Architecture Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Identifying and Cultivating a Legacy and Urban Connection 

      Proulx, Kristopher (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis is a response to the exploration of the legacy of our civic communities. It will explore the manner in which these communities are developed, cultivated, and grow to meet the needs of those individuals of which ...

    • Hope : An Environment for Revitalization 

      Kalscheur, Samuel (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis project focuses on the need for a more holistic approach in today’s health care system, one that puts a greater emphasis on the psychological healing of a person; a facet that is too often neglected. Specifically, ...

    • Educative Junction 

      Sumner, Jason (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Educative Junction: A new model for public high school education. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. To inspire a greater value of mandatory public education in the eyes of students, a school built to accommodate that education ...

    • Energy of Water : An Empirical Study into the Human Connection to Water 

      Franzen, Stephanie (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This book is an exploration into how our thoughts and emotions can change our built environment. It will focus on water as the bridge connecting our experiences with our physical environment. By focusing on our earth’s ...

    • Digital Library of Duluth 

      Hillukka, Daniel (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The underlying concept for this thesis is the beginning of discussion overtly looking at how computing technology is used by architects today. The discussion will center around critical analysis of uses of software in ...

    • Rethinking Shangri-La : Revival of the sustainable courtyard dwellings 

      Vaidya, Pooja (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      While technology and globalization continue to prevail in every aspect of the world, the scope for the sustenance of regional culture is rapidly disappearing. Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, hasn’t been left behind ...

    • [re]DUX : adaptive architecture, [re]use & mixed use 

      Horntvedt, Rachel (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis examines the implications a building’s history/past has on its future development. It is guided by the idea that some structures are more capable than others in making the transition from one function ...

    • ACTUATED ARCHITECTURE : Driving Healthy Behavior With Design 

      Brunik, Laura (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The mere sight of architecture can create a behavioral response, so through research, this thesis seeks to develop a better understanding of architecture’s impact on health and wellness. Architecture can create sensory ...

    • Boom Abodes : Designing for the Transition 

      Davis, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      With recent technological advances in oil extraction, communities across the Midwest are being hit by an oil boom. With a rapid growth of migrant workers flooding in to rural counties, economic strain and housing shortages ...

    • chain reaction 

      Utke, Jourdann (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This chain reaction thesis will be created by the necessity of human interaction. It is both an examination of human connection as well as spatial configurations. This will show how human connections are crucial to growth ...

    • Biodynamic Farming : Between the Plate and the Planet 

      Lunke, Kyle (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      There are a number of reasons why food in the United States may be subjected to health, social, and environmental concerns. This thesis book examines regenerative agriculture and how the built environment may help to reverse ...

    • Expanding Experiential Perception 

      Denault, Allison (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      By understanding the affects of built space on those who have limited physical or mental abilities, we are able to create space that could facilitate their very specific needs. Currently, there are many ways to facilitate ...

    • Pedagogical Composition : an exploration of global passive practices 

      Johnson, Alec (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The Industrial Revolution has played a dramatic role in shaping the behavior and the mindset of the American people. Innovations like electricity generation, iron production, and sheet glass production have forever ...

    • Floating : National Oceanic Living Atelier 

      Klever, Nicholas (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis projects itself into the future to answer the questions of what will happen if the current climate changes continue and we are faced with the rising of the sea. The rising sea levels will reclaim a portion of ...

    • Beauty of Becoming : Architecture as a Teleology 

      Sauvageau, Maria (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis is an attempt to clearly and simply recourse the history and the activity of architecture to the fundamental "natural order" with which one comprehends the world, and which forms the individual's enduring ...

    • Productive Reintegration 

      Janshen, Brandon (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This project will re-address the traditional function of the ‘halfway house’ and focus on how this transitional period can benefit both local communities and felons during their pre-release stage of reintegration. The ...

    • Communities - Progress Through Gathering 

      Tromberg, Mitchell (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The ideas of how architecture can help rural communities stay viable in the twenty-first century will be explored through the development and design of a multi-use community center. Located in Grantsburg, a small rural ...

    • Delight in Architecture 

      Bausman, Molly (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This project explores delight in buildings and how we experience them. It states that the personality of a building as exhibited in individual traits is what we find delight in, as humans tend to personify things they ...

    • Biophilia : A Healing Connection 

      Jensen, Kelsey (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Throughout recent years more people have been inhabiting cites which creates growth of the built environment and a greater disconnect between humans and nature. It becomes a matter of finding solutions to settle this ...

    • Educational Interaction within Nature 

      Anderson, Trevor (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      I have challenged myself to find if the quality of a space can enhance some ones ability to learn. The typology is a junior high school in the Midwest. This location will not only challenge me because of the various types ...