Browsing Architecture Theses by Subject "Public spaces."
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The American Conversation
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The transparency between the political and public realm is currently a blurred perception today. My architectural objective isn’t to influence or convince you to ultimately believe in particular political ideals. It is ... -
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 ... -
Audience of strangers : exploring theatrical public space in the design of a rail station
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Through fiction, drama, and decorum this thesis explores architecture’s ability to create a more meaningful relationship to the public realm; facilitating interactions between strangers through the design of a rail station ... -
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 ... -
Common Culture: Rediscovering Public Space in American Cities
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The influence of public spaces in urban life is an issue that has been apparent since the development of ancient cities. Opportunities to socialize, interact, and exchange ideas in these spaces allow members of a community ... -
Developing a Dialectic
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This project, titled Developing a Dialectic, began as an analysis of the tangible evidence of time within a built environment, specifically the changing paths on which we experience our cities and the objects and spaces ... -
Digital Oasis
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis approaches the issue “As technology further develops our abilities to communicate across distance, what role will public space play, if any, in the future shaping of our cities?” The Theoretical Premise/ Unifying ... -
The Gathering Garden: Bringing Warmth to Fargo's Frigid Winters
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Fargo’s rapidly improving downtown community life has one large, seven-month-long problem: winter. During the frigid winter, the public life of Fargo’s downtown comes to a halt. Thus, this research began with the goal of ... -
Growth Management Strategies for Downtown Development Focusing on Affordable Housing
(North Dakota State University, 2020)With an ever-growing world population, our cities, along with communities have continued to grow. The population in Kansas City Missouri, and the surrounding metropolitan area has increased each year. In 2018 the population ... -
Here in the City: Architecture of Lost Spaces
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Can lost space be revitalized to promote the culture of the city? In every city lost space resides. These are slivers and awkward portions of space where no traditional use works. Often found in between buildings, and under ... -
Intimate Encounters: Transportation as Theatre in Toronto's Underground
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The accidental eye contact, the casual nudge of the thigh, and the slight smell of sweat, subway systems are multi-sensory experiences that are unique to every city. Subways are daunting and anxious spaces. Being forced ... -
Love in Las Vegas: An Introduction of Spaces of Desire to Sin City
(North Dakota State University, 2020)“Falling in love, according to Socrates, is both madness and a revelation of the world as it really is.” - Perez-Gomez, Built Upon Love. Perhaps this is exactly what Las Vegas so desperately needs: a revelation among ... -
Panopticism: The Socialization of Urban Dwellers in Public Design
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Public spaces in a number of large metros are often active during the work day but by night fill with criminals and the destitute. Accompanying the night brings crimes such as violence and vandalism. Through a thoughtful ... -
The Space Between: A Manifesto for Designing Socially Engaged Communities
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Suburbanization, low-density residential, commercial and civic zones with expansive, under-utilized parking lots have created physical and social distances between people. Each typological zone is segregated from the others ... -
Teens: Let's Give Them Some Space
(North Dakota State University, 2020)At a time when we can find numerous divisions between ourselves and the next person, there is one thing that every adult has in common: we were once a teenager. Like any experience, being a teenager comes with moments ... -
Theatric depth : the theatre and the public
(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 ... -
Through the Other: The Social Impact of Architecture and Recognition of the Other
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The United States of America was established on July 4th, 1776. That day marked the birth of a nation of immigrants. It was through the hard work and dedication of those immigrants and their descendants that this became ... -
Using Poetic Language to Restore the American Metropolis by Examining the Difference Between What is Real and Imaginary
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Public interaction over the years has changed in many ways. Dating back to ancient roman civilization, the public life had been important to the typical man. Spreading and sharing of ideas, exchange of goods, questioning ...