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    • Lead by Example: An Exploration of STEM Schools 

      Pietron, Nicholas (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis is an exploration into the fundamental question: can educational architecture be specifically designed to optimize one's ability to attain certain knowledge? The title is Lead by Example: An Exploration of STEM ...
    • Learning from Our Past: Catching Dreams 

      Gurule, Rebekah (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      Youth Centers around America are dedicated to improve the health, safety and communication of the overall youth population. Throughout the United States of America, there are several organizations that focus on the youth. ...
    • Light & Learning 

      Diekman, Luke (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      My thesis investigates the question: how does exposure to natural light enhance academic performance in an elementary school? My claim is that exposure to natural light enhances academic performance in elementary schools. ...
    • Material interactions - a center for recombinant waste 

      Peick, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      Issues relating to solid waste management and human interaction thrive as a current and future challenge for human existence. Due to the abundance of waste produced within our community, utilizing our advancements in new ...
    • Micro Community 

      Walsh, Alec (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This book examines what occurs when we let the cycles of mother nature take precedent in the way we design through responsive creation of a small community on the banks of the Red River. As architects in the 21st century, ...
    • Mid-America Republic: A New Platform for Idea Sharing 

      Steinmann, Joseph (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 ...
    • Mind healing center: a place for alleviating depression 

      Singh, Prashanta (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Architectural details, can brighten the mood of a person. A healing design might show a clearer method of refreshing the minds of clients. The quality of the spaces would magnify importance on selection of color, texture, ...
    • Modular Montessori: Educating Towards Ecological Sustainability 

      Schmidt, Thomas (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      The world has experienced rapid change in the last fifty years. Though most change can be counted as good, there has been a fair amount of negative changes happening that continue to be major issues today. Issues such ...
    • On the living horse : the Fargo Equine Hospital and Education Center 

      Upcraft, Jennifer (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Horses and humans have been connected throughout history, and each has impacted the other so much that neither species’ history would be the same if the other had not existed. There are countless stories of horse-human ...
    • Overcoming Barriers: Creating Physical, Social, and Economic Access through Modular Design as Activism 

      Biesterveld, Sarah (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      10% of the population has difficulty using stairs; most due to a wheelchair, cane, crutches, or walker. That is about 24,000 people in the Fargo-Moorhead area alone. In today’s built environment there are exceptions within ...
    • Paradigms of Parallel Performance 

      Witham, Lyle (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      With this thesis design, Paradigms of Parallel Performance, I propose the reconstruction of a new 182,000 square-foot middle school facility for the city of Minot, North Dakota located on the north bank of the Souris ...
    • Pedagogical Composition : an exploration of global passive practices 

      Johnson, Alec (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The Industrial Revolution has played a dramatic role in shaping the behavior and the mindset of the American people. Innovations like electricity generation, iron production, and sheet glass production have forever ...
    • rEACH Central Ground Pet Healthcare Facility 

      Hazelett, Sarah (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      Animals have been beside humans for centuries, throughout the time we have tried to understand and domesticate all sorts of animals. There are many benefits to having pets in our lives, including a happier and healthier ...
    • Recycling the Oil Boom 

      Frick, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis provides some answers to the question, how can a small community sustainably adapt to a localized oil boom? The typology for this examination to the problem is a recycling center. The theoretical premise/unifying ...
    • Regeneration Through Connection 

      Hoff, Danielle (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Citing the world’s current rate of natural resource use, there will be little left of the world that is natural within a generation. The current cycle of environmental degradation is so extreme that the natural environment ...
    • Rekindling Refugees 

      Pardo, Paolo (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      This Thesis is a social housing project for refugees from recent conflicts in the middle east and aims to provide a good standard of living compared to what is usually available to refugees. There will be millions of people ...
    • Renewing Rural Small Town Life 

      Kostad, Katelyn (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This thesis explores a possible answer to the question: how would a rural community be renewed through reawakened development? The Irvin Hotel is an often overlooked, abandoned building located in downtown Kenmare, ...
    • Return to Symbiosis 

      Nienaber, Stephen (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Return to Symbiosis, Montessori Elementary School, Fargo Nd, This thesis looks at the relationship between humans and nature and how humans have come to be parasites to this earth. Also it looks at how an architect can ...
    • Reviltalize 

      Johnson, Rebecca (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The abstract of this project is to study the connection between the human body (mind, body, and soul) and the built environment. This connection is made evident by the historic preservation and adaptation of a building ...
    • Revisiting Residential Design Through Vertical Farming 

      Vollema, Jetse (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis is an investigation of the question, as a city’s population continues to rise, how can residential design assist in meeting the increased demand for food, water, energy and shelter? The typologies for the ...