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Unstitch: Saving an Urban Fabric
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Shopping malls were designed to be communal spaces that mimicked town squares, where one could shop, socialize, and feel connected. The architect intended for them to be dense, to promote walkability, and have mixed-uses ...
Shedding Light: On the End to Native Genocide
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has seen historical trauma. Located roughly 75 miles southeast of the Black Hills in South Dakota, Pine Ridge has received international attention for its incredible despair. Plagued for ...
Design for Well-Being: Architecture to Reduce Health Inequity
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
As a society, we are faced with ever-changing healthcare costs and quality of care. Unfortunately, not everyone can access, or afford, the care that they need. Throughout the country, many people are facing illness and ...
Economically Remodeled Warehouse: The Use of Passive and Sustainable Systems to Repurpose an Abandoned Car Manufacturing Plant
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Sustainable and passive design can be used to remodel an industrial site, while preserving historical context and creating a productive mixed-use space. This thesis project will take an existing abandoned automobile ...
Empowerment through Architecture: Designing Refugee Habitats to Empower Rohingya Refugees in Kutupalong, Bangladesh
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 602,400 Rohingya refugees reside in the Kutupalong-Balukhali Expansion Site. Located along the coast of south eastern Bangladesh, the camp has become a haven ...
Regenerative Architecture: Making Nature an Equal Partner in Design
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The current example in the field of architecture today is one of degeneration and obsolete building technologies. Regenerative architecture is the practice of engaging the natural world as the medium for, and producer of ...
Theater of Life: Participatory Design as a Feature for Intentional Adaptation to a Diverse Set of Lifestyles
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The purpose of this thesis is to propose an integrated model for intentional living and participatory design. Theater of Life seeks to expand the potential of housing in a dense urban environment with blank canvas units ...
Panopticism: The Socialization of Urban Dwellers in Public Design
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Public spaces in a number of large metros are often active during the work day but by night fill with criminals and the destitute. Accompanying the night brings crimes such as violence and vandalism. Through a thoughtful ...
Enhancing the Ballpark Experience: NDSU Softball Complex Renovation
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
There are countless factors that influence how people experience the environment around them. These influences include sensory dynamics, such as light, noise, temperature, and sound, as well as memorable events, and ...
Mind in the External: A Rehabilitation Facility for the Clinically Depressed
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Recent studies in neuroscience suggest that our minds are actually projected into the outside world and the outside into our minds. By mixing this new knowledge with philosophy, research has shown that our built environment ...