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The Accessible Masterpiece
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Amazing artwork is located all around the world. However, there are barriers to accessibility: the locality, cost, and the ability to travel to see various pieces by renowned artists. Even if someone has a museum near them, ...
Green-Line: Nature in an Urban Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Many cities lack one of the most beautiful and important aspects of life, nature. When people think of cities they think of traffic and concrete and congestion. It can be a big turn off to people who are used to trees and ...
The Planetary Rift: Awakening the Senses to the Necessity of Nature
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Around the world, confirmation of the deterioration of our planet’s ecosystem is
evident. It’s become so common that we are no longer disturbed by the incineration
of ancient rainforests and depletion of drinkable water ...
Respite Park: Changing Therapy With Community and Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Architecture can be a driving force of change
within communities. Through a new kind of public
park with therapeutic experience pavilions based
on community interaction and integration, as well
as innovative architectural ...
Alexander Cancer Treatment and Research Center: Transformational Healing Through Atmospheric Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The aim of this thesis is to study the cognitive effects of architectural
design specifically related to patient care in architecture. Much of architecture
today is based upon efficiency, potential profit, and aesthetics ...
Minding the Gap
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Increasingly, there is a shift from multigenerational family living to seniors residing in age-specific facilities. Due in part to the relative isolation seniors experience here, there is also a noticeable rate of depression ...
Urban Revitalization: Place-Making in Deteriorating Downtowns
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Downtown urban centers are the key to any functional city. They provide a canvas for communities to establish a cultural hub and sense of place. Over the last decade, communities across America have had trouble maintaining ...
Found in Translation: Language and the Built Reality
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Language acts as the primary way humans understand themselves and
the world, and through the learning of languages, we are able to mediate
and enrich this exchange. As humans reach for understanding of the
world they ...
Healthy Building, Healthy Living
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
In a world experiencing a pandemic with unhealthy global
challenges; public spaces, businesses and people are struggling to stay
‘afloat’ as the world struggles to help. What most people do not realize
is how much effect ...
Architecture's Spiritual Utility in the 21st Century
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
How does architecture, in the built sense, influence humanity’s desire to connect with
something beyond ourselves? What responsibility does an architect hold in that
condition?
Tracing history through religions, movements ...