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    • Community Connections 

      Hall, Nathan (2012)
      A university community in the Midwest will need to increase in density to accommodate an expanding population. This design thesis examines how density and growth can be accomplished while improving the quality of life for ...
    • Community Design and Development by Necessity 

      Keszler, Lynn (North Dakota State University, 2006)
      The project will entail a planned community for the poor citizens who live in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The development will include developing and sustaining a community through housing, public services, and ...
    • Community Design Build 

      Pauley, Dani (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis provides some answers to the question, how might a restorative community-based residential design build center/curriculum be created where the structure itself resonates with the embedded values of such an ...
    • Community Fabrication 

      Falkers, Stephanie (2010)
      This thesis set out to design for multiple people and their particular uses. To combine the desires of many and influence the way that they all use the space. Each user has defined different outcomes for the area, with no ...
    • Community Focused Urban Renewal 

      Verschelde, Cody D. (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      Cities across the nation continue to develop and grow, but in many, rundown industrially zoned lots tend to be left alone and become an eyesore. These sites need to be better utilized by the community living around them. ...
    • Community Identity: Re-connecting City + River 

      Nies, Shane (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This project will examine a growing city’s historical origin that has been lost. The typology will be community center and library accompanied by a bridge/site rennovation. The guiding idea is that the design will be ...
    • Community Resilience: Investing in Walkability 

      Mellgren, Ashley (2011)
      Currently, Main Avenue is lacking character and connection to the rest of Fargo, North Dakota. Most of Main Avenue is zoned commercial, and it appears to be highly industrialized because of full scale billboards, concrete ...
    • Community School 

      Hudson, Ashley (2011)
      This thesis is intended to transfer urban theory to a rural place in such a way that it respects rural systems, and the result will be a hybrid solution. A design process will be set up to investigate the possibilities of ...
    • Community, Culture, & Compassion: Creating Space for Exchange & Community Building 

      Davy, Thomas (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Every person has a different background and personal perspective. This background shapes how we perceive and interact with others in our daily lives. Can shared spaces and experiences shift our perspectives and make us ...
    • Community, Resilience and Wetlands 

      Flicker, Mark (2011)
      Through a wetland introduction and interaction, residents can be educated and benefit in a socio-ecological manner. I want to create a place in Woodbury, Minnesota that uses a wetland to not only enhance the beautification ...
    • Compressed Agriculture Initiative 

      Homic, Thomas (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Increasingly within urban population growth there is a greater demand on the agricultural resources needed to keep these populations properly fed. As these stresses on the agricultural space and supply chain increase, ...
    • Computational Community: An Aggregation Based Modular Housing Development 

      Thomson, James III (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      How can computation and aggregation-based design tools be utilized in the creation of a modular housing development? Using existing computer modelling and computational programming tools, such as Rhinoceros and its plugin ...
    • Concerning the Masked in Architecture 

      Bales, Fernando (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      The thesis responds to the statement that queries the role of the designer and asks whether or not one can "unmask" that which has been covered up by our tendencies in the way we live. The typology being a master-builder ...
    • Concertare: An Architectural Rediscovery of Spiritual Harmony in a Secular World 

      Rybacki, Anna (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      Every day, billions of tiny little miracles occur just to give us another breath. From a microscopic level of your heart getting the energy it needs to beat 100,000 times a day to the cosmic level of the rotation of Earth ...
    • Confluence: A Vision of Growth, Sustainability, and Hope for the Small Town of Cairo, Illinois 

      Currie, Robert (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      Small towns across the United States are facing several social, economic, and environmental challenges. Declining and aging populations, inadequate or lack of housing, and struggling economies are some of the many ...
    • Connected by Nature: Linking the Public to Science 

      Smith, Emerson (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      As human development increasingly puts pressure on the natural environment, research into how to mitigate damage will be more vital than ever. Despite this, society chooses to ignore the advice of experts and disregard the ...
    • Connecting US 

      Ford, Taylor (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Imagine experiencing multiple different cities and cultures within a single day. In Europe, this is easily accessible, partly because of the close proximity and small scale of countries, but also because of their means ...
    • Conspicuous hydrology: The untapped potential of stormwater 

      DuChene, Courtney (2013)
      Freshwater only represents 1% of the total water supply on Earth and is an essential entity for life to exist. Urban development has lead to the pollution and degradation of this essential element. Due to the existing ...
    • Contemporary American Culture & Architecture in Relation to the Use, Intake, and Characteristics of Advertisements and the Media: A Research Institution and Public Information Center 

      Brandel, Jennifer (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      By analysis of the contemporary American Culture, specifically media driven consumerism, architecture can be informed and designed to react to and embrace current trends. In order for architecture to be as ubiquitous as ...
    • Continuum 

      Trojan, Joshua (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      As a contemporary society, we pursue sustainability to mitigate environmental unbalance. However, we rarely reflect on the temporal and cyclical nature of our existence, which exposes the premise of sustainability; continuance ...