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    • 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 ...
    • Boom Abodes : Designing for the Transition 

      Davis, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      With recent technological advances in oil extraction, communities across the Midwest are being hit by an oil boom. With a rapid growth of migrant workers flooding in to rural counties, economic strain and housing shortages ...
    • Borderwalk: Spatial Politics and Cultural Intimacies on the U.S.-Mexican Border 

      Kuster, Kristopher (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      By definition, borders lie on the edges. This project investigates the spatial implications of politically defined borders, and the effects that these materializations have in the context of urban space and the movement ...
    • Borrowed Past: Reexamining High-Density Housing in South Korea 

      Klinger, Elliott (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      South Korea has made a lot of progress in the last 6 decades; from being one of the poorest countries to having the 11th largest economy in the world. The country transformed rapidly after the Korean War and today represents ...
    • Bottega - Desire and Distance: A Journey Through Storied Architecture, Art, and Fashion in Venice, California 

      Monsebroten, Rachel (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      While we are constantly immersed in a world driven by efficiency and immediacy, the result is a collapsed distance of seduction and desire and a diluted connection to making and the arts. Venice, California was intended ...
    • Branch ONE: A Treehouse Retreat 

      Bjornrud, Linn (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      The tree house is a concept that puts excitement into the eyes and hearts of children everywhere. What is unique is that the same affect is had on many adults when asked about it. This is due to the fact that nearly ...
    • Brazen Center for the Performing Arts, Moorhead, Minnesota 

      Siggerud, Ryan (North Dakota State University, 2006)
      This thesis protect consists of creating a bioclimatic performing arts center in Moorhead, Minnesota. The thesis will examine the correspondence between the biological imperatives of human sustainability and the deep ...
    • Breach: Building Integrated Flood Protection, Addressing the Inadequate Response to the Flood of 1997 by the City of Grand Forks 

      Naastad, Tanner (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      In response to The Flood of 1997, the city of Grand Forks, ND constructed a flood wall along the river. It protected the citizens from the seasonal floods but it was an inadequate solution. It created a physical, visual, ...
    • Breaking Barriers by Preserving the Future: Fergus Falls Kirkbride 

      Hurley, DeAnna (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      The thought came to me over the Summer when I was visiting my hometown. There is a historical building called the Regional Treatment Center (RTC), and over the years, I have seen many attempts to repurpose it, but all ...
    • Breaking Barriers: A Women's Retreat Center for Access, Agency, and Advocacy 

      Wilson, Cassidy (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      It is frightening being a woman in today’s society, as our rights are continuously threatened. The lack of access to healthcare and the prevalence of domestic violence, abuse, and trafficking makes it crucial to create ...