Browsing Architecture Theses by Title

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    • Rethinking the American Dream for the 21st Century 

      Hursey, Madeline Kathleen (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 

      Jordheim, Lexi Cheyenne (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 

      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 ...

    • Returning Home: Collective Dwelling Through Incremental Architecure 

      Nelson, Zachary C. (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 

      Cameron, Mark (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 

      Dressel, Mitchell (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 

      Ataelmanan, Musab (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 

      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 ...

    • Revitalization 

      Armendariz III, Pedro (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 ...

    • Revitalizing Ghosts: Breathing New Life into Disused Developments to Foster Resilience 

      Macheledt, Hailey (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      This thesis aims to study the “intangible connector” and apply it to a master plan development. The “intangible connector” are the words used to describe the feeling, the pull, and the attachment people have to a place. ...

    • Reviving the Commotion of a Community 52 Broadway: Urban Development Through Creative Design 

      Wightman, Melissa L. (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      This paper describes the nature of an urban development project in downtown Fargo. The challenge of creating new architecture within a historic section of a city makes for an interesting project and allows for a creative ...

    • Revolution 

      Bumby, Spencer (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 ...

    • Ritual : Enhancing the Modern Athlete 

      Sorby, Ryan (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This project illustrates how ritual influences the construction, function, and experience of architecture. Ritual is essential in our everyday life and it is vital to that architecture contributes to ritual. This project ...

    • A Riverfront Revival: Transforming St. Paul's Downtown in Synergy with the Mississippi River 

      Meyer, John Roman (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      St. Paul is the capital city of Minnesota and a very historical area. It is one of the biggest cities in the state and has started the birth of other cities in the metropolitan area. It has been a leader to other cities ...

    • Rivers Edge: An Adult Participatory Net Zero Community 

      Schimke, Ian (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      “It is truly a democratic building. Nearly everyone who lives and works on the site has a hand in determining how it performs.” - jv DeSousa We live in a time of social change - we have been given the challenge of ...

    • RKO Ruins & the Surreal Fragment: Dreams, Film, and Architecture 

      Contreras, Maria Valentina (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 ...

    • Ruin : the library reimagined 

      Erickson, Samuel (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      In his readings, “On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life” Friedrich Nietzsche discusses how a “critical approach to history” allows the past to be used as a vital force for future life and action. Such assumptions ...

    • Rumination on a Post Humanist Forum: Creating a New Forum for the 21st Century, Fargo, North Dakota 

      Evans, Katie L. (North Dakota State University, 2006)
      Rumination on a post humanist forum is a new typology for Fargo, ND. The theoretical premise: the examination of what it means to store and access information today and in the future. The buildings total gross net is ...

    • Rural Decline:Preserving Community 

      Kieper, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Rural Decline: Preserving Community. This thesis will focus on the question “How can architecture aid in the preservation and revitalization of rural communities?” Architectural problem solving and community involvement ...