Browsing Architecture Theses by Title

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    • Reinvigorating a Conversation About Nature Through Architecture: Mitigating Climate Change and Ecological Disaster 

      Menden, Grant (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      Because the perception of Nature has shifted over the course of human civilization - from a living “Thou” to an externalized “It” - this project seeks to reinvigorate a more essential interaction with the natural environment. ...

    • Rekindling Refugees 

      Pardo, Paolo (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      This Thesis is a social housing project for refugees from recent conflicts in the middle east and aims to provide a good standard of living compared to what is usually available to refugees. There will be millions of people ...

    • Relevant Antiquity : Catalyzing Tourism with Architectural Tradition 

      Friesz, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis explores the question of how local architectural traditions affect tourism. The typology for the exploration of this problem is a convention center/hotel in a building complex comprised of adaptive re-use and ...

    • Relocated Roots: A Community Focused Urban Agriculture Facility 

      Mills, Alexandra (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      The design of 407 New Street seeks to introduce the agricultural sector into the urban environment. By integrating agriculture into the city context, the project aims to introduce a new typological identity to the neighborhood ...

    • Remedial architecture 

      Schmidt, Katelyn (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The North Shore Healing Center gives a place for personal mental health rehabilitation. This building provides a safe and comfortable place for people to rebuild themselves. It uses natural healing remedies and holistic ...

    • Remembering and Rebuilding the Broken 

      Svidersky, Alyssa (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      Cities throughout time have grown, thrived, persisted, and prospered. Equivalently, time and time again, cities have been seized, destroyed, and flattened to an unimaginable state. Yet they rise again. Why? Because a city ...

    • Renewing Rural Small Town Life 

      Kostad, Katelyn (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This thesis explores a possible answer to the question: how would a rural community be renewed through reawakened development? The Irvin Hotel is an often overlooked, abandoned building located in downtown Kenmare, ...

    • Rescue, Rehabilitation, Return: Marine on St. Croix Wildlife Rehabilitation and Environmental Education Center 

      Michelau, Darla J. (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      As a thesis project, I propose the design of a wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education center. It will be located in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota. Wildlife will be cared for in this therapeutic space after ...

    • Residential Redux 

      Blaha, Aaron J (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Residential Redux is an investigation of the following question, can a new residential/mixed-use complex integrate the traditional assets of a suburban neighborhood, while still addressing its new urban context? This ...

    • Resiliency: Creating necessary connection in an unstable environment 

      Harvey, Noah (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This is a study of how connections are made between people in an extreme time of need and also what happens to those connections when they are not immediately in use. It is also a study on the resiliency and sustainability ...

    • Resilient by Nature - Restoring Ecology through Urban Ecotourism 

      Walter, Jamie (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This thesis investigates how the Ecotourism Movement can restore the natural environment. The typology in this study is an urban, ecology complex including a museum, restaurant/bar, flexible community space, and outdoor ...

    • Resort design as it relates to the subconscious 

      Wocken, Anthony (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      How can the principles of environmental sensitivity and responsiveness measurably enhance the way that hospitality is envisioned, implemented, and experienced? The world constantly becomes more interconnected and international ...

    • Resource and Diagnostic Center for Developmental Disabilities 

      Kelash, Erin Rae (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      Psychology as it relates to architecture was investigated in order to determine appropriate design requirements for a resource and diagnostic center for individuals with developmental disabilities. The fundamental ...

    • Respite Park: Changing Therapy With Community and Architecture 

      Hallman, Jared (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Architecture can be a driving force of change within communities. Through a new kind of public park with therapeutic experience pavilions based on community interaction and integration, as well as innovative architectural ...

    • Responsive Frameworks: Polyfunctional space for dynamic stimulus 

      Colianni, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis titled “Resonsive Frameworks: Polyfunctional space for dynamic stimulus” investigates the question, “how does a building respond to dynamic stimulus?” Creating polyfunctional space through the use of kinetic ...

    • Restart|Retreat: Minnesota Center for the Responsible Use of Technology 

      Scallon, Joseph (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      The Minnesota Center for the Responsible Use of Technology is an architectural design for a 20,000 sq ft computer education center in Minneapolis that promotes the responsible use of technology. The design provides for ...

    • Restore: Veteran support facility 

      Tabert, Casey (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This thesis project, titled Restore, critically analyzes how an architectural experience can have psychological healing effects on service members and their families who have been affected by the repercussions of war and ...

    • Restoring Veterans Through Companionship: The Study between Rural and Urban Context 

      Haack, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      How does design differentiate between rural and urban sites? If the parameters are set and the same program is used for each, which context will be more successful? This thesis focuses on two issues that affect the ...

    • Resurgence 

      Groth, Catherine (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Detroit, Michigan, is on the cusp of the biggest economic crisis of its history. This architectural thesis will seek to blend the elements of socio-economics, cultural relevance and historical significance in order to ...

    • Resurrecting a Community Through the Built Environment: Hudson Road/Mounds Theatre Adaptive-Re-Use 

      Wellner, Timothy (North Dakota State University, 2006)
      The design I am proposing will be an adaptive re-use project at the Mounds Theatre in Dayton's Bluff, St. Paul, Minnesota. The thesis project will examine how rejuvenation of existing buildings and urban renewal can recover ...