Browsing Architecture Theses by Subject "School buildings."
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City of Kids - design kindergarten
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis project, City of Kids, examines the question that how can architectural elements optimize the traditional method of early childhood development. This thesis proposal primarily focuses on the impacts of spatial ... -
Cultural Confluence: A Spirited Learning Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Education has been at the forefront of all cultures since the beginning of time. Success, often described and held to different standards throughout the world, has often relied on its instructors, setting, and facilities. ... -
Design by Nature - A Montessori School
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis examines the ability of designers to use nature as an inspiration in their design process, often referred to as biomimicry. The final design for this Montessori school of 180 students in Winnipeg, Manitoba will ... -
Edges of the Mind: Reconstructing an Urban Pontos
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Edge-world. The horizon of our lived reality, this material world within which we all exist, is one composed of edges and defined by them, an edge-world. To consider the nature of a town, of a city, of any conceivable ... -
Education Instilling a Brighter Future: Design of Green Strategies Beyond Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The Project Typology is a 25,000 Sq. Ft. Educational Activity Center providing additional before & after school resources as well as new educational programming throughout the day for elementary age children in the Fargo ... -
Educational Interaction within Nature
(North Dakota State University, 2011)I have challenged myself to find if the quality of a space can enhance some ones ability to learn. The typology is a junior high school in the Midwest. This location will not only challenge me because of the various types ... -
Educative Junction
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Educative Junction: A new model for public high school education. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. To inspire a greater value of mandatory public education in the eyes of students, a school built to accommodate that education ... -
Fostering Responsible Behavior
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Educated children must comprehend what their duties towards the environment are and start fostering responsible behavior seriously. If children go to school with means to learn science, literature, etc. they might as well ... -
In Human
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This thesis aims to utilize architecture as the medium to connect children to their environments and to develop them into social beings. Jan Gehl, a Danish architect and urban design consultant, once said, “Only architecture ... -
The Integration of Urban Agriculture into the Modern Elementary Education Curriculum - Public Private Partnership as a Community Engaged Design Venture, A Delivery Model for Stronger Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2016)What If we could create social change with the schools we build? What if we could build these schools with local partners, and not dig deeper into our tax payers wallet? Schools have been built largely the same way with ... -
Lead by Example: An Exploration of STEM Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis is an exploration into the fundamental question: can educational architecture be specifically designed to optimize one's ability to attain certain knowledge? The title is Lead by Example: An Exploration of STEM ... -
Life, Learning, and Sustainablity
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The thesis Life, Learning, and Sustainablility examines the way in which architects can instill a sense of sentiment towards sustainability in future generations. Architects deplete our resources, and therefore through ... -
Light & Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2013)My thesis investigates the question: how does exposure to natural light enhance academic performance in an elementary school? My claim is that exposure to natural light enhances academic performance in elementary schools. ... -
Listen: A Sensory Experience
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This thesis project uses interpretive and evaluative research methods to examine how best to bring two social circles together through intentional design, education, and immersion. The project is a design proposal for a ... -
Nurturing Sustenance
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The focus of this thesis is to explore the question “How can the design of a middle school enable the education of adolescents in sustainability and adaptation, and enable the growth of a city?” As described, the build ... -
Paradigms of Parallel Performance
(North Dakota State University, 2012)With this thesis design, Paradigms of Parallel Performance, I propose the reconstruction of a new 182,000 square-foot middle school facility for the city of Minot, North Dakota located on the north bank of the Souris ... -
Return to Symbiosis
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Return to Symbiosis, Montessori Elementary School, Fargo Nd, This thesis looks at the relationship between humans and nature and how humans have come to be parasites to this earth. Also it looks at how an architect can ... -
Supportive Learning: Live, Grow
(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 ... -
TriPeaks Montessori
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Blending architecture with landscape is not a new feature in design. For the Montessori schooling system, directly relating the natural world into the school’s methods of teaching is crucial for the development of the ...