Architecture Theses: Recent submissions
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Return to Symbiosis
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Return to Symbiosis, Montessori Elementary School, Fargo Nd, This thesis looks at the relationship between humans and nature and how humans have come to be parasites to this earth. Also it looks at how an architect can ... -
Sustainability: A Holistic Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Man’s relationship with nature started as a mutual relationship which slowly developed into man vs. nature. This altering ideology has developed humans to believe they are superior to nature. Rather than living in harmony ... -
The Shoppes on Main: Developing a Sense of Place
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis researches and investigates the effect architectural space brings to a sense of place within an urban environment. Located on Main Avenue and 18th Street in Fargo, The Shoppes on Main: Developing a Sense of ... -
Restore: Veteran support facility
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis project, titled Restore, critically analyzes how an architectural experience can have psychological healing effects on service members and their families who have been affected by the repercussions of war and ... -
A. G.L.I.M.P.S.E; Ashland Great Lakes & Industrial Mining Pier & Shipping Exhibits
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis project, ‘A GLIMPSE’, examines the question, how does the configuration and organization of elements in a space influence the engagements of its participants? The typology for examination of this problem is a ... -
Life Skills Center
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis revolves around the concept of inspiring and reviving the youth and communities of Phillips and Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, through a Life Skills Center that will promote growth and development. ... -
Adapting the City
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The title of this thesis is “Adapting the City Center” and explores the question of how do the long-term effects of rapid housing development at Fargo, North Dakota’s perimeter compare to those of adaptive reuse, interwoven ... -
Borderwalk: Spatial Politics and Cultural Intimacies on the U.S.-Mexican Border
(North Dakota State University, 2012)By definition, borders lie on the edges. This project investigates the spatial implications of politically defined borders, and the effects that these materializations have in the context of urban space and the movement ... -
Regeneration Through Connection
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Citing the world’s current rate of natural resource use, there will be little left of the world that is natural within a generation. The current cycle of environmental degradation is so extreme that the natural environment ... -
[NURTURE]well-being
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The project typology is a community center within an urban city master plan. The project is located in Aurora, Colorado and investigates the problem of disconnected neighborhoods. The theoretical premise claims the ... -
Flood Research Center
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This project will outline research into the flood prevention methods in nature and in the man-made world to translate into a new innovative inland flood research center design in Moorhead, Minnesota. This project was in ... -
Increasing Population, Decreasing Food Supply
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This project focuses on urban sprawl and how it is decreasing agricultural land and the world’s food supply. The typology is a 10,250 square foot urban greenhouse, a 6,800 square foot restaurant and a culinary arts school, ... -
Soundscape
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis will examine the role of sound in the architectural experience by asking how architecture can improve the standing of sound in the designed environment. Possible solutions are subsequently explored through the ... -
Infilling the Aging: A Holistic Approach to Urban Care Environments
(North Dakota State University, 2012)“Infilling the Aging: A Holistic Approach to Care Environments” adresses the need for an improved connection between family, community, and those in care-based living. It addresses this issue by questioning the difference ... -
New Old Stock
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This project, Detroit’s New Workforce: A Detroit Renewable Energy Workforce Training Center, examines how and where the sense of place exists within a construction. From that conclusion, it will investigate how sense of ... -
Lead by Example: An Exploration of STEM Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis is an exploration into the fundamental question: can educational architecture be specifically designed to optimize one's ability to attain certain knowledge? The title is Lead by Example: An Exploration of STEM ... -
Can Recidivism be influenced by architecture?
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis will focus on an investigation of the question, can recidivism be influenced by architecture? The typology for this examination will be a large 113,460 sq. ft. multi-county correctional facility for ... -
Investigating Humanity
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis is in response to the immense challenges facing the prison system in the United States. An unprecedented number of incarcerated individulas has led to a deteriation of the prison system. The psychological ... -
Badlands Agriculture and Environmental Research Center
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This project, titled Badlands Agriculture and Environmental Research Center, is an examination of local agriculture and how it can be reconnected to a larger community. This project fits into a research/living/learning ... -
Manufacturing: A New Way
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis project, titled Manufacturing: a new way, will examine manufacturing buildings, and the working conditions that exist there. The typology will be a brewery with a area of 60,000 square feet. The guiding idea ...