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Sustainable Lakeshore Tourism
(2012)
This thesis examines the importance of urban lakeshore
waterfronts for they are merely large wetlands, that play a
crucial role in maintaining eco-balance, protecting bio-diversity,
and replenishing underground water ...
HOLOSCENE: High Performance Landscape Systems
(2012)
This work studies landscape infrastructural solutions to community health. It addresses the health, sustainability, and resilience of habitated environments. The work suggests an interconnected working landscape system of ...
Learning from the 'Lost Forty'
(2012)
This thesis focuses on the reimagining of Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to incorporate the principles of successional ecosystems found in the “Lost Forty” to produce a demonstration park that promotes walkability ...
crime framework: designing for crime prevention
(2012)
Crime changes the social perception of the first time visitor and returning user and their ability to adapt in a changing environment while establishing their role in a community that is currently influenced by inclusionary ...
Mining the Past: A Celebration of History and Culture in Minnesota's Iron Range
(2012)
This project examines how the development of brownfields can benefit local communities and ecologies. Reclamation-based design principles are used to propose remediation of contaminated soils and the adaptive reuse of ...