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Viscera(l): Catharsis and the Treatment of Chronic Illness
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Chronic disease represents the most extreme case of illness simply because it cannot
be taken away. Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) has remained primarily invisible from society,
forcing its 5 million patients to fluctuate ...
Connected by Nature: Linking the Public to Science
(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 ...
Wayfinding in Virtual Reality: Wayfinding Through the Lens of Virtual Reality in Videogame Design
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
This thesis, Virtual Architecture: application of architectural design within the realm of video
games and virtual realities, examines and challenges how architecture is viewed in a simulated setting
by its users as ...
Echo: Elemental Architecture as a Method of Cleansing Freshwater in the Wake of Industrialization
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Existing as a force powerful enough to shape the face of the earth, yet delicate enough to sustain the life within our bodies, water is an element with which humans have
continuously sought balance. Water has eternally ...
Nexus: Creating Necessary Bonds Through Communal Living
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
The main topic of this this thesis is community based public housing, meaning that this project focuses on the communal aspects of public housing and how they can be incorporated into a building in order to create a more ...
Destined: The Evolution of airports through futuristic adaptation.
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Throughout time, humans have considered ourselves nomads, moving from place to place. We seek new horizons of perception, confined only by the bonds of gravity holding us to the face of the earth. Recently, we have stretched ...
The Redesign of Lakeshore Architecture: A Mixed Use Approach to a Single Use Idea
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Boathouses are currently banned in Minnesota do to their effect on our lakeshores, but this may not be the right solution to the issues they face. Just because something is outlawed does not mean that it is entirely bad, ...
Listen: A Sensory Experience
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
This thesis project uses interpretive and evaluative research methods to examine how best to bring two social circles together through intentional design, education, and immersion. The project is a design proposal for a ...
The Damages of Demolition
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
The goal of this thesis is to compare the effects of restoring a historic building versus the process of demolition and new construction for the same typology. By quantifying the embodied energy put into the historic ...
Horizons - Bridging the Finite and Infinite to Rekindle Mankind's Cosmic Affinity
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Since its dawn, mankind’s revolutionary inventions have drastically influenced culture, redfining standing standards and practices for the sake of progress. The 21st century is just beginning, with many major technological ...