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    • Breaking The Mold: Exploring the Recreation of Fitness Design in a Natural Setting 

      Sullivan, Dylan (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      Since the beginning of time, mankind has maintained a profound connection with their physical fitness and the World around them. However, modern day practices are distrupting these formerly innate behaviors. The lethargic ...

    • Brewing Up a Community 

      Huebsch, John (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis begins to answer the question: through design how can different zoning types, such as commercial and industrial, be built to create a hybrid structure that would complement each zoning type? The Typology used ...

    • Bridge: A Library as Interconnection for Culture and Function 

      Vang, Shelley (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      My thesis is focused on creating an opportunity for the exchange and connection between individuals, cultures, communities, and knowledge we gain from one another. Located in the Fargo-Moorhead area, the two cities have a ...

    • Bridging Generations: Exploring Intergenerational Shared Building Sites to Counteract Age Segregation 

      Amble, Taylor Lee (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      Age segregation is a rising problem in the United States. Since the early 1900s, this country has relied on age as a driving force in determining rules and regulations. Because of this, older and younger populations ...

    • Bridging program and place 

      Lyseng, Mackenzie (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students, yet so often our school buildings do little to suggest that any learning occurs inside. Our schools should be designed in a way that enhances the learning ...

    • Bridging the gap - sustainability through technê 

      Burley, Holly (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis explores the relationship between experiential and scientific approaches to sustainability and the architectural approaches to the hot-button issue. It will provide an example of how an environment can encourage ...

    • Bridging the Gap: Adaptive Reuse of an Intergenerational Learning Center 

      Hirstein, Alexandra (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This design thesis adaptively reuses the former St. Louis County Jail to house an independent living facility and a preschool that incorporates an Intergenerational Learning Center, located in the Downtown Waterfront ...

    • Bridging Urban Divides: The Impact and Implementation of Bridge Parks 

      Velazquez, Elvis Brian (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      This study examines the role bridge parks have in the enhancement of community connectivity across fragmented neighborhoods. By conducting a comparative analysis of bridge parks in various urban settings, identifying the ...

    • Bringing Nature Indoors: Tetris Landscaping 

      Borgert, Rachel (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends 93% of their life indoors. Almost 70% of which is at home. By being indoors there is a greater chance of being exposed to higher ...

    • Bringing the Rave out of the Cave 

      Bren, Travis (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      By examing the types of space raves inhabited, from the anarchist grass-root orgins of the urban undergrounds to the vast landscapes of commodified festivals of today, I question: what would the ideal 21st century rave ...

    • Broken Connections: Creating a Partnership of Mankind, Nature and Place Through Transportation 

      Warner, Justin (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This thesis examines how the revitalization of the passenger rail in America can repair an urban city’s connection with its natural surroundings, its history and its greater regional context. St. Paul, Minnesota ...

    • Buffalo, MN: A Transect-Based Land Use Strategy 

      Grandlund, Luke A. (North Dakota State University, 2006)
      The objectives of this thesis are to explore the social, economic, and environmental dynamics of land use regulations and examine design strategies to increase the community identity and the preservation of natural resources ...

    • Building as Bridge: Re-imagining Sustainable Living Through Symphonic Design 

      DeMartelaere, Emma (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      For German Philosopher, Martin Heidegger, a bridge is a manifestation of the fourfold—Earth, Sky, Divinities, and Mortals—which is at the root of all dwelling. He believed that preserving this fourfold is how we dwell in ...

    • Building Blocks Towards New Education 

      Arroyo, Gaius Josiah D. (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      The purpose of this research is to look at the effects digital technologies have had on education and explore ways educational facilities can react to these new technologies in the form of how we look at learning spaces. ...

    • Building Blocks: Re-framing Urban Inestment and Community Health Through Equitable Empowerment 

      Djerf, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      The modern city is failing at embracing the value of difference and common ground is fading. The implicit effects of urban policy are dividing cities and putting their most marginalized communities in an even more ...

    • Building Community: A Mixed Use Urban Redevelopment Project With an Emphasis on Community Sustainability, St. Paul, Minnesota 

      Collis, Rebecca L. (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      This thesis will be a study of mixed use facilities in an urban area in an effort to find a design that is not only aesthetically pleasing, but encourages community growth and development. Research will look into reasons ...

    • Building Connections Through Design 

      Kenoyer, Zachary (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      The typology of this thesis will be a modern art / design museum with a civic and education emphasis. The design will feature galleries, classrooms and workshops, hospitality spaces, and include flexible design strategies ...

    • Building IN: The BNSF Corridor Initiative 

      Perius, Jason (North Dakota State University, 2006)
      This project is an urban design study in the re-use of abandoned railway land as a potential for urban growth and development in the historic Fargo Downtown neighborhood. This project will examine the characteristic of ...

    • Building Senses: A Fresh Look At A Meaningful Retirement Community For The People Of Zhengzhou, China 

      Liu, Zhe (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis will rethink elderly people’s needs and according to that, design a building that responds to the physical and psychological aspects of the elderly population in the urban setting. The typology of this building ...

    • Building the Nest: Designing for Veteran Healing 

      Noe, Victoria (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      The Eagle's Healing Nest, located in Sauk Centre, MN, serves as a refuge for veterans and active duty members where they receive the support and assistance they need. Coming from all over the country, veterans migrate to ...