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Subject: Minnesota.Subject: Mixed-use developments.

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    Expanding Experiential Perception
    (North Dakota State University, 2011) Denault, Allison
    By understanding the affects of built space on those who have limited physical or mental abilities, we are able to create space that could facilitate their very specific needs. Currently, there are many ways to facilitate those with limited abilities, such as the American Disabilities Act of 1990 regulations and codes. This, however, does not begin to describe the effects of built architecture to the perceived observer with disabilities. Designing for a specific group of people, specifically children with autism, allows for the design to enhance their lives. This could be beneficial for some, and even help “treat” others. This specialized mixed-use housing development would be designed through a series of built artifacts that would bridge the gap between designer and client. It would also allow objects used for therapeutic reasons to be incorporated into the design in an essential way. Located next to the Rochester Autism Center, in Rochester, Minnesota, the program calls for temporary living residences, classrooms, and sensory rooms.
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    Urban Stadia: Integrating Stadium Design with Mixed-Use Building Tactics to Rejuvenate an Urban Neighborhood
    (North Dakota State University, 2016) Borgen, Mitchell
    Sporting stadiums impact the socio-economic capabilities in all of the areas in which they exist. Some have a good impact, they are able to fully integrate into the urban environment and benefit the area through areas such as economics, walkability, transportation, etc. But there are many that do not accomplish this. They essentially become enormous concrete structures that are surrounded by thousands of asphalt-laden parking spaces and they only end up serving the community on the days in which the sporting team plays, usually once or twice a week. What if the same tactics we are using to rejuvenate our downtown areas can serve a bigger part in getting one of the most expensive typologies in this world back on track? With this thesis, I look to delve into just what type of impact a stadium will have on an urban environment, when combined with mixed-use building tactics.
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    Cultivate: A Vertical Solution
    (North Dakota State University, 2012) Schuler, Jeffrey
    This thesis titled “Cultivate: a Vertical Solution” will address the question, “How can architects stop suburban sprawl?” The typology of this project will be a 535,234 sqft high-rise mixed-use vertical farm in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. This building will use the site vacated by Brookdale Mall after it’s demolition. The theoretical premise explored in this research will be suburban sprawl and hydroponic farming techniques. The project justification is that architects need to create an inviting alternative to sprawl that requires fewer outside resources.
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    A New Anoka: A Suburban Infill Project
    (North Dakota State University, 2018) Hegseth, Jon
    The purpose of this thesis is to study a pocket of land along an existing train line in Anoka, MN. It is a pocket of land that was not developed due to its zoning for industrial use. The adjacent land has been developed into single family homes, and the use of the train lines have changed from transporting goods to transporting people. My process will involve creating a Transit-Oriented Development with an emphasis on bringing density back into a suburban setting. The goal is to create a development near public transportation that can bring convenience, affordability and density of a city out to our suburbs.
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    Plug it in: A perpetual living system
    (North Dakota State University, 2012) Nelson, Christopher
    Plug it in explores the question -- are the principles and guidelines of modularity sufficient to accommodate a community and yield a city. The problem will be expressed by the design of a mixed-use potential building with retail, office, and residential. Using the principles of modularity, it is intended to design a space that citizens can live, drive, walk, bike, shop, eat, and socialize in a manner which is deemed comfortable. This will test whether or not a full scale design using similar materials and memorable and consistent sizes will satisfy the needs of a large community. If the test works on a smaller scale, i.e., neighborhood, then it is theoretically possible to construct a city using one modular base unit of space. The building blocks for this project will be comprised of 750 sqft modules. Not only will this test the limits of modularity, but this thesis will explore a faster, more economical and more efficient way of building.
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    Growth Through the Past: Cooperation of the Past, Present, and Future in Revitalizing Clarissa, Minnesota
    (North Dakota State University, 2013) Johnson, Mallory
    This thesis goes on to answer the question of whether a piece of the past can be used as a catalyst for growth in a small community. By adapting a current piece of architecture into a tool that can be used by the residents of Clarissa, MN. Linking the past, present, and future by creating a place for members of the community to learn, gather, and experience.
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    The Nature of happiness
    (North Dakota State University, 2014) Carlson, Alexander
    Designed as a 384,300 SF urban mixed-use community Node and placed in Minneapolis, MN this thesis attempts to show how architectural design may respond to the overwhelming pollution, poor quality of life and mass urban sprawl produced by today’s urban environment? Nature has given us the basic building blocks to create more harmonious environments for ourselves. If we apply what we observe from nature into our own urban environments we have an opportunity to reduce urban sprawl, reduce stress on infrastructure, reduce overall pollution, and increase the quality of life for ourselves and our community.
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    Johnson Boat Works [revisited]
    (North Dakota State University, 2013) Gamelin, Kevin
    The intention of this thesis is the regeneration of the Johnson Boat Works small boat manufacturing site in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. The regeneration of the historic and underutilized waterfront is essential for the community to retain the past to create a viable future. The site, once a resort destination and water craft manufacturing hub, was absorbed into the Minneapolis /St. Paul metropolitan area, and became a suburb, losing much of the city’s character. The project aim is to draw on the sense of identity that was clouded by a re-iteration of the place from resort town to bedroom community. The project will draw from the history of the site and reinforce the significant past of the area. The project will aim to be a model for future growth and transformation in this fully developed city. There will be an adaptive reuse of the existing boat manufacturing structures, and the creation of new spaces to compliment the site and the existing context. Taking into consideration the design typology, the project will be a mixed-use housing and retail/commercial space with community space emphasizing the recreational aspects of the site.
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    The Redesign of Lakeshore Architecture: A Mixed Use Approach to a Single Use Idea
    (North Dakota State University, 2017) Fjelstad, Chase
    Boathouses are currently banned in Minnesota do to their effect on our lakeshores, but this may not be the right solution to the issues they face. Just because something is outlawed does not mean that it is entirely bad, in some cases it may be as simple as looking at it in a new light. That is what this thesis is about, taking something with a bad stigma and giving it new life. With a mixed use building being used as the primary vehicle, the goal to explore the ways in which boathouses would best be inclined to make their comeback on Minnesota lakeshores. This thesis covers the issues associated with these buildings paired with their potential solutions. The design will also provide insight as to how we can use a building like this to start a fresh relationship between a community of environmentalists and lake goers. The best way to prove a building typology can change is to fill it with potential skeptics. Then the goal becomes impressing them with both the performance and the overall impact of the design. By the end of this thesis one should have a new perspective on the future of boathouses in Minnesota, one without a negative stigma.
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    Residential Redux
    (North Dakota State University, 2013) Blaha, Aaron J
    Residential Redux is an investigation of the following question, can a new residential/mixed-use complex integrate the traditional assets of a suburban neighborhood, while still addressing its new urban context? This proposal’s primary focus is through an imaginative reinterpretation of the suburban dweller and their regress into the city. The type of building implemented for this statement will be predominantly apartments and condominiums and is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The importance and potential application of this project comes from the sprawling residential trends that have greatly shaped our cities’ layout and is thusly an attempt to reconcile their unsustainable nature by offering a more sensitive alternative.