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subURBAN : redefining urban residential
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Suburbia is being called home to an increasing number of people living in Western societies. In the United States, more people live in the suburbs than the cities they surround, and 75% of all new construction is taking ...
Virtual World of Information
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Currently, there is a disconnect between the digitization of the world and modern building design. This project attempts to answer the question, “how does ever-changing technology, and the culture that follows it influence ...
Preventative Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis examines and researches a preventative approach toward the present mental healthcare practice. The current mental healthcare system focuses on a curative instead of a preventative approach. This current treatment ...
Ephemeral Population : Housing for a Transient Workforce
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Western North Dakota is currently experiencing a tremendous oil boom which is attracting people from all over the country because of the prospects of money, work, and a better way of life. Communities are desperately trying ...
Recycling the Oil Boom
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis provides some answers to the question, how can a small community sustainably adapt to a localized oil boom? The typology for this examination to the problem is a recycling center. The theoretical premise/unifying ...
Educational Interaction within Nature
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
I have challenged myself to find if the quality of a space can enhance some ones ability to learn. The typology is a junior high school in the Midwest. This location will not only challenge me because of the various types ...
Ecological Architecture : Reconnecting Environments
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The typology for this facility derived from the problem concerning the separation of environments. The design will incorporate an Ecological Education and Research Center for Sustainable Development (EERCSD) within the ...
Building Within Our Bounds
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This graduate thesis explores where waste (or unutilized material) is being produced in the design methodology of a mixed-use building in Fargo, ND. There is waste produced in the construction process that is inevitable, ...
Events Machine
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis explores the relation between narrative and (im)material: investigating traditional means of making architectural media while testing and generating representation with film (narrative) in the pursuit of a ...
Digital Library of Duluth
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The underlying concept for this thesis is the beginning of discussion overtly looking at how computing technology is used by architects today. The discussion will center around critical analysis of uses of software in ...