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White and Black, No Room For Gray: Why We Need Contrast To Be Green
(2013)
The American Dream is to have a good job in the city, a house and family on your own parcel in a good suburb and nice car or three in the driveway; the bigger the property the better. When one looks at the modern city in ...
the THIRD: Space of Place in Transit-orientated Development
(2012)
This thesis project introduces an urban design concept into the residential suburb of New Hope, Minnesota, connecting social interaction and movement to the hub of the city center. It will illustrate the notion that suburban ...
The Transitional Community: Integrating Students into the Community of St. Joseph, MN
(2013)
Community design’s primary benefactors are the home owners and children forgetting about the young adults of the community. In some towns, but especially college towns, the population of young adults is the majority and ...
4th And Sustainable: A Balanced Design Approach For The Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (Arden Hills, MN)
(2013)
With a lack of appreciation and the underestimation of the importance and benefits a
sustainable ecosystem can provide in today’s society, it has become a topic that needs to be tended to. A great way to approach the ...
Resurgence: Adapting Ecological Succession to Promote Human and Wildlife Interaction
(2016)
This work studies the effects of turf grass surrounding rural housing. It examines degree of turf management, the human relationship with nature and turf grass, aesthetics of nature and turf grass, principles of ecological ...
Creating Celebrations, Food, and Spaces
(2012)
The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood currently has one community garden dedicated to children. The neighborhood is one of the poorest in the city and is very ethnically diverse. With the ...
Heritage | Heart of the Community
(2012)
This thesis explores small urban city revitalization. When small cities outlast the function of their own infrastructure, city revitalization needs to focus on how the city is functioning overall. City infrastructure is ...
Washington Avenue Bridge : a technocentric approach to celebrating the Mississippi River through rhythm and space
(2014)
There is a measurable, scientifically proven link between space and memory (Hoelscher, 2004).
This means that education is highly sensitive towards the quality of the study environment,
especially when it is a space that ...
Transforming an Urban Corridor: Bus Rapid Transit on Lake Street
(2013)
The Midtown Corridor is a culturally diverse, commercial district within the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota that is
currently undergoing analysis for proposed transit alternatives. This site was selected because of its ...
Un-Locking the River: Addressing Riparian Ecosystems and Public Recreation Opportunities Along the Mississippi River Gorge in Minneapolis, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Lock and dam systems harm rivers across America by disrupting their natural processes and destroying their unique riparian ecosystems. Riverbed habitat is covered by sediments, water temperatures rise due to slower flows, ...