.ndsu.edu/sodaa/.

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  • Interconnecting Architecture and Nature 

    Lease, Mariah Beverly (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Over the last decade, if not more, Architecture has blown up and grown to be something that can be so wildly unique but also in today’s day and age, so incredibly modern. This being said, I think sometimes Architects ...
  • Crossing Paths: Landscape Planning for Human-Wildlife Balance 

    Smail, Benjamin J. (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Design methods to reconnect the Salish and Kootenai people, as well as those permitted to visit, to their ancestral lands and historical/cultural sites as well as the safe and efficient movement of native animal species ...
  • The Rolling Greens Community: Planning for a Community With Social and Ecological Value 

    Williams, Andrew (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Over the last few years the number of golf courses that have closed has grown exponentially. The understanding that golf courses aren’t of the highest priority needs to get out to the people who it matters most to. The ...
  • Integrating Plains: Connecting Fargo Through a Green Roof System 

    Rydberg, Katlyn (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    The city of Fargo, ND, and the surrounding area has continually grown each year and is expected to grow in the future. With the growth is an influx in the building of homes, businesses, and roads. This growth has caused ...
  • Treading Lightly: White Earth State Forest Interpretive Center & Nature Park 

    Mocnik, Benjamin K. (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Human development is the leading factor in wetland habitat loss, whether through direct removal (i.e. deforestation, draining, damming, etc.) or through inadvertent means (harmful chemicals, disruption of migration routes, ...
  • Sustainably Symbiotic: A Study Using Lichen Biomimicry to Design a Sustainable Multi-Use Campground in Cavalier County, ND 

    Lonewolf, Xantippean (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Evaluating if designing a multi-use campground using biomorphic design relating to LICHEN could benefit the overall camping experience. The Pembina Gorge near Walhalla, North Dakota was determined as the design setting. ...
  • Breaking the Habit: A Fight Against the Monotony of Tract Housing 

    Wangler, Andrew (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    This project looks at tract housing from the perspective of the homeowner. Tract housing has caused an identity crisis within neighborhoods across the nation, and it’s time we start taking a more forward approach to ...
  • Restoring Forgotten Land: Degraded Land Restoration 

    Jacobson, Matthew Timothy (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    This thesis will explore the potential of using phytoremediation techniques to reduce PM2.5 pollution in Detroit. The city of Detroit has a long history of industrialization and, as a result, faces significant air pollution ...
  • The Upper Arm Bay Resort: On the Missouri 

    Hodenfield, Garrett C. (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Focusing on scrutinizing the significance of the economic gain and loss of rural communities in North Dakota. Farming communities are slowly declining around the Forth Berthold Indian reservation area due to the lack of ...
  • Multi-Minimal 

    Schoenfish, Tucker Darwin (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    The cost of living has started to increase quite drastically over the recent years. From renting an apartment, to buying or building a home. Land and material prices have skyrocketed, especially during and after the ...
  • Disconnect to Reconnect: Using Architecture and Master Planning to Aid in Personal Connection With Nature 

    Zitzow, Daniel Harrison (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Technology is rooted in our society from a very young age, everywhere you look a child has some electronic device in their hands, impacting their lives. This is not necessarily a good thing for development and presents an ...
  • Arizona Arena: Ice in the Desert 

    Wigestrand, Cal (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Sports have the ability to bring a whole city together, especially in a time of such division in this world, sports can bridge those differences, even if it is for just a few hours. For many, sports are a source for ...
  • Remembering and Rebuilding the Broken 

    Svidersky, Alyssa (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Cities throughout time have grown, thrived, persisted, and prospered. Equivalently, time and time again, cities have been seized, destroyed, and flattened to an unimaginable state. Yet they rise again. Why? Because a city ...
  • The Reconnection of Nature and Health 

    Spaude, Kirsten (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Healthcare is an ever-changing field and often a field of uncertainty of what will be around the next corner. As of recent we have faced new challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic where the medical field had to shift ...
  • Pier Luigi Penzo: Football on Water and the Stadium Experience 

    Pichetti, Royce (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    The stadium experience is one that has evolved and been enjoyed for centuries. Stadium architecture, technology, and the sporting event itself has changed greatly yet many events tend to miss out on the atmospheric and ...
  • How Can Land Use Planning and Architectural Design Be Combined to Create a New Form of Residential Lake Shore Development? 

    Peterson, Trenton (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    This thesis envisions itself into the future to answer the questions of how we can allow numerous people to have the opportunity to acquire a residential waterfront property when the value of land continues to increase, ...
  • Celebrating the Past While Creating the Present & Imagining the Future Through the Hamline Midway Library 

    O'Connor, Hailey (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Architecture is more than four walls and a roof. It becomes a beacon of a community. As a country the United States is relatively young, hence the architecture is not as historic as other countries. As a whole, there ...
  • Life Continues in Prison 

    Kubischta, Makala (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    This study is to create a prison environment that is attuned to the users. To design a prison that enhances the safety of interactions between staff and guards with inmates as well as inmates with each other. I want to ...
  • Returning Home: Collective Dwelling Through Incremental Architecure 

    Nelson, Zachary C. (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    Thomas Moore defined home at three scales: the psyche which shelters our souls, the physical place that we make domesticity in, and the broader metaphysical context in which we find our culture, history, and selves ...
  • Horace Mann Elementary School Modernized 

    Krutsinger, Brooke (North Dakota State University, 2023)
    School safety has been a hot topic for the nation for decades, and it seems to be getting worse every year. This causes parents to feel the need to keep their students at home to keep them safe. However, can a floor plan ...

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