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Designing for Humanity
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
This thesis aims to explore the idea that a healthy prison design will in turn
create a healthy atmosphere. I will work to design a prison that will aid
in the inmates’ transition back into society. By designing a structure ...
Breach: Building Integrated Flood Protection, Addressing the Inadequate Response to the Flood of 1997 by the City of Grand Forks
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
In response to The Flood of 1997, the city of Grand Forks, ND constructed a flood wall along the river. It protected the citizens from the seasonal floods but it was an inadequate solution. It created a physical, visual, ...
Overcoming Barriers: Creating Physical, Social, and Economic Access through Modular Design as Activism
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
10% of the population has difficulty using stairs; most due to a wheelchair, cane, crutches, or walker. That is about 24,000 people in the Fargo-Moorhead area alone. In today’s built environment there are exceptions within ...
Bridge: A Library as Interconnection for Culture and Function
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
My thesis is focused on creating an opportunity for the exchange and connection between individuals, cultures, communities, and knowledge we gain from one another. Located in the Fargo-Moorhead area, the two cities have a ...
Adaptive Architectural Value Engineering: A Study of Influencing Factors
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
A study to define value, and define it as a critical variable in domestic residential design and construction, by the use of evaluation of adaptive symbolic models using designer controlled endogenous and external exogenous ...
Enhanced Assisted Living: An Architectural Strategy to Reduce the Negative Effects for Society Caused by Aging Population
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Due to the emergence of large numbers of elderly people as the Baby Boomer generation ages and the life span extended, an aging population has become a serious issue for modern society with far-reaching economic and ...