Browsing Architecture Theses by Subject "Apartment houses."
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An Artifact of Industry: Preserving Minnesota’s Industrial Heritage, through the Rehabilitation of Concrete Grain Elevators and Silos
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This thesis project is to promote the value of Minneapolis, Minnesota’s cultural heritage through the rehabilitation of concrete grain elevators and silos. With the vacancy of many of these structures at a rise, the re-use ... -
body soul inHABIT
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This thesis investigates the human body and its proportions in relation to the comfort and security experienced within a space. This thesis also takes a deeper analytical look at how the treatment of our own bodies has ... -
Borrowed Past: Reexamining High-Density Housing in South Korea
(North Dakota State University, 2017)South Korea has made a lot of progress in the last 6 decades; from being one of the poorest countries to having the 11th largest economy in the world. The country transformed rapidly after the Korean War and today represents ... -
By You For You
(North Dakota State University, 2012)By You For You examines how much stimulus is necessary for a space to meet our needs. The typology is a multi-family dwelling. The theoretical premise/unifying idea states that designing merely for basic human needs allows ... -
Dignity and Design: Architecture for the Vision and Hearing Impaired
(North Dakota State University, 2016)This thesis is aiming to design better for those with hearing or sight loss. Since these are sensory disabilities they directly affect the way in which people experience architecture. With the numbers rising of people ... -
Dreaming and Perceiving: An Approach to Dwelling in the City
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis aims to answer the question; how can we slow down our perception of city living to create an appropriate setting that reinterprets aspects of community living into an urban setting? The typology is a mixed use ... -
Dwelling up|on the Dock
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This thesis project will explore the aspects of dwellings that can contribute to making the floor plan more efficient through flexibility and adaptation to the users and environment. -
Millennial housing
(North Dakota State University, 2014)In this thesis, the current and past ideals of what is considered a home, the desires to create a home, and the features that make up the idea of home will be examined in regards to their being drastically changed due to ... -
Nature in Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis provides answers to the question: How can we, as architects, make a building of the environment in which it is built? The typology for the examination of this problem is multi-family housing. The theoretical ... -
A New way to connect to travel
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This thesis examines how architecture can make mass transit more accessible and desirable to the public and how the public’s wants and needs can improve a transportation center’s design. It examines how making downtown ... -
Nexus: Creating Necessary Bonds Through Communal Living
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The main topic of this this thesis is community based public housing, meaning that this project focuses on the communal aspects of public housing and how they can be incorporated into a building in order to create a more ... -
Radiant Future: Dwelling, Pruitt Igoe, and the Imprint of Communist Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This project seeks to solve the issue of public housing that America is facing in the present day. This housing sector is in crisis, and needs a renewed emphasis on quality and regard for human dignity, as well as an ... -
Residential Redux
(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 ... -
Reusing Structure
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This thesis attempts to understand how built structures can evolve over time through use and reuse. It looks at how reusing a space is possible by taking a warehouse structure and reusing it for the new purpose of living ... -
Revisiting Residential Design Through Vertical Farming
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis is an investigation of the question, as a city’s population continues to rise, how can residential design assist in meeting the increased demand for food, water, energy and shelter? The typologies for the ... -
Theater of Life: Participatory Design as a Feature for Intentional Adaptation to a Diverse Set of Lifestyles
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The purpose of this thesis is to propose an integrated model for intentional living and participatory design. Theater of Life seeks to expand the potential of housing in a dense urban environment with blank canvas units ... -
Urban Individuality
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis explores possible answers to the question, is individualism slowing the growth of dense housing? The Typology used to examine this problem is a dense residential/mixed use complex. The Theoretical Premise/Unifying ... -
Urban Thaw: Encouraging Human Connection within a Winter City
(North Dakota State University, 2017)What makes urban life possible is human interaction. Without it, cities would not thrive. It has become increasingly easier for residents of cities to stay indoors and neglect the environment and people around them. In ...