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The Soup Bowl in the City of Lakes
(2013)
Minneapolis residents value parks for many contributions to the public realm – as a green escape from the city, as opportunities for recreation, as places to gather – but few people think of parks as infrastructure, as ...
Permeating Barriers - Minneapolis, MN
(2010)
Vast neighborhood change has long been characteristic of American communities. Declining physical conditions, social instability, and urban sprawl have all impacted inner city neighborhoods over the past few decades. In ...
Social Corridors
(2011)
Social Corridors will demonstrate that recreational corridors
in communities will increase the social and economic values to
residents of a community. The project explores all the fundamental aspects of a passive ...
Unwanted Inevitability
(2012)
According to the USDA, The upper midwest as well as the rest of the regions of the United States have been in a climatic wet-cycle since 1993. Excess precipitation has lead to increased flood likliness.
In many countries ...
Parks reinvented : an elevated park in an urban setting
(2014)
This oasis from the city is atop the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver, CO on 14th Street-right in the heart of the hustle and bustle. Because cities are becoming more and more dense, there is less space to ...
Urban Greenway Retrofit: a design for alternative transportation, community and the environment
(2011)
This thesis will examine how greenway systems connect and strengthen neighborhoods and green spaces within a city. A connected greenway system links green spaces within a city to enhance the relationships and well-being ...
Red River Civic Plaza : an urban park destination for Fargo-Moorhead Community
(2015)
The City of Fargo, North Dakota, is funding the construction of a new City Hall to replace their current 1960s structure. This proposed development provides the largest city in North Dakota with a tremendous opportunity ...
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 ...