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Virtual World of Information
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Currently, there is a disconnect between the digitization of the world and modern building design. This project attempts to answer the question, “how does ever-changing technology, and the culture that follows it influence ...
READesign
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis, READesign: Architecture that promotes knowledge, will focus on an investigation of the question, how can architecture enhance education and learning. The typology for this examination will be a mixture between ...
Digital Library of Duluth
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The underlying concept for this thesis is the beginning of discussion overtly looking at how computing technology is used by architects today. The discussion will center around critical analysis of uses of software in ...
Maintaining the Integrity of the Public Library Building in the Digital Age
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
Today’s public library building sits in a peculiar position as media changes from the tactile to the digital. The thesis aims to illustrate the continued importance of the library as a physical place within the community. ...
Social Adaptation: Changing the Built Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Social Adaptation examines ways in which a building can adequately respond to the advancement of computing technology and social media dominance. Overwhelming access to computing technology and social media not only changes ...
Community Identity: Re-connecting City + River
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This project will examine a growing city’s historical origin that has been lost. The typology will be community center and library accompanied by a bridge/site rennovation. The guiding idea is that the design will be ...
Sustainability: A Holistic Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Man’s relationship with nature started as a mutual relationship which slowly developed into man vs. nature. This altering ideology has developed humans to believe they are superior to nature. Rather than living in harmony ...
Aletheia & The Unforgetting of Language: The International Rare Books Library of New York
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
A language dies every two weeks somewhere in the world. (Crystal, 1999). With increasing economic integration on national and regional scales, people find it easier to communicate and conduct business in the dominant ...
The New Modern Library
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis focuses on the relationship between a building and its contents, how this effects the layout and appearance of the building, and the changing needs of a typology. The typology used in examining this relationship ...
Emerging Public: The Public Library's Role in Building Community
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
How can architecture create context and facilitate understanding of the information presented in public libraries through both physical and digital media to encourage community engagement? This thesis analyzes the architectural ...