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Promoted ecological Migration: Preserving San Francisco Bay’s Tidal Wetlands
(2013)
The intent of this research is to preserve and increase the resiliency of the native landscape in and around San Jose, California in regards to natural and man induced changes. Habitat near San Jose has been suffering from ...
Seattle's Urban Water
(2012)
The issue of stormwater runoff is a major threat to the water supply of Seattle, Washington. Continual rain and great expanses of impervious surfaces cause contamination and pollution to riddle the waters of the Puget ...
Point of Pines Ecolodge: Promoting Educational Awareness and Resource Management Through Energy, Food and Water Conservation in North Central Minnesota
(2017)
As first world countries become more conscious of the carbon footprint in the environment, many resorts continue to excessively use natural resources. This
thesis intends to redesign the existing prototype in resorts by ...
Solvay Coke and Gas
(2011)
This project is meant to explore the idea of how Vacant heavy industrial zones can have different uses than existing industrial sites across America. The idea is to use sustainable design to minimize the polution rate, ...
The Human Senses: Designing Beyond Intuition
(2013)
This thesis project will explore how multi-sensory experiences can be merged with landscape architecture as a supplement to communicate the meaning of place. The problem of landscape architects not fully understanding the ...
HOLOSCENE: High Performance Landscape Systems
(2012)
This work studies landscape infrastructural solutions to community health. It addresses the health, sustainability, and resilience of habitated environments. The work suggests an interconnected working landscape system of ...
Separation of the city & the river : enhancing Lowertown through the revitalization of St. Paul's industrial waterfront
(2015)
This research addresses the historic Mississippi riverfront in Lowertown, St. Paul, Minnesota, focusing directly on Lower Landing Park. The Lower Landing Riverfront Park project aims to rediscover the underutilized industrial ...
Learning from the 'Lost Forty'
(2012)
This thesis focuses on the reimagining of Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to incorporate the principles of successional ecosystems found in the “Lost Forty” to produce a demonstration park that promotes walkability ...
ADAPTATION: Leveraging Modern Narratives towards Preservation and Public Uses of Pueblo Bonito's World Heritage Ruins in New Mexico's Central Chaco Canyon
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This study focuses on creating new narratives to cultural heritage sites by comparing concepts of ruins from cultural heritage sites and post-industrial landscapes. Both landscapes share that unifying feature of ruins and ...
Collision Course: Leveraging Open Space Conservation and Public Education to Minimize Bald Eagle Aircraft Strikes in St. Paul, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
While many of us travel on an airplane day to day, the responsibility that pilots take on from boarding to deboarding is intensely high. Many considerable things could go wrong, and being responsible for many lives puts ...