Design, Architecture & Art, School of: Recent submissions
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Urban Revitalization: Place-Making in Deteriorating Downtowns
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Downtown urban centers are the key to any functional city. They provide a canvas for communities to establish a cultural hub and sense of place. Over the last decade, communities across America have had trouble maintaining ... -
The Machine of Pataphysics: Reimagining the Relationship Between Humanity & Technology
(North Dakota State University, 2022)In our world there are two things that can be seen as obvious ways that humanity could end. First is that of climate change which we hear about and attempt to deal with all the time. Second, and perhaps less obvious, is ... -
Cleaning by Greening: Adaptive Reuse of America's Open-Pit Mines
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Surface mines are a common sight in mineral-rich areas. One such area is the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota. These mines will eventually become abandoned, as many in the eastern United States, as well as many along ... -
Square One Rehabilitation and Wellness: The Effects Architecture Has on Treating TBI
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, is an injury that affects how the brain works. These injuries may impact individuals’ behavior, mobility, memory, language, problem solving and empathy. TBI patients also tend to feel isolated ... -
Edgar Allan Poe Rare Books Library at Yale University: The Rematerialization of Language
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Michel de Certeau states, “The current industrial mass production of visual imagery tends to alienate vision from emotional involvement and identification and turns imagery into a mesmerizing flow without focus or ... -
The Accessible Masterpiece
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Amazing artwork is located all around the world. However, there are barriers to accessibility: the locality, cost, and the ability to travel to see various pieces by renowned artists. Even if someone has a museum near them, ... -
Green-Line: Nature in an Urban Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Many cities lack one of the most beautiful and important aspects of life, nature. When people think of cities they think of traffic and concrete and congestion. It can be a big turn off to people who are used to trees and ... -
Wellness in Educational Facilities
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Universally children are sent to attend school to gain basic knowledge in most communities. In the United States the standard is about 7 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 13 years. These educational institutions that ... -
Synergy: Integrating Performance and the Fine Arts
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Music has proven to be beneficial to students, both academically and socially, as has arts education in general. Over the years, the arts have proven to take giant strides when the artists are a part of an environment ... -
Interactive Learning Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The experiences in the formative years of a child’s life can greatly impact their lives as adults. It is becoming more and more evident that children learn and adapt best when they are in an interactive learning ... -
A Trail Center Reimagined: An Intrinsic Relationship Between Architecture and the Natural Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The exterior environment has been created by its own natural architecture- pulling, pushing, and shaping the earth’s surface to create ecosystems brimming with life. Historically, architects have used this natural landscape ... -
The Circle of Life: The Role of Architecture in the Embodiment of Grief
(North Dakota State University, 2022)If it is true that we understand ourselves through the other, is it possible that a piece of ourselves is therefore within the other? How has distancing ourselves from the death of others impacted the understanding of the ... -
Living Lightly on Earth: The Urban Eco Village
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Imaging living a low-impact lifestyle surrounded by nature, food, freshwater and air, wildlife, and a community with a common desire. An eco village is a community with shared land that promotes positive values including ... -
Finding Common Ground
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Technology is an integral part of our daily lives; it affects how we communicate, interact and function in society. The use of technology has both positive and negative effects on society and our lives as individuals. With ... -
RKO Ruins & the Surreal Fragment: Dreams, Film, and Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2021)This thesis explores the primacy of dreams on our experience through the space of literature, film, and architecture. In contrast to the modern definition of “reality,” much of our waking experience is structured in the ... -
The Chameleon
(North Dakota State University, 2021)These days the growth of society is accelerating and there are many new technical and cultural problems to be considered. Buildings must therefore be in a position to respond to these rapidly evolving new environments. ... -
Community, Culture, & Compassion: Creating Space for Exchange & Community Building
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Every person has a different background and personal perspective. This background shapes how we perceive and interact with others in our daily lives. Can shared spaces and experiences shift our perspectives and make us ... -
Connecting US
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Imagine experiencing multiple different cities and cultures within a single day. In Europe, this is easily accessible, partly because of the close proximity and small scale of countries, but also because of their means ... -
eVACuATION
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Globally, natural disasters are responsible for displacing thousands of families every year. With the unpredictable aspect and lack of predictability the displacements can last anywhere from a few days to a year. Though ... -
Revolution
(North Dakota State University, 2021)How can we design stadiums to better serve their communities: visually, physically, and financially? In the last decade, there has been a trend in the United States to design and build soccer-specific stadiums for Major ...