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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 ...
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 ...
Improving Physical Health
(2012)
Urban environments designed with the pedestrian as the primary user encourage more physical activity and promote lifelong physical health. The obesity rate in the United States for adults “eighteen and older tripled from ...
In the Loop: Making Historically Conscious Pedestrian Connections
(2016)
Connecting green spaces, and providing meaningful and convenient pedestrian passage are two ideas that push sustainability, encourage community activity, and create a more enjoyable environment for the users. This is the ...
PeDesign
(2010)
This thesis sets out to explore planning alternatives that function for pedestrians
instead of vehicular traffic. Setting new standards and development process will help
for a long and successful community but understanding ...
Sensory Overlay: Promoting Inclusivity and Accessibility for Americans with Disabilities along the Midtown Greenway in Uptown Minneapolis
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Urban spaces are often hostile environments for individuals with disabilities. The bigger American cities grow the harder they become to navigate for those with disabilities as they provide more challenges and obstacles. ...
Moorhead City Walk : a masterplan to reimage Moorhead, Minnesota's urban core
(2015)
This project explores the dynamics of streetscapes seeking to understand why some projects are successful and others are not. The location of the project is in Moorhead, Minnesota which is a border city to Fargo, North ...
Designed Desirable: Deteriorating Urban Communities Renewed
(2012)
This thesis studies how designers and planners can create a desirable community in the
deteriorating urban communities affected by urban sprawl. By its nature this project is a community
planning effort. The results of ...