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Human's Offense - Nature's Defense
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
How can design influence the way we view, understand and interact with a powerfully dynamic natural setting?
No matter how long or to what extent that man intervenes with the natural world, mother nature will always ...
Urban Design Assessment
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Communities are continually following social life cycles, growing and decaying as society fluctuates. In order to establish a positive connection between advancement and growth one must develop a guiding principle.
This ...
The end of the Mill: A Forensic Interpretation of Swany White and Reconstruction of a Local Brewery
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The End of Mills; A Forensic Interpretation of Swany White and Reconstruction of a Local Brewery addresses
the question, “How can the loss of the last Century old flour mill in Minnesota be commemorated?” For an
architectural ...
The Integration of Urban Agriculture into the Modern Elementary Education Curriculum - Public Private Partnership as a Community Engaged Design Venture, A Delivery Model for Stronger Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
What If we could create social change with the schools we build? What if we could build these schools with local partners, and not dig deeper into our tax payers wallet? Schools have been built largely the same way with ...
Bridging the Gap: Adaptive Reuse of an Intergenerational Learning Center
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This design thesis adaptively reuses the former St. Louis County Jail to house an independent living facility and a preschool that incorporates an Intergenerational Learning Center, located in the Downtown Waterfront ...
Dignity and Design: Architecture for the Vision and Hearing Impaired
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This thesis is aiming to design better for those with hearing or sight loss. Since these are sensory disabilities they directly affect the way in which people experience architecture. With the numbers rising of people ...
Nesting: Dwelling through Surrealistic Spaces within the Urban Fabric of Minneapolis
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The next generation requires humble dwelling spaces within cities hosting problematic urban complexities. While the city attempts to establish order, issues of functionality, density, and economics, take precedent. ...
Broken Connections: Creating a Partnership of Mankind, Nature and Place Through Transportation
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This thesis examines how the revitalization of the passenger rail in America can repair an urban city’s connection with its natural surroundings, its history and its greater regional context.
St. Paul, Minnesota ...
Dwelling in Nomadic Architecture: Transitional Housing for the Suddenly and Chronically Homeless
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The goal of this thesis project is to create a welcoming and respectful space to house, educate, and rehabilitate the chronic
homeless population in the Minneapolis area. The challenge of this premise is to provide ...
Building as Bridge: Re-imagining Sustainable Living Through Symphonic Design
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
For German Philosopher, Martin Heidegger, a bridge is a manifestation of the fourfold—Earth, Sky, Divinities, and Mortals—which is at the root of all dwelling. He believed that preserving this fourfold is how we dwell in ...