Landscape Architecture Theses: Recent submissions
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On the Tides: A Resort Raising Awareness of Coral Reefs Through Environmental Intimacy and Accessible Exploration Off Hollywood, Florida's Coast
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Reef ecosystems around the world are facing threats from all sides. They see destruction and physical damage from careless people participating in destructive practices such as improper fishing, dredging, or even people ... -
Fair Catch
(North Dakota State University, 2022)What seems to be the problem? The problem is nationwide- Minnesota is just late to the party. Our privilege of 10,000(+) lakes has led us to turn somewhat of a blind eye to stormwater management. This is especially true ... -
Wildlife Wetland Park: Restoring Natural Habitat Through Stormwater Management & Public Recreation Along the FM Diversion
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Urban stormwater runoff is at an increasing rate due to climate change causing harmful chemicals and pollutants to drain into rivers and bodies of water. These pollutants are extremely harmful to the environment destroying ... -
Diverse Growth: Exploring Symbiotic Tree-Human Relationships in Landscape Ecosystems to Inspire Diversity in Urban Tree Plantings at Civic Center Park in Fargo, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Trees and humans have a symbiotic relationship, trees provide beauty, protection, and economic gains for humans and we take care of them to live fruitful lives. They can often have multiple humans or even animal caretakers ... -
Manufactured Quality of Life: Planning for Equity, Environment and Community in a Rural Mobile Home Park
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Over 20 million Americans reside in a mobile home park. The homes are hardly mobile and calling them a park is an exaggerated compliment. The automobile industry birthed the trailer that is now used as a permanent home. ... -
The Preserve at Edgewood Golf Course
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Stormwater is expelled from the urban environment and treated as a greater product of waste. Excess watershed is rushed from the vast grey landscape we’ve built of impervious surfaces and below the surface through hundreds ... -
Land of 10,000 Dying Lakes: Designing for Sustainable Water Management Through Wetland Conservation and Public Recreation
(North Dakota State University, 2021)In 2017, 169 harmful algal blooms were reported nation-wide. Existing in all water body types, saltwater or freshwater, this number is increasing every year, and Minnesota is no exception. In the land of 10,000 lakes, ... -
Creating a Functional use of City Space Along the St. Croix River in Correlation to Seasonal Flooding
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Many locations within the United States have major flooding problems. One of these locations is along the St. Croix River. The St. Croix River is a tributary of the Mississippi River and it is approximately 169 miles long. ... -
Revisiting Riverfronts: Creating Safe Urban Waterfronts That Can be Used Outside of Large Storm Events
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Blue Spaces - areas along rivers, lakes, oceans, etc ... - in Urban Areas have shown to improve pedestrians physical and mental health. Due to climate change these spaces are in danger of becoming deserted and forgotten. ... -
Bringing Nature Indoors: Tetris Landscaping
(North Dakota State University, 2021)According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends 93% of their life indoors. Almost 70% of which is at home. By being indoors there is a greater chance of being exposed to higher ... -
An Immersive Sensory Experience: Revitalizing Touchmark Senior Living Community
(North Dakota State University, 2021)This thesis project focuses on providing a unique sensory expereince for residents, employees, and visitors at Touchmark at Harwood Groves, a local senior living community. This is a large complex that houses independent ... -
Living Streets within Downtown Fargo: A Living Street that Focuses on the Pedestrian, Environmental, and Social Design Elements in Downtown Cores
(North Dakota State University, 2021)With downtown Fargo continuing to change with new multi-use buildings and parking garages, the focus should now be on the streets. Over the past couple years there has been multiple parking garages built within a mile of ... -
Hippotherapy Sensory Trails in Stewartville, MN
(North Dakota State University, 2021)This thesis will focus on healthcare and therapeutic design with the major focus being hippo-therapy trails for young individuals with anxiety, depression and Sensory Processing Disorder. Hippo-therapy or equine therapy ... -
Lakeshore Design Intervention
(North Dakota State University, 2021)This study will quantify the Minnesota County's concerns with shoreline development and private landowner's concerns with the unauthorized use of purchased land due to regulations and wildlife preservation. This study ... -
Designing for Play in Island Park
(North Dakota State University, 2021)‘Planning for Play in Island Park’ is a design thesis based meant to identify a realistic and multifaceted response to the removal of Ash Trees (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) from Fargo North Dakota’s downtown Island Park. ... -
Temporary Landscapes: Physically Distanced, Socially Together
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Temporary landscapes are where things happen, the bread and butter of urban life. Social, political, and economic battles have been waged in the open spaces of our cities. This is where change starts and grows. Even now, ... -
Returning to Earth: Natural Design for a Cemetery in Otter Tail County, MN
(North Dakota State University, 2021)As awareness of human impact on the environment grows, ethical concerns are raised over the exploitation of natural resources by traditional cemetery design, and burial practices come into question. America’s parks first ... -
Redesign to Protect: Constructed Wetlands for Flood Mitigation, Education, and Wildlife Habitat along the Red River
(North Dakota State University, 2021)The Red River runs north through the hearts of two densely populated urban cores in North Dakota, Fargo and Grand Forks. In 1997 and 2011, the Red River hit the 50-year floodplain and in 2009 reached the 100-year floodplain. ... -
Climate Refuge: Thermal Comfort in Urban Micro Climates
(North Dakota State University, 2020)This study addresses two major issues by responding to the significant decline in retail buildings including enclosed shopping malls and improving density, livability and human comfort in communities welcoming climate ... -
From Brownfield to Permaculture City: Converting a Brownfield Site by Creating a New Community Through Increased Density and Sustainable Permaculture.
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Sustainable, permaculture living is a recurring trend in residential design. Society is becoming more aware of the impact humans have on the environment, along with learning ways to minimize an ecological footprint while ...