Browsing Design, Architecture & Art, School of by Subject "Minnesota."
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4th And Sustainable: A Balanced Design Approach For The Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (Arden Hills, MN)
(2013)With a lack of appreciation and the underestimation of the importance and benefits a sustainable ecosystem can provide in today’s society, it has become a topic that needs to be tended to. A great way to approach the ... -
Accessibility Through Design
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis, Accessibility Through Design, will seek to explore the question: How can the design of a long-term care facility help promote physical and social accessibility of the elderly within an urban fabric, so as to ... -
Act for Children: Formative Environments
(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 ... -
ACTUATED ARCHITECTURE : Driving Healthy Behavior With Design
(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 ... -
Adaptable Architecture in a Regenerative Medicine Facility
(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
(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 ... -
Adaptation : transforming existing transit systems for Millennials
(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 ... -
Adapting an icon : adaptive reuse of downtown movie theaters
(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 ... -
Additive + Subtractive: Reimagining the Work of a Mid-Century Master
(North Dakota State University, 2017)How do we build upon someone else’s work in a thoughtful and meaningful way while respecting the original character of their work? The challenge is even greater when the designer and architecture are known around the world ... -
Aeronautical destinations
(North Dakota State University, 2014)One can arrive at as many as three or more airports on the way to their destination with two layovers during the trip, KFAR to KMSP to KSLC to KPSP for example. How can an airport design be more than just a vehicle for ... -
Alzheimer's Remediation Center: Architecture for Research Innovation and Treatment
(North Dakota State University, 2013)“Alzheimer’s Remediation Center: Architecture for Research Innovation and Treatment” addresses the question, “How can perceived spaces within a structure affect memory retention?” The Typology from which to examine this ... -
Anishinaabe: re-examining the past
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Nature and human history are the guiding forces to ensure a prosperous future for many generations. Native Americans have a rich history of living off the land and being in close contact with nature in all aspects of their ... -
Architectural Mediation: Accommodating Private Development & Public Good
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This Thesis, Architectural Mediation, will explore how to answer the question: how can architecture mediate the interests of private development and public good? The design of a combination transit stop, art gallery, and ... -
Architectural Mood and Mental Space: A Cathartic Journey Off the North Shore of Lake Superior
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Most people think of architecture as a profession that is concerned with aesthetic beauty—designs that please the observer through visual perception of the harmony, symmetry, and good proportions crafted by the designer. ... -
Architecture & exile : loss and discovery in the design of a refugee facility
(North Dakota State University, 2015)My thesis examines the relationship between exile and creativity through the design of a refugee facility for learning and temporary living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prominent philosopher Edward Said describes exile as ... -
Architecture and Eros : the hunt for fulfillment
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This project is titled “Architecture and Eros: the hunt for fulfillment.” It observes how Architecture may work to address our inherent human desire for completeness. The project proposes a design for a hunting lodge, ... -
Architecture and the Body: Integrating Fitness in the Modern Urban Center
(North Dakota State University, 2014)History reveals the human body in a way that differs greatly from today’s understanding. Through the artefacts of ancient architectural constructs, art, and literature we can see that the body was once articulated as an ... -
Architecture as desire : exploring the origins of our desire to hear music
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Our mind is subconsciously entertained and potentially enslaved by classification into categories. A typology is a system used for putting things into groups according to how they are similar and architecture has equally ... -
The Architecture of Happiness
(North Dakota State University, 2018)According to Architect John Lautner, the purpose of architecture is to “improve human life. Create timeless, free, joyous spaces for all activities in life” (Lautner, n.d.). His goal for this statement was to push architecture ... -
Architecture's Impact
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis project, Architecture’s Impact, will aim to find a solution to the question, “How can architecture be used as a tool to educate its inhabitants about environmental issues?” The typology involved in this ...