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    • City Provident 

      Martz, Steven (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis models a system of movement. Any space containing obstacles and needing to be traversed offers resistance to whom or whatever may be trying to navigate it. This resistance transfers directly to inefficiencies ...
    • Cohesive Community 

      Mellgren, Jeffrey (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Cohesive Community Military Chapel - Outreach Center - 46,500 sq. ft. Minot AFB, ND How can the development of a place foster and nourish a sense of community and well being?” A place can create an atmosphere of ...
    • Community Design Build 

      Pauley, Dani (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis provides some answers to the question, how might a restorative community-based residential design build center/curriculum be created where the structure itself resonates with the embedded values of such an ...
    • Coworking and the Social Office 

      Nohr, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      Our community is an integral part of our identity and our relationship with one another gives us purpose. Architecture constructs the environment and so constructs our interactions. This thesis explores how architectural ...
    • Creating for creativity 

      Brackel, Alicia (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis, Creating for Creativity, examines the impact an experience of an environment has on its inhabitant’s creativity. The typology of this project is a 76,000 square foot art museum and creativity center located ...
    • Design active 

      Stroh, Alyssa (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The way in which one’s environment is built has a strong influence on the individual and community as a whole. Societies across America are very diverse depending on geographical location, resources, economy, climate, and ...
    • Designing for Humanity 

      Thordson, Elizabeth (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      This thesis aims to explore the idea that a healthy prison design will in turn create a healthy atmosphere. I will work to design a prison that will aid in the inmates’ transition back into society. By designing a structure ...
    • Developing a Dialectic 

      Greenwood, Brittany (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This project, titled Developing a Dialectic, began as an analysis of the tangible evidence of time within a built environment, specifically the changing paths on which we experience our cities and the objects and spaces ...
    • Development of the Youth 

      Bickel, Jeremy (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis presents research on the benefits well designed youth centers can have on children as they grow into adulthood. The typology of this project is a center for the study of children maturation. The site is in ...
    • Ecological Architecture : Reconnecting Environments 

      Blume, Anthony (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The typology for this facility derived from the problem concerning the separation of environments. The design will incorporate an Ecological Education and Research Center for Sustainable Development (EERCSD) within the ...
    • Eightfold architecture 

      Meiers, Karissa (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis investigates the question of how Eightfold Architecture can help inspire us to save existing abandoned buildings, and with this bring an enlightened functionality to transitional areas of our cities. The concept ...
    • Enhanced Assisted Living: An Architectural Strategy to Reduce the Negative Effects for Society Caused by Aging Population 

      Xing, Mengke (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Due to the emergence of large numbers of elderly people as the Baby Boomer generation ages and the life span extended, an aging population has become a serious issue for modern society with far-reaching economic and ...
    • Enhancing the Ballpark Experience: NDSU Softball Complex Renovation 

      Heintzman, Haley (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      There are countless factors that influence how people experience the environment around them. These influences include sensory dynamics, such as light, noise, temperature, and sound, as well as memorable events, and ...
    • Ephemeral Population : Housing for a Transient Workforce 

      Hoffer, Eric (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Western North Dakota is currently experiencing a tremendous oil boom which is attracting people from all over the country because of the prospects of money, work, and a better way of life. Communities are desperately trying ...
    • ethos-mores architecture 

      Popescu, Ana-Maria (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis provides some answers to the question, how, as an outsider, do we begin to understand cultural values that are not ours and how does one measure the degree of threat to a minority culture when cultural values ...
    • Feeding Change from the Ground Up 

      Franklund, Marcie (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This project aims to answer the question, through the utilization of the appropriate learning environment, can children learn how to improve the nutritional health of themselves and their families? The solution will be ...
    • The Gathering Garden: Bringing Warmth to Fargo's Frigid Winters 

      Marsh, Rachel (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      Fargo’s rapidly improving downtown community life has one large, seven-month-long problem: winter. During the frigid winter, the public life of Fargo’s downtown comes to a halt. Thus, this research began with the goal of ...
    • Human Engineering 

      Austin, Dusty (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis focuses on the question: how might ergonomics and universal design improve the human experience in the work environment? The typology for this examination is a research and development facility. The project’s ...
    • Increasing Population, Decreasing Food Supply 

      Bredeson, Heather (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This project focuses on urban sprawl and how it is decreasing agricultural land and the world’s food supply. The typology is a 10,250 square foot urban greenhouse, a 6,800 square foot restaurant and a culinary arts school, ...
    • Inspire - Refugee Center 

      Hussein, Amar (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      In today’s world, many people are forced to flee their homeland due to war, unrest, and persecution. Because of conflict, millions of people worldwide become refugees. Many refugees have experienced persecution, torture, ...