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    • Adaptable Architecture: Architecture That Responds to Changing Needs 

      Windschitl, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis explores the use of adaptable architecture and its ability to change to diverse program and user needs. By using flexible and kinetic components in the design of a performing arts center, it can expand the ...
    • Caesura: Enhancing the Culture of Fargo-Moorhead 

      Eggen, Jennifer (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      The downtown area of Fargo-Moorhead is growing exponentially, yet the rapid boom in growth may result in a monotonous city center. Downtown needs an attraction — something other than shops, bars, restaurants, and apartments. ...
    • Deaf Sight: A New Sound in Architecture : Architecture for the Deaf 

      Specht, Tyler (North Dakota State University, 2013)
    • Developing Architectural Methods through Local Built Heritage: a Performing Arts Center in Torres, Brasil. 

      Baierle, Gabriela (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Southern Brazilian vernacular building methods contain knowledge that is unique to that particular area of the world. With the implementation of modern techniques and the usage of intuitive design processes, a designer can ...
    • Ensemble : The Art of Inspiration 

      Howard, Kasey (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis will speak to the integration of the performing arts and visual arts and architecture. Architecture should inevitably be integral with the contents within. Consequently the content within the structure ...
    • Exploring the Relationships of Bruges, Music, and the Space Between 

      Karley, Isaac (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis explores music and art in Bruges, Belgium and how it has shaped the city to become what it is today. It is only through this awareness of the past, and how it relates to the present, that new pieces can be ...
    • The Genesis Project : exploring the convergence of architecture, music, & life 

      Halvorson, Timothy (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Music is an innate human quality that provokes physical, mental, and spiritual responses both consciously and subconsciously, and consequently, has the capacity to change the environment. Architecture can be designed as a ...
    • Impactful phenomenologies : Minnesota marching arts 

      Weiss, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      An emerging field of research in Architectural discourse, Architectural Phenomenology can be represented as the perception of space through the five senses. For some of the world’s most established practitioners and ...
    • Kinetic Morphology of Performance Space 

      Dunham, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This is a study of how spaces change from one typology into a completely opposite one. The main typology is stage performance with immense requirements which demand the use of advanced technology and automation. The project ...
    • Main Street Visual & Performing Art Center 

      Watters, Jennifer (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The community of North Branch, Minnesota lacks a suitable fine art culture. The school district is unable to provide a quality fine art education due to lack of funding. There are few opportunities for locals to become ...
    • 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 ...
    • Theatric depth : the theatre and the public 

      Atchison, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      My Thesis explores the way architecture can evoke a more meaningful relationship to the public realm. The project will attempt to reawaken a “space of participation” by challenging the changing understudy of public and ...