Architecture Theses: Recent submissions
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Common Culture: Rediscovering Public Space in American Cities
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The influence of public spaces in urban life is an issue that has been apparent since the development of ancient cities. Opportunities to socialize, interact, and exchange ideas in these spaces allow members of a community ... -
Nexus: Creating Necessary Bonds Through Communal Living
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The main topic of this this thesis is community based public housing, meaning that this project focuses on the communal aspects of public housing and how they can be incorporated into a building in order to create a more ... -
Additive + Subtractive: Reimagining the Work of a Mid-Century Master
(North Dakota State University, 2017)How do we build upon someone else’s work in a thoughtful and meaningful way while respecting the original character of their work? The challenge is even greater when the designer and architecture are known around the world ... -
Serene Senescence: Modular Aging in Place in Fargo, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2017)As the population of baby boomers reaches retirement age, the question of how to house and properly care for this generation comes to mind. Many of the smaller living spaces geared toward the senior population are ... -
Borrowed Past: Reexamining High-Density Housing in South Korea
(North Dakota State University, 2017)South Korea has made a lot of progress in the last 6 decades; from being one of the poorest countries to having the 11th largest economy in the world. The country transformed rapidly after the Korean War and today represents ... -
The Redesign of Lakeshore Architecture: A Mixed Use Approach to a Single Use Idea
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Boathouses are currently banned in Minnesota do to their effect on our lakeshores, but this may not be the right solution to the issues they face. Just because something is outlawed does not mean that it is entirely bad, ... -
The Integration of Urban Agriculture into the Modern Elementary Education Curriculum - Public Private Partnership as a Community Engaged Design Venture, A Delivery Model for Stronger Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2016)What If we could create social change with the schools we build? What if we could build these schools with local partners, and not dig deeper into our tax payers wallet? Schools have been built largely the same way with ... -
Learning from Our Past: Catching Dreams
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Youth Centers around America are dedicated to improve the health, safety and communication of the overall youth population. Throughout the United States of America, there are several organizations that focus on the youth. ... -
Aletheia & The Unforgetting of Language: The International Rare Books Library of New York
(North Dakota State University, 2016)A language dies every two weeks somewhere in the world. (Crystal, 1999). With increasing economic integration on national and regional scales, people find it easier to communicate and conduct business in the dominant ... -
Cruel and Unusual: The Architecture of Oppression
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Currently over 2.4 million people are incarcerated in the state prison system in the United States. This figure is a result of dramatic spike in incarceration since 1980, in which the U.S. prison population has grown ... -
HanaPuna: Rebuilding the Hawaiian Coral Reefs
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Architectural design solution to the decline population of coral reefs in the Hawaiian Islands. -
From Chaos to the Dinner Table: Transforming the Relationship of Production and Consumption in the Mill District of Minneapolis, MN
(North Dakota State University, 2016)How can the rituals surrounding the dinner table inform our customs of production and consumption to create architectural space that resides in the transformative gap where consumer is producer and producer is consumer? ... -
Nesting: Dwelling through Surrealistic Spaces within the Urban Fabric of Minneapolis
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The next generation requires humble dwelling spaces within cities hosting problematic urban complexities. While the city attempts to establish order, issues of functionality, density, and economics, take precedent. ... -
Joining Man and Cosmos: A Pinnacle Observatory in South Fork, Colorado
(North Dakota State University, 2016)A fascination with the Cosmos can be traced to time immemorial. It has captured the imagination and inspired both art and science. Ancient man weaved self and cosmos in correspondence between the microcosm and macrocosm ... -
Urban Design Assessment
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Communities are continually following social life cycles, growing and decaying as society fluctuates. In order to establish a positive connection between advancement and growth one must develop a guiding principle. This ... -
Coworking and the Social Office
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Our community is an integral part of our identity and our relationship with one another gives us purpose. Architecture constructs the environment and so constructs our interactions. This thesis explores how architectural ... -
The Edge as In-Between: Ruin and Rebirth at San Francisco's Sutro Baths
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The ruins of Sutro Baths in San Francisco exist at the edge of coast and sea, at the edge of past and present, and at the edge of construction and deconstruction. Edges have historically been associated with the physical ... -
Through A Screen Darkly: The Fantastic Countersite of Minneapolis' Film Archive + Museum
(North Dakota State University, 2016)What can architecture and film learn from one another’s process of creating worlds? ¬Image has transformed through time from the origins of desire to our modern world of mechanically reproduced images. During the ... -
Pataphysical Prosthesis: Bringing the 3D Printing Industry from Detroit, MI to the World
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Modern architectural theory criticizes the use of computers in architectural design for producing cold, inhuman environments. How then should we use the fascinating technology at our fingertips if we are told that doing ... -
Cultural Confluence: A Spirited Learning Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Education has been at the forefront of all cultures since the beginning of time. Success, often described and held to different standards throughout the world, has often relied on its instructors, setting, and facilities. ...