Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 17
Contrasting History
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This graduate thesis examines the inherent meaning in a constructed building and using that to find a new purpose for that building that
embraces its style, age, and purpose. Through this connection with history, the ...
Urban Paths
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The typology for this thesis project will be a hybrid transit center. Public awareness on the effects that vehicles and buildings have on the environment is a large component to this project. This will be done through a ...
Vacant Mainstreet
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis, Vacant Main Street, will focus on a building’s ability to affect its surrounding community. Can a building be the spark that revitalizes a dying Main Street? The Main Street of St. Croix Falls, WI is ...
Hopeful Youth
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This thesis examines the question, how can architecture encourage positive relationships and inspire hope in young cancer patients? The project will study the affects of the natural and built environment and what role it ...
[re]DUX : adaptive architecture, [re]use & mixed use
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis examines the implications a building’s history/past has on its future development. It is guided by
the idea that some structures are
more capable than others in making
the transition from one function ...
redefine: urban living
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The focus of this thesis, [redefine] is how a building's function can be redefined to suit the changing needs of the community through adaptive reuse.
Over time buildings cease to function the way they were originally ...
A. G.L.I.M.P.S.E; Ashland Great Lakes & Industrial Mining Pier & Shipping Exhibits
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This thesis project, ‘A GLIMPSE’, examines the question, how does the configuration and organization of elements in a space influence the engagements of its participants? The typology for examination of this problem is a ...
Dwelling up|on the Dock
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis project will explore the aspects of dwellings that can contribute to making the floor plan more efficient through flexibility and adaptation to the users and environment.
Hope : An Environment for Revitalization
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis project focuses on the need for a more holistic approach in today’s health care system, one that puts a greater emphasis on the psychological healing of a person; a facet that is too often neglected. Specifically, ...
Biodynamic Farming : Between the Plate and the Planet
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
There are a number of reasons why food in the United States may be subjected to health, social, and environmental concerns. This thesis book examines regenerative agriculture and how the built environment may help to reverse ...