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Mid-America Republic: A New Platform for Idea Sharing
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Civic Architecture’s intent is to bring the people of its city together for common interests. Today, cities are growing at such an exponential rate that Civic Architecture is often overlooked. Many public buildings built ...
The Gathering Garden: Bringing Warmth to Fargo's Frigid Winters
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Fargo’s rapidly improving downtown community life has one large, seven-month-long problem: winter. During the frigid winter, the public life of Fargo’s downtown comes to a halt. Thus, this research began with the goal of ...
Virtual Space | Creating A Digital Sense of Place
(2013)
The recent advancements in computer technology in the 21st century have changed the way many designers work in offices today. New computer software has allowed us to actualize works of landscape architecture that could ...
The Green Line: Promoting Safety and Connections Through a Year Round Bicycle Network for Fargo, North Dakota.
(2016)
This paper will define what qualities make bicycle paths and lanes safe and easy to see. Winter maintenance strategies that are successful in ensuring year round use will be defined as well. First, data from various sources ...
Isolated Urban Places & Spaces: A Rails-With-Trails Solution (Fargo, ND)
(2012)
This thesis focuses on exploring the question: how can a
pedestrian trail along an active railway corridor unite several
isolated areas of a city? The typology for exploring this project is an urban railway system that ...
Urban Greenway Transformation: Multi-Functional Design Alternatives for the Fargo Community
(2013)
This study assesses how citywide greenway systems connect and strengthen neighborhoods, provide recreational opportunities, enhance options to use multi-modal transportation, and expand
usable green spaces. A pedestrian ...
Retrofitting Suburban Plains: Creating a Walkable Mixed-use Neighborhood for South Fargo
(2016)
This thesis aims to retrofit existing infrastructure and future development plans for a south Fargo neighborhood in order to transform the neighborhood into a walkable mixed-use urban center. Walkability is defined by ...
On the Fringe
(2012)
When communities fail to plan, there is no institutional framework where development
can progress. This leaves little opportunity for expansion or modification based on changing
needs. The establishment of a common vision ...
Prairie Park: An Ecological Wetland Proposal & Recreational Destination for North Fargo
(2016)
The city of Fargo, ND, has approximately 40 stormwater detention and retention basins throughout the city. Many of which are vast open grass fields with concrete channels that do not support or welcome human interaction. ...
Great escapeway : connecting North Dakota State University to downtown Fargo
(2015)
The primary focus of this thesis is to demonstrate how the Great Northern Rail Corridor, located in Fargo, North Dakota, can be repurposed into a greenway that connects North Dakota State University and its students with ...