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Growth Through the Past: Cooperation of the Past, Present, and Future in Revitalizing Clarissa, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis goes on to answer the question of whether a piece of the past can be used as a catalyst for growth in a small community. By adapting a current piece of architecture into a tool that can be used by the residents ...
Adaptable Spaces for Changing Paces : Design for Demographic Shifts
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The built environment is currently designed with (only) the present demographic profile in mind. Designing in this manner
fails to prepare for changes in demographic profiles and creates an obstacle for users when the ...
Stillwater Community Center
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
How can current needs be addressed to form a space that adds value and connectivity to a community?
This is a study of how community driven needs creates a structure that can be used in multiple ways. Using common needs ...
Communities - Progress Through Gathering
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
The ideas of how architecture can help rural communities stay viable in the twenty-first century will be explored through the development and design of a multi-use community center. Located in Grantsburg, a small rural ...
Residential Redux
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Residential Redux is an investigation of the following question, can a new residential/mixed-use complex integrate the traditional assets of a suburban neighborhood, while still addressing its new urban context? This ...
Urban Individuality
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis explores possible answers to the question, is individualism slowing the growth of dense housing? The Typology used to examine this problem is a dense residential/mixed use complex. The Theoretical Premise/Unifying ...
Renewing Rural Small Town Life
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This thesis explores a possible answer to the question: how would a rural community be renewed through reawakened development?
The Irvin Hotel is an often overlooked, abandoned building located in downtown Kenmare, ...
Thesis book: V
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Vertical Farming in Portland
Industrious Revival: Anticipating Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Utilizing the combination of the adaptive reuse design strategy and prefabricated architecture building systems this thesis will explore strategies that enable a building to adapt to better fit into its environment. Taking ...
Unifying Dimensions
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The practice of adaptive reuse can completely transform the way people interact with and perceive an existing building. However, is there a way to interweave the past with the present, perhaps by analyzing the building’s ...