Architecture Theses: Recent submissions
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Downtown Development: A Lifestyle Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis provides some answers to the question: how can the implementation by architects of minimal energy consumption and better material utilization in design begin to stop the wasteful ways so prevalent in our current ... -
Inhabit: Densifying Phoenix
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Do you want to spend more time traveling on busy roadways, spend more money on gas, and spend less time with more important things like your family and friends? More suburban sprawl means more time driving on the roadways, ... -
Matilda's House
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Suffering is part of the human condition, and, thus, so is healing and comfort. An architecture that can foster the healing process and the restoration of balance between mind, body, and soul brings to light the true meaning ... -
EOS 1: Evolution of Sustainability
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Human interaction is a real need fulfilled by simple communication, verbal or non verbal. Individualism and congregation are part of everyday settings. The built environment has a large influence on how and when these ... -
Today for Tomorrow
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Educating today’s children about the facts of sustainable awareness is essential to reach the maximum potential in order to provide for both the environment and future populations. In today’s world, children seem to ... -
Grand Coulee Living and Retail/ An Environmental Approach Towards Sustainable Living
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Will there be a paradigm shift in the way people build and live because of varying economic conditions? The building typology will be a sustainable mid-rise mixed use building. The world’s population currently and in the ... -
A Sustainable Living Solution For Southern Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Abstract: This thesis discusses the possibility and feasibility of designing sustainably in harsh climatological extremes. It more specifically covers the typology of single family residential dwellings, better known ... -
ReArrange: Making Space Transform
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis explores the question of how kinetic architecture can promote learning in the general public. The typology that is being examined is a kinetic laboratory. The Theoretical Premise /Unifying Idea guiding research ... -
Museum: The Beauty of Lean
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Museums are universal institutions dedicated to the preservation of culture: This one will be located in the vicinity of downtown Fargo, North Dakota, with a approximate square footage of 38,000. Architectural design, ... -
Maintaining the Integrity of the Public Library Building in the Digital Age
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Today’s public library building sits in a peculiar position as media changes from the tactile to the digital. The thesis aims to illustrate the continued importance of the library as a physical place within the community. ... -
Built Politics
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Since our built environment is not immune to the globalization of knowledge and culture what do we do as a society to keep its identity? Symbolism of a certin identity must seek out and inform the architecture of our civic ... -
Finding a Future for the Past
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This work addresses the uses of space within a building over time. Through the years, needs of spaces evolve and require changes. Often, buildings are left vacant once they no longer function for their desired needs. ... -
ANALGESIC: PLACEBO
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis is to look at the effects of society and the environment on the mental well being of the population. The project will be a center for alternative psychological studies incorporating a mental health institute ... -
A Moving City
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis will provide some answers to the question, “How can public transportation respond to the built environment to improve how we move within a city?” The typology for the examination of this problem is a light ... -
Designing for a New Way of Living
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This graduate thesis explores the ideas and exploration of creating architecture as an educational instrument that will inform its occupants about a new, more environmentally-friendly way of living. The design itself becomes ... -
Revealing Light
(North Dakota State University, 2010)How does light reveal? For centuries architects have been using light to express the built environment. Architects have used light to reveal a mood, an object, and even space. A non-denominational chapel seems to express ... -
Encompassing Spirituality : An Exercise In Formal Gathering
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis project is an exploration of the built environment and how it is affected by the way people of different religions gather together. Bound by a familiar belief in a higher power based in the certainty of a ... -
Designing for Aging
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The built environment must adapt to the increasing number of aged people by maintaining and improving the accessibility of the built environment. Due to improvements in medicine, as well as the aging of the baby boomer ... -
Ecological Living
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The natural world has set the precedent for life and the cycles in which living beings come and go. Many of our challenges in daily life are the struggles between time, money, and our personal health. With that, a look ... -
The Sustainable Middle School of Vancouver
(North Dakota State University, 2010)There is a lack of awareness of what we are doing to our ecosystems and how we can reverse the trend of harmful practices that threaten our environment. Through education and observation, a more widespread movement of ...