Architecture Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Chronically Sustainable: Creating a Sustainable Community for the Chronically Ill 

      Mathiowetz, Nicole (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      In a world that is rapidly changing due to climate change, there is a group of people that are being left behind in the “green” movement. This is not new for these people; the group has often been forgotten and under ...

    • Fostering Community 

      Lardy, Reanna (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Foster Care is an extremely prevalent thing in today’s society. On any given day, there are nearly 424,000 children in foster care in the United States. In 2019, over 672,000 children spent time in U.S. foster care. ...

    • Regenerating Space for Community Enhancement 

      Kreil, Emily (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Urban development and master planning of a large site that lies within a growing city can unify and influence expansion in a community, if done so in a strategic and deliberate way. My thesis project will analyze the ...

    • Electrodynamic Suspension: The Future of Rail Travel in the United States 

      Klun, Samuel (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      With the steady increase in population throughout the United States, the issue of transportation is becoming more of a problem. With how prevalent personal car ownership is American culture, the number of vehicles on ...

    • Quality for Equality 

      Kerr, Jolene (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Growing up playing softball it was always a goal to reach a big stage for example the state tournament where even outside of games there were a lot of experiences to be excited about. For young softball players one of ...

    • Boecraft Continuum 

      Kaesmeyer, Jared (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      What is tradition? Careening 100 miles per hour across a thin shelf of ice, compelled solely by a precise manipulation of the wind atop razor sharp steel blades? This sounds more like a death wish than tradition. Yet ...

    • Architecture in Law Enforcement 

      Jenson, Syris (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      The benefits of design and architecture in workspace has shown to increase productivity and allow everyone to move around fluidly without feeling like being micromanaged. Proper design in a busy building can organize ...

    • Alexander Cancer Treatment and Research Center: Transformational Healing Through Atmospheric Architecture 

      Hunt, Jared (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      The aim of this thesis is to study the cognitive effects of architectural design specifically related to patient care in architecture. Much of architecture today is based upon efficiency, potential profit, and aesthetics ...

    • Minding the Gap 

      Hemmesch, Taylor (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Increasingly, there is a shift from multigenerational family living to seniors residing in age-specific facilities. Due in part to the relative isolation seniors experience here, there is also a noticeable rate of depression ...

    • Respite Park: Changing Therapy With Community and Architecture 

      Hallman, Jared (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Architecture can be a driving force of change within communities. Through a new kind of public park with therapeutic experience pavilions based on community interaction and integration, as well as innovative architectural ...

    • Architecture's Spiritual Utility in the 21st Century 

      Gulbranson, Luke (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      How does architecture, in the built sense, influence humanity’s desire to connect with something beyond ourselves? What responsibility does an architect hold in that condition? Tracing history through religions, movements ...

    • The Planetary Rift: Awakening the Senses to the Necessity of Nature 

      Guck, Trevor (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Around the world, confirmation of the deterioration of our planet’s ecosystem is evident. It’s become so common that we are no longer disturbed by the incineration of ancient rainforests and depletion of drinkable water ...

    • Found in Translation: Language and the Built Reality 

      Groth, Kiara (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Language acts as the primary way humans understand themselves and the world, and through the learning of languages, we are able to mediate and enrich this exchange. As humans reach for understanding of the world they ...

    • Healthy Building, Healthy Living 

      Friesen, Ryan (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      In a world experiencing a pandemic with unhealthy global challenges; public spaces, businesses and people are struggling to stay ‘afloat’ as the world struggles to help. What most people do not realize is how much effect ...

    • Fractures of Memory: Filmic Depth as a Method to Mourn 

      Foster, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      The living and the dead are currently separated from each other within our American cities. This divide has pushed society to disassociate the living and the dead, making them appear as separate entities. This creates ...

    • Urban Revitalization: Place-Making in Deteriorating Downtowns 

      Gottwalt, Daniel (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Downtown urban centers are the key to any functional city. They provide a canvas for communities to establish a cultural hub and sense of place. Over the last decade, communities across America have had trouble maintaining ...

    • The Machine of Pataphysics: Reimagining the Relationship Between Humanity & Technology 

      Forbes, Jay (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      In our world there are two things that can be seen as obvious ways that humanity could end. First is that of climate change which we hear about and attempt to deal with all the time. Second, and perhaps less obvious, is ...

    • Cleaning by Greening: Adaptive Reuse of America's Open-Pit Mines 

      Edwards, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Surface mines are a common sight in mineral-rich areas. One such area is the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota. These mines will eventually become abandoned, as many in the eastern United States, as well as many along ...

    • Square One Rehabilitation and Wellness: The Effects Architecture Has on Treating TBI 

      Dietrich, Emma (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, is an injury that affects how the brain works. These injuries may impact individuals’ behavior, mobility, memory, language, problem solving and empathy. TBI patients also tend to feel isolated ...

    • Edgar Allan Poe Rare Books Library at Yale University: The Rematerialization of Language 

      DeVries, Luke (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Michel de Certeau states, “The current industrial mass production of visual imagery tends to alienate vision from emotional involvement and identification and turns imagery into a mesmerizing flow without focus or ...