Architecture Theses: Recent submissions
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Black Hills Conservation Center : connecting back to the environment
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This thesis looks to answer the question: “How can we create architecture that connects us back to the environment?” A conservation center is the project typology for this thesis, located in Spearfish, SD. The design looks ... -
Adapting an icon : adaptive reuse of downtown movie theaters
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Downtown theaters serve as landmarks for many communities across our region because of their unique design features. Elaborate auditoriums, decorated facades, and flashy, grand marquees are all iconic characteristics of ... -
Cincinnati Union Underground
(North Dakota State University, 2015)How can a transportation hub go beyond just serving the communities transportation needs of a city and create a center of activity. This project looks to explore the transportation hub and how it can become more than just ... -
Stillwater Community Center
(North Dakota State University, 2015)How can current needs be addressed to form a space that adds value and connectivity to a community? This is a study of how community driven needs creates a structure that can be used in multiple ways. Using common needs ... -
On the living horse : the Fargo Equine Hospital and Education Center
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Horses and humans have been connected throughout history, and each has impacted the other so much that neither species’ history would be the same if the other had not existed. There are countless stories of horse-human ... -
Scientific discovery + Designing the science museum of the future
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This thesis demonstrated the connection between how children and adults learn about science, as well as the connection between science and technology in modern building design. By looking at the scientific advancements of ... -
Lolo Peak Resort
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Architecture in the mountains of Montana. Resorts in the alpine climate seem to only have one season. This is because more people see mountain resorts as a winter, rather than a four season, getaway. The need is out there ... -
Remedial architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The North Shore Healing Center gives a place for personal mental health rehabilitation. This building provides a safe and comfortable place for people to rebuild themselves. It uses natural healing remedies and holistic ... -
Anishinaabe: re-examining the past
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Nature and human history are the guiding forces to ensure a prosperous future for many generations. Native Americans have a rich history of living off the land and being in close contact with nature in all aspects of their ... -
Sustainable Engagement
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This thesis is my solution to how architecture can influence individuals to learn and live in a sustainable environment that excites its users. I have redefined sustainability as, “a social change involving individuals, ... -
Neural redoubt
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Increased numbers of returning service members from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) coincide with budgetary sequestration measures which directly impact the Department of Defense, jeopardizing ... -
The Labyrinth Studies: Exhibiting Culture through Art & Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Our institutions are predicated on a stable and predictable ground on which to enact our daily affairs. Because architecture embodies our social, cultural, and political beliefs and values, when these beliefs become ... -
Architecture and the Body: Integrating Fitness in the Modern Urban Center
(North Dakota State University, 2014)History reveals the human body in a way that differs greatly from today’s understanding. Through the artefacts of ancient architectural constructs, art, and literature we can see that the body was once articulated as an ... -
Adaptability and Design
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis project, Adaptability and Design, investigates the following question, how can design be adaptable with society’s technological growth within an educational facility? This proposal’s main emphasis is to challenge ... -
redefine: urban living
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The focus of this thesis, [redefine] is how a building's function can be redefined to suit the changing needs of the community through adaptive reuse. Over time buildings cease to function the way they were originally ... -
Environments for Aging
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis examines alternative living environments for the fast growing population of baby boomers heading into retirement. The main idea is to use sustainable design within a natural environment to stimulate the well ... -
Emerging Connections : developing transit corridors in Minneapolis - St Paul
(North Dakota State University, 2014)There is a new era coming to University Avenue on the rails of the new Green Line light rail extension. In position to create an important connection between Minneapolis and St. Paul, and to enhance the already existing ... -
Reawakening Cultural Significance: Ruin Exploration in its Full Embodiment
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis aims to evoke a “historical consciousness” through the embodied experience of architecture. Specifically speaking, this architecture will reawaken the history of the Native American culture through creative ... -
Exploring the Relationships of Bruges, Music, and the Space Between
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis explores music and art in Bruges, Belgium and how it has shaped the city to become what it is today. It is only through this awareness of the past, and how it relates to the present, that new pieces can be ... -
Lake Street Teen Center
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The Lake Street Teen Center addresses the question how can design positively impact a place susceptible to delinquent behavior? The Typology for the investigation of this problem is a center for teens. The Theoretical ...