Landscape Architecture Theses: Recent submissions
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Growing greenways : a multimodal trail system for Moorhead, Minnesota
(2015)The following thesis relates to the Fargo-Moorhead buyouts for the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion. More specifically it will be focuses on Moorhead’s side of the Red River and their additional concern of the results of the ... -
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 ... -
Cully Park remediating the Willamette Waterfront of Portland
(2015)This thesis is a remediation greenway project with an emphasis on waterfront revitalization and phytoremediation. Researched greenways focus on the conservation, recreation, and non-motorized transportation of a maintained ... -
Great escapeway : connecting North Dakota State University to downtown Fargo
(2015)The primary focus of this thesis is to demonstrate how the Great Northern Rail Corridor, located in Fargo, North Dakota, can be repurposed into a greenway that connects North Dakota State University and its students with ... -
Repurposing Central Avenue SE : a multimodal urban cyclist corridor
(2015)Many countries, cities, and communities have recently set out new policy frameworks to support growth of non-motorized transportation, creating a multimodal environment. This paper examines the repurpose and redesign of ... -
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 ... -
Effects of stadia on their neighborhood
(2014)This thesis examines the effects stadia have on their neighborhoods and how they can better benefit their neighborhoods. The proposed site is in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. The project will help improve downtown through ... -
Tale of the Mouse: a plan for downtown Minot's riverfront
(2014)This thesis explores the potential benefits a community can gain from a waterfront park as a downtown amenity. Currently, the city of Minot, ND is experiencing a growth in population due to the recent oilfield activity in ... -
Fountain Plaza And Art Gardens
(2014)Redeveloping Fountain Hills, Arizona downtown district into an Urban Agricultural Greenway, Fountain Farms will provide commerce and produce to the city. Is it possible to use Urban Agriculture to mend a broken downtown ... -
Stonewall Farms expansion : a new approach to venue design
(2014)Stonewall Farms Expansion: A New Approach to Midwest Venue Design, builds upon a growing movement in the venue industry. This new movement is characterized by individuals and small startup-businesses looking to offer clients ... -
Mayo Gardens
(2014)This thesis is an urban design project hybridizing architecture and landscape architecture. The relationship between landscape architecture and architecture reveals three basic modes which will be studied: contrast, merger, ... -
Emerging connections : developing transit corridors in Minneapolis-St. Paul
(2014)A new era is coming to St. Paul’s Hamline-Midway neighborhood on the rails of the new Green Line light rail extension. There is a potential for the Green Line expansion to bring about a flourish of growth and positive ... -
Adaptation : transforming existing transit systems for Millennials
(2014)The Millennial Generation, also known as Generation Y, has a different philosophy than previous generations when it comes to transportation and housing. According to Shyam Kannan, vice president at RCLCO, a leading real ... -
Cascade Creek revitalizing community
(2014)Located adjacent to downtown Rochester, MN are three neighborhoods that are in the midst of revitalizing their housing infrastructure. Each neighborhood is taking steps to become a viable family neighborhood with a developed ... -
Healing Heights
(2014)This thesis examines reasons why the Children’s Hospital Minneapolis campus is a location that benefits from a therapeutic green roof. Healing Heights will bring meaning and life to an otherwise conventional roof that is ... -
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 ... -
Selling the system
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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 ... -
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 ... -
New Productive Landscapes: Designing for Sustainable Urban Food
(2013)As of 2008 over half of the world’s population is now living in cities, and the number is expected to swell to approximately five billion in the next twenty to thirty years. As the volume of people living in cities rises, ...