Browsing Architecture Theses by Title

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    • Rural Transitions: A Supplemental Community 

      Mikkonen, Blain (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      The thesis, Rural Transitions, investigates the problem that has become a growing trend as more people move from rural, agricultural areas into suburban or city life. Many of the existing country dwellers are no longer ...

    • The Sacred Qualities of the Mundane: Using Music and Architecture to Achieve Harmony in the Workplace 

      Walbolt, David (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      This thesis project is intended to critique the daily ritual we fall into has humans. We wake up, go to work, come home and to do it all again tomorrow. How can we design the workplace to be a space that makes you want to ...

    • Safe Harbor: Recontextualizing Architectural Design to Engage Society in Combating Human Trafficking 

      Stroh, Anna (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      As one of the fastest growing and most lucrative criminal enterprises, human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to lure victims into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Minnesota faces widespread ...

    • Saudade - rethinking deathcare 

      Schrader, Alex (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This thesis explores the manner in which architecture can more sympathetically respond to people in a time of loss and grievance. Through adaptively repurposing a historic structure in Minneapolis, MN, a crematory and ...

    • Science Museum of Fargo: A Study of the Social Values of Cultural Buildings 

      Draeger, Douglas R. (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      There are certain values that have been assigned throughout history to cultural buildings that are dedicated to the arts and sciences. The result of a search to further understand these values will lead to architectural form ...

    • Scientific discovery + Designing the science museum of the future 

      Bukowski, Dennis (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This thesis demonstrated the connection between how children and adults learn about science, as well as the connection between science and technology in modern building design. By looking at the scientific advancements of ...

    • Sense-a-tecture: An Exploration into Architectural Sensory Experience and Environmental Learning 

      White, Christopher (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Our world is built up of individual parts. Each part is unique by itself, but it is the process of bringing them together that makes up our experience as a whole. There is more to a forest than the texture of bark. We use ...

    • Senseful design 

      Lenz, Chelsea (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This thesis - senseful design - explores the relationship that our five senses have with architecture. Can a holistic design for our senses create a more meaningful experience with architecture? This question is answered ...

    • Sensitive Significance 

      Anderson, Kerry (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis studies the question of how the quality of the built environment affects all aspects of well-being in its users. The topic will be explored through mixed method research with an emphasis on the relationships ...

    • Sensory Architecture : Redefining How One Interprets Space 

      Holz, Heather (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This design thesis will address the question: how do combinations of our senses influence the way we interact with our surrounding built environment? The typology chosen to evaluate this question is an addition to an ...

    • Sensory Synthesis: Exploring the Integration of Sensory Design in Early Education 

      Reimer, Olivia (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Autism Spectrum disorder, ASD, is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain. It results in social, communication, behavior, and emotional differences. Since ASD is a spectrum there is a large range ...

    • Serene Senescence: Modular Aging in Place in Fargo, North Dakota 

      Clarksean, Kristin (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      As the population of baby boomers reaches retirement age, the question of how to house and properly care for this generation comes to mind. Many of the smaller living spaces geared toward the senior population are ...

    • Shedding Light: On the End to Native Genocide 

      Blindert, Dominic (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has seen historical trauma. Located roughly 75 miles southeast of the Black Hills in South Dakota, Pine Ridge has received international attention for its incredible despair. Plagued for ...

    • The Shoppes on Main: Developing a Sense of Place 

      Osten, Alisha (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis researches and investigates the effect architectural space brings to a sense of place within an urban environment. Located on Main Avenue and 18th Street in Fargo, The Shoppes on Main: Developing a Sense of ...

    • Simple Nurture: Weaving Motherhood and Community 

      Argenziano, Anne (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      There are community centers in nearly every city that are used to some extent. Some are good and some are bad. In most cases, the existence of a community is a prerequisite for the construction of a community center. ...

    • Ski Center Fargo 

      Valkov, Petar (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This thesis delivers, in an attempt to answer questions, how the solid waste may be affected by communities. The subject of this attempt is a local community waste field of Fargo, ND. The theoretical Premise / Unifying ...

    • Smart City Modeling: Using GIS Capabilities to Simulate Urban Areas and Events 

      Crawford, Zachary Isaac (North Dakota State University, 2024)
      This research aims to show the capabilities of smart city modeling using GIS and other accessible information to provide accuracy and precision. Through this data collection, architects and urban planners can strategically ...

    • Social Adaptation: Changing the Built Environment 

      Schneider, Luke (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Social Adaptation examines ways in which a building can adequately respond to the advancement of computing technology and social media dominance. Overwhelming access to computing technology and social media not only changes ...

    • Social Network Housing 

      Schneider, Thomas (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Social Network Housing aims to examine the phenomenon of the social network and the emerging technology of augmented reality. The social network has become a driving force in shaping how we communicate with each other. The ...

    • Solid Rock Physical Rehabilitation Center 

      Louis, Stephanie (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This thesis explores some possible answers to the question, “What is the correlation between physical, social, and emotional attributes?” The typology examined for this thesis is a physical rehabilitation facility. People’s ...