Browsing Architecture Theses by Title
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Antithesis: The Public Library as Sanctuary
(North Dakota State University, 2006)The thesis project typology is a public library. The library is located in Las Vegas, Nevada at the intersection of Flamingo Boulevard and Swenson Street. The library is roughly 100,000 square feet with 30,000 square ... -
Aquatic Research Center, Maui, HI
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis project is meant to explore, in architectural terms, the question of “what will happen if water levels continue to rise, and population levels continue to grow at an alarming rate?” This issue will impact all ... -
Architect Developer: The Maslo - Housing with an Impact
(North Dakota State University, 2021)The traditional delivery method of an architectural project as we know is a lengthy, linear process. A client has a vision or parcel of land to develop, and they rely on an architect to make it come to life. The architect ... -
Architectural Asset Development
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This thesis attempts to elucidate the connection between architecture and how well students perform academically and socially based on how much pleasure they attain from the architecture of their high school campus. The ... -
Architectural efficiency : designing with user productivity in mind
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Workplace productivity is important to the success and operation of any business. If a business can maximize its productivity, it is more likely to succeed and grow. This is especially true in the restaurant and manufacturing ... -
Architectural Gastronomy: Connecting the Art of Architecture and Food
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Food and shelter are two constants that have been vital to survival throughout human history. These two facets of life must co emerge to enhance the world for future prosperity of resources and human connections. ... -
Architectural Mediation: Accommodating Private Development & Public Good
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This Thesis, Architectural Mediation, will explore how to answer the question: how can architecture mediate the interests of private development and public good? The design of a combination transit stop, art gallery, and ... -
Architectural Mood and Mental Space: A Cathartic Journey Off the North Shore of Lake Superior
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Most people think of architecture as a profession that is concerned with aesthetic beauty—designs that please the observer through visual perception of the harmony, symmetry, and good proportions crafted by the designer. ... -
Architectural Sign Language
(North Dakota State University, 2020)American Sign Language is not transparent, one cannot understand it until ones learn is. It takes many years of study and interaction with people who use it to be able to properly learn a language. As a student who ... -
Architecture & exile : loss and discovery in the design of a refugee facility
(North Dakota State University, 2015)My thesis examines the relationship between exile and creativity through the design of a refugee facility for learning and temporary living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prominent philosopher Edward Said describes exile as ... -
Architecture and biophilia: Creating spaces that promote a positive affiliation with nature and the living world
(North Dakota State University, 2003)The outdoors and its natural elements have become a growing interest to me in the last couple of years – especially the reasons why people are attracted to them. I believe one of the major reasons is to escape everyday ... -
Architecture and Cultural Definition
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Typology: North Dakota American Indian Center Site: Chief Looking’s Indian Village Bismarck, ND Area: 23,000 sq ft This thesis will investigate the role of architecture in representing and retaining a culture ... -
Architecture and Eros : the hunt for fulfillment
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This project is titled “Architecture and Eros: the hunt for fulfillment.” It observes how Architecture may work to address our inherent human desire for completeness. The project proposes a design for a hunting lodge, ... -
Architecture and the Body: Integrating Fitness in the Modern Urban Center
(North Dakota State University, 2014)History reveals the human body in a way that differs greatly from today’s understanding. Through the artefacts of ancient architectural constructs, art, and literature we can see that the body was once articulated as an ... -
Architecture and the Literary Imagination: T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land Reinterpreted as Reading and Pedagogical Space
(North Dakota State University, 2019)"And I will show you something different from either / Your shadow at morning striding behind you / Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you" (The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot). How can architecture, together with poetic ... -
Architecture as desire : exploring the origins of our desire to hear music
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Our mind is subconsciously entertained and potentially enslaved by classification into categories. A typology is a system used for putting things into groups according to how they are similar and architecture has equally ... -
Architecture as Prosthesis: A Cultural Reimagination of Disability on Boston Harbor
(North Dakota State University, 2020)How does architecture approach disability? Might this play a role in forming our cultural beliefs? Increasingly specialized attitudes of the modern era, critiqued by Hans-Georg Gadamer, move us to approach disability ... -
Architecture for Community: Redefining Social Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis investigates the question: can architecture create a sense of place and dignity amongst the homeless community? The typology for examination of this problem will be a hybrid of a transitional housing facility, ... -
Architecture in Law Enforcement
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The benefits of design and architecture in workspace has shown to increase productivity and allow everyone to move around fluidly without feeling like being micromanaged. Proper design in a busy building can organize ... -
Architecture in motion : an exploration of kinetic space
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Architecture in motion: More than just an idea, it is a concept quickly becoming a reality. The real question is how will this concept shape architecture of the future. Exploration of kinetic architecture and tectonics ...