Browsing Architecture Theses by Title
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Resort design as it relates to the subconscious
(North Dakota State University, 2014)How can the principles of environmental sensitivity and responsiveness measurably enhance the way that hospitality is envisioned, implemented, and experienced? The world constantly becomes more interconnected and international ... -
Resource and Diagnostic Center for Developmental Disabilities
(North Dakota State University, 2005)Psychology as it relates to architecture was investigated in order to determine appropriate design requirements for a resource and diagnostic center for individuals with developmental disabilities. The fundamental ... -
Respite Park: Changing Therapy With Community and Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Architecture can be a driving force of change within communities. Through a new kind of public park with therapeutic experience pavilions based on community interaction and integration, as well as innovative architectural ... -
Responsive Frameworks: Polyfunctional space for dynamic stimulus
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis titled “Resonsive Frameworks: Polyfunctional space for dynamic stimulus” investigates the question, “how does a building respond to dynamic stimulus?” Creating polyfunctional space through the use of kinetic ... -
Restart|Retreat: Minnesota Center for the Responsible Use of Technology
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The Minnesota Center for the Responsible Use of Technology is an architectural design for a 20,000 sq ft computer education center in Minneapolis that promotes the responsible use of technology. The design provides for ... -
Restore: Veteran support facility
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis project, titled Restore, critically analyzes how an architectural experience can have psychological healing effects on service members and their families who have been affected by the repercussions of war and ... -
Restoring Veterans Through Companionship: The Study between Rural and Urban Context
(North Dakota State University, 2017)How does design differentiate between rural and urban sites? If the parameters are set and the same program is used for each, which context will be more successful? This thesis focuses on two issues that affect the ... -
Resurgence
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Detroit, Michigan, is on the cusp of the biggest economic crisis of its history. This architectural thesis will seek to blend the elements of socio-economics, cultural relevance and historical significance in order to ... -
Resurrecting a Community Through the Built Environment: Hudson Road/Mounds Theatre Adaptive-Re-Use
(North Dakota State University, 2006)The design I am proposing will be an adaptive re-use project at the Mounds Theatre in Dayton's Bluff, St. Paul, Minnesota. The thesis project will examine how rejuvenation of existing buildings and urban renewal can recover ... -
Rethinking Shangri-La : Revival of the sustainable courtyard dwellings
(North Dakota State University, 2011)While technology and globalization continue to prevail in every aspect of the world, the scope for the sustenance of regional culture is rapidly disappearing. Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, hasn’t been left behind ... -
Rethinking the American Dream for the 21st Century
(North Dakota State University, 2024)This research aims to redefine the “New American Dream” for the 21st century. In a new era where single-family homes no longer align with the preferences of this generation along with a large demographic shift to more dense ... -
Retrofitting Architectural Environments in Response to an Evolving Workplace
(North Dakota State University, 2023)The typology of this thesis is centered around Architectural Environments within commercial office buildings. The theoretical premise is based on the statement that people are less productive when their work environment ... -
Return to Symbiosis
(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 ... -
Returning Home: Collective Dwelling Through Incremental Architecure
(North Dakota State University, 2023)Thomas Moore defined home at three scales: the psyche which shelters our souls, the physical place that we make domesticity in, and the broader metaphysical context in which we find our culture, history, and selves ... -
Reusing Structure
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This thesis attempts to understand how built structures can evolve over time through use and reuse. It looks at how reusing a space is possible by taking a warehouse structure and reusing it for the new purpose of living ... -
Revealing Light
(North Dakota State University, 2010)How does light reveal? For centuries architects have been using light to express the built environment. Architects have used light to reveal a mood, an object, and even space. A non-denominational chapel seems to express ... -
The Reversible Edge: Traces of Alterity at the Site of Loss, Hart Island, New York
(North Dakota State University, 2021)“We cannot overlook the way in which the Industrial Revolution and its technological consequences have transformed the experience of death in people’s lives.” As discussed by the German Philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, we ... -
Reviltalize
(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
(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 ... -
Revitalization
(North Dakota State University, 2016)America has long tried to revitalize cities spending billions of dollars on wasted programs or buildings that do not help solve the problem. The solution should target the root of the problem not just cover it up. This ...