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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 ...
Dreaming and Perceiving: An Approach to Dwelling in the City
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This thesis aims to answer the question; how can we slow down our perception of city living to create an appropriate setting that reinterprets aspects of community living into an urban setting? The typology is a mixed use ...
By You For You
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
By You For You examines how much stimulus is necessary for a space to meet our needs. The typology is a multi-family dwelling. The theoretical premise/unifying idea states that designing merely for basic human needs allows ...
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 ...
Urban Thaw: Encouraging Human Connection within a Winter City
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
What makes urban life possible is human interaction. Without it, cities would not thrive. It has become increasingly easier for residents of cities to stay indoors and neglect the environment and people around them. In ...
Borrowed Past: Reexamining High-Density Housing in South Korea
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
South Korea has made a lot of progress in the last 6 decades; from being one of the poorest countries to having the 11th largest economy in the world. The country transformed rapidly after the Korean War and today represents ...
Theater of Life: Participatory Design as a Feature for Intentional Adaptation to a Diverse Set of Lifestyles
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The purpose of this thesis is to propose an integrated model for intentional living and participatory design. Theater of Life seeks to expand the potential of housing in a dense urban environment with blank canvas units ...
An Artifact of Industry: Preserving Minnesota’s Industrial Heritage, through the Rehabilitation of Concrete Grain Elevators and Silos
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
This thesis project is to promote the value of Minneapolis, Minnesota’s cultural heritage through the rehabilitation of concrete grain elevators and silos. With the vacancy of many of these structures at a rise, the re-use ...