Design, Architecture & Art, School of: Recent submissions
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Community Fabrication
(2010)This thesis set out to design for multiple people and their particular uses. To combine the desires of many and influence the way that they all use the space. Each user has defined different outcomes for the area, with no ... -
St. Louis Placeless
(2010)This thesis investigates the value of beneficial context on a neighborhood in blight and how to transform a neighborhood that has faced decline into a place that harbors community and can be a place of pride for a city. ... -
Retrofitting for Change: Fargo
(2010)13th Avenue South Fargo has gradually grown to become the City of Fargo’s commercial and residential hub since the introduction of interstates i-29 and i-94 in the late 1950’s. The region surrounding 13th avenue South has ... -
Healing Dance
(North Dakota State University, 2010)How can cultivation through design become the next step forward in medicine and the arts by creating a homogeneous mixture between dance and physical therapy? The typology for this exploration is therapy through a performing ... -
Adaptive Architecture: Design for a Declining Global Population
(North Dakota State University, 2010)In the face of a declining human population, our ability to plan for and adapt to future circumstances will be essential if we, as a global community, are to not only preserve our built environment, but also ensure its ... -
Winter Landscapes
(2010)Winters in mid western climates create a challenging environment for outdoor activity. Exercise and outdoor interaction decrease with the temperatures, causing a variety of health implications. Conditions such as Seasonal ... -
Resilient by Nature - Restoring Ecology through Urban Ecotourism
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis investigates how the Ecotourism Movement can restore the natural environment. The typology in this study is an urban, ecology complex including a museum, restaurant/bar, flexible community space, and outdoor ... -
PeDesign
(2010)This thesis sets out to explore planning alternatives that function for pedestrians instead of vehicular traffic. Setting new standards and development process will help for a long and successful community but understanding ... -
Haven for the Dead
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis will study the funerary traditions of the Iron Range people of Minnesota, and the funerary architecture of their western ancestors. The project design is a cemetery with supporting structures. It will also ... -
Concerning the Masked in Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The thesis responds to the statement that queries the role of the designer and asks whether or not one can "unmask" that which has been covered up by our tendencies in the way we live. The typology being a master-builder ... -
Cemetery: Space For The Living
(2010)The typical present-day cemetery is used primarily for burials, however, cemeteries in the past were created to function as parks as well as burial grounds. In order to change the functions of a cemetery, a more important ... -
Recognizing History through Cultural Interpretation
(2010)Homesteading was how westward expansion began in the United States in 1862. The Homestead Act gave an applicant one hundred sixty acres or one quarter section of undeveloped land outside the original thirteen colonies. The ... -
Education Instilling a Brighter Future: Design of Green Strategies Beyond Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The Project Typology is a 25,000 Sq. Ft. Educational Activity Center providing additional before & after school resources as well as new educational programming throughout the day for elementary age children in the Fargo ... -
Transportation And Architecture: Who Influences Who
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis provides some answers to the question: how do the advances of technology in the transportation infrastructure predestine how one designs the built environment? The Typology for the examination of this problem ... -
Downtown Development: A Lifestyle Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis provides some answers to the question: how can the implementation by architects of minimal energy consumption and better material utilization in design begin to stop the wasteful ways so prevalent in our current ... -
Inhabit: Densifying Phoenix
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Do you want to spend more time traveling on busy roadways, spend more money on gas, and spend less time with more important things like your family and friends? More suburban sprawl means more time driving on the roadways, ... -
Matilda's House
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Suffering is part of the human condition, and, thus, so is healing and comfort. An architecture that can foster the healing process and the restoration of balance between mind, body, and soul brings to light the true meaning ... -
EOS 1: Evolution of Sustainability
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Human interaction is a real need fulfilled by simple communication, verbal or non verbal. Individualism and congregation are part of everyday settings. The built environment has a large influence on how and when these ... -
Today for Tomorrow
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Educating today’s children about the facts of sustainable awareness is essential to reach the maximum potential in order to provide for both the environment and future populations. In today’s world, children seem to ... -
Grand Coulee Living and Retail/ An Environmental Approach Towards Sustainable Living
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Will there be a paradigm shift in the way people build and live because of varying economic conditions? The building typology will be a sustainable mid-rise mixed use building. The world’s population currently and in the ...