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Beauty of Becoming : Architecture as a Teleology
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis is an attempt to clearly and simply recourse the history and the activity of architecture to the fundamental "natural order" with which one comprehends the world, and which forms the individual's enduring ...
Adaptable Architecture : architecture that changes through time
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Just as living things grow and adapt, so should the things we create. In this juxtaposition lays the ability to propel our creations into a cyclical lifestyle of rebirth through functionality. Spatial experiences are ...
Rebuilding the Human Experience
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis will create a natural food co-op in a town devastated by natural disaster. The design of this building will utilize a site with an existing structural failure in Greensburg, Kansas, left behind after the ...
Test of Time
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis is a study of how the use of recycled materials can express the passage of time within a society or culture. The building typology for the execution of this idea is a historical museum. The Theoretical ...
Ensemble : The Art of Inspiration
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis will speak to the
integration of the performing arts and visual arts and architecture. Architecture should inevitably be integral with the contents within.
Consequently the content within the structure ...
TOWARD INTEGRATION : Collaborative Architecture and Design Methods
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis investigates the current delivery methods architects use to create buildings in relation to the access to and quality of them. It pays special attention to investigating new delivery methods, which enable a ...
Identifying and Cultivating a Legacy and Urban Connection
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis is a response to the exploration of the legacy of our civic communities. It will explore the manner in which these communities are developed, cultivated, and grow to meet the needs of those individuals of which ...
Kinetic Response
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis examines how a shelter could serve as a vehicle for renewal and investigates the relationship of poverty and progress. The shelter could foster short-term relief as an aid for long-term recovery following natural ...
Relevant Antiquity : Catalyzing Tourism with Architectural Tradition
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This thesis explores the question of how local architectural traditions affect tourism. The typology for the exploration of this problem is a convention center/hotel in a building complex comprised of adaptive re-use and ...
Boom Abodes : Designing for the Transition
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
With recent technological advances in oil extraction, communities across the Midwest are being hit by an oil boom. With a rapid growth of migrant workers flooding in to rural counties, economic strain and housing shortages ...