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Architecture that Transforms History: Reframing the Birth Place of the Atomic Bomb for a More Critical Future
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Can architecture serve as a critical reminder to our present and future societies of
the horrific potential of mass destruction?
Throughout history human beings have consistently engaged themselves in the
act of ...
Architecture as Prosthesis: A Cultural Reimagination of Disability on Boston Harbor
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
How does architecture approach disability? Might this play a role in forming our
cultural beliefs? Increasingly specialized attitudes of the modern era, critiqued by
Hans-Georg Gadamer, move us to approach disability ...
Centennial High: A School for Hope and Growth
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
In this paper, high school design is evaluated in order to better support the mental health of
its occupants. The alarming rise in anxiety, depression, and violence among youth over the past few
decades demonstrates the ...
Designing for Memory Loss
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
We all live with the fact that someday our loved ones will need to have help
with day to day life and that we will too. As of right now there is a generally
negative feeling towards moving out of one’s home and into an ...
Transcultural Education: Building Understanding through Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Architecture has the innate ability to control the environment in which it creates, so it presents itself as a tool for creating desired outcomes. This desired outcome is the change of social climate through Transcultural ...
The Psyche of a Building: An Exploration of how Buildings Relate to the Human Psyche Through a Renovated Farmstead
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Farmsteads have been steady reminders of how this country got its start. Hard work,
family, faith, and community were all aspects of farm life. Each home was built with the
help of neighbors, children learned how to do ...
The Materiality of Time and Water: An Emotional and Cognitive Reinvigoration of Sustainability on the Edge of the California Coast
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Ancient man had a full-bodied integration into the divinity of the earth that we
have displaced in our modern age. We have become subjects of the technological
advancements of today and as a result are tasked with ...
Simple Nurture: Weaving Motherhood and Community
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
There are community centers in nearly every city that are used
to some extent. Some are good and some are bad. In most
cases, the existence of a community is a prerequisite for the
construction of a community center. ...
Public Memory and Forgetting: Making Visible the Invisibility of Loss in the San Francisco AIDS Pandemic
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
It is well known that we depend on our memory
for our individual and collective sense of identity,
meaning, and purpose. We assign significance to past,
present, and future events through inter-subjective
and ordered ...
Enviro-Braille: A Transcribed Language of Architectural Elements
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Architecture has an immense effect
on our perception of reality. The way
one gains understanding of their surroundings
depends heavily on stimulation
of senses. The pitfall of designers
is the consciousness paid to ...