Architecture Theses: Recent submissions
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Resurgence
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Detroit, Michigan, is on the cusp of the biggest economic crisis of its history. This architectural thesis will seek to blend the elements of socio-economics, cultural relevance and historical significance in order to ... -
Reviltalize
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The abstract of this project is to study the connection between the human body (mind, body, and soul) and the built environment. This connection is made evident by the historic preservation and adaptation of a building ... -
Urban elder care
(North Dakota State University, 2015)My thesis project focused on the design aspects of integrating assisted living care facilities with a childcare facility or an animal shelter. The Eden Alternative nonprofit has conducted research and has shown the benefits ... -
Audience of strangers : exploring theatrical public space in the design of a rail station
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Through fiction, drama, and decorum this thesis explores architecture’s ability to create a more meaningful relationship to the public realm; facilitating interactions between strangers through the design of a rail station ... -
The Genesis Project : exploring the convergence of architecture, music, & life
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Music is an innate human quality that provokes physical, mental, and spiritual responses both consciously and subconsciously, and consequently, has the capacity to change the environment. Architecture can be designed as a ... -
The Twin Cities Transportation Terminal
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the way that all the different modes of transport in an urban transportation system can be brought together into one seamless solution. This thesis is set in the metropolitan area ... -
Ruin : the library reimagined
(North Dakota State University, 2015)In his readings, “On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life” Friedrich Nietzsche discusses how a “critical approach to history” allows the past to be used as a vital force for future life and action. Such assumptions ... -
An Architecture of neuroscience
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The primary objective of this thesis is to explore how an understanding of neuroscience can influence the human perception of the built environment. Advancement in the field of neuroscience has allowed for a greater ... -
The Maker Factory
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Creativity, innovation and social interaction are key elements of being human. How can architecture influence these traits and create an environment that not only inspires but allows for expression of these by means of ... -
Transparency of architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2015)How can architecture be created to accentuate its surroundings, rather than itself? How can architecture be created to protect the natural environment around it? These are the two important questions I explored in this ... -
Architecture & exile : loss and discovery in the design of a refugee facility
(North Dakota State University, 2015)My thesis examines the relationship between exile and creativity through the design of a refugee facility for learning and temporary living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prominent philosopher Edward Said describes exile as ... -
Lessons from the polis : the Minneapolis Museum of Art
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Philosophers Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Hans-Georg Gadamer have critiqued the modern museum as a place of art for the sake of art, where the aesthetics of the work have come to dominate the conversation. In the Relevance of ... -
Sun and ice
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Sited in Barrow, Alaska - the northernmost city in North America - my conservatory design explores the challenges that climate and daylighting present 300 miles above the Arctic Circle. This “land of the midnight sun” ... -
Resiliency: Creating necessary connection in an unstable environment
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This is a study of how connections are made between people in an extreme time of need and also what happens to those connections when they are not immediately in use. It is also a study on the resiliency and sustainability ... -
Oak Hospital : a holistic approach to healthcare
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Biophilic design has the ability to influence lives physically and mentally. Unbalanced health issues, lack of assistance at home, and lengthy distances to medical facilities, create life and death scenarios. Due to these ... -
Bridging program and place
(North Dakota State University, 2015)A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students, yet so often our school buildings do little to suggest that any learning occurs inside. Our schools should be designed in a way that enhances the learning ... -
Senseful design
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This thesis - senseful design - explores the relationship that our five senses have with architecture. Can a holistic design for our senses create a more meaningful experience with architecture? This question is answered ... -
The Architecture of Stimmung
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This thesis examines the environment, atmosphere and experience of patients who have undergone treatment for or who have been affected by cancer. The design is inspired by Martin Heidegger's concept of “Stimmung” (mood, ... -
“Steering and salvaging” : an architectural exploration proposal toward automotive recycling and research prototyping
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Automotive design and recycling are essential industries in today’s efforts fighting unsustainability. Yet these industries are too often excluded from one another. I am proposing to design an urban environment automotive ... -
A New way to connect to travel
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This thesis examines how architecture can make mass transit more accessible and desirable to the public and how the public’s wants and needs can improve a transportation center’s design. It examines how making downtown ...