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Un-Locking the River: Addressing Riparian Ecosystems and Public Recreation Opportunities Along the Mississippi River Gorge in Minneapolis, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Lock and dam systems harm rivers across America by disrupting their natural processes and destroying their unique riparian ecosystems. Riverbed habitat is covered by sediments, water temperatures rise due to slower flows, ... -
UND University Village Development: Finding Community in a Diversely Populated Area
(North Dakota State University, 2005)Campus planning has become an increasingly important topic over the past twenty years in the field of city planning. With many state’s universities growing at an alarming rate university officials are beginning to ... -
An Underwater Approach
(2012)“An Underwater Approach” is a series of theoretical premises that will develop into a master plan design. City planning and community involvement projects will be targeted at improving viability and awareness in an ... -
Unifying Dimensions
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The practice of adaptive reuse can completely transform the way people interact with and perceive an existing building. However, is there a way to interweave the past with the present, perhaps by analyzing the building’s ... -
Union Storage & Transfer Co. Charter Art School
(North Dakota State University, 2006)This project is an adaptive re-use project for a new charter art high school in the historic Union Storage Building (Armour Creamery) in downtown Fargo. The thesis will examine the correspondence between alternative education ... -
Unstitch: Saving an Urban Fabric
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Shopping malls were designed to be communal spaces that mimicked town squares, where one could shop, socialize, and feel connected. The architect intended for them to be dense, to promote walkability, and have mixed-uses ... -
Unwanted Inevitability
(2012)According to the USDA, The upper midwest as well as the rest of the regions of the United States have been in a climatic wet-cycle since 1993. Excess precipitation has lead to increased flood likliness. In many countries ... -
The Upper Arm Bay Resort: On the Missouri
(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 ... -
Upper Harbor Terminal Park: Reconnecting Neighborhood and Linking History through Memories along a Post-Industrial River Front in North Minneapolis
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This thesis examines the potential benefits of having an open public space that can be a downtown amenity for the population of north Minneapolis. Over the coming years the state of Minnesota is experiencing growth due to ... -
Urban "Gumbo": A Mixed-Use Public Corridor in Lafayette, Louisiana
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis project invited the exploration of the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces. In fact, a boundary does not need to exist. To explore the impact of architecture in public spaces and an existing urban ... -
Urban Activation
(North Dakota State University, 2017)There are many elements within a city that provide a significant impact on your quality of life. Quality of life is a subjective measure of the overall happiness of a person or a community usually measured within the ... -
Urban advocate : Fargo City Hall renovation and addition
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis, Urban advocate, presents a proposed addition and renovation to Fargo’s current city hall. In Fargo, North Dakota, population growth has forced city leaders to consider their options on the undersized city hall. ... -
Urban Arcology
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This thesis is a study into an urban Arcology on the East Bank of the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities, MN. It will explore ideas of Utopia and the ideal that architects attempt to realize each time he/she designs. ... -
Urban Design Assessment
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Communities are continually following social life cycles, growing and decaying as society fluctuates. In order to establish a positive connection between advancement and growth one must develop a guiding principle. This ... -
Urban elder care
(North Dakota State University, 2015)My thesis project focused on the design aspects of integrating assisted living care facilities with a childcare facility or an animal shelter. The Eden Alternative nonprofit has conducted research and has shown the benefits ... -
Urban Endemics: Protecting Imperiled Species
(2011)This thesis project will explore the requirements for a botanical garden and associated grounds, within the city of Fargo, North Dakota. A key element includes the addition of micro-climates suitable for the introduction/ ... -
Urban Greenway Retrofit: a design for alternative transportation, community and the environment
(2011)This thesis will examine how greenway systems connect and strengthen neighborhoods and green spaces within a city. A connected greenway system links green spaces within a city to enhance the relationships and well-being ... -
Urban Greenway Transformation: Multi-Functional Design Alternatives for the Fargo Community
(2013)This study assesses how citywide greenway systems connect and strengthen neighborhoods, provide recreational opportunities, enhance options to use multi-modal transportation, and expand usable green spaces. A pedestrian ... -
Urban Identity : Frogtown Finds Itself
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Our cities are too often disconnected. They are disconnected in the sense of a failure to relate neighborhoods and districts to each other. This is especially true for cities which lack effective public transportation. ... -
Urban Individuality
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis explores possible answers to the question, is individualism slowing the growth of dense housing? The Typology used to examine this problem is a dense residential/mixed use complex. The Theoretical Premise/Unifying ...