Architecture Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Awaking Waters: Central Lakes Limnology Science Center 

      Haugh, Charlotte (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      Awaking Waters as a thesis project focuses on providing a place for the scientific research of Minnesota's in-land waterways. The project aims to create space the furthers research and is also transparent to the public. ...

    • Human's Offense - Nature's Defense 

      Cusick, Craig (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      How can design influence the way we view, understand and interact with a powerfully dynamic natural setting? No matter how long or to what extent that man intervenes with the natural world, mother nature will always ...

    • Bismarck State Hospital 

      Hoffmann, Kaspari (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      The premise of this project is how people regularly encounter architecture and how design has the potential to positively impact mental health and enable more independence in the lives of people who are affected by it. ...

    • The end of the Mill: A Forensic Interpretation of Swany White and Reconstruction of a Local Brewery 

      Miller, Joseph (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      The End of Mills; A Forensic Interpretation of Swany White and Reconstruction of a Local Brewery addresses the question, “How can the loss of the last Century old flour mill in Minnesota be commemorated?” For an architectural ...

    • Illinois . An Exposure to Sensory Interaction 

      Holt, Wilbur (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This thesis intends to establish a new interpretation of the museum - a museum that is solely influenced by the presence or absence of sensory interaction through installations. Architectural installations have the ability ...

    • Collecting Varied Energies within a Disconnected Community 

      Oakes, Megan (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      For centuries cities have been formed and various cultures shaped by the natural formation and flow of fresh water resources. Nature has an ever-changing pattern, rich-complexity, and various textures and forms that appeal ...

    • Renewing Rural Small Town Life 

      Kostad, Katelyn (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This thesis explores a possible answer to the question: how would a rural community be renewed through reawakened development? The Irvin Hotel is an often overlooked, abandoned building located in downtown Kenmare, ...

    • Ore Dock No:1 

      Johnson, Collin (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This project explores how society values its industrial infrastructure and how industrial architecture is valuable and credible not only to the profession of architecture, but also to society as a whole. Industry has been ...

    • Recovery through design 

      Prins, Polly (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The aim of this thesis is to investigate and identify the environmental psychological needs of patients receiving treatment for addiction and mental health diseases. The research aims to implement architectural spacial ...

    • Living utopia : challenging education as a machine through the design of architecture 

      Klindworth, Amy (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Philosopher Jonathan Powers argues that current culture and society are engaging a utopian ideology. This model began in the 16th century when the educational system sought to reduce all knowledge to eidetic (visual) ...

    • Design active 

      Stroh, Alyssa (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The way in which one’s environment is built has a strong influence on the individual and community as a whole. Societies across America are very diverse depending on geographical location, resources, economy, climate, and ...

    • QUARRY INQUIRIES : resistance in material, method and measure 

      Raisanen, Troy Jared (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      How does the methodology for constructing site information influence architectural design? This thesis is an investigative proposal for an Environmental and Cultural Interpretation Center for Quarry Park and Nature Reserve. ...

    • Carve 

      Fox, Caet (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Architecture can be created yhrough natural or built environments. This thesis aims to explore architecture by integrating the built environment within the natural environment. This thesis seeks to identify a significant ...

    • Architectural efficiency : designing with user productivity in mind 

      Schnack, Michael (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Workplace productivity is important to the success and operation of any business. If a business can maximize its productivity, it is more likely to succeed and grow. This is especially true in the restaurant and manufacturing ...

    • The Myth of sustainable culture : The National Museum of Gems, Metals & Minerals 

      Qual, Matthew (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      As Hans-Georg Gadamer explains, because modern society is so focused on specialization, medicine and health have become disjointed from common knowledge. Similarly, sustainability is often unrealizable to the users of a ...

    • Nuanced didacticism 

      DeLaRosa, Michael (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The United States is currently at a crossroads with providing equal rights to its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens. Despite the growing acceptance for these estimated 9 million people, many continue to face ...

    • Unifying Dimensions 

      McCullough, Kellie (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The practice of adaptive reuse can completely transform the way people interact with and perceive an existing building. However, is there a way to interweave the past with the present, perhaps by analyzing the building’s ...

    • Main Street Visual & Performing Art Center 

      Watters, Jennifer (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The community of North Branch, Minnesota lacks a suitable fine art culture. The school district is unable to provide a quality fine art education due to lack of funding. There are few opportunities for locals to become ...

    • Artisanal collaborative : an art incubator 

      Anderson, Tara (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      The term Artisan came into being during the Middle Ages. People who were considered Artisans were those who were Masters (or Apprentices) in a specific craft. Many of these crafts are still prevalent in today’s ...

    • Saudade - rethinking deathcare 

      Schrader, Alex (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This thesis explores the manner in which architecture can more sympathetically respond to people in a time of loss and grievance. Through adaptively repurposing a historic structure in Minneapolis, MN, a crematory and ...