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    • Architecture and biophilia: Creating spaces that promote a positive affiliation with nature and the living world 

      Sjoquist, Jenny (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 

      Nelson, John (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 

      Pauly, Shawn (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 

      Morey, Calvin (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 

      Lee, Whitney (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 

      Hagen, Blake (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 

      Randazzo, Zoe (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 

      Foobalan, Malini (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 

      Jenson, Syris (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 

      Reimers, Jacob (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 ...
    • Architecture of Aging: The Impact of Architecture on Palliative Care and Hospice 

      Johnson, Lilly (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      Hospice care provides empathetic care for people in the last phases of terminal illness, so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible. Palliative care in combination with hospice care is intended to help ...
    • The Architecture of Happiness 

      Larson, Morgan (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      According to Architect John Lautner, the purpose of architecture is to “improve human life. Create timeless, free, joyous spaces for all activities in life” (Lautner, n.d.). His goal for this statement was to push architecture ...
    • An Architecture of neuroscience 

      Donnelly, Josh (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The primary objective of this thesis is to explore how an understanding of neuroscience can influence the human perception of the built environment. Advancement in the field of neuroscience has allowed for a greater ...
    • The Architecture of Stimmung 

      Brandt, Nicholas (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This thesis examines the environment, atmosphere and experience of patients who have undergone treatment for or who have been affected by cancer. The design is inspired by Martin Heidegger's concept of “Stimmung” (mood, ...
    • Architecture of the Amalgam: A Spiritual Looking In and Out at the Constellation of the Polaris Craters 

      Smith, George (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      The search for the spiritual in architecture is one of the most persistent topics in the history of humanity. Stonehenge was a constructed calendar that framed the solstices. The angels of cathedrals were intermediaries ...
    • Architecture that Transforms History: Reframing the Birth Place of the Atomic Bomb for a More Critical Future 

      Gefroh, Tyler (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      Can architecture serve as a critical reminder to our present and future societies of the horrific potential of mass destruction? Throughout history human beings have consistently engaged themselves in the act of ...
    • Architecture's Impact 

      Fichtner, Kelly (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis project, Architecture’s Impact, will aim to find a solution to the question, “How can architecture be used as a tool to educate its inhabitants about environmental issues?” The typology involved in this ...
    • Architecture's Spiritual Utility in the 21st Century 

      Gulbranson, Luke (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      How does architecture, in the built sense, influence humanity’s desire to connect with something beyond ourselves? What responsibility does an architect hold in that condition? Tracing history through religions, movements ...
    • Architecture: A Tradition -- The Reintegration of Historical Building Methods for Architectural Reuse and Adaptation 

      Thielen, Kris (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      As our built environment continues to grow, new building technologies are continually updated and employed, while historical building methods become outdated and undervalued. Recently there is a resurgence in preserving ...
    • Arcology 

      Peterson, Jack (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Arcology is an approximately 30,000 square foot transit center located within the Ford Site redevelopment plan in St. Paul, MN. The core concept of the project lies in its incorporation of algae, a diverse group of water-based ...