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    • Structured Living 

      Nelson, Brent (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Architecture and its infrastructure act as a mediating tool defining the world around us by structuring experience. This thesis will define the consequence of building and how designers structure experience by opening and ...
    • Structures Becoming Shadows: Evoking An Empathetic Perception Through The Construction of Mourning 

      Ward, Megan (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      The thesis responds to the constructive thought and perception around death and the mourning and grieving processes of life. The typology being a crematorium/columbarium will emphasize this inevitable process in life and ...
    • A Subaqueous Future 

      Osland, Mitchell (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      A hundred years into the future, humanity and the world will experience dramatic changes. As climate change begins to alter our global environments, humanity must adapt to the changes it brings. The overall increase in ...
    • subURBAN : redefining urban residential 

      Bugge, Steven (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Suburbia is being called home to an increasing number of people living in Western societies. In the United States, more people live in the suburbs than the cities they surround, and 75% of all new construction is taking ...
    • Sun and ice 

      Rinkenberger, Crystal (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Sited in Barrow, Alaska - the northernmost city in North America - my conservatory design explores the challenges that climate and daylighting present 300 miles above the Arctic Circle. This “land of the midnight sun” ...
    • Supportive Learning: Live, Grow 

      Hausladen, Virginia (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis is an investigation into how design can facilitate and enhance learning for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. By designing for groups of people with very specific needs, we learn how architecture can ...
    • Sustainability of Time 

      Peake, Nicholas (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      The Government is building a storage facility at Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert, which is where the dormitory complex would need to be as well. This is as structure that will have a program and life span of at least ...
    • Sustainability: A Holistic Approach 

      Rauniyar, Ankit (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Man’s relationship with nature started as a mutual relationship which slowly developed into man vs. nature. This altering ideology has developed humans to believe they are superior to nature. Rather than living in harmony ...
    • Sustainable Connections: A Comprehensive Design of a Energy-Efficient Convention Center 

      Kautzman, Alexis (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Sustainable Connections: A Comprehensive Design of a Energy-Efficient Convention Center is a design thesis focused on the issue how can adaptive sustainable methods and technologies be applied to a convention center to ...
    • Sustainable Convenience 

      Harter, Jessica (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      Globally, society is on the cusp of substantial environmental changes. These changes start with insight into the current state of the environment, mindset changes that need to be made, then to the necessary lifestyle changes. ...
    • Sustainable Engagement 

      Crook, Sarah (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This thesis is my solution to how architecture can influence individuals to learn and live in a sustainable environment that excites its users. I have redefined sustainability as, “a social change involving individuals, ...
    • A Sustainable Living Solution For Southern Minnesota 

      Schwarz, Ben (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Abstract: This thesis discusses the possibility and feasibility of designing sustainably in harsh climatological extremes. It more specifically covers the typology of single family residential dwellings, better known ...
    • The Sustainable Middle School of Vancouver 

      Mertz, Mandel (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      There is a lack of awareness of what we are doing to our ecosystems and how we can reverse the trend of harmful practices that threaten our environment. Through education and observation, a more widespread movement of ...
    • Sustaining Rural Communities 

      Parkinson, Samantha (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Sustaining Rural Communities This thesis analyzes the use of sustainable architecture to satisfy the socio-economic needs of a rural community. The research methodology used to create this project is a mixed-method, ...
    • Sustaining Rural Communities: The Wave 

      Douvier, Justin (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      For the survival of rural communities and their citizens, a strong sense of place, vital resources, focused leadership, and commitment are critical. What are the underlying characteristics that sustain and help in a ...
    • Synergy: Integrating Performance and the Fine Arts 

      Brown, McKenna (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Music has proven to be beneficial to students, both academically and socially, as has arts education in general. Over the years, the arts have proven to take giant strides when the artists are a part of an environment ...
    • The Synthesis of Balance: Conscious Design Based on the Lived Experience 

      Aberle, Kaitlyn (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      Architecture become harmonious when it is experienced as a triad of the lived reality, the perceived experience, and the impact it has on the memory of the soul. The physical reality of the built environment can highly ...
    • Systems for Social Change 

      Jacot, Andrew (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Through the design of low-income housing in Fargo, North Dakota, this thesis will reevaluate the relationship between market forces and architecture, seeking to develop a new system for housing the low-income sector and ...
    • Tan Son Nhat Intl Airport: Re-Designing Passenger Travel Experience 

      Dang, Ly Truong Phuc (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      Think back to your last trip on a plane. Was it a nightmare of horror, anxiety, and stress? While aviation travel has brought unimaginable advancements to our lives, it’s far from perfect. And if you’ve ever been to ...
    • Technology Past and Present: An Exploration In Agricultural Archaeology 

      Barnett, Adam D. (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This book examines the history of technology specific to the area of agriculture. Technology exists as a product of culture, and can therefore be studied through the field of anthropology, even more specifically archaeology. ...