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    • Becoming the Land: The Synthesis of Architecture and Nature 

      Axtmann, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      Can the creation of natural elements be replicated through our built environment? Can the architecture become an extension of its landscape? Humans have been building and creating architecture for centuries using methods ...
    • Beneficial Architecture 

      Suby, Andrew (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      How can architecture enhance the occupants mental health, and inner tranquility? The typology is a Extended Stay Rehabilitation Center for people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTDS). Through architecture it is ...
    • Benefiting Youth and the Natural Environment: Integration of Biophilic Design in a Youth Center 

      Miner, Abbigail Ann (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      This thesis will entertain the idea of integrating biophilic design principles into a youth center. First there is a discussion of biophilic design, community centers, and youth centers with the intent to understand what ...
    • Bentley's Paradise 

      Erickson, Kai (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Our senses can be some of the most powerful tools we have. Sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste are five simple things that can help make a person’s fictional world come to life. Not only do they help us narrate the ...
    • best if used by: Duluth Recycling and Production Factory 

      Pritchard, Ty (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis work looks to explore and determine the lifetime/expiration of a structure. The longevity of a building’s life is its ability to adapt to current needs. The project will use the shells of old structures in ...
    • Between the Currents: A Project that Brings Ecological Resiliency Through a Regional Park Destination in Georgetown, MN by Applying Principles of Network Connectivity, Aesthetics, and Modularity 

      Swenson, Thomas (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      In the Fargo-Moorhead Area, a project known as the FM diversion is being constructed to improve flood resiliency within the metro area. Looking to the outskirts of the metro area there are many rural communities that do ...
    • Beyond Memory: A Person-Centered Approach to Dementia Design 

      Quaal, Samantha (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      At some point in each of our lives, a loved one or even ourselves will end up in some assisted living facility. Today, there is a negative connotation behind senior care facilities; they are portrayed by having drab interiors ...
    • Bioclimatic Architecture: Incorporating Sustainable Design Methods in Cold Climates 

      Kent, Katie T. (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      Sustainable practices have been a topic of interest for decades within the design community. Architects and engineers alike are keen on the use of alternative energy sources such as wind and solar, but only recently ...
    • BiodiverCity 

      Darwin, Kelsey (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      With a population of nearly 40 million people, California is the nation’s most populous state. As the largest city in California, and the second largest in the United States, Los Angeles, continues to grow in population. ...
    • Biodynamic Farming : Between the Plate and the Planet 

      Lunke, Kyle (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      There are a number of reasons why food in the United States may be subjected to health, social, and environmental concerns. This thesis book examines regenerative agriculture and how the built environment may help to reverse ...
    • Biophilia : A Healing Connection 

      Jensen, Kelsey (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Throughout recent years more people have been inhabiting cites which creates growth of the built environment and a greater disconnect between humans and nature. It becomes a matter of finding solutions to settle this ...
    • Biophilic Architecture & Mental Health 

      Chamu, Litzy (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      This thesis proposes the effects of biophilic interaction on people experiencing and struggling with mental health issues. In order to properly treat patients with mental health issues, the psychology behind the ...
    • Biophilic Design: Humanity and the Aspects of Nature and Architecture 

      Sunder, Dominic (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      This study focuses on the interaction between humanity, nature, and design and how they can be implemented together to create something that works synergistically as one entity. The proposed idea is to design and develop ...
    • Biophilic Veterans Rehab Center: A Place for Healing 

      Hinrichs, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      The topic of this thesis project is a veterans rehab center that utilizes biophilic design. Biophilia is thought to help expedite the healing process for many kinds of ailments from mental to physical. The rehab center ...
    • Bismarck State Hospital 

      Hoffmann, Kaspari (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      The premise of this project is how people regularly encounter architecture and how design has the potential to positively impact mental health and enable more independence in the lives of people who are affected by it. ...
    • Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge Park: Using Private-Public Infill to Create a Destination Waterfront Park in the City of Bismarck, North Dakota 

      Schmidt, Austin M. (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      This study focuses on the preservation of the Bismarck-Mandan rail bridge and surrounding 200-acre site as a catalyst to transform the waterfront of North Dakota’s capital city into a 21st-Century urban park. Announced ...
    • Black Hills Conservation Center : connecting back to the environment 

      Johnson, Aaron (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This thesis looks to answer the question: “How can we create architecture that connects us back to the environment?” A conservation center is the project typology for this thesis, located in Spearfish, SD. The design looks ...
    • Bluebird Gardens--Bringing People Together Through the Awareness and Education of Local Agriculture 

      Ashbaugh, Erica (2016)
      The purpose of this design thesis is to create a site design that features elements that promote public participation, education, and awareness of local agriculture through CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), while ...
    • body soul inHABIT 

      Cayley-Wieler, Jill (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis investigates the human body and its proportions in relation to the comfort and security experienced within a space. This thesis also takes a deeper analytical look at how the treatment of our own bodies has ...
    • Boecraft Continuum 

      Kaesmeyer, Jared (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      What is tradition? Careening 100 miles per hour across a thin shelf of ice, compelled solely by a precise manipulation of the wind atop razor sharp steel blades? This sounds more like a death wish than tradition. Yet ...