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    • The Accessible Masterpiece 

      Crandell, Audrey (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Amazing artwork is located all around the world. However, there are barriers to accessibility: the locality, cost, and the ability to travel to see various pieces by renowned artists. Even if someone has a museum near them, ...

    • Acknowledging the Tides through the Renewable Energy of the Moon 

      Wolf, Drew (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      A restructure of energy generation and architectures ability to transform power plants into a beacon of culture. This project seeks to reawaken a lost perspective of nature through the acknowledgment of the entwined ...

    • Act for Children: Formative Environments 

      Jarrett, Kelsey (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Can Architecture serve as an education aid in early childhood development? Can we as designers help children learn while provoking discovery and creative thinking? How can we as designers better prepare our nation's youngest ...

    • The Activated Medium: Modern Architectural Representation and Transposition 

      Benke, Brad (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis explores the role of the modern architectural representation and its changing relationship to the act of making. The investigation will seek and test outlets for architectural representations to operate under ...

    • Active Adult Community: Senior Housing to Promote Active Intellects 

      Miller, Tiffaney A. (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      Through this thesis project I addressed Fargo, North Dakota’s growing population that demands housing for individuals of all income levels. I proposed an active adult community located in downtown that will provide ...

    • ACTUATED ARCHITECTURE : Driving Healthy Behavior With Design 

      Brunik, Laura (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The mere sight of architecture can create a behavioral response, so through research, this thesis seeks to develop a better understanding of architecture’s impact on health and wellness. Architecture can create sensory ...

    • Adagio : étude for the practice and performance of piano 

      Lawman, Jakob (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      Adagio: Étude for the Practice and Performance of Piano explores the interaction between people and music in a community, and how the production of music can be available to anyone. Interaction with music has a multitude ...

    • Adaptability and Design 

      Buck, Nicholas (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis project, Adaptability and Design, investigates the following question, how can design be adaptable with society’s technological growth within an educational facility? This proposal’s main emphasis is to challenge ...

    • Adaptable Architecture : architecture that changes through time 

      Hughes, Kathryn (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Just as living things grow and adapt, so should the things we create. In this juxtaposition lays the ability to propel our creations into a cyclical lifestyle of rebirth through functionality. Spatial experiences are ...

    • Adaptable Architecture in a Regenerative Medicine Facility 

      Thompson, Courtney (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      The proposed regenerative medicine facility, in downtown Rochester, MN is the platform for investigating how a building can adapt with the expansion of human knowledge. The realization of adaptability in architecture can ...

    • Adaptable Architecture: Architecture That Responds to Changing Needs 

      Windschitl, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis explores the use of adaptable architecture and its ability to change to diverse program and user needs. By using flexible and kinetic components in the design of a performing arts center, it can expand the ...

    • Adaptable Spaces for Changing Paces : Design for Demographic Shifts 

      Lutterman, Laura (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The built environment is currently designed with (only) the present demographic profile in mind. Designing in this manner fails to prepare for changes in demographic profiles and creates an obstacle for users when the ...

    • Adaptation : transforming existing transit systems for Millennials 

      Eckberg, Anna (2014)
      The Millennial Generation, also known as Generation Y, has a different philosophy than previous generations when it comes to transportation and housing. According to Shyam Kannan, vice president at RCLCO, a leading real ...

    • ADAPTATION: Leveraging Modern Narratives towards Preservation and Public Uses of Pueblo Bonito's World Heritage Ruins in New Mexico's Central Chaco Canyon 

      Reed, Joseph (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      This study focuses on creating new narratives to cultural heritage sites by comparing concepts of ruins from cultural heritage sites and post-industrial landscapes. Both landscapes share that unifying feature of ruins and ...

    • Adapting an icon : adaptive reuse of downtown movie theaters 

      Senescall, Shawn L. (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Downtown theaters serve as landmarks for many communities across our region because of their unique design features. Elaborate auditoriums, decorated facades, and flashy, grand marquees are all iconic characteristics of ...

    • Adapting the City 

      Stevens, Caralyn (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      The title of this thesis is “Adapting the City Center” and explores the question of how do the long-term effects of rapid housing development at Fargo, North Dakota’s perimeter compare to those of adaptive reuse, interwoven ...

    • Adaptive Architectural Value Engineering: A Study of Influencing Factors 

      Meyer, Christopher (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      A study to define value, and define it as a critical variable in domestic residential design and construction, by the use of evaluation of adaptive symbolic models using designer controlled endogenous and external exogenous ...

    • Adaptive Architecture: Design for a Declining Global Population 

      Sommerfeld, Brian (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      In the face of a declining human population, our ability to plan for and adapt to future circumstances will be essential if we, as a global community, are to not only preserve our built environment, but also ensure its ...

    • Adaptive Learning Center 

      Murphy, Sean (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      The title of the thesis is Adaptive Learning Center. The building is located in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado and is a 14,000 sq. ft. facility. The typology for this building is an environmental learning center/visitor ...

    • Adaptive Re-Use of the American School Bus 

      Deitz, Jonathan Parker (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      This project explores the alternative needs of modern nomadic living. Rather than living life with the focus of the collection of things, 21st century nomadism places a focus on experiences and stories. This project will ...